The Lighter Side
To the lighter side we go once again with some stories to take the seriousness out of the week.
Firstly to Australia, where the Australia Post is looking to add more weight to its service. They had a weight limit of 90 kg (198 pounds) for “posties” because its 110cc motorcycles had a safe working limit of 130kg (286 pounds) — that’s 40kg (88 pounds) for letters and up to 90 kg for mailmen and women fully clothed.
Following talks with Honda, the manufacturers of the motorcycles, they found that it could safely carry a “postie” weighing 105 kg (231 pounds), but will only carry 25 kg of mail.
The previous limit had caused many problems in recruiting many men and women for the job.
“Testing found a rise in rider weight up to a maximum of 105 kg would not have any significant effect on the stability, handling or safety of their 110 cc motorcycle,” an Australia Post spokesman told the Sydney Daily Telegraph.
Moving on to England and supporters of Rochdale tried some unusual methods to help thaw out the pitch before last night’s match against Notts County.
Around 40 oil drums were scattered around the frozen Spotland playing surface with fans working in sub-zero temperatures throughout the night to burn wood and coal in the hope of keeping the pitch soft enough to play.
Unfortunately severe overnight frost led to the match being postponed, however the fires will be kept burning to make sure Saturday’s Coca Cola Football League Two match against Wycombe Wanderers can go ahead.
“Our fans have proved they are simply the best and we can’t thank them enough,” club chairman Chris Dunphy told the Rochdale FC website.
“We will continue to keep the fires burning because we have a massively important game on Saturday. Though we have lots of wood now we need more braziers so we can cover the full length of the pitch.”
And finally we go to Germany where an anti-smoker decided that he had had enough of his girlfriend’s need for cigarettes.
The 42-year-old was so angry when his girlfriend lit up he emptied a fire extinguisher to put out the cigarette, covering her and their apartment in powder.
My colleagues said it looked like a bomb had gone off in there. He managed to put the cigarette out though…He said he wasn’t bothered by the damage it caused and that he’s through with his girlfriend.
A spokesman for police in the city of Bielefeld
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 and is filed under Views on News.
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