What do you know today that you didn't know yesterday?

[Deesse23]

Doubloons, yarrrr. You will never find my doubloons without my secret map.

[Fake Messiah]

Some of the active serial killers FBI is still on the lookout:

​The Highway Serial Killings Initiative: An ongoing FBI initiative tracking unidentified long-haul truck drivers suspected in the murders of hundreds of victims along interstate highways.

​The West Mesa Bone Collector: The unidentified killer responsible for 11 bodies found buried in the desert near Albuquerque, New Mexico.

​The Chicago Strangler: An ongoing investigation into the unsolved strangulations of over 50 women in Chicago, which police suspect may be the work of one or more serial killers.

​The I-70 Killer: A cold case that remains open, involving an unidentified man who murdered six store clerks along Interstate 70 in the 1990s.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Some of the active serial killers FBI is still on the lookout:

The Highway Serial Killings Initiative: An ongoing FBI initiative tracking unidentified long-haul truck drivers suspected in the murders of hundreds of victims along interstate highways.  

The West Mesa Bone Collector: The unidentified killer responsible for 11 bodies found buried in the desert near Albuquerque, New Mexico.  

The Chicago Strangler: An ongoing investigation into the unsolved strangulations of over 50 women in Chicago, which police suspect may be the work of one or more serial killers.

The I-70 Killer: A cold case that remains open, involving an unidentified man who murdered six store clerks along Interstate 70 in the 1990s.

'The West Mesa Bone Collector' is a terrific name for a serial killer. Those others, not so much.

Boru

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

American gangster Al Capone once accidentally shot himself while playing golf. He always carried a gun in his golf bag and inadvertently fired the weapon while searching for a particular club.

I can think of another prominent amateur golfer I’d like to see that happen to…

Boru

[Rev. Rye]

Found out today that one of the booksellers I visit in Door County died a few months ago. He was named Kubet "Kubie" Luchterhand, he ran Ellison Bay’s William Caxton Books, and he was 80. The last time I went up, he was sick enough that Caxton was closed for most of it. Eventually, we had to call him and arrange him to open up the store just for us on the second to last day up. I bought a first edition of Bertrand Russell’s autobiography.

No word on what’s going to happen to the store, or even its inventory.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Found out today that one of the booksellers I visit in Door County died a few months ago. He was named Kubet "Kubie" Luchterhand, he ran Ellison Bay’s William Caxton Books, and he was 80. The last time I went up, he was sick enough that Caxton was closed for most of it. Eventually, we had to call him and arrange him to open up the store just for us on the second to last day up. I bought a first edition of Bertrand Russell’s autobiography.

No word on what’s going to happen to the store, or even its inventory.

(Bold mine)

That’s quite a find! 👍

Boru

[Rev. Rye]

Found out today that one of the booksellers I visit in Door County died a few months ago. He was named Kubet "Kubie" Luchterhand, he ran Ellison Bay’s William Caxton Books, and he was 80. The last time I went up, he was sick enough that Caxton was closed for most of it. Eventually, we had to call him and arrange him to open up the store just for us on the second to last day up. I bought a first edition of Bertrand Russell’s autobiography.

No word on what’s going to happen to the store, or even its inventory.

(Bold mine)

That’s quite a find! 👍

Boru

The whole set was $40. I don’t usually splurge on a used book (I’m treating it as a single book, even if it was theree volumes) like that, but given the guy’s age and the fact that it took me setting up an appointment just to get in (due to it being a sole proprietorship whose proprietor doesn’t have too long left) I figured the writing was on the wall. Not going to get too many more chances to get it.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

(Bold mine)

That’s quite a find! 👍

Boru

The whole set was $40. I don’t usually splurge on a used book (I’m treating it as a single book, even if it was theree volumes) like that, but given the guy’s age and the fact that it took me setting up an appointment just to get in (due to it being a sole proprietorship whose proprietor doesn’t have too long left) I figured the writing was on the wall. Not going to get too many more chances to get it.

I also have the set, but in paperback. I paid more than you did for the hardcovers.

I once scored an autographed copy of ‘The Complete Poems of Robert Service’ for £10.

Boru

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

There’s a phenomenon called ‘fungal storms’ that occurs when thunderstorms, hurricanes or flood occur after an extended period of hot, dry weather. Disease-causing fungal spores can travel hundreds of miles on these weather events.

Boru

[Rev. Rye]

It’s apparently possible to eat a Chicken McNuggets meal on a roller coaster. But doing so will get you banned for life from every Six Flags park.