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Two men were airlifted to the hospital after an explosion at a Kitsap County home on Friday.

2 seriously burned in explosion at Kitsap Co. home

I’m sure the meaning was clear:

Police in the Phoenix suburb of Surprise say they received a 911 call Friday from an 11-year-old boy who said his mother was packing and moving to California and wasn’t taking him or his 6-year-old brother with her.

Police spokesman Sgt. Mark Ortega said the boy’s mother, Christina Muniz (MYOO’-neez), 29, came out and told officers that she was “sick of her children” and wanted the police to take them so she can “have fun and play.”
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Muniz, dressed in her black and white-striped jail garb, told the magistrate it “was a big misunderstanding, miscommunication.”

When working on a vehicle, the frustration of trying to get a socket to align with a fastener you can only feel can be extreme.

I’ve watched, out of the corner of my eye, as two ROV crews have tried for hours to get a wrench onto a bolt; every once in a while, they pull the wrench back in what I perceive as that frustration I’ve felt.

As I write this, the ROV with the wrench has pulled away; I wonder if the yellow marks align with the corners or the flats? I’ve seen them (apparently) try both ways. I imagine one crew calling the toolsmith up from below decks to ask impertinent questions about his lineage and the exact relation of the yellow line width and the boot that is about to enter the toolsmith’s ass.

We have beveled magazine wells; why not bevel the socket?

from the LA Times:

Detectives said one of the girls became uneasy as the boy kept playing with the gun. The girl, identified by the L.A. County coroner’s office as Alexis Wallace, stood to leave the room. As she was walking out, the boy pointed the gun at her and pulled the trigger, not realizing that there was a bullet in the chamber, police said.

When Gamble came across the bloody scene, she said, the boy was distraught, running around the room in a “chaotic state.”

“The gun just went off,” he said in disbelief, throwing the weapon onto his bed.

Shoot at kids for not taking you seriously; the cops, once they arrive, will take you seriously.

OK, not all at the same time, but still.

On what planet did this sound like a good idea?

Fake tourniquets turning up in theater; fail to stop bleeding. If true, this sucks.