Here’s one to file away under weird. Three little ladies in Midway, Georgia were enjoying their summer day selling lemonade when local police drove by and told them to close up shop. You’d think fresh outdoor air and the opportunity to bide summer’s lazy days away from video games in a hyper air conditioned room was criminal…Or was it?
That city law requires a business and food permits ($50 a day), even if the stand was at the home of one of the girls….Health issues were also a concern, Morningstar said. “We were not aware of how the lemonade was made, who made the lemonade, of what the lemonade was made with, so we acted accordingly by city ordinance,” he said.
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This is getting ridiculous to the extreme. First it was Apple has more money in cash reserves than the U.S. and now Microsoft has a better credit rating. Things are going to hell in a hand basket when the entire US government is being upstaged by the tech world. Microsoft is the only tech company in the U.S. with a AAA rating along with only three other non-tech companies achieving that distinction.
The US used to have a whopping 60 companies that had a AAA rating. In 1995 that number went down to about 30 or so. Today, just four US corporation have a AAA credit rating and one of them happens to be Microsoft.
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Swamps are sometimes considered eerie places, places where living things die – and perhaps dead things live! In fact, though, they have their own important biosystems and beauty, and are often nature reserves for numerous mammals, insects, amphibians, reptiles and birds.
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This is the first image of what’s going to become the tallest building in the world by the end of the decade: The 3,280-foot (one kilometer!) Kingdom Tower. It will dwarf the 2,717-foot (828-meter) Burj Khalifa. Take a look.
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America didn’t invent obesity, but we brought the game to a whole new level. And that’s why we have products like the Adjustable Advantage—a toilet seat that fits any rump—and can hold up to 6 average-sized bloggers.
It’s a “heavy-duty” bathroom accessory, designed to support toileteers up to half a ton. And it’s adjustable, too, so you can have one toilet seat that fits every booty in the office. Genius? Actually, yeah. Everyone should be able to poop comfortably, and larger people have it tough enough without toilet seats discriminating against them too.
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HE might be just two years old, but Jaylan Amor is making giant waves in the world of surfing. The toddler is believed to be the youngest boarder on the Gold Coast and is already winning sponsorship deals with surf businesses.
He first stepped on a board at Currumbin beach six months ago and now brings the beach to a standstill each time he catches a wave. “No one here has ever seen anyone this young surf before – he’s just incredible,” dad Peter said.
Jaylan’s surfing skill came as no surprise though, as his four-year-old sister Shayla learned to surf a year ago.
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