RampaRansu: 2008

maanantaina, kesäkuuta 23, 2008

So so!

Minähän en ikinä aja sähkärillä alkohlin vaikutuksen alaisena. Paitsi...

Australian in wheelchair gets drunk driving charge

BRISBANE, Australia - A man found asleep in a motorized wheelchair on a highway in northern Australia was charged with drunk driving, police said Monday.

Officers in a patrol car noticed the man slumped in the stationary chair about 10 a.m. Friday on an exit lane near the tourist city of Cairns, regional traffic Inspector Bob Waters said. Cars were swerving to get around him, Waters said.

The officers breath-tested the 64-year-old man, who registered a blood alcohol reading of 0.301 — more than six times the legal driving limit. He was charged with operating a vehicle while drunk and ordered to report to court on July 7, where he faces a stiff fine if convicted.

"The vehicles that we normally hear about with drink driving are the family car, the truck, the motorbike," Waters said. "But there are also other classes of vehicles that are subject to drink-driving laws," including horses, bicycles, and motorized wheelchairs.

maanantaina, helmikuuta 04, 2008

Koirat tomaatilla

Hmm, nyt kun vielä oppisivat hommaamaan sinne tilille rahaa mitä nostaa

clipped from www.metro.co.uk

I thought this was Bark-lays bank...

They might not be able to help if
you forget your Pin, but these dogs
can get your money out without
paws-ing for thought.

The pooches are among an army of
'assistance dogs' who have been
trained to withdraw money from cash
machines for their disabled owners.

They are adept at inserting and
withdrawing cards at ATMs to help
owners in wheelchairs who are often
not able to stretch far enough to do it
themselves.

A spokesman for charity Canine
Partners, which trains the dogs, said:
'They put in the card and take it out
and take out the
money and give it
to the person in the
wheelchair.

'They can't put
in the Pin but a
person in a wheelchair can go sideways
on and do that.'

sunnuntai, helmikuuta 03, 2008

2008 Year of the Assistance Dog

clipped from www.support-dogs.org.uk

2008 Year of
the Assistance Dog

Assistance
Dogs UK Dog Star Awards

2008 will be known as Year of the Assistance
Dog, allowing the charities Support Dogs, Hearing Dogs, Dogs for the
Disabled, Canine Partners and Guide Dogs to jointly-campaign for better
services and rights for all assistance dog users.