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madmom
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Sat Jul-18-09 03:12 PM Original message |
Red foxes moving to downtown Detroit |
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Amerigo Vespucci
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Sat Jul-18-09 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. This is the BIG one, Elizabeth... |
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MADem
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Sat Jul-18-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. It would have been me! I loved Redd Foxx! |
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natrat
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Sun Jul-19-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
73. hey lamont let's go to the parking lot and drink a 6 pack |
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slampoet
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Sun Jul-19-09 10:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
91. and me too. |
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sutz12
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Sat Jul-18-09 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. Wow....."Life After People" in real life. |
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madmom
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Sat Jul-18-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. That was my thought also. LOL |
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Buns_of_Fire
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Sat Jul-18-09 04:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
28. "Welcome to Detroit... Population: 0" |
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Brigid
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Sun Jul-19-09 08:49 PM Response to Reply #28 |
82. Me, too. |
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GoCubsGo
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Sun Jul-19-09 08:28 AM Response to Reply #2 |
58. Mother Nature always reclaims what is hers |
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madmom
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Sun Jul-19-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #58 |
71. I have been saying this for years. I live in NW Ohio what used to be the black swamp. White man |
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ellie
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Sun Jul-19-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #71 |
76. I live in NW Ohio too |
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madmom
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Sun Jul-19-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. Hi neighbor...I'm about 50 miles from you in Defiance. I know exactly what you mean |
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JustABozoOnThisBus
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Sun Jul-19-09 09:25 AM Response to Reply #2 |
66. Or, "Life After Jobs" |
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Brigid
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Sun Jul-19-09 10:30 PM Response to Reply #66 |
88. Perfect title for Michael Moore's next movie. |
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Blue_In_AK
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Sun Jul-19-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
79. That's what I thought. n/t |
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Cirque du So-What
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Sat Jul-18-09 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
4. There's probably an abundance of prey |
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LiberalEsto
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Sat Jul-18-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. So do Republicans |
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Manifestor_of_Light
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Sat Jul-18-09 04:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. Republicans go peasant hunting. |
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surrealAmerican
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Sat Jul-18-09 04:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. They mostly just eat their own these days. |
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havocmom
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Sat Jul-18-09 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
5. the trickster coyote showed them the way |
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villager
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Sat Jul-18-09 05:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
41. I love those trickster coyotes.... |
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janx
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Sun Jul-19-09 08:47 AM Response to Reply #5 |
61. About five years ago, my friend Beth witnessed a coyote |
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havocmom
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Sun Jul-19-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #61 |
72. 16 years in Tucson (central, not the outskirts) and literally scores of coyote neighbors |
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crispini
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Mon Jul-20-09 05:56 AM Response to Reply #5 |
105. Less than six miles from downtown Dallas, |
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Mari333
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Sat Jul-18-09 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
6. wow, its like a Will Smith film, nt |
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formercia
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Sat Jul-18-09 04:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
30. I thought the same thing. |
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csziggy
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Sat Jul-18-09 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
8. Foxes mostly live on insects and small rodents |
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existentialist
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Sat Jul-18-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Don't know about Detroit |
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Taverner
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Sat Jul-18-09 04:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Bobcats have moved into foreclosed homes in LA... |
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csziggy
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Sat Jul-18-09 05:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
36. We've only just started getting coyotes here on the farm |
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janx
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Sun Jul-19-09 09:06 AM Response to Reply #36 |
63. I used to see coyotes slinking around the peripheries of |
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csziggy
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Sun Jul-19-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #63 |
74. That is probably true - though most of the time the vultures get the afterbirth here |
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havocmom
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Sun Jul-19-09 10:31 PM Response to Reply #74 |
89. Sea gulls turn up here at calving time |
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csziggy
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Mon Jul-20-09 12:41 AM Response to Reply #89 |
97. The limiting factor is how tough the afterbirth is |
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havocmom
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Mon Jul-20-09 08:55 AM Response to Reply #97 |
106. Evidently there are enough tender bits. Lots of gulls |
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csziggy
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Mon Jul-20-09 04:30 PM Response to Reply #106 |
113. Gulls have pretty sharp beaks - they have to get through fish scales! |
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Brigid
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Sun Jul-19-09 09:58 PM Response to Reply #36 |
84. Try getting a few llamas, if you have room. |
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Arugula Latte
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Sat Jul-18-09 04:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
29. We have lots of coyotes in Portland. |
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rrneck
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Sat Jul-18-09 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
10. Better now |
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CaliforniaPeggy
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Sat Jul-18-09 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
11. I'm so pleased to see this! |
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The Doctor.
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Sat Jul-18-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. At the same time, it's a city dying right in America. |
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CaliforniaPeggy
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Sat Jul-18-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Of course, that's the down side. |
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The Doctor.
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Sat Jul-18-09 05:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
44. Heard they LOVE the monorail! |
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michreject
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Sat Jul-18-09 04:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Until they get too close to my Yorkies |
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The Doctor.
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Sat Jul-18-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #17 |
45. The Yorkies wouldn't leave much evidence. n/t |
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michreject
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Sat Jul-18-09 08:44 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. I'm always with them outside |
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The Doctor.
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Sat Jul-18-09 09:38 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. -p Then... |
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Lorien
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Sat Jul-18-09 08:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
51. Read the article; foxes pose NO THREAT to dogs or cats |
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lunatica
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Sat Jul-18-09 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
15. They should demolish the entire dilapidated area and |
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CaliforniaPeggy
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Sat Jul-18-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Actually, I think the foxes prefer things the way they are... |
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A HERETIC I AM
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Sat Jul-18-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
32. "some sort of large pond"....ummm...have you ever seen a map of Michigan? |
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lunatica
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Sat Jul-18-09 05:33 PM Response to Reply #32 |
42. thanks for the information |
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Arugula Latte
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Sat Jul-18-09 08:16 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Ahhh, Fairyland. Brings back childhood memories. |
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lunatica
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Sun Jul-19-09 09:08 AM Response to Reply #46 |
64. About25 years ago I worked in Jack London Square |
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Arugula Latte
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Sun Jul-19-09 08:46 PM Response to Reply #64 |
81. I remember The Grotto... |
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lunatica
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Mon Jul-20-09 09:37 AM Response to Reply #81 |
110. It was one of the soups de jour |
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beltanefauve
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Mon Jul-20-09 12:25 AM Response to Reply #42 |
96. Not artificial |
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lunatica
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Mon Jul-20-09 09:29 AM Response to Reply #96 |
108. Thanks for the information |
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XemaSab
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Mon Jul-20-09 02:31 AM Response to Reply #42 |
103. Both pictures of the lake |
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lunatica
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Mon Jul-20-09 09:32 AM Response to Reply #103 |
109. I lived a block or two from the lake for a couple of years |
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XemaSab
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Mon Jul-20-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #109 |
112. May I ask what street you lived on? |
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michreject
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Sat Jul-18-09 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
16. My 1st thought was Machus Red Fox |
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cascadiance
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Sat Jul-18-09 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
18. And pheasants too... check out these video clips... |
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tilsammans
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Sun Jul-19-09 10:18 PM Response to Reply #18 |
86. Great videos! Thanks for posting. |
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surrealAmerican
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Sat Jul-18-09 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
23. They've likely lived in other parts of the city for a long time. |
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cascadiance
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Sat Jul-18-09 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
24. I see also that the film industry is being given incentives to shoot films in Detroit now... |
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abumbyanyothername
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Sat Jul-18-09 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
25. Well this raises the question, what is the future of Michigan? |
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cascadiance
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Sat Jul-18-09 04:30 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. With the great lakes, you probably have the most inland water supplies there... |
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blue_onyx
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Sat Jul-18-09 10:02 PM Response to Reply #25 |
56. "Is Michigan even fit for human population?" |
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abumbyanyothername
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Sun Jul-19-09 11:32 PM Response to Reply #56 |
95. And my question is |
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sufrommich
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Mon Jul-20-09 04:28 AM Response to Reply #95 |
104. Why would Michigan be any less sustainable |
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abumbyanyothername
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Mon Jul-20-09 10:52 AM Response to Reply #104 |
111. I don't know |
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blue_onyx
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Mon Jul-20-09 09:20 AM Response to Reply #95 |
107. That makes no sense |
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CoffeeCat
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Sat Jul-18-09 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
27. Why don't I know what this looks like? |
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Hestia
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Sat Jul-18-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. A couple of years ago Youngstown city council voted to turn off utilities |
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Hestia
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Sat Jul-18-09 05:13 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. From 2008 |
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Hestia
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Sat Jul-18-09 05:18 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. From 2005 Rolling Stone: The Long Emergency |
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Cessna Invesco Palin
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Sun Jul-19-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #38 |
75. Your link is broken. Would you mind reposting? i'd like to read it. n/t |
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Arugula Latte
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Sat Jul-18-09 08:20 PM Response to Reply #35 |
47. Portland, Ore., where I live now, has an "urban growth boundary." |
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Arugula Latte
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Sat Jul-18-09 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
31. Detroit is fascinating me. |
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FarCenter
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Sat Jul-18-09 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
33. The auto industry never really gave a damn about Detroit |
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Odin2005
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Sat Jul-18-09 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
34. Ghost towns along the highway... |
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NWHarkness
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Sat Jul-18-09 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
37. Those foxes have always been there |
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janx
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Sun Jul-19-09 08:38 AM Response to Reply #37 |
60. It's an ANIMAL story-- |
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Sat Jul-18-09 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
40. New York City ought to consider inviting the red fox into its borders |
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Larkspur
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Sat Jul-18-09 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
43. Or can we call the death of Detroit "Tecumseh's Revenge" |
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BlooInBloo
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Sat Jul-18-09 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
48. I thought Redd Foxx died. |
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Arugula Latte
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Sat Jul-18-09 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
49. Here are spooky, beautiful photos of some of the decay in Detroit: |
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ellie
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Sun Jul-19-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #49 |
78. Nice photos! |
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Brigid
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Sun Jul-19-09 09:55 PM Response to Reply #49 |
83. Wow! That really does look like "Life After People;" |
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Liberal_in_LA
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Mon Jul-20-09 02:26 AM Response to Reply #49 |
101. cool pics. Living in LA, it's hard to imagine so much empty space |
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Sat Jul-18-09 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
52. I worked in Detroit 15 yrs ago. At that time there were an ave. of 3 abandoned homes per block. |
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Brigid
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Sun Jul-19-09 11:03 PM Response to Reply #52 |
93. I live in Terre Haute. |
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Starbucks Anarchist
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Sat Jul-18-09 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
54. Dun-dun-den-ah, dun-dun-den-ah-den-ah-dun... |
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Wednesdays
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Sat Jul-18-09 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
55. K&R |
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Festivito
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Sun Jul-19-09 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
57. Red's ebb and wane over decades in west-side mile-wide parks. |
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NashVegas
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Sun Jul-19-09 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
59. Y'Know .... Detroit Could Become a Telecommuter's Paradise |
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janx
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Sun Jul-19-09 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
62. For those of you who haven't heard what foxes sound like: |
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madmom
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Sun Jul-19-09 10:40 AM Response to Reply #62 |
67. OMG, I was listening to these and my cat went ballistic! |
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havocmom
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Sun Jul-19-09 10:53 PM Response to Reply #67 |
90. My cat just slapped the retriever |
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alfredo
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Sun Jul-19-09 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
65. Is there still a population of deer on Belle Isle? |
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thistooshalllpass
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Sun Jul-19-09 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
68. Here is what angers me about this the most: |
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ellie
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Sun Jul-19-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #68 |
80. Exactly |
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Taitertots
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Mon Jul-20-09 02:28 AM Response to Reply #80 |
102. So you are moving to Detroit? |
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thistooshalllpass
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Sun Jul-19-09 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
69. I live in a suburb a few blocks from the woods now |
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BreweryYardRat
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Sun Jul-19-09 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
70. Eh, red foxes will go just about anywhere that has the right conditions. |
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Brigid
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Sun Jul-19-09 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
85. This might make a good subject for Michael Moore's next movie. |
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Sun Jul-19-09 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
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Sun Jul-19-09 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
92. I lived in the wilds of Michigan for 20 years and NEVER ONCE saw a fox. This really is rare. |
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Mon Jul-20-09 02:18 AM Response to Reply #92 |
99. I live in Dearborn and see fox quite regularly n/t |
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Sun Jul-19-09 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
94. There's a pair of red tail's that nest on my street |
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Tabasco_Dave
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Mon Jul-20-09 02:05 AM Response to Original message |
98. If the Freepers try to overthrow the government |
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Liberal_in_LA
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Mon Jul-20-09 02:24 AM Response to Reply #98 |
100. ha ha... I remember that movie. Detroit doesn't want a bunch of freepers |
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