This being a rather dull little town, I had to dig into the archives a bit...<br><br>
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ST. CLOUD, MN<br><br>Thanksgiving bird proves costly<br><br>Bill Fickett wanted to give his wife a break from the kitchen on Thanksgiving, so he offered to cook the turkey. His gesture ended up setting their garage on fire and causing about $14,000 in damage.<br><br>"I don't know how it happened," Fickett said. "My wife just had a baby, so I said I'd take care of the turkey."<br><br>He decided to try his hand at deep-fat frying a turkey.<br><br>"Everybody told me it's very good," Fickett said.<br><br>He borrowed a fryer and some directions from a friend. He even bought a thermometer to make sure the oil didn't get too hot.<br><br>Fickett was heating up about 3 gallons of oil for the turkey right before the fire started. He adjusted the temperature to the recommended 350 degrees, then stepped into the house to get the bird.<br><br>Smoke was pouring out of the garage when they came back.<br><br>When St. Cloud firefighters arrived about 2:15 p.m., the garage was in flames, said Gene Kostreba, acting assistant fire chief. The fire was contained to the garage, which was not attached to the house.<br><br>No one was injured. The fire was still under investigation, Kostreba said.<br><br>Fickett's two-car garage, which contained his tools, his kids' bicycles and his lawn mower, was destroyed in the fire, but it was insured, he said.<br><br>Fickett and his family still had a nice Thanksgiving dinner.<br><br>"We just had to have chicken instead of turkey," he said. "I'll probably stick to baking them now."<br><br>— Associated Press
<br><br>uhh... what an idiot, or what a piece of shit fryer. I'll come up with a better one for the next post. :-[
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<br>Glad I wasn't at this point in the ride, It would have been wierd to get hit by a jet while bike riding. (I was about a mile from the accident, I didn't see it go down, but I saw a sudden plume of fire and black smoke come up through the trees and knew it was not good...It only took a minute to get there, but the jet was in pieces burning in the water, there was nothing that could be done).<br><br><br>Here's where it came through the trees and house...<br>
<br><br>All people in the house were OK, but the two in the jet left immediatly.<br>
[/center]<br><br>[sub]The boys can't wrestle Roigard, but they can toss him down a polythene mat in an event called leprechaun curling. Roigard is smothered in cooking oil and the team that can get his belly button closest to a bullseye wins. <br><br>[/sub]<br>