I thought in a state that was surrounded by ocean and had many lakes, it would be required to know how to swim?

http://www.fox4news.com/news/u-s-wo...jumped-into-lake-to-avoid-arrest-deputies-say

Sometimes we should just let nature fix the problem.

 

Back when, I was a freshman at Georgia Tech. One course required for graduation was Survival Swimming. It was very regimented - left over from when Tech was a military school.

Well, a guy named Bubba was a big mouth, bragging on how he grew up near the ocean in Florida. I had to stand beside him all semester and listen to him go on and on. Turns out he could swim no better than a rock. But that didn’t shut him up.

Well, it was the last week of the course. Makeup week, where you could earn up to 10% of your grade by doing silly things. I had been sick with conjunctivitis and missed several tests. I went up and asked the coach, “Sir, what is my grade?” He looks in his record book and replied, “Lutz, you’ve got a C”. I pleaded, saying it was only for my medical condition that I hadn’t earned an A. He replied, “Rules is rules.” As I left dejectedly, he called out, “Lutz! You had to stand by Bubba all semester. That gets you an A”.

 

I learned to swim in snake infested cow ponds as a kid in Texas. I can back paddle away from danger with the best.

Why did it have to be snakes?

 

I learned to swim in snake infested cow ponds as a kid in Texas.

My older daughter and I rented canoes and went for a trip down the Sugar River in southern Wisconsin. We encountered a number party groups playing in the water. Tubing is apparently the cool thing to do, not canoeing! Anyway, as we passed by one group we spotted a snake in the water. One of the guys in the water decided to chase after it for fun.

Snakes are kind of my thing and I about lost my mind. I was in a canoe with a paddle and freaking out about a snake coming towards me, while this knucklehead was chasing it. Paddle, paddle, paddle! I could just picture that guy tossing the snake at us. Not sure if he ever caught it.

 

I learned to swim in snake infested cow ponds as a kid in Texas. I can back paddle away from danger with the best.

Why did it have to be snakes?

What a horribly suspenseful video! And the snakes -- they just keep popping out of hiding places! Ahhhhhh!

Hollywood could learn a few things by watching this short clip. I can't wait for the sequel.

 

That's what I call a complex interstate and interspecies affair...

More on Wally.

 

https://abc7ny.com/fisherman-finds-grenade-drives-to-taco-bell-before-calling-911-police/5108698/

Florida Taco Bell evacuated after fisherman finds grenade, drives to restaurant before calling 911

 

https://abc7ny.com/fisherman-finds-grenade-drives-to-taco-bell-before-calling-911-police/5108698/

Florida Taco Bell evacuated after fisherman finds grenade, drives to restaurant before calling 911

Hey, those Nacho fries are only here for a short time.

 

https://www.boston25news.com/news/t...ida-men-steal-empty-safe-at-dominos/911055220

No dough.

 

Tunneling to riches...

(About 10 miles from my house)

 

Tunneling to riches...

(About 10 miles from my house)

You better clean your finger nails. Dirty finger nails are a huge tip off to the police.

 

You better clean your finger nails. Dirty finger nails are a huge tip off to the police.

Nah. I hate physical labor.

I wouldn't even tunnel under Ft. Knox if I knew could get away with it (assuming there is any actual gold left in there).

 

Nah. I hate physical labor.

I wouldn't even tunnel under Ft. Knox if I knew could get away with it (assuming there is any actual gold left in there).

So you got the kids to do it?

 

https://lawandcrime.com/crazy/deput...han-200-times-just-wanted-to-talk-to-someone/

Reston allegedly called 911 while in St. Augustine, then hung up, and did not answer the phone when an operator called back. Deputies discovered that he had been accused of making calls like this in Port St. Lucie, Tampa, and St. Johns County. When confronted about this, Reston allegedly said that he just wanted to talk to someone, and his cell phone was out of minutes.

 

Sad story.
https://www.nbc-2.com/story/3989546...rport-tsa-status-travel-canceled-florida-news

ORLANDO, Fla. - Flights were delayed and security checkpoints swelled to a standstill after a TSA agent at the Orlando International Airport jumped from a balcony into an atrium in front of hundreds of travelers on Saturday morning.

 

I guess the government shutdown really did affect someone.

 

I guess the government shutdown really did affect someone.

Thankfully he only took one life, his own.

 

Sad story.
https://www.nbc-2.com/story/3989546...rport-tsa-status-travel-canceled-florida-news

ORLANDO, Fla. - Flights were delayed and security checkpoints swelled to a standstill after a TSA agent at the Orlando International Airport jumped from a balcony into an atrium in front of hundreds of travelers on Saturday morning.

I suffer from borderline enochlophobia. That is, I have fear of crowds (although it doesn't reach a panic-triggering level, thankfully). Large masses of people make me very uncomfortable, and of course airports qualify as one of the places in which I don't like to spend too long a time in. Crowds have a sort of dehumanizing aspect to them that I find deeply unsettling. Perhaps this poor fella was going through a rough emotional phase and the very large and noisy and crowded place that he worked in triggered his act of desperation. May he rest in peace.

 

That is, I have fear of crowds...

I never feared crowds until I wound up in the middle of one in downtown Mexico City during a New Years Eve celebration.

There were explosives (not firecrackers!) going off all around me. I honestly thought I was going to die.

So, you hailing from Mexico, I understand your fear of crowds.

 

I never feared crowds until I wound up in the middle of one in downtown Mexico City during a New Years Eve celebration.

There were explosives (not firecrackers!) going off all around me. I honestly thought I was going to die.

So, you hailing from Mexico, I understand your fear of crowds.

I really want to experience a fiesta del martillo explosivo.