Bizarre news from New York emerged a while ago (credit to my housemate Russ for bringing this excellent story to my attention). Two men were arrested after pushing a dead body around the streets of Manhatten on a wheel'ed office chair. When Mr Cintron, 66, died of natural causes, the polite thing to do is report the it to the authorities and arrange a funeral. Well, not before cashing in his social security check first! The duo wheeled the guy down the street, one of them holding his head upright, (why they didnt drive i dont know!) and took him into a cheque casher place. The went to the clerk and presented the check but she said Mr Cintron needs to cash it himself. "He's outside!" came the reply, in the chair! A crowd gathered round and the police were called. Exactly what the suspects will be charged with remains unclear. Grevious dead-bodily harm perhaps?
And back in Arizona: - at last i have a relatively quiet period of university work. The last few weeks have been mad but its easing now. Saturday i went out hiking pretty much all day - 6am - 6pm. Photos will follow. This coming weekend i'm off to Utah with George Davis and some other guys to do some fault mapping. Word has it we could be able to publish something as a result of our work so should be a really interesting trip.
And finally, i saw the most surreal thing walking into uni yesterday. A big chav'd up pickup truck drove by with jacked up suspension, big exhausts etc - all the pointless crap to make you ego that little bit bigger. Anyway, there were 4 guys inside and blasting out of the stereo was the Barbie Girl song! I have to say i never thought i'd see the day! It left a smile on my face for a while.
Anyways, got to go. Will post again before i go to Utah.
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