{"id":130296,"date":"2022-09-07T06:00:32","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T10:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=130296"},"modified":"2022-09-06T14:57:23","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T18:57:23","slug":"short-takes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=130296","title":{"rendered":"Short takes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brit to sail Atlantic in…huh?<\/strong>\"\"<\/p>\n

Well, if you thought Sir Francis Chichester was a bit loony for sailing around the worls in a 16 meter ketch, or even the fella who crossed the Atlantic in a 5’4″ boat in 1993: Andrew Bedwell is going to try sailing across the Atlantic in a ONE METER long boat. He is 6′ tall, so not quite twice as long as the boat.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m under no illusions that it\u2019s going to be easy. But all my life I\u2019ve taken on unusual challenges, though this is the ultimate,\u201d Bedwell told Robb Report<\/em>. He adds: \u201cMy wife thinks I\u2019m crazy.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Robb Report via Yahoo<\/a><\/p>\n

Ya think? Oh, yeah, and he will be eating the boat’s lining for food. Gotta see this one.<\/p>\n

Las Vegas woman arrested at airport for being “too good looking”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hend Bustami, 28, was arrested at McCarren Airport<\/del> Harry Reid Airport, she says because she is “too good looking”, calling the officers “perverts” who had “never seen anyone as good looking as her”. Apparently the fact that she allegedly stiffed the airport Chili’s by walking out on the tab escaped her. Quick bit of Googling turned up pics and a profile which says she is ‘highly skilled’ as a waitreess and receptionist. You would think a waitress would avoid stiffing a fellow server.\"\"Hell, I’m a sucker for brunettes and I wouldn’t call her pulse-pounding. I’ll take “High Maintenance” for $1000, Alex.<\/p>\n

Insider via Yahoo<\/a><\/p>\n

Detroit bank accused of “banking while black” discrimination
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A 71 year old retired lady, Lizzie Pugh, is suing the Detroit-area Fifth Third Bank: on a church outing she won a slot payout on a church outing to a casino – they paid as usual with a small cash payment and a check. When she took it to the bank to deposit it, THREE white employees told her it was no good – and tried to hold onto the check. After much arguing they eventually gave it back, whereupon she opened a new account and deposited the check at a Chase bank. None of the bankers would call the casino to verify the check, and understandably, were reluctant to call the police when she protested.<\/p>\n

…Pugh explained her intentions to open an account, and then handed the employee her casino winnings check.<\/p>\n

The employee asked Pugh where she worked, and requested her driver’s license.<\/p>\n

Pugh obliged, explained that she was retired, and that the check was for money she had won at the casino. The check contained the casino’s logo and address, Pugh’s name and the same home address listed on her driver’s license.<\/p>\n

On the memo line it read: “SLOT JACKPOT”<\/p>\n

“She left the room. She came back and she told me that the check was fraudulent, and she could not give it back to me,” recalled Pugh, who protested. “I\u2019m like, ‘Why? It’s not fraudulent.’ ”<\/p>\n

The employee called in a second bank employee.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

USA Today via Yahoo<\/a><\/p>\n

Some severe dumbassery at the future Lizzie Pugh Bank. Hard to believe they let people that stupid touch anyone else’s money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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