Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Only in Northern Michigan and from the desk of Pete Yates!

Understood.

___________________From the Desk of Pete Yates!_____________________

The Department of Transportation has released an animation of the Alaskan Way Viaduct in a simulated earthquake.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/flatpages/video/seattletimesvideo.html?bcpid=30884189001&bclid=0&bctid=46395517001

Mother of CRAP!
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Monday, October 19, 2009

Deer Accident....

Victim identified in Clare Co. Motorcycle/Deer Accident

People think I make this stuff up and I don't. Hey, they are rural rats right now there are so many of them and people die because of car/deer accidents and motorcycle/deer accidents and the deer die of starvation if they are not harvested. So why not give the meat to soup kitchens and food pantry's if your not going to eat it and give their lives at least some meaning.

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Thursday, October 15, 2009

I really don't care if you don't like cats....Really...



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~Cats meow at me; they want to make me feed them.

However, they will not get meat today….~

Onion Peels, Only in Northern Michigan and Baltimore celebrates Poe!

Onion Peels!

Sotomayor Misses Supreme Court Case After Failing To Get Out Of Jury Duty

Uh oh.

Cell Phone Stuck In 2-Year Contract With Local Man

Unfortunately it's common to hate your phone....
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Only in Northern Michigan

Car crashes into Rosebush Post Office

Wednesday, October 14, 2009 5:48 AM EDT


a 2006 Buick LaCrosse driven by 87-year-old Onalee Swindlehurst was jammed into the side of the building.

Ciochetto said that Swindlehurst told him that "her foot slipped."

Swindlehurst, a lifelong resident of Rosebush, was on her way to the post office to drop off some mail, her son Lynn Swindlehurst, said.

"If my mother were here, she would say 'I'm mad, I'm upset, that I did this,'" Lynn Swindlehurst said.

Swindlehurst said that his mother called him from the back seat of her car.

"An OnStar operator called me at work," Swindlehurst said. "I wondered what they wanted, and she told me that my mother wanted to talk to me. "And that she was in an accident."

Swindlehurst said that he is his mother's insurance agent, and that her automobile insurance would pay for the damage to her car and to the post office."

Ciochetto said that no one else was in the car, and alcohol was not a factor. Swindlehurst was taken to the hospital after complaining she had chest pain.

"The airbag was deployed," Chiochetto said. "When I arrived, she was alert."

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Baltimore celebrates Poe's funeral in Poe style

(ARA) - Two hundred years ago, a man remembered for his dark sense of mystery, macabre stories and questionable sanity was born. Edgar Allan Poe is one of Baltimore's most famous residents, and his adoptive city is having a huge celebration this fall complete with displays of works inspired by his chilling tales and a funeral celebration around his grave.
Baltimore recognizes Poe in many ways - the Baltimore Ravens are named after one of his well-known characters, every year on the anniversary of his death the mysterious Poe Toaster anonymously leaves three roses and a bottle of cognac on his gravestone, and there are rumors of his ghost haunting Baltimore's The Horse You Came In On Saloon, one of the last places he was seen alive.

The Baltimore Museum of Art will be hosting an exhibition featuring works of art inspired by Poe's frightful tales and poems. Opening on Oct. 4 and extending into January, the exhibition will include rare prints, drawings and book illustrations, and will be accompanied by live performances, poetry workshops and film screenings, including the 48-hour film project which had a film team who had a Poe character, a line of dialogue from one of his works, a theme and 48 hours to complete their movie.

Just so happens I was there less than two weeks ago....

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Wednesday, October 14, 2009

NOT SO-PRECIOUS MOMENTS COLLECTION 2009


Oh boy....Not so much....
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

From the Desk of Pete Yates



________________From the Desk of Pete Yates!__________________________
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/8296190.stm


Cage fighters' stag night web hit


Cage fighters picked on because they were dressed as women for a stag night say they are surprised that CCTV of the incident has become an internet hit.



A CCTV camera first captured the pair in a fight outside a nightclub with a man dressed as Spider-Man.


You know it cannot have been a good night when you get into a fight with Spider-Man and two cross-dressing men
Mark Davies, defence lawyer

They are then seen walking along Kingsway before Gardener confronts Mr Lilley, dressed in black hot pants and a pink wig.

After throwing a punch at him, Gardner and then Fender are both quickly floored by Mr Lerwell, wearing a short black dress with stockings and suspenders.

<one eyebrow raises>


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No no, really it's real....
No really...


http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=ba5f7a2c-2f37-4d42-be82-067051f05a19

Stonington says insulting sign can stay.
Couple left message in big letters for neighbors they had feuded with over the years.
Stonington - The big "F" and the big "U" can stay.
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Train drags German mooner half naked along tracks

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20091012/tsc-oukoe-uk-germany-bottom-011ccfa.html

A German man mooning at railway staff in a departing train got his trousers caught in a carriage door and ended up being dragged half naked along the platform, out of the station and onto the tracks.

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Saturday, October 10, 2009

Only in Northern Michigan....and Onion Peels

Big Love

http://www.connectmidmichigan.com/news/story.aspx?id=359611.                                     
(AP) -- MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. - A Bay City woman has pleaded guilty to a charge of polygamy.
Martha A. Flemming entered the plea Monday in Macomb County Circuit Court. She faces up to four years in prison at a sentencing scheduled for Nov. 16.

Someone take Grandma's keys!!!

9&10 News Morning

A woman is in the hospital after crashing her car through the front of a Mackinac County pharmacy. St. Ignace police say it happened around 3:00 early Thursday morning in St. Ignace at the Bay Pharmacy. Police believe the woman was intoxicated when she crashed her car through the front of the building, destroying all the windows. She also managed to take out two trees, some flag poles and an antique parking meter.


AND Like this never happens here....


Car Catches Fire After Crash
A Mecosta County man is accused of being intoxicated when he crashed his car and it caught fire. Deputies found the car on fire just outside of Stanwood on Northland Drive around 6:30 last night. The Stanwood man was already out of the car. Deputies say he went off the road, hit a mailbox, rolled then hit a guide wire.

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Local business helps folks grow medical marijuana

People, people, people. Just legalize it and go on with life....

The owner, Jeffrey Hunter, (back from his appearance as captain of the Enterprise in the pilot for the original star trek series...Ooops wrong Jeffrey Hunter....Or is he???)  moved back to his home state of Michigan because of the legalization of medical Marijuana.  He had been working in Nevada producing Medical Marijuana.

His new business does not grow marijuana, only provides growing tools to help others do so.  

Hydroponic system distributors tell him Michigan is their fastest growing market due to the legalization of medical marijuana.

See video: http://www.connectmidmichigan.com/news/video.aspx?id=361061

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MLIVE

Goodbye Delphi sign: familiar Saginaw landmark comes down today

By Eric English | The Saginaw News

October 06, 2009, 8:09AM

Workers today began taking down the familiar red-lettered Delphi sign at the corporation's complex at 3900 E. Holland. The sign is visible to motorists on Interstate 75.

A spokesman for Delphi Saginaw Steering Systems said the sign removal is a harbinger of Troy-based Delphi's emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy expected sometime this week.

"In preparation for our day one activities and transition to becoming a stand-alone and separate entity, as a GM subsidiary, we have begun the process of removing existing signage at the Saginaw site," David Barnas, a spokesman for Delphi Steering, said today.

Delphi Steering will soon have a new name - and a new sign - when it joins General Motors Co., Barnas said.



Don't worry folks their probably going to take it to the Smithsonian where they will use it in their "What Else Can Screw Up Big in Michigan" exhibit.

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Top Story

Obama: Health Care Plan Would Give Seniors Right To Choose How They Are Killed

WASHINGTON—'If your grandmother would rather be euthanized in the privacy of her own home than be gutted and hanged on a high school soccer field, she is entitled to that right."

Struggling Museum Now Allowing Patrons To Touch Paintings

NEW YORK—'At first it just looked like a picture of a bunch of lily pads,' Gerard Schmidt, a retired banker said of Monet's Water Lilies. 'But then I started scraping at it with my pocket knife....."

Entertainment Weekly' Critic Lets Director Redo 'Sorority Row' For Better Grade

HOLLYWOOD, CA—Critic Kate Ward told reporters Monday that she has given director Stewart Hendler a chance to reshoot his horror-thriller Sorority Row and improve upon the 'D' grade he received in her recent Entertainment Weekly review of the film. 'Stewart came to my office to talk about his grade, and we discussed where he went wrong with his production,' said Ward, who is often described by filmmakers as a 'tough-but-fair' reviewer.

Autism: More Common Than Thought

Stan Benzinger:
Mold Cleaner
"Back in the day, we didn't go over-diagnosing every kid with a problem. We just excluded them."

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GET YER OWN NEWS!!!!

Monday, October 5, 2009

Onion Peels

Pepsi To Cease Advertising

'We Know It's Good, And That's Enough' Says CEO.

Pentagon Report Concludes Too Many Soldiers Have Same Nickname

 

ARLINGTON, VA—An inquiry into last month's fatal midair collision of fighter planes piloted by Maj. John 'Scorch' Basin and Col. Keith 'Scorch' Vitullo has found that a dangerous number of U.S. servicemen use the same nickname. 'For commanders on the ground, calling out 'O-Ring' or 'Stroke' and having multiple heads turn poses a logistical nightmare and a grave risk to our troops in the field,' chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Michael 'Scorch' Mullen told reporters Tuesday.

My Living Nightmare Of Encouraging Kids To Read Is Over

By LeVar Burton
September 24, 2009 | Issue 45•39


Thank god.

After 26 long years, I can finally rest easy. Twenty-six years I spent standing in front of a camera, gritting my teeth, and shilling the latest works of every hack children's book author imaginable. For 26 years, I've told kids they could open a magical door to another world just by reading a book, when the only door it ever opened for me led to a soul-sucking career in the horrifying abyss of public television.




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