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Message in bottle sets new world record

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A message in a bottle, deposited in 1914, has set a world record for the length of time spent at sea.

 

British authorities say a message in a bottle, deposited in the sea almost 100 years ago in a scientific experiment, has set a new world record for the length of time spent at sea.
The bottle, released in 1914, was caught in the net of a fishing vessel off the Shetland Islands, on the northeast coast of Scotland, in April this year.
The publishers of Guinness World Records have confirmed the bottle's nearly 98 years at sea has beaten the previous world record by more than five years.
Drift bottle 646B was released as part of a batch of 1890 on June 10, 1914 by maritime scientists measuring under-currents of the seas around Scotland.

Shows how amazing animals can be

Woman Saves Cat’s Life; Cat Returns
the Favor

By Caroline Golon

When Amy Jung of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin adopted two cats from a local shelter, she had no idea that, just hours later, the decision would save her life.

This incredible story was first reported by Samantha Hernandez of the Door County Advocate , earlier this month.

Jung wasn’t planning on coming home with a cat, let alone two cats that day. She and her son Ethan had stopped by the Door County Humane Society to play with the homeless felines.

But Pudding, a 21-pound orange and white cat, caught Jung’s attention. The two made a connection and Jung decided to adopt him. Pudding and another cat, Wimsy, were brought to the shelter together when their owner died a month earlier. Jung, not wanting to separate the two cats, adopted them both.

According to Jung, the pair of felines made themselves at home right away and all seemed well.

Until later that night when Jung, who has been diabetic since childhood, went into a diabetic seizure in her sleep.

That’s when the normally laid-back Pudding took action. Jumping on Jung’s chest, Pudding began to nudge and bite at her in an apparent attempt to rouse her. Jung said the heavy cat on top of her woke her long enough to call to her son for help.

When the sleeping Ethan did not hear his mother’s cries, Pudding raced into Ethan’s room and jumped on him, waking him up in time to get medical help for his mother.

Jung and her son are amazed and grateful to Pudding. “If something or someone hadn’t pulled me out of that, I wouldn’t be here,” Jung told the Door County Advocate.

Carrie Counihan, Door County Humane Society executive director, described the giant cat as very laid back and relaxed. To jump up on someone like he did to Jung was not his normal behavior, making it all the more believable that he knew something was amiss. "That, for me, makes the story really stand out," she told the Door County Advocate. "That he was sensing something and reacting to it."

At the suggestion of her doctor, Jung registered Pudding as a therapy cat. Pudding now sits by Jung’s side and meows if he senses her blood sugar may be low.

What a great tragedy. If this was deliberate, KARMA'S a bitch.

Five racehorses die in NSW stable fire

• By Vincent Morello, Police Reporter
• August 21, 2012 6:11PM

HORSES enveloped in flames bolted from a stable blaze that killed five standardbred racehorses in a tragedy that has rocked the harness racing industry.

A block of 16 stables was destroyed at Leeton Racecourse, in the NSW Riverina, about 4am (AEST) on Tuesday.
One end of the block was already engulfed when fire and rescue crews arrived and firefighters burned their hands trying to open the metal latches to free five more horses.
"The radiant heat had just set their rugs alight and their tails alight and we were trying to extinguish them while we were getting them out," Captain Graham Parks told AAP.
"The horses were that stressed and stirred up they were knocking firemen over. It was just chaos."
The crew also worked to contain the fire from igniting three other blocks of stables just six metres away.
"To see animals trapped in a fire like that, that can't get out and can't help themselves. It's a pretty cruel way to go.

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Trainer Phil Maguire lost three horses in the blaze including Garry Kelly, a five-year-old champion gelding.
His daughter Martelle, 17, is studying for her HSC and drove the horse to eight wins.
"You couldn't put a cost on them," Mr Maguire's sister-in-law Del Cope told AAP.
"Garry Kelly was loved that much by Martelle. The special bond they had, she wouldn't have sold it if anyone offered a million dollars."
He also lost Centaury and Provence, while trainer John Kefford lost two horses - Candys Art and Captain Stapleton.
"You'd shake your head and say 'no one would deliberately do this' but strange things happen, don't they," Ms Cope said.
"It's traumatic for the whole harness racing fraternity. Everyone's just that shaken by it."
Three of the surviving horses suffered burns and at least one was transported to Charles Sturt University for a smoke inhalation check.
"Burns assessments in animals are always difficult but they are likely to survive," local veterinarian Brian Munro told AAP.
He said the horses would probably race again but "not in the immediate future".
"Standardbreds are a remarkably stoic - if it were thoroughbreds it might be a different story," Dr Munro said.
Two horses escaped the fire unhurt, he said.
The aged stables were built from old red gum hardwood and police are considering the fire as suspicious while they investigate the cause.

Only in America

Man drops gun in movie theater, shooting self in buttocks

By Andrew Mach, NBC News

Police say a man accidentally shot himself in the buttocks at a Nevada movie theater during a showing of “The Bourne Legacy.”

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The moviegoer was at the Century 14 theater Tuesday night when a gunshot rang out.
After receiving several calls reporting seven to eight shots, police in Sparks, Nev., dispatched police units as well as fire and medical crews only to find out one shot was fired by accident.
Witnesses inside the theater told officers the gun fell from the man’s pocket as he was adjusting himself in the seat, and it fired when it dropped to the floor, striking him in the buttocks.
The 56-year-old man then reportedly stood up, apologized to those around him and left the theater before police arrived. He checked himself into a nearby VA hospital in Reno, where he was treated for a gunshot wound to his buttocks, according to a police report. His injury is not considered to be life-threatening.
Police say there was no panic in the theater and that only five people reported hearing the gunshot out of the approximately 30 people in the audience. No one else on the scene was injured.
Police said the man has a valid permit to carry a concealed firearm.

A feel good picture.

Palling around: Baby kangaroo and wombat share pouch time together

Anzac, a 5-month-old joey, has found a good pal with Peggy the wombat. The pair are being taken care of at the Wild about Wildlife Rescue Centre near Melbourne, Australia.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/palling-baby-kangaroo-wombat-share-pouch-time-article-1.1128125#ixzz236hvAXDO

Gone to the Dogs

Two dogs have been "married'' in a lavish Manhattan extravaganza in what is now officially the most expensive pooch wedding in history.
Bride Baby Hope Diamond, a coton du tulear with black-grey markings, was led down the aisle, resplendent in her canine couture gown.
Her poodle groom, a dapper dude named Chilly Pasternak didn't seem too excited about the whole affair but, never-the-less, went along with the ceremony. Seven year itch, anyone?

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/weird-true-freaky/seriously-pricey-pooch-wedding-ceremony-is-no-joke/story-e6frflri-1226425361363#ixzz231hmeUKz

Would you cash this cheque

The Perfect Scam - Australia

Australian Police have been unable to recommend a prosecution for the following scam:

A company takes out a newspaper advertisement claiming to be able to supply imported hard core pornographic videos. As their prices seem reasonable, people place orders and make payments via check.

After several weeks, the company writes back explaining that under the present law they are unable to supply the materials and do not wish to be prosecuted. So they return their customers' money in the form of a company check.

However, due to the name of the company, few people will present
these checks to their banks. The name of the company:
"The Anal Sex and Fetish Perversion Company."

This will make you laugh

Funny Newspaper Clippings

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Something Weird and Wrong with these MEN

Please follow this link to the worlds 15 weirdest aphrodisiacs.


There must be something weird and wrong with these men to think that they can KILL to near extinction to get an ejerction. If you can call them MEN.
 Our Aussie men only need Beer & oysters.

• 15 Weirdest Aphrodisiacs from Around the World

  
  13. Tiger Penis: In China, Taiwan and South Korea the tiger genitals are believed to increase male stamina. It is so popular that it has led to the near extinction of the tiger.
  14. Rhino Horn: Ground rhino horn is used in Africa, China and Northern India for it's alleged powers. Unfortunately, poaching the rhino for horns has become a problem of late due to the diminishing numbers in Africa.
  
  

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