2006/08/25

Misc. Friday Ramblings...



Friday FIREPOWER!
  • C-17 "smoke angel".
    Looking perhaps a bit like a gigantic owl monster, the cloud pictured above resulted from a series of flares released by an air force jet over the Atlantic Ocean in May. The jet that released the flares, a C-17 Globemaster III, is seen on the right. The flares release smoke and the resulting pattern is sometimes known as a smoke angel. The circular eyes of the above smoke angel are caused by air spiraling off the plane's wings and are known as wingtip vortices.

    The flying spaghetti monster is not amused.

  • One bucket of chicken, extra 9mm on the side.
    A customer carrying a gun foiled a man who attempted to rob a fast-food restaurant with a screwdriver in his pocket, police said.

    McMiller ordered a bucket of chicken then told the cashier, "Give me the money before I shoot you," police said.

    He held his hand in his back pocket as if reaching for a gun, police said, then began to climb over the counter.

    Paul Sherlock, a customer sitting in the dining room, approached and pulled out his 9 mm handgun.

    He held McMiller at gunpoint until police arrived. Officers found a long screwdriver, but no gun, in McMiller's pocket.

    Sherlock had a valid gun permit, police said.

    Boy, he really screwed up on that robbery.

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