There is a way to check if your rental is listed as stolen - while at the counter as to borrow their phone- then ask the employee what the non-emergency number to the local police department is so that you can double check the status of the vehicle with law enforcement as they will gladly ( milage might vary ) check…

even as crappy as the self checkouts go-
i am one of those 1 basket type shoppers- so in theory-i can be in and out of a grocery store in 10 mins.
if something i am buying is on the “naughty list”- i skip the cashiers and head to the customer service counter to ring up (unless it is lotto day)

but-i’d rather deal w/the…

from google mapping it- there is a radio transmitting tower 400 feet or so north of the co-op at 51.565032, -114.098332

thanks for this article!
i had no idea that BlackBerry had an android phone in a normal form factor.
i think the last time i looked at a blackberry was when they had that Passport one hit the market.
i might be moving on up from my samsung Gear S2 running KitKat 4.4.4
(so i am crotchety old man that abhors the touch…

“ When you start selling it to “Lost my phone” apps or even worse, in both this case and the case of the Taylor family, emergency responders, the query needs to return either an accurate response or an error that makes the user unquestionably stop and consider the result.”

bingo. you hit the sweet spot there.

as a 911…

As a 911 dispatcher for last 30 years- I have been following (dealing with) this sort of thing (the fact that the “users” don’t know how the technology works) for years.
Everyone involved takes whatever data is tossed up in front of them as “true” without factoring in the variable that creates the data...

Null =“zero” i…

I am also on the A-List- and I’ve watched it 2x so far... partly because the other movies showing in theaters this week are like what Sunday morning TV programing is like....

This movie is like Keanu showing that Johnny Mnemonic was a real thing- and that it could be done again.

Depending on what comes out in the…

I used to live in Okinawa back in the 80's and saw trucks with similar lights- took some studying to figure them out- because they would vary on when they were lit up. Finally figured it out-that they were based on how fast the truck was going.

it is not the rock tossed nor the windshield that is the big issue...
the big issue is what sort of person thought it was a great/fun idea to toss that rock.

sorry-i tried to make it through all of the remarks-but i hit a impasse when i posted by 26 inches of battleship armor vs 16 inch naval gun...

the problem is not…

26 inch battleship steel -hit by 16 inch shell...

A body is washed up on a Norfolk beach
He was a friend that I could not reach
He thought I was cold but I understand
But for the grace of God goes another man
- “even less” porcupine tree

All the folks mentioning that the letter writer is a troll...
Gotta tell you. People really do think like this.
I’ve spent last 30+ years as a 911 dispatcher/call-taker,

Sadly - yeah- people really do “think/believe/act like this”
What is more sad - is that more folks call in with this sort of mindset-
but are not calling…

is this the first Art Deco 911?
the color, the style, the style just tickles that vibe in me.
now-if he (or someone) could come up with a art deco style Porsche badge...in the style of this...

first time i scrolled passed an article/picture of this- i thought- oh those guys at Duffleblog....
then - i kept seeing more and more articles popping up
and thought- damn- Duffleblog pulled another grand caper off...

finally got curious to see what the mainstream was publishing/forwarding from Duffleblog...and wow.…

I really hope that the manager did not hit the panic/robbery alarm button.
if so-i hope that the police gave the manager a stern ass chewing. nothing in the situation required an immediate dispatch of 2 or more officers running hot.
i see it happen in my job all to often- manager of a retail shop has a difficult…

i think that 65 million dollar injection of cash (from “somewhere”) combined with this...
““People are going to less than one movie a month,” Farnsworth said at the event, per The Wrap. “So technically subscription alone right now is doing just fine....”

the sheer hubris of this guy.... went from bragging about seeing…

for those questioning how MP is pulling this off-
-their terms-
“ MoviePass reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove portions of these Terms of Use, at any time, without prior notice. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CHECK THESE TERMS OF USE, AND THE MOVIEPASS APP PERIODICALLY FOR…

police 911 dispatcher here- and yes-for false alarms (fire/burglar) called in by a remote monitoring company - local jurisdictions do have financial penalties for false alarms that result in dispatch.

however- there is no nationwide “ruling” on those types of false alarms....
and there sure as heck no nationwide or…

great- yet another source of false alarms...

the manager might be one of those rare ones-that started out as a pimply faced teenager tending the fry station- who climbed up the ranks...and is working on owning a store or franchise of their own.
and even if not - they still get kudos for understanding their employees.

and a side thought about the fact that the…