The Random, Meaningless Announcements Thread 3!

[ChristineM]

You got here before I added to the post....... but it ain't rubbish.....all bears are pretty much Tea Sommeliers

So i hear.

 

[Wu Wei]

So i hear.
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Sheesh a bear just gives an honest post about sissy teas and you get all upset and post pictures of soggy stuffed bears in front of a tea cup

 

[ChristineM]

Sheesh a bear just gives an honest post about sissy teas and you get all upset and post pictures of soggy stuffed bears in front of a tea cup

Upset, moi, nah. I thought it very apt. Sorry if it upsets you

 

[Stevicus]

Suspect in Custody for Shooting at Fort Worth Officers – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (nbcdfw.com)

A person is in custody after police say a high grass violation resulted in shots fired against Fort Worth police, code compliance officers, and a lawn mowing company.

Around 8:30 a.m. Friday, Fort Worth police assisted code compliance officers with the city of Fort Worth regarding a warrant for a high grass violation at a home on the 4800 block of Cedar Springs Drive. Brandon Bennett, director of Code Compliance for the city of Fort Worth, said the particular property has had a number of high grass violations since 2010.

“In this case, the owner had not responded to a notice to mow the tall grass. We went to the municipal court to get a warrant to enter the property and mow the tall grass for him. Then we bill the owner,” Bennett said Friday. “There was enough history with this person and enough indication that when we did a risk assessment and it’s something we do whenever we do a warrant to enter on someone’s property, that we felt the risk was sufficient enough take the police with us.”

They can't mow my grass until they pull it from my cold, dead hands.

No one answered the door after several attempts, Bennett said. They posted the warrant and an independent mowing company starting working. Officer Jimmy Pollozani with the Fort Worth Police said moments later, the homeowner began shooting from inside the home.

“The officers are okay. Several of the vehicles belonging to code compliance were struck by bullets,” Officer Pollozani said.

Officers took cover and SWAT moved in, he said.

“Obviously with a simple call as high grass where we went to go assist the individual, had independent mowers to cut his grass… and for the outcome to come out like this, it tells you there is no such thing as a routine call,” Pollozani told NBC 5 Friday. “These are the dangers these officers face every single day when they put that uniform on.”

Melissa Sandoval lives nearby and said she heard around six or seven rounds.

“I couldn’t even keep count,” Sandoval said. “I actually screamed because I’ve never heard that before, so we ducked down and just stayed down.”

Bennett said the issue with high grass is less of an eyesore and more about health amid the summer months.

“Tall grass is a habitat for mosquitos, so we will work with the police department and their investigation. We will work together to complete that investigation,” Bennett said.

The suspect is expected to be charged with aggravated assault, police said.

 

[Wu Wei]

Upset, moi, nah. I thought it very apt. Sorry if it upsets you

I ain't upset......I'z fine

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Devastated...

Just used the last of my stash of green tea with jasmin and i can't get any more until Thursday... Oh woe is me, what am i to do for afternoon tea?

It will be an emergency here if that happens. Except a legit emergency because that will mean the Asian grocery stores are out.

 

[Wu Wei]

rain again
floods again
not here again
on a hill again

 

[ChristineM]

It will be an emergency here if that happens. Except a legit emergency because that will mean the Asian grocery stores are out.

Our nearest supplier is a 45 minute drive away. And then i can only hope they have stock.

 

[ChristineM]

rain again
floods again
not here again
on a hill again

We always get flooding in February, where we get cut off from the rest of the world. It's expected so the houses in the flood zones are built to cope and most of the home owners have boats they can row to the shops in.

Unusually we've had a lot of rain in the last few weeks, the rivers are close to full, another few inches of rain and there'll be a flood.

Luckily we now have 10 days of fine/hot weather.

Methinks climate change is changing the weather and making it more challengeable

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Our nearest supplier is a 45 minute drive away. And then i can only hope they have stock.

I would say that constitutes as a potential personal crisis.
You need enough Asians to move in that they open an Asian grocery store so this doesn't happen. Unless there is a major emergency and they run out.

Methinks climate change is changing the weather and making it more challengeable

Growing up, Indiana would have tornadoes generally during spring until about this time of year. Now year round tornadoes are common. And it doesn't snow there a lot anymore outside of the one or two blasts of winter storms that just bury the place.

 

[ChristineM]

You need enough Asians to move in that they open an Asian grocery store so this doesn't happen.

We have a distinct lack of Asian stores here, closest i know is in Perigueux over 80km away. What we have to settle for is the "world foods" isle at the big supermarkets.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

We have a distinct lack of Asian stores here, closest i know is in Perigueux over 80km away. What we have to settle for is the "world foods" isle at the big supermarkets.

Es tut mir leid.

 

[Wu Wei]

We always get flooding in February, where we get cut off from the rest of the world. It's expected so the houses in the flood zones are built to cope and most of the home owners have boats they can row to the shops in.

Unusually we've had a lot of rain in the last few weeks, the rivers are close to full, another few inches of rain and there'll be a flood.

Luckily we now have 10 days of fine/hot weather.

Methinks climate change is changing the weather and making it more challengeable

Home owners here on flood plains are not as prepared

 

[sun rise]

The wind is coming up as predicted. Now if we get the dry lightening that is also possible, get out the marshmallows because there will be fires.

 

[Dan From Smithville]

If the bulk of the US population descended from Europeans, Asians and Africans, how come there are still Europeans, Asians and Africans?

 

[Dan From Smithville]

If you are afraid of catching Delta, then fly Southwest.

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

If the bulk of the US population descended from Europeans, Asians and Africans, how come there are still Europeans, Asians and Africans?

I'm not sure. Seems more like a question we'd ask you, and you'd be the one answering... I think?

 

[Dan From Smithville]

How many cobras can you fit in a standard clown car?

 

[Dan From Smithville]

I'm not sure. Seems more like a question we'd ask you, and you'd be the one answering... I think?

That is the problem with people today. They think. Thinking is what got us all into trouble in the first place. I say down with thinking. Re-elect none of the above. They haven't got any plan to guide us into the future and I can stand behind that unequivocally.

Put no thought into anything you do.

 

[Dan From Smithville]

I just want to announce my bid for President in 2024. I got four lucky feet. Twice as many as any other candidate.