Kathy E <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: MENTAL EXERCISE: Manchester (England) Metropolitan University sports psychologist Dave Smith says his research shows that thinking about doing exercise helps build muscles, even if you never actually get around to actually doing the exercise. "The brain activity when you imagine doing something vividly, with all the feeling you would get if you did it, is very, very similar to what occurs when you actually do it," he said. (Reuters) ...To check the validity of this theory, vividly imagine yourself having sex. CAN YOU DIG IT? Police in Nashville, Tenn., saw people leaving a house with boxes of marijuana. They searched the house and found 120 pounds of pot and $100,000 in cash. They also found an interesting piece of paper. "We came across a treasure map," a police spokesman said. "It told us where to dig" at another house the suspects owned. Using a backhoe, officers found $2.8 million in cash buried in plastic containers, plus another $1 million in a commercial storage locker. (AP) ...Better check their mattresses, too. OVERDRAWN: The teller at Marine Midland Bank in Pearl River, N.Y., was confused over the note the man in line had handed her. The man, wearing a plastic bag over his head, handed it over without saying a word. She scratched her head a bit, then asked another teller if she could read it. By the time they decoded the first part -- "I've got a gun" -- the man had run off. The rest of the note is "still open to conjecture," a police detective said. "It demands money and says he has a gun, but we have to spend some more time with it" to figure out the rest. (AP) ..."Please hurry, I am suffocating in here." BOO: A family in Upper Mayfield, England, has been given the go-ahead to pursue a lawsuit against the people that sold them a 250-year-old house because, they charge, the sellers failed to disclose the house is haunted. The family says they have tried five different exorcism rituals in the house, but they are still subject to being touched by unseen spirits and a feeling of an "evil presence". (AFP) ...In the U.S., we call those insurance salesmen. AHEAD OF HIS TIME: The U.S. Postal Inspection Service has arrested Lawrence Cusack Jr., of Fairfield, Conn., charging him with forgery. Cusack has sold about 700 pages of documents since 1993 supposedly signed in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy, his brother Robert Kennedy, or Marilyn Monroe. Cusack said he obtained the papers from his late father, who was Monroe's mother's lawyer. Authorities were tipped off because of the Zip Code printed on his father's stationery. The U.S. Postal Service didn't introduce Zip Codes until 1963. (UPI) ...Well, that and the Richard Nixon stamps on the envelopes. WITH THIS SIGNATURE, I THEE WED: Jose Luis Ferreira, 31, and Eva Maria Alvedro, 24, of La Coruna, Spain, are marrying, but they're not yet sure if it's a lifetime commitment. They've signed a short-term marriage contract, with an option to renew. After two years, the couple will reevaluate the pairing and will then decide whether to sign on for a longer hitch. (AFP) ...The only amazing part is that the Americans didn't think of it first. DAM IT! The International Joint Commission says a number of dams and dikes along the U.S./Canadian border are inadequate and could be hazardous. The study especially concerns the Commission's Canadian co-chair, Leonard Legault. "Many of these structures are getting older and we think that continuing vigilance and maintenance are absolutely essential," he said. (AP) ...We'd appreciate your pointing out exactly which ones are getting younger. JUST LOOKING: Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is believed to have made history recently by making her first "official" visit to a pub, the Bridge Inn in Topsham. However, she declined a pint of ale that the innkeeper offered. A few days earlier, she had visited a supermarket for the first time. She stopped at a store in Oasis Lakeland Forest Village and chatted with the cashier and customers. However, the cashier notes, she did not buy anything. (AFP, 2) ...The shopowners association, noting the frequent visits without purchases, are advising clerks that in the future, they should check the queen's pockets and handbag before letting her leave. I KNOW YOU ARE, BUT WHAT AM I? Researchers at Ohio State University find that gossip has a "boomerang" effect: the things you tell people about someone are also attributed to you, they say. In other words, if you describe someone as rude and dishonest, people you talk to will also consider you rude and dishonest. "Politicians who allege corruption by their opponents may themselves be perceived as dishonest, critics who praise artists may be perceived as talented, and gossips who describe other's infidelities may be viewed as immoral," said OSU Prof. John Skowronski, who worked on the research. (UPI) ...Wow, those researchers sure are intelligent and erudite! ALL HANDS OFF DECK: "Hooters Off-Limits to Coast Guard" -- AP headline -- Kathy E "I can only please one person a day, today is NOT your day, and tomorrow isn't looking too good for you either" http://members.delphi.com/kathylaw/ Law & Issues Mailing List http://pw1.netcom.com/~kathye/rodeo.html - Cowboy Histories http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/2990/law.htm Crime photo's Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues
