GCrites

Yeah, but I'd bet you a $.05 head of lettuce that we smell better today. If that's any consolation. I think the peak of the good-smelling American was in the '80s or '90s. There are lots of smelly obese people around today, and the de-emphasis on appearance that attacked in the '90s extended to odor for some people. But until the the '50s early '60s most people, especially men, bathed sparingly. Then dirty hippies increased the stink level until the mid '70s.

^Indeed. A primary residence is NOT an investment unless serious sweat equity and rehabbing is involved, no matter what anyone tells you. It's practically impossible in most situations for home appreciation to outpace the combination of loan interest, inflation, upkeep, insurance, property taxes and additional time out of your day that it takes to be a homeowner.

Those fools. People that hang out at the gun range are not the ones who are out commuting murders.

Most of the top cities are "new" cities that are mostly sprawl, so they have a lot of DUIs per drinker thereby skewing the results to disfavor sprawl cities.

For some reason I missed this thread. I didn't know there was talk about the Gregg-Crites octagon house on here. As you can tell from my username (G is my first initial), my family owned it for many years. No, I wasn't sitting on my butt letting it deteriorate. It was rented until its last couple of years at the original location. My half-first cousin (who was 60 years older than me) had Alzheimer's and couldn't really rent it out in her last few years. She sold it to Wal-Mart before her death. The Roundtown Conservatory has been raising money to finish the inside and my folks check up on the house every few days to make sure no copper bandits have pillaged it.

LOL

Plus, you don't get laid for having a car anymore. Scrabble, can you elaborate a little? I'm not exactly sure what you mean by allegory of the cave.

I suppose these scenarios could be measured by anonymous surveys, but would people tell the truth?

^ I told somebody that once and he sent out a text message to all of our mutual acquaintances about it.

I am not the savviest one out there when it comes to sports. I was under the impression that NBA arenas held like 30,000 people.

Awesome. This line parallels OH 73 in Adams and Scioto Counties and certainly would provide a much smoother ride than the roadway while being arguably less fun for driving enthusiasts -- but passenger rail through that section would be much more fun for the average Joe or Jane. 73: Rad in a Porsche while alert but hell in a pickup with a hangover.

I think The Clock's clock disappeared in the '90s. Portsmouth had it's own version of The Clock, but I don't think there was ever a large clock outside; it just had a lot of clocks in it.

What about people who own businesses that pay themselves very little or even nothing? These folks are employed, but are allowing their businesses to survive by cutting their own pay. I'm kind of in this category, but it's simply because my business hasn't opened yet (shameless plug: Super Game Team, Columbus' Source for Used Video Games and Movies opens in a few weeks at 1724 Northwest Blvd. Cols, O.) I imagine there are quite a few individuals out there in the "employed but penniless" category, including salespersons on straight commission. Of course, most private businesses don't like to give their financials out to the public, so I suppose it's impossible to measure.

I don't necessarily agree. Either Columbus, Cincinnati or Pittsburgh could use an NBA team. Unlike in baseball and football, this part of the country is underserved by the NBA. Trouble is, these cities' arenas are a bit small by NBA standards, though I'm not totally familiar with Pittsburgh's facilities.

A streetcar button would look great next to the Judas Priest, Armored Saint and W.A.S.P. buttons on my jean jacket. Too bad I'm in Columbus now and nobody would know what's going on except dmerkow and David.

They let "normals" use that? I remember seeing it as a kid but thought it was only for "important people". Er, not saying you guys aren't important...

I was watching the local news tonight and came to a realization: having to drive everywhere is such a hassle that much of the local news is dedicated to things that have a negative effect on driving, especially when the weather gets dicey. The entire first half of the 10pm news was dedicated to driving. It's snowing, so they have to spend 10-15 minutes on road conditions. At the same time, there's a crawl at the bottom listing school/business/activity closings because most of them are auto-dependent. Then they had a segment on the Toyota gas pedal recall. After that was video of some car salesmen sneaking away in a Lamborghini and driving 150 on the interstate. I love working on cars (well, sometimes), racing them, watching racing and BSing about them, but I hate all this damn idle driving that most people (including myself) spend hours and hours doing per week.

Maybe natininja is an LOLcat

I'm proud to say I have not seen even one of them. I still remember all the hoopla when the original premiered and was so repelled by the hype that it actually had the effect of turning me off to any desire to see it. Also, this sadly was the introduction to the era of the special effects blockbusters, which tragically only got worse and remains all too prevalent today, and effectively destroyed the brief golden age of auteur-driven American cinema on the 1970's that was actually Hollywood-based. If you ask me, the '70s and early '80s were the golden age of cinema. I don't enjoy too many movies that aren't from that era.

I still can't believe that there's a city named Normal.

What ever you do, don't let people know you haven't seen Star Wars if you haven't. Trust me.

No punk rock car completely covered in band stickers for Scrabble.

I agree. It's true for bands as well, though many don't know that. While MySpace does play the role of a modern mp3.com (which was mind numbingly awesome until late 2003 when the major labels bought it and shut it down) by putting bands all in one place and allowing them to network with fans and each other, it's standardized layout makes it harder to differentiate your band from the thousands of other bands on there. Also, a real website legitimizes a band (or business), taking it out of the realm of a "MySpace Band". Plus, the non-musical side of MySpace has been a wasteland for over a year. I think people got sick of having the cheesy side of hip-hop culture crammed down their throat with every click.

Plus, you can get your picture taken next to the G Unit street sign. For those who don't know DC's steet grid, no, they didn't name a street after G-Unit. It's actually is the proper name for G Street in the center of town.

I live right by there and welcome the range. They also just put in a Lion's Den a few doors down which I also don't mind, though I usually go to the adult bookstore further south on Alum Creek.