https://pdx.eater.com/2018/1/26/169...-powell-91st-portland-architecture-demolition

Gone. Was passing the street today on the way to an Asian market in Portland.

 

Gone. Was passing the street today on the way to an Asian market in Portland.

Darn!! I will likely be going right near this location this summer. I was hoping to see this place.

McDonald's really should have left some of these old places, even if they needed to be company owned. Sonic does it with drive up. Can't see why Sonic can't do that with the old places.

 

Darn!! I will likely be going right near this location this summer. I was hoping to see this place.

McDonald's really should have left some of these old places, even if they needed to be company owned. Sonic does it with drive up. Can't see why Sonic can't do that with the old places.

A few days before it was gone.

 

So sad, another piece of history gone. Those old places were a work of art.

I am surprised all of the tiles aren't gone. It would have been a cool souvenir.

 

Simplest escape plan I've ever heard of:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-43617285​

Two prisoners have escaped from a maximum security jail in the Colombian capital, Bogotá, by getting a guard drunk and convincing him to let them go to go buy more alcohol.

 

A truly tasteless April fool's joke:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43626543​

A French mayor has apologised after her April Fool's joke about Swedish furniture giant Ikea coming to town with 4,000 new jobs hit a sour note.
Caroline Cayeux used Facebook and Twitter to announce the arrival of a new superstore to Beauvais residents, many of whom believed her "great news".
Locals were not amused when the mayor, hours later, clarified that the news about job opportunities was not true.

 

A truly tasteless April fool's joke:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43626543​

I'm shocked tha the French would Ikea into one of their towns. France should stay French as well as Italy should stay Italian etc. I was really disappointed to see so many McDonald's in Italy. Though I remember once riding my bicycle into Italy from Switzerland. A McDonalds was pretty much the only thing around. I was starving and was glad it was there that day.

 

It isn't McDonald's that ruined France or Italy.

 

It isn't McDonald's that ruined France or Italy.

Luckily a lot of the smaller towns (where I like to ride and stay) still have their charm. Though I don't know if I will get a chance to return.

 

Billy Goat Gruff?
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2018/04/05/goats-rescued-mahoning-river-bridge/

 

Billy Goat Gruff?
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2018/04/05/goats-rescued-mahoning-river-bridge/

Hey, Betty Goat, hold my beer.

 

What better way to vent your frustration than to attack a bus full of UFC fighters?

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainmen...c-fighters-injures-one-in-heated-scuffle.html

 

http://www.tmz.com/2018/04/05/stan-lee-stolen-blood-for-sale-black-panther-comic-books/

Stan Lee's allegedly stolen blood is up for sale -- in the form of the Marvel legend's signature -- stamped on one of his biggest hits.

We've learned several 'Black Panther' comic books are currently available at the Marvel Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N. store on the Las Vegas Strip. Each edition comes with a certificate of authentication that details the item as a "Hand-Stamped Signature of STAN LEE using Stan Lee's Solvent DNA Ink."
...
We broke the story ... Stan's friend and partner Keya Morgan discovered the 95-year-old's blood was allegedly stolen back in October after a former business associate presented Lee's nurse with fake docs that authorized that a sample be drawn.

Our sources say the nurse pulled enough blood from Stan for him to feel lightheaded and dizzy.

I already have my Stan Lee (minus the blood) stuff from his last Comic Con in Portland but I might have been tempted if I saw this in Vegas.

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/trekkies/n9511?snl=1

 

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2018/04/05/millennials-flat-earth-survey/

CBS Local — A new survey has found that a third of young millennials in the U.S. aren’t convinced the Earth is actually round. The national poll reveals that 18 to 24-year-olds are the largest group in the country who refuse to accept the scientific facts of the world’s shape.

Hoping this is 'fake news'.

 

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2018/04/05/millennials-flat-earth-survey/


Hoping this is 'fake news'.

Millenials ... if the facts don't agree with their views, then the facts must be adjusted.

 

Millenials ... if the facts don't agree with their views, then the facts must be adjusted.

The same generation that thinks eating Tide Pods is cool.

 

Millenials ... if the facts don't agree with their views, then the facts must be adjusted.

Bet a significant percentage of people don't know there are 365 days in a year or the purpose of a leap year. I just hate going downtown because that is where you see a lot of the really stupid people just hanging out and wasting their life away.

 

Bet a significant percentage of people don't know there are 365 days in a year or the purpose of a leap year. I just hate going downtown because that is where you see a lot of the really stupid people just hanging out and wasting their life away.

It's not all bad, some millennials really enjoy rough camping.

 

The Walking Dead
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/dead-man-walking-court-rejects-romanians-claim-hes-alive/

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A Romanian court has rejected a man’s claim that he’s alive, after he was officially registered as deceased.

Today's ruling is final, and Mr Reliu will officially remain dead, a court spokeswoman said Friday.

I want to know if a person is officially dead can they be arrested for punching a judge in the face.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/romanian-dead-man-to-go-court-again-to-prove-he-s-alive-1.3873745

BUCHAREST, Romania -- A Romanian man who failed to convince a court that he was alive after he was officially registered as deceased by his wife has initiated a new lawsuit to annul his death certificate.

 

I think this was posted before. Similar issues have happened here too. Apparently is is much easier to prove you are dead than it is to prove you are alive.