Traffic jam at the old folk’s homeTuesday, October 30, 2007
Monday, October 29, 2007
The Great Pumpkin House
3,000 Pumpkins on Display at the Great Pumpkin House
Some people get a bit carried away.
Some people get a bit carried away.
Every Halloween season, the house at 748 Beech Street in Kenova, West Virginia is transformed into the Great Pumpkin House. The owner, Ric Griffith and hundreds of other volunteers carve thousands of pumpkins for display at his home every Halloween.This year (2007) they plan on having 3,030 pumpkins on display.
The pumpkins will be on display between October 28th - November 4th.
The display will be featured on the Ellen DeGeneres show.
Directions:
Interstate I-64 to the Kenova Exit (#1). Go North on Rt. 75. at 4th traffic light, make a right (East) on Rt 60. Go 7 blocks. Make a left onto 7th Street. Go 1 block, turn left again
West Virginia Halloween
The President's Entourage
When the President of the Unites States travels
He takes along a few select people….
He takes along a few select people….
Estimated cost per trip even just to Texas .
Annual salaries of entourage =$41.3 Million.
The original cost of the equipment would be about $1.4 billion.
Annual salaries of entourage =$41.3 Million.
The original cost of the equipment would be about $1.4 billion.
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This cost the taxpayer a butt load of money.
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Traffic cop tickets funeral cars
A heartless traffic cop stunned mourners by slapping tickets on a funeral cortege. He swooped on six black limousines on a single yellow line outside an undertakers, waiting to be loaded with wreaths.
The uncaring jobsworth gave £100 penalties to two cars — but was chased away by furious relatives of the deceased after trying to put a ticket on the hearse. The cortege had stopped briefly outside Gillman Funeral Service in Tooting, south-west London.
Boss Andrew Gillman blasted: “The cop didn’t have the courtesy to approach anyone. It was a disgraceful thing to do, especially in front of 30 people who had lost a loved one. I asked him to have some respect but he just carried on.” Both tickets were cancelled after Mr Gillman appealed to Wandsworth Borough Council.
The uncaring jobsworth gave £100 penalties to two cars — but was chased away by furious relatives of the deceased after trying to put a ticket on the hearse. The cortege had stopped briefly outside Gillman Funeral Service in Tooting, south-west London.
Boss Andrew Gillman blasted: “The cop didn’t have the courtesy to approach anyone. It was a disgraceful thing to do, especially in front of 30 people who had lost a loved one. I asked him to have some respect but he just carried on.” Both tickets were cancelled after Mr Gillman appealed to Wandsworth Borough Council.Treasure of rare coins found in dilapidated home
A coin collectors dream was found buried within the walls of a Windber home: rare coins worth at least $100,000.The coins spanned five feet of wall space and date back to the 1700s, said Jeff Bidelman, who helped make the discovery.
Bidelman said the family who lives at the home told him about a rumor that coins might be hidden in the walls. He said he went with the family to the house, noticed a hole and began knocking to find a hollow spot. Once he found the spot, he kicked in the wall and cut the coins loose. “They poured out. The force of them … Was crazy,” Bidelman said.He said an older couple who lived in the home 20 years ago used the wall as a piggy bank. That turned into a tradition, with more and more people adding to the wall bank. Bidelman said he is selling the coins on behalf of the family and will continue to give them the proceeds. With news video.
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