I keep a mental note of news flashes we've heard before. Typically, they come out on slow news days, and you imagine some bored news director going into the archives and re-running something.

Like
Fourth of July Fireworks Cause Injuries
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/04/july.4th.ap/index.html

or
Candidate's Kid's Drug Use Threatens Campaign
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/07/04/gore.son.arrest.ap/index.html

or
KC Royals Lose
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/recaps/2007/07/04/16965_recap.html

You got any favorites?

Yeah, fireworks are very dangerous. Back when I was in the local Jaycee club, we were responsible for firing off them for the local show. Moisture makes them very dicey. The launch charges are much smaller than the display charges which are designed to go off high in the air. If you have a partial misfire, as in the launch charge fizzles, which can happen if it gets wet, you pray that the display charge does not go off in the mortar tube, as it will blow it apart. If that happens the tube becomes schrapnel for anybody close by. We had a few that failed to launch. When that happened we prayed and poured water down the tube. They probably are not regulated enough.

They mention Gore's son affecting the campaign.... Al is not running for anything at present.....officially at least.....

A prius will go 100?

Tom W

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Cubs Lose it in the Ninth

Federer Wins Wimbledon

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Unsatisfied wives love Newfoundland!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dildo,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador

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Experts Predict Worst Hurricane Season Yet

Junk Food Intake and Inactivity May Lead to Juvenile Obesity

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50% of people in the US have below median income.

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A coat hanger is 44 inches long if straightened.

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President Pardons ______; Opposition Complains

Many U.S. parents outsourcing child care overseas.

florida Braces For Hurricane

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2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL

BUSH ASKS FOR PATIENCE ON IRAQ

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1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

Swimmer drowns in Joe Pool Lake

Only the D/FW folks would get his one...

...every season, one or more folks drown in this lake, and it seems like the only one that has drownings...kinda our own "Bermuda Triangle" down here...

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2005 BMW 645CI (138K) - My daily driver
2016 Mustang (32K) - Daughter's car

Like Great Falls in VA/MD. Every year people go swimming there and every year they have a few drownings every year.

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OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Lewisville is the most dangerous lake in the state. Lots of drunks on waverunners.

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Texas Rangers out of contention

Usually seen around June each year

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