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Woman receives 300 page iPhone bill!

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 04:19:39 GMT

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For those new iPhone owners who have been wearing that touchscreen keyboard out by sending as many texts as your thumbs can muster, you've probably been greeted by an unexpectedly large box from your neighborhood carrier. For Justine, that meant receiving "over 300 pages" of detailed billing from AT&T that spelled out every single SMS (and call, we presume) sent and received. If we actually needed another reason to choose eBilling over the obvious alternative, this would definitely be it. Check out the video after the break.

Tags: iphone, at&t, wtf

You too could have a nuclear reactor in your kitchen!?

Sat, 23 Jun 2007 22:02:46 GMT

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clipper's remarks: So maybe it never happened, but wtf were they thinking?

Clip Source: www.engadget.com

Back in the carefree but confusing days of the 1980's, chicks and dudes were looking for all kinds of new ways to lessen their need for oil-based energy. If you believe anything you see in this ad mockup (and that's a big "if"), a company in Japan was working on a tiny, in-home nuclear reactor -- pleasantly named Chernobyl. We'll have to assume for the moment that this was pre-catastrophic meltdown, when the Russian power-plant was considered a feat of modern engineering instead of just a big, mutant-making hellride. The device supposedly would have been "simple to operate, even for children and the elderly", but carried an ominous warning to "discontinue use" if you experience "dizziness or a tingling sensation". Was this for real? Read the translation and judge for yourself.

Tags: wtf, technology, nuclear

James (12) gets first haircut in 10 years

Tue, 02 Jan 2007 16:37:24 GMT

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clipper's remarks:

But taunts from other pupils made him pluck up the courage

I can just imagine the taunts he must have received! Amazing the difference the cut made, he actually looks like a good looking kid now..

Clip Source: www.metro.co.uk

James Marshall, 12, has dodged haircuts since he was two. But taunts from other pupils made him pluck up the courage to have his mane cut into a David Beckham crop.

Tags: hair, haircut, wtf

7 rats fused together at the tail...HUH?

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 22:56:26 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I wonder if this is real? All you snopes buff's, what's the deal with this picture, real or not?

Clip Source: oddanimals.com

An x-ray of this knot showed some fractures with signs of callus formations, and were fractures in some vertebrae. Suggests the tails had been knotted together for some time originally becoming entangled when crowded together in a nest over long periods

Tags: rats, wtf, science, weird

I know I'm in wisconsin, but snow in the middle of may, wtf?

Fri, 12 May 2006 13:33:38 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Started snowing here yesterday afternoon. Some places got up to 2 inches. This is quite the change from the awesome high 60s temps we've been having....

Clip Source: www.waow.com

As expected, it was miserable outside yesterday. Sleet and snow fell in central Wisconsin and it even accumulated to the tune ot 2 to 3 inches in parts of the northwoods (especially Vilas county). A new record snowfall was set in Wausau. Three tenths of an inch was officially recorded. The old record for May 11th was just a trace set back in 1969. The wind was also a problem. High winds caused many power outages across the state. Even my house in town was without power for about 6 hours. Winds gusted up to 70 mph in parts of Marinette and Door counties. One man was seriously injured in Marinette county when a tree fell on him. Besides the icy precipitation temperatures hovered in the mid 30s most of the day. Definitely miserable. Today will be a little better, but not by much. High temps should reach the low 40s but the clouds and light rain will stick around. It should be warm enough that most of the precipitation falls as rain. The only chance of sleet will be early this morning as temps are still in the 30s. Tomorrow will be better than today, but not by much. There is still a chance of showers on Saturday and the skies will remain cloudy. So how will it be better? The high temperature should get up to 50. It is interesting how 50 doesn't sound too bad after such cold weather yesterday, however it is a far cry from normal high for this time of year, which is 67.

Tags: wisconsin, snow, weather, wtf

Man offers no apology for shootings in Wisconsin woods

Mon, 21 Nov 2005 04:19:27 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I wish they would come up with a better way to deal with people like this. I feel like life in prison just isn't enough. I say, lock him in a room with no lights, strapped to a bed, and feed him through a tube. To me, that would be the ultimate punishment.

Clip Source: www.cnn.com

Man offers no apology for shootings in Wisconsin woods

HAYWARD, Wisconsin (AP) -- A Hmong immigrant convicted of murdering six deer hunters and attempting to kill others after a trespassing dispute was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday with no chance for parole.

Judge Norman Yackel ordered Chai Soua Vang, 37, to serve six life prison terms, one after the other, guaranteeing he would never be freed from prison. Wisconsin does not have a death penalty.

Yackel described Vang as a "time bomb ready to go off" at the slightest provocation.

"These crimes are not isolated acts, but a pattern of anti-social conduct," the judge said.

Vang, a truck driver from St. Paul, Minnesota, was convicted on six counts of first-degree intentional homicide and three counts of attempted homicide in the November 21 slayings.

The homicide charges carry a mandatory sentence of life in prison, but Yackel could have set a parole eligibility date for Vang. The judge also sentenced Vang to three concurrent terms of 40 years in prison on the attempted homicide charges.

The slayings occurred during the state's beloved deer hunting season and exposed racial tension between the predominantly white north woods residents and immigrants from the Hmong ethnic group.

Vang was convicted of killing Robert Crotteau, his son Joey Crotteau, Denny Drew, Allan Laski, Jessica Willers and Mark Roidt. All were relatives and friends who gathered to hunt from the Crotteaus' cabin near Exeland.

Tags: chai vang, sentenced, deer hunting, hunting, minnesota, shooting, wisconsin, wtf

Five hunters killed in Wisconsin woods

Mon, 21 Nov 2005 04:13:02 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This happened last year, but he just got sentenced recently. I will follow up with more about this case.

Clip Source: www.cnn.com

(CNN) -- Sheriff's deputies are investigating the killings of five hunters Sunday in northwest Wisconsin -- bloodshed apparently sparked by a dispute over a hunting spot. A suspect has been arrested.

"This is completely nuts," said Chief Deputy Tim Zeigle of the Sawyer County Sheriff's Department. "Why? I mean, five people dead because somebody was trespassing on property. It makes no sense."

"Apparently, the person was asked to leave and get out of his deer stand, and he didn't take it very well and he fired away at them," she said.

The dead included a a teenage boy and a woman, and a father and son, Zeigle told AP. Some of the victims were shot more than once.

Tags: deer hunting, hunting, minnesota, wisconsin, chai vang, shooting, wtf

They may be closing the grade school I went to

Tue, 08 Nov 2005 14:02:30 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This really sucks. There was a great aura around these schools. It was almost like a family. Most of my teachers were also the teachers of my parents and other family members. Anybody that went to that school could probably walk in there today and be recognized by 90% of the staff.

Now with these consolidated schools and overcrowding of students, the teachers spend all there time controlling all the extra students instead of teaching them.

Thanks A lot Bush!!

Clip Source: www.wausaudailyherald.com

School-closure decisions difficult
Merrill considers shutting two smallest schools; Rhinelander, Stevens Point have been down similar path

Merrill considers shutting two smallest schools; Rhinelander, Stevens Point have been down similar path

MERRILL - As school leaders and residents here consider the implications of closing two elementary schools to cut costs, they are treading in well-charted territory.

Merrill Area Public School administrators have presented a plan to the School Board that would close the district's two smallest elementary schools, Scott and Midway. The move would save the district $210,000 to $290,000 per building, said Superintendent Sally Sarnstrom. She estimates that about $600,000 will have to be cut from the district's 2006-07 budget.

But "we're aware that it's a challenge that many of our districts from all over the state are facing," said John Ashley, executive director of the Wisconsin Association of School Boards. "It's really a matter of what's best for the kids. We really say, it's up to the local community to figure out what's best for the community."

"The kids are having to make new friends," he said, and his children now have to travel 10 miles instead of three to go to school.

"It's sad for the community. It's tough for the community," Erdahl said. "These buildings have been open for decades."

Tough choices
Erdahl said Rhinelander district leaders already made budget cuts before closing the schools, but "the bigger savings by far is (by) concentrating more teachers in fewer sites. You gain efficiencies in student-to-staff ratios."
Erdahl said regret hangs in the air over the situation. "We just had to face reality," he said.

If the School Board decides to keep the schools open, the district will have to cut costs in other ways, including eliminating educational programs, Sarnstrom said.

Tags: school, closing, budget, consolidation, merrill, wisconsin, maps, public school, wtf