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General Category => Discontempt => Topic started by: Zoomie on November 23, 2009, 10:00:07 AM
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No. 13: Baltimore, Md.
Rankings in Crime
Assault: 15
Murder: 5
Rape: 278
Motor Vehicle Theft: 46
Robbery: 12
Burglary: 90
Rankings (http://www.walletpop.com/insurance/dangerous-cities?icid=webmail|wbml-aim|dl4|link1|http://www.walletpop.com/insurance/dangerous-cities)
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I'm beating you by 12 points in rank.
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Yeah this is why I only go to NJ for booze and outboard motors.
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Take note ladies, Cleveland is the highest on this list for likelihood of Rape, so if you are looking for some easy action.
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I would have guessed Jacksonville being the Rape Capital.
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As Thrash will tell you, you cant rape the willing...
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from comments....
you white people ??
ALL THESE CITIES ARE FULL OF BLACKS, .......... THANKS LIBERALS FOR ELECTING ONE PRSEIDENT. OBAMA IS INTENT ON TAKING THE MONEY FROM HARD WORKING PEOPLE AND GIVING IT TO HIS BLACK VOTERS, "SPREADING THE WEALTH " YOU WHITE PEOPLE THAT VOTED FOR HIM WILL LIVE TO REGRET IT, MOST DO ALREADY, IT'S JUST GETTING STARTED.
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Lucky #13!
Common characteristic amongst all these cities: they're as poor as shit.
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Well, I beat y'all. Michigan's got two top 5 cities. Detroit (4) and Flint (5).
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Burglaries are probably so high in Flint because half the houses are fucking abandoned.
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I cant remember ever finding anything, worth taking, in an abandoned house.
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I think most of them are strip jobs. They go in and case the walls and rip out all the copper piping, any scrap metal, anything of value, then take it to a scrap yard and sell it for whatever money they can get.
The risk/reward ratio for a crime like that is astronomically low, but the people who do shit like that are at the brink of desperation that I cannot even fathom, and I don't blame them for trying to squeeze every cent they can out of that place.
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Take note ladies, Cleveland is the highest on this list for likelihood of Rape, so if you are looking for some easy action.
The women there are all prudes...
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Yeah but like you said, Libertine, risk is low. I doubt strip jobs are what contribute to the crazy burglaries figure. I think that's people who've already stripped the abandoned buildings and still need crack money and have to resort to occupied dwellings.
I'm also surprised N'Orleans has been able to pull itself up so (relatively) high. It's always been my biggest enemy for the number one spot. I would always dismiss it as essentially a wasteland and not a real city, but I knew I was just rationalizing. Anyway now that I'm a card-carrying resident of America's most dangerous city, does that make me big pimpin? I am after all clearly a badass for just staying alive, right? Does being a Camden resident impress the ladies in Philly? Geek? Krsna? Anybody?
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But you're number one in new Gonorrhea cases per year. Narrowly edging St Louis out of a three-peat.
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Do me next... what am I number one in?
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Come to Baltimore for a long weekend and bring a bottle of something made in Ireland, and I'll let you know.
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Black Bush
Do me next...
Dont tell me a drought has set in?
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No. I've been trying to be good. I haven't been going out and I hang out with my gay friends only. Also, I started quilting again so that will take me at least a few days working 5 hours a day to finish a quilt. I do get calls starting from 8pm until 4am to "hang out" though so we will see how long I can stay good for.
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But... but... but I just want to cuddle!
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Kumar: Now we're in Newark, of all places. You know we're gonna get shot.
Harold: Maybe it's not as bad as they say. Maybe it's just a bunch of hype.
Kumar: Check it out. Those guys look like a lame version of us.
[2 guys get jumped and beaten with a 2x4 and other weapons]
Harold, Kumar: Holy shit!
[assailants stop beating up 2 guys, look up and pause, then continue with the assaults while the 2 men lay on the ground moaning]
Harold: Let's get the fuck outta here. Go! Go! Drive! Drive!
Kumar: Yeah, that was your fault.
Harold: Fuck you.
Kumar: Fuck you.
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*wipes foread* We made it off the list, Philly. At least for one more year...
WAIT....
Worst Neighborhoods:
16. Philadelphia, Pa.
Neighborhood: Broad St./Dauphin St.
Found Within ZIP Code(s): 19132, 19133
Predicted Annual Violent Crimes: 199
Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000): 117.13
My Chances of Becoming a Victim Here (in one year): 1 in 9
SHAME ON YOU!!!!
Seriously, though. You know you're in a bad neighborhood when there's a crown fried chicken on the corner, at the top of the subway steps.
The ammount of craziness that happens on that corner is so intense. I once walked by two old men battling each other with canes in the middle of the street, beating each other bloody. I walked by one morning to find that a car had landed itself in the Non smoking section of McDonalds (This was before the smoking ban) only to find a few weeks later (and a block up) a car went through the Rite Aid and had planted itself in the cosmetics.
Notice: New england lands top 3 safest states.....
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Not to mention that it's common knowledge in these parts that Philly cops have been known to (at least in the past) fudge down reported crimes in order to improve the image of the City of Brotherly Love and show improvements on paper. Murders become manslaughters. Manslaughters become assaults. Assaults become disturbances of the peace.
The area just across the bridge from Camden is exactly the same as Camden.
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Sometimes I miss New England.
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No way, dude. Camden is way worse
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Camden I know from My Name Is Earl.
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I've been warned by cops here not to hang out around the area immediately at the foot of the Benjamin Franklin on either side. In fact the cop told me that the Philly side was more dangerous because the lowlifes from Camden get a bike and ride over there so as not to shit in their own backyard so to speak. I've stayed clear of both places so I wouldn't really know.
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So English Camden > American Camden
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You're talking about my hometown. I'm not about to say some damn Euro-version is better.
It's like comparing Road Warrior to Gosford Park.
I'll take the city where the bars double as soup kitchens some days and trees grow out of bombed out apartments, thank you.
At least until I move out in 1-2 years...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camden)
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Wiki fetish acting up today, dude?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W3rd (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W3rd)
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Oi!
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Struck: 10 September 1944
Fate: sunk 19 July 1944
????
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Oi was removed from the Navy List on 10 September 1944.
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Oh, "Struck from the list", not, like, struck by a torpedo ...
Damn, I'm a little off tonight ...
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I thought it was the act of surrendering.
Actually that's probably why it was removed from the list I guess.
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That or it was at the bottom on the ocean. (all the ships would have the same struck date if it was surrender, they dont)
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Makes sense ...
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True. I was thinking of "striking the colors."
Hard to strike them, though, 2 months after being torpedoed...
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You're talking about my hometown. I'm not about to say some damn Euro-version is better.
It's like comparing Road Warrior to Gosford Park.
I'll take the city where the bars double as soup kitchens some days and trees grow out of bombed out apartments, thank you.
At least until I move out in 1-2 years...
Isnt your hometown in Vermont?
Also having been to Camden Town in London, and comparing it to what I've heard of Camden NJ, I'm pretty sure the damn Euro version is better. Though I like that Mad Max analogy.
It does sound like it has its appeal though...
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I changed my official residency to gain in-state tuition and to vote for Palin and the other guy in '08. My apartment is here, and I pay taxes here.
I did grow up in Vermont though, so I guess to the extent that my parents live there and I use their address as a default permanent address, maybe that could also be my hometown. I've lost all "home" connection to the town of my birth.
I'm sure the UK Camden is nicer. I'm just not about to say it because I've got pride.
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Not that much different
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e7/Camden2009.JPG)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/69/Camden_NJ_poverty.jpg)
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Camden UK has too many people and stores and cars and oriental buffets.
Not nearly enough fire hydrants, squats, and broken glass.
No wonder we're number 1 in the only list that means anything.
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ok so admin dont have the img size filter forced on them : check.
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That pic of Camden NJ looks exactly like South Baltimore.
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I'll say this: Camden NJ is a great place for a photographer. The city is actually really remarkable. Some of the old buildings are built in very high style with columns and wrought iron and gargoyles. The city used to be prosperous before it imploded. There's an empty building for sale next to me that looks like a train station or Greek forum. If I had money I would be investing in Camden. It has waterfront property, the architecture is mostly already in place, and it's close enough to Philly to become really valuable one day.
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Yeah it does. I've walked down a lot of streets that look about like that.
The sad thing about that list is that I think every single city on the list has a reputation for fudging their crime numbers.
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Mouse I got involved in that shit in DC ten years ago. Buy up all the crackhouses you can find for the back taxes, board em up an wait for the gay, white couples to move in and push the blacks out. They're employed, affluent and they pay their bills. It's win-win. Until you learn you are unnaturally reshaping the demographics of a city and preying upon the impoverished. Never again.
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There's an empty building for sale next to me that looks like a train station or Greek forum.
How much is it?
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I think you have to call the real estate broker. There's a phone number on signs on the sides of the building. Either way it's more money than I have.
The location's not that bad though. Sure it's right next to the jail, but that means it's doubtful it would attract many squatters... I don't know what you could use it for, but perhaps that's the wrong question to be asking. Because the place has essentially limitless possibilities in my mind.
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Rape Barn 2, I know, i was thinking it too.
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^5
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People like to go into inner city Detroit and take photos of the same fucking things everyone else does and post them up like "poverty porn" and say oh look how artsy I am look how beautiful this destruction looks. Fucking faggots. Google Detroit Photography and you will find probably 100 of these jack offs who all took pictures of the same thing with the digital cameras from their car windows talking about how 'staggering' and 'beautiful' and 'depressing' it is.
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Walk the rails in Yonkers ...
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Well I don't know about Detroit, but Camden seriously does have some beautiful architecture. The shabbiness surrounding it acts as juxtaposition. Sure there are a lot of areas like the picture Mosh posted, but I'm more interested in the glorious buildings. The city used to be very prosperous. The Campbell's Soup cannery was located here and everyone was employed. RCA Victor also had its factory here. Camden was a city on the grow. Then in the 1960s came the downturn. Factories closed, city residents moved into the nicer suburbs and the city was gutted. There's been very little improvement since the 1960s apart from the decay of the impermanent portions of the city and what this means is that the whole place is like a war zone studded with glorious relics from the 1920s to 1950s period. Many of the original 1940s-style advertisements and signs are still up even on the buildings that are succumbing to the ravages of time.
Here (http://www.dvrbs.com/camden-streets/CamdenNJ-Streets-Broadway.htm)'s what Camden used to look like. Many of the most prominent buildings are still in place even if homeless people now make their nests in among the columns. My very apartment is among the photos, too.
PS - Lucas, I looked it up and the building i was talking about is this one:
(http://www.dvrbs.com/camden-buildings/CentralTrust-1915-1b.jpg)
It was worth $2M in 1928 according to old newspaper clippings, so with current inflation that would bring the pricetag to something around $25m. Maybe we can haggle.
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All i see is maintenance.
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All i see is maintenance.
Oh, what a surprise; a cynical comment from banal.
LEARN TO FUCKING DREAM, MAN.
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(http://www.dvrbs.com/camden-buildings/CentralTrust-1915-1b.jpg)
It was worth $2M in 1928 according to old newspaper clippings, so with current inflation that would bring the pricetag to something around $25m. Maybe we can haggle.
So, sounds like it was a bank from almost a century ago.
That screams "secure single-family residence" to me. panic room in the bank vault and snipers' nests along the rooftop. plus, plenty of large windows for gorgeous lighting in the mornings!
If it's been standing unused for 40 years, let's start at $100. upper limit: $850.
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You're talking in thousands, right? I mean, it's not Detroit after all...
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There's an old bank in west Baltimore that a bunch of kids turned into an illegal concert venue.
I would start at $20,000.
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The words 'central trust' above door sorta screams fiscal.
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The words 'central trust' above door sorta screams fiscal.
But how did I know it was from almost a century ago, hmmm?
Maybe because you have to go back that far to find a bank people would actually trust! :D
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You're talking in thousands, right? I mean, it's not Detroit after all...
No, just regular dollars.
Listen, that conversation would be all about planting the seed. In another 15 years, when no one has picked up the building, the owners will think back to the guy that offered them a little less than one thousand dollars and seriously consider the sale.
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The words 'central trust' above door sorta screams fiscal.
But how did I know it was from almost a century ago, hmmm?
Maybe because you have to go back that far to find a bank people would actually trust! :D
WRONG!
Banks have always been untrustworthy.
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just because people WOULD trust them, doesn't mean the banks were DESERVING of trust.
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Oh I think this one is deserving of trust. There are a load of old newspaper clippings at that website I found. Notably in relation to the Camden Central Trust we find:
Machine Gun Lead Protects Bank Gold (http://www.dvrbs.com/camden-bank/CamdenTrust-1928-1001.jpg) - "Ninety millions in cash and securities passed through Camden streets yesterday from the former home of the Camden Safe Deposit & Trust Company located at Federal Street west of Third, to their new $2,000,000 building at Broadway and Market Street. Sixty uniformed policemen and a score of detectives guarded the treasure. The policemen alongside the truck and facing the cameraman carried a machine gun. Others were secreted at strategic points." (Camden Courier-Post - 1928)
and also
Bankers Daughter to Sell Thrift Stamps (http://www.dvrbs.com/camden-bank/images/CamdenTrust-051318.jpg) (Camden Daily Courier - May 13, 1918)
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Has it been empty the whole time?
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No, it used to be a bank.
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That's what I thought, but it's been empty since the 60's?
If so, I'll start the bidding at $101 ...
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we are one thirty eight!
.. my town is always voted nicest place in the north west to live/most bicycle friendly. damn hippies.
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Next world tour, I'm going to Portland.
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Make sure to hit Seattle if you're in the vicinity. I hear it's really great.
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.. my town is always voted nicest place in the north west to live/most bicycle friendly. damn hippies.
One of the benefits of living in the middle of nowhere, I presume.
Make sure to hit Seattle if you're in the vicinity. I hear it's really great.
it sure is!
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Punch Eddie Vedder in the cunt for me while you're up there ...
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I bet he has too much product in his hair to damage him with a punch.
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Seattle's great. Vancouver's even nicer though!
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Vancouver is nicer but the people in Vancouver are creepy. They all look like they came from the same DNA pool and they refer to themselves in the third person a lot.
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Yeah BC and Seattle are both on my list. Portland's not bad either and then I'm quite interested in No.Cal. generally too. I've been East far too long.
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NorCal is awesome. Basically everywhere I've been from BC down to LA has been cool.
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The coolness stops well before LA
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No way, LA's a blast!
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The coolness stops in Santa Cruz, flares up again momentarily someplace between Carmel and San Luis Obispo but dies off again quickly.
LA sucks, man.
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LA sucks
srsly, I hate that city
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Everyone says that, I don't get it. What's so bad about LA?
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I hate the celebrity culture. That whole city rings of fake
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Man, I've never gotten that feeling. I've always enjoyed LA, but then I've never been very impressed with celebrities either, plus I have a shitload of family and friends there.
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whereas I was just checking out the city. If I had cool people to hang with it would have been way better I'm sure
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Let me know if you ever do end up coming to Portland.
I'll make plans to meet up but never show up.. then disappear for another 10 years.
:D
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That's ok, I can drop in on the Odditorium....
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Portland is fun to visit. The last time I was there I went to the "hipster bar" which was just some place where everyone under 40 played Keno and ate truck stop style food. It was named The Hungry Tiger. I would love a t-shirt if you could afford to get me one commie. If you are on unemployment like everyone else is in Portland, feel free to steal me the shirt.
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That's ok, I can drop in on the Odditorium....
Yet another solid reason the west coast is cool.
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I hate the celebrity culture. That whole city rings of fake
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You've been there?
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he could be talking about state of Florida
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I dunno man, there's a whole lotta redneck FL to go with the glitz of Miami etc.
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This I have seen with my own eyes...
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What is the right way to fuck a gator ?
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Same as a croc... you jam your thumb up its arse.
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And I thought you were well-travelled, Brian..
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Yes, I've been to LA ...
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Me too !
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(http://www.the-isb.com/images/UNCLEAN.jpg)
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As have I.
But I been to many places.
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That never close down.
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I live in Flint. That picture of Flint, is about three blocks from my house. I actually live in a really nice neighborhood, right in the college cultural area. I like living here, but I can't pretend that the two miles I drive to work are void of poverty, prostitution, or even abandoned houses.
This place is an absolute shithole, with an unemployment rate of 15.3%. But I love this place. I don't know why. It's illogical, it's crumbling, it's got potential for becoming disastrous, honestly. But working downtown, I see things turning around. I see a community coming together and really trying to make things better instead of just waiting and wishing.
But, what the fuck do I know? =P
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How to knit crochet, sew and make babies, apparently...
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First thing: if you live 2 miles from where you work, you should be riding a bike, not driving.
I can't help you with figuring out why you like a shitty, dangerous place to live in. I live in #2 St Louis. The picture of our town from that article was taken about 3 blocks from where I work (4 miles from my apt, ride a bike there at least 3 days a week).
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Not everyone can be a sexy bike messenger like you Lucky.
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Not everyone can be a sexy bike messenger like you Lucky ride a bike 4 miles a day
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Not everyone can be a sexy bike messenger like you Lucky ride a bike 4 miles a day without being a complete sweaty wreck within the first half mile
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Yeah, I do sort of have it easy in that regard. Even in the middle of summer here, when I would be most likely to show up to work a sweaty mess, I'm still just showing up to a concrete casting shop. So it doesn't really mean too much. I've heard that some office buildings (if that's your workplace) have showers and/or gyms with showers in them for just such reasons.
But, really, once you're in shape and used to the ride, you can do it without over-exerting yourself to the point of being a "sweaty mess".
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http://www.ikoo.us (http://www.ikoo.us)./ funky.
(http://www.likecool.com/Car/Motorcycle/Ikoo%20Electric%20Scooter/Ikoo-Electric-Scooter.jpg)
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But, really, once you're in shape and used to the ride, you can do it without over-exerting yourself to the point of being a "sweaty mess".
"Sarah, I notice you're completely drenched in sweat. Hey, can you take this sandwich over to that guy?"
"Sarah, I notice you're covered in muddy slush. Hey, how about serving that guy his soup?"
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I'm in much better shape than I had been, but still not fantastic shape.
As long as I don't head for big hills or try to ride overly fast, I can ride a pretty fair distance without being a sweaty mess.
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this is riding a bicycle we're talking about, right?
unless you're riding up a hill for 30 minutes it's not that big an effort guys
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Whatever! Don't make me create a video of a skinny person trying to bike up a hill.
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this is riding a bicycle we're talking about, right?
unless you're riding up a hill for 30 minutes it's not that big an effort guys
I sweat WAY more easily than most people.
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You're built for power not for.... anything else
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He's also built to go on quests and to forge weapons used in battle.
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and to consume unholy quantities of weed...
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Hahaha!
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unless you're riding up a hill for 30 minutes it's not that big an effort guys
There's also the question of presentability. Sarah lives in a very snowy place; this leads to muddy snow, and muddy splashes that cars will likely send flying her way at every opportunity.
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How to knit crochet, sew and make babies, apparently...
... and fuck girls; can't forget that
... oh, wait; she did!
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I know how to educate myself, spend other people's money, have epic sex, and complain. Sarah is just so much cuter.
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If you put it that way, yes, she is ...
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I'm in much better shape than I had been, but still not fantastic shape.
I can honestly say I'm in the worst shape of my life right now.
I sweat WAY more easily than most people.
Other-mother brother?
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Zuh?
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translation: me too.
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Ah.
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i would break my neck and die in a filthy puddle if i tried to ride my bike to work in the weather we have here half the year. i do actually ride my bike to work in the summer sometimes, if it's not too hot or rainy or whatever. i do have to show up not looking like a street person because the more presentable i am the more tips i get.
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If you showed up all sweaty and flushed I'd sit at a table, sip bouron and toss $5 bills at you.
Wait... you are a stripper, aren't you?
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Zoomie likes 'em funky!
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/me waits for the 2nd shoe to fall on this one *
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Actually I think it's Chad.
I was referring more to this stuff:
(http://images.elfwood.com/art/v/a/vasilis/dwarf_monk.jpg)
Dwarf Monk.
And this:
He's also built to go on quests and to forge weapons used in battle.
Sounds like a dwarf to me.
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...and just for all you nerds who feel the irrepressible need to understand what all posts mean, see here (http://loaded-gun.com/index.php?topic=1561.msg72582#msg72582) for the prequel.
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Oops.
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Thanks for translating, dude.