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Student billed $200 for unwanted 911 call
It's a bill most people wouldn't expect. Someone calls 911 and firefighters arrive to help. But in some metro areas, that emergency help comes with a hefty price tag.
A Westminster man found that out and is warning others. Taggart Holston, 23, got into a single-car, non-injury rollover Feb. 20 on I-76 near 88th Ave. in Commerce City. South Adams firefighters showed up to help. And days later, he got a $200 bill from them.
"The bill they gave me is about how much I make in an entire week," says Holston.The Metro College student is upset about what's called "rescue billing."
"I got a bill alright. I just wasn't rescued," he says.
South Adams Fire is now charging victims, like Holston, who live outside the district and don't pay taxes funding their emergency services.
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Condo owner finds out he's been renovating the wrong unit
He bought his first home, poured $30,000.00 into it to fix up, now 6 months later Jonathon Kyte has learned his home doesn't belong to him.
"I froze, I just pointed at it, my wife was there, we were just speechless."
According to the city and county of Denver, Jonathon owns the dump, next door. He found out about the mistake almost by accident when he received a map which showed the unit he's living is actually unit number 4.
But he owns the deed and title to unit number 5. Jonathon blames the Coldwell Banker listing agent for the mistake. She marketed the property and provided the key to the unit Jonathon and wife have been living in. He called the listing agent again and again but she wouldn't return his calls. He also called the title company, " Colorado American Title, " and an employee promised to get back to him, but never did.
So Jonathon called Fox 31 News. We confronted the listing agent's supervisor, but he would not comment on camera. He said their lawyers were looking into it.
Jonathon is now considered a squatter in the condo --he thought he bought.
And all the people who were so willing to sell it to him, are unwilling to help.
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Tattoo Jim said...
This would have been the last straw that put me over the edge... start that crazy laughing, pulling my hair, foaming at the mouth, eyes bugging out and then... just crying... for hours and hours and hours...

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Quotes about government

1. In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or more is a congress. – John Adams
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2. If you don’t read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed. – Mark Twain
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3. Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But then I repeat myself. – Mark Twain
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4. I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle .– Winston Churchill
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5. A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.– George Bernard Shaw
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6. A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money.– G. Gordon Liddy
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7. Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.– James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)
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8. Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.– Douglas Casey, Classmate of Bill Clinton at Georgetown University
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9. Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.– P.J. O’Rourke, Civil Libertarian
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10. Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.– Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)
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11. Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.– Ronald Reagan (1986)
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12. I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.– Will Rogers
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13. If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it’s free!– P.J. O’Rourke
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14. In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other.– Voltaire (1764)
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15. Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you!– Pericles (430 B.C.)
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16. No man’s life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.– Mark Twain (1866)
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17. Talk is cheap… except when Congress does it.– Anonymous
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18.The government is like a baby’s alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other.– Ronald Reagan
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19.The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.– Winston Churchill
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20. The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.– Mark Twain
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21. The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.–Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)
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22. There is no distinctly native American criminal class… save Congress.– Mark Twain
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23. What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.– Edward Langley, Artist (1928-1995)
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24. A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.– Thomas Jefferson
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Tattoo Jim said...
They are so funny and what's so funny and sad is they are all so true.

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Kids Sleeping

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Tattoo Jim said...
Those are so cute!!!

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Kids are great!

They can be Cute and Funny while they Sleep.

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79-year-old woman gets urgent letter from Marine Corps

Opal Blackwell Walker has received a job offer.
The 79-year-old Crestview woman says the Marines has expressed interest.Last Monday, recruiters from New Jersey sent a letter to Walker by Federal Express.
"I had to sign for it. It was sent priority overnight," she said. The letter from the Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Recruiting Command asked Walker if she thought she had the stuff to be a Marine.
"It says ‘Dear Opal, Do you think you have what it takes to be a Marine? Are you prepared for one of the most demanding challenges you will ever face?' " said Walker.
She plans to visit a local recruiting office and say, "Here I am. Where do you want me?"
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Meet Edward the wonder dog

EDWARD the wonder dog saves the life of his owner every time she goes to bed.
Wendy Hilling can stop breathing in her sleep because of an extreme skin condition which could suffocate her.
But Edward, a golden retriever, is trained to listen out as she’s sleeping, and he wakes her husband Peter if her breathing pattern changes.
He also lends a paw with the washing and zips up Wendy's coat for her.
He can even WITHDRAW money from a cash machine.
Wendy, 59, from West Yelland, Devon, suffers from dystrophic recessive epidermolysis bullosa, a rare genetic disorder which causes extremely fragile skin.
It also causes rapid blistering inside her throat which could stop her from breathing.
She was born with the condition, but says that since Edward arrived in January 2007, her life has been transformed.

Lifesaver
"I had wanted a canine partner for sometime but all the others I had tried had been far too rough, through no fault of their own," she said.
"The trainers at Canine Partners thought that the best way around the problem was for me to help them train up a puppy.
"Edward was born to Exmoor breeders Colin and Sheila Martin who have bred many canine partners over the years.
"He came to me aged just one month old, covered in hair and looking like a little toy bear - that’s why I named him Edward, or Teddy for short."
Edward can perform in response to more than 120 commands, some of which are lifesavers.
Wendy said: "Due to my condition, my throat is the size of a five pence piece and can close at any time, stopping my breathing in the process."
Wendy’s condition means that any sort of contact with her skin can cause it to tear and blister, both internally and externally.
She said: "Edward does a lot of the tricky things for me now and it’s amazing what a fast learner he is.
"Only this week we discovered that he would insert and remove my credit card from cash machines.
"He’s completely changed my life and I don’t know what I’d do without him."
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Identical Twins

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Tattoo Jim said...
T-shirts must have been dad's idea.

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What about human cloning.

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Man's Best Friends

Dog Travels Home After Losing Best Friend on Road

When 59-year-old Robert Shields suffered a heart attack behind the wheel of his big rig on a Nebraska interstate, his best friend Zak stayed by his side until help arrived.
Shields died after his 18-wheeler crashed, leaving Zak in the hands of the Nebraska Humane Society.
"He was so scared back there and you have to realize he's been through a traumatic experience I'm sure with the accident and then brought to a strange place not knowing who we are, where it is," said the Humane Society's Pam Weise.
Even Zak's name was a mystery.
Take a look at the video story on this web page to see Zak, keeping watch for his traveling partner who will never return.
Don't worry -- there's a happy ending.
See how Shields' wife and son tracked Zak down.
American Airlines has agreed to fly Zak home to California -- for free.
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Super dog Kody is Alan's best friend

They say a dog is a man's best friend – but for Alan Smith his pet Kody is so much more.
The three year-old Jack Russell pulls him around the streets in his wheelchair, and the two can often be seen out and about near their Clifton home.
Kody also has a number of useful tricks in his repertoire, including closing doors behind his owner and fetching clothes for him.
Mr Smith, 57, said: "He will stop at the edge of the roads and look for traffic.
"His only downfall is if he sees a cat or another dog – he stops and crouches like a tiger.
"His muscles are strong and the vet says he's very healthy."
Mr Smith has used a wheelchair for 15 years, since his bones deteriorated after a polio attack.
Mr Smith's wife Donna, 49, is his full-time career. She said: "Kody usually brings small items of clothing, if you ask him for your shoes and socks he'll bring you them."
Kody has not been specially trained to act as an assistance dog.
Mr Smith and his wife Donna bought him for companionship, and at first the trips involved the three of them.
They attached Kody to Mr Smith's wheelchair while Mrs Smith rode her bicycle.
But now Kody takes his owner out on by himself, and Mr Smith says the dog gives him the freedom of a walking man.
He said: "He takes me out for half an hour every day and it gives Donna a rest.
"He's a wonderful companion and when we're out it's just the two of us against the world.
"He gets to run which is good exercise for him.
"But sometimes you can be doing 15 miles per hour on the bad Clifton pavements – it shakes my innards up!"
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Tattoo Jim said...
These are GREAT stories!!!

Birds Stealing Ice-Cream

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Pepsi and Yogurt

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Screaming frog

The Frog Wasn't Hurt

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