Thursday, January 31, 2008
How Strong Is Ice???
YOU SHOULD ALWAYS BE CAREFUL AND CHECK FOR CRACKS AND WARM TEMPERTURES
Ice Thickness/Permissible Load (clear, blue, lake ice)
2" - One person on foot
3" - Group, in single file
5" - Group (6-8 people) together
7½" - Passenger car (2 ton gross)
8" - Light truck (2½ ton gross)
10" - Medium truck (3½ ton gross)
12" - Heavy truck (7 to 8 ton gross)
15" - 10 tons
20" - 25 tons
25" - 45 tons
30" - 70 tons
3" - Group, in single file
5" - Group (6-8 people) together
7½" - Passenger car (2 ton gross)
8" - Light truck (2½ ton gross)
10" - Medium truck (3½ ton gross)
12" - Heavy truck (7 to 8 ton gross)
15" - 10 tons
20" - 25 tons
25" - 45 tons
30" - 70 tons
This man needs a woman
Lonely Japanese man calls directory help 2,600 times
TOKYO (AFP) — A lonely Japanese man has been arrested for allegedly calling directory assistance thousands of times because he liked to be scolded by female operators, police and reports said Wednesday.
Takahiro Fujinuma -- who is 37, single and unemployed -- reportedly would whisper "darling" as he tried to start a conversation and then pleaded with operators not to hang up.
He was arrested Tuesday in Tokyo on charges of obstructing the business of service operator NTT Solco, part of telecom giant Nippon Telegraph and Telephone.
He placed 2,600 calls to directory help -- reached in Japan by dialing 104 -- between early June and mid-November, a police spokesman said.
But Japanese media said he is suspected of starting his habit in 2004 and calling 104 more than 10,000 times.
He reportedly told police that he was lonely and grew to enjoy annoying the operators.
"I would go into ecstasy when a lady scolded me," he said, as quoted by Jiji Press.
Telephone operators -- who in Japan are almost always women -- nicknamed him the "don't-hang-up-man."
His calls usually came late and sometimes exceeded 200 times a night, Jiji Press said.
TOKYO (AFP) — A lonely Japanese man has been arrested for allegedly calling directory assistance thousands of times because he liked to be scolded by female operators, police and reports said Wednesday.
Takahiro Fujinuma -- who is 37, single and unemployed -- reportedly would whisper "darling" as he tried to start a conversation and then pleaded with operators not to hang up.
He was arrested Tuesday in Tokyo on charges of obstructing the business of service operator NTT Solco, part of telecom giant Nippon Telegraph and Telephone.
He placed 2,600 calls to directory help -- reached in Japan by dialing 104 -- between early June and mid-November, a police spokesman said.
But Japanese media said he is suspected of starting his habit in 2004 and calling 104 more than 10,000 times.
He reportedly told police that he was lonely and grew to enjoy annoying the operators.
"I would go into ecstasy when a lady scolded me," he said, as quoted by Jiji Press.
Telephone operators -- who in Japan are almost always women -- nicknamed him the "don't-hang-up-man."
His calls usually came late and sometimes exceeded 200 times a night, Jiji Press said.
Autistic boy, 9, drives unconscious mom to safety
An autistic boy was hailed a "superhero" yesterday for avoiding a 70mph crash after his mother blacked out while driving on a busy dual carriageway. Jonathan Anderson, nine, averted disaster by seizing the wheel after his mother Marion, 34, slumped unconscious on the way to his school. The youngster, whose disorder can cause high levels of anxiety and confusion, pulled the handbrake on.
The Toyota Avensis veered across three lanes of rush-hour traffic, bumping into the central reservation of the A38 at Plympton, Devon. But despite being unable to reach the brake pedal, Jonathan refused to panic. He managed to steer the car back across the carriageway before it weaved up a bank and hit a tree, coming to a standstill. Then he calmly put the hazard lights on and waited for help to arrive. Jonathan is to receive a bravery certificate from the South Western Ambulance Service.
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