You Can't Make This Stuff Up!

[Lee Stewart]

It has been 10 years since the "Miracle on the Hudson," when US Airways pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger successfully landed his disabled plane on the Hudson River. All 155 on board the flight were rescued before the plane sank.

US Airways Flight 1549 was an Airbus A320 which, in the climb-out after takeoff from New York City's LaGuardia Airport on January 15, 2009, struck a flock of Canada geese just northeast of the George Washington Bridge and consequently lost all engine power. Unable to reach any airport, pilots Chesley Sullenberger and Jeffrey Skiles glided the plane to a ditching in the Hudson River off Midtown Manhattan.

[Lee Stewart]

December 1, 1962: Crowds gather for the first view of the new Boeing 727 jet

On Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019, an airplane that used to be the most popular in the world flew its last scheduled flight with passengers. A Boeing 727 operated its final passenger flight, between two Iranian cities.

[Lee Stewart]

Whirlpool's WLabs is launching a $799 oven this spring that can automatically detect and cook the food you place in it.

If you place salmon inside, for example, it sees that you're cooking fish and knows the right temperature and length to cook it.

The oven also works with an app that lets you look inside while it's cooking.

[L78M22Rag]

In 2014, when Canada took on Sweden in the olympic hockey gold medal game, the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission allowed bars to open at 5 am to start serving patrons watching the game!

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

Though lots of states have special laws defining what times alcohol can be sold on Sundays, South Carolina completely prohibits the sale of alcohol without a special permit.

I thought this was going to be something about rules for putting elbows on tables...

Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

It has been 10 years since the "Miracle on the Hudson," when US Airways pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger successfully landed his disabled plane on the Hudson River. All 155 on board the flight were rescued before the plane sank.

US Airways Flight 1549 was an Airbus A320 which, in the climb-out after takeoff from New York City's LaGuardia Airport on January 15, 2009, struck a flock of Canada geese just northeast of the George Washington Bridge and consequently lost all engine power. Unable to reach any airport, pilots Chesley Sullenberger and Jeffrey Skiles glided the plane to a ditching in the Hudson River off Midtown Manhattan.

A couple of my NMCA racing buddies were on that flight.

They were shaken, but not stirred.

K

[Billohio]

Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

On election days in Alaska, businesses that sell alcohol must stay closed until polls close. It is also illegal to be drunk on the premises of a bar or restaurant that sells alcohol, and bars can't sell alcohol at a discounted rate unless the discount is regularly given every day of the week.

This is good beer too! One of my favorites

[Lee Stewart]

Elvis Presley said, "In my humble opinion, Roy Orbison is the greatest singer I have ever heard."

[Lee Stewart]

America's first multimillionaire, John Jacob Astor was born in Walldorf, Germany, in 1763 and emigrated to America at the age of 21 where he entered the fur trade, building up a lucrative monopoly. At the time of his death in 1846, the German-American businessman, who was also a big player in the real estate and opium industries, had a net worth of $148 billion in today's money.

[Lee Stewart]

Born in upstate New York in 1839, Gilded Age tycoon John D. Rockefeller co-founded Standard Oil in 1870 and went on to control a staggering 90 percent of all oil refined in the United States, becoming the nation's very first billionaire. In the 1890s, the oil baron expanded into iron ore and natural gas, and had huge influence over the country's railroad industry.

[Lee Stewart]