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Comments about sands

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Chillygirl: I don't live on Kauai, but I think I understand both points of view. As both a hunter and a conservationist, I have a suggestion for both sides to consider. Since the chickens are suffering......

in response to: Wild Chickens by Tyfoid Kid

Mako Sands: I love going places I'm not suppoed to, so I was sad to find they'd put this on a fence around my school. I was just following a Pukeko. It washed off my hands with......

in response to: Anti-Climb Paint by kobe

Joan: A good friend forward this to me, and I enjoyed the trip back to the old neighborhood.Schusters was the great bakery on Schenectady Ave north of Lincoln Place.The were several excellent produce markets. We shopped......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

LUCKY: hairsy ......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

k&a mort: I just tripped over this site and took the time to read all postings and I was particularly jolted by the most recent. Almost all the 17 year old girls have dropped out of school......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

a dublin republican: Good bless Bobby Sands and the nine other martyrs and all solders of the IRA ...

in response to: Bobby Sands: An Cumann Cabhrach biography of 1981 by Marcella32

~Me : I wish the best to everyone who was raised in the projects in chicago, the horners, the greens, robert taylor homes etc.... Its sad to see them tear down historical land marks and homes to......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Who Cares for Kensington: Sandy describes a perfect example of failure of the most basic services. At what point does a city department administrator decide that he/she will not offer resources to respond to a problem in a given......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

JOSEPH BRIDGE: we are the voices of the past. i do agree that the thousands of current residents of kensington should be heard on here. they can share their concerns. i'm sure some people in kensington have......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Me: Re to Tex and Peter I would post pics here,but I do not know how.Maybe I can get my 17 year old to do it for me,but she is usually too busy,like many other folks here......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Peter: wow, the comments in korean are fascinating... i mean, im as prone to think that america is the global authority on conspiracy, but i think its a bit of a reach to say that america......

in response to: Anti-US Beef/2MB Protests by chiamattt

정이 김: American want to send beef infected with mad cow — so dangerous that the Americans refusing to eat it — to my country! Myung-bak Lee sign a deal with America to lift a ban of......

in response to: Anti-US Beef/2MB Protests by chiamattt

Kyle: Only in AMERICA,==In 2008, Do We know have so many prude's verbally speaking out, attempting to perpetuate the FAULTS idea the Penis is Bad or shamefully , or nakedness is shamfull....that is simply for......

in response to: Public Urinals: Amsterdam by Peter

Jamie: hmmm... arabic doesn't translate very well into english does it. i'm fairly sure that including the word {sixy} in any post here is a sure-fire way of collecting thousands of (albeit misguided) pageviews...

in response to: Feeling Sixy? by Peter

CE: I could have sworn I had a photo of this too but after going through my thousands upon thousands of pictures of Montreal, I couldn't find it. it is possible that I missed it......

in response to: Montreal\'s Largest Mural? by Montrealbunny

James cashan: Re: jon burgess, I agree, on the one hand people say every body knows your business on the other its good to have a sense of community and roots which a lot of people......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

treee: dave burgess the world president of the hells angels who had tens of thousands child porn pictures take alot of pictures of his neighbors garden _lots and lots of pictures of his neighbors garden.. dig......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

EvilGentleman: Actually Peter, logic would tell you that a loss would have been catastrophic, I agree. But that is not the case in Montreal. Had the Canadiens ##lost##, the crowds would have been grumpy and sullen,......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

Anne Fahy: Hi Keith (Smith) What number did you live in Atherton Lane? My husband Brian Fahy lived at #43 for most of his early life. They moved to 19 Victory Road, when he was already working at......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Anne Fahy: Hi Keith (Smith) What number did you live in Atherton Lane? My husband Brian Fahy lived at #43 for most of his early life. They moved to 19 Victory Road, when he was already working at......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Peter: tom: i think its ludicrous to simply look at the "thousands of lives lost that day" without trying to dig deeper into the why and how of it. i think it disrespects both those who......

in response to: Ground Zero: lower Manhattan as it looks today by Peter

Tom: hi, i'm from the u.k, so u probably won't care what i think, but sod it. I dnt kno the politics of your country v.well, but wether it's a cover up or not, the terrible......

in response to: Ground Zero: lower Manhattan as it looks today by Peter

David Stonehouse: All of us at Evergreen were thrilled with Toronto's embrace of Earth Hour and indeed all staff went to enormous lengths to do our part. Unfortunately, when it comes to Brick Works site we are......

in response to: Not So Green... by Michelle

Rudy: FROM THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE - March 18, 2008: As of April 14, 2008, large trucks with more than two axles will no longer be allowed to travel through the Washburn Tunnel. Lately, large trucks often scrape......

in response to: Washburn Tunnel by ian

saffo: When I was studying in Beijing there were several sandstorms during spring time. Students from my university voluntered to plant trees north of Beijing. I planted four. [[img:26299]] ...

in response to: Yellow Sand by chiamattt

pearlykingjim: Wotch ya Tammy Long time no see as you can tell by the post on this forum someone got the hump with pearly kings and queens your not alone in your comments i have in the past been acused......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

Evinrude: Re: an observer. Yeah I must be the one that is bored. You know it takes some intelligence to create a posting that brings up facts. You however did not do this. So you must......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Roger: Even the movie dosent grasp the sheer horror of what they went threw even BEFORE the hunger strike. If you read bobby sands book, it will bring you to tears. As example, there were three......

in response to: Bobby Sands: An Cumann Cabhrach biography of 1981 by Marcella32

MB: I agree with the previous commenter. We put new windows in an entire building through Park Slope Glass and just had a few problems - but you get nothing but a run around from......

in response to: Park Slope Glass & Windows by sine

carrie cunningham birr: bobby sands was an inspiration!!an icon,who was loved dearly loved and will always be remembered..he was the bravest man.bobby and his 10 comrades were heroes!a great saying by the dear bobby sands ''tiocadh ar la..''......

in response to: Bobby Sands: An Cumann Cabhrach biography of 1981 by Marcella32

Malcolm Read: We see thousands of chickens and you would think that eggs would be in abundance under bushes, behind trees, near buildings, on the grass, etc., etc., around the island. But, there are no eggs to......

in response to: Wild Chickens by Tyfoid Kid

Frank S: Holy cow, I can't believe it. A friend e-mailed me about the story. I did a google search and sh*t I'm back in Brooklyn. 169 Harmon -3rd floor. I hope word......

in response to: Bushwick 77: The Casusos of Harman St. by upfromflames

Logan: I am a 38 year old man born and raised in bushwick. I have seen bushwick go through many changes. I can remember when the wiseguys used to spend their days in the coffee shops......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

chiamattt: Thanks adam. Testeez, I am a Torontonian that has been living and working Seoul, South Korea for the past five years. Every year or so I head to Osaka to get my Korean employment visa......

in response to: Osaka Part One by chiamattt

BBC Reports Kite deaths in Lahore: BBC News Kite deaths mar Pakistan 2005 festival It is not the first time Lahore has seen kite-related deaths Up to nine people have been killed and dozens injured during an annual kite-flying festival called Basant in the......

in response to: Kite String All over Milliken Park by Michelle

Indeed Bill Harding they cut kite lines, but with what type of line??: Pakistan province lifts 2005 kite ban Kite flying is a popular sport in Pakistan The government of Pakistan's Punjab province is to allow kite-flying during the Basant spring festival in February 2007. But officials said the kite-makers......

in response to: Kite String All over Milliken Park by Michelle

jack: peter you bring tears to my eyes, the old brooklyn-manhattan transit, the sea beach express, the f train and others, i rode them almost everyday, i would walk to school and pass under the el......

in response to: Coney Island, Stillwell Avenue Station by Peter

Mischa: Prior to WWII, the swastika was used in Buddism and various other religions for thousands of years. It meant something like good health and prosperity. Not that I would go and paint one on my......

in response to: Quite Possibly the Worst Layout for a Hospital, Ever by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Bushwick Girl: My Bushwick...I love this neighborhood. I've been in the bush since 1988 I migrated here when I was 8 yrs old. Back then I was too young to understand what was really happening in this......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

CartLegger: Thanks so much for writing. I did not know I was joining in a local tradition. Too bad I did not find any gold! But there is still so much else there to be found,......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

CartLegger: here's some more historical background, compliment's of PBS POV program--the Spambot won't let me attach a link, so read below: Barren Island, which appears on few modern maps, holds a special place in the city's garbage......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

CartLegger: But the point is, before the driver of the bicyclist has made their fateful and unfortunate decision, thousands of other decisions have already been made for both parties: by auto makers, city planners, politicians, road......

in response to: The Cars That Ate NYC by CartLegger

Alexander The Thessalonikian: An ethnic group is characterized by the common language, customs, religion, inscriptions, area of origin and ways of education and living. By that means all the area of todays Greece was inhabited by Greeks since......

in response to: Θεσσαλονίκη by zagg

Nando: Hey guys I have to say this is definitely one of my favorites entries ever. I am a native of Corona (on which the park lies) and I can honestly say that my life......

in response to: Road Trip, Part II by procyon

kobie: well tenements in scotland vary in quality, think it depends on the building materials used. from what i know the grey sandstone ones tend to suffer from more problems than the red or blond......

in response to: Glasgow Schemes4 by kobie

Sean C Snyder: I was just in the city this weekend and saw him infront of the park. Had to stop and get photo, Smart guy, thousands of people pass him a day. [[img:19492]] ...

in response to: Ninjas Killed My Family - Need Money for Kung-Fu Lessons by Jayson

des de niro: bobby sands was a great man.. and i have so much respect. ...

in response to: Bobby Sands: An Cumann Cabhrach biography of 1981 by Marcella32

SCAM28: @jack: Oh definetly...Germany was basically the border between the East and West during the Cold War and there were just hundreds, probably thousands of spies and secret ops... But lets think happy thoughts ^^...

in response to: Sunset over Kreuzberg by SCAM28

BDweller: "The Bushwick Initiative...Who is this for?" Boy, you are some busybody, upfromflames. Digging, poking, photographing and posting; then posing provocative questions. I'll take your bait. The city's official response to the steady influx of Latinos and blacks......

in response to: The Bushwick Initiative: Holistic Redevelopment or Urban Renewal Retrofit? by upfromflames

Budajiho: I grew up in East New York of the '50s. My pediatrician's office was on President Street, which was known as "Doctors' Row." The brownstones were beautiful, with magnificiant gardens and exquisite stonework......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

mark: I enjoyed the photos. These type of stone houses are common in Kentucky, made from sandstone. mk...

in response to: Stone house on Cardinal Hill by Goingincirclez

Derek Jackson: Wow! Reading all this misspelled babble about being proud of being hispanic, about fighting the whites trying to take what's yours, and about complaining about gang violence is making me half-laugh, half-get pissed off. Homboldt Park......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Bedstuy Brooklyn: First of all I personally feel that it was the neglect from Chicago's Housing Authority that Cabrini-Green became what has become today...if the city of Chicago would have done their jobs and kept up their......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

Guy McLaren: Pet? are you serious? We keep dogs cats chickens ducks and even geese as pets but moths? Shit we get those by the thousands committing suicide on the lights. I am not a fan of......

in response to: Moth in My Garden by Guy McLaren

Ed Baker: Good work/but I would like to see the old post office bldg, the sandstone one that looked like a castle with it's butiful turrets etc....

in response to: Downtown Post Office by dfwtiger

darrell: men like bobby sands will help ireland become a 32 county republice he died so that i coud live free when ireland finds her freedom men like booby sands, wolf tonne, padraice pearse and robert......

in response to: Bobby Sands: An Cumann Cabhrach biography of 1981 by Marcella32

don\\\'t worry about it!: I went to plum beach a couple of times,sadly it's dirty and if u walk all te way down (away from the bay) it gets a little less filthy. There are thousands of them! They......

in response to: Plum Beach by kc

jack: there was this girl in this sweater once walking down greenwich street by liberty street she had curves like an hour glass and the sands of time were pouring down....

in response to: Transparency and Reflection by elaine

Joseph Sassone: I was 15 years old when Bobby Sands died and remember it rather well. The other 9 men who gave their lives for the cause are sadly overshadowed somewhat by Bobby but someone had to......

in response to: Bobby Sands: An Cumann Cabhrach biography of 1981 by Marcella32

Stoner: As an architect, I find this man and his endeavor gripping. Whereas I may think that the simple structure of such a building is quite simple, mainly because it's a uniform design used in......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

kman: EvilGentleman, I can certainly agree with you there. However that opinion is also very subjective. As you would find spending $95 on something that will be turned into shit, I find paying more than......

in response to: $95 For a Bowl of Soup? by EvilGentleman

OGLACH: MP Bobby Sands grave has been spat on! He never Died So we could Give up our right to irish independence ! Certain political groups gave it up! look it up! He never died so......

in response to: Bobby Sands: An Cumann Cabhrach biography of 1981 by Marcella32

twinbrook: god bless bobby sands and joe mcdonnell belfast heros...

in response to: Bobby Sands: An Cumann Cabhrach biography of 1981 by Marcella32

EvilGentleman: Thank you very much. I must admit, I always liked the way this one came out, especially the way the light shining through the ice changes the colours. I had a lot of time on......

in response to: Ice Cubes and Seaweed by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Canadian-Canadian, why do you say: ##"Half of NDG is immigrants on welfare already."## That seems like a pretty narrow-minded view. Do you have something against immigrants? And I seriously doubt your numbers, since most people......

in response to: The Benny Farm Condemned Housing Projects by EvilGentleman

anon (d204-191-189-252.abhsia.telus.net): God Bless you Bobby Sands. I stand in awe of your pure convictions. I know God holds you in the "hollow of His hand"....

in response to: Bobby Sands: An Cumann Cabhrach biography of 1981 by Marcella32

Sally: Today is memorial day in America. THEY ARE HOLDING PARTIES AND BBQs and HAVE TOTALLY FORGOTTEN THE ABOUT 2 WORLD WARS WHERE I LOST FAMILY MEMBERS, NOT TO MENTION THEIR OWN TROUPS IN THIS LATEST......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

EvilGentleman: As far as I know, the block you are referring to (the north side of Sainte-Catherine between Lambert-Closse and de Chomedy) has closed down simply due to the fact that the Forum closed in 1996,......

in response to: Goodbye, Streetcar Rails by EvilGentleman

jack: ha ha, you two guys need some parental care when your on your own, hahahahaha. nice come back evil. when i was in my army uniform i was at the crap table and everyone......

in response to: Piano Man by jack

EvilGentleman: In May of 1989, my best friend Mike and had been driving for 6 days when we arrived in Las Vegas around 1 PM, and rather than continuing on, we decided to stop there for......

in response to: Piano Man by jack

EvilGentleman: Make light of it if you want, Matt. My health is **not** negotiable. The reality is, I have had to actually get off of an aircraft because some idiot thought perfume would be a suitable......

in response to: Montreal Goes Non-Smoking: Good or Bad? by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: First off, I am a visitor here, not an admin or a law expert, so do not consider anything I say in this comment to be binding on anyone. One part of my brain thinks......

in response to: 11 Stanley Place, Kinning Park by kobe

Microbe: Thousands, no millions, of cows, sheep, chicken and heavens know what other animals are killed every day for food and you all whine over a single cat? Get real....

in response to: A Grisly Example of Man\'s Inhumanity by GGP

Gabi: My bike was stolen last summer, just under a security camera’s eye at a government bldg. They claimed the camera didn’t work at a time, ha. I had the bike for more than......

in response to: A Picture of My Bike by Walks now

EvilGentleman: When I lived in Coral Harbour, Nunavut, I remember people there would not hunt ducks. Not that they did not like ducks, just that ducks were so much smaller than geese, which were everywhere. The......

in response to: Lake Ontario Ducks by EvilGentleman

A: Bobby Sands sacraficed his life by standing up for his principles - he was passionate and selfless and wanted justice done for his people whatever the cost to himself. His life story is inspirational. May he......

in response to: Bobby Sands: An Cumann Cabhrach biography of 1981 by Marcella32

EvilGentleman: elaine, the pink Scotiabank building is not home to Barbie, but I think that Squirrel that hangs out with Spongebob Squarepants might frequent the place fairly often. Chris, I am a political science major who is......

in response to: Tall Buildings of Montreal by CE

indykid: In Sussex at Camber Sands, amongst the dunes there are still these concrete bunkers, think they're know as pill boxes? They are odd though, because where they are built on sand, they are literally concrete......

in response to: Sound Mirrors by elaine

EvilGentleman: Chris, I disagree. The 9-11 attacks were a cowardly attack by a group of racist religious fanatics, intent on the eradication of all things American. The invasion of Iraq was done by one army under......

in response to: Video Stills of the Pre-9/11 New York by EvilGentleman

cerniagigante: Come on people. Hundreds of people die cruelly in Iraq every day, thousands in Africa and tens of thousands in the whole world (not to mention animals). And in many cases we bear......

in response to: A Grisly Example of Man\'s Inhumanity by GGP

indykid: "i want to live in a hut and write, and have a stove heater, and at the end of the day go the 100 yards to the pub for a well deserved guinness and a......

in response to: Day out in Danger Nose by elaine

Chris Erb: "What kind of evil can lead people to do such things it just doesnt make sence." The same evil that persuaded Bush and co. to attack Iraq and cause thousands upon thousands of Iraqi citizens to......

in response to: Video Stills of the Pre-9/11 New York by EvilGentleman

a dose of reality: This topic is being beat to death by people without a real grasp on the term "life". this cat/rabbit in the scheme of things is as worthless now as it was when it was alive......

in response to: A Grisly Example of Man\'s Inhumanity by GGP

leviticus: Listen, I love animals as much as the next person and have 3 cats (well my parents have 3 cats) but to be honest there is a HUGE difference between a human head and a......

in response to: A Grisly Example of Man\'s Inhumanity by GGP

the finn: i believe in a nation once again ireland will be free one day and i would fight for the rights of the working class the small farmer too. If you look at the english they......

in response to: The Bogside by norniron

Tamara: I'll see what I can do Peter.. gotta go through thousands of negs to find them.. this is what I could find in a few short minutes, I spent years shooting grafs....

in response to: Vintage Grafs by Tamara

EvilGentleman: jack, if there is any subject that people need educating on, this is it. Keep up the good work. And thank you for your service to America. While I am not personally an American, My......

in response to: Burning the Flag by jack

EvilGentleman: Hmm, you may have something there. But since the burnt ends of the cigarettes smell so strongly, it would be akin to putting a bounty on dog shit: not for the faint of heart. Perhaps......

in response to: Fag Butts by Elicar

jack: not me, i like sweltering heat, 100's in new york city, the asphalt melting carving my initials into the street, eating ices at the spumoni gardens in brooklyn, strolling the sands on the jersey shore,......

in response to: A Little Something for Ya - SPRING! by elaine

EvilGentleman: jack, there is a futuristic post-apocalyptic series of pulp fiction sci-fi novels called Deathlands (Gold Eagle Books) that I read. The character of Doc Tanner is supposed to have been kidnapped across time from his......

in response to: Love Graf Tree (Zelkova Carpinifolia) by elaine

EvilGentleman: Those spiral stairs are a common feature in Montreal. There are literally tens of thousands of them here....

in response to: montreal parkour preview by hool

RICHARD: HE WAS A HERO AND A SOILDER ANGAINTS OUR FIGHT WITH THE BRITISH GOVERMENT AND BY HIS DEATH THANK-FULLY AND THE OTHER NINE WHO DIED WE WILL HAVE A UNITED IRELAND FOR IT IS MENT......

in response to: Bobby Sands: An Cumann Cabhrach biography of 1981 by Marcella32

GGP: Nice! You can literally see the sands of time dripping off those rusty letters....

in response to: IHC by dostoy

EvilGentleman: No matter how open-minded or compassionate I may consider myself to be, I am ashamed to realize that I have never actually thought about the fact that the events of that September day have been......

in response to: Kinematics by Peter

Risteard: War is dirty period. what bobby sands has done is the most sefless thing known to humanity. In bobbys own words" no greater love no man has then he who lays down his life for......

in response to: Bobby Sands: An Cumann Cabhrach biography of 1981 by Marcella32

elaine: yr welcome. i believe it, thousands don't....

in response to: Elephant & Castle by an impossible child

beano: You describe Sands (at the very least an accomplice to murder) as "great people" and then wonder why we can't all get along? Are you being serious?...

in response to: Bobby Sands: An Cumann Cabhrach biography of 1981 by Marcella32

Laura : I did not kiss the stone while I was there. I enjoyed the view and teasing my friends who did, but, kissing a stone that hundreds of thousands of other people have? While upside down?......

in response to: What on Earth Is That Man Doing!!?? by SSRS

johnny E: I think the carpet replacement would have more to do with the thousands and thousands of people travelling over it....

in response to: Religious Architecture by johnny E

cool-tsk: JEFF jack: 5th Feb 2006 - 01:04 GMT ok it is or there is a rather small sence of artistic creativeness. but its their names they are promoting. because their families probably did not pay any attention......

in response to: Destruction of Lisbon City by cool-tsk

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