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^ barf

^ Were those officially sold here?

I didn't know about this!

The average person in this country needs to learn to not be so cheap and to buy a few high quality products that make them very happy and fulfilled instead of a jillion pieces of crap that create only shallow pleasure.

I've noticed that the Columbus TV news features more positive stories about minorities than Cincinnati's TV news, at least on an unscientific basis. I wonder if the ethnic makeup of the staff is different. Columbus also seems to have more black politicians than Cincinnati.

^Yeah, we can thank the TV and its endless parade of thugs for that one.

^ Yep, Old Milford is great. I have several friends that live in this part of town. They can walk or bike to tons of stuff.

Tygers of Pan Tang in Mansfield!

Perhaps that is a historical article from the 1950s.

It's true! People don't realize that they are paying more to park when stores are out in BFE because they use more gas getting there.

This is clearly the Levee's fate with the current structure. But it's not really Newport's fault. It's a nation-wide failure, because the concept was bad. I always think of the Continent when this concept comes up. If it didn't work back then, it probably won't work today.

I bet we could put together a pretty good "Stuff insert Ohio city People Like" around here.

^ Man, I tell you what, I bet you could have some good AFC North conversations in one of those Wheeling coffee shops.

The Megachurch next door sure does have a lot of parking spaces. It makes the area seem much more desolate.

Milford Proving Grounds drool...

Radtacular!

What was that glass building across the street? When did it get torn down?

Man, the EIFS salesmen are making big money in Florida right now.

Actually, I have read articles about Starbucks where they intentionally over-saturated markets, placing stores less than 1/2 mile from existing stores for the sole reason off killing of competition...figuring if the over-saturate the market, they will survive longer than competitors. Bingo. I can spit on four stores from my office, Three on Columbus Circle (One on 60 st, 58 and 8; 57 & 8 ) and one on Ninth ave. Then another on on 63 St/bway. When I worked at rock center, there were at least 10 stores in two blocks of my office three being inside rock center itself. In some area's of NYC there are stores right across the street from one another. Hmm, I wonder if they sign short-term operating leases exclusively.

You have any evidence/links to back your assertions? Experience. Specific information about the Tahoe came from Car and Driver magazine.

^ I got that all the time in Corryville.

I like The Pub here in Cincinnati at Rookwood. However, something in me gets disturbed when I see a bar open in an area where 99% of patrons will leave by automobile. I must be getting old.

I haven't mentioned this before, but hybrids really are a joke. Their only real advantage is in their slightly lower emissions. All that extra hardware adds so much weight that it's really difficult for the electric motor to offset the added mass. If they built the Prius without the electrics, it would probably get better mileage. Hybrids benefit much more from the design aspects of the rest of the car - small size, smaller wheels and tires, lightweight structural materials, improved aerodynamics and a lower-output gasoline engine that is tuned specifically for high efficiency. Automakers seem to be uninterested in using these principles in the rest of the line. A good example is the Chevy Tahoe hybrid. When Chevy decided to build it, they used lightweight materials that lowered the weight of the truck by 400 pounds, before adding back +-800 pounds for the electronics . Instead of the 20-inch wheels of the regular model, they equipped it with much more reasonable 17s. They also lowered the gasoline engine's output significantly. The job was already finished before they added the hybrid stuff. The problem is that everyone has been fooled into thinking that they need their vehicle to do a 15-second quarter mile, hold everything that they own, be as tall as every other vehicle on the road including vans and lifted pickups (for "visibility"; what a lie -- people can completely adjust to a lower vehicle in 10 miles or less. It's called looking up.) and have wheels that belong in a rap video. I'm not just talking about SUVs, either. Park an ultra-efficient '80s small car next to one of today's small offerings. The 2008 model will look like a bus. '80s small cars were slow for the most part, true. They did 20-22 second quarter miles. Many of today's cars (and even SUVs) do astounding 14-15 second quarter miles, which would clobber most of the legendary muscle cars of the '60s-'70s. The average non-enthusiast does not need that much power! 17-18 second quarter miles cars are still very fast on the street and can easily keep up with traffic up to 110mph. But, consumers have been fooled and think that's too slow! So, in order to bring back that big-block Chevelle SS 15-second quarter mile, they have to add all the weight and complexity of the hybrid system. There is a discussion somewhere else on UO about how a hybrid's carbon footprint, if you want to go by that standard, is much larger than a conventional car's due to the manufacturing process.

It would be nice if we responsible quad riders didn't have to deal with BS from trespassing riders, hillbillies that don't wear safety gear while riding double and illegal asphalt riding. Alas, nobody does anything to them! They rarely get tickets for these crimes or wind up in jail for child abuse. If the Executive Branch spent as much time on catching illegal ATV use as they did on speeders, they could probably prevent more injury and make the same amount of revenue or more. That is, for a while; outlaw riders would probably wise up pretty quickly. Ohio overregulates legal ATV use on public land, requiring a state registration plus a daily permit. Not bad at first, but secondhand ATV sales were done on a handshake for so long (and still are in many cases) that its difficult if not impossible to register a used quad purchased before 2002. Not only that, but out-of-state riders are required to go to an Ohio BMV office and buy a full Ohio state registration even if their paperwork is completely in order in their home state. Few other states do this. If we can't get some riders to even put on a pair of shoes before they get on a quad, how can we expect them to go through all these steps to ride legally? Legal riding areas are much more fun, properly maintained and are designed for minimal environmental impact and almost all riders prefer them. On the other hand, the problem in West Virginia is underregulation. It's not illegal to ride ATVs on asphalt roads with no centerline. Idiots can ride triple past a State Policeman on a road signed for 55mph and the State Policeman can't do anything! I really wish you had to take a "stupid test" to ride a quad, dirt bike or go-kart.

MOAR!