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Who's footing the bill in all of this?

Discussion in 'General Discussions' started by Baraka_Guru, Nov 11, 2011.

  1. Cayvmann

    Cayvmann Very Tilted

    Don't know who's footing the bill, but the way inflation is going, it's going to cost an arm and a leg to keep this program going.
     
  2. Leto

    Leto Slightly Tilted

    Location:
    Toronto
    As a general footnote, there has been a curious absence of arms in the west coast waters.
     
  3. Lindy

    Lindy Moderator Staff Member

    Location:
    Nebraska
    If you went back far enough, you would find Achilles trying to bring it to heel.
    Lindy
     
  4. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

    Location:
    pasco county
    oh no!!!

    not another 'norwood?'
     
  5. Leto

    Leto Slightly Tilted

    Location:
    Toronto
    I think Achilles could have been our sole mate.
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    http://www.cbc.ca/bc/features/found-feet/
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    http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlin...-ashore-identified-as-missing-canadian-woman/

    By Colleen Curry
    Oct 21, 2011 11:28am
    Feet That Washed Ashore in Northwest Identified

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    This file photo obtained from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police shows shoes recovered after they washed ashore in Canada's Pacific coast in 2008 with the remains of feet in them. (Newscom)
    Two of the mysterious 12 feet that have washed ashore near Vancouver recently have been identified as belonging to a missing Canadian woman.
    The woman, whose name was withheld at the request of her family, jumped to her death from the Pattullo Bridge in New Westminster, B.C., in April 2004, according to the Coroners Service.
    The woman’s right foot was found in May 2008, and the left was in November 2008, at two different points in the Fraser River near Richmond, B.C. The feet, which police said detached naturally from the body over time, were in New Balance running shoes.
    The Coroners Service identified the woman through a postmortem investigation and DNA analysis, according to a statement.
    Eleven feet in all have washed ashore on the Northwestern coast since 2007, when the phenomenon began. Canadian authorities have said that the eight feet in their province are most likely the result of suicide bridge-jumpers in the area’s many water-ways. After being submerged in water and strong currents, bodies begin to deteriorate, leading to the separation of foot from leg.
    Police say the buoyant, lightweight sneakers found on most of the feet account for the recent trend: as the feet separate from the body, the sneakers carry them up to the surface, where they then wash ashore. Heavier sneakers and shoes sink to the bottom.
    The BC Coroners Service has now positively identified six of the feet as belonging to four individuals.
     
  6. Ourcrazymodern?

    Ourcrazymodern? still, wondering

    New Balance's name should not be sullied. Before they went offshore, they were better shoes.
     
  7. aquafox

    aquafox Getting Tilted

    Location:
    Ibapah, UT
    wow. I was expecting this thread to be about politics or something not soo exciting or shocking... thus I never clicked on it. Lesson learned, if you ever want to jump off a bridge, take your shoes off!
     
  8. Lindy

    Lindy Moderator Staff Member

    Location:
    Nebraska
    This thread deserves to be kicked to the front of the forum.
     
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  9. Charlatan

    Charlatan sous les pavés, la plage

    Location:
    Temasek
    One step at a time, @Lindy.
     
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  10. Baraka_Guru

    Baraka_Guru Möderätor Staff Member

    Location:
    Toronto
    I'm beginning to think that puns are the sole purpose of this thread.
     
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  11. Lindy

    Lindy Moderator Staff Member

    Location:
    Nebraska
    I think that you're flip-flopping on the issue.

    With your Oxford education you should be able to bring a New Balance to the discussion without clogging it.:D
     
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  12. Baraka_Guru

    Baraka_Guru Möderätor Staff Member

    Location:
    Toronto
    You nailed it. It's my Achilles' heel.
     
  13. Leto

    Leto Slightly Tilted

    Location:
    Toronto
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