--Ugg...

*-- Virginia jury orders man to pay $5,001 to former coworker for peeing in his coffee --*

CULPEPER, Va. (UPI) - A Virginia jury has ordered a 53-year-old man to pay $5,001 to his former coworker after he admitted to putting something in his coffee -- and it wasn't cream and sugar. A jury in Culpeper County Circuit Court ordered James Carroll Butler to pay Michael Utz for spiking his coffee pot with pee in March 2009 while they were both working at the town's wastewater plant. The jury found that Butler, who had worked at the plant for 17 years before leaving in 2009, had "personal ill will and spite" towards Utz. When the tainted coffee pot was tested, lab results revealed that the strange brew contained urine and fecal material. The plant mechanic had been seeking $378,000 in compensatory damages and $350,000 in punitive damages. "I done something I am very much ashamed of to a co-worker for [reasons, which are] stress-related [and] things going on in my life on and off the job. I am very much ashamed of my stupid and childlike behavior," Butler wrote in a letter from March 2009. Utz's attorney, Michael Sharman, told the Star Exponent that his client is "really, really happy about the victory and he's glad it's done."
 

Handy Hints

Hint 1:

Take a bowl and fill it with water to which add the juice from 1 lemon. Put the microwave on for 6-7 minutes (enough for the steam to condense) then remove the bowl and wipe the microwave clean.

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Hint 2: Soften your dry elbows and knees by trying this trick using lemons...

Mix baking soda and lemon juice into a scrubbing paste and rub it onto your elbows and knees. Cleanse and apply olive or coconut oil.

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Hint 3: Here is one of the best uses for apple cider vinegar.

Rinse freshly bought produce in 4 tablespoons cider vinegar dissolved in a gallon of cold water. This wash will remove dirt, pesticides, and insects.

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Hint 4:

Glue a rock to the top of a empty pill bottle, bury the bottle so that only the rock shows. A spare key is hidden inside! So smart!

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DANGEROUS ANTIQUES !

Between Antiques' Road Show, Martha Stewart and "How-To" cable TV shows, many people are buying old items like dishes, mugs, bowls, glasses, etc.

HOWEVER there is a caveat of danger.

Many of these items in use contain LEAD!! We all know about the dangers of lead in water, but glass and ceramics contained very high amounts of lead. Lead crystal for example. IN ADDITION, many imports still contain lead in pottery, kitchen items like glasses, dishes, etc.

There is a simple test to detect lead in antiques that are use. A simple stick from the hardware store rubbed on the object will change color in the presence of lead and perhaps make an antique something to enjoy by looking at instead of using.

I haven't heard of the dangers of lead in a long time, and the new generation of collectors may not know about this and many forget about it.

Informing the public could be a great lifesaver!

-Liz Russell

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RANDOM TIDBITS

It takes 29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes, and 3 seconds for the moon to go through all of its phases (from one full moon to the next). This is close to the length of a month - which is why the word month means "moon."

The side of the moon we always see is called "the near side." The side we never see from Earth is "the far side." That's probably where Gary Larson got the name of his comic strip.

If you weigh 120 pounds on Earth, you would weigh 20 pounds on the moon, one-sixth of your weight on earth.

The light that comes from the moon is sunlight reflected off the moon's surface. It takes 1.25 seconds for the light to travel to Earth.

The moon is 2,160 miles in diameter - about a quarter of Earth's diameter.

A three-foot jump on earth would carry you 18 feet, 9 inches, on the moon.

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My School
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I had taken my three-year-old son, Josees, to the circus.

The ringmaster, "Casual Cal" was dressed in silver, black and white with a tall ringmaster's hat.

He led the crowd of mostly kids in one chant after another.

Finally, Casual Cal said, "On the count of three, everyone yell out what school you go to."

One...
Two...
Three...

Josees was silent as the rest of the kids yelled.
Josees won't start school until the summer.

I yelled out my school.

Am I in night classes? No.
Am I taking postgraduate courses at a local university? No.
Am I taking seminary courses? No.
Am I taking a correspondence course? No.

I yelled out my school.

Perhaps you attend the same school as I do.

Life

~A MountainWings Original~

   Thank you, Shari!