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[Redondo]

 

Huge humpback whale nearly lands on fishing boat

[T.G.]

That would have been one whale of a tale

[Lou]

 

[Redondo]

 

California doctor removes 23 contact lenses from one woman’s eye

A California eye doctor has revealed that an elderly patient who came in with complaints of blurry vision actually had 23 disposable contact lenses lodged in her eye.

"I was amazed when I removed the first two contacts and saw an additional dark blob hidden in the corner," Dr. Katerina Kurteeva, an ophthalmologist at California Eye Associates of Newport Beach, California, told Fox News Digital. 

"That’s when I grabbed my technician to film the rest of the foreign body removal," she said.

https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/eye-spy-problem-california-doctor-removes-23-contact-lenses-womans-eye

[Redondo]

Meet the American who made us flip for fast food

Americans have an insatiable appetite for fast food.

Credit — or blame, as the case may be — entrepreneur Billy Ingram.

The Colorado native founded the world’s first burger chain, White Castle, in Wichita, Kansas, in 1921. He is widely considered the father of fast food — recognized as its creator by industry media as early as 1957, before most modern fast-food brands were even born.

[gotbeer]

Georgia men come to pick up their daughter from school, realize it's the same girl: report

 

[T.G.]

Great White leaps into spotlight during surfing contest

 

[Redondo]

 

World's dirtiest man' dies 'not long after' taking bath for first time in decades

An Iranian man dubbed the "world’s dirtiest man" has died at the age of 94, according to state media.

Amou Haji died Sunday in the village of Dezhgah, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA). He had refused to bathe for more than 60 years, fearing it would make him sick.

He gained notoriety around the globe for his unofficial title as "world’s dirtiest man," and his life was even chronicled in a 2013 documentary called "The Strange Life of Amou Haji."

Villagers had recently pressured him to bathe, and "for the first time a few months ago, villagers had taken him to a bathroom to wash," the IRNA report stated, according to The Telegraph.

"Not long after, he fell ill and finally, on Sunday … he gave up his life," the report continued, according to The Telegraph

 

[Blarg]

Obviously the villagers were doing God's work. 

[Redondo]

 

Missing grandmother eaten alive by 22-foot python

A 54-year-old Indonesian grandmother who went missing last Friday while collecting rubber on a plantation near her home in Jambi was eventually found in the stomach of a 22-foot python after a two-day search.

Family members of the woman, identified as Jahrah, called emergency services on Friday evening and started searching through nearby wooded areas, according to ViralPress.

 

[Redondo]

 

Man facing dozens of charges after officers find 84 illegal immigrants being smuggled in dump truck

 

 84 people in the back of a dump truck?

That's really packing them in and hard to believe that many fit

 

 

[Blarg]

Someone is going to be pretty pissed their dump truck is now the property of the Texas INS and will have to try and buy it back from auction. 

[St1ck]

Wolverines!

Substitute math teacher arrested at Aliso Niguel High School for threatening students
https://news.yahoo.com/substitute-math-teacher-arrested-aliso-005150027.html

[Jason]

On 10/25/2022 at 3:13 PM, T.G. said:

Great White leaps into spotlight during surfing contest

 

Top level photo bomb 

[Redondo]

 

Man saves children from raging inferno after making wrong turn

An Iowa man is being hailed as a hero for helping save four siblings from their burning home when he accidentally came upon it after making a wrong turn.

Brendon Birt sprang into action and began shouting when he discovered the Red Oak, Iowa, home of Tender Lehman ablaze, according to ABC affiliate KETV.

Lehman was out of town in Montana for a family emergency at the time, but her three children and their 22-year-old brother were asleep inside the house as flames began to consume the structure and the smoke detectors failed to go off.

Birt pounded on the windows and sides of the house in an attempt to alert those inside.

[Tank]

Wow. He is hero and deserves.

[Blarg]

6 hours ago, Redondo said:

... when he accidentally came upon it after making a wrong turn.

From Montana to Iowa, that's a hell of a wrong turn. 

[Lou]

7 minutes ago, Blarg said:

From Montana to Iowa, that's a hell of a wrong turn. 

Read it again.

[Blarg]

Try having a sense of humor. 

[Lou]

The hero had nothing to do with Montana. How is that funny?

[Blarg]

Fuck. 

[Lou]

lol 

[Redondo]

Is a meat recession coming?

Online meat delivery company Good Ranchers warned consumers on social media that "a meat recession is knocking and supply is about to be tight" as cattle herd continues to shrink.

"The cattle herd has shrunk due to droughts," Good Ranchers wrote on its Instagram account. "Our total meat supply for the coming year is down significantly. This is one of the main reasons a meat recession is coming."

Walter Kunisch, senior commodities strategist at Hilltop Securities, agreed, telling FOX Business that U.S. beef cattle supplies will continue to contract throughout 2023, further pushing up beef prices for consumers "well the first half of 2024."

"We believe that an acute and protracted drought in the southwest U.S. is responsible for increased culling of beef cattle which is leaving the U.S. structurally short beef cattle and beef supplies," Kunish told FOX Business.

According to The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the number of cattle moving from pasture into a feedlot to be conditioned for slaughter in September fell 4% nationwide year-over-year. In certain areas, such as Kansas, it was as high as 11%.

 

[Jason]

24 minutes ago, Redondo said:

Is a meat recession coming?

Online meat delivery company Good Ranchers warned consumers on social media that "a meat recession is knocking and supply is about to be tight" as cattle herd continues to shrink.

"The cattle herd has shrunk due to droughts," Good Ranchers wrote on its Instagram account. "Our total meat supply for the coming year is down significantly. This is one of the main reasons a meat recession is coming."

Walter Kunisch, senior commodities strategist at Hilltop Securities, agreed, telling FOX Business that U.S. beef cattle supplies will continue to contract throughout 2023, further pushing up beef prices for consumers "well the first half of 2024."

"We believe that an acute and protracted drought in the southwest U.S. is responsible for increased culling of beef cattle which is leaving the U.S. structurally short beef cattle and beef supplies," Kunish told FOX Business.

According to The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the number of cattle moving from pasture into a feedlot to be conditioned for slaughter in September fell 4% nationwide year-over-year. In certain areas, such as Kansas, it was as high as 11%.

 

@Tankis safe and will be laughing at our pain 

[Tank]

1 hour ago, Jason said:

@Tankis safe and will be laughing at our pain 

i already laugh at most of you so this will be a pretty easy transition to make when the time comes.