Squirrels wouldn't stay out of the house because they're fearless - I actually know people who had the misfortune of having a squirrel live in their attic, get their garden furniture torn up by an enterprising squirrel.
The video is kind of cruel - with that I agree. The people in the background were snickering. I doubt that it hurt the squirrel though, they're tough little buggers.
I'm going to disagree with Sid on this one, on the following points:
1. The city can't auction illegal rice rockets, because then street racers would buy them back to ... race on the streets again!
2. Most likely the stolen parts come from chopped up stolen vehicles. Therefore, there's no car to return the stolen parts to. I'm sure the owners wouldn't want engine block ornaments in their front yards. :)
3. The article did say:
Police need a court order to destroy the cars. They must prove that the serial or identification numbers on a vehicle or its parts are removed, altered or destroyed.
So it's not a willy nilly process.
4. Street racing is illegal for a reason: it's dangerous and stupid young people on rice rockets get into accidents where they kill themselves and other people. It's a particularly big problem in Southern California.
I saw the remnants of a street racing accident, where debris of the souped up cars were littered across 3 city blocks! Imagine how fast they were going. It was a residential street, too.
I've never thought that Neatorama readers are so into weapons! Thank you to Gert Verhoog, Sig Nelson, Mark, and Tiago for pointing out the typo. That was my mistake. My thanks to the Neatorama editor who fixed it (whoever you are!)
I must admit I don't know anything about guns, but I've double checked the Oswald rifle details on the post against the hard copy. Here's some more info about the infamous rifle.
Rober and Sid Morrison, I'll defer to your expertise in identifying flintlock vs. caplock. I can barely tell the difference between flintlock and the flintstones, but that is what's on my hard copy. I'll let the article stand, but people will be able tell from your comments.
Tim Mosley, regarding the caliber of the Booth gun, wikipedia had it listed as .44 (as did the hardcopy of this article). Now, I'm not sure either was right, but I'll let the article stand - with your caveat in the comment.
When the airline company lost my luggage in Paris, I was forced to buy a t-shirt (from GAP, which was near the hotel). It was about US$40! I was shocked.
Sponsored posts are labeled as such - sometimes, we do feature viral ads and neat gadgets without getting any compensation for them, just because we think they're neat.
Here's the direct link to the YouTube clip: Link.
The video is kind of cruel - with that I agree. The people in the background were snickering. I doubt that it hurt the squirrel though, they're tough little buggers.
1. The city can't auction illegal rice rockets, because then street racers would buy them back to ... race on the streets again!
2. Most likely the stolen parts come from chopped up stolen vehicles. Therefore, there's no car to return the stolen parts to. I'm sure the owners wouldn't want engine block ornaments in their front yards. :)
3. The article did say:
Police need a court order to destroy the cars. They must prove that the serial or identification numbers on a vehicle or its parts are removed, altered or destroyed.
So it's not a willy nilly process.
4. Street racing is illegal for a reason: it's dangerous and stupid young people on rice rockets get into accidents where they kill themselves and other people. It's a particularly big problem in Southern California.
I saw the remnants of a street racing accident, where debris of the souped up cars were littered across 3 city blocks! Imagine how fast they were going. It was a residential street, too.
I agree with the law on this one.
I must admit I don't know anything about guns, but I've double checked the Oswald rifle details on the post against the hard copy. Here's some more info about the infamous rifle.
Rober and Sid Morrison, I'll defer to your expertise in identifying flintlock vs. caplock. I can barely tell the difference between flintlock and the flintstones, but that is what's on my hard copy. I'll let the article stand, but people will be able tell from your comments.
Tim Mosley, regarding the caliber of the Booth gun, wikipedia had it listed as .44 (as did the hardcopy of this article). Now, I'm not sure either was right, but I'll let the article stand - with your caveat in the comment.
Does anyone have any other tricks?