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westslope
Location: BC sage brush steppe
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Aug 25, 2008 - 4:58pm |
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ScottFromWyoming wrote:A nice article online and a broadcast piece on my hometown, this morning on the CBS Morning Show. Yes, I'm a shareholder in the Merc! Thanks for sharing Scott. That's a very uplifting, inspiring story. Incidentally, there is a growing literature in economics on 'happiness' that credits Social Capital as key to 'happiness'. Clearly, Powell is rich in Social Capital. I'd like to say similar things about where I live in Greater Vancouver. The view is great; people are polite, but distant; drive-by shootings and murders are increasingly common place. The Social Capital is being weakened by a fast pace of growth and forced pace of 'diversification' in a modern politically correct version of 'first-come, first-serve'. -westslope
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Inamorato
Location: Twin Cities Gender:
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Aug 18, 2008 - 11:56am |
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Painted_Turtle wrote:
well...actually large Twineballs seem to be rather popular
I just read a Wiki about another, this one reportedly built by millionaire J. C. Payne of Valleyview Texas. He sold it to Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum
Just what we need...another "mine's bigger" argument!
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Painted_Turtle
Location: Land of Laughing Waters Gender:
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Aug 18, 2008 - 11:07am |
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Inamorato wrote: well...actually large Twineballs seem to be rather popular
I just read a Wiki about another, this one reportedly built by millionaire J. C. Payne of Valleyview Texas. He sold it to Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum
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Inamorato
Location: Twin Cities Gender:
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phineas
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Aug 18, 2008 - 10:49am |
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Inamorato wrote: Some people just don't understand what a triumph of the human spirit the World's Largest Twineball is, I guess.
Is that what they're calling OCD these days?
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Inamorato
Location: Twin Cities Gender:
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Aug 18, 2008 - 10:47am |
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Painted_Turtle wrote:...why do I get the feeling that I should never, ever have brought up the subject of the Twineball its' always been considered so controversial
Some people just don't understand what a triumph of the human spirit the World's Largest Twineball is, I guess.
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Painted_Turtle
Location: Land of Laughing Waters Gender:
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Aug 18, 2008 - 10:45am |
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phineas wrote: Ha! I was going to say "Two —- they were twins. It's a ball of twins...."
But then I realized that if I posted that I'd have to leave the forum.
..or be forced to play a playoff game of whack-a-mole
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Painted_Turtle
Location: Land of Laughing Waters Gender:
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Aug 18, 2008 - 10:42am |
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Inamorato wrote:I'll bet they don't teach Intelligent Design in Darwin, MN and that they'd like to have Twinemen play at the school dance. ...why do I get the feeling that I should never, ever have brought up the subject of the Twineball its' always been considered so controversial
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Inamorato
Location: Twin Cities Gender:
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Aug 18, 2008 - 10:28am |
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Seeking ugly women for Outback's lonely hearts By KRISTEN GELINEAU Associated Press Writer The situation may not be quite as dire as Molony noted. According to the 2006 census, males made up 52.6 percent of the town's population of nearly 20,000.
And several local women said there aren't a lot of gems to be found among Mount Isa's men, either.
"We've got a saying up here that the odds are good, but the goods are odd," 27-year-old Anna Warrick told The Brisbane Times.
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Aug 18, 2008 - 10:19am |
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winter wrote:Not even close. You just know he's sitting in his office, scratching his head and furrowing his brow in a futile effort to understand. "What? I'm trying to help, you ungrateful cows!" "I'm not trying to be mean! I'm just being honest!"
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winter
Location: in exile, as always Gender:
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Aug 18, 2008 - 10:17am |
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JustineFromWyoming wrote: Sometimes, it's just reassuring to hear that I'm not the dumbest person walking the soil...
Not even close. You just know he's sitting in his office, scratching his head and furrowing his brow in a futile effort to understand. "What? I'm trying to help, you ungrateful cows!"
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JustineFromWyomi...
Location: Teetering on the edge of Avenue D Gender:
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Aug 18, 2008 - 10:15am |
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winter wrote:I believe the word we are all looking for here is "FAIL".
What an idiot. Sometimes, it's just reassuring to hear that I'm not the dumbest person walking the soil...
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winter
Location: in exile, as always Gender:
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Aug 18, 2008 - 10:13am |
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JustineFromWyoming wrote:CANBERRA (Reuters) - A plea for lovelorn female "ugly ducklings" to move to a remote Australian mining town to reverse a shortage of eligible women has landed the local mayor in hot water. Mt Isa Mayor John Molony was refusing to apologize on Monday for angering local women with a suggestion that "with five blokes to every girl, may I suggest that beauty-disadvantaged women should proceed to Mount Isa," in north-west Queensland state. "Quite often you will see walking down the street a lass who is not so attractive with a wide smile on her face. Whether it is recollection of something previous or anticipation for the next evening, there is a degree of happiness," Molony told the Townsville Bulletin newspaper last week. "Some, in other places in Australia, need to proceed to Mount Isa where happiness awaits. Really, beauty is only skin deep. Isn't there a fairy tale about an ugly duckling that evolves into a beautiful swan," Molony said. The mayor said he was "telling it like it is" in a testosterone-laden town more famous for cowboys and mining lead, silver, copper and zinc than for match-making, sitting atop one of the world's biggest underground mines. "I'm a bloke who respects women. I believe we should look after women. I'm told men outnumber women here by five to one. If that's the case, then perhaps it's an opportunity for some lonely women," Molony said. Fellow council members and the local chamber of commerce said they had been swamped with phone calls from both women and men complaining about the mayor's remarks. "It paints the women here as second rate and suggests the men will settle for anything. I think it's quite disgusting," Mt Isa domestic violence worker Shirley Slann told the Courier Mail newspaper on Monday. I believe the word we are all looking for here is "FAIL". What an idiot.
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JustineFromWyomi...
Location: Teetering on the edge of Avenue D Gender:
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Aug 18, 2008 - 10:11am |
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CANBERRA (Reuters) - A plea for lovelorn female "ugly ducklings" to move to a remote Australian mining town to reverse a shortage of eligible women has landed the local mayor in hot water. Mt Isa Mayor John Molony was refusing to apologize on Monday for angering local women with a suggestion that "with five blokes to every girl, may I suggest that beauty-disadvantaged women should proceed to Mount Isa," in north-west Queensland state. "Quite often you will see walking down the street a lass who is not so attractive with a wide smile on her face. Whether it is recollection of something previous or anticipation for the next evening, there is a degree of happiness," Molony told the Townsville Bulletin newspaper last week. "Some, in other places in Australia, need to proceed to Mount Isa where happiness awaits. Really, beauty is only skin deep. Isn't there a fairy tale about an ugly duckling that evolves into a beautiful swan," Molony said. The mayor said he was "telling it like it is" in a testosterone-laden town more famous for cowboys and mining lead, silver, copper and zinc than for match-making, sitting atop one of the world's biggest underground mines. "I'm a bloke who respects women. I believe we should look after women. I'm told men outnumber women here by five to one. If that's the case, then perhaps it's an opportunity for some lonely women," Molony said. Fellow council members and the local chamber of commerce said they had been swamped with phone calls from both women and men complaining about the mayor's remarks. "It paints the women here as second rate and suggests the men will settle for anything. I think it's quite disgusting," Mt Isa domestic violence worker Shirley Slann told the Courier Mail newspaper on Monday.
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Inamorato
Location: Twin Cities Gender:
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Aug 18, 2008 - 10:11am |
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Painted_Turtle wrote:Here's a picture of the World's Largest Ball of Twine I saw on Sunday when we drove thru Darwin Minnesota (pop 264). Its sitting right by the street, across from a small city park. The twine was collected by the late Francis A. Johnson, a state senator's son during the course of his adult life.
I'll bet they don't teach Intelligent Design in Darwin, MN and that they'd like to have Twinemen play at the school dance.
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winter
Location: in exile, as always Gender:
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Aug 18, 2008 - 10:08am |
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phineas wrote: Ha! I was going to say "Two —- they were twins. It's a ball of twins...."
But then I realized that if I posted that I'd have to leave the forum.
Nice save.
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phineas
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Aug 18, 2008 - 10:07am |
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winter wrote:Two ex-girlfriends and a really irritating milkman, I bet. Ha! I was going to say "Two —- they were twins. It's a ball of twins...." But then I realized that if I posted that I'd have to leave the forum.
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winter
Location: in exile, as always Gender:
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Aug 18, 2008 - 10:05am |
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zipper wrote: A politician's son with nothing better to do? Now I'm wondering how many bodies are hidden in there.
Two ex-girlfriends and a really irritating milkman, I bet.
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sharkartist
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Aug 18, 2008 - 10:05am |
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zipper
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Aug 18, 2008 - 10:00am |
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Painted_Turtle wrote:Here's a picture of the World's Largest Ball of Twine I saw on Sunday when we drove thru Darwin Minnesota (pop 264). Its sitting right by the street, across from a small city park. The twine was collected by the late Francis A. Johnson, a state senator's son during the course of his adult life.
A politician's son with nothing better to do? Now I'm wondering how many bodies are hidden in there.
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