"My main interest" written by Paul on estrip.org

Category: life

04/20/08 06:36 - 70ºF - ID#44070

My main interest

I just wanted to thank the universe that my main interests are computers and cell phones. Had it been mountain climbing or running, all these set backs would have ruined my life. Then again maybe the fact that my interests were cell phone and computers has ruined my health, lol. No i do seriously move around a lot and it sucks that I can't move as much as I want right now.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: elmwood

04/20/08 05:10 - 71ºF - ID#44068

elmwood cameras part two

So I have been trying to think of a way to make the buffalo police observation cameras (e:paul,44064) less hateable. What if instead of having to have auditors of their use and abuse, they just dump all the live feeds to the web. That way everyone can see what the police are looking at and it keeps it more legit. I mean if they are so understaffed with people to view the cameras, this would also create a larger net of people watching the data being gathered.

metalpeter writes at 07:05:18 04/21/08 - Comment #34154: I'm not sure if there still is but there are webcams around buffalo and there used to be one in Half & Half. I don't know as it was live I think it was live then self updated every 15 seconds. I think the web idea is a good one. That being said I think there is a bad aspect to it. If people can watch on the web then it could be come a place for shows. For example all the workers from some place where they where a uniform go out and play a game of hackey sack, or other things. Or what if it leads to Vigilante isim or hate crimes. The two girls holding hands or the 3 black guys who look like a gang get attacked once off cameras cause people who hate them just saw people they don't like live in their nieghboorhood. I think it would have to be a back up cause you never know no one might watch it.

zobar writes at 08:56:37 04/21/08 - Comment #34118: Hmmm. I don't even know what you could use to deploy these. 3G would be the easiest network to tap into, but you'd probably need extra hardware for that & it would probably get pretty expensive. Traffic lights are already wired to something, but you can't really pull an Ethernet line very far. Wi-fi is even more limited, and you'd still need to get a data line nearby. And as long as you're pulling lines you might as well go with analog composite video over coax.

There's a plethora of Wi-fi networks at Hertel & Colvin, but it's also a heavy office-retail-residential intersection, so that doesn't mean much.

- Z

paul writes at 10:31:07 04/20/08 - Comment #34113: Ya, we have very similar cameras at Roswell in the OR and I have worked with them before. I would not be surprised if the buffalo ones had the default setting. Are they wired or wireless?

zobar writes at 08:48:03 04/20/08 - Comment #34111: That's probably more plausible than you think â€¦Â a lot of cameras like this are Internet-based, and they don't bother to password-protect them :::link:::

There's one at Hertel & Colvin too, real high-crime neighborhood over here. I was under the impression that they were for traffic enforcement.

Glad to hear you're out of the hospital, that sounds terrible.

- Z

paul writes at 06:00:00 04/20/08 - Comment #34108: They are on Main Street too. I wonder if they have a map of the cameras.

uncutsaniflush writes at 05:57:21 04/20/08 - Comment #34107: Great idea, (e:paul). Most of the time, the live feeds would be no different than live traffic cam feeds.

(e:fellyconnelly) - there is one of those cameras on Grant between Bird and Garner on a block that has shootings and a killing or two in the last couple of years.

fellyconnelly writes at 05:32:57 04/20/08 - Comment #34105: where else are there cameras in buffalo? are there any in high crime areas?

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: elmwood

04/20/08 11:22 - 56ºF - ID#44064

Eyes In The Elmwood Skies

Well I am feeling better enough to start hating again. This article

is why I now officially hate Queenseyes, Newell Nussbaumer of Buffalo Rising, and his vision of the city. If you are reading this, don't feel too special, I hate a lot of things. I cannot believe he wrote that article applauding the surveillance cameras being put up and down Elmwood. I guess at this point there are three but it surely is a sign that more are to come. I thought they were bad enough on Main Street but Elmwood?

What is the next step? A gated community where the suburbanistas use a chips implanted in their arm to get into what used to be an interesting and diverse neighborhood. I don't think our long term freedom is worth attracting more suburban customers to your upscale dining facilities and niche stores. Let them stay on Transit. What is going on with Elmwood? Is the crime really that bad? I doubt it is a terrorist target. The cameras sure make it seem that way. Nothing screams high crime neighborhood more than surveillance cameras on the street.

What exactly triggers a camera watching police officers to take to the street and check out the scene. Maybe a black man talking to a white woman at night time - is that what is next. Maybe two gay guys holding hands that make the suburbanite shoppers uncomfortable. That is the problem. It doesn't prevent any crime, it can't make you any safer, it just makes it easier to catch a perpetrator later and that frankly doesn't help you very much if you are being raped which brings me back to who is getting raped on Elmwood?

Does no one see the disgusting freedom eroding potential of these cameras. Maybe not right now, but times change and laws change and once the cameras are implanted they become acceptable features of the urban landscape. If they ever planted one of these out front of my house I would move out of the city to the country or suburbs where I was not under video surveillance. To make it really scary they should just put up a video screen with giant police eyes looking back the other way.

My question is WWe:DD - what would (e:drew) do - now that you are on the elmwood board what is your feeling on these cameras? Did you guys vote on this or did the police just bring them in. As to what am I going to do. I am going to spend all my lifestyle attributable expendable income elsewhere and boycott shopping on Elmwood while I see how this develops.

I am glad to see most of their commentors disagree with his article. Maybe he only knows how to write positive reviews of everything.

I love this comment from their site.

I counter with ...bring 'em on. The more the better. If we can't have a cop on every block to nab thugs, vandals, litter bugs, etc., then I'll settle for eyes in the skies. If you've ever been to Singapore the place is totally safe and spotless. Like a dream. If you're not doing anything illegal, what's to fear. by UrbanBody of Buffalo Rising

To bad being gay and chewing gum are both illegal in singapore. For that fact I refuse to capitalize their name.

I think the most important comments on their site are these two:

The city has never described any protections on how the cameras are used, or abused. These cameras have incredibly far range and quality. What would prevent someone from aiming the camera into the window of an apartment bedroom? by 300 Miles of Buffalo Rising

We used to live right on elmwood, if there were cameras in light posts outside our bedroom windows they could easily be pointed inside with no problem. Who is to prevent this type of abuse. Is there an auditing committee?

The city is in over their heads and running a half assed operation. They are installing 100+ more cameras and do not even have a staff monitoring the ones that have been in place. I know many with the BPD and was told on the busier nights there are 2 people monitoring all of these cameras- do the math "slow nights" the monitoring room lays empty- waste of money as urbanesque stated "These are a poor substitute for 'feet on the street' police patrols and community policing. " that about sums it up by dbpflo of Buffalo Rising

So no one is even watching them. What is the point then.

drew writes at 11:06:17 04/21/08 - Comment #34122: I was out of town.

(e:Drew) knew nothing of this until reading this post. This was not an EV decision (as far as I know), and I don't believe that any resident or merchant asked for this.

And for the record, I think surveillance cameras are almost always a bad idea, and they are an especially bad idea on Elmwood.

I also think, however, a boycott is a bad response. Why should the merchants have to pay for the bad decisions of the city? A better response would be a letter to the mayor and/or police department. If that doesn't work, further action should target the cameras and the people behind them, not the neighborhood that has to deal with them.

If, for some reason, the EVA is behind these cameras, than it is a different story, but I really don't think anybody asked for them, and we certainly don't have the authority to put them up on our own.

uncutsaniflush writes at 05:54:47 04/20/08 - Comment #34106: I think that (e:metalpeter) is right the cameras are there to make us "feel safe" and not to keep us safe. In the U.K. public surveillance cameras are ubiquitous and the punters still commit crimes. All it means is the perp has a bit better chance of getting caught.

Consider this, if mere camera surveillance was enough to deter criminals, banks and convenience stores would never get robbed.

As to the "safest" part of the city, since there is such a camera on Grant between Bird and Garner, does that mean that Elmwood is as unsafe as Grant. Or contrariwise, does it mean that Grant is as safe as Elmwood. The mind boggles.

james writes at 04:27:34 04/20/08 - Comment #34103: Our mayor sure is tough on crime. Putting security cameras in the safest part of the city... is he almost up for reelection or something? -.-;

metalpeter writes at 01:15:33 04/20/08 - Comment #34093: The Camera Issue is much more complex then what the the from Buffalo Rising is talking about. I think there are many issues. First of all there is a lot of crime in our city of Buffalo. I'm not sure how much there is on elmwood really. That being said I think that Cameras Can be helpful to catch drug deals, and beatings and panhandlers and other things. But that being said someone has to watch them at all times and have a line to get cops there if 5 thugs decide to rob some one walking out of a plus or use a baseball bat on people at the pride parade. There are laws in this country that protect our freedom and there needs to be oversite and a monitor of the monitors to make sure they aren't using the cameras to look into a window and watch an "artvoice ad Call girl" or just a cute girl with her boyfriend with out a warrant for survallence. There needs to be someone making sure everyones civil liberties are not infringed on. I think a good place to Have one is in every block from summer all the way downtown, there used to be some shady people around there. My theory on the cameras is not that they are there to spy on us or to keep us safe but they are there to make us feel safe. That being said I think that all the empty properties on elmwood is a reflection of a down trend of the area and this country and that brings concern that more crime will take place on elmwood. That being said I'm sure that there are a lot of places that need the cameras more then Elmwood does like say the Universty Hights district oh and crime around there isn't new, you have all ways had some "eastside thugs" who come in and cause trouble or maybe it is the college kids who are in their neighboorhood and then the kids who get drunk and can't handle there alcohol and get in fights. If the cameras are used correctly they can be a big help as long as they aren't abused, that being said you can't have one on every cornor.

uncutsaniflush writes at 12:33:13 04/20/08 - Comment #34092: Based on the description, I think there is one of these around the corner from us on Grant. I've seen it blinking blue at night and wondered what the the hell is that. Both (e:leetee) and I concluded that it is some sort of police surveillance device. And, it seems, we are right.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: health

04/20/08 08:34 - 71ºF - ID#44062

After a nights sleeps and some darvocet

I feel much better and will walk around a bunch today. The doctor said walking is good for healing, so is deep breathing. I feel a lot less bloated. It honestly felt like my veins might have exploded. I think it happed when my IV tube got stuck the night before and they thought I wasn't getting enough fluid because I wasn't peeing a lot so they made me do one bag real quick.

However, that is better now and my veins no longer look like the incredible hulks.

So I really want to know if I am allergic to the hydromorphone or not. Do they have some sort of allergy test for that? Look at this article

I wonder if I just had a side effect or a true allergy or if I was allergic to the antibiotic administered at the same time. Honestly, it would be good to know, because if I ever am in a horrible accident or need surgery again I don't want to forgo the pain meds because of an allergy I am not sure I really have. The nurse wrote my allergy on the bracelet because I was itching after both thing were administered. I didn't have asthma or anything which is a usual allergy symptom for me. I just itched and frankly compared to appendix pain, itching is quite acceptable. I think it was the owrst pain I ever felt. I mean I never had any problem with codeine before aren't they related?

Tests for IgE to specific opioids have been developed but are not readily available. Skin testing has been suggested before a structurally unrelated opioid is used in a patient with a serious opioid reaction.

I want to find out where to get that now. I am going to ask the doctor during the follow up appointment because it would be good to know instead of having to get no pain meds after some health disaster.

imk2 writes at 07:30:03 05/03/08 - Comment #34687: paul, i came across this today and thought you might find it interesting.

"Codeine and morphine allergies are also commonly reported but they are much less significant with respect to actual allergic processes. Meaning that most reported "allergies" to opiates are actually sensitivities or intolerances. Many patients are quite sensitive to these agents and also to the noted side effects. Making them poor choices indeed in many cases. Other patients just don't tolerate them well at all. In terms of both physiological response and subjective response. But true allergies are not that common at all. As in the outcome of frank and severe rash or anaphylaxis. While itchiness is very common, as are nausea and vomiting and general dysphoria these are not immune globulin mediated problems. And while respiratory depression is also common it is a direct pharmacological effect and not an anaphylactoid response."

:::link:::

paul writes at 12:04:10 04/20/08 - Comment #34090: Ya, she said it was nearly perforated. I waited so long in the ER and everytime someone came to visit me in the ER then would push as hard as possible on it and I would whince in pain.

They seriously had to do that like 4 times which seemed like it would only make it explode. Why couldn't they just believe the last person.

I have to say I liked Dr F. a lot. I think I just like female doctor's better - that is accept for Dr. Combo who used to be my primary care. His office is on Lincoln Parkway past the park near Great Arrow and there was a Dr. Matthew Turner? at the hospital who also seemed really nice. There is definitely something to be said for bed side manor. Then again there is something to be said for doctor's like the one on House if you are in that kid of emergency. The guy in the room with me was. I couldn't wait to get out of there because his experience was making me paranoid.

james writes at 11:35:04 04/20/08 - Comment #34089: I don't think this is really an issue Paul, as you are not allowed to have another health disaster.

jenks writes at 10:39:47 04/20/08 - Comment #34084: well darvocet (propoxyphene/tylenol) is narcotic. So if you're ok with that, you do not have a debilitating allergy to all narcotics. And like you said, there s a difference between side effects and allergies. And you don't know if it's the pain meds or the abx.

A little nausea or something is NOT an allergy. Most people don't always understand that, which is too bad. B/c once you get an allergy stamped on your chart, it's hard to get it taken off, and the pharmacy will refuse to give you meds.

What people are afraid with with drug allergies is mostly anaphylaxis- when your throat closes up and you can't breathe. Because obviously that is a dangerous.

And the other thing is that often the first exposure isn't that bad- you might just get some hives/itching/rash etc. But then next time it's really bad. That happens alot with penicillin.

Rather than hard to find and probably expensive testing, I would say the best way to test it, is just to take it again in a controlled environment. So that if you DO have a bad reaction, it can be treated quickly. So if you're ever in a situation that needs pain meds, you can say "i might have had a reaction to dilaudid last time, but i'm not sure I want to try it again".

But again the fact that you're ok with the darvocet means you're not allergic to ALL narcs. So even if you can't have dilaudid, maybe you can have morphine etc. (and yeah, dilaudid is a lot stronger, but we don't give as much, so it ends up being essentially equal).

btw- where did they send you for follow-up? hopefully not the BGH D-3 surgery clinic. But I don't know where Dr. F does her clinic. Either way, I seriously doubt they will know anything about narcotic allergy testing when you go back- sorry. never hurts to ask though.

and lastly- I'm glad to hear you had a semi-decent doctor experience, after all your bad ones lately.

And I'm glad they took you to surgery instead of waiting til morning- I saw your CT report with said "possibly EARLY appendicitis of the tip"- and then when they got in it was nearly perfed.

Wow, sorry for writing a book here...

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Category: health

04/19/08 06:22 - 82ºF - ID#44056

I'm gonna pop

so the appendix came out , I went home but now I am so bloated that I weigh about 10 pounds more than before they removed a part of my body, hm. The wounds look fine and the appendix feels good compared to before. I have a feeling this would not be a big deal on a fatter person who lost weight and had some give but I look swollen like a boiled hotdog to the point it hurts my skin, argh. I hope it goes away soon. If it does go away soon my veins might really PPP.

It still better to have my own bathroom and no machine in my arm. They said ibwouodnt be able to do officecwork for two work weeks or four for "real" work. I really hope to feel better way before that.

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04/19/08 09:13 - 65ºF - ID#44052

At noon

At noon I am going to rip this fucking IV out of my arm and just walk out. Hopefully, the doctor sees me before then. I want rice and my crohns medicine now.

The food was so bad.

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04/19/08 06:09 - 55ºF - ID#44050

gangrenous appendix

well, they took it out. The doctor said it was good I came to the hospital because it would have ruptured. The end of it gangrenous? Yuck

Remember like two months ago I had this very same pain. I almost had (e:jon) tale me to the hospital. That's also the spot all my crphms pain came from. Now I wonder if it had to cone out for a while.

Wish it had been (e:jenks) to take it out, then maybe I could have seen it. They did it lapriscopically and had to shave my belly. I look so funny with a hairy chest and smooth belly.

So get this while here I developed an allergy to the pain killer delaudid ( hydromirphone), which sucks because its awesome. I wonder if i am allergic to opium, morphone and heroin? According to wikipedia hydromrphone is 8 times stronger than morphine and 3 times stronger than heroin. I broke out in itchieson my face and then during the second injection of full body hives rash, so they gave me benedrill which in turn made me pretty much insane. I couldn't even speak right.

So now post surgery they weren't gonna give me lpritab but at this point I have not eaten since Thursday a 1pm. So there was no way I was taking a pill. They ended up using tyrrol maybewhich I'd shit compared to delaudid.

I want to go home so bad.

metalpeter writes at 01:22:36 04/19/08 - Comment #34063: Hope you can go home soon. I hope you don't get any more reactions to the pain killers that has to really suck, and not in the good way. I have never had to stay in a hospital so I can't imagine it nor can I get what it would be like to feel that I'm fine and not be able to leave. Not a doctor but I'm guessing they want to make sure that since they gave you something that made you worse or have something you didn't have when you came in that all that is clear before you can leave. Hopefully this will be over soon and you will be better.

jenks writes at 12:08:55 04/19/08 - Comment #34062: SOMEone should have seen you by noon absolutely- at least one of the residents!! The SHOULD have been by at 6 or 7, honestly. Lazy fucks. I'll yell at them. ;)

Dilaudid is good stuff (so I'm told)- bummer to be allergic. They will probably want to be careful with all narcotics now, which sucks, b/c the other pain meds just aren't as good.

I would show you your appendix. Or at least take pictures for you. ;)

My rules for going home:
1- you can walk
2- you can eat
3- you can pee
4- you are ok on oral pain meds- no IV stuff.

You may well be ok with tylenol/motrin- but I would take the lortab script if I were you just in case. But if you want to go, make sure you tell them your pain is ok, or they might try to keep you another night.

lilho writes at 09:17:34 04/19/08 - Comment #34059: awww. im glad you are ok. mike said that he was talking to you and telling you something, and your response was that you already knew and you told him, but it was about his friend. an then you said, "it was the computer program", haha! even in your sickbed, you still have computer on the brain. expect a surprise from me soon!

uncutsaniflush writes at 09:04:02 04/19/08 - Comment #34058: Glad to see that you have recovered enough to post. I wish you a speedy recovery.

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04/18/08 09:08 - 53ºF - ID#44043

ive been in the emergency room since 4am

wish me luck. I threw up like 30 times and have this constant stabbing pain where my appendix id. They think my appendix might need to go. I just got another ct scan. This is not i wanted to be doing. :( I wish (e:hodown) was here. I need some soft woman snuggles.

Thanks for taking me (e:terry)

fellyconnelly writes at 08:01:30 04/19/08 - Comment #34055: woah crazy! i'm glad you are alright. how do you get gangrene at the end of your appendix? its a weird thought..

ajay writes at 02:24:17 04/19/08 - Comment #34054: Whoa, just saw this!

Best wishes for a speedy recovery, (e:paul) !
You know, there's a doctor I know in Buffalo who'll give you the soft woman snuggles _while_ removing your appendix... ;)

Note to self: double the fiber intake.

jbeatty writes at 11:33:40 04/18/08 - Comment #34052: Im glad to hear everything went well, I hope you feel better soon :)

jenks writes at 10:49:19 04/18/08 - Comment #34050: If only you had come to Gates, I would have been the one taking your appendix out. ;) (I'm actually serious).
But.... I know the guys at BGH too, and you're in pretty good hands. :)

Just teasing. Dr. F is good. You should be fine.

Glad to hear all went well.

Here's to a speedy recovery!!

matthew writes at 10:44:57 04/18/08 - Comment #34049: UPDATE #2. Paul has had the surgery and everything went well. He's at Buffalo General tonight, but will be home tomorrow morning. He thanks everyone for the well wishes.

vincent writes at 10:38:19 04/18/08 - Comment #34048: Yikes! Hope everything goes well & you have a speedy recovery.

imk2 writes at 09:22:43 04/18/08 - Comment #34047: oh wow, i missed all of this. you are like dying and i didnt even know! we need like an amber alert or something for all of the estrippers. everything went ok, right?

jim writes at 07:06:49 04/18/08 - Comment #34045: Hope you feel better, Paul!

jenks writes at 06:38:26 04/18/08 - Comment #34043: crap, paul, where are you? what hospital?
Want me to make any calls?

call me if you need anything- 348-6310 (or matt or terry or anyone, whatever!)

kookcity2000 writes at 06:13:59 04/18/08 - Comment #34041: aw Paul! appendicitis is mucho de pain! tell them to get all the other extra organs (spleen,etc) in there too while they're at it

metalpeter writes at 05:32:07 04/18/08 - Comment #34038: It sounds pretty bad. I wish you luck with the surgery and hope everything goes good with it.

brit writes at 04:38:06 04/18/08 - Comment #34037: good luck paul, we'll be thinking of you..
A and G

james writes at 03:43:56 04/18/08 - Comment #34034: Thanks for the update Matthew.

matthew writes at 03:22:31 04/18/08 - Comment #34033: UPDATE. I just visited (e:paul) in the Hospital. The doctors have scheduled to have his appendix removed later this evening. They seem confident that there won't be any complications. (e:paul) should be home tomorrow. Hang in there Paul! Love you.

leetee writes at 02:41:05 04/18/08 - Comment #34032: I assume you are in Buffalo General, Paul?

lilho writes at 01:52:26 04/18/08 - Comment #34031: i am not soft enough? i am sorry paulie, that sounds so awful. i'll send sending healthy energy your way.

mike writes at 01:31:59 04/18/08 - Comment #34028: you are such an attention whore...just kidding. Dad just told me ...this has to suck royally , i will come see you in a little bit.

dcoffee writes at 01:24:02 04/18/08 - Comment #34027: I'll be thinking about you paul. I hope you feel better soon. I'll be hoping for a speedy recovery.

james writes at 12:42:42 04/18/08 - Comment #34024: Paul, you better stop having problems with your guts or you are going to have a serious talking to mister!

Feel better. If you need anything just give us a call.

mrdeadlier writes at 11:49:11 04/18/08 - Comment #34023: You need anything, just give us a shout..

tinypliny writes at 10:44:42 04/18/08 - Comment #34022: That's terrible. Appendicitis pain is the worst you could have. :( I am so sorry! Which ER are you in? Thankfully, appendectomy is one of the more common surgical procedures and the recovery time is not too bad. Think positive thoughts.

I shall be praying for you. Good luck with everything!!

-j

jason writes at 10:31:00 04/18/08 - Comment #34021: Paul, hang in there, my friend. If you need something from me, don't hesitate to shoot me an e-mail or call and I'll do my best.

paul writes at 10:24:39 04/18/08 - Comment #34020: this not having drugs anymore so they can test the pain location sucks. It hurts so fucking bad, they said it looks like its gotta come out,

hodown writes at 09:32:44 04/18/08 - Comment #34019: Oh my god Paul. I tried to call you a million times. I was wondering how you were!! Call me at work as soon as you can or I'll call you later tonight. Feel better Paulie :X

mrmike writes at 09:30:27 04/18/08 - Comment #34018: Thinking a good thought for you

leetee writes at 09:22:42 04/18/08 - Comment #34017: (((((((((( (e:Paul) ))))))))))

I know i'm not (e:Hodown), nor am i even there, but that is the closest i can get to soft woman snuggles!

Good luck, (e:Paul)!!!

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Category: food

04/15/08 11:55 - 38ºF - ID#44026

Shopping At Wegman's

They only have one little truffle left. At $999/lb I can understand why. I don't get why they have them at Wegman's. Like I could see why they would have it at premier or somewhere like that, but in the regular produce section at Wegman's is kind of redic. Its looks like a little poop in the rice.

What is it with the New Crop thats so good? Was the old crop bad? Isn't it often a new crop? Maybe it just didn't translate very well.

Check out this huge antennae on this car. What kind of signal are they trying to pull in?

lizabeth writes at 12:42:40 04/16/08 - Comment #33969: Ham radio, or CB? (e:bugmuncher) used to have a CB radio in his car, and the antenna looked like that. What is the difference, in terms of the antenna one would need, between Ham and CB?

joshua writes at 10:56:05 04/16/08 - Comment #33963: That is how nerds "got their portable on" prior to the advent of the laptop computer, IMO.

mrdeadlier writes at 09:58:42 04/16/08 - Comment #33961: That's a Ham radio antenna. The typical length for a car-based one is 2m.

fing writes at 09:43:47 04/16/08 - Comment #33959: I love shopping at Wegman's. I went to Tops last week and I don't think I will ever go back.

hodown writes at 09:26:40 04/16/08 - Comment #33954: The reason that there is only one left is that truffle season is long over. That one prob has been sitting there forever. At the very least they should sell it for 1/2 off..

fellyconnelly writes at 08:27:49 04/16/08 - Comment #33947: The other day in Springville I saw a white SUV that had LITERALLY 15 antennaes on it. Now I didn't actually count them but it was definetely a few more than ten.

jason writes at 08:05:12 04/16/08 - Comment #33946: One day when we went shopping at Wegman's, the box to those truffles were actually unlocked! Err, I should say, the lock was broken, but I was a good boy.

zobar writes at 12:30:39 04/16/08 - Comment #33938: Somebody actually wrote in to Menu Magazine once to say that they wouldn't pay $1000/lb for something if they couldn't taste a sample. And somebody actually answered in print: nice try, check out the truffle oil. If you were the kind of person who bought truffles, would you even consider buying something that's been sitting around in the Wegmans produce section for a couple weeks?

The old crop tasted faintly like weevils.

That's the world's largest radio-controlled car. It uses a standard Radio Shack controller with a nominal range of about 30 feet, which is why the receiver requires such substantial signal amplification.

- Z

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: linwood

04/15/08 07:34 - 42ºF - ID#44020

The new oak dinning room table

The new dining 8 foot by 4ft solid oak room table came today. It looks nice although I think the chairs are a little to "cottage, crafty, country" for my taste. It matches the shiny, stupid oak floors. Now if only I was allowed to walk on the floor and if I had friends to eat at it with - it would be awesome. Right now it is just another fucking annoying, functionless object on display. I am tired of those kind things.

We bought it at Consignment Furniture on Sheridan. They are over at 2217 Sheridan Drive. Buffalo, NY 14223. (716) 874-1979.

Considering the cost of a solid oak dining room table that size we got a super duper bargain at $299.00. Thats right not $2000.00 but $299.00. Some lady was getting divorced and just wanted to get rid of it. The delivery guy said the price was a mistake and we were really lucky. I think it is the first piece of non broken furniture we have besides the new couch I got for (e:matthew) for his birthday - that he hates.