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Mr Sparkle

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  1. all the good words were deleted :-(
  2. Oh please, most home robberies start by runing a car into your fence/hedge and driving away. IF so, he could have stayed at his house and waited a bit
  3. And you wonder why all our development looks bland.... the future Zip Dip will probably be a bland building, set back from the right of way on a nice lawn, and a bland old marquee sign http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070112/NEWS01/301120008/1056/COL02
  4. how not to address the Judge :? http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070112/NEWS01/701120352/1077/COL02
  5. Seemed a little gung-ho about his fence :shoot: Of course it will probably be overblown by all the talking heads, IMO he went a little too far just to protect his fence (now the boy's mommies are crying foul) http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070110/NEWS01/701100339
  6. Corral all the "loser" bowls into a 16 team playoff. Only gamblers care about the "other" bowls outside of the team's fans themselves
  7. My bad.Urban Meyer was born bred in Ashtabula.....I had msiread this bit in http://www.palmbeachpost.com/sports/content/sports/epaper/2007/01/07/a1b_meyer_0107.html "The family owned a sprawling farm in Sardinia, Ohio, west of the city, raising about 1,000 pigs a year. When Bud Meyer was relocated to Ashtabula for about six years, he wanted to leave his son behind to live with his aunt so he could attend the elite St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati. " wanted to leave his son behind to attend St. X implies they lived in Cincy at the time...bad writing this piece from the Cincy Enq. sets me straight http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070108/SPT01/701080320/-1/back01 "Somehow, Meyer, who was born and raised in Ashtabula, which is about an hour east of Cleveland, grew up a Bengals and Reds fan. A room in his home in northeast Ohio was full of Bengals and Red memorabilia." His father had the strong Cincy ties...
  8. Born in Cincy, raised in Ashtabula...his father returned to and still lives in Cincy
  9. San Francisco ? You're kidding right? :wtf: Nope, if he was referring to walkability and transit use etc.?? If referring to architecture etc., well duh weese ain't that old
  10. the Bengals-Shittsburg game Sunday, once the favorite to be moved to Sunday Prime Time in the Flex Scheduling...now ain't even in HD :-( http://www.gribblenation.net/nflmaps/17-CBS-E.gif
  11. here's the NFL arrests list. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/nfl/longterm/2006/nfl_chart_12162006.html I remember a few years ago, someone got busted for a HUGE amount of pot in their trunks...Was it Bam Morris?
  12. Mr Sparkle replied to a post in a topic in Urbanbar
    I would like some...I am a map geek
  13. If you had ever met me, you'd know that's a bit of an overreaction. :wink: Yeah I know dat...was going to qualify my post w/ saying something like -- didn't notice anything like that in yr psots (In fact I enjoy yours a lot) You are right, its a heated subject (land use) - but I don't buy into the fact that its a runaway train...Its not the best, I agree, I just don't buy the doomsday scenarios (mind you I am not validating our current practices)... Seemed like Kunstler was just SOOOO negative and 'holier than thou' , IMHO, and that would turn off those on the fence, limiting his audience to those who already will agree with him anyway.
  14. If I wanted to write something positive and optimistic about the current and possible future state of our society and our economy, I don't know how I'd go about it and keep my integrity. then you can't be objective about it -- you say there is NOTHING positive about today's society and future society (being able to predict everything that will happen with certainty).
  15. I find him extremely negative. I tried to read Geography of Nowhere, but had to put it down. I think about the time he was ripping of home improvement projects in general - my memory can be lax of what he was actually writing about. While I like to see/hear/read all viewpoints - being so pessimistic and negative can hamper one's objectivity
  16. I'm a map/air photo geek and didn't realize there was an abanonded rail ROW near the Butler Warren County line SW of Mason! (There is a very noticable hump on Dimmick Road just west of Butler Warren Road that I now know was the old grade x-ing)
  17. Betcha that the BCS didn't want Michigan in the champ. game...what if Michigan eeked out a 3 point win on the neutral site --- no consensus number 1 then -- both same record and same head to head.. they're just avoiding a big controversy down the line
  18. Mr Sparkle replied to a post in a topic in City Photos - Ohio
    zoom????
  19. Mr Sparkle replied to a post in a topic in General Photos
    Taco Bell in Clifton, about 200 times during my tenure at UC
  20. Mr Sparkle replied to a post in a topic in Ohio Politics
    RV, don;t you know the rules for internet discussions??????
  21. Mr Sparkle replied to a post in a topic in Ohio Politics
    Clicky: http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006/pages/results/states/OH/I/04/map.html
  22. Mr Sparkle replied to a post in a topic in Ohio Politics
    I guess the tin-foil-hats-steal-the-election-rigged-machine crowds can go home then
  23. Mr Sparkle replied to a post in a topic in Urbanbar
    We need "Clean Election" legisaltion --- see Arizona and Maine
  24. yr in luck... 700wlw led the 7:30 am newz with the “Most Dangerous Cities” just now