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The full yin and yang of customer service - from semi-unheard of shockingly great interactions you tell your friends about, to the “let me speak to your manager” disasters that haunt your soul. James brings the horror stories, Maria somehow keeps meeting angels on earth that restores your faith in (customer service) humanity
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Today’s edition: amputees, airports, and actually something cute.
In this volume of ‘what the helly hell??’ headlines we have a quadruple amputee cornhole champion accused of shooting someone, a man who lived in an airport for 18 YEARS, and a more cute and fun recent airport discovery
Links:
https://allthatsinteresting.com/mehran-karimi-nasseri?utm
https://www.historydefined.net/mehran-karimi-nasseri/?utm
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/24/amputee-cornhole-player-arrested
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Two pubs. Centuries of terror. One night you won’t forget
In this spookalicious episode, we venture into the Skirrid Mountain Inn, where the original hanging beam still looms over the staircase and the ghost of Judge Jeffreys is said to stalk the halls, ready to pass judgment on anyone brave enough to stay the night. Then we descend into the Ancient Ram Inn — a place whispered to sit atop a pagan burial ground, where guests report scratches, shadows, and the unmistakable sound of someone breathing in the dark
Do you dare have a pint (or two) and stay the night at one of these pubs??
Links:
https://thelittlehouseofhorrors.com/the-skirrid-inn/
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/skirrid-inn-oldest-pub-wales-27058804.amp?utm
https://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Skirrid+Inn%3a+The+oldest+pub+in+Wales+where+people+stay+the+night...-a0751941310?utm
https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Jeffreys-1st-Baron-Jeffreys-of-Wem?
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/oct/25/experience-i-own-a-haunted-pub
https://brocarde.com/alone-overnight-in-the-most-haunted-pub-in-wales-locked-in-after-dark-at-the-skirrid-inn-attacked-by-an-unknown-entity/
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Is it reincarnation? Something supernatural? A miracle? Or pure coincidence? Two compelling cases for reincarnation are the Pollock Twins and Corliss Chotkin Jr
The Pollock twins are often cited as one of the most compelling modern examples of alleged reincarnation, because from the moment they could speak, they displayed memories, fears, and behaviors that eerily matched their deceased sisters. They recognized toys they’d never seen, described places they’d never been, and carried birthmarks mirroring the older girls’ injuries — as if their lives had simply continued in new bodies
Corliss Chotkin Jr., a Tlingit boy from Alaska, began describing memories and details that matched the life of his deceased uncle with an accuracy seemingly far beyond coincidence. From early childhood, he recognized people he could not have known and called them by their nicknames used by the uncle. He spoke with the same stutter and had birthmarks matching scars from that same uncle
To believers, these cases feel less like coincidences and more like souls finding their way back home. What do you think?
Links:
https://www.mamamia.com.au/pollock-twins/
https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/360/2016/12/STE3.pdf
https://rodpush.wordpress.com/2020/12/02/30-most-convincing-cases-of-reincarnation-most-convincing/
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Happy Birthday Maria and all the other March babies! Happy Birthday to ALL - these are your warning labels based on your birth date
Depending on what day you were born- these are your warning labels, what to expect of you, what you hide, what breaks you, and what you need
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According to these articles written by Avery White. As emotionally available millennials, Maria and Melanie query these audacious allegations
Links:
https://vegoutmag.com/lifestyle/z-t-7-things-younger-people-consider-normal-that-boomers-see-as-disrespectful/
https://vegoutmag.com/things-to-do/r-7-hobbies-emotionally-unavailable-people-avoid-because-they-require-too-much-vulnerability/
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Atypical questions to ask on a road trip or if you’re trying to promote your small talk to medium talk
1. If you could outlaw one annoying thing, what would it be?
2. Have you ever taught your pet a complex trick, who won?
3. Aliens offer you a ride- your top 3 demands
4. Your fail proof dad joke
5. Strangest true-ish conspiracy theory?
6. Useless superpower of choice?
7. Ever laughed til you couldn’t breathe?
8. Autobiography , 3 word title
9. Argument with an object- did you lose?
10. One day CEO - company and odd rule?
11. Gravity stops for a day; reaction?
12. Weirdest pocket discovery?
13. Switch lives with a sitcom character, which one and why?
14. Tempted to sneak into off-limits areas?
15. What is your go-to dance move when alone?
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“Praise the Lord and place your bets. I’ll take your money with no regrets.” It was the signature line of Alice Tubbs - a cigar‑smoking, stone‑faced gambler who could clean out a poker table without breaking a sweat, earning her the nickname ‘Poker Alice’. Listen to how an unassuming Englishwoman became one of the most formidable female poker players in the Old West
Links:
https://www.deadwood.com/history/infamous-deadwood/poker-alice-tubbs/
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/unbecoming-a-lady-therese-oneill/1143636790
https://history.denverlibrary.org/colorado-biographies/poker-alice-tubbs-1851-1930
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093755/
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Dubbed the “World’s Most Beautiful Fat Lady,” Celesta Geyer - aka Dolly Dimples aka Madame Celeste - was quite literally larger than life. Tipping the scales at over 500lbs at one point, she became a wildly popular (and wildly successful) circus icon.
After a lifetime of ridicule and cruelty about her size, Celesta decided she was done hosting her own pity party. She flipped the script and turned their mockery into money. During the Depression, people spent their hard‑earned cash just to see her.
But the real twist came later: Celesta stunned the world by rewriting her own story and undergoing a dramatic transformation. Her journey earned her a place in the Guinness Book of World Records and Ripley’s Believe It or Not. She became a completely new woman. This is her story.
Links:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/unbecoming-a-lady-therese-oneill/1143636790
https://www.uranusgeneralstore.com/uranus-news/behind-the-banner-dolly-dimples-the-sideshow-fat-lady/?srsltid=AfmBOoptvMzyGv5woAMwrQSNc2Jni5AZ4wK28WioNEwnoiplIXhp9e70
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/lifestyle/article-13169077/worlds-beautiful-fat-lady-weight-loss-secrets.html
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16131759-diet-or-die-the-dolly-dimples-weight-reducing-plan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHrQvwQnrfQ
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