sqerty

Message in a bottle found after 53 years

Posted by sqerty on 7/6/26 at 5:16 pm

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When 9-year-old Laurie Blair Brown tossed a bottle carrying an imaginary distress call into the ocean in 1973, she was certain someone would find it.

More than five decades later, someone finally did.

“Please notify my family that a band of ruthless sponge fisherman are forcing me to dive for them in shark infested waters!” the letter reads.

nj.com

Social media and the internet isn't all bad. The authors were found.

yahoo life link if paywall, also silive.com

re: Dogs are so much better than people on so many levels.

Posted by sqerty on 7/6/26 at 5:07 pm to High C

Great story, smells like AI and clickbait

re: What if airplanes were made out of dogs?

Posted by sqerty on 7/6/26 at 4:13 pm to FLTech

What if dog really spelled cat?

re: Russian Breeders See Horse Sales Surge Amid Worsening Gasoline Deficit

Posted by sqerty on 7/6/26 at 3:28 pm to Shexter

Ukraine is knocking out a quarter of their refining output? Damn, Russia sucks at war.

re: 4th of July must watch movies

Posted by sqerty on 7/4/26 at 7:42 am to Godzilla jr

Every Rocky Movie in reverse order,

re: Big Trouble in Little China is 40!

Posted by sqerty on 7/3/26 at 11:02 am to BitBuster

Lightning had the dumbest weapons while Thunder's knives were cool.

re: Principal charged with DUI on an e-bike

Posted by sqerty on 7/2/26 at 10:49 pm to LemmyLives

Real drunks use lawnmowers

re: I highly recommend hiring Coach O to make a personalized video for you on cameo

Posted by sqerty on 7/2/26 at 10:47 pm to VoodooVibes

Do you get a refund after he sleeps with your wife?

re: The people that climbed the Empire State Building...

Posted by sqerty on 7/2/26 at 10:46 pm to WWII Collector

They're in love, so you know it was her idea

re: What's on your 4th of July music playlist?

Posted by sqerty on 7/2/26 at 10:45 pm to CAD703X

Daisy dukes by the 69 boys

re: Chickie baby, red, white and blue Christmas lights?

Posted by sqerty on 7/2/26 at 10:44 pm to FutureMikeVIII

There's B.E. in there?? I thought it was just fast. :lol:

re: Chickie baby, red, white and blue Christmas lights?

Posted by sqerty on 7/2/26 at 10:44 pm to OWLFAN86

Turkey sandwich, Doritos, and a 36 year old double blend. I'm better than you

Big Trouble in Little China is 40!

Posted by sqerty on 7/2/26 at 10:21 pm

whole lotta info

re: Any recommendations on a roofing company

Posted by sqerty on 7/2/26 at 7:32 pm to Wolfhound45

Gutters and the fern not damaged..would recommend

re: Remember Those Founders that Did Not Fare So Well After We Won

Posted by sqerty on 7/1/26 at 6:48 pm to cypresstiger

Pollock bronze

Spanish peso -- ps ---- $

re: Feliz futball LNST

Posted by sqerty on 6/30/26 at 10:58 pm to OWLFAN86

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re: What is the correct pronunciation of Iberville

Posted by sqerty on 6/30/26 at 6:32 pm to DeafVallyBatnR

From wiki:

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The name Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville is pronounced /pi'??r l? 'mw??n ?di?b??r'vi?l, -'v?l/ pee-AIR l? MWAHN DEE-bair-VEEL, -?VIL, French: [pj?? l? mwan dib??vil]. The title Sieur is pronounced /sj??r/ SYUR, French: [sjœ?]. However, residents of the Mississippi Gulf Coast pronounce the city of D'Iberville as /di'a?b?rv?l/ dee-EYE-b?r-vil.

Wow, thats strange. De-bear-veal.

re: $4000:Tow bill. I ran into a guard rail at the bank in town.

Posted by sqerty on 6/30/26 at 9:33 am to BIG Texan

This you....

re: Boomers and banking apps

Posted by sqerty on 6/29/26 at 4:34 pm to Strannix

I can only hope someone is around when I'm older to help with things. Thought it would be my nephew, but my niece is nicer to me

re: Baseball movie endings

Posted by sqerty on 6/28/26 at 12:55 pm to Slingin Pickle

In major league off camera the white Sox beat them. Could been a cool trilogy with them winning g it all in the third one, but they go the opposite way and go back to the minors for a shitty movie nobody remembers