File this under "Headlines that left you speechless"

[ChristianBecker]

Christian.

I've looked at that vid four or five times now. Do you think it could have been photoshopped (or the video equivalent)?

Don't think so. But how should I know?

[Bouncy Castle]

I've seen it before- Apparently 2 dead

How sad.

[Quatermass]

You want speechless? Try this one on for size:

http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/03/29/Surf_lifesaving_death_third_on_Qld_beach_734310.html

This is the third such death of a lifesaver competing on that damned beach. And the second in as many years.

I can understand wanting to train lifesavers in adverse conditions and all, but this is competition!

[Bouncy Castle]

Tragic, could have easily been avoided if they'd just changed the location.

This, however, I found a little creepy:

Ralph Devlin, a life member of Matt's Maroochydore club, said the pain of his loss was enormous.

'... the comfort we take is that now Matty Barclay is frozen in time as a 14-year-old beautiful young boy,' he told reporters.

[Quatermass]

Tragic, could have easily been avoided if they'd just changed the location.

This, however, I found a little creepy:

Ralph Devlin, a life member of Matt's Maroochydore club, said the pain of his loss was enormous.

'... the comfort we take is that now Matty Barclay is frozen in time as a 14-year-old beautiful young boy,' he told reporters.

God, I hope he didn't mean it in the creepy way.

But seriously, they only finished the inquest into the second death fairly recently. Clearly, nothing has been heeded. A QC involved with the inquest into the second death said that the organisers should be charged with manslaughter. I read this in the Gold Coast Bulletin. He also reckons that the clubs care about sponsorship and thus finances more than safety. Ironic, given that they're lifeguards.

[Bouncy Castle]

Indeed. Sign of the times that the almighty dollar/pound/whatever is the focal point, and to hell with human life, even if saving said life is your Raison D'être.




(Get me with the forrin lingo!).

[Conforumist]

I thought this was worth sharing:

Bear Saves Robert Biggs From Mountain Lion Attack In California `

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/2 ... d%3D147708

[pip]

Wow.

[Tonyblack]

Your cat agrees!

[pip]

So does his mate

[meerkat]

Amazing what happens. I wonder what might be out there when I walk the Yorkshire Moors! Fortunately I always take a good knife with me (emergencies you understand..someone has to peel an apple)

[Tonyblack]

I'll often see warning signs against mountain lions and bears in Tucson - and even rattle snakes.

[raptornx01]

So much for the Lion keeping the Bear at bay.

[Quatermass]

So, where do the mountain lions get high? Do people give them marijuana or something?

[Bouncy Castle]