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Old 02-08-2014, 06:28 AM
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Detroit shatters January snowfall record, and the season's snow is mounting up

Detroit shatters January snowfall record, and the season's snow is mounting up | MLive.com

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Old 02-08-2014, 08:13 AM
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Nice! I hope you're having fun. We're having the best snow year ever here in Minnesota.
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Old 02-08-2014, 10:06 AM
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Detroit news fetish is strong lately.
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Old 02-08-2014, 04:48 PM
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Detroit news fetish is strong lately.
Being one mile away sort of throws it in my face.


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Actually a lot of people wonder naturally about developments there. It is understandable in an abstract way what occurred there.

What is less understandable to see and hear about is how the city in general has responded to this now tragic situation. There are lessons to be learned by other cities from what has occurred there. What one wonders is if some are smart enough to learn them in time.

The city went financially bankrupt in recent times. When it went morally and ethically bankrupt is and was a more serious thing. Existing laws were broken left and right. Ethics and common sense where nowhere to be seen.

The price of it is the Detroit of today. Man and systems have developed to the point he can easily outsmart himself with greed as an incentive to do so. If you do not have the true smarts this is a very common well beaten path today.
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Old 02-09-2014, 12:05 AM
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Cool Record levels of..."Snow" ???!!

I thought this was going to be all about powder COCAINE!
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Old 02-09-2014, 12:54 PM
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I thought this was about how you went skiing five days a week.
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The price of it is the Detroit of today. Man and systems have developed to the point he can easily outsmart himself with greed as an incentive to do so. If you do not have the true smarts this is a very common well beaten path today.
Wouldn't be the first time.
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Old 02-09-2014, 02:32 PM
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Proof positive that MMGW is a commie hoax.
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The tiles are pretty funny since we are only 14 years into this century.
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Proof positive that MMGW is a commie hoax.
Global warming is real. Manmade? Who knows besides Gore - apparently!
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Old 02-09-2014, 10:29 PM
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I'm about 550 kms NE of Detroit and get the US channel cable feed from there, so I get a 5-6 hour advanced warning that another snow storm is headed this way.
This winter is the worst I've seen since moving here 10 years ago.








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