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jamies flea market in south amherst from wed 7/26/06. it's open every wed and sat.

 

weasal cages for sale

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ya sure cant miss the flag man

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avengers ohio

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targets for sale

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plenty of interesting chow on hand

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cute

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bingo bango that's the one for me!

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downtown amherst

 

the foreboding classic cedar pub  :drunk:

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groovy old movie theater

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we went to ziggys after the flea market for a cool one

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ben franklin hangs in there

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the god bless america alley - cute!

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that reminds me, it's almost county/state fair time

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get yr odd fellows on

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an urban gesture

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heading back up to lorain --- look it's tony baloney!!!  :laugh:

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lakeview park beach up in lorain

there was a volleyball tournament going on

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the boardwalk

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very pretty

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surfers in action today -- this weather caused all the flooding east of cleveland

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meanwhile -- holy drew carey! my bro's neighbor's garage

-- note the pool table & keg fridge  :-o

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and finally -- holy mother of all parma!

zoiks, the old silver glass ball has modernized and the pink flamingo has turned into a frog!

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Is playing pool in your garage big up there?

Exactly how do you say Amherst? You should hear me try Elyria.

 

Anyway, nice pics, don't know that I've ever seen Amherst.

^ what no comments about surfing lake erie? come on you guys -- who needs cali!?!  :clap:

 

 

ink -- AM-hurst or am-erst are acceptable, mostly the latter.

 

my old college roomate from pittsburgh used to call it: EL-lee-RYE-ah. i could not argue that  :laugh:

(for those who don't know the real pronounciation of elyria is: ee-LEAR-ree-ah or occasionally ah-LEAR-ree-ah).

 

 

ssscincy -- check out some drew carey show on re-runs. garage/backyard pool playing is always en vogue in ne ohio. the car can go sit on the lawn up on blocks where it belongs!  :laugh:  while playing pool you will actually hear beer-fueled mercifully brief semi-ambitious talk about "building another garage for car"  :-D :drunk:

 

 

That flea market looks down-home folksy! Some of those joints in Amherst look like the kind of place you'd take your motorcycle chain on a Saturday night and have a heck of a time.

 

These are live traps. They look like raccoon-sized. Mom's neighbor set one out because something was killing his chickens, and one morning he found an absolutely furious bobcat in it; it was harder to set loose than it was to catch. He and a friend put poles through the cage and loaded it into the back of a pickup and took it about forty miles away to a back road next to a woods, and used a rope attached to the latch to open it. That cat practically exploded out of the cage and disappeared into the woods in a flash.

 

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Maybe the stroller explains why this party girl isn't in Urbana any more:

 

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What, no pictures of the rose garden at Lakeview?  The Metroparks are spending a half mil renovating it and it looks really nice - I've seen a lot of retired folks strolling through it, probably reliving their memories of being young, in love, and at the park for a date.

I had never heard of this fraternal order, so if course, I had to google it.

 

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The Knights of the Maccabees organized in 1878 in London, Ontario. A primary tenet of the organization was providing aid and support to children and widows of deceased members.

 

In the 1960s the Maccabees reorganized as the Maccabees Mutual Insurance Company. The company still exists.

What, no pictures of the rose garden at Lakeview?  The Metroparks are spending a half mil renovating it and it looks really nice - I've seen a lot of retired folks strolling through it, probably reliving their memories of being young, in love, and at the park for a date.

 

you are right. i blew it. i glanced at it and it looked nice. we drove right by it and i parked on the west side of the park. so welcome to the forum & maybe you can post some shots?

 

I had never heard of this fraternal order, so if course, I had to google it.

 

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The Knights of the Maccabees organized in 1878 in London, Ontario. A primary tenet of the organization was providing aid and support to children and widows of deceased members.

 

In the 1960s the Maccabees reorganized as the Maccabees Mutual Insurance Company. The company still exists.

 

rob what can i say? you are amazing. cool find.

 

btw i would say jamie's flea market is the biggest & best in ohio. it has indoor and outdoor stalls in summer and it's huge. you'd love it.

 

 

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Jamie's Flea Market is cool, use to go every Saturday.

As for Lorain, it sucks. Lived there all my life and it is not worth taking pics of! Sorry for being negative, but there is just nothing in Lorain. can't wait to get out of here!!

mrnyc - that rose garden's tough to photograph - I need a hook and ladder truck to get a good overview.  Will try to post what I could get soon...

 

By the way, the Morning Journal reports that the new design for the Lakeview bathhouse has been selected.  Here's a rendering from loraincountymetroparks.com:

 

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looks a lot better than this:

 

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my hometown! sweeeet

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Finally found a couple of aerial shots of Lakeview Park's renovated rose gardens in Lorain - it looks like these were taken early in the summer as the garden is now over 50% complete.

 

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wow thats stunning vs what it was. it looks like it has permanant concrete instead of gravel paths. it will really be something by next summer.

 

i'm glad the county is in charge of the park now & not the broke-azz city, so it wont get all run down again.

 

do you know when they will start renovating the beachhouse?

 

great find.

 

from the Morning Urinal today:

 

Lakeview Park to have big year in '07 

KATE GIAMMARISE , Morning Journal Writer 

 

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The new bathhouse will be a replica of the original 1917 bathhouse, which was destroyed in the Lorain tornado of 1924. It will be built on the original building's foundation, which is still there. The main level will feature large glass windows for a view of Lake Erie.

 

''Our goal is very simple: The finest facility on Lake Erie,'' Martin said.

 

The tentative date for the opening of the renovated bathhouse is Labor Day weekend next year, though Martin cautioned that is not a firm date.

 

 

 

wow that's great news. the county is really pulling no punches here with lakeview park, i am impressed.

 

i have an old pic or photocopy of a pic of my grandmother lifeguarding there before the original bathhouse was built, i'll take a look for it.

 

Lorain's paper is the "Morning Urinal?"

^ yes. it used to be the afternoon urinal many years ago. actually we tease it's a decent local paper.

It's better than the Canton Suppository  :wink:

you given me plenty of reasons to not visit amherst.

 

however, ioof, yay.

^ hehe. oh i'd bet you'd be into the cedar pub and ziggys.

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It is the "Morning Journal". Urinal is pretty funny though, especially with all the s*** that goes on in Lorian.

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