Magyar

Been to Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas, or Louisiana? They make Ohio look like Harvard.

I ended up driving along the east bank of the Olentangy (from US 23 to Orange Rd) over Christmas break and saw the new home developments (cleared lots between Hyatt and Orange Rd). If it isn't one thing, it's another threatning the Olentangy in DelCo. :oops:

Oh 2, IIRC.

I've heard of that Guy Lombardo guy before. Didn't he used to coach in Green Bay? :-D Seriously, I think Guy Lombardo and his orchestra used to be the New Year Eve tradition till Dick Clark started his show around '72.

Took me 2-3 months to scan these. The Lake Charles photos were taken, by me, in October; while the New Orleans photos were taken the Saturday after Thanksgiving. They ain't much (I never got the desire to go chasing post storm damage...then again, maybe the $2.50 per gallon gas was telling me to spend my money on dinners and local rock shows) Lake Charles (post Rita) Billboards got the worst of hurricane season down here (There's still several damaged billboard along I-10 EB towards New Orleans this week) Trees and a communication tower that were cut down in eastern Lake Charles Those are NOT toy boats along the levee (for the north shore of Lake Charles [there is an actual Lake Charles there]) That building was west of Lake Charles Watch where you drive! (between Lake Charles and the Texas line) Litter caught by a wire fence (looks like Louisiana) [glow=red,2,300]New Orleans[/glow] (End of November) This is Tulane Ave (US 61) looking N(W), about 3 blocks north of I-10 (10 blocks north of the CBD) Notice how empty the street is. Before Katrina, I would of never been able to reach the median to take this photo (without losing a limb or my hearing from honking cars). As it was, my car was parked to the right and I left it unlocked (something I would of never thought of doing in NOLA prior to Katrina) For whatever reason, I decided I was going to venture from New Orleans to St. Bernard Parish that day. That idea was washed out when I came to the Industrial Canal and found the crossings to the Lower 9th Ward blocked off. You can see some of the scrap metal/trash piled up along the flood wall. What isn't shown (because I didn't photograph it) was how dirty everything looked, east of DT NOLA. It looked like an urban Morrow County. Messy, unkempt, disheartening. Hey everyone, Coyote Ugly is open! I'm not sure which hotel this is (other than it's near the Aquarium) but if you look closely, you can still see the plywood in the windows at the very top. That highway marker is facing opposite the traffic along a one way street. (BTW, this is the Clairborne Ave which had all it's oak trees cut down for the freeway you see. New Orleans politicians had been planning to do that as early as 1948. :-() Back along Canal St, at the edge of the Vieux Carre. What got my attention when I took this photo (as the sunlight was fading away) was the neon sign. But when I got to "fixing" it on photoshop I noticed the entrance to the store was white= empty of goods (most likely from looting) Tipiatinas was no worse for wear, as far as the exterier goes. I'm not sure if the scafling is due to Katrina or from a project prior. Since these photos were taken, people have been allowed back to the "Lower 9th Ward" to survey damage (I believe they still have a curfew). Parking around the French Quarter is a bear (I was in New Orleans back on Tuesday to see the presentation of the final report concerning "Culture" for the Bring New Orleans Back Commission [As expected, the "Chocolate City" remark was getting a mixed reaction from the crowd there] and it took me 20 mins before I gave up and took a spot at an overpriced lot). It's not all rosy, nor is it all doom & gloom concerning New Orleans right now. I saw countless "we're hiring" signs in windows in the French Quarter. But housing will be a median term issue (next several years). What really worries me is all the fighting (figuratively, not literal...yet) amongst the polticians, and between the citizens and the politicians. There is no plan for Post-Katrina New Orleans that will satisfy everyone. Someone will get left out and will try to stop all work till they are happy (and someone else will be leftout and we start again). The distrust that much of the local populace has will be needed to be overcome for New Orleans to move forward. :cry: I know (in my mind) that New Orleans won't be the same as before (my heart is still being nieave and says it will), but I do become distraught when I hear and read that people won't go back, to be part of the solution, because it's not their "New Orleans" anymore. :shoot: Sorry I fell into rant mode there. :oops:

^Since when did Col-Day start wearing glasses? :mrgreen:

You can't just find a 30-year-old sweater; you have to own it for 30 years! The clothing stock at the Madison thrift stores must be fairly up to date then.

Hopefully this link works: http://www.ohiostatepress.org/Books/Series%20Pages/ull.htm (This is for the Urban Life & Landscape Series of books from OSU Press)

But it can handle hurricanes

Not New Orleans. (they don't have traffic lights that look like that)

I'm not old enough to remember that song when it came out. However I have a CD, best of Cleveland International Records, that has that song on it (along with the studio version of Cleveland Rocks, and Meatloaf's Paradise by the Dashboard). BTW, has WMMS yet to retire the buzzard? I'm pretty sure my parents have a photo or two of me (pre pub) running around in a WMMS Buzzard t-shirt.

Looks like someone photoshopped the head of my grandmom and added it to a swimsuit model. :|

Sounds as bad as...

F*ck them both. Here's hoping teams get lost in an avalanche.

Which state more recently lowered their drinking age from 21 to 18? New York or Louisiana Which state has drive through Daiquari Bars? New York or Louisiana Which city has the Drinking Museum? New York or New Orleans I could probally find more published accounts about alcohol in NOLA than you could about NYC. All I need to do page New Orleans Lady. :-)

There is nothing out there that can sound worse than Value City Arena! Why OSU couldn't just keep it as the Shottenstein Center I'll never understand.

Not one strip, street, or city. Not sure how the culture came to be down here. Though I do think religion has something to do with it.

You know, we need someplace to replace New Orleans for the drinking capital of the US (if not the world). Maybe Westerville should go to the other extreme. :-)

You mean Delaware State Park is not good enough anymore? (maybe they don't have any Eagles this year) ;-)

Now that you got me singing In the Navy... Thank goodness the Village People were based in NYC instead of Columbus.

Like they're going to open up shop in Philadelphia.

We all griped about it for two months then decided we have a major league team, support it!

Cincy isn't even the most cursed sport town in Ohio, much less the nation. So quit your whinning. :-D

It isn't. None of I-270 was built in the 1950s. The NW corner is only 35-40 years old.

It should be open to the public (There is still some vestage left in Ohio's "Sunshine Law," yes?) Just that there will be little to no chance for public input into the procedings at that particular meeting.