ODDLY ENOUGH

ODDLY ENOUGH

Ore. man learns that driving tank is harder than it looks

GOLD BEACH, Ore.

Sometimes an owner’s manual is not enough.

Oregon State Police say that’s what a 58-year-old man learned when he tried to drive a 50-ton battle tank up a steep grade near the coastal town of Gold Beach.

The Oregonian reported that the 1969 Chieftain had been purchased by a local resident, but a truck driver transporting the tank was unable to climb the grade. So he unloaded it at a turnout along U.S. Highway 101.

The owner’s caretaker, Jeffrey Glossop of Pistol River, decided he could get the tank up the hill.

State Police Lt. Gregg Hastings notes that Glossop had the operator’s manual.

But Hastings says the tank slipped out of gear and rolled back down across the busy highway, crashing through a guardrail.

Glossop gave it another try, and the tank it rolled backward again through another guardrail and down an embankment.

Glossop was cited for reckless driving and first-degree criminal mischief.

Hastings says the tank is fine.

Couple accidentally gets bag of cash at drive-through

NASHVILLE, Tenn.

A suburban Nashville couple got more than they expected in their to-go order in a McDonald’s drive-through: a bag of cold cash.

WTVF-TV reported that thousands of dollars in cash packaged for a bank deposit had been placed in a paper to-go bag near the drive-through orders Tuesday morning. An employee mistakenly passed the bag to Greg and Stacye Terry, who had just been looking for breakfast.

The employee realized the mistake almost immediately and followed the Terrys to their home a short distance away.

Meanwhile, the couple was ready for breakfast.

“My husband opened the bag and discovered the money inside,” Stacye Terry said. “He said, ‘You are not going to believe this.’ Sure enough, it was the bank deposit money. “The second that he said it was their deposit, my first [thought] was, ‘Let’s get in the truck and take it back.’”

They said they had a good laugh and even took photos of the cash before returning it to the employee.

They posted a picture to Facebook of the wads of bills in plastic bags with what look like yellow deposit slips.

The owner and operator of the McDonald’s, Phil Gray, in a statement thanked the Terrys and said he is looking into how the mistake happened.

Associated Press