Pilots & More
They’re here. Headline from nypost.com: “10-foot-tall ‘strange beings’ seen traversing Brazilian island as alien rumors swirl.” Sculley!
A UK couple gutting a house built in 1966 found a suitcase in a crawl space. They shot a series of clips, creating suspense, that have racked up more than two million views. Inside the suitcase was another suitcase. Inside that was a doll. Several respondents believe it is cursed and advise selling the home. Photo from Google Images:
Sometimes there’s no explaining the species. From NYP: “People are eating laundry pods again and landing in the hospital — here’s why you should never.”
A NYP headline inspired a Google search. Here are excerpts of the find: “…astronauts often compare the smell of space to hot metal, burnt meat, burnt cakes, spent gunpowder and welding of metal… on the surface of their spacesuits once the airlock has re-pressurized.” I assumed it was odorless. As Spock would say: “Fascinating.”
Warning: the following may trigger confusion amongst feminists. Air Force pilot Madison Marsh, 22, is competing for Miss America. Photo from nypost.com:
It’s LEARN YOUR NAME IN MORSE CODE DAY. This is Victor: ***-
RIP NY Mets icon Bud Harrelson, 79, who succumbed to the effects of Alzheimer’s. Born in California on D-Day, he was drafted by the Amazin’s in 1963. Called up in ’65, he became a regular in ’67. He was an excellent fielder but weak hitter. He had the game-winning hit, a triple, in Game One of the 1969 National League Championship Series against Atlanta, setting up the three-game sweep. He batted .176 in World Series, as the Mets upset the mighty Orioles. He was awarded a Gold Glove in ’71. In the ’73 NLCS, the Mets pulled off another miracle, beating Cincinnati’s Big Red Machine, a series highlighted by a brawl precipitated by Pete Rose, who took out Harrelson on a hard on a slide at second base. The Mets extended the legendary A’s to seven games in the World Series. Overall, Harrelson played 16 seasons in the big leagues, 13 with the Mets, two with the Phillies, one with the Rangers. He batted .236 and had 1120 hits. Only 1346 players have had 1000 or more hits as of 3/2021. After his playing career, he managed in the minors and did a bit of work in the Mets broadcast booth. He was on the coaching staff of the champion ’86 Mets. 42 games into the ’90 season, he replaced Davey Johnson as manager. His first season went well, although the team finished second. In ’91 it finished fourth and Harrelson was fired. He overall record as skipper was 145–129, a winning percentage of .529, which ranks in the top 100. In 2000 he became part-owner of the Long Island Ducks, an independent minor league team. Married twice, he was a father of six. Well done, Sir. Thank you. Photo from GI:
O Canada. Explain this move. Headline from foxnews.com: “Police warn not to violate privacy of alleged package thieves by posting videos.”
My thanks to the kind folks who donated, swapped and bought books on this relatively mild day. Here’s what sold: a large paperback and two DVDs in Russian, and Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
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