MoonlightOhio

Hey guys, I'm currently compiling a list of nicknames for Cincinnati for a project I'm working on. Besides the obvious (Queen City, Porkopolis, etc), what other nicknames does Cincinnati have? Also, if you know of any neighborhood specific nicknames, I'd love to hear those too. Thanks.

Agreed. The mayoral race is the one thing I'm not worried about at all.

Thanks for the tips regarding rust, guys. I got my bike back from the shop after a tune up and it rides great.

I picked up a Trek 8 series bike this weekend from Craigslist. It looks and feels pretty sturdy, tires are in great shape. I rode it around for a bit yesterday and it rides very well. My concern is there is some rust, mainly on the gears. I plan on having it tuned up, and I was wondering if rust clean up was generally included in a tune up. Anyone have experience with this?

That's just one more reason for me to never visit Cadillac Ranch. Eff them.

To bring this back on topic. Be sure to wrap it up before knockin boots!!! :lol:

Oh, nothing. You know, the usual. :)

diaspora: "if it really does reduce infection by 30% that will save a lot of lives...particularly in Africa and in our own black community."

Did anyone go out last night? Is anyone going out tonight or this weekend? I'll be at Grammer's tonight, catching the Heartless Bastards. After that, I'm not sure where I'll be. I need to look at a schedule again.

I'm not discounting any of that. I just think, "BREAKTHROUGH IN AIDS VACCINE - BLACK PEOPLE SAVED" is a really odd way to react.

I'm making the assumption that DanB's post is in reference to the question I asked. I'll bet he brings up some statistic that shows that AIDS is a "black problem". If that's the case, here's my response: AIDS is a global problem, affecting every man, woman and child that draws breath and bleeds. It doesn't discriminate based on skin color. It's for that reason alone, that I asked dispora what he meant when he specified "our black community" as a group that will benefit from these new findings. It's not "our black community," guys. It's EVERYONE. Let's do ourselves a favor and leave race out of the discussion when the discussion is about a HUMAN virus. Deal?

What's race got to do with anything?

Right. That's why I specifically mentioned that it's perfectly fine to "deny overtime" to employees, if this what gotribe meant by it. I clarified that it is NOT perfectly fine to deny hourly workers time and half pay if they work over 40 hours.

I heard about this on the radio yesterday. While not the huge breakthrough the world is waiting for, it is still a great achievement. Congrats to all involved.

I deny overtime to my employees. Overtime is seriously a killer to my bottom line, and I can not have people on it. Which is perfectly understandable. But having your employees work more than 40 hours a week and denying them overtime pay is not okay. It's illegal, and for good reason. Not true, exempt employees are just that, exempt from federal labor laws (Professionals, management and executive employees fall under this) the OP (gotribe) may have exempt employees Obviously, if gotribe's employees were exempt, he wouldn't be worried about overtime being "a serious killer to (his) bottom line." :)

but it's younger people--teens, 20's, etc. who are most suseptible to the swine flu! I read that and instinctively reached for the hand sanitizer on my desk. :lol:

You're going down, peabody. :(

Since this seems to be becoming a catch-all thread for 2009 movies, has anyone seen 9? I saw it last weekend and was very disappointed. Looked great, but had one of the weakest stories/plots ever.

Just out of curiousity, how many of you guys get the flu shot each year, and are you planning on getting the swine flu vaccine this year? Personally, I've never gotten a flu shot, and I don't plan on getting one this year. I don't really have specific reasons, other than the fact that it's not something I've ever done before, and I'm pretty sure I've never had the flu ever.

I've been eyeing Chicago as a possible place to move in the next year or so, and I have to say, the rents there aren't that much higher than the rents here. Plus, the public transit makes up for the need to own a car here in Cincinnati.

Is it me, or does this kid look like Gizmo? http://www.wlwt.com/news/20988612/detail.html

You tell me. You said yourself that "clubs/lounges, etc... are revolving doors, no matter where you go." I don't frequent those places, so I don't really keep up with them.

Thank God they're both in Ohio.

I'm not a casino connoisseur by any stretch, but it seems to me that an Indiana casino and an Ohio casino would offer the same things. You walk in, spend a couple hours losing money and throwing back watered down drinks until you realize you're gonna need gas money for the trip home. Am I missing something?

Are you saying that you looked up the crime stats and populations of every city in America and made this list? And you mentioned that Chicago rape reporting "doesn't comply with the uniform crime reporting". I'm asking what the difference between "uniform crime reporting" is and "Chicago reporting." I assumed you would know...