Scented Bowling Balls & Caterpillar Tractors
Weird day.
On the way past the smoker's area outside my employer's office today, I overheard a snippet of conversation. Something about 'scented bowling balls'. Um, yeah. I figured I had just heard something wrong - I do that sometimes. But no:
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http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2005/03/11/957642-ap.html
Scented bowling balls
By CARRIE ANTLFINGER
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Odours associated with bowling traditionally include smelly feet, cigarette smoke and beer. But what about grape, amaretto and cherry?
One bowling ball manufacturer - Storm Products Inc. - is putting fruit and other popular scents into its mid-to high-end bowling balls, resulting in a steady increase in sales. More than half the bowlers on the Professional Bowlers Association tour last year used them, including four-time PBA champion Ryan Shafer.
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And then this:
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Wednesday, March 16, 2005 * Last updated 3:58 a.m. PT
Family of protester killed by bulldozer suing Caterpillar
By ELIZABETH M. GILLESPIE
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
SEATTLE -- The parents of a 23-year-old activist killed while trying to prevent the demolition of a Palestinian home have sued Caterpillar Inc., the company that made the bulldozer that ran over her.
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court here, alleges that Caterpillar violated international and state law by providing specially designed bulldozers to Israeli Defense Forces, knowing the machines would be used to demolish homes and endanger people.
Rachel Corrie, a student at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash., was standing in front of a home in a refugee camp in Rafah, a Gaza Strip city near the Egyptian border, on March 16, 2003, when a bulldozer plowed over her.
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OK, look. I remember the news story, and I was sorry that the girl died. I think that Israel is more responsible for this than their investigation concluded. But Caterpillar Tractor Company? Oh, come on!
I have to get on the road this morning - driving to the Washington DC area in the rain and snow. Lovely. Be a couple days before I'm back, so be good.
Happy, Happy,
Wiggy
posted by Unknown at 3/21/2005 02:36:00 AM
1 Comments:
hellooo. i just noticed the comment you left over in my direction about the old victorian photos. the one on the beach is definitely llandudno - 7 miles from me and basically where i spend all my time. the hotel is The Grand, i think it was called that, but it burnt down in a fire about ten years ago. its since been re-built. next time my camera's on me when im in llandudno i'll take a photo of that same view and post it on my blog so you can see what it looks like now. and that bridge is in conwy - the suspension bridge. the photo must have been taken soon after it was constructed cos its only about a 100 years old.when i did my work experience in conwy with the national trust when i was in school i spent a day working on that bridge. all the other beach photos will probably be of llandudno too, because it was wales' main seaside resort in the victorian period - it was posh back then too!
Mon Mar 21, 12:08:00 PM EST
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