I read it in the newspaper so it must be true Oct2606
Fire station hit by blaze had no alarm*
A fire station destroyed in a blaze did not have a smoke alarm fitted, an embarrassed brigade spokesman admitted.
The fire station in Arundel, West Sussex, was found to be ablaze when its part-time fire fighters arrived for work yesterday morning. Smoke was belching from the unmanned building [...]
Teddy bear in yellow raincoat kills 2,500
I don’t know if this is true but the Seattle Post-Intelligencer site from which it originated looks real.
Killer teddy bear leaves 2,500 fish dead
MILFORD, N.H. — A teddy bear has been implicated in 2,500 deaths. Of trout, that is. State officials say a teddy bear dropped into a pool at a Fish and [...]
I read it in the newspaper so it must be true Sept2306
Personally, I’ve always had the impression that The Sindo was written by no more than three people. Now I think I can see where I may have got that impression. The Phoenix magazine has an interesting article this week about The Sunday Independent. The headline is Sindo’s family tree grows even bigger [...]
Something’s wrong when…
Last Friday, I wrote about the deaths (& suicide) of Sharon Grace and her two children.
Today (Tues, 19 Sept 06), if you search google for sharon grace & wexford or sharon grace & ireland, I’m one of the top stories.
Something’s wrong when my post is ranked higher than the ‘news/media‘, the political parties’ propaganda, social [...]
Phone numbers are the ‘new’ State secret
On a Saturday evening in April 2005, 28-year old Sharon Grace walked into Wexford’s Ely Hospital with her two children, Mikala (4) and Abby (3). She approached the receptionist and asked for a social worker. The receptionist said there was none available because they only worked Monday to Friday. Sharon Grace asked [...]
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