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Since 1994, this is the 1551st issue of Randy Cassingham’s...

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3 March 2024: Behind Every Good ManCopyright ©2024 https://thisistrue.com

A harrowing rescue: the medic was in just as much danger as the driver.Chain Reaction: A motorist hit a stalled car on abridge in Louisville, Ky., and veered into oncoming traffic, where it was hit by a semi. The semi, in turn, slammed into the side railing, punching through the safety barrier. The tractor was left hanging 70 feet over the Ohio River, held only by the trailer, trapping the driver for 45 minutes until rescue crews could arrive and get set up. Rescue Medic Bryce Carden rappelled to the cab and pulled the driver to safety. “She was super calm, collected and helped me do what I need to do to get herto safety,” Carden said. The unidentified driver had no significant injuries, but two passengers in the car did. The rescue was a “once-in-a-career type of thing,” said Fire Chief Brian O’Neill. (RC/WDRB Louisville) ...“I sure as hell hope so!” said Carden.

Chicken Tartare: “I got really into researching weird diets from around the world,” John said. “In Japan, they’ll have raw chicken on menus. I don’t think it’s the raw chicken itself that will kill you, it’s more what they’re doing to the animals in the factory farms.” John, from Tampa, Fla., who didn’t disclose his last name, has decided to demonstrate the safety of eating raw chicken to his 400,000 Instagram followers — by eating raw chicken and eggs every day until he “gets a tummyache.” John said he’s getting his chicken from a farm that doesn’t use antibiotics, chlorine, or injections. “They live out in the sun eating a natural diet, which is as normal as a chicken can be,” he said. “It’s not like I’m testing Walmart chicken.” He did advise his followers to not try his experiment on their own. (MS/WFLA Tampa) ...The end results of his research could be explosive.

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The Sheer Fun of a Medieval University: When she hears noises in her rooms at England’s University of Cambridge, Krisztina Ilko sometimes jokes that the space is haunted by a previous occupant — Erasmus. One Thursday, Ilko, a Ph.D historian who uses the game of chess as an allegory for the medieval past, even worried that she might be on her way to joining the 16th-century philosopher as a legend at the university — for getting trapped in her bathroom by an overeager lock. It would beMonday before someone was scheduled to come to clean. “I was trying to remember how long a person can survive on just water,” she said. The bathroom door is thick wood, and there are no windows. Calling for help and trying to break down the door proved equally futile. But, inspired by a more modern legend — MacGyver — Ilko used a cotton swab to make a hook and an eyeliner to move the latch of the door. That got her out; she’d been in there seven hours. The lock was removed. (AC/BBC) ...Whenshe’s done with her current work on chess, maybe she’ll write a book on the history of Mouse Trap.

Tourist in Hawaii makes a huge mistake ...and then he makes another one. First, local juries refused to convict people, and now, a federal court has ordered a Texas city to stop trying to enforce a ridiculous law. Teacher thought it was a fun idea to force students to fight each other in class with deadly weapons (until one girl was seriously injured). Then there was this story (argh!) Man’s attempt to “build his body” lands him in thehospital. Obliviots bring an entire country to a literal standstill. Researchers catch whales doing something for the first time. True’s take on Wendy’s “surge pricing” debacle. A feelgood Dog Story. You miss most of the stories every week. Come support the newsletter you love with an upgrade, and see them all.

Inside Job: After several years as manager, Molly Christine Cox, 50, suddenly quit her job at a Dunkin’ Donuts store in Largo, Fla., when the owner started an audit of the books. The audit showed more than $153,000 was missing. “Cox was the person responsible for making the deposits and was shown on surveillance video leaving with the deposits,” the arrest report notes. More damning: her own bank accounts showed “significant amount of deposits into her accounts from sources other thanpayroll.” She allegedly told a detective “she took some of the deposits, but not all of them,” because some of the “extra income was from her boyfriend’s narcotics sales.” She was booked into jail, charged with felony grand theft. (RC/Tampa Bay Times) ...With that case solved, the detective has been pulled into an investigation of narcotics sales.


Not for Him
Man Survives House Explosion; City Ranked Third Most Peaceful
Ann Arbor (Mich.) News headline


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This Week’s Contributors: MS-Mike Straw, AC-Alexander Cohen, RC-Randy Cassingham.


I “Had To” Look Up more details on a story not included above, and it turned into a blog post. So you can catch a fifth story plus more details and ranting there: When Co-Sleeping with a Baby Is a Bad Idea.

On a Personal Note, this weekend our ship company successfully took possession of the ship where Kit and I are to take up residence in mid-May, the Odyssey. The company, Villa Vie Residences, did it right on schedule. Next up: dry-dock inspections and maintenance, and refurbishing the interiors. If any of you are seriously considering this lifestyle, start at our new web site and, once you read up on the topic there, please do drop me a line so we can talk about it. We just haven’t had time yet to write all the articles needed there to really get a feel for what to think about!


Ten Years Ago in True: The New Normal (and note the update).

Inside Job is the Story of the Week, which means you're welcome to share it from Telegram, Mastodon, Bluesky, Threads, Instagram, and/or Facebook, or grab from any of those to post elsewhere.

This Week’s Sunday Reading: Schools are required by law to allow students to possess asthma inhalers, so schools let them, right? RIGHT? Gasping for Breath ...Still.

This Week’s Honorary Unsubscribe goes to Howard Hiatt. Dr. Hiatt is one of the giants upon whose shoulders other researchers made huge medical breakthroughs, leading to the Nobel Prize. A cool 2-minute read.


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