Friday, February 08, 2008

Some Current Events

Garbage collectors will wear uniforms made from the same recycled bottles they collect Muncie, Indiana - Employees of the Muncie Sanitary District will wear uniforms made from the same recycled bottles they collect each week. With a $5,000 grant from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, the district will purchase 100-percent recycled jackets, T-shirts and polo shirts for its 140 employees.Lina Gordy, grant specialist for the district, said securing the grant is the city's latest effort to "go green." It's also a way for local government to save money from its own coffers that typically gets spent on uniforms of city employees.






Ice from airplane potty crashes through Calgary roof
Last Updated: Thursday, February 7, 2008 5:00 PM MT
Chunks of ice that smashed through a Calgary woman's roof came from the lavatory of an airplane flying overhead, transportation investigators said Thursday.
Marian Liknes was sitting and talking on the phone in the bedroom of her southeast home Thursday morning when she heard what she thought was an explosion behind her, said her husband, Wade.
Firefighters found two to three 15-centimetre chunks of ice on a bed inside the home, along with pieces of shingles, plywood, drywall and insulation.
The falling ice broke a hole about 30 centimetres wide in the roof.
John Lee, a manager with the Transportation Safety Board, confirmed the ice — made up of toilet water, antifreeze, disinfectant and human waste — came from an airplane bathroom.
He told CBC News planes can't evacuate the contents of a tank while in flight, but flying into warmer air can trigger some melting, which can cause a holding tank to malfunction.


5 comments:

The Gruenwald Family said...

How do you come up with these pictures?! This was too funny.

P.S. I actually posted a blog

The Gruenwald Family said...

I wanted to add one more thing. I really appreciate the news you find because it's humorous. So much of what we hear today is just depressing. I shared this with my son. He really got a kick out of it.

si said...

i don't know where you keep finding these news stories but they are great! and of course your enhancements top them off!

unca said...

Well, at least they didn't blame it on the dog!!

Blogball said...

Thanks for the comments everybody.
Unca , that’s funny because I almost was going to put a different caption that said.
“If they try to blame this on me I’m leaving”