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  1. julius

    julius Living on the air in Cincinnati... Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Woman's body eaten by vultures after fall from cliff: Griffon vulture.
    Reuters: Enrique Calvo. Woman's body eaten by vultures after fall from cliff: Griffon vulture.

    Shortly after her fatal fall of 980 feet, all that remained of a French woman eaten by vultures was her bones, clothes and shoes.

    A woman was eaten by vultures after falling off a cliff in the French Pyrénées, International Business Times reported.

    The French woman, whose name has not been released, was hiking Friday in the area with two friends. According to the Times, she attempted a shortcut through the mountain range, located on the border with Spain, but fell off a cliff and died.

    The Times reported she died before being eaten by the vultures.

    United Press International said she fell about 980 feet. According to UPI, it took the vultures about 50 minutes to eat the 52-year-old's body. They left behind nothing but her bones, clothes and shoes.

    Major Didier Pericou told The Times of Europe, "When we first went out in the helicopter looking for the body, we saw numerous vultures without realizing what they were doing."

    Pericou added that the incident has reignited calls from local farmers to allow hunting of the birds.

    The Times reported that Pyrénéan farmers have been demanding the right to shoot the birds, known as Griffon Vultures, because they've been attacking sheep and cows.

    But the species is protected in France and has lost access to its normal diet of carcasses due to European health and safety regulations.


    http://news.msn.com/world/vultures-eat-womans-body-in-50-minutes-after-fall-off-cliff?ocid=OBTAP
     
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    Denny Crane It's not even loaded! Staff Member Administrator

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    The word “bed” looks like a bed.

    The mirror image of ’3.14′ looks like the word ‘PIE‘.
     
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    In 2011, it cost 2.41 cents to produce a penny and 11.18 cents to produce a nickel.
     
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    According to Genesis 1:20-22 the chicken came before the egg.
     
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    If you were to spell out numbers, you would you have to go until 1,000 until you would find the letter "A".
     
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    Percentage of American men who say they would marry the same woman if they had it to do all over again: 80

    Percentage of American women who say they would marry the same man: 50

    Percentage of men who say they are happier after their divorce or separation: 58

    Percentage of women who say they are happier: 85
     
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    In 1948, the average price of a movie ticket was 36 cents.
     
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    Name for condoms around the world:


    Slang in Britain - English Riding Coat
    Denmark - Gummimand*, for "Rubberman,"
    Hungary - Ovsver, for "Safety Tool,"
    Hong King - Pei Dang Vi, for "Bulletproof Vest,"
    Portugal - Camisa De Venus, for "Venus Shirt,"
    Nigeria - Okpuamu, for "Penis Hat,"
    Indonesia - Koteca, for "Penis Gourd," and
    Spain - globo, for "Balloon."
     
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    Denny Crane It's not even loaded! Staff Member Administrator

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    To me, the photo in your signature is rotated left 90 degrees.

    To SlyPokerDog (see his avatar), it's upside down.

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    People keep saying stuff like that, but it looks great to me. I only brought my iPhone and iPad to Scotland so perhaps it's some sort of iGlitch.
     
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    Denny Crane It's not even loaded! Staff Member Administrator

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    It looks like you took the picture with your phone rotated landscape.

    The picture I see has the sky on the left, the ground on the right. Rotated left 90.
     
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    Is it fixed now?
     
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    Yep.

    All the photos you showed were rotated.
     
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    Ok, it's the image hosting site I was using to post my photos. Tinypic.com. I don't know why, but they rotate some photos randomly.

    By the way, the little shack in my Avatar is the oldest building in Scotland, a Chappell built in 1130ad.
     
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    William Wallace slept here.
     
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    Saer Sene has the longest wingspan in the NBA @ 7' 8.5"
     
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    The IRS is immediately notified whenever you, or anyone else, withdraws $10,000 or more from the bank.
     

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