5786. JB in Texas (cache-mtc-ac16.proxy.aol.com) –
14 May 2007 02:37:15
[ Bathroom? Mushroom! ]
okay I've read all the mushroom comments...My husband and I lived in a rent house about 2 years ago and mushrooms popped up out of the HALL WALL right behind where the shower pan was. We lived there for 2 months before this happened and moved out within 2 weeks.(Only because we wanted our deposit back and my husband had to replace the sheet rock where the leak was) Our landlord was in MAJOR denial about the whole cituation. My toddler and I were sick coughing up blood, rashes all over our body, scratchy throat and cough. We were sick for months. My husband was sick also but not as long. Our bi*** landlord said it was okay that is wasnt a health hazard but I talked with the health dept. and OH yes it is! There mushrooms were about 3 inches tall and were light green and brown. People beware mushrooms are a MAJOR health hazzard and toddlers can have permanent damage in their lungs as adults can too. Spores can leak into the body and grow around the lung area. I was told by a family Doctor's Practioner. Good luck with all your mushroom hunting! |
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5785. Anonymous (59.164.83.107.man-static.vsnl.net.in) –
13 May 2007 14:11:19
[ BAD SAT SCORES ]
luk i tuk ma SAT on may 5th....m expecting score of arnd 1800-1900 ...anybody knows if its gud or not....i wanna get into stanford or univercity o9f minnesota or uni of washington, seattle.....k if u know if its gud or what to expct frm that score n a gpa of arnd 3.8 plz ....emailk me at isaac_newton1947@hotmail.com....plz mail me and relly tensed.... |
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you are a googlewhack, you should know what one is but if you don't email albell224@hotmail.co.uk |
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5776. William (ppp-70-253-93-33.dsl.austtx.swbell.net) –
09 May 2007 16:03:22
[ Alligator Eggs ]
White alligators are not hungry. They've eaten enough.
Colored alligators kill each other and reproduce.
I dunno, sounds kind of racist :P |
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5775. Nels (gs5048.sp.cs.cmu.edu) –
09 May 2007 13:59:03
[ Alligator Eggs ]
That is too cute. |
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5773. jcreed (pool-70-20-100-86.pitt.east.verizon.net) –
09 May 2007 12:03:52
[ Alligator Eggs ]
Old alligators are not hungry. They've eaten enough. |
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5772. Anonymous (cpe-76-177-89-124.natcky.res.rr.com) –
07 May 2007 21:00:49
[ Bathroom? Mushroom! ]
i have mushrooms growing next to my bath tub they started yesterday and now they are one inch tall . is this for real? what do i do? i sprayed bleach and other chemicals, but it did not work. |
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5771. Tom 7 (h-66-167-91-68.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) –
07 May 2007 18:58:31
[ Pac Tom report #1 ]
Yes, certainly... I love the staircases! I've walked or ran many. I'm just not counting them as streets. =)
The book is: "The Steps of Pittsburgh: Portrait of a City" by Bob Regan, photos by Tim Fabian, published by The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, ISBN 0-9711835-6-2 |
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5767. Anonymous (c-69-180-195-67.hsd1.tn.comcast.net) –
07 May 2007 01:28:25
[ Pac Tom report #1 ]
An excellent project, Tom7 -- thumbs up. Many moons ago I undertook a similar objective, to bike everywhere in the city. But I wasn't quite as disciplined as you and didn't have the neato software to accompany my efforts; in the end I only completed about 2/3 of the city (but I included "overseas Pittsburgh," not just the Continent).
Omitting running all the staircases is certainly understandable, but you should walk on several of them, as they're interesting entities by themselves; take your camera. Speaking of the staircases, would you mind supplying a reference to the book you alluded to above? I'd be keen to learn more about it, and a cursory web search yielded nothing. (I no longer live in Pgh, alas, so cannot just go check it out at B&N myself.)
Good luck with your mission, and I look forward to future updates on the subject.
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5766. Tom 7 (c-24-131-65-110.hsd1.pa.comcast.net) –
06 May 2007 23:16:10
[ Pac Tom report #1 ]
Thanks toast! |
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5765. Toast (dsl-112-241-rb.jax.centurytel.net) –
06 May 2007 03:05:48
[ Pac Tom report #1 ]
hey that's a great project!
I just wanted to stop by and say thanks for the fonts
I was reading one of the "read me" parts of a font, stoped by, and realized that most of my fav. fonts I've gathered from random places in the past couple years are yours!!
anyway...thanks |
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5762. Anonymous (ool-182d3465.dyn.optonline.net) –
04 May 2007 00:43:35
[ Bathroom? Mushroom! ]
WE HAVE CRACKS IN OUR CEILING AND LIVE ON THE THIRD FLOOR COULD IT BE MUSHROOMS GROWING IN THERE |
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5761. Anonymous (ool-182d3465.dyn.optonline.net) –
04 May 2007 00:42:16
[ Bathroom? Mushroom! ]
WE HAVE GRACKS IN OUR CEILING.. COULD IT BE MUSHROOMS GROWING UNDERNEATH |
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Thanks! Yeah, I do want to do a marathon. Currently I think the only issue is that after 10 miles or so my right knee consistently starts to hurt. I'm trying not to increase my distance too much so that I can strengthen it without injuring myself. But that is a goal for the next year or two (probably in some place less hilly than Pittsburgh!). |
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5759. RadAcoustics (203-173-218-58.dialup.ihug.co.nz) –
03 May 2007 08:56:50
[ Bathroom? Mushroom! ]
[quote="A fun guy"]This site is really funny...I've laughed aloud several times reading it.[/quote]
Yep... your not wrong mate, some of these posts are pure gold... hehe.
The thing is they are so serious and concerned about it, even though it's only nature doing it's thing... Fungus grows in damp conditions, it's a fact of life on Terra Firma.
Humans and fungus have co-existed for centuries, I can't see us being wiped out by a "lasagna noodle mushroom" any time soon, but hey who am I too judge? Rip up the floor and tear down that wall... or just get some anti fungal cream, the choice is yours.
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5758. Landon (cpe-65-189-145-126.columbus.res.rr.com) –
03 May 2007 04:59:29
[ Pac Tom report #1 ]
Your Pittsburgh running mission is truly awesome in scope and I applaud you.
I know you ran the Cleveland Half-Marathon last year; any thoughts about a full one? Looking at your running stats I'd say you could do it if you wanted. |
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5755. Tom 7 (h-72-244-70-36.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) –
02 May 2007 23:27:36
[ Pac Tom report #1 ]
Is that for a research project? I'd love street/etc. data for Pittsburgh because I'd like to write some of my own software.
It's true that most of the staircases are outside continental Pittsburgh (according to my thumbing through that Staircases of Pittsburgh book on display at B&N) but there are still an awful lot of them in conteniental Pgh too. I just saw a couple of them in "the run" (that little neighborhood on the way to the Eliza Furnace trail from campus) today even. |
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5754. cdinwood (pool-68-162-171-5.pitt.east.verizon.net) –
02 May 2007 20:47:47
[ Pac Tom report #1 ]
I can get you a good map of most things you may want in the city. Most staircases aren't really places you're going (a huge number are in the southside slopes).
Actually . . . I'll probably end up doing approximately what you're doing, but with less running, and less intent to cover every street ever. Although I don't have the option to avoid the other parts of the city. |
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5749. Tom 7 (h-66-167-91-171.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) –
30 Apr 2007 01:24:28
[ Pac Tom report #1 ]
It should say 53 miles squared above. I don't know what happened to the superscript 2. |
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5748. Tom 7 (h-66-167-91-171.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) –
30 Apr 2007 01:23:57
[ Pac Tom report #1 ]
Graue: Well, I tried it a bit in CT where my parents live... it's a very different experience, since the road density is so much lower. I do think you could do it, but you'd probably finish after a hundred miles or so, and you'd end up running the same few main streets near your starting point so many times you'd probably be driven nuts. But less populated areas are pleasant too, because there are fewer traffic hazards and you can do longer stretches without thinking about turns and such. Perhaps you can invent your own running project appropriate to your geography? =)
Genug: Staircases are fun, but I don't have a good map of them, and they are so steep that once I get six miles out it's hard to get excited about huffin' up 'em...
And let's wait until I've covered a bit more ground before blindfold dropoffs. ;) |
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5747. Genug (dsl093-172-164.pit1.dsl.speakeasy.net) –
30 Apr 2007 00:11:16
[ Pac Tom report #1 ]
I approve and fully support you in this endeavor. Comments:
"I'm not requiring myself to run any of the dozens of staircases that are officially marked as streets."
Aw, seems like that could be the funnest part!
"I almost feel like you could drop me off in any place randomly here and I could find a short path back home. (But don't do that.)"
This seems like a terrific idea. If you want to do this sometime, I volunteer throw a dart at a map and then blindfold you and drive you to that place. |
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5746. Graue (90.242.8.67.cfl.res.rr.com) –
29 Apr 2007 23:02:08
[ Pac Tom report #1 ]
That's so cool! I kinda wish I lived in a city so I could do this. In northern Virginia, it would be really boring (long stretches of basically nothing to look at).
Or am I just making excuses that don't stand up to scrutiny? Scrutinize my excuse, please. |
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5745. Jessica 8 (c-24-131-203-69.hsd1.pa.comcast.net) –
29 Apr 2007 09:23:59
[ The Nose Knows ]
Oooh -- I had one of those when I was a kid! It was slightly inappropriate since I clearly remember asking my dad what was funny about the character named "Randy Sheets". |
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