A Daily Antidote to Everything Else
106-year-old Jack Reynolds, a great-great-grandfather England, recently broke the Guinness World Record for the oldest person to ride a zip line. Reynolds broke the record last week while celebrating his 106th birthday. Reynolds has made a habit of doing interesting things for his birthdays and has ended up in the Guinness Book Of World …
Source: 106-Year-Old Great-Great-Grandfather Breaks Zip Line World Record
Age is just a number, after all. 🙂
The Ocean Resort Casino will let those with ID proving that they are from affected areas stay until the storm has passed
Source: N.J. casino offering free hotel rooms to those fleeing Hurricane Florence
I’ve actually seen a couple of free room offers for those impacted by the hurricane. In times of trouble people come together to help one another.
Jeff Raines, the plane’s captain … decided to cheer up the 159 frustrated passengers with a universally coveted prize
Very cool. Hope that kind of customer service catches on. 🙂
Ben and Marilyn Keryluke were forced to put their dead son’s 1973 Pontiac Parisienne up for auction to pay for their grandchildren’s medical care.
Source: Community buys grieving Red Deer family’s classic car at auction — then gives it back | CBC Radio
Community coming together…
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. — One Mississippi high school senior had to quickly discard her crown after being named homecoming queen — and put on a football helmet. Kaylee Foster was crowned homecoming
Source: Homecoming queen nails game-winning kick
Pretty cool….
The new ‘snap packs’ will reduce plastic waste by 75 percent.
Source: Carlsberg replaces plastic six-pack rings with glue
I love the concept, I hope it catches on.
India is on the greatest toilet-building endeavor in human history, and it’s a windfall for some companies.
Source: India’s toilet push benefiting vendors of sanitation items
Things we take for granted that can make an immense difference to health and welfare.
A doctor in Bangladesh has found a simple way to treat infant pneumonia
Source: How a shampoo bottle is saving young lives
Cool innovation with impressive results.
The Luck Public Schools confirmed for KARE 11 that that Dennis Frandsen — a self-made success who now has 35 branches of Frandsen Bank and Trust in communities across Minnesota and Wisconsin — offered to pay for two years of technical college for all of Luck’s 34 prospective graduates this year.
Source: Banker picks up college tuition for entire school class … AGAIN!
Awesome.
The O-Wind Turbine captures wind from any direction and, unlike traditional turbines, could be effective in cities
Source: Groundbreaking ‘spinning’ wind turbine wins UK Dyson award
Lots of opportunity here…