Dispensary Corner 05 Aug 15
August 5, 2015
Rumours of this woman’s
demise were somewhat
exaggerated - and it caused her
significant problems.
40-year-old Alexandria Goree
from St Louis in the USA is suing a
group of credit reporting agencies
after spending some months
attempting to convince them that
she was alive.
According to court documents
filed last week, she found a
“deceased” notation on files
held by Experian, Equifax and
TransUnion - which explained why
she had found it fairly difficult to
get a home loan.
“Words can’t really explain how
I felt,” she said on discovering the
glitch, which had seen her having
to deal with a host of rejections
from credit card companies and
business financiers.
“Anything that would require
monthly payments” was a
problem: “I was only able to
purchase with cash”.
A one-legged chicken in the US
is about to get a new lease on life,
in the form of a prosthetic limb
created on a 3-D printer.
It’s not quite in the league of
the Six Million Dollar Man, with
the first-of-its-kind procedure
estimated to cost about $2,500.
The three-month-old chook will
undergo surgery after presenting
at a veterinary surgery with a torn
tendon in her right leg.
The vet suggested either a
prosthetic or euthanasia, with her
chicken-loving owner instantly
opting for the technical solution.
“It was a no-brainer,” according
to Andrea Martin from Black
Thistle Farm near Boston.
“She needs to be able to live a
normal life,” she added.
If the procedure works Martin
plans to write a children’s book
about the experience.
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