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Commented on Puma: GM and Segway take a swing at a small car
Price of a Kia! Utility of a Schwinn! Wonder Twin Powers -- ACTIVATE!...
Commented on Local Hero: Cranky man on mobility scooter vs. snow, good sense
I saw the same thing (woman riding electric wheelchair in the street) in Chicago the other day. The ramp cutouts in sidewalks get blocked by the street plows and/or flooded drains are filled with ice and snow so people in...
Commented on The demographic inversion of the American city
Other than the construction and destruction of high rise housing projects Chicago has changed very little in half a century. The South Side and West Side have always been much poorer than the area surrounding downtown Chicago. There are pockets...
Commented on Law prof and cop agree: never ever ever ever ever ever ever talk to the cops about a crime, even if you're innocent
I think there are all kinds of false assumptions in this post about the risk of cooperating with police, the benefits of effective policing, and the costs of denying the police information. I think the "never talk to the police"...
Commented on Fox TV news anchors enjoy plastic coffee
I would prefer if the Grimace sat behind a desk and read the wire service reports with little Fox paperweights on the desk....
Commented on Dial and wire overload: old English bomber control panels
Cool stuff. Check out this video with "B. Going" as part of the bomber controls. A little bit of video magic could tranform it into a very cool "B. Boing" control. http://www.tatjavanvark.nl/tvve/nbs9s.mpg...
Commented on ClarityLife Phone for the Elderly
My 77 y/o Mom has a Virgin Mobile prepay phone that costs $6.66 a month to operate ($20 every 3 mnths). I think Virgin has changed the rules to require you to spend $20 every 2 months but it's still...
Commented on The International Association of Turtles
The Turtle Club is mentioned in Tom Wolfe's novel 'The Right Stuff' about the Mercury astronauts....
Commented on Rolling Eye Clocks -- crazy German 1920s novelty timepieces
My family has one of these clocks. My grandfather bought one as a gift in the early 1940s while working in Bermuda as a aircraft mechanic for Pan Am. The model we have is a variation of the Genie, call...

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prom77 commented on The demographic inversion of the American city
@Anonymous #5 Maybe, but the point of the article is that only the rich can afford to live in the city. If "choosing life" requires me to be rich, there's no real choice, is there?...
Miracle Max commented on Law prof and cop agree: never ever ever ever ever ever ever talk to the cops about a crime, even if you're innocent
This is my first post on this site, so I have some catching up to do regarding stream of dialog. I like what Mintphresh's lawyer told him, "do whatever they tell you or they may shoot you, be polite, but say nothing. when the hubbub has subsided, ask: am i under arrest? if the answer is "no", then ask: may i go then? if you aren't under arrest then leave! if the answer is "yes", ask for a lawyer then SHT TH FCK P! you have the right to remain silent, use it!" Stories abound regarding bad cops, bad politicians...
flyingturtle commented on The International Association of Turtles
I was turtled by a fellow American Legion member and turtle club member in 1986. I have been turtling people ever since. We only charge $1.00 to get in. We then turn this money over to the forty and eight (an elite society of legion members), we use these funds to give scholarships to nurses. The fun I have bringing people into the club is great. I have a Turtle Pin, but have not been able to find any place to buy pins to give to newly procured members. Does anyone know where I can get Turtle pins? I am...
eddierocks2005 commented on Rolling Eye Clocks -- crazy German 1920s novelty timepieces
i have a wooden terrior like this one ears are down and it has green felt and a gold sicker on its base does n e 1 know anything bout this...
Cliff G. commented on Law prof and cop agree: never ever ever ever ever ever ever talk to the cops about a crime, even if you're innocent
Sorry about coming in so late in the game. Just a few added thoughts.... 1. In the second video when he's describing his job, notice how Officer Bruch actually neglects to mention guilt or innocence. Just that the goal is the conviction. 2. And why is it that no one ever suggests we adopt a Zero Tolerance Policy for cops? 3. Now that most police forces around North America have tasers as standard issue I think the last few years have shown us all how much we absolutely cannot trust individual cops. Traffic cop: "Hey Grandma, turn around. Nope? Okay"....

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