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Not to mention the amount of money spent on Columbus to find america, hey they could spend $600 bucks on a screwdriver (no BS when I wasn't in the field I worked as a warehouse manager and seen what we spent on stuff, they come with a permanent warranty so if it breaks Snap-On replaces it regardless of time).

Where Snap-On gives you a warenty that they'll replace it if it breaks, the guys in the shuttle program basically have to have tools that will never break. Weight's a major issue, so they can't be carrying too many spares.

Same thing for the jokes about the $60 ashtrays on subs. Why not get a two-dollar ashtray? Answer: $60 buys you an ashtray that when broken cracks into distinct, easily retrieved pieces. $5 buys you glass splinters flying through a confined space.

Though I'll admit NASA can get a little carried away. Back in the early days of spaceflight they sent out a world-wide request for proposals to create a writing device that could be used in zero-gravity, in extremely low temperatures, and in vacuum. Was going to be a significant budget, until one rather practical-minded inventor wrote back with: "have you tried a pencil?"

This just in:...>CANNON BALLL!!!!!"


jk


Really though here is the TOP news of the hour: NAtalie is coming down to kick it w/ me for da weekend

They did invent that pen.. I have one.. its pretty stupid and hardly works.. it was the Russians that used the pencils, or at least thats how I heard it.

The real news here though is that Im offically back on the site

LOL

DEADLY SPEED DEMON - THE NEW YORK POST

By JEANE MacINTOSH, ERIN CALABRESE and TODD VENEZIA
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July 29, 2005 -- The maniac camp counselor who drove five youths to their doom in the Catskills had her license suspended for speeding at 107 mph — and climbed behind the wheel even though a parent begged that she be banned from chauffeur duty.
Irina Mironova, 25, who also died in the crash, was racing so wildly with a carload of children from the Atlanta Dance Camp that two witnesses called 911 to report her driving out of control, going at least 80 mph and passing at high speeds on the shoulder.

Within minutes of the calls, she crossed the double yellow line on Route 17B in Sullivan County and rammed into an oncoming dump truck.

The 1994 Toyota Celica was crushed beneath the hulking hauler in an explosion of steel, blood and body parts.

"This is my 35th year in law enforcement, and I have never seen an accident of this magnitude," said Sgt. Don Prince of the Sullivan County Sheriff's Department.

The mother of a 14-year-old girl who attended the Fallsburg camp — which has now been shut down for the summer — told The Post her daughter complained about Mironova's dangerous driving habits. She said she reported the girl's fears to camp owner Anna Kapitannikova on the eve of the horrific crash, in which Kapitannikova's own son died.

"My daughter . . . said she was afraid to get in the car with Irina because she drove too fast and my daughter didn't feel safe," the shaken mom said yesterday.



"On Tuesday, I called five or six times, trying to get Anna. I left messages. I was hysterical, frantic with worry. I couldn't sleep — I just had a very bad feeling."

Kapitannikova, a Brooklyn resident and former Russian ballerina, started the summer dance camp about six years ago. It charges about $1,800 a month per camper and caters mostly to the Russian-immigrant community.

She returned the worried mom's call on the eve of the tragedy.

"She told me, 'Why are you worrying?' " the mom said. " 'Don't worry, the kids are all OK. The counselors have been driving them for a long time. The children are safe.' "

But they were anything but safe. Mironova, who lived in Florida after emigrating from Russia, had lost her license after getting busted on May 7 in St. Lucie County, Fla., for driving 107 mph in a 70-mph zone, officials there said.

"This was murder," said one outraged camp father. "That counselor got in that car, drove recklessly and took five lives. And Anna allowed her to get behind the wheel."

In addition to Mironova — a former Russian volleyball player in her first year at the camp — the dead included:

* Illya Kapitannikova, 16, of Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. He was the son of the camp's owner and a promising dancer, who pals said had won more than 40 medals in competitions.

Illya "could have been like a Baryshnikov," said Alex Barinsky, the dad of a friend of the tragic teen.

* Igor Golovunin, 16, of Ocean Avenue in Brooklyn, who was best pals with Illya.

* Gabrielle Soybelman, 12, of Ocean Court in Brooklyn.

"I love my daughter," said her devastated dad, Boris, as he choked back tears.


* Natoliy Cheremnykh, 14, of Owings Mills, Md. His mother and brother were dazed yesterday after identifying his body. "I just can't believe it," said his shaken mom.

* Masha Fishman, 14, of Edison, N.J. "She was a great girl. This is irresponsible, stupid behavior," said her devastated aunt, Regina Fishman.

Camp owner Kapitannikova, meanwhile, was put on suicide watch at a Catskills hospital where her other son, Max, who was in another car behind the one that crashed, was being treated for shock, a pal said.




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My .02


I understand people drive fast, if they want to endanger their own lives that is their problem, but GD why would you drive like that with other people in your car? Especially children , this is so sad.

so she had been driving them around in a 94 celica??? or was the celica just in the wrogn place @ the wrong time??

thats so messed up........

from what I understand the Celica was her car. Thats what she had the accident in.

A teenage girl was killed while working @ a Mcdonald's 2 miles from where I live!!!! Some dumb a$$ guy randomly came in & stabbed her to death He told detectives he took a knife & went to Mcdonalds "with the specific intent to hurt a female"...the victim was about to turn 18. I hate how evil this world can be!!

News Article: Sex Offender Arrested In McDonalds Stabbing

Its SO sad to read all of the comments her friends posted on her myspace page after it happened.

that's awful... wow, i can't even imagine

damn she had potential to be hot

This post has been edited by bloodrain: Apr 22, 2006 - 7:09 PM

that kid found in the trash was that referring to kenosha wisconsin or some other state cause thats pretty close to my city if thats the truth and all i have to say is wow lucky to be alive.

what a weirdo lol

Judge gets 4 years for exposing himself

BRISTOW, Okla. - A former judge convicted of exposing himself while presiding over jury trials by using a sexual device under his robe was sentenced Friday to four years in prison.

Donald Thompson had spent almost 23 years on the bench and had served as a state legislator before retiring from the court in 2004. He showed no reaction when he was sentenced.

At his trial this summer, his former court reporter, Lisa Foster, testified that she saw Thompson expose himself at least 15 times during trial between 2001 and 2003. Prosecutors said he also used a device known as a penis pump during at least four trials in the same period.

Thompson, 59, was convicted last month of four felony courts of indecent exposure for incidents that took place in his Creek County courtroom.

Thompson, a married father of three grown children, testified that the penis pump was given to him as a joke by a longtime hunting and fishing buddy.

"It wasn't something I was hiding," he said.

He said he may have absentmindedly squeezed the pump's handle during court cases but never used it to masturbate.

Foster told authorities that she saw Thompson use the device almost daily during the August 2003 murder trial of a man accused of shaking a toddler to death. A whooshing sound could be heard on Foster's audiotape of the trial. When jurors asked the judge about the sound, Thompson said he hadn't heard it but would listen for it.

Police built a case against the judge after a police officer testifying in a 2003 murder trial saw a piece of plastic tubing disappear under Thompson's robe. During a lunch break, officers took photographs of the pump under the desk.

Investigators later checked the carpet, Thompson's robes and the chair behind the bench and found semen, according to court records.

Carmelia Brossett, a senior probation officer for the state Department of Corrections, said in a presentencing report that Thompson refused to undergo psychosexual testing.

"Thompson's denial of the offense would likely present difficulty, if not inability for treatment providers to provide meaningful and beneficial sex-offender treatment," she said.

The jury recommended a sentence of one year in prison and a $10,000 fine on each count. The jury foreman has said it was the jury's intent that Thompson serve the full sentence.

Judge C. Allen McCall denied a defense motion asking that Thompson be allowed to remain free pending an appeal. Thompson was also ordered to pay a $40,000 fine

thats just gross

Back from the dead! Happy Monday everyone. What a friggin moron:

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A judge in the District of Columbia has dismissed a case against a dry cleaner who was sued for $54 million in damages over a pair of missing pants.

Roy L. Pearson, an administrative law judge, originally sought $67 million from the Chung family, owners of Custom Cleaners. He claimed they lost a favorite pair of his suit trousers and later tried to give him a pair that he said was not his.

Custom Cleaners did not violate the city's Consumer Protection Act by failing to live up to Pearson's expectations of the "Satisfaction Guaranteed" sign displayed in the store window, Superior Court Judge Judith Bartnoff ruled.

Pearson claimed that a sign was an unconditional warranty that required the defendants to honor any claim by any customer without limitation.

He calculated the amount of damages by estimating years of violations, then adding almost $2 million in common-law claims for fraud.

The Chungs denied Pearson's allegations and insisted that the pants were the same pair he brought in to be altered in May 2005.

Pearson represented himself during a two-day trial earlier this month and claimed millions of dollars in attorney fees and millions more in punitive damages for what he claimed was fraudulent advertising.

The Chungs' attorney argued that no reasonable person would interpret the sign to mean an unconditional promise of satisfaction, and Bartnoff agreed.

In a 23-page finding of fact, Bartnoff wrote: "A reasonable consumer would not interpret 'Satisfaction Guaranteed' to mean that a merchant is required to satisfy a customer's unreasonable demands or accede to demands that the merchant has reasonable grounds to dispute."

Pearson had "not met his burden of proving that the pants the defendants attempted to return to him were not the pants he brought in for alteration," the judge concluded.

Bartnoff awarded court costs to the Chungs, who have spent tens of thousands of dollars on the case. They are attempting to have their attorney's fees paid by Pearson.

"Judge Bartnoff has spoken loudly in suggesting that, while consumers should be protected, abusive lawsuits like this will not be tolerated," the Chungs' attorney, Christ Matting, said. "Judge Bartnoff has chosen common sense and reasonableness over irrationality and unbridled venom."

Soo Chung said during the trial that "economically, emotionally and healthwise as well, it has been extremely hard for us." She started the business with her husband after they moved to the United States in 1992.

It's not known whether Pearson will appeal the ruling.

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