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Parking lesson turns into swimming lesson - for the car
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A lesson on how to park a car somehow turned into a swim at the community pool.
Maryland’s Montgomery County Fire and Rescue service says it found a car sitting in the middle of a city’s pool over the weekend following a "driver error" during parking practice session.
Photographs posted on Twitter showed the car halfway submerged in the pool at the North Creek Community Center - which had been closed for the season.
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Photo courtesy Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service
Photo: bubbles trapped in the Ice in Abraham Lake, Alberta, Canada
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Abraham Lake is an artificial lake on North Saskatchewan River in western Alberta, Canada, created in 1972, with the construction of the Bighorn Dam. It was named for Silas Abraham, an inhabitant of the Saskatchewan River valley in the nineteenth century. Although man-made, the lake has the blue color of other glacial lakes in the Rocky Mountains, which is caused by rock flour as in other glacial lakes.
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Image courtesy @iLikePics_Daily
Like father, like son: Father's Day inspires faterh-son police officers to recreate photo from 20 years ago
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One father-son duo took a trip down memory lane in light of Father’s Day this year. Officer Andy Gould with the Auburn Police Department and his son, Michael, recreated a 20-year-old photo.
In 1998, the pair smiled for a photo, which shows Michael sitting on his father's lap inside of a patrol car. "When I get bigger I’m going to be my Dad’s partner and catch bad guys and burglars," the caption on the original photo reads.
On Sunday, the two re-created the moment -- though as the police department noted on Facebook, it was a “hard squeeze” with his son’s 6’7” frame.
Michael is a sheriff’s deputy with the King County Sheriff’s Office, according to Fox25.
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Photo courtesy Auburn Police Department, Washington
Khao Phing Kan, a.k.a. James Bond Island, Thailand: defying gravity
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Khao Phing Kan or Ko Khao Phing Kan is an island in Thailand, in Phang Nga Bay northeast of Phuket. About 40 metres (130 ft) from the shores of Khao Phing Kan lies a 20-metre (66 ft) tall islet called Ko Tapu or Khao Tapu. The islands are limestone tower karsts and are a part of Ao Phang Nga National Park. Since 1974, when it was featured in the James Bond movie The Man with the Golden Gun, Khao Phing Kan has been popularly called James Bond Island.
Khao Phing Kan means "hills leaning against each other" in Thai, reflecting the connected nature of the islands, and Ko Tapu can be literally translated as "nail" or "spike" island, reflecting its shape.
Khao Phing Kan consists of two forest-covered islands with steep shores. They lie in the northwestern part of Phang Nga Bay, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from the mainland, amid a group of a dozen of other islands.
Ko Ta Pu is a limestone rock about 20 metres (66 ft) tall with the diameter increasing from about 4 metres (13 ft) near the water level to about 8 metres (26 ft) at the top. It lies about 40 metres (130 ft) to the west from the northern part of Khao Phing Kan.
A local legend explains the formation of Ko Ta Pu as follows. Once upon a time, there lived a fisherman who used to bring home many fish every time he went to the sea. However, one day he could not catch any fish despite many attempts and only picked up a nail with his net. He kept throwing the nail back into the sea and catching it again. Furious, he took his sword and cut the nail in half with all his strength. Upon impact, one half of the nail jumped up and speared into the sea, forming Ko Ta Pu.
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Image courtesy amazingplacesonearth.com
Amend 36,000-ton Silversea luxury cruise ship? Saw it in half, add 49ft length(the strength?), requires 500 workers, 450,000 hrs
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Silversea luxury cruise ship cut in half for massive 49-foot expansion
Silversea began the lengthening process of its Silver Spirit ship this month as part of a $100 million renovation.
The massive expansion will require 500 workers who will spend approximately 450,000 hours to complete.
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Image courtesy @FoxNews and Wikimedia / Flickr / Tips For Travellers
Mystery. Bond between lion and toddler. Lion comes across, licks&paws at glass; toddler, hands on glass, looks at lion unafraid
"lion lick and paw at glass after becoming 'obsessed' with SC toddler"
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Lion takes a shine to Rock Hill baby behind glass: "Ever see a lion so obsessed?"
Michael, the male lion, took an immediate shine to Josie. The zoo is a preservation site for endangered animals.
"The lion came right across the enclosure and pawed at the glass, and even licked the glass, with Josie right there just inches from him," Cait said. "The inches were the safety glass, though."
"The video shows the lion only wants to paw at Josie, and Josie is right there looking at the lion with her hands on the glass," Cait said. "She wasn’t scared. She loved it."
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Image courtesy The Herald
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