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Tuesday, December 06, 2016

Kerry County grants permission to drive drunk

"The Kerry, Ireland, county council voted in January [2013] to let some people drive drunk. The councillors reasoned that in the county’s isolated regions, some seniors live alone and need the camaraderie of the pub but fear a DUI arrest on the way home. The councillors thus empowered police to issue DUI permits to those drivers. Besides, they reasoned, the area is so sparsely-populated that some drivers never encounter anyone else on the road at night. (Coincidentally--or not--"several” of the five councillors voting "yea" own pubs.)" ― Weirduniverse.net and BBC News, 1-22-2013]

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Monday, December 05, 2016

Abandoned earth river view

From Instagram abandonedearth: Crystal Mill, Colorado.

Crystal Mill, Colorado. 👣“Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground.” ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭143:10 Photograph by © @tyschmitt #abandonedearth

A photo posted by Beautiful Abandoned Earth (@abandonedearth) on Dec 5, 2016 at 7:31am PST

Hunting trip nearly ends in a tie

By Lizzy Acker | The Oregonian/OregonLive
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on November 07, 2016 at 11:32 AM, updated November 07, 2016 at 10:37 PM

A Bend man was impaled in the back by the antlers of an elk he had just shot on Saturday, according to Crook County Sheriff's Office.

Gary Heeter, 69, was hunting in "a very remote location" in the Maury Mountains where he killed an elk. Around noon. as he was dragging the carcass of the animal behind his four-wheeler up a steep hill, the vehicle flipped and he flew back and landed on his dead prey.

Members of the hunting party applied first aid to Heeter to stanch the flow of blood.

"When the deputy arrived at the crash scene," said the sheriff's office, "he found Heeter was conscious and communicative, but appeared to be going into shock."

Heeter was flown to St. Charles Hospital in Bend by a Life Flight helicopter, but not before it had difficulty finding a suitable landing location "due to the rough terrain, which consisted of intermittent forest cover and rocky clearings."

According to KATU, the Crook County Sheriff's Office reports that Heeter is in stable condition.

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Personal jet packs go on sale mid-2017

"Australian aviator David Mayman has promised investors that his personal jet packs will hit the market by mid-2017, though early adopters will pay about $250,000 for one, to fly a person at up to 60 mph for 10 minutes. The JB-10 (developed by Mayman and designer Nelson Tyler) has made about 400 test runs in Monaco and over downtown London and New York City, but the partners realize that ultimate success will require that the fuel tanks be downsized so that the craft can be powered electrically--and thus seek crowdfunding both for that model and a larger one to accommodate the Pentagon's (Special Operations Command) tactical needs."

The JB-10 JetPack uses two minature jet engines fixed to a harness.
The engines run on aviation fuel and can together lift 350lbs at a time.
It can be controlled using two joysticks which control the lift and direction of the jetpack.

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