In certain California cities, if you get busted for a so-called minor offense (DWI is one) that lands you in the City Jail, you can do your hard time in a cushy jail cell. It’s called the pay-to-stay program. This little known loophole has existed for years. And get this—the jailbirds, called “clients”, […]
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Doing Soft Time in California: Jail Cell for Rent
Published by April 29th, 2007 in Weird News. 7 CommentsDon’t Eat The Yellow, Orange Or Pink Snow
Published by February 5th, 2007 in News, Russia, Science, Sellsius Real Estate Blog and Weird News. 5 CommentsOrange snow in Siberia
Watch out where the huskies go, and don’t you eat that yellow snow. (lyrics, Frank Zappa)
On January 31st, orange snow fell is several remote areas of Western Siberia. Officials said the unusual orange color was caused by the presence of mud and sand common in the Kazakh steppe but posed […]
Town For Sale: Cheap
Published by November 9th, 2006 in Residential Real Estate and Weird News. 0 CommentsIn US dollars: about $328,000. Not a bad deal for a French village. Live there yourself or rent it out for parties. One of the perks: You get to make your own laws. Here’s the link to the property.
via: Random Good Stuff
Moscow Graves More Expensive Than Apartments
Published by October 14th, 2006 in Weird News. 1 CommentAt $10,000 per square meter, gravesites at Moscow’s Vagan’kovskoe Cemetery cost more than an elite apartment downtown. The cemetery’s current residents include some famous and infamous Russians, including:
Vladimir Vysotsky, Russia’s Bob Dylan. Admirers make a pilgrimage to his grave every July on the anniversary of his death. Grave below
Igor Talikov, singer & […]
Ooh Ooh, That Smell: Gawker Sniffs NYC Subways
Published by October 3rd, 2006 in NYC Real Estate and Weird News. 1 Comment
New York stinks, so says Gawker’s Subway Smell Maps. Using cute icons, subway stations are tagged for the not-so-sweet smells of the city. The reports are sent in by readers. Just roll over a station to get the stink report. Now you know why New Yorkers are so tough.
You want another map useful in New […]
President of NAR Ignored His Broker & Can’t Sell His House
Published by September 15th, 2006 in Real Funny?, Residential Real Estate and Weird News. 3 CommentsSaw this article in the Washington Post by Sandra Fleishman. It seems Thomas M. Stevens, NAR President ignored the advice of his broker to lower the price of his Washington area home if it did not sell in 40-60 days. He didn’t do it. Now, one year later his house has the […]
The Cat Who Owned A House
Published by August 30th, 2006 in Residential Real Estate and Weird News. 0 CommentsThis is a true story of how a cat came to own a house.
Tinker, pictured above, was a black stray moggie living on scraps until adopted by Margaret Layne, aged 89. Margaret loved Tinker so much she left the furry feline her 3 bedroom house in London in 2003, along with a substantial […]
Legendary Boxer’s Arm Arrives in New York, Alone
Published by August 27th, 2006 in Weird News. 3 CommentsDan Donnelly was Ireland’s first bare-knuckled boxing champion. He became a legend in 1815 when he defeated British heavyweight George Cooper, breaking George’s jaw in a no-holds barred brawl. Fans literalling kept the ground he walked on as souvenirs.
Donnelly’s mummified right arm (he was a righty) is now in New York City where […]
Russian Mathematician Solves 100 Yr. Old Problem But May Decline $1 Million Award
Published by August 22nd, 2006 in Awards, Education and Weird News. 0 CommentsABC News International reported today that Grigory Perelman, a noted Russian mathematician, had proven the Poincare Conjecture, a math theory that had stumped others for 100 years, but would probably not accept the $1 milllion prize to be offered by Clay Mathematics Institute in Cambridge, MA. Mr. Perelman was also awarded the prestigious Fields […]
Comma Costs Company $2.13 Million
Published by August 11th, 2006 in Legal and Weird News. 0 CommentsHoly Loophole! A misplaced comma in a supposed iron-clad contract allowed Aliant Inc. to cancel its contract with Rogers Communications Inc., costing Rogers $2.13 million. Rogers thought it had a guaranteed 5 year deal with Aliant to string cable lines across utility poles in the Maritimes without a price increase, that is, until some […]
