1st massage parlors, now tanning salons???

Now it makes sense why video stores with tanning salons in them keep the skin flicks behind doors!!!

Police: No Tanning Beds at S.C. Salon

Fri Nov 18, 5:02 PM ET

Undercover officers noticed something conspicuously absent from a tanning salon — tanning beds. The only tanning bed on the property of VIP Tann Spa was found in a wooden box on the porch, officer Jerry Miller said Thursday.

Miller said the so-called tanning salon was actually a very different kind of business: Three employees and two customers were charged with prostitution and related charges after the undercover visit last month.

The undercover officer found makeshift beds and other evidence people were being paid for sex, Miller said.

Investigators took business receipts, credit card statements and cash before closing the salon. The County Council revoked the owner's business license.

Update from the Land story

And it gets more interesting!!!! (First story here)Seems to want to be on the Pulse on eBay!!! I will be looking for it to actually be posted on there so I can post it here.

Square-Inch Plot of Land for Sale on eBay

Fri Nov 18, 5:05 PM ET

A square-inch parcel of land will be auctioned this week on eBay for a starting bid of $1,224, although Owen County officials say they've had offers for more.

The back taxes, with penalties and interest, total $1,224, which is all the county can collect, said county attorney Richard Lorenz. The rest would go to the bank that owns the land.

"Once we began to get all of these offers, we thought that to be fair we ought to sell it off to the highest bidder," he said. "We'll have it up on eBay for seven days."

The story was first reported last week when The Herald-Times of Bloomington found that a postage-stamp-sized piece of land in the county west of Bloomington had attracted not one bidder at a tax sale. There is a minimum bid of $1,500 for tax sale parcels.

Since then, Lorenz, county Auditor Angie Lawson and First National Bank in Cloverdale say they have fielded interest calls from CNN, NBC's "Today" show, television and radio stations from around the world and potential bidders.

"We've gotten probably 15 calls," Lawson said. "One of my staff was a clerk in Grant County and issued a marriage license to Lyle Lovett and Julia Roberts, and she said this had gotten more media attention than that did."

Linda Greenwell, Lorenz's secretary, said she can hardly get any work done.

"We've had calls from around the world — Israel, France, Germany, England, Australia," she said.

First National Bank in the 1960s foreclosed on a 1.12-acre parcel of land that the inch-square had been taken from, probably so a relative could have access to the nearby lake.

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Information from: The Herald Times, http://www.hoosiertimes.com

Guess the nurse might listen next time!!

Ants eat away woman's eye
From correspondents in Kolkata
15nov05

A WOMAN receiving treatment for diabetes at a state-run hospital in eastern India lost one of her eyes after ants nibbled away at it, officials said today.

The patient recovering from a post-surgery infection shrieked for help as the ants attacked her on Sunday night, but nurses told her it was normal to feel pain from the infection.

Yesterday, the patient's family saw a gaping hole with swarming ants in it when they lifted the bandage on her left eye.

Authorities of the Sambhunath Hospital in Kolkata said they were probing the incident.

"It's not uncommon for ants to attack diabetic patients. We have set up a committee to investigate the unfortunate incident," hospital superintendent A Adhikary said.

Scampering rats and stray cats and dogs sharing bed space with patients are not uncommon sights at India's overcrowded state-run hospitals that are used by millions of poor and middle-class people.

How to survive a terrorist attack

Got this from a friend stationed over seas. The funniest thing about it is that the pics are from an actual US Government handbook!!

Click here to save your ass!!!

And to think, I moved away from here!!

I lived in Spencer for a while, but who knew that the land was so valuable? We have been thinking about moving back to the area, but now I am not sure we can afford it!!

1 Square Inch of Land for Sale at $1,500

By The Associated Press
The Associated Press
Saturday, November 12, 2005; 10:21 PM

SPENCER, Ind. -- A tiny parcel of land in southwest Indiana is some of the priciest real estate in the world. Owen County officials are trying to sell a 1-square-inch plot of land for $1,500. At that rate, an acre of land would cost nearly $7 billion.

No buyers ponied up for the postage-stamp-sized plot during a tax sale.

"It's too small to plant a flower on," said Peter Dorsey, with the county's mapping department.

The parcel was originally part of a 1.12-acre tract under a separate deed, said auditor Angie Lawson. Officials think the tiny piece of land west of Bloomington was deeded to someone in the 1960s, when people had to own property to use a nearby lake.

First National Bank foreclosed on the property owner's mortgage, which covered the entire 1.12-acre tract, and the land was up for bid at the tax sale. There is a minimum bid of $1,500 for tax sale parcels.

County attorney Richard Lorenz said he wants to find a way for the county to get rid of the land and the responsibility of selling it, perhaps by giving it away.

"Maybe we could donate that 1-inch plot to Owen County Preservations as the smallest land donation in history," Lorenz said.

© 2005 The Associated Press

And this storie was even picked up by the Australians!!!!!! Damn, that small 3 stoplight town with an old school Wal-Mart has made the big time!!!

Read the Aussie story here.

Gotta love us Clerks!!!

Store clerk found napping with pot

Associated Press
Nov. 9, 2005 10:30 AM MERRIMACK, N.H. - Police in New Hampshire say a convenience store clerk fell asleep on two jobs this week: minding the store and selling drugs.

Officers went to a 7-Eleven in Merrimack late Monday after a customer called police to report no one was in the store.

Police say two officers found the clerk sleeping in a back office with a quarter-pound of marijuana spread out on the counter. They say he had a big bag of pot, a scale and a smaller bag of pot, and apparently had been packaging the marijuana for resale.

He's charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute.

Poor turtle!!!!

2 toddlers sneak out, trash nearby residence

Canadian Press
Nov. 9, 2005 10:30 AM LISTOWEL, Ont. - A pair of toddlers are giving new meaning to the terrible twos.

The boys wandered away from a home in this town north of Stratford on Tuesday and carved a path of destruction through another.

Provincial police said they'd never seen anything quite like it.

"They did a lot of damage for two little boys," said Const. Randy Clarkson.

"And they didn't even seem to be the slightest bit put out by the whole deal."

After slipping out of their home, police said the two-year-old cousins entered and "ransacked" a nearby bungalow, emptying the contents of the refrigerator onto the floor, rummaging through a bedroom and breaking a sheet of drywall.

One of the boys even deposited his diaper in a basement aquarium housing three turtles. The turtles were not injured.

Police said the pair may have been on the lam for as long as three hours.

They were only discovered missing after police arrived at the boys' home shortly before noon on an unrelated matter and found a door wide open and two adults sound asleep inside.

"I can't believe that two two-year-olds did all this," homeowner Eileen Peppler said Tuesday night as she tried to decide where to begin the cleanup.

"I still can't believe it."

Peppler thinks the children got in through a sliding door, which they shut behind them before proceeding to run amok.

"As far as the parents are concerned, we're not done with this investigation," Clarkson said.

Cop-Donut Photo Quest Lands Man On Scavenger Hunt In Jail

FRUITPORT TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- "Part of the scavenger hunt was to get a picture of a cop eating a doughnut. They wanted to know if one of the officers would be willing to get their picture taken," police chief Paul Smutz told The Muskegon Chronicle.A man on a scavenger hunt entered a police station hoping to get a photo of an officer eating a doughnut. Instead he was thrown in jail.

Officers Bryan Rypstra and Jon Durell heard a knock at the station's back door Saturday evening. A man and a woman said they were on a scavenger hunt with another woman who had gone to a nearby store to buy a doughnut.

"Part of the scavenger hunt was to get a picture of a cop eating a doughnut. They wanted to know if one of the officers would be willing to get their picture taken," police chief Paul Smutz told The Muskegon Chronicle.

The officers planned to play along, and they chatted with the man and woman while waiting for the doughnut run. The man, Louis Jasick, recognized Rypstra, a high school classmate.

Durell then remembered seeing Jasick's name on a flier that had been posted in the station only a day earlier. Jasick was wanted on two felony warrants for failing to pay $5,000 in child support.

Jasick was listed as a flight risk, so the officers invited him inside and arrested him.

Jasick, 34, a resident of the Muskegon County township, was arraigned Monday in 60th District Court and released on two $2,000 bonds, one for each count.

Imagine if this was ABC!!

TV station broadcast porn instead of news

Viewers tuning in for the evening news in India were shocked when they were left watching a Russian porn movie.

Angry residents in Kailaras, who wanted to watch an English-language news report, blame the mix-up on technicians from the Kailaras relay station.

They believe the workers had been using the station's facilities to watch XXX films broadcast from Russia.

Hundreds of locals took to the streets afterwards demanding the technicians be sacked.

TV station regional manager Man Singh Verma said: "An initial probe confirms negligence on the part of the relay station staff in transmitting pornographic material from a Russian TV channel instead of the news from Indian channel DD-1.

"We are taking statements from staff members and punitive action will be taken against those responsible."

Source: http://www.ananova.com/

You Know You Grew Up In The 80's If...

1. You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE".

2. You watched the Pound Puppies.

3. You can sing the rap to the "Fresh Prince of Belair " ...and can do the "Carlton".

4. Girls wore biker shorts under their skirts and felt stylishly sexy.

5. You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters club and tried to start a club of your own.

6. You owned those lil' Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls.

7. You know that "WOAH " comes from Joey on Blossom.

8. Two words: Hammer Pants.

9. If you ever watched "Fraggle Rock ".

10. You had plastic streamers on your handle bars... and "spokey-dokes" or playing cards on your spokes for that incredible sound effect.

11. You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales". (Woo ooh!)

12. When it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.

13. You wore a ponytail on the side of your head.

14. You saw the original "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles " on the big screen... and still know the turtles names.

15. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.

16. You made your mom buy one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side.

17. You played the game "MASH ". (Mansion, Apartment, Shelter, House)

18. You wore stonewashed Jordache jean jackets and were proud of it.

19. L.A. Gear... need I say more.

20. You wanted to change your name to "JEM " in Kindergarten. (She's truly outrageous)

21. You remember reading "Tales of a fourth grade nothing " and all the Ramona books.

22. You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF".

23. You wanted to be a Goonie.

24. You ever wore fluorescent clothing. (some of us... head-to-toe)

25. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off and his cheeks shifted.

26. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.

27. You took lunch boxes to school... and traded Garbage Pail Kids in the schoolyard.

28. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets.

29. You still get the urge to say "NOT " after every sentence.

30. You remember Hypercolor t-shirts.

31. Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band.

32. You thought She-ra (Princess of Power!) and He-Man should hookup.

33. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged handmade friendship bracelets.

34. You ever owned a pair of Jelly-Shoes. (and like #24, probably in neon colors, too)

35. After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you kept saying "I know you are, but what am I?"

36. You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up"

37. You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates.

38. You ever got seriously injured on a Slip and Slide.

39. You have ever played with a Skip-It.

40. You had or attended a birthday party at McDonalds.

41. You've gone through this nodding your head in agreement.

42. You remember Popples.

43. "Don't worry, be happy"

44. You wore like, EIGHT pairs of socks over tights with high top Reeboks.

45. You wore socks scrunched down (and sometimes still do...getting yelled at by "younger hip" members of the family)

46. "Miss MARY MACK MACK MACK, all dressed in BLACK BLACK BLACK "

47. You remember boom boxes. and walking around with one on your shoulder like you were all that.

48. You remember watching both "Gremlins" movies.

49. You know what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare!"

50. You remember watching "Rainbow Bright" and "My Little Pony Tales "

51. You thought Doogie Howser/Samantha Micelli was hot.

52. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac.

53. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool... and don't even flinch when people refer to them as "NKOTB".

54. You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By the Bell ", the ORIGINAL class.

55. You know all the words to Bon Jovi - SHOT THROUGH THE HEART.

56. You just sang those words to yourself.

57.You remember watching Magic vs. Bird.

58. Homemade Levi shorts. (the shorter the better)

59. You remember when mullets were cool!

60. You had a mullet!

61. You still sing "We are the World"

62. You tight rolled your jeans.

63. You owned a bannana clip.

64. You remember "Where's the Beef?"

65. You used to (and probably still do) say "What you talkin' about Willis?"

66. You had big hair and you knew how to use it.

67. You're still singing shot through the heart in your head,aren't you!