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Nice Planet © 2009

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goldy_331 said:
I thought you went to Tech. :confused:
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Believe it or not, even though our hockey program is incompetent, the school does hand out degrees that will get you somewhere a little more advanced than Wendys
 
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Boosh said:
Believe it or not, even though our hockey program is incompetent, the school does hand out degrees that will get you somewhere a little more advanced than Wendys
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Choose your punchline:

1. Such as Applebees?
2. What, like the back of a Volkswagen?
3. Freddy Meyer is a hack.
 
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Boosh said:
Believe it or not, even though our hockey program is incompetent, the school does hand out degrees that will get you somewhere a little more advanced than Wendys
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I keed, I keed. I have worked with a number of Tech alums over the years and had one working for me at my last place (although he may have been the least impressive of them - and the most fitting of a stereotype;) ) they've been mostly very good engineers, better than average.
 
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Dirty said:
Certifications are for stupidheads anyways.
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I got a CNE back when they were legit. My MCSE was probably too late to really be legit. The only one I really like anymore is my CNX which doesn't exist anymore.
 
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I was going to post this in the Guess Who Died? thread, but it's probably better served here. Whether Karma has died depends on whether or not you believe in it. But it cannot be denied: Nice Planet.
 
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32340014/ns/us_news-weird_news/?GT1=43001

Police: 500-pound inmate hid gun in his flab
Three separate body searches failed to locate 9mm pistol, officials say

HOUSTON - An obese inmate in Texas has been charged after officials learned he had a gun hidden in his rolls of fat.

George Vera, 25, was charged with possession of a firearm in a correctional facility after he told a guard at the Harris County Jail about the unloaded 9mm pistol.

The Houston Chronicle reported Thursday that Vera was originally arrested on charges of selling illegal copies of compact discs.
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The 500-pound man was searched during his arrest and again at a city jail and the county jail, but officers never found the weapon.

Vera admitted having the gun during a shower break at the county jail.
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http://www.startribune.com/local/ea...ArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUT

47 trapped on 'nightmare' flight to the Twin Cities

Security and rules kept passengers confined all night in a small plane at Rochester due to thunderstorms.

When Link Christin boarded a Continental Airlines flight from Houston to the Twin Cities on Friday night, he expected to be on the ground in about three hours and ready for a comfy bed.

Instead, he was among 47 passengers who spent the night trapped inside a small airplane, parked at the Rochester airport, complete with crying babies and the aroma of over-used toilets.

The ExpressJet Airlines that operated the plane says the flight was diverted to Rochester because of Twin Cities thunderstorms, and that airline regulations prevented passengers from getting off the plane.

Christin is incredulous that the airline couldn't figure out an option besides trapping passengers on the plane for nine hours.

"It's not like you're on a [Boeing] 747 and you can walk around,'' said Christin, a professor at William Mitchell College of Law. "This was a sardine can, with a single row of seats on one side of the plane and two rows of seats on the other. And they've got about 50 people inside, including babies, for the whole night. It was a nightmare.''

Continental Airlines, which issued the tickets for Flight 2816, referred inquiries to ExpressJet Airlines. ExpressJet spokesperson Kristy Nicholas said the flight ran into several problems.

The airline crew on the plane reached their maximum work hours in the air, so another crew had to be flown in. The alternative of chartering a bus didn't work out. And letting the passengers into the Rochester airport was not possible because they would have to go through security screening again, and the screeners had gone home for the day.

What about just letting the passengers sleep in the airport terminal? "That was not provided as an option by ground services personnel at the airport,'' said Nicholas.

The flight left Houston about 9:30 p.m. Friday, said Nicholas, and was slated to arrive in the Twin Cities by midnight. But in Minnesota, passengers were told the flight was being diverted to Rochester because of thunderstorms and that it would refuel there, said Christin.

With the plane grounded in Rochester, the clock ticked from 1 a.m. to 2 a.m. and beyond. Christin said he tried dozing off. Passengers received no food, except for a bag of pretzels earlier, he said.

And "the smell of the bathroom was getting worse, the smell of the babies was getting worse.''

As light began to fill the cabin around 6 a.m., the plane doors opened and passengers were allowed into the airport terminal, Christin said. The airlines gave them one free beverage, he said. By about 9:30 a.m., the passengers were sent back on the same plane they had spent the night in -- which by this time had no functioning restroom. They landed in the Twin Cities about 11 a.m.

ExpressJet apologizes for the incident, Nicholas said. But passenger safety and the legal requirements of airlines were top priorities.

The attorney also wondered why Continental Airlines was not taking responsibility for the incident.

"My boarding pass has a huge headline saying Continental,'' said Christin. "The flight attendant said, 'Thank you for flying Continental.' The comment cards we were given said Continental. Continental is totally in charge, whether by ownership or agency.''
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http://www.startribune.com/local/ea...ArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUT
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I bet they could have gotten off the plane if someone got up and walked toward the cockpit, or just opened an emergency exit. Sad thing is, even the local police probably would have played along and arrested the guy who had enough courage to stand up to that bull**** in the name of airport security. Hopefully the judge would have enough good sense to throw that one straight out of court though. What a joke.
 
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Boosh said:
I bet they could have gotten off the plane if someone got up and walked toward the cockpit, or just opened an emergency exit. Sad thing is, even the local police probably would have played along and arrested the guy who had enough courage to stand up to that bull**** in the name of airport security. Hopefully the judge would have enough good sense to throw that one straight out of court though. What a joke.
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I would've faked a heart attack or kidney stone. If that didn't work, I'd open up the emergency exit and leave. Being in the Olmstead County jail would've been better than that plane.

You have to love government, no common sense, policies...
 
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thebrain said:
I would've faked a heart attack or kidney stone. If that didn't work, I'd open up the emergency exit and leave. Being in the Olmstead County jail would've been better than that plane.

You have to love government, no common sense, policies...
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Truth. I took a tour of the jail (if it's the same one you're thinking of) before it opened, years ago. It's nice....you know, for a jail. :eek:
 
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<a href="http://www.jsonline.com/news/crime/52889797.html">13 year old girl kills man over milk</a>
 
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jen said:
<a href="http://www.jsonline.com/news/crime/52889797.html">13 year old girl kills man over milk</a>
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Bet he wish he hadn't been a dink and let her have the last of the milk for her fruit loops.
 
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