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With the Bucktown levee breach yesterday, all of the areas NO cyclists use
are now under water. A report this morning on nola.com noted that the Plantation Coffee House is under 7 feet of water. The Plantation is/was one of the favorite places for New Orleans cyclists to sit and socialize after a ride. Plantation actually sits on high ground for its neighborhood. That means most of the homes near it are probably totally submerged. As Bayou St. John is flooding now, one of the best bicycle shops in NO, on Toulouse Street is probably destroyed--Bayou Bicycles. Charlie and Kyle Doer, Mark Manson and Alfred Wang are some of the best lbs personnel you'll ever meet. Keep your fellow NO cyclists in your thoughts and prayers today and in the coming weeks. |
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Should we accuse them of doping while we're at it?
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Should we accuse them of doping while we're at it?
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"trg" wrote in message ... "Tom Kunich" a écrit dans le message de news: ... B. Lafferty" a écrit dans le message de news: et... As Bayou St. John is flooding now, one of the best bicycle shops in NO, on Toulouse Street is probably destroyed--Bayou Bicycles. Charlie and Kyle Doer, Mark Manson and Alfred Wang are some of the best lbs personnel you'll ever meet. Keep your fellow NO cyclists in your thoughts and prayers today and in the coming weeks. Should we accuse them of doping while we're at it?" You're an ass. The spirit of New Orleans survives. From Nola.com: Two men surviving on generator power in the Lake Terrace neighborhood near the Lake Pontchartrain levee still had a dry house, but they were watching the rising water in the yard nervously. They were planning to head out to retrieve a vast stash of beer, champagne and hard liquor they found washed onto the levee. |
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B. Lafferty wrote:
The spirit of New Orleans survives. From Nola.com: Two men surviving on generator power in the Lake Terrace neighborhood near the Lake Pontchartrain levee still had a dry house, but they were watching the rising water in the yard nervously. They were planning to head out to retrieve a vast stash of beer, champagne and hard liquor they found washed onto the levee. You mean the spirit of looting...? R |
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"RicodJour" wrote in message oups.com... B. Lafferty wrote: The spirit of New Orleans survives. From Nola.com: Two men surviving on generator power in the Lake Terrace neighborhood near the Lake Pontchartrain levee still had a dry house, but they were watching the rising water in the yard nervously. They were planning to head out to retrieve a vast stash of beer, champagne and hard liquor they found washed onto the levee. You mean the spirit of looting...? R Absolutely not. It's like treasure washing up on the beach. Some people like gold, others like Cuervo Gold. I saw the Governor of Mississippi on TV this morning, and I had the impression that he would have liked to issue a shoot to kill order for looters. |
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B. Lafferty wrote:
"RicodJour" wrote in message B. Lafferty wrote: The spirit of New Orleans survives. From Nola.com: Two men surviving on generator power in the Lake Terrace neighborhood near the Lake Pontchartrain levee still had a dry house, but they were watching the rising water in the yard nervously. They were planning to head out to retrieve a vast stash of beer, champagne and hard liquor they found washed onto the levee. You mean the spirit of looting...? R Absolutely not. It's like treasure washing up on the beach. Some people like gold, others like Cuervo Gold. Cute, but a specious argument. Do you think that "vast stash" of bottles just randomly floated together from all over the city? It was obviously a liquor store's contents. It's also possible that the nervousness was due to their talking to a reporter who was asking them about their looting plans. This from Wikipedia: Reasons behind looting Looting is often opportunistic. The apparent lapse in authority enables people to believe that they won't be discovered or charged. Looting also cascades through a group of people as one person believes that his contribution to the crime is lessened because someone else is looting, too. People may also believe that if the goods are not stolen, then they will simply be wasted, and see their act as a lesser of two evils. Finally, a looter may believe that if he doesn't steal the property, it will simply be stolen by someone else and he will gain nothing from his obedience. Looters are usually locals of the site of the disaster, and as such, may have lost alot of their own property. This further encourages them to steal as it is reducing the negative impact of the disaster. I thought you held yourself out to be the pillar of moral rectitude. Nice to see you make exceptions. R |
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At the risk of being crass...is anyone really surprised this happened.
Leviticus fortells the fate of the wicked. If you are going to have your French Quarter and your San Francisco then you'll have your floods and earthquakes. |
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"RicodJour" wrote in message oups.com... B. Lafferty wrote: "RicodJour" wrote in message B. Lafferty wrote: The spirit of New Orleans survives. From Nola.com: Two men surviving on generator power in the Lake Terrace neighborhood near the Lake Pontchartrain levee still had a dry house, but they were watching the rising water in the yard nervously. They were planning to head out to retrieve a vast stash of beer, champagne and hard liquor they found washed onto the levee. You mean the spirit of looting...? R Absolutely not. It's like treasure washing up on the beach. Some people like gold, others like Cuervo Gold. Cute, but a specious argument. Do you think that "vast stash" of bottles just randomly floated together from all over the city? It was obviously a liquor store's contents. It's also possible that the nervousness was due to their talking to a reporter who was asking them about their looting plans. Friend, all totaled, I have at least 15 friends who have lost their homes in New Orleans. They and their children are now homeless, without jobs or schools and you're ****ing on about some booze that washed up from a storm like they broke into a locked or damaged store. Geat real. |
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