1-1-11 End Of The World?

[dales]

Marin County cops: Woman who claimed world was going to end abducted four people

By Gary Klien


Marin Independent Journal

Posted: 12/31/2010 06:31:00 PM PST
Updated: 12/31/2010 08:54:21 PM PST


A woman who claimed the world was going to end in an apocalyptic earthquake Friday was arrested in the Marin Headlands on allegations of abducting four people off the streets of Berkeley and San Francisco, a federal spokeswoman said.

Lark Ann Freeman, 36, of Fairfield was booked into Marin County Jail on suspicion of kidnapping, false imprisonment, evading police, reckless evasion, resisting arrest and violating a red light into a one-way tunnel. At the jail, she described her occupation as "save the world."

The incident unfolded around 9:45 a.m. when a park ranger noticed a 30-foot U-Haul truck straddling lanes near Alexander Avenue in the Headlands, said Alexandra Picavet, a spokeswoman for the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

When the ranger tried to stop the truck, the driver took off and entered the one-way Bunker Road tunnel against the five-minute red light, Picavet said. The truck got through the tunnel without encountering oncoming traffic and continued toward the coast.

Sheriff's deputies, Sausalito police and U.S. Park Police joined the chase, finally cornering the truck at the Bird Island overlook near Rodeo Cove. The driver and two passengers refused orders to get out of the U-Haul.

As police negotiators worked to resolve the standoff, a 74-year-old man climbed out of the truck cab and said he needed to use a restroom. He then told police that he had been lured into the truck from People's Park in Berkeley
on a promise of cigarettes -- and that three other captives were being held in the back of the truck, according to Picavet.

Tactical units were sent in and extracted three people from the rear of the truck. One of them told investigators that the driver had contacted them that morning at Aquatic Park in San Francisco and offered money if they would help her move.

The three were then locked inside the truck. The man said he called 911 from his cell phone, but the call apparently did not go through.

Police then moved in on the truck cab, arrested Freeman and detained the other passenger, who was identified as Freeman's aunt.

Authorities were still investigating what Freeman intended to do with the people in the truck. She told police she thought the world was going to end in an earthquake at 11:11 a.m. and she "wanted to be prepared," Picavet said.

The suspect's aunt was released without charges. Police impounded the truck for further investigation.

Freeman's bail was set at $50,000. An initial court appearance was expected Monday.

[Miles]

"save the world"

Perhaps suicide would be start for Miss Freeman.

[Rick]

Daaaang!

Just wait till 11/11/11...

[oldr_n_wsr]

Or 12/12/12.

[Gob]

Nelsons!!

Nelson is a piece of cricket slang terminology and superstition.

The name, applied to team or individual scores of 111 or multiples thereof (known as double nelson, triple nelson, etc.) is thought to refer to Lord Nelson's lost eye, arm and leg (Nelson actually had both of his legs intact, the third missing body part is mythical).

It is thought by the superstitious that bad things happen on that score, although an investigation by the magazine The Cricketer in the 1990s found that wickets are no more likely to fall on Nelson and indeed, the score at which most wickets fall is 0 (a duck). It may be considered unlucky because the number resembles a wicket without bails (a batsman is out when the bails fall from a wicket).

Umpire David Shepherd made popular the longstanding practice of raising a leg or legs from the ground on Nelson in an effort to avoid ill fate. When crowds noticed this, they would cheer his leg-raising.

The equivalent superstitious number in Australian cricket is 87, or the "Devil's Number", thirteen shy of 100. Statistics have shown that more Australian batsmen are in fact dismissed on the surrounding numbers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_%28cricket%29

[BoSoxGal]

1/5/11 - I'm still here.

[oldr_n_wsr]

Nelsons!!

Nelson is a piece of cricket slang terminology and superstition.

The name, applied to team or individual scores of 111 or multiples thereof (known as double nelson, triple nelson, etc.) is thought to refer to Lord Nelson's lost eye, arm and leg (Nelson actually had both of his legs intact, the third missing body part is mythical).

It is thought by the superstitious that bad things happen on that score, although an investigation by the magazine The Cricketer in the 1990s found that wickets are no more likely to fall on Nelson and indeed, the score at which most wickets fall is 0 (a duck). It may be considered unlucky because the number resembles a wicket without bails (a batsman is out when the bails fall from a wicket).

Umpire David Shepherd made popular the longstanding practice of raising a leg or legs from the ground on Nelson in an effort to avoid ill fate. When crowds noticed this, they would cheer his leg-raising.

The equivalent superstitious number in Australian cricket is 87, or the "Devil's Number", thirteen shy of 100. Statistics have shown that more Australian batsmen are in fact dismissed on the surrounding numbers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_%28cricket%29

Well that explains a lot.












NOT!!!!!