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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/colin-way-lawsuits-outer-battery-lights-1.6712977

when you're such a bad neighbor, your address is printed in national news

the thrilling conclusion. wonder how long they've been waiting to break out this headline.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/battery-lights-turned-off-1.6728439

https://www.kmov.com/2023/02/01/high-school-basketball-coach-posed-player-game-school-system-says

the footage is pretty great. it's just the assistant coach kicking ass in the game lol

lol I was just reading about that. i am mad that nobody has posted coaches statz yet

"wow this player that normally averages 4 ppg dropped 35 points!"

they were truly making it look easy out there

https://i.ibb.co/RSGd7bk/FB-IMG-1675708346499.jpg

All the times UFO have been spotted in south Essex

https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/23314511.times-ufo-spotted-south-essex/

"23314511 times ufo spotted south essex"

seems like it wasn't this many times despite the URL

https://i.imgur.com/Pt4SZKt.jpg

Godammit, never mind.

ThisPageIsSat✧✧✧@Sat✧✧✧.c✧✧

You ever wished so hard that something false was so true?

there is a bar/restaurant in Clermont, FL called the MoonCricket Grille. yes, a racist name, and yes, they're aware it's racist and have been told why and won't change it.

so today they're charging 49 cents for Bud Light, for the purpose of the customer to dump it out.

why 49 cents?

49 gay people were murdered at Pulse in 2016.

I wish the plague on this business.

A war of words has ignited between two Ayrshire takeaways over 'copycat' claims.

Popular restaurant Tempura, which has outlets in Ayr and Kilmarnock, accused a Kilwinning takeaway of copying their colours and their logo in a searing broadside issued from its Facebook page.

Tempura cafe and bar claimed it was a 'sad day' that the North Ayrshire eaterie, dubbed Tempura Kilwinning, had copied their look.

The Beresford Terrace-based operation went on to accuse their namesake of trying to "fool customers" and said that the business was nothing to do with them.

The full post reads: "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

"A sad day when a business not only copies your name but even needs to copy the colours you use in your logo…

"We think they may be trying to fool customers into believing we are involved, please note that this business is nothing to do with us…"

But Tempura Kilwinning hit back at the claims and categorically said they were not intending to fool customers and are "in no way imitating" the Ayr venue.

The Station Plaza eaterie said they did not plan on "copying colour schemes" and "didn’t realise there cannot be business with the same or similar names that sell the same products."

Tempura Kilwinning's Facebook post reads: "Hi folks, we would like to put on the record that we are no way related to 'Tempura Ayr' and have seen the post regarding the situation, we are in no way imitating them and we do not intend to fool customers into believing so.

"We would like to have this on record and have not planned on ‘copying’ colour schemes either.

"We didn’t realise there cannot be business with the same or similar names that sell the same products.

"We have a completely different menu from Tempura - Ayr and as I said originally, we are not trying to imitate them. Thanks folks."

Tempura Kilwinning's Facebook page was only set up on Wednesday.

The dispute emerges after the same Kilwinning venue, also known as King Kone, saw its chef leave the premises last month.

Big Dibby confirmed: "Big Dibbys will unfortunately no longer be based in King Kone.

"However King Kone will still be open but it will not be my food that’s being served. Keep your eyes peeled folks for some exciting news."

But where is Big Dibby now?

never happy when chefs are saying "keep your eyes peeled"

Big Dibby cuttin cheese

Big Dibby planning to open King Klone

Northwest National considers moving on from state’s only moving sidewalk

The moving walkway was originally a "fix" because the elevation of the concourse was off when it was built and that resulted in a slight slant to the floor.

Fondano said the plan is to remove the walkway and fill the hole beneath it. The slant will likely remain.

Edinburgh Airport passenger 'only had seven minutes to down 5am pint' due to queues

When the couple tried to enter the airport and go through security they realised it was the security crew and they would be stuck in it for the next hour.

A fuming Edinburgh Airport passenger travelling through the airport has told how he only had seven minutes to down a pint after being stuck in security queues which were like being in a "rugby scrum."

Andy Campbell, 59, from Perth was jetting off to Corfu with his partner at 5am on Monday, August 28 and was shocked to see a huge queue snaking outside the terminal building but assumed it was to access transport into the city centre.

When the couple tried to enter the airport and go through security they realised it was the security queue and they would be stuck in it for the next hour.

Speaking to Edinburgh Live Andy said: "We arrived around 5.15am for our holiday flight and noticed the queue along the terminal building outside and assumed it was for bus pick up or something similar.

"But on entering the building we quickly realised that it was the security queue! It stretched from the bottom of the escalator to the door all the way along to the connecting bridge to multi-story then doubled back all the way along to the escalator.

"They were intermittently turning the escalator off to limit numbers in security but that didn’t work."

He continued: "It was a complete rugby scrum out in the corridor. This created a backlog which then merged with the people allowed up the escalators.

Finally, he said: "The woman manning the boarding pass scanners wasn’t exactly cheery or helpful either. It is an international airport trying to secure new routes and it has only six security lanes, one of which was out of order!"

The couple made their flight just in time despite security queues and told how they had just seven minutes to finish their pint before heading to board.

A spokesperson for Edinburgh Airport said: “A technical issue affecting a lane at security resulted in longer wait times for some passengers however this was rectified promptly and waits returned to levels we would expect a short time later.

“The priority of our teams is to ensure passengers pass through security safely and they work hard to ensure any wait times are kept to a minimum.”

During a TV interview with a railway guy about the dangers of not stopping at closed train crossings a cyclist rides through the closed crossing:

https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/kijk/2023/12/04/fietser-door-slagboom-tijdens-interview-arvato-62231724/

A Johnstone takeaway appears to have closed its doors with locals left bemused.

Sofia's Chippy on High Street in the Renfrewshire town has mysteriously closed with what appears to be no warning.

Despite advertising that they are open, none of the staff were available to answer the phone at 4:30pm on Monday, March 4.

Orders on the business's own website for food are also not working, with customers having a message pop up that says "sorry, this restaurant is closed right now".

Residents have taken to social media to express their concerns.

One person asked: "Does anyone know if Sofia's chippy in Johnstone has closed down?."

Another said: "Has Sofia's Chippy closed for good?"

People took to the comments to share their thoughts with one user saying: "Was just thinking same yesterday. I thought it had closed down."

Whilst another user added: "It was open last week. I ordered from it."

A third said: "That’s a shame. They did fabulous kebabs."

A fourth said: "Apparently it has - very sad."

The last post from Sofia's Chippy Facebook account came on January 10 which stated that there would be "no change here".

They said: "No change here.

"We are still serving up sizzling dishes this year. Exclusive 10% Discount on all online orders."

Sofia's Chippy has been contacted for comment.

It is the most interesting thing that's happened in Johnstone... ever

A skull was found in Forest's (Vorst/Brussels suburb) ... Mystery Street

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/magician-theft-rolex-1.7156871

He says the Montreal community of luxury watch enthusiasts is well aware that a criminal magician or magicians seem to be operating in the area to rob people of their watches. 

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/0407/1442212-courts-cat/

It is the most interesting thing that's happened in Johnstone... ever

I lived there for 23 years and I can confirm this. Although, Sofia's is the best chippy by far in Johnstone, and I have fond memories of when they operated a "chippy van" around the scheme I was living in

What does the fox say? Something threatening, apparently.

The Golden Triangle Business Improvement District sent a message to its property managers Wednesday advising of a bizarre incident involving a person dressed in what appears to be a Miles "Tails" Prower costume — Tails being the closest friend of Sonic the Hedgehog — and another person who, based on a circulated photo, was filming it.

An influencer? A TikTok prank? One of a million possibilities we haven't thought of?

“At approximately 11:00 a.m. today, the two individuals … attempted to gain access to the elevators at a building within the Golden Triangle BID,” the BID wrote. "The security officer stopped them prior to the elevators and asked them to leave the building. The individual in the fox costume then looked at the security officer and stated, 'You are a dead man walking.' No further motive for entry was demonstrated.”

Not Boring, District of Columbia

Classic Tails.

at the Orl@ndo International Fringe Festival, starting around 2016, an avantgarde show popped up, called Young Man Dressed as a Gorilla Dressed as an Old Man Sits in a Rocking Chair for Fifty-Six Minutes and Then Leaves. The entirety of the show is described in the title. that's all it was. it gained a cult following, as audiences loved the absurdity of it, some of them enjoyed taking pics with the gorilla, others got a little more raucous and got drunk and rowdy and joined the gorilla onstage.

It lead to a thinkpiece from a local theatre critic about the 'appropriate' way to watch this piece, with that author feeling that those who joined the gorilla onstage were out of control, endangering the performer, and this missed the point of the piece. Nonetheless, it's come back just about every year, and usually never announced in advance, often spread by word of mouth until being formally announced a few hours in advance.

well...controversy is afoot. because earlier today, the word of mouth begin spreading that gorilla show was back. but then it was announced, and people quickly noted a huge change in the title...as the gorilla was now a rabbit. and word quickly spread that the change was not one made by the artists, but that the Fringe staff informed the artist that the creature could not be a gorilla. the rationale given was that someone could take or has taken offense (though the only offense I've ever seen logged in the past was the way people acted at the show, though admittedly...I've never seen it and don't care about it).

Now, there's a heated debate online about how this makes the festival fall outside of the guidelines of a sanctioned Fringe festival, because a sanctioned Fringe festival must be unjuried, meaning the staff cannot select the plays performed based on merit, or make content adjustments. This is being viewed as artistic interference and there are some who are going to boycott the show now because of this.

tl;dr - a dialogue-free play that was once about a gorilla is now about a rabbit and people are upset. i love theater people.

my guess? it'll probably come out that the artist themselves made the decision and everybody will feel silly by midnight

(I guess the show originated in the UK and it was ported over here by an Australian performer)

Now we can't even have Young Man Dressed as a Gorilla Dressed as an Old Man Sits in a Rocking Chair for Fifty-Six Minutes and Then Leaves", because of woke

Trump has vowed that the rabbit will be a gorilla again if elected

What if they just made it Young Man Dressed as a Gorilla, Dressed as a Rabbit, Dressed as an Old man Sits in a Rocking Chair for Fifty-Six Minutes and then Leaves, as a compromise?

I'd need to see a snippet first before making a decision

Musselburgh ‘missing out’ due to ‘inadequate’ pétanque piste
By Avril Campbell22nd May
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A call has been made for a better pétanque piste in Musselburgh.

The boules game has been regularly played by members of the local twinning association during the summer months on a “small piste squeezed in” next to the tennis courts in Lewisvale Park, which is provided by East Lothian Council.

But its temporary closure due to the tennis club pavilion being replaced, together with the “impossibility” of staging larger matches, has led the association to call for a “much better and larger facility” like those in a number of nearby towns.

Barry Turner, president of Musselburgh Twinning Association, told the Courier: “Pétanque is a popular game in France and it is catching on here in Scotland but Musselburgh is missing out in not having a decent playing area.

“Go to Haddington, Dunbar, Newtongrange, Penicuik and Roslin and you will see wonderful large pistes on which a number of teams can play at the same time. Another is about to be provided in Dalkeith, funded by the town’s equivalent of our Common Good fund. So why not Musselburgh, where we have what can only be described as an inadequate facility?

“If we had what the other towns have, we could attract more players, set up a club and hold inter-town tournaments as part of a proposed Lothian league. A good piste in one of the town’s public open spaces would cost £10,000 to £12,000, requires little maintenance and would be available free of charge to all-comers.

“This sociable, easy-to-play game is particularly attractive to older folk. All you need for a game is a set of boules, which cost about £20.

“We have been told by the council that if we can get a sizeable club going then a better piste might be possible. But we are in a catch-22 situation because we cannot interest enough people without a better piste.”

He pointed out that, in June, the twinning association had a party coming from its twinned town of Champigny, near Paris, and some games of pétanque with other twinning associations were in the programme.

He said that Musselburgh would like to host the games for its visitors but, even if the “modest” Lewisvale Park piste were available, games would only be possible by travelling to Haddington and Newtongrange in order to use the “excellent facilities” available there.

An East Lothian Council spokesperson said: “The council’s club and community sport officer has been liaising with the group regarding the current piste within Lewisvale Park.

“The immediate focus has been how to accommodate key dates for the club whilst the adjacent new tennis pavilion is built and officers will continue to engage regarding the wider aspirations for alternative provision.”