18-08-2005 17:41									#31
	Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

quote: Originally posted by Last Conformist Seeing you're in Canada, maybe you have the same effect as we have; that homeless out of big cities with underground and the like tend to freeze in death in winter.

They'll get the last laugh when we discover a cure for alchoholism and unfreeze them.

	18-08-2005 18:53									#32
	Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations

I have heard that Canadian cities are a lot nicer than American cities, as are cities in most any other part of the developed world.

Baltimore is pretty bad, its been called the Detroit of the East, however there are signs of gentrification going on.

In the next 20 or so years, as more people with money move into major cities, it's likely that smaller rural cities will become the dumps of the country. Already in the Bay Area there is increasing gangster rap music talking about Fairfield, a city about 100 miles inland from San Francisco with a population of 90,000.

	18-08-2005 19:51									#33
	Browse Apolyton AD-FREE

quote: Originally posted by Sikander At least you could get good weed when Mayor Schmoke ran Baltimore.

Yeah, most likely from him.

	19-08-2005 00:45									#34
	Support Apolyton, buy Call to Power 2

quote: Originally posted by Flubber Wow-- I've never experienced homelss "in the middle of nowhere"-- heck in Calgary they don't even come out to the suburbs as it is too far to walk to a liquor store or methadone clinic plus all the shelters and good outdoor places to hunker down are in the downtown. Is rural homelessness common? I grew up in a very small and pretty poor town but EVERYONE had a roof over their head

It's not that far in the middle of nowhere. I just used that term to explain that it is an actual farm. And not a suburb with large lots. They did farm tobacco. now they pay other people to farm their land. no one wants to do the hard work of farming anymore

It's only about 15 miles from Waldorf and Upper Marlboro. Maybe 30 miles from Washington D.C. (maybe a little further- I'd have to check the map).

but the area surrounding the farms has built up significantly in population. It's not high density housing, but compared to the farms, it kind of is. Croom road is fairly built up compared to when I was a kid.

	19-08-2005 11:49									#35
	Increase Your PM Length

Rural homelessness is rare since it's easy to put up a shack in the woods. However there is plenty of substandard housing in rural areas that's about a notch above cardboard and overpass in terms of protection from the weather.

	19-08-2005 13:02									#36
	Support Apolyton, buy Civilization 2

So, are you a Canadian living in Baltimore? Or a Baltimorian posing as a Canadian?

	19-08-2005 18:11									#37
	Suffering from ads?

I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that it's idiotic.

	19-08-2005 20:43									#38
	Support Apolyton, buy Alpha Centauri

Is Baltimorian a word?

	19-08-2005 21:18									#39
	Remove this text

So, we know what he looks like - and now we know where he lives...

	19-08-2005 21:57									#40
	Inflate your Upload Space

whats the big deal about Schmoke? I was there when he was first elected (yup, i voted for him) and he did fine for his first term - nothing really inspiring, but nothing bad, and the city kept on more or less the same trends it had been on before, under Schaefer (and the brief interregnum under Burns) Seems Schmoke stayed too long and got burnt out, or whatever.

	19-08-2005 23:07									#41
	Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations

quote: Originally posted by KrazyHorse I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that it's idiotic.

Hmmm... interesting. Previously, I only suspected JimmyCracksCorn as a DL posing as a Canadian. With views virtually indistinguishable from, say, Imran.

And now you have appropriated Imran's Benjamin Franklin quote about beer. Could it be that Imran controls a vast network of "Canadian" agents? Is this part of Rush Limbaugh's scheme for yet more American aggression against Canada? I wonder.

	19-08-2005 23:11									#42
	Support Apolyton or Terrorists Win

quote: Originally posted by techumseh And now you have appropriated Imran's Benjamin Franklin quote about beer.

I've had this quote as my sig for longer thann Imran has, you twit.

	19-08-2005 23:15									#43
	Support Apolyton

Irrelevent.

	19-08-2005 23:39									#44
	Support Apolyton, buy Civilization: The Boardgame

quote: Originally posted by Kuciwalker Is Baltimorian a word?

The correct nomenclature is Baltimoron.

	19-08-2005 23:39									#45
	Enter the AD-FREE zone

Very true

	20-08-2005 00:17									#46
	Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

quote: Originally posted by Boris Godunov The correct nomenclature is Baltimoron.

Em er fightin words, hun.

	20-08-2005 00:23									#47
	Support Apolyton, buy Call to Power 2

the proper term is "Citizen of Baltimore"

ah, city of white marble steps, formstone, painted door screens.

	20-08-2005 00:31									#48
	Support Apolyton, buy GURPS/ Alpha Centauri

Wooder Street
Local pronunciation of H2O Street

Swan Road
Shawan Road

Poison Ivory
Plant that gives you itchy skin

Bulled Egg
An egg cooked in water

Star Phone
Most say styrofoam

Avalanche
Takes you to the hospital

Syringe
Red light on top of ambulance

Simonize Hospital
Sinai hospital

Chest Peak
A large body of water

Accent
When 2 cars collide

Ass X
Eastern suburb city of Essex

Ball Mer
How to truly pronounce our city

Merlin
Our state

Farn Gins
Red trucks that put out fires

Beero
Bureau (as in FBI)

Downey Owe Shin
Summertime destination

Looney Yum Fool
Aluminum foil

Eggle
Our national bird

Dug
It bit the cat

Hi Hon
How we always say hello

Pockeybook
Purse to most

Elfin
Large pachyderm at zoo

Nap Lis
State of Merlin capital

Balled Ham
Boiled ham

Moral Stadium
Memorial Stadium

Balmorese
What we're speaking

Hollandtown
Highland Town

Old Bay
What our crabs taste like

Jayf X
Route 83 or the Jones Falls Expressway

Share
Hot water that cleans you in the morning

West Minister
Nearby city of Westminster

Droodle Pork
Druid Hill Park

Chimley
Where Santa comes down

The Oreos
Not a cookie, but our baseball team

Natie Bow
Our preferred beer

	20-08-2005 00:34									#49
	Support Apolyton, buy Call to Power 2

quote: Originally posted by lord of the mark Em er fightin words, hun.

Bring it on! Just don't get any syphillis on me, thx.

	20-08-2005 00:48									#50
	Inflate your Upload Space

you get mugged in Balamer, or what? Whats your f*ing problem?

	20-08-2005 01:08									#51
	Support Apolyton, buy Civilization III: Complete

quote: Originally posted by Boris Godunov Bring it on! Just don't get any syphillis on me, thx.

you are aware that CDC data show San Francisco to have almost double Baltimores rates for syphilis infection in 2003?

	20-08-2005 01:10									#52
	Support Apolyton, buy Alpha Centauri

you are aware that Boris doesn't live in San Francisco?

	20-08-2005 01:11									#53
	Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

quote: Balmorese What we're speaking

	20-08-2005 01:24									#54
	Increase Your PM Length

quote: Originally posted by Kuciwalker you are aware that Boris doesn't live in San Francisco?

Didnt say he did. I just picked the city with the highest infection rate on the CDC list I saw. I think Fulton Co Georgia (Atlanta) was second highest, also well above Baltimore.

Baltimore having the highest rate is based on old data I think - theyve made a real effort to bring it down, with some results, IIUC. All the Baltimore bashing seems a bit over the top, and i wanted to bring some facts in.

	20-08-2005 01:55									#55
	Support Apolyton, buy Civilization 2

quote: Originally posted by lord of the mark you are aware that CDC data show San Francisco to have almost double Baltimores rates for syphilis infection in 2003?

So? It was still #3 on the list, which means it's still a problem. And SF's rate (mid-40s per 100K, IIRC) still doesn't match Baltimore in 1998-99 (which was about 70 per 100K).

Regardless, it was a joke.

And I lived in Ballmer for 5 years.

	20-08-2005 06:06									#56
	Support Apolyton, buy Call to Power 2

San Francisco is the most sexually liberal city in the country. What does Baltimore have to show for its 70/100k rate?

	20-08-2005 06:46									#57
	Support Apolyton, buy Civilization 2

quote: What does Baltimore have to show for its 70/100k rate?

KrazyHorse...

	20-08-2005 15:21									#58
	Support Apolyton, buy Civilization: The Boardgame

quote: Originally posted by Smiley San Francisco is the most sexually liberal city in the country. What does Baltimore have to show for its 70/100k rate?

It also has its own rat virus:

quote: Baltimore rat virus or New York virus, a fairly unrecognized form, which is suspected of causing chronic renal disease and/or hypertension.

http://tarakharper.com/v_hanta.htm


I recall watching 'Homicide' on Channel 4 early one week and then later in the week there was a documentary on BBC 1 about medical detective work and discovering hanta virus in Baltimore.


Somehow the documentary complemented the drama serial....