Still cashing in on Princess Diana

Its been 11 years since she was killed in that Paris car crash, but someone has found yet another way to profit from her death.  Turns out the company that owns the car she died in wants it back – so they can sell it.

The car, which cost £70,000 new, could fetch as much as £1 million, according to press reports, and that informal offers to buy the wreck had come from all over the world, mainly the US.

Why would you want to buy a car wreck – just because someone famous died in it?  What is the motive for wanting it – for the memories of Diana?  More likely to put it on show and charge people for the privilege of gawking at it.  Perhaps cut up the back seat, seat belt and carpet and sell swatches of blood stains as souvenirs?

 

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Another of those “Oh Shit!” moments

 Crane crush. Pic: Troy Benedeich

A couple in the southern Sydney suburb of Miranda yesterday were having a spa bath installed in their newly renovated home.  This required a crane to lift the spa over the house and lower it into the bathroom (which must have been near the back of the house).  Graham and Jacqueline Leech were standing on their back deck guiding the crane driver as he lowered the spa into the bathroom when they noticed it moving too far to the right.    The crane then toppled over  – the boom crashed through the length of the house, lodging in the roof and also ripping down power lines.

The two-bedroom sandstone and weatherboard home – which the couple had nearly finished renovating – was completely destroyed.

Hope everyone is well insured!

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