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Heading to an amusement park soon? Watch this video first. Or maybe you shouldn't. Ten lives were left hanging by a thread - literally - when an extreme thrill ride on a rocket-like attraction almost ended in tragedy. Visitors to one of St. Petersburg's amusement parks were in for a nasty shock as a cable snapped on the ride, leaving them suspended in mid-air 70 meters above the ground.
Luckily, rescue teams made it to the spot just in time to free the stranded passengers.
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We've all done it. Gotten a little tipsy and then decided to surf the net. Coming home drunk and then going online can bring you lots of fun, but also lots of problems second day. The next time you're tempted to power up after you've been drinking up, check out this list first: Top 10 Things You Should Avoid Doing on Internet While Drunk. You'll thank me in the morning!
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You may have felt cool with your Sony Walkman as a teenager but nowadays teens can fit more music onto a device smaller than a box of matches. And they don't have to flip the tape over halfway through an album. There can be little doubt: yesterday's cutting edge technology looks silly to today's children. Check out this list of technological advances, past and present, that will have young people asking: 'you used to have to do what?' 50 Technological Advances Your Children Will Laugh At. Remember floppy discs? 'Nuff said.
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Don't forget that on Saturday, it's the Military All-Stars Game at the Lumberyard! It's the Military All-Stars versus La Crosse Area All-Stars and all veterans and military personnel get free tickets! Speaking of baseball, you know how according to traditional baseball lore, our national pastime was invented by Abner Doubleday, in Cooperstown, New York? Well, was it really? Not even close. Here's the story of the Baseball Myth.
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That's all I got. Have a great day!
Karen
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