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I add this because it shows what I wish the world was like and the warm, almost teary feeling one experiences  when you witness the joy this innocent little person felt upon seeing her dearest loves..

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Here’s the schedule for 2023’s Inuvik Sunrise Festival

Published: January 2, 2023 at 5:17pmOLLIE WILLIAMSLAST MODIFIED: JANUARY 3, 2023 AT 5:54AM

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A winter sunrise in Inuvik. Photo supplied by Town of Inuvik

For the first time, the Inuvik Sunrise Festival will hold workshops on making the likes of sealskin mitts and ulus as the town welcomes the sun’s return this weekend.

The 2023 festival begins on Friday afternoon when, at 1:47pm, the sun rises above Inuvik’s horizon after 30 consecutive days of polar night. The sun will appear for only 27 minutes before disappearing again overnight.

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It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a… whale?

Airbus Beluga leaves St. John's onlookers with quite a tail to tell

Sarah Antle · CBC News · Posted: Jan 25, 2023 10:38 AM MST | Last Updated: January 25
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The Airbus Beluga is refuelling in St. John's before breaching again to deliver a satellite to the Kennedy Space Center. (Ted Dillon/CBC)

Plane spotters had a whale of a time in St. John's on Wednesday with the arrival of the Airbus Beluga, but no one was blubbering about the cold — it was all fin and games as they watched the giant plane touch down. 

The plane, carrying a satellite for British telecommunications company Inmarsat, stopped at St. John's International Airport to refuel before continuing to Cape Canaveral in Florida.

Will Goodridge — a Gander flight student and self-proclaimed aviation enthusiast — was at the airport watching when the Beluga arrived.

WATCH | A massive whale-shaped plane lands in St. John's 

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a… whale? | CBC News

 
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Baby beluga in the deep blue sky

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The distinctive Airbus Beluga plane — shaped like the eponymous whale — landed in St. John's on Wednesday, and planespotters were there to see it.

"When you got a plane like the Beluga coming in, as an enthusiast, you got to come up. No question," he said.

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Whale, whale, whale... Plane enthusiast and flight student Will Goodridge was at the airport to watch the Airbus Beluga's arrival. (Ted Dillon/CBC)

He has seen an Airbus Beluga once before, when he was flying in Gander. The Beluga was taking off at that time, and Goodridge still enjoys telling the... tail.

Jillian Rice, Inmarsat's regional human resources director, said this type of aircraft is rare.

"There are actually only five Belugas, not counting the XL Beluga, so it's a rare sighting and it's exciting for us to see this here today," she said.

"Standing next to something that so many of our employees have worked so diligently with Airbus employees on is just a real feeling of pride and accomplishment." 

Goodridge said the Airbus Beluga was designed to transport aircraft parts, such as wings. It would transport those components to Airbus's manufacturing plant in France. Now, he said, the Beluga is used for other missions, like delivering satellites. 

Plane passion

Goodridge spent five years studying business at Memorial University before applying to flight school because of his lifelong interest in planes.

He isn't sure where his interest comes from — ever since he was a kid, he has just been fascinated — but that passion has lingered for his entire life. And where there's a whale, there's a way.

"Every time I knew there was a cool plane coming to St. John's … I'd always make my way out. And I was always fascinated by it."

Goodridge said he wasn't surprised to see dozens of people at the airport waiting to watch the Beluga land.

"I don't know a single person who doesn't look up in the sky when they hear an airplane," he said.

Rice said excited aircraft enthusiasts can see the Airbus Beluga when it stops to fuel up on the way back to France. 

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Yes, it's that magical time of year again when the Darwin Awards are bestowed, honouring the least evolved among us.  Here are the glorious winners: 

 

When his .38 caliber revolver failed to fire at his intended victim during a hold-up in Long Beach, California, would-be robber James Elliot did something that can only inspire wonder.  He peered down the barrel and tried the trigger again. This time it worked.

 

The honorable mentions:

 

* The chef at a hotel in Switzerland lost a finger in a meat cutting machine and after a little shopping around, submitted a claim to his insurance company. The company expecting negligence sent out one of its men to have a look for himself. He tried the machine and he also lost a finger.  The chef's claim was approved.

 

A man who shovelled snow for an hour to clear a space for his car during a blizzard in Chicago returned with his vehicle to find a woman had taken the space. Understandably, he shot her.

 

After stopping for drinks at an illegal bar, a Zimbabwean bus driver found that the 20 mental patients he was supposed to be transporting from Harare to Bulawayo had escaped.  Not wanting to admit his incompetence, the driver went to a nearby bus stop and offered everyone waiting there a free ride.  He then delivered the passengers to the mental hospital, telling the staff that the patients were very excitable and prone to bizarre fantasies. The deception wasn't discovered for 3 days.

 

An American teenager was in the hospital recovering from serious head wounds received from an oncoming train.  When asked how he received the injuries, the lad told police that he was simply trying to see how close he could get his head to a moving train before he was hit.

 

A man walked into a Louisiana Circle-K, put a $20 bill on the counter, and asked for change.  When the clerk opened the cash drawer, the man pulled a gun and asked for all the cash in the register, which the clerk promptly provided. The man took the cash from the clerk and fled, leaving the $20 bill on the counter. The total amount of cash he got from the drawer $15.  [If someone points a gun at you and gives you money, is a crime committed?]

 

Seems an Arkansas guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided that he'd just throw a cinder block through a liquor store window, grab some booze, and run.  So, he lifted the cinder block and heaved it over his head at the window. The cinder block bounced back and hit the would-be thief on the head, knocking him unconscious.  The liquor store window was made of Plexiglas. The whole event was caught on videotape.

 

As a female shopper exited a New York convenience store, a man grabbed her purse and ran. The clerk called 911 immediately, and the woman was able to give them a detailed description of the snatcher.  Within minutes, the police apprehended the snatcher. They put him in the car and drove back to the store. The thief was then taken out of the car and told to stand there for a positive ID. To which he replied, Yes, officer, that's her. That's the lady I stole the purse from.

 

The Ann Arbor News crime column reported that a man walked into a Burger King in Ypsilanti, Michigan at 5 A.M., flashed a gun, and demanded cash. The clerk turned him down because he said he couldn't open the cash register without a food order.  When the man ordered onion rings, the clerk said they weren't available for breakfast... The frustrated gunman walked away.

 

* [*A 5-STAR STUPIDITY AWARD WINNER]

When a man attempted to siphon gasoline from a motor home parked on a Seattle street by sucking on a hose, he got much more than he bargained for.  Police arrived at the scene to find a very sick man curled up next to a motor home near spilled sewage.  A police spokesman said that the man admitted to trying to steal gasoline, but he plugged his siphon hose into the motor home's sewage tank by mistake. The owner of the vehicle declined to press charges saying that it was the best laugh he'd ever had and the perp had been punished enough!

 

In the interest of bettering mankind, share these with friends and family... unless of course one of these individuals by chance is a distant relative or long-lost friend. In that case, be glad they are distant and hope they remain lost.

 

Remember... They walk among us and they can reproduce! And they Vote!

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The Commandments for Seniors……

You don't need anger management. You need people to stop pissing you off.

Your people skills are just fine. It's your tolerance for idiots that needs work.

"On time" is when you get there.

Even duct tape can't fix stupid – but it sure does muffle the sound.

It would be wonderful if we could put ourselves in the dryer for ten minutes, then come out wrinkle-free...and three sizes smaller.

Lately you've noticed people your age are so much older than you.

"One for the road" means peeing before you leave the house.

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