Archive for February, 2006

Thief takes Scouts’ cookie money, runs: South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Tuesday, February 28th, 2006

Thief takes Scouts’ cookie money, runs: South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Quote: Whoever he is, he had better not show up at their cookie booth again, the girls said.

Kaitlin would scold him.

“I’d say, ‘You are a bad man,’ ” she said.

Charming story about what would otherwise be dismissed as a random petty crime…

‘Spidermen’ deliver unfinished vehicles across Mexico

Monday, February 27th, 2006

‘Spidermen’ deliver unfinished vehicles across Mexico

Quote: TEPEJI DEL RIO, Mexico – As the sun sets over Mexico’s Interstate 57, barreling down the road comes a bizarre sight: a man balanced on a wooden seat, zipping along on what appears to be nothing but four wheels and an engine.

Excellent read.

It’s sad when it’s cheaper to pay people to drive these incomplete trucks for 12-17 hours from factory to factory, vs. shipping via train or special trucks…