Det Con Knowles said: “This is a very peculiar burglary as the suspect placed a rasher of bacon over a door handle before leaving the property. “The victims are at a loss to understand why someone would break in to their house and steal a packet of bacon and we are equally stumped as to who this potentially peckish suspect is.”
The telephone was recovered. The bacon is nowhere to be found. Can you imagine why anyone would steal wonderful, delicious bacon? Police have released this CCTV image of the suspect. via
“I said no, no, it must be some engine part – as I could not see any cat. But when I went into town in the afternoon, I was convinced too that I heard something. But every time I stopped the car, I could not hear or see anything.
“I decided to take the vehicle to Farmer Autocare in Perth, but the mechanics couldn’t find it either. They were thinking I was taking the mickey out of them, that I was referring to a catalytic converter or something
“Just when they were about to give up, we all heard the kitten. At that point two of the mechanics stripped out the bottom of the car. That was when we saw a couple of little eyes peeking out from the dark corner, looking very terrified.
Jim Callaghan, a veteran writer for the teachers union, told The Post he was booted from his $100,000-a-year job just two months after he informed UFT President Michael Mulgrew that he was trying to unionize some of his co-workers.
“I was fired for trying to start a union at the UFT,” said a dumbfounded Callaghan, who worked for the union’s newsletter and as a speechwriter for union leaders for the past 13 years.
Callaghan said he personally told Mulgrew on June 9 about his intention to try to organize nonunionized workers at UFT headquarters.
“I told him I want to have the same rights that teachers have,” said Callaghan, 63, of Staten Island. “He told me he didn’t want that, that he wanted to be able to fire whoever he wanted to.”
There’s a railroad trestle over Gregson Street in Durham, North Carolina that has a clearance of only 11 feet, 8 inches. Truck drivers have been crashing into it since as early as 1956. The above video shows 13 crashes taking place there over a 13 month period, but the link is to a site chronicling even more crashes at the site over more than 50 years.
Yoga instructor Leeta Koontz suggests that yoga may be helpful for your dog. Urlesque has a roundup of her trippy videos, the first of which talks about the spiritual connection between you and your dog. The above video specifically addresses placing your dog in the Downward Facing Dog yoga position.
