A staff member of WinCo Foods shut down a self-checkout for an elderly woman today in one of their locations in Oregon. You can see the ‘abusive’ staffer shut down the machine so the woman can’t checkout and then proceed to see what some people (including the elderly lady) see as assault.
Seems a bit like overreaction on the part of the employee. WinCo had no comment. Maybe overreaction by all involved, actually.People all over just seem to be getting weirded out in general.
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MT. HOOD, OR (KPTV) – A Portland woman suffered a shoulder injury after falling into a 5-foot fumarole on Mt. Hood Friday. Caroline Sundbaum, 35, fell into the opening-which emits steam and volcanic gases- in the Devil's Kitchen area of the mountain around 1:30 p.m., according to the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office.
Another climber saw her fall and rushed to her aid. He was able to anchor himself and haul her out with his rope. There's an ice ledge about five feet below the hole into which she fell, after which the fumarole bends along its downward path - but the gases are toxic, so it's fortunate that someone was able to quickly get her out.
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A Bend man was experiencing depression as a result of his failing marriage so he went to his family physician, who counseled him on ways to improve his marriage and prescribed him marijuana and CBD.
The patient now claims in a lawsuit that all along, the doctor, Ronald Rosen, was having an affair with his wife.
So the doctor himself was behind the guy's depression, and actually made it worse. The patient's now seeking over $2 million.
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Yes...books bound in human skin.
In January of 1869, Dr. John Stockton Hough stooped over an autopsy table to examine the emaciated corpse of Mary Lynch.
When Dr. Hough opened Lynch's chest cavity to inspect her tuberculosis-wracked lungs, he noticed an unusual cyst in her pectorals. Under a microscope, his vision swam as countless tiny worms wriggled around. Lynch was the first known case of trichinosis in Philadelphia.
However, Dr. Hough is not most famous for this discovery but, rather, for what he did immediately afterward: He cut a slice of Lynch's skin from her thighs and preserved it in a chamber pot. Decades later, Dr. Hough used this preserved human skin to bind three of his most prized books, all of which dealt with women's health.
Everybody's got to have a hobby....
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A UK man has been charged with assault after allegedly farting in an Uber and attacking the driver for protesting, Bristol Live reported.
The odiferous incident reportedly occurred last year when Kingswood’s James Mallett, 35, let it rip in the back of the ride while on the way to a local nightclub with three other people. This was the “final straw” for the Uber driver, named Aleksander Bonchev, who had allegedly suffered abuse at the hands of other passengers, according to court testimony.
Prosecutor James Scutt said Bonchev told Mallett “to leave the vehicle,” whereupon the flatulent fare offered to fight the driver and struck him in the head. Bonchev reportedly responded in defense by punching the Mallett in the face, knocking him to the ground.
Police encountered the unruly passenger a little while later sporting a “cut on his bottom lip,” according to Scutt, who added that he was “plainly intoxicated.” Fortunately the gass-enger admitted to assault occasioning actual harm on November 30, which landed him a six month-jail term, a $650 fine and 120 hours of community service. His jail sentence has since been suspended for 18 months.
Picking up drunk people can often be problematic, as the driver would doubtless attest if he was still in the country. However, he broke a finger during the altercation, which apparently rendered him unable to drive, so he lost his Uber job along with his apartment and his car, and has since returned home to Bulgaria.
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Architect Nick Drummond bought this place in upstate New York with an eye toward restoring the house, which he was told had been built by a former German baron, who in the 1920s began bootlegging illegal booze. Although the baron part of the story is unclear to this day,at least part of the tale seems to have been true: during the course of the project, multiple false walls were discovered, which seemed odd. Upon further investigation, it was found that the foundation, walls, and floors in the cellar were lined with intact cases of 1920s whiskey - worth thousands of dollars today.
More hidden compartments are being discovered throughout the "Bootlegger Bungalow", as he calls it, containing more bottles of whiskey.
I imagine that all that whiskey kept the winter chill at bay.
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Twitter user Amanda Hyslop uploaded the snap, saying: “Took a pic of the cat looking out the window and accidentally turned him into some sort of god.” The incredible picture appears to show Amanda's white cat casually perching on top of a cloud, despite simply being a window reflection.
Professionals would kill for a shot like that.
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The Amish/Mennonite community held a pro-Trump parade in Fredericksburg, Ohio, on Saturday — replete with horses and buggies, cows, wagons, and maybe a few chickens thrown in for good measure. From horse-drawn carriages to wagons decorated with Trump-Pence banners, to two guys riding steers, it was a sight to behold.
That is definitely unusual.
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We're still socked in with forest fire smoke, as we have been for over a week now. It's claimed that it may begin to dissipate starting tomorrow, although some of the folks who examine the stuff seem to disagree:
People in Oregon, Washington state and California have been struggling for a week or longer under some of the most unhealthy air on the planet. The acrid yellow-green smog may linger for days or weeks, scientists and forecasters said.
It doesn't seem to me as though we'll get a break from it until the rains start up.
The hazy air closed businesses like Whole Foods and the iconic Powell’s Books in Portland and suspended garbage pickup in some communities. Pollution and fire evacuations canceled online school and closed some college campuses in Oregon. “It is so bad that you can likely smell (smoke) inside your house,” said Sarah Present, the health officer for Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties. “In some areas, the air quality is so hazardous it is off the charts of the EPA’s rating scale.”
The region has had a significant increase in visits to emergency rooms due to air quality, officials said Tuesday.
Places like the Oregon Convention Center in downtown Portland are being used as shelters for people who need a dose of healthy air. Typically during wildfires, people can escape to other areas of the state to breathe easy, said Dylan Darling, a spokesman for the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. “That’s what’s standing out — there just isn’t a place in Oregon right now to find fresh air,” Darling said. The level of pollution lingering for so long and so widely “really stands out in the state’s history,” he said.
“Labor Day morning things were kind of beautiful. We had clear skies, it was blue, the air quality was nice and good,” Lane Regional Air Protection Agency public affairs manager Travis Knudsen said. But by around 6 or 7 p.m. it had dropped to very unhealthy. The next morning it was considered hazardous.
This is the first time his agency has opted not to advise people to escape the bad air; that’s because the entire state has been engulfed by air that ranges in quality from unhealthy to hazardous air. “Our recommendation to people is to stay home and limit their exposure outdoors as much as possible. Close all the windows, close all the doors, look for any cracks or leaks in your home that could be letting outdoor air in and close them up as much as possible,” Knudson said.
Some folks aren't following the advice; somebody evidently walked up my driveway to the house yesterday and stole my yard debris bin. Must've been desperate. When I called to ask for a replacement, the lady at Waste Management was as amazed as me. it must be admitted - that's a weird one.
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PHOENIX — For the past 40 years, a 40-foot-tall saguaro cactus watched over a north Phoenix neighborhood. On Sunday, this proud saguaro gave way to the record heat that has engulfed the Valley and the lack of water from non-existent monsoon storms.
Pretty big, and pretty heavy. Even a cactus need water every now and then.
Who'd have guessed?
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