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If it doesn't work, maybe they can hold their breath until they pass out!
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Apparently at Council last night, the time limit for speakers has been reduced to 2 1/2 or 3 minutes. (I missed the meeting because I am now the proud owner of a dish and no longer get 61. Thanks for the recommendation folks. It was a treat to call Comcrap and tell them to shut me off.&n...
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My take on the DD topic: Finally, HUGE myth debunked on benefits
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Granma Posts: 81 Date: Thu Dec 28 10:56 AM, 2006 Views: 825
Quote | ReplyRE: Finally, HUGE myth debunked
Darth, You sound like a very self centered person. When all you are doing is complaining about your Mother getting a free ride. YOu will complain about anyone.You should b...
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Oh no! Elmo's upset!
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Milo seems to be taking credit for predicting "two years ago" that the Scranton Times has finally gone to on-line subscription service. Fool! This is nothing new. The media has been doing this for years. The NYTimes, LATimes, and many other papers and magazines have&nbs...
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It's 10:00 a.m. - put down the remote & the fifth of Beam and go to work you lazy bastards!
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Certainly not to give ANY credence to Pilchesky, but he really is a busy boy - what with all the "lawsuites" Granma has him facing and trips to the courthouse and well, the 24 hour posting ....
It just cracks me up to see posts from the same people at all hours of the day and night and t...
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You Vote Who do you think is the most Dangerous Poster at DD?
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Take this weeks poll and let us know who you think may be the most dangerous DD Poster ... I am curious to know how you feel! -- Edited by Voice of Reason at 15:19, 2007-01-03
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Want Un-Biased Reporting? Pick Up A Copy Of The 'Union News' LOL
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As quoted from poster 'MagnumPI' on DD (thread dated Tue Jan 2 8:11 PM, 2007)...
"I SUGGEST YOU PICK UP A COPY OF THE MOST TRUTHFUL NEWS REPORTING IN LACKAWANNA COUNTY. READ THIS ARTICLE IN ITS ENTIRETY AND ALL OF
THE UP TO THE MINUTE UNION NEWS. READ THE UNION NEWS AND I GARANTE...
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Smoking Ban - would it be so awful if Janet brought it before Council???
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They are ripping Sherry up one side and down the other over this. Would it have been so gawd-awful if that smoke fiend Janet made the motion for the smoking ban?? They probably would have turned the tables so there would be MORE revenue because of the clean air. Pfft...
I am a forme...
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In Response to Antisystemicmovements Crime Data 2006 Thread at DD
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OK Anti ... by this time I think everyone can tell that I don't care for your posts ... You quote the numbers for crime ... and clearly by your own posting that crime in the city of Scranton is down ... all the while you all at DD claim that the increase in crime is very serious ... well I will say that it i...
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Les....Sh$t Is Soft and Smelly, But Shinola Comes In A Can
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If you haven't already done so, please check out the letters to the editor of today's (01.01.2007) Scranton Times. LoD founding member Les Spindler rails against council for holes in the smoking ban. To quote Mr Spindler... "City Council has to amend this law because as it sta...
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Milo...There Goes A REAL MAN
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Note to Milo... Tell me something Milo...does it make you feel like a REAL MAN by making fun of how a woman looks via an anonymous posting on a message board? Please re-read that last sentence just so it sinks in. I speak of the First Night thread at DD....
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The Channel 61 hotbed
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as paraphrased from across the hall ::: I assure you, it's not just from the Doherty camp. Mellow has been pushing to silence council speakers for years. :::
The people certainly do NOT need to be silenced - just muzzled a little. It seems they don't realize that they are addressing ele...
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Blind Squirrel Finds a Nut--Film at 11.
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The old man's suit on the Complex apparently will continue, according to his post in this thread. What is funny, now, is how he will crow from every rooftop that he "won".
Old man, you did not win. While not having the brains to realize what you wrote, you simply admi...
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First Night
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Again, since I'm banned over there, the truth can't be delivered concerning a misconception they have.
First Night is NOT a Scranton invention. No one involved with it is attempting to pass it off as such. The idea was developed over 30 years ago in Boston. It's an alcoho...
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Happy new year! Here's to lawsuits and preteens with guns!
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Sue me, shoot me, goose step with me.
It's the Pilchesky way.
Here's hoping 2007 brings as little as 2006 did. (although technically he never had the chance to bring you nothing because he was found to have no standing...yada, yada, yada...)
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New Year's Times bashing record at DD.com
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Mark down this day as the new standard to beat.
In this morning's paper, the Times-Tribune announced a new GM to replace the retiring one.
It took 13 hours and 2 minutes (if you count from midnight - less if you count from when the paper hit the streets) to begin bashing the guy.
The new bash s...
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Check out Antisystemicmovements Preteen Felony thread at DD!
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I would love to provide the whole thread here but in the interest of saving space I will just give you the link to get you to the thread ... Scranton "Political" Times ... there is some crazy stuff going on there ... apparently a few Preteen children (and 11 and 12 year old) shot a paintball at a polic...
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Lets Play a Little Game
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Lets play a little game ... I have been reading over at DD and well I thought that I would read posts and try and figure out which ones are actually Joe Pilchesky ... you know his extra names ... here goes my pick. Well first of all I have to pick
The Administrator (of course)
Joe P...
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Milo's pathetic world
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http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=100253&p=1
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Reading comprehension is your friend, Newgirl
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You posted over on the old man's site: "Amil the a$$ says people don't want to walk thru a 'cloud of smoke' at the mall and other buildings...LOLOL. What the hell mall is he talking about? You have not been allowed to smoke in a mall for years. What a joke!"
Go back and read the article again. ...
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UNIONS - a necessary evil - FIFTY YEARS AGO !!
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paraphrased from across the hall - doesn't matter WHO said it --
::: WHY do you fail to mention that the police and fire unions gave MANY CONCESSIONS to the City when they first went into distress in 1992? It seems everyone FORGOT that, including the monopolistic paper in this City. I didn't forget. ....
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Seven sixteenths of one inch - upper case psychos
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Seven sixteenths of one inch:
That's the distance you'd have to move your pinky in order to not sound like an idiot. I know the burden of pressing shift to capitalize is a great one, but c'mon goonies, you can do better than that. I used to type web posts in caps like yours, but then I decided that I didn...
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Take a poll and share your opinion ... What is Scranton's greatest obstacle?
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I thought that Ags post would make a wonderful poll to find out wich of these is our greatest obstacle ... please take a minute and vote. Thank you! By the way Ag between you and Paul I couldn't come up with another thing to say you both did a great job covering this subject ... so anyway.
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Compare the 2006 dollar to the 1906 dollar
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paraphrased from one on one::: COUNTING MAYOR CONNORS AND ALL THE MAYORS BEFORE HIM ... ALL THE MAYORS COMBINED OVER THE YEARS DIDN'T DO THAT TO THIS CITY :::
All the mayors combined over the years couldn't even fathom this dollar amount, so the fact that so much money has been sp...
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What Are Scranton's Greatest Obstacles?
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I thought a different kind of thread would be interesting, so here's a question for the all those out there reading this: What are Scranton's greatest (real* ) obstacles?
Here's a stab at it from my end, in no particular order:
1. Lack of cross-governmental co...
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I may be the first person ever to get banned from DD.com for what I say here!
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Dear Joe,
Eat me.
I drove through Nay Aug tonight with my family. We enjoyed the Christmas display ,my little one lit up at every scene.
The only thing missing was the kind soul collecting donations at the end of the road.
You know, the guy who's memory you used to try to make a very weak p...
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In case Park Bench pops in.
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Park Bench posted in this thread:
"Second, you keep quoting the voting percentage for the recovery plan vote as 70% of the city voted for the recovery plan. Truth be known, it was 70% of THOSE WHO VOTED in that election, which if I'm not mistaken, was only about 30-40% of the whole population.&...
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An observation of DD.......
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....it seems there was quite a bit of posting on DD on Christmas day. Do any of those people have any kind of life? Logging on to DD to rant and rave about Scranton politics on Christmas?  
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Nice cologne, darlin' ... but do you have to wear so MUCH?
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as quoted from a poster across the hall
::: Me and the girls like hitting several different bars every other Saturday night. Looks like we'll be steering clear of Scranton. So, what are the names of the new hot spots we'll all be hitting after the ban goes into effect? I heard the Wildcat mentioned, bu...
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Merry Christmas
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In the event it gets too busy between now and the big day, let me wish you all a wonderful Christmas and a very Happy New Year.
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Don't Worry, Granma Will Explain It All For Us...
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Just when things get all confused, you can always count on Granma to straighten them out. I just read this little ditty posted by our friend, so I thought I'd share it with everyone. Anyone want to count the sentences that lack a subject? Hell, anyone want to take a stab at just what she is t... >>>>>>>>>
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