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May 27th, 2023 - 1:20 am § in Misc.
How much runway does an airplane need? (video)
Depends on the airplane. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
May 24th, 2023 - 7:01 pm § in Misc.
4½ years for Pelosi office invader
The Capitol rioter who invaded then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office on Jan. 6, 2021, and later sold autographed phots of his feet on her desk, was sentenced to 54 months in prison by a federal judge on Wednesday, May 24, 2023 (read story here). Richard Barnett, 63, of Fayetteville, Arkansas, who[...]
May 23rd, 2023 - 11:18 pm § in Misc.
Freeway wrangler (video)
A steer escaped from a Michigan farm and gave cowboys a run for their money. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Air travel in Russia (video)
Same hard plastic seats in the terminal as you find in U.S. airports. They must’ve bought them from us. Or maybe we buy them from Russia. The airplane is a bit quaint, though. How many places can you still fly on a biplane? All seats are economy-class, of course — if you call them seats.[...]
May 22nd, 2023 - 5:32 pm § in Misc., News Media
Pentagon explosion photo is AI fake
The photo below, which quickly went viral, isn’t real. It’s artificial intelligence fakery. But the stock market dipped on the “news;” somebody pocketed money from this hoax. Read story here. The internet has always been a cesspool of lies and misinformation, and it’s about to get[...]
May 21st, 2023 - 4:01 pm § in Misc.
Golf shot (video)
“It’s been a Block party all week at the PGA Championship, and the man at the heart of festivities is not done partying just yet,” a CNN story said (here) on Sunday, May 21, 2023. “Michael Block, the 46-year-old club pro who teaches golf lessons at a public course in California, [...]
May 21st, 2023 - 3:06 pm § in Misc.
Why grenades are lousy souvenirs
An Indiana souvenir collector apparently didn’t think ahead to when he’d pass on, and his family would clean out his house and go through his belongings. That’s what his son and grandchildren were doing when they found the grenade. It was the real thing, and somebody pulled the pin[...]
May 21st, 2023 - 12:29 am § in Misc.
PHOTOGRAPHY: Balls Pyramid
Balls Pyramid (1,877′) is a volcanic plug in the Pacific Ocean between Australia and New Zealand (more details here). It was first climbed in 1965, and access is now regulated. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
May 15th, 2023 - 1:24 pm § in Misc.
Bikejacking or misunderstanding?
The social media narrative that followed the video below is that a crowd in New York City prevented a white female hospital worker from taking a rental bike from a young black man after he paid for it by pretending she was being attacked. Read story here and watch video below. The hospital has suspe[...]