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Quimbob

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  1. I have heard the second largest statistic as well. There are people getting their wedding pictures taken there all the time. People also like to go there to learn how to drive. heh be careful
  2. Not exactly photos but renderings of potential stadium plans for the olympics http://www.bjghw.gov.cn/forNationalStadium/indexeng.asp#12
  3. Quimbob replied to a post in a topic in General Photos
    cool There is a pair of DVDs called Landmarks of Early Film that has a lot of old films dating back to, I think, the late nineteenth century. My favorite being A Trip To the Moon Most of the films are of a more documentary nature, however. It is neat to see pre WWI Europe.
  4. Quimbob replied to a post in a topic in Urbanbar
    oh yeah, I almost gorgot Danny Gatton guitarist - not bassist not a singer
  5. Some nice shots - too bad it was all grey but that does give it a cemeteryish kinda feel. It is nice in every season. Things to do in a cemetery http://www.springgrove.org/sg/calendar/EventCalendar/EventCalendar.shtm I went to the Lantern Lighting last year & it was kinda lame but kinda cool. Spring Grove is seriously a cool cemetery I posted some pics here http://home.fuse.net/christol/CemPics/CemPics.html
  6. Now _that_ would be cool.
  7. Quimbob replied to a post in a topic in Urbanbar
    Not to shift gears too much - but how about the best OHIO guitarist ? The guy in Clevo ? Do I get to pick Jorma again ? Cal Collins ? Rick Derringer ? Cheetah Chrome ?
  8. Pretty much none of the places I frequented for entertainment when I was a young'n (Nick's age) are around anymore. Things change. You guys keep talking about Northside - one of the largest demographics there are young black people under 30. Provide them with what they want for a price they can afford & you might be able to make some money but it isn't going to last forever. They re going to get older & their tastes will change. It's the nature of he beast. Had to get a 666 day reference in there somehow.
  9. Didn't business owners in that area get a police substation put in only to ask the police to leave because they were atracting too much vandalism ?
  10. Quimbob replied to a post in a topic in Urbanbar
    In no particular order Jeff Beck Frank Zappa Eric Clapton Keith Richards Jorma Kaukonen While my interest in Clapton has waned over the years, the Cream reunion concerts really knocked me out. Those guys are not 20 yr olds anymore but still quite dynamic. Picking these guys from the 60's is also kind of problematic as they were all heavily influenced by much older guitarists who may not have had the range these guys had but were more revolutionary and innovative in what they did. And to be a total music snob prick :-) I have no idea why people think Stevie Ray Vaughn is so great. All he did was ape one small facet of Hendrix' vast range. The reason for most of my picks is that all those guys are composers as well as just players. Well, maybe not Beck. But from a guitarist perspective, he is just amazing.
  11. You don't need to use apostrophes with plurals. You use apostrophes to indicate possession.
  12. David Sparks, bedpan artist, has thrown his, uh, hat into the ring http://www.bedpanart.com/video/drexeldave4mayorin2009.WMV
  13. It wasn't exactly in the Camp - it was at the NW corner of McMicken and Marshall. Pizza wasn't very good but it was a noble effort. This project got some press when the group lost their lease & hooked up with UC. Good luck finding anything about it in the Enquirers archives, tho.
  14. It is my gut reaction to be against governmental agencies like this but I can see how it is kind of neccesary with a large and complex city. How much planning went on in the 19th century ?
  15. Quimbob replied to a post in a topic in Urbanbar
    uh, yeah I wasn't going to say it. There is a plus to nobody being interested, tho. :-)
  16. Ground again fit for duty Long-neglected Wesleyan hosts tribute to veterans BY CLIFF RADEL | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060530/NEWS01/605300332 NORTHSIDE - The old soldier tapped the water bottle to his chest. Clear plastic made contact with a Silver Star, a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. "These are great," 75-year-old Jesse Willingham said of the medals he received for fighting, shedding blood and nearly freezing to death during the Korean War...
  17. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060527/NEWS0102/605270342 W.E.B. DuBois Academy cites cut in state funding BY JENNIFER MROZOWSKI | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER The Ohio Department of Education is reducing the W.E.B. DuBois Academy's future funding and asking the school to pay back as much as $3 million, an amount it can't afford, school superintendent Wilson Willard said Friday. The school's board voted Friday morning to close June 30 unless the state gives it some relief, Willard said. ...
  18. cool That veterans memorial used to have names on metal plaques on it. Doubtless stolen & sold as scrap to support someones vice. This Family Dollar is one of the few new developments I have seen in this area in years.
  19. I walk behind this place almost every day. The guys sit out on an old loading dock & mouth off quite a bit. They yell at the passers by, well, at least at the girls. There are apartments with kids on streets at each end of the block. I have no idea how this concentration of fuck ups is supposed to be good for anybody.
  20. The Northside-College Hill Kiwanis Club is sponsoring a Memorial Day Service to be held at Wesleyan Cemetery on Monday, May 29th beginning at noon. The principal speaker will be Jessie Willingham, a Korean War Veteran and recipient of the Purple Heart. The Kiwanis Club is trying to revive the tradition of having a Memorial Day Service at Wesleyan Cemetery now that the future of the cemetery is definitely brighter. There hasn't been a service of this sort in Wesleyan Cemetery in years. Wesleyan claims to be the final resting place of veterans of every armed conflict the US has been engaged in. That claim was made prior to Afghanistan & Iraq, tho.
  21. The bar at the Milner Hotel used to sell Top Hat long necks for $0.60 mmmmm those were the days
  22. Pig you are amazing
  23. Quimbob replied to a post in a topic in City Life
    Things to do 36 pages http://frontier.cincinnati.com/calendar/results.asp?sid=0&kw=&comm=&cat=&range=specify&start=05/27/06&end=05/29/06&venue=&presenter=&att= knock yourself out have a good time, I just looked at the list of vendors who will be at the Taste & did a Homer Simpson drool. must eat.......
  24. I really like this'n
  25. yeah I would like to thank the organizers for putting this together, too. And the attendees who came from exotic far away-places like Wooster & Fort Wayne ...... :-) It was fun meeting you guys and it was fun invading the ex-Frisch's for lunch. Mark And I would also like to thank the UrbanOhio Arson Team (the mysterious Inkaelin ?) for the entertainment !