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Mulch Ennui

15 Minutes are Over

Join date: 22 May 2005

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10-26-2005 18:23

http://www.local6.com/news/5135962/detail.html

"Charges were not likely to be filed"

on a side note, I don't know if something is wrong with central Florida or if this news station just habitually covers the most bizarre, sex offence fiiled, and disturbing news stories out of all the news sites i frequent.

just scroll down and get a sample. and stop back frequently to verify

either central Florida is the Twilight Zone, or the people at rotten.com have a news channel now I guess...

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Memory Harker

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Join date: 17 Jun 2005

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10-26-2005 18:42

From: Mulch Ennui

http://www.local6.com/news/5135962/detail.html
I don't know if something is wrong with central Florida ...

Yes, well, I know: Something is wrong with Central Florida. I lived there for almost ten years (in my early twenties, back in the Eighties). What it is that's wrong, precisely, is not something I'm in possession of the knowledge of.

But that the symptoms persist to this day? Pfft. Unsurprising.

I imagine that Orlando --- or, perhaps, Bithlo or Oveido? --- is part of some interdimensional-hub-where-all-the-totally-fucked-things-from-all-the-myriad-universes-go kind of superstring dealio. But that's just my imagination (runnin' away with me).

Well, and that might only explain WaterBedroomMan and house-eating sinkholes. As for the rest of it --- the endless trailerpark shenanigans and the incest 'n' murder among ex-Yankee bluebloods and that incident with the Vaseline-coated cheerleader at the Gator Jumparoo --- I have no idea WTF is up.

Memory Harker

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Oh, wait!

10-26-2005 18:47

Mulch, I just now clicked that link.

Since when is St. Pete in Central Florida? Humbug.

And Pinellas Park? Lordy, that's not where old folks go to die: It's where their living corpses retire to rot.

Mulch Ennui

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10-26-2005 18:49

From: Memory Harker

Mulch, I just now clicked that link.

Since when is St. Pete in Central Florida? Humbug.

And Pinellas Park? Lordy, that's not where old folks go to die: It's where their living corpses retire to rot.

Im in Cali, (which means I am a geography deficient US citizen) and I judged the location from this

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Mina Welesa

Semi-retired

Join date: 19 Dec 2004

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10-26-2005 19:30

I've lived in Tampa for going on twenty years. On the other hand, I've lived in a lot of places: Two countries/six states/16 cities. West central Florida is, well, interesting.... but if I was going to compare an area to the Twilight Zone, I'd have to nominate southern California.

Mulch Ennui

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10-26-2005 19:33

From: Mina Welesa

I've lived in Tampa for going on twenty years. On the other hand, I've lived in a lot of places: Two countries/five states/16 cities. West central Florida is, well, interesting.... but if I was going to compare an area to the Twilight Zone, I'd have to nominate southern California.

I live in So Cal, and I can understand (specially with them damn tweakers all over the place)

but trust me, read news from So Cal vs. that specific station, and you will see the "wtf were they thinking" stories that makes So Cal look somewhat normal

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Mina Welesa

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10-26-2005 19:58

Point noted. Maybe it's our wonderful climate *cough* or something in the water?

And I've always wondered why Ted Bundy decided to end his days in Florida.

Maybe I'll migrate north when I retire.

Malachi Petunia

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10-26-2005 21:09

So do tell, where is the University of South Florida? There is definitely something amiss in that state.

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Mina Welesa

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10-27-2005 03:56

USF is in Tampa... two of my children graduated from there.

But they're normal!

Rose Karuna

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10-27-2005 14:02

From: Mulch Ennui

I live in So Cal, and I can understand (specially with them damn tweakers all over the place)

but trust me, read news from So Cal vs. that specific station, and you will see the "wtf were they thinking" stories that makes So Cal look somewhat normal

Funny, I said exactly the same thing to my husband the other night about Florida in general (this was after reading about the fugitive from Florida that they found in dead in his car in Georgia wearing a physicians shirt, rubber gloves, no pants, with a dead deer in the trunk of his car.)

And I'm thinking wtf - if it's not brain sucking aliens, it's city managers that hire hit men to kill their spouse's or mayors that hit their wives in the head with tea pot's.

Our biggest crime around here lately appears to be perpetuated by cops from one department who pretend to be hookers and cops from another who pretend to be johns and then bust each other not to mention the local sheriff who likes to sell drugs to the DEA and then bust them. It's a real hoot.

Mulch you might really enjoy reading a book or to by Carl Hiaasen or Tom Dorsey, two Florida authors who really manage to capture Florida weirdness at it's best. I'm not knocking it - all in all, except for the really mean stuff, or the sad stuff, I kind of find the silly stuff fun to live around (alligator wrestlers and orchid hunters). At least it's not cookie cutter stepford wives behavior.

But I have to agree, I have lived in S. Calif and S. Florida and when it comes to a Mecca of weirdness, Florida has California beat hands down!

Has anyone read the Tampa Triangle?

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Chance Abattoir

Future Rockin' Resmod

Join date: 3 Apr 2004

Posts: 3,898

10-27-2005 14:39

Other things in Florida:

1.) www.pixyland.org

2.) http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-01-03-fla-rats_x.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambian_pouch_rat

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Osemab Kothari

I'm Just Ose

Join date: 13 Oct 2003

Posts: 110

10-28-2005 13:46

OMG, I used to live there!

Thankfully no old man, suffering from dementia, ever ran my butt over.

And yes, Florida is a verrrry strange state.

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Osemab Kothari

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10-28-2005 13:50

From: Memory Harker

Mulch, I just now clicked that link.

Since when is St. Pete in Central Florida? Humbug.

And Pinellas Park? Lordy, that's not where old folks go to die: It's where their living corpses retire to rot.

St. Pete is considered part of Central Florida because it's approximately in the center of the state in regards to latitude.

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Mulch Ennui 15 Minutes are Over Join date: 22 May 2005 Posts: 2,607	10-26-2005 18:23 http://www.local6.com/news/5135962/detail.html "Charges were not likely to be filed" on a side note, I don't know if something is wrong with central Florida or if this news station just habitually covers the most bizarre, sex offence fiiled, and disturbing news stories out of all the news sites i frequent. just scroll down and get a sample. and stop back frequently to verify either central Florida is the Twilight Zone, or the people at rotten.com have a news channel now I guess... _____________________ I have of late--but wherefore I know not--lost all my mirth, that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory, this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours. http://forums.secondcitizen.com/
Memory Harker Girl Anachronism Join date: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 393	10-26-2005 18:42 From: Mulch Ennui http://www.local6.com/news/5135962/detail.html I don't know if something is wrong with central Florida ... Yes, well, I know: Something is wrong with Central Florida. I lived there for almost ten years (in my early twenties, back in the Eighties). What it is that's wrong, precisely, is not something I'm in possession of the knowledge of. But that the symptoms persist to this day? Pfft. Unsurprising. I imagine that Orlando --- or, perhaps, Bithlo or Oveido? --- is part of some interdimensional-hub-where-all-the-totally-fucked-things-from-all-the-myriad-universes-go kind of superstring dealio. But that's just my imagination (runnin' away with me). Well, and that might only explain WaterBedroomMan and house-eating sinkholes. As for the rest of it --- the endless trailerpark shenanigans and the incest 'n' murder among ex-Yankee bluebloods and that incident with the Vaseline-coated cheerleader at the Gator Jumparoo --- I have no idea WTF is up.
Memory Harker Girl Anachronism Join date: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 393	Oh, wait! 10-26-2005 18:47 Mulch, I just now clicked that link. Since when is St. Pete in Central Florida? Humbug. And Pinellas Park? Lordy, that's not where old folks go to die: It's where their living corpses retire to rot.
Mulch Ennui 15 Minutes are Over Join date: 22 May 2005 Posts: 2,607	10-26-2005 18:49 From: Memory Harker Mulch, I just now clicked that link. Since when is St. Pete in Central Florida? Humbug. And Pinellas Park? Lordy, that's not where old folks go to die: It's where their living corpses retire to rot. Im in Cali, (which means I am a geography deficient US citizen) and I judged the location from this _____________________ I have of late--but wherefore I know not--lost all my mirth, that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory, this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours. http://forums.secondcitizen.com/
Mina Welesa Semi-retired Join date: 19 Dec 2004 Posts: 228	10-26-2005 19:30 I've lived in Tampa for going on twenty years. On the other hand, I've lived in a lot of places: Two countries/six states/16 cities. West central Florida is, well, interesting.... but if I was going to compare an area to the Twilight Zone, I'd have to nominate southern California.
Mulch Ennui 15 Minutes are Over Join date: 22 May 2005 Posts: 2,607	10-26-2005 19:33 From: Mina Welesa I've lived in Tampa for going on twenty years. On the other hand, I've lived in a lot of places: Two countries/five states/16 cities. West central Florida is, well, interesting.... but if I was going to compare an area to the Twilight Zone, I'd have to nominate southern California. I live in So Cal, and I can understand (specially with them damn tweakers all over the place) but trust me, read news from So Cal vs. that specific station, and you will see the "wtf were they thinking" stories that makes So Cal look somewhat normal _____________________ I have of late--but wherefore I know not--lost all my mirth, that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory, this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours. http://forums.secondcitizen.com/
Mina Welesa Semi-retired Join date: 19 Dec 2004 Posts: 228	10-26-2005 19:58 Point noted. Maybe it's our wonderful climate cough or something in the water? And I've always wondered why Ted Bundy decided to end his days in Florida. Maybe I'll migrate north when I retire.
Malachi Petunia Gentle Miscreant Join date: 21 Sep 2003 Posts: 3,414	10-26-2005 21:09 So do tell, where is the University of South Florida? There is definitely something amiss in that state. _____________________
Mina Welesa Semi-retired Join date: 19 Dec 2004 Posts: 228	10-27-2005 03:56 USF is in Tampa... two of my children graduated from there. But they're normal!
Rose Karuna Lizard Doctor Join date: 5 Jun 2004 Posts: 3,772	10-27-2005 14:02 From: Mulch Ennui I live in So Cal, and I can understand (specially with them damn tweakers all over the place) but trust me, read news from So Cal vs. that specific station, and you will see the "wtf were they thinking" stories that makes So Cal look somewhat normal Funny, I said exactly the same thing to my husband the other night about Florida in general (this was after reading about the fugitive from Florida that they found in dead in his car in Georgia wearing a physicians shirt, rubber gloves, no pants, with a dead deer in the trunk of his car.) And I'm thinking wtf - if it's not brain sucking aliens, it's city managers that hire hit men to kill their spouse's or mayors that hit their wives in the head with tea pot's. Our biggest crime around here lately appears to be perpetuated by cops from one department who pretend to be hookers and cops from another who pretend to be johns and then bust each other not to mention the local sheriff who likes to sell drugs to the DEA and then bust them. It's a real hoot. Mulch you might really enjoy reading a book or to by Carl Hiaasen or Tom Dorsey, two Florida authors who really manage to capture Florida weirdness at it's best. I'm not knocking it - all in all, except for the really mean stuff, or the sad stuff, I kind of find the silly stuff fun to live around (alligator wrestlers and orchid hunters). At least it's not cookie cutter stepford wives behavior. But I have to agree, I have lived in S. Calif and S. Florida and when it comes to a Mecca of weirdness, Florida has California beat hands down! Has anyone read the Tampa Triangle? _____________________ I Do Whatever My Rice Krispies Tell Me To
Chance Abattoir Future Rockin' Resmod Join date: 3 Apr 2004 Posts: 3,898	10-27-2005 14:39 Other things in Florida: 1.) www.pixyland.org 2.) http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-01-03-fla-rats_x.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambian_pouch_rat _____________________ "The mob requires regular doses of scandal, paranoia and dilemma to alleviate the boredom of a meaningless existence." -Insane Ramblings, Anton LaVey
Osemab Kothari I'm Just Ose Join date: 13 Oct 2003 Posts: 110	10-28-2005 13:46 OMG, I used to live there! Thankfully no old man, suffering from dementia, ever ran my butt over. And yes, Florida is a verrrry strange state. _____________________ ~ I love Rik. He means so much to me. ~
Osemab Kothari I'm Just Ose Join date: 13 Oct 2003 Posts: 110	10-28-2005 13:50 From: Memory Harker Mulch, I just now clicked that link. Since when is St. Pete in Central Florida? Humbug. And Pinellas Park? Lordy, that's not where old folks go to die: It's where their living corpses retire to rot. St. Pete is considered part of Central Florida because it's approximately in the center of the state in regards to latitude. _____________________ ~ I love Rik. He means so much to me. ~

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