Meanwhile in Florida
Jul 31st 2024 | 3:57 am
#541
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Re: Meanwhile in Florida
I don’t doubt your assessment but the area I was referring to is a historical nickname given to the area that can best be described as Pickens and Oconee counties.
Greenville and the building in the mountains has changed the access and brought money in but there are still huge swathes in the upstate that still struggle with the loss of the textile industry,
My wife has just returned to our local high school after a year elsewhere and I’d forgotten how much of a shithole the place is. Despite the fact that the county has a lovely up to date courthouse/county admin building and there is a multi million dollar leisure center being built in the county the school has been forgotten about.
When she was first there three years ago the roof leaked and the concrete floors were shifting, breaking up the floor covering. The roof is only now being recovered, the floors are still a major trip hazard. The kids desks date from the 70â€s and are falling apart, despite the custodians best attempts. I was in there last weekend fixing the ones in her class so that they are usable and I took pity on the teacher in the classroom next door and rebuilt his desk as it was in two parts and looked like a tornado victim, totally unusable as it was with both surfaces sloping at about 15degrees off horizontal.
I’m fairly certain that I could find similar throughout many of the non-urban counties in the state and many other places. Keeping somewhat within the bounds of the thread topic, I’m sure rural Florida has similar but I never saw anything that remotely compares as under invested my travels of the area between Naples, Ocala, Melbourne and Port St Lucie .
Greenville and the building in the mountains has changed the access and brought money in but there are still huge swathes in the upstate that still struggle with the loss of the textile industry,
My wife has just returned to our local high school after a year elsewhere and I’d forgotten how much of a shithole the place is. Despite the fact that the county has a lovely up to date courthouse/county admin building and there is a multi million dollar leisure center being built in the county the school has been forgotten about.
When she was first there three years ago the roof leaked and the concrete floors were shifting, breaking up the floor covering. The roof is only now being recovered, the floors are still a major trip hazard. The kids desks date from the 70â€s and are falling apart, despite the custodians best attempts. I was in there last weekend fixing the ones in her class so that they are usable and I took pity on the teacher in the classroom next door and rebuilt his desk as it was in two parts and looked like a tornado victim, totally unusable as it was with both surfaces sloping at about 15degrees off horizontal.
I’m fairly certain that I could find similar throughout many of the non-urban counties in the state and many other places. Keeping somewhat within the bounds of the thread topic, I’m sure rural Florida has similar but I never saw anything that remotely compares as under invested my travels of the area between Naples, Ocala, Melbourne and Port St Lucie .
Jul 31st 2024 | 9:04 am
#542
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Re: Meanwhile in Florida
When I drive to Florida, which I haven't done in several years, or to Charleston, which I did a couple of years ago, I like head due south from Charlotte, down the back roads, have breakfast in Camden, then head for Sumter and cut across to I95. Some of the towns along the way look like they were abandoned c1960.
Last edited by Pulaski; Jul 31st 2024 at 9:27 am.
Aug 2nd 2024 | 10:35 am
#543
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Re: Meanwhile in Florida
A Florida attorney; presumably, then, even more laughable and pathetic than standard Florida Man per se.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...pher-rodriguez
Really? That was the most reliable method of detonating the bomb that he could think of??
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...pher-rodriguez
Really? That was the most reliable method of detonating the bomb that he could think of??
Aug 2nd 2024 | 12:02 pm
#544
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Aug 2nd 2024 | 12:54 pm
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Re: Meanwhile in Florida
Aug 2nd 2024 | 1:00 pm
#547
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Re: Meanwhile in Florida
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🇺🇸What could possibly go wrong if you shoot a fridge containing tannerite?
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Aug 3rd 2024 | 12:07 am
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Re: Meanwhile in Florida
According to that Wikipedia article, they decided in Vermont - which is a lovely state, interesting mix of crazy hillbilly + social democrat - to class tannerite as a firework. So you can buy a box of sparklers and a box of tannerite. False sense of security??
Apr 1st 2025 | 2:07 am
#549
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Re: Meanwhile in Florida
Bus driver in Miami gets into argument with passenger, shoots and kills passenger, and another passenger who wasn't involved in the altercation! 😢
I can't help but think that the bus driver is facing years of incarceration at very least for the reckless killing of the other passenger.
I have other questions too - are Miami bus drivers allowed to "carry" while on duty? Why did the bus driver think that the passenger he argued with had stolen the bicycle he had with him? And why did the bus driver even care if the bicycle was stolen, he's a bus driver, not a cop.
I can't help but think that the bus driver is facing years of incarceration at very least for the reckless killing of the other passenger.
I have other questions too - are Miami bus drivers allowed to "carry" while on duty? Why did the bus driver think that the passenger he argued with had stolen the bicycle he had with him? And why did the bus driver even care if the bicycle was stolen, he's a bus driver, not a cop.
Apr 1st 2025 | 3:10 am
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Re: Meanwhile in Florida
Bus driver in Miami gets into argument with passenger, shoots and kills passenger, and another passenger who wasn't involved in the altercation! 😢
I can't help but think that the bus driver is facing years of incarceration at very least for the reckless killing of the other passenger.
I have other questions too - are Miami bus drivers allowed to "carry" while on duty? Why did the bus driver think that the passenger he argued with had stolen the bicycle he had with him? And why did the bus driver even care if the bicycle was stolen, he's a bus driver, not a cop.
I can't help but think that the bus driver is facing years of incarceration at very least for the reckless killing of the other passenger.
I have other questions too - are Miami bus drivers allowed to "carry" while on duty? Why did the bus driver think that the passenger he argued with had stolen the bicycle he had with him? And why did the bus driver even care if the bicycle was stolen, he's a bus driver, not a cop.
When bus operators take their place behind the wheel in Miami-Dade County, they’re not allowed to bring firearms aboard. While concerns about violence is a top concern for bus operators across the country, particularly at night, county rules prohibit drivers from taking guns to work even if they’re legally allowed to carry firearms, a county spokesperson said.
Apr 1st 2025 | 3:48 am
#551
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Re: Meanwhile in Florida
Bus driver in Miami gets into argument with passenger, shoots and kills passenger, and another passenger who wasn't involved in the altercation! 😢
I can't help but think that the bus driver is facing years of incarceration at very least for the reckless killing of the other passenger.
I have other questions too - are Miami bus drivers allowed to "carry" while on duty? Why did the bus driver think that the passenger he argued with had stolen the bicycle he had with him? And why did the bus driver even care if the bicycle was stolen, he's a bus driver, not a cop.
I can't help but think that the bus driver is facing years of incarceration at very least for the reckless killing of the other passenger.
I have other questions too - are Miami bus drivers allowed to "carry" while on duty? Why did the bus driver think that the passenger he argued with had stolen the bicycle he had with him? And why did the bus driver even care if the bicycle was stolen, he's a bus driver, not a cop.
Apr 1st 2025 | 6:59 am
#552
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Re: Meanwhile in Florida
When bus operators take their place behind the wheel in Miami-Dade County, they’re not allowed to bring firearms aboard. While concerns about violence is a top concern for bus operators across the country, particularly at night, county rules prohibit drivers from taking guns to work even if they’re legally allowed to carry firearms, a county spokesperson said.
