There is still an *underground* rollerdisco culture that - sm
Posted By: SAN FRANCISCO on 2007-08-03
In Reply to: The 1970's called...they want their skates back! - Hayseed
still exists. You can find it in San Francisco, Venice Beach in L.A., Mission Bay in San Diego, and Central Park in NY. And in parts of Europe it's still pretty huge. Especially London, with nighttime events and Sunday discos on Serpentine Dr. in Hyde Park. Definitely a *niche* kinda' sport, but it's fun and a major workout, as well. There is also *jam-skating*, done mostly at rinks, which is more of a hip-hop/breakdance style.
For me it began as inline-skating (which I still do), which led to conventional skates and disco skating, and eventally to ice skating.
There are 2 events going on in S.F. tonight: Roller disco on the waterfront, hopefully till about 1:00 AM, and a wild-n-wooly street skate through downdown S.F. - thru traffic, up and down hills, thru tunnels, etc., with wheeled boom-box musical accompaniment. It's not only great way to see the sights of our beautiful city, it's also a way to BE one of the sights, as well.
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My response may raise a few hackles... please don't flame unless you've stood in these shoes.
Based on your observations and what you've heard first-hand from this owner, there's probably little doubt of neglect and maybe outright abuse. Automatic concern must be raised for any child in this household as well.
If the dog is repeatedly having litters, it is being left outside, unattended or running loose. Someone needs to carefully plan an exit for this dog to safer pastures (during a "no puppy" time, of course). This may require carefully playing detective, figuring out patterns at the household for dog and humans.
Find out if there are any local rescues or rescue groups in your area. Take your problem to them but present it as a hypothetical question.... Guard the details until you know who you are talking to really.
Get insight into your local humane society and/or animal control and exactly how they work. In most cases, you can make a complaint anon but a signed complaint may be needed for the authorities to move forward. Without physical signs of abuse and/or neglect (cowering doesn't always count), there is not much anyone can do unless the behavior is witnessed. It sounds like there may be some skin issues but, again, this is not always a sign of a bad owner.
A strong word of caution: Abusers outted in a public way sometimes take their "new found fame" out by raging against their victims even more before help can get there. I understand you are sickened by this situation, but acting without carefully thinking things out might do more harm to all involved than good. You really need to talk to local animal people but go carefully and don't give out names or identifying details to anyone unless you're certain of what will happen next. There are some extremely radical people out there who mean well but have no common sense switch anymore.
Finally, bless you for caring and taking this to heart.
Do you feel that way about the ones used for underground fences too? (sm)
Because it has made our dogs very happy to be able to roam free in our yard and has made us very happy not to worry about them getting run over by a car or lost. We do take them for walks but he is free throughout the day even when we aren't walking him.
Gotta put deep wire fencing around next years' crop, underground,
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Maybe doc needs to do a culture and......
have that determine which antibiotic or antifungal you may need. Good luck.
Have they ever done a sinus culture on you? sm
There's a possibility that they are giving you the wrong antibiotics or just not a long enough course. Also, it coud be a fungal infection, in which case you would not need an antibiotic, but an antifungal drug. Sometimes when the infection is long term or persistent, you need to be on medication longer than the usual 7-10 days. Good luck.
No culture, only it it does bust then we are to
take her to the hospital to get a culture. The thing is, this is the third time, each time a different diagnosis, and each time antibiotics took care of it. I honestly don't remember what the other antibiotics were.
Culture shock?...sm
Leaving a major metropoliatan area in Upstate NY and moving to seriously rural area in South Central KY was quite a culture shock....The entire road in front of our house was gravel up until a coupla years ago....finally got city water too! It's a very small town without even a stop light....just a K-8 school and post office. The boys begged me for 3 years to take them back to civilization. It took that long to assimilate.
I went to work 40 miles away and wiggled my way into MT after having worked in a large vasc surg ofc in NY. I've met a lotta nice folks over the years here from all walks of life and finally learned how to make a decent jam cake and cornbread (not sweet).  Cat
If you understood their culture...
you would be more enlightened as to how dates and names are said, rather than complaining about them. Really not anything to get that irritated over.
If you understood their culture...
you would be more enlightened as to how dates and names are said, rather than complaining about them. Really not anything to get that irritated over.
definitely normal kid culture reaction
Remembering standing outside waiting at the Brooklyn Fox for the following groups at one time or another way back when:
Little Anthony and the Imperials
Martha and the Vandellas
The Shirelles
Otis Redding
Little Stevie Wonder (he was 13)
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
The Ruffin Brothers (David and.....cannot remember the other one's name at the moment)
The Thymes (later on)
before the British Invasion music which them some of us started appreciating......and going ape waiting for the Beatles at 54th Street at the Warwick Hotel, 500-1000 young girls on the 4 corners of that intersection mobbing taxicabs....*LOL* - those were the days....
So we should now ALSO be experts on every foreign culture?
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They don't try to understand our culture, life isn't a
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I did NOT blame his culture-reading problem?
I gave the freshest stats at the time this a.m. - that he was a 23 y/o Korean boy....
only thing i stated about Korea and their culture was that in the schools they teach antiamericanism and I'm not blaming the culture, I'M STATING A FACT.
Geesh........
Just a sad, sad day. Two pop culture icons die - Farrah and Michael Jackson.
I grew up with Michael Jackson. Used to watch the Jackson 5 cartoons in the 70s when I was a little kid. Then bought his first solo album, Off the Wall. Was watching the Apollo special when he moonwalked for the first time on stage. Bought Thriller as a teenager in the 80s and was just a huge, big-haired fan. It's like a part of my childhood just died.
And who can forget Farrah? I loved Charlie's Angels. Remember when she came back to acting after Charlie's Angels in the Burning Bed? Who knew she was more than just a sex symbol on a poster?!?!?! She fought such a courageous battle against her cancer.
American or Asian Indian? Culture difference might explain his odd behavior.
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