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Beware of the Guide Dog
"We will not have him put down. Lucky is basically a damn good guide dog," Ernst Gerber, a dog trainer from Wuppertal told reporters. "He just needs a little brush-up on some elementary skills, that's all."
Gerber admitted to the press conference that Lucky, a German shepherd guide-dog for the blind, had so far been responsible for the deaths of all four of his previous owners.

"I admit it's not an impressive record on paper. He led his first owner in front of a bus, and the second off the end of a pier. He actually pushed his third owner off a railway platform just as the Cologne to Frankfurt express was approaching and he walked his fourth owner into heavy traffic, before abandoning him and running away to safety. But,apart from epileptic fits, he has a lovely temperament. And guide dogs are difficult to train these days."

Asked if Lucky's fifth owner would be told about his previous record, Gerber replied: "No. It would make them nervous, and would make Lucky nervous. And when Lucky gets nervous he's liable to do something silly."

Based on an unoriginal email forwarded by P Burbidge.

PRINEVILLE, Ore. -- Mexican food apparently caused strange vapours at a Bureau of Land Management office in Prineville.
The BLM office was closed for three days after several employees were taken to the hospital. All of the workers have since recovered.

The vapours were identified as capsaicin -- a compound found in hot peppers or chilies.

No one knows how the vapours got into the building. The investigation continues

Posted: Sept. 24, 2002  by http://www.koin.com/

Slave Lake, AB—Plumbers Convention Hits Town
Not much happening around town this week. All the regulars have decided to behave themselves for a change. Must be the weather. The folks down at Workforce Development asked me to pass on the news that they will be hosting the Third Annual Plumbers Convention though.

Too much time on his hands Department:
October 3, 2002 - Wireless Flash Fraud Researcher Proves `ALL Spam Is A Scam'
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash. (Wireless Flash) -- A fraud researcher in Port Townsend, Washington, thinks he's proven what may have been common knowledge: Almost all spammed e-mail is a scam. Michael Chesbro made the startling discovery while researching his new book, "Don't Be A Victim! How To Protect Yourself From Hoaxes, Scams And Frauds" (Loompanics).
Chesbro invested $100 and bought six random items from spammers, ranging in price from $6.90 to $29.95, and never received any of them. In five cases, he never heard from the company again. The sixth sent an e-mail claiming the product was on "back order." It's not scientific, but six out of six spam scams is enough to convince Chesbro that buying any product from unsolicited commercial e-mail is a money-losing situation. Unfortunately, trying to "unsubscribe" from spam only makes matters worse so Chesbro suggests bombarding representatives with messages demanding they tackle spam head on.

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