Any headlines ever caused you a near heart-attack?

Started by viper37, December 25, 2016, 10:17:10 PM

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viper37

December 25, 2016, 10:17:10 PM
I just saw this headline:
'Christmas tragedy': Cottage fire victims believed to be Toronto lawyer and his family
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/toronto-family-4-believed-dead-173258641.html

and before reading on the details, I was quite a bit worried.  But it doesn't fit with Malthus, so I'm relieved, in a twisted way.  Still sad for such tragedies on Christmas time though.


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December 25, 2016, 10:43:33 PM
Wow, yeah. That would have got my attention for sure.

Terrible news, even so.
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December 25, 2016, 11:30:48 PM
People besides Malthus call their cabin a cottage?  :hmm:
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December 26, 2016, 12:24:10 AM
Along with the George Michael news, it seems a tough time for cottagers.
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December 26, 2016, 01:28:21 AM
Quote from: Eddie Teach on December 25, 2016, 11:30:48 PM
People besides Malthus call their cabin a cottage?  :hmm:
I believe it's common in Canada.
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December 26, 2016, 01:40:26 AM
One day when I woke up and saw the headline that Trump was about to win the election.

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December 26, 2016, 04:21:43 AM
A workmate's father was assassinated and I learnt it from the morning news. That's the closest I have been to "news-induced heart-attack".

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December 26, 2016, 05:41:08 AM
Quote from: celedhring on December 26, 2016, 04:21:43 AM
A workmate's father was assassinated and I learnt it from the morning news. That's the closest I have been to "news-induced heart-attack".

What the fuck? :o

You can't just leave that story on the floor without elaborating.
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December 26, 2016, 05:53:39 AM
If by near heart-attack you mean mildly concerned, the headline in the morning paper about Bmolsson getting stabbed.
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December 26, 2016, 05:57:16 AM
Quote from: celedhring on December 26, 2016, 04:21:43 AM
A workmate's father was assassinated and I learnt it from the morning news. That's the closest I have been to "news-induced heart-attack".

Her father was a famous political figure, and he was shot by ETA terrorists. It was huge news back in the time (I'm talking about 15 years ago). Poor girl. To this day I can't forget when I met her after the fact.

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December 26, 2016, 11:34:07 AM
I learned about the death of a friend in the news, I swear I froze when I heard his name being read live, nickname and everything.

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December 26, 2016, 11:43:15 AM
Quote from: viper37 on December 25, 2016, 10:17:10 PM
I just saw this headline:
'Christmas tragedy': Cottage fire victims believed to be Toronto lawyer and his family
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/toronto-family-4-believed-dead-173258641.html

and before reading on the details, I was quite a bit worried.  But it doesn't fit with Malthus, so I'm relieved, in a twisted way.  Still sad for such tragedies on Christmas time though.

Just now saw it.  From my perspective I was a little freaked until I saw the name.  I suppose there are lots of Toronto lawyers that have cottages, but still...
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December 27, 2016, 12:53:45 AM
A dozen years ago I was the chief (almost only) prosecutor in a tiny town called Lac La Biche, AB.  I went up there for two days almost every week.

One weekend I heard a news story on the radio about a husband-wife murder-suicide in Lac La Biche.  I nearly panicked - please let it not be someone I had dealt with in court, and even more so - let it not be someone who I had consented to bail.  That kind of thing can end someone's career, even if it was entirely unexpected and the prosecutor did nothing wrong.

But no names were announced.  I had to wait until Monday to ask the local cops who it was.  The 'good news' (though that's a cruel thing to say in such circumstances) was that the deceased murderer had never been before the courts before.

I always think about that story when doing bail hearings on domestic violence cases.
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December 27, 2016, 05:45:38 AM
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