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Old 02-06-2007, 06:15 PM   #31
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The world's oldest man died last November in Cuba. What did he attribute his long life to? He never got married. And so again another example of how "Love kills".
Or how being the "world's oldest man" can involve dementia.

I've read of studies that suggest that people with partners live longer as a group than those without.
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Old 02-06-2007, 06:30 PM   #32
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..a rubber mask and a ball gag, but not diapers. Guy's gotta draw the line somewhere.
I think the diaper thing may be a hold-over from astronaut training. There are situations where you may get stuck in a flight deck seat for many hours at a time. Alan Sheperd ended up needing to pee into his space suit while waiting for launch on an early Mercury-Redstone mission; thereafter when all the astronauts were male a condom-like "urine collection device" was sufficient. These days they use a diaper.
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Old 02-06-2007, 06:36 PM   #33
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I've read of studies that suggest that people with partners live longer as a group than those without.
So love kills but group love means a longer life. Ahh. So that is the secret inside Plato's Retreat.
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Old 02-06-2007, 08:39 PM   #34
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That folding knife with the four inch blade is considered a deadly weapon in most jurisdictions.
Yes. It is.

But she didn't have it with her when she confronted her victim. She had a BB gun and some pepper spray.

Edit: Ah crap. I read the article wrong. I thought the knife was in the car. Nevermind.

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Old 02-06-2007, 08:50 PM   #35
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When she found out that Shipman was flying to Orlando from Houston, Nowak decided to confront her, according to the arrest affidavit. Nowak raced from Houston to Orlando wearing diapers so she wouldn't have to stop to urinate, authorities said.
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During a check of the parking lot, an officer followed Nowak and watched her throw away a bag containing the wig and BB gun. They also found a steel mallet, a 4-inch folding knife, rubber tubing, $600 and garbage bags inside a bag Nowak was carrying when she was arrested, authorities said.

Inside Nowak's vehicle, which was parked at a nearby motel, authorities uncovered a pepper spray package, an unused BB-gun cartridge, latex gloves and e-mails between Shipman and Oefelein. They also found a letter "that indicated how much Mrs. Nowak loved Mr. Oefelein," an opened package for a buck knife, Shipman's home address and hand written directions to the address, the arrest affidavit said.
So on the one hand she made a spur-of-the moment decision to "race" to Orlando, time being so tight that she didn't have time to stop and pee, and yet on the other hand she had time to get all that junk together and formulate some sort of plan -including the "oh yes it'll save time if I wear a diaper, now where did I put them" part of the scheme.

Could she have had all the stuff and the plan ready and was just waiting for an opportunity?

Or is she just completely and uttely off her rocker? In which case charges should be level at the shrinks who OK the astronauts. One rarely suddenly goes this nuts -it takes time.

Strange days.
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Old 02-07-2007, 04:50 AM   #36
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Looking at her pic and the story, it looks like the lady is borderline maybe psychotic and for sure in dire need of medication and psychiatric treatment. A very sad case for all involved.
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Old 02-07-2007, 06:40 AM   #37
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{you won't see me wearing diapers for love}
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So love kills but group love means a longer life. Ahh. So that is the secret inside Plato's Retreat.
tw made two funnies in a row!
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Old 02-07-2007, 06:40 AM   #38
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"You won't see me wearing diapers for love" would be a great sig.

I'm gonna yoink it.
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Old 02-07-2007, 07:49 AM   #39
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Edit: Ah crap. I read the article wrong. I thought the knife was in the car. Nevermind.
Oh, and by the way, this changes my attitude almost completely. If she took a big knife like that to the confrontation, she was prepared to use deadly force in the event of an escalation. And since she was the one doing all the escalating, it's quite possible she went there intending to stab her "rival." Throw the book at her.
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Old 02-07-2007, 08:08 AM   #40
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This woman wore diapers so she didn't have to stop to pee and you're entering her huge hair into evidence of insanity???
It's not even that huge... bad, but not huge...
Ah, but see the beauty of being able to tell if someone is insane by hairstyle only is that you can then forgo having to do a more covert and possibly intime assessment. In other words, you don't have to find out whether they are indeed wearing adult diapers.
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Old 02-07-2007, 08:20 AM   #41
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Inquiring minds want to know...had she taken the diapers off before she was arrested? It would be hell to go to jail with diaper rash.

She was released on bail by day's end, or so read the last news report I saw.
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Old 02-07-2007, 01:52 PM   #42
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Has anybody seen a picture of the "steel mallet"?
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Old 02-07-2007, 02:40 PM   #43
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Maxwell's silver hammer?
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Old 02-07-2007, 02:45 PM   #44
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Old 02-07-2007, 02:55 PM   #45
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So if you were her, what's next? You've got the ankle bracelet, but you are free. Your husband(?) comes to pick you up. What can you possibly say at that point to him? If you were her husband, would you stand by your partner? Or kick her out of the house? If you were her, would you try to move forward or just kill yourself? Do you show up at work like nothing had happened? Will NASA put her on leave? Fire her? Find some back room job for her? She's got to know she's going to prison for some amount of time. Maybe she's hoping it will be just a couple years, and she'll come out with a shawl knitted by one of the other prisoners?

Her poor fucking family.

So many freaking questions. Inquiring minds really want to know.
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