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Mushroom hunter "massacre" claims 18 lives in Italy
Reuters ^
| 8/29/10
Posted on 08/30/2010 12:28:01 PM PDT by LibWhacker
MILAN Aug 29 (Reuters) - At least 18 mushroom-lovers have been killed in accidents while hunting for their favourite fungi in the mountains and forests of northern Italy.
Mountain rescuers say eager mushroom seekers are abandoning safety procedures as they don camouflage and hunt in darkness to protect coveted troves, la Repubblica newspaper reported on Sunday.
"There is too much carelessness. Too many people don't give a darn about the right rules and unfortunately this is the result," Gino Comelli, head of the Alpine rescue service in northwest Italy's Valle di Fassa, told the newspaper.
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TOPICS: Gardening; Local News; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: claims; hunt; lives; mushroom
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To: Interesting Times
Looks like you may need hazardous duty pay.
Regards,
TS
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08/30/2010 3:39:52 PM PDT
by
The Shrew
(www.wintersoldier.com; www.tstrs.com; The Truth Shall Set You Free!)
To: KarlInOhio
Excellent preliminary write-up - you sold the series!
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08/30/2010 3:53:08 PM PDT
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libertarian27
(Ingsoc: Department of Life, Department of Liberty, Department of Happiness)
To: KarlInOhio
LOL!
I tip my cap to you.
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08/31/2010 3:28:24 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Democratic Underground... matters are worse, as their latest fund drive has come up short...)
To: RadiationRomeo
I saw it too, also when a kid. Very bad black and white Japanese horror film, dubbed?
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08/31/2010 3:31:22 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Democratic Underground... matters are worse, as their latest fund drive has come up short...)
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08/31/2010 3:33:18 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Democratic Underground... matters are worse, as their latest fund drive has come up short...)
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