If you've ever been where loads of unskilled fork-truck drivers are whizzing around then you'll know how deadly they can be. If this German video nasty doesn't frighten you then you must have balls of steel. I kid you not, this is a genuine part of European safety training instruction; I saw this when working as an air freight handler in the Netherlands. Here are some of the darkly humorous things I remember from when I worked in airport freight handling: One forklift driver went into a lorry trailer with the wrong type of forklift and raised his forks so high that the trailer he was in … [Read more...]
Coffee Could Replace Diesel
Posted on August 20, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Researchers at the University of Nevada have found that ground coffee is 10-15 percent oil, which is easily extractable and turned into bio-diesel. What's more, it could be offered for as little as 60p per US gallon - that's around 16p per litre! Coffee is in abundant enough supply to provide hundreds of millions of gallons of fuel every year, and the oil can be extracted from leftover grounds - so we shouldn't find ourselves missing out on our morning coffee for the sake of fuel. And the find was stumbled across by accident, according to chief researcher Mano Misra, who said: "I had left … [Read more...]
Police Looking for Blow-Up Doll Sex Bandit
Posted on April 20, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Police are looking for an Australian man who brakes into adult shops, has sex with blow up dolls named Jungle Jane then dumps them in a nearby alley. "It's totally bizarre. It's a real concern that someone like that is out on the street." said one of the owners an adult sex shop in Cairns, Northern Queensland. "He has been taking the dolls out the back and blowing them up and using the dolls and leaving them in the alley." the Cairns Post newspaper was told Police told the Cairns Post they'd taken DNA samples, fingerprints and pictures of the crime scene. Update: Jungle … [Read more...]
Court Gives Young Driver Descriptive Warning of the Sexual Predators in Jail
Posted on February 20, 2009 · Leave a Comment
An Australian court has issued a descriptive warning about the sexual predators a young driver faces in jail if he does not stop speeding. The 19-year-old male was told "You'll find big, ugly, hairy strong men (in jail) who've got faces only a mother could love that will pay a lot of attention to you - and your anatomy." by Magistrate Brian Maloney at Sydney's Downing Center Court on Monday. The 19-year old was charged with driving without a license, failing to stop at a police alcohol check point and driving dangerously. It was his third time before the courts for driving offences, … [Read more...]
