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Saturday, February 26, 2005
Make your own Ole and Lena joke
Norwegian Catches Halibut Too Big for Boat
Associated Press
Fri Feb 25, 8:59 PM ET
OSLO, Norway - Unlike many fishermen, Harald Skoge didn't have to exaggerate the size of his latest catch. The 321-pound halibut was too big for his nearly 29-foot boat.
Skoge, who fishes as a hobby, was trying his luck off western Norway with a simple hook and line on Wednesday when he thought something had gone wrong.
"At first, I thought the hook had gotten stuck at the bottom," the retiree was quoted as saying in Friday's edition of his local newspaper, Sunnmoersposten.
Slowly, he was able to roll in the line, and realized something very, very big was on the end. When the giant halibut broke the surface, he realized it was too big to haul into his boat.
"I had to tow it to land," he told the newspaper.
After three hours of towing the fish, he was able to deliver it to a local fish processing plant, which weighed and bought the catch.
According to Skoge, the fish's head alone weighed 42 pounds, more than many anglers can claim for their whole catch. ¶ 10:22 AM
Associated Press
Fri Feb 25, 8:59 PM ET
OSLO, Norway - Unlike many fishermen, Harald Skoge didn't have to exaggerate the size of his latest catch. The 321-pound halibut was too big for his nearly 29-foot boat.
Skoge, who fishes as a hobby, was trying his luck off western Norway with a simple hook and line on Wednesday when he thought something had gone wrong.
"At first, I thought the hook had gotten stuck at the bottom," the retiree was quoted as saying in Friday's edition of his local newspaper, Sunnmoersposten.
Slowly, he was able to roll in the line, and realized something very, very big was on the end. When the giant halibut broke the surface, he realized it was too big to haul into his boat.
"I had to tow it to land," he told the newspaper.
After three hours of towing the fish, he was able to deliver it to a local fish processing plant, which weighed and bought the catch.
According to Skoge, the fish's head alone weighed 42 pounds, more than many anglers can claim for their whole catch. ¶ 10:22 AM
From the "Honey, I Shrunk the Lids" Department
Docs Work on Monk Who Glued Eyes Shut
Associated Press
Wed Feb 23, 8:36 PM ET
BANGKOK, Thailand - Doctors have partially restored the sight of an 81-year-old Buddhist monk who accidentally glued his eyes shut when he mistook a tube of superglue for eye drops.
The doctors at Angthong Hospital, 100 kilometers (60 miles) north of Bangkok, used a chemical solvent, acetone, to dissolve the glue in the monk's right eye, a hospital spokesman said Wednesday. The two-hour operation was done Tuesday. ¶ 10:18 AM
Associated Press
Wed Feb 23, 8:36 PM ET
BANGKOK, Thailand - Doctors have partially restored the sight of an 81-year-old Buddhist monk who accidentally glued his eyes shut when he mistook a tube of superglue for eye drops.
The doctors at Angthong Hospital, 100 kilometers (60 miles) north of Bangkok, used a chemical solvent, acetone, to dissolve the glue in the monk's right eye, a hospital spokesman said Wednesday. The two-hour operation was done Tuesday. ¶ 10:18 AM
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
How can I add anything to this good-news story?
Burning Manure Pile in Nebraska Goes Out
Wed Feb 23, 2005 - Associated Press
MILFORD, Neb. - It took nearly four months, but to the relief of neighbors miles around, a burning manure pile has been extinguished.
David Dickinson, owner and manager of Midwest Feeding Co., said Wednesday that several weeks of pulling the 2,000-ton pile apart proved effective by late last week.
"We got far enough through it, that it quit," Dickinson said. ¶ 7:59 PM
Wed Feb 23, 2005 - Associated Press
MILFORD, Neb. - It took nearly four months, but to the relief of neighbors miles around, a burning manure pile has been extinguished.
David Dickinson, owner and manager of Midwest Feeding Co., said Wednesday that several weeks of pulling the 2,000-ton pile apart proved effective by late last week.
"We got far enough through it, that it quit," Dickinson said. ¶ 7:59 PM
Sunday, February 13, 2005
Carter's Little Liver Pills
If you ever wonder how addle-brained Jimmy Carter has become, look no further. Here's a line from a Feb. 10 story carried in the major dailies. The story was headlined: "Carter doesn't feel slighted by lack of tsunami-aid role."
"Although the death toll of tsunami, which struck Asia and eastern Africa on Dec. 26, has reached 170,000, that pales in comparison to the 170,000 people who die every month from malaria, he said."
Now I read that and thought to myself, "170,000 every month! Why haven't I heard about that?"
Well, the reason is that as usual Carter doesn't know what he's talking about. The World Health Organization say 100,000 people die each year, not 170,000 each month. I'm not trivializing malaria deaths, but Carter's handlers need to get him back on his meds... ¶ 11:50 AM
"Although the death toll of tsunami, which struck Asia and eastern Africa on Dec. 26, has reached 170,000, that pales in comparison to the 170,000 people who die every month from malaria, he said."
Now I read that and thought to myself, "170,000 every month! Why haven't I heard about that?"
Well, the reason is that as usual Carter doesn't know what he's talking about. The World Health Organization say 100,000 people die each year, not 170,000 each month. I'm not trivializing malaria deaths, but Carter's handlers need to get him back on his meds... ¶ 11:50 AM
