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Broadcast towers have lights on them so aircraft can see them at night, and from time to time the lamps in them burn out and need to be replaced, which means someone has to climb the tower. This isn’t the … Continue reading
Category Archives: Video clips
Neither Gary nor Grady is a rare name, so it’s not at all surprising that I occasionally hear of another Gary Grady. Many years ago, for example, I got a telephone call from someone wanting me to help him get … Continue reading
It’s been horribly cold in the United States the past several days. Here in North Carolina temperatures overnight fell to about 10 Fahrenheit (-12 Celsius), which is quite cold enough for me if you were about to ask, though a … Continue reading
I don’t recall where I first heard about this, but it’s now traditional in Japan to perform Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at New Year. According to Mental Floss (link), the tradition dates back to World War I, and it’s become so … Continue reading
Many years ago I heard T.R. Reid, then Tokyo bureau chief for The Washington Post, recount on NPR’s Morning Edition that KFC had convinced Japan that the American thing to do on Christmas was to eat Kentucky Fried Chicken. This … Continue reading
In under a minute John Cleese describes the tragic scientific fact that explains why some people drastically overestimate their abilities, and what else this explains: Link: http://youtu.be/wvVPdyYeaQU by … Continue reading
Here’s another video clip you might already have seen. I’m posting it because it’s both funny and disturbing, though fortunately no one gets seriously hurt. It seems that Ellen DeGeneres recently challenged her viewers to shoot video of themselves dancing … Continue reading
This BBC News report was originally aired December 22. It recounts how the self-styled “Islamic State” (which is in fact neither) has abused several thousand women and girls kidnapped four months ago. The captives are members of the Yazidi religion, … Continue reading
This is just amazing, a Shell gasoline station with a restroom that would be the envy of some CEOs. Unfortunately, to see it in person you apparently have to go all the way to Bohol, Philippines. Link: http://youtu.be/szihUm6NM_o by … Continue reading
Here’s the BBC’s summary of good news reported in 2014. Don’t be too worried that it runs only 90 seconds; these are rapid clips with links to longer reports. Link: http://youtu.be/TjyTldaQz3c There’s a lot of good news not mentioned here, … Continue reading