WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A homeless man who had fallen asleep in a trash bin to escape the rain was dumped into a garbage truck and survived being crushed repeatedly before a worker saw him.
Robert Baswell, 44, said he screamed as the load of trash was crushed against his body at least seven times and was sure he would die. He tried to cushion one blow from the truck’s compressor with a dead opossum, he said.
“I screamed one last breath,” Baswell told the Palm Beach Post. A trash collector finally saw him as he tossed in a box and called for help.
Firefighters spent almost a half hour pulling pieces of trash out by hand to free the man.
“I want to find this gentleman and have him buy my lottery tickets because he is one lucky dude,” said West Palm Beach Fire Rescue spokesman Phil Kaplan.
Baswell, who had bedded down in a brush-filled trash bin Sunday night to get out of the rain, suffered broken legs and ribs.
“I’m so happy to be here, as bad as I’m hurt,” he said.
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
THINGS TO PONDER 5-8-07
If a man evolved from monkeys and apes, why do we still have monkeys and apes?
STAR WARS TV SERIES 5-8-07
Star Wars series to run and runGeorge Lucas has been working on the fourth Indiana JonesThe TV series spin-off of the Stars Wars film franchise will run to at least 100 episodes, according to producer Rick McCallum.He told BBC Radio 1 the writing team would soon be meeting to start on the project, which would begin filming in 2008 and be ready the same year."Hopefully if we can make it work and everybody's excited and watches it we will keep on going," said McCallum.The series will be set between episodes three and four of the film saga.It would cover the 20 years in the life of Luke Skywalker growing up that remains a mystery to most film-goers.McCallum said there would be "a whole bunch of new characters" and the series would be "much more dramatic and darker".Huge franchiseHe added that it was unlikely any of the stars of the movies would be involved in the TV series.Star Wars creator George Lucas has just completed writing the script for the next Indiana Jones film and will then begin work on Red Tails, about African-American pilots in World War II.Following completion of that film, work will begin on the Star Wars TV series.There has already been a Star Wars series spin-off in the shape of the animated Clone Wars, which began as three-minute episodes before they were expanded to 30-minute shows.Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, released in 2005, marked the end of the end of the Star Wars saga on the big screen.It became the biggest film franchise in history, with the final film alone taking £500m at the box office outside of the US.
Monday, May 7, 2007
BOY FINDS SPIDERS IN HIS EAR 5-7-07
Albany, OR
Forget peas and carrots, a nine year old Oregon boy finds spiders in his ears.
The boy went to the doctor after telling his mom he was hearing popping sounds like Rice Krispies in his ears.
When the doctor flushed the boy's ear they found one dead spider, the size of a pencil eraser. The doctor then pulled a living spider from the boy's ear.
Both spiders are now dead, but are being kept as a souvenir for the boy.
Forget peas and carrots, a nine year old Oregon boy finds spiders in his ears.
The boy went to the doctor after telling his mom he was hearing popping sounds like Rice Krispies in his ears.
When the doctor flushed the boy's ear they found one dead spider, the size of a pencil eraser. The doctor then pulled a living spider from the boy's ear.
Both spiders are now dead, but are being kept as a souvenir for the boy.
MOVIE TAVERN 5-7-07
ATTENTION ALL MOVIE FANS: If you live in the Columbus, Ohio area and you love Movies, then you need to check out a cool new movie theatre opening this friday (5-11-07) on the west side of town in the MILL RUN shopping center. Go to http://www.movietavern.com and check out all the cool things Movie Tavern offers.
Movie Tavern will be showing 1st run movies and feature a full service kitchen offering more than just popcorn and candy. So check out the Movie Tavern website today and see all the cool events that will be going on during the GRAND OPENING.
THE DAILY EARFULL 5-7-07
Welcome to The Daily EARFULL where I blog about anything and everything. Topics will include music, movies, sports, news, games, and a bunch of random stuff that I gaurntee will be of great interest to you. If there is something you would like me to write about please let me know. I look forward to giving you a daily EARFULL.
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