I saw lots and lots of immigrants while in southwest Florida for 4+ months. Not only did they appear to be working in the local Walmart, there was 1 or 2 days that 6 busses would drop off workers to do their grocery shopping.
I believe it was Immokalee, Florida that was a city primarily known for its casino and produce. What was interesting about this particular city was that there was a community of homes built with the migrant workers in mind and the workers had their own "Farmer's Market" thing going on.
Shades of Tennessee Ernie Ford in his Sixteen tons song. --------------------------------------- added after 3 minutes
The area you where at is mostly agricultural. Sugar cane is the biggie, but citrus, strawberries, corn, tomatoes, yellow squash, sukini, peppers and watermelon is also grown in the area.
I have two, a large one and a small one. I’ve owned Westbend waterless cooking pans for over 50 yrs and I love how I can stack them for cooking and use very little liquid to cook. Their warranty is amazing. Every so often a lid knob will break and they sent me new knobs for free, but, my cast iron skillets are unequal when I want to cook a stovetop stew or do steaks or chicken.
So tell me how the city of Chicago has more gun laws and more gun bans than any other city in the United States. But they have the most violence, most crimes, most murders by gun violence than any other city United States. Memorial Day weekend more than 50 people were shot and killed in Chicago. I don't think this is what they wanted. But you got what you got. You took the guns away from the good citizens. You lost your officers because the mayor defunded the police. Now supposedly the safest city in the United States has the worst crime and murder rates in the Nation But go ahead and give me your crybaby reason that this is happening. Can't wait to hear the bullshit.
CC you know that's BS. If the guns were taken away who's doing the shooting? And no one has defunded ANY police department in the country. This is happening for the same old reason that it happened under any administration. Capone's playground has been like this forever. Gun laws were PASSED TO STOP THE CARNAGE. Don't come here to plead for more guns. Plead for nicer people. CC, let me ask a hypothetical question. Suppose we could send the Illinois National Guard to do a house by house search and confiscate every weapon found. If the weapon is not registered we send those people to an automatic three years in the state prison, do you think Chicago would really be a safe city?
It’s one of the darkest cities in America in order to straighten things out we need to burn 🔥 it to the ground the darkness will scurry out like cockroaches then the good white people can rebuild it to be the great city it was in the 1800s when my grandmother lived there
Your grandma lived in the 1800’s? Wow, baby, how old are you? --------------------------------------- added after 14 minutes
I was going to suggest your grandma was responsible for the decline of the city, but, I’ll be nice. Take a look at this.
What happened in Chicago in the 1920s?
Organized Crime in 1920s Chicago. The long-standing reformist theme of shadowy conspirators seeking "control" of the city and suburbs captured public attention in Chicago and beyond when bootlegging and vice entrepreneurs John Torrio and Al Capone rose to prominence amidst shocking violence.
Al Capone, Mob boss in Chicago, is the most infamous gangster and bootlegger of the Prohibition era. When Chicago Outfit boss Johnny Torrio quit and turned control over to him after the violent “beer wars” in Chicago in 1925, Capone was only 26 years old.
Organized crime emerged because of Prohibition, as it gave gangsters another racketeering operation. Mobsters made millions of dollars every year from bootlegging and running thousands of speakeasies.
What was life like in Chicago in the 1930s? A dark and gloomy time during the Great Depression, many people in the city were unemployed and became dependent on food hand outs in order to get by; many turned to crime as a way to deal with poverty.
Al Capone, byname of Alphonse Capone, also called Scarface, (born January 17, 1899, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.—died January 25, 1947, Palm Island, Miami Beach, Florida), American Prohibition-era gangster, who dominated organized crime in Chicago in the 1920’s and 30’s
And, my Pennsylvanian friend, they were all WHITE.
Why must you always quote me shit on the internet I already know
My grandmother born in the Windy City in 1883 as a little girl she seen the first car to go down the street she ran and hid from it she lived there until she was 16 and got married to my grandfather Levi Graff and moved to his hometown of Lebanon Pennsylvania in1899 way before Capone entered the picture Ethel Graff lived to see 1978 so I got to hear all her stories about the big city
You are younger than me. I was born in 1952. That means you were born around 1960. Even if we assume your mom had you late in life, I don't think she would have been older than 35. That would put her birth around 1925+or-. That would mean your grandma was around 42 when she had your mom. I’m not saying it couldn’t happen. I’m saying it’s not usual, but, let’s get back to the original subject.
Check this only registered users can see external links I’m just going to copy a small part of it:
“So wicked was the city's reputation that many saw the Fire of 1871 as divine retribution against a modern-day Sodom and Gomorrah. Lawlessness after the conflagration gave no cause for optimism. “The city,” one newspaper reported, “is infested with a horde of thieves, burglars and cut-throats, bent on plunder, and who will not hesitate to burn, pillage and even murder.”
Fire did not bring redemption, and Chicago's reputation darkened in the late 1800s. Violent labor disputes—especially the Haymarket crisis—added to the image of lawlessness. By the 1890s the notorious Levee vice district attracted criticism—and visitors—from around the world. Chicago “makes a more amazingly open display of evil than any other city known to me,” a visitor from London said.”
Baby, let me remind you that The Windy City was destination for most of the cattle stock from the west. The stock yards was a crime magnet.
I was born in 1962 and yes my mom was around 35 but the reason you’re calculating wrong is because my mom married in to the family you need to use my father’s figures he was born in 1922 and lived to be 93
It’s like every other city the foreigners move in and the city goes to hell look at Philadelphia the city of brotherly love many years ago it was a totally white city now it’s a good place to be killed in --------------------------------------- added after 4 minutes
And you’re blonde 👱♀️ moments are showing again my grandma and her husband had 2 boys so how did my mom get into the equation it’s elementary my friend she married one of the 2 boys
I understand that, but, it doesn't change the dynamics. Your mom, the lady that gave birth to a beautiful baby, was, according to you, around 35. Your dad was born in 1922. That means that your grandmother gave birth to your dad when she was 33. So, I wasn't that far off. And I got you proof that your grandma either saw everything through rose colored glasses or she was a denier.
She described that city a lot differently I’m sure there was crime it was the end of the cowboy days and the beginning of the mobsters area I wonder if i rute through her black and white pictures would i maybe find a picture of her home and neighborhood
Al Capone and his gang at least had a code they operated by. They may have shot some random people but it was not a common practice.
For the most part they just shot other gangsters.
And the part you seem to forget ,although you brought it up, is the criminals, in your explanation ,had liquor. Gee, it was ILLEGAL, but they still had it. What did that give them? A profitable edge.
Now, you take away all the honest peoples guns, who will still have them? The 1's that have not respected any of the other million and 2 laws on the books.
What does that give these people?POWER. CONTROL.
Right now the gangs can't take total control, citizens have arms and could stave off a attempt.
Take away the honest mans guns and he won't stand a chance.
Criminals have no respect for any law,why would they suddenly just turn in their guns???????
Just wait till the Chinese take over our power grid through cyber space and they blackout all our cities that’s when it’s time to panic or shoot first and ask questions later
It aint just the chinese!
I just read yesterday that the Vietnamese just bought a huge farm about 15 miles from me. And no 1 with the LLC that bought it will respond to questions from the county,or neighbors.
That must be the number 1 remark by Native Americans. I hear it and read it all the time, "Go back from where you belong" Shouldn't that apply to all of us? None of us, not even Native Americans are naturals from this land.
What changed about the abuse panel?
Someone was reported for posting pics that are not theirs, 5 deletes are visible, but the member is still there.
Why waste server space with fake members?
if 5 deletes no longer gets a fake thrown out, then this place will fill up like a landfill in new york
I feel sure some of it is, "he voted to delete,so I will counteract his delete with a not delete" kinda of a revenge-spite thing.
Nothing has changed.
Abuse gets +1 if you agree and -1 if you disagree. Once it gets -5 or gets older than 10 days the abuse gets deleted as invalid, once it gets +5 the member gets deleted for the violation.
The member has a -3. That means there are 3 more members that believe he should be left alone. Besides, Admin doesn’t care if the member doesn’t claim the pic as being of him.
so it was 5, there were 5 in a row of deletes, but nothing went away? I just think it is a waste of server space having internet pics on this site when they are already out there somewhere.
Hypothetical for you; this is an "Adult website" and I suspect that the majority of the members would prefer that all members would upload adult subject matter but admin really doesn't mind what we upload. WHAT IF we have members decide that they don't like the flowers and trees in your gallery, the pictures of Snickers and Memorial Day barbecue pictures on dgraff's page OR the bait shop picture or the bug on the windshield that looks like a 15 foot monster emerging from a forrest as shown in MY GALLERY? Members could feel like WE ARE WASTING SERVER SPACE and refer us for deletion. phart, admin doesn't mind an occasional internet picture so WHY DO YOU?
No, I was the first to vote after the initial post and I voted NO. Followed by Bella and Furlover voting no. All pics are internet pics. Don’t tell anyone. It’s a secret, but, this is on the net.
There were already 3 votes for ABUSE HAS NO GROUND and you and 5 others decide Dadbod43 should be deleted. WHY? YOU were 1 of 5 members who didn't even provide a reason that the member should be deleted. Are you merely a follower? Were you aware that admin does not mind an occasional internet picture as long as the member does not claim it to be their own? Perhaps you are aware of how admin feels but you have a "what the fuck does he know" attitude.
Just an f.y.i., the vote is at -4 and one more ABUSE HAS NO GROUNDS vote and the referral deletion will be dismissed.
I should point out that the member in question has some females in almost half of his pics. That's definitelly not "occasional". The only problem with this abuse is that I do not see any proof that those pics are from web. I won't waste my time looking for them in google and I am not familiar with every pic on the net. If those images are web-delivered, the member should be deleted, indeed.
Aside from the referring member not providing proof, which in my opinion is an automatic ABUSE HAS NO GROUND, the member in question has 29 pictures in his gallery and yes, 7 are of various women which could be considered "questionable". I use my phones "SEARCH IMAGE THROUGH GOOGLE LENS" option which is always "hit or miss". I did find a match on this picture, /z2wd2yak30g2pic.html but then it goes back to the referring member not providing proof. Also, for me I take into consideration the percentage of internet pictures to real pictures. Roughly speaking, Dadbod43's gallery is 75% him versus 25% not. ALSO, there was only one member who provided a reason to delete with NO PROOF included and the 5 voters thereafter just followed along.
It's always been my gripe that whether people vote to DELETE or vote ABUSE HAS NO GROUND, they should have a reason why the voted the way they voted.
I went with “no proof”. I’m not going to research one way or the other. The referring member could have given an example.--------------------------------------- added after 9 minutesPerhaps, Skinnywank could come here and explain why did he get a fart going crosswise when he saw these pics, and why he couldn’t just go to another member’s page.
Yes, you did indicate a reason of "NO PROOF" and that is most certainly a valid reason to vote ABUSE HAS NO GROUND. Note that admin also acknowledged there was no proof submitted. IF a member is going to refer another member for deletion, they darn well better have PROOF. But I question why phart and the other 4 members voted to delete. Did they "believe" the SYC member's reason given even though her reason did not include PROOF?
I may (or may not) know about a lot of things, but, what makes people do what they do? I'm very much in the dark on that. --------------------------------------- added after 2 minutes
Not a follower, I just feel like if a person puts images of another person ,naked especially, on their page ,it should be them or someone there by consent. The web is wide open for people to go look for pictures without coming here. Photos here are of actual people that might respond to something you said.
And you shouldn't be stealing pics from other members either ,that should be good reason to delete
Please explain your assertion and rationale of your DELETE vote; "all the photos of people seemed different"? All the photos including the pictures of the men as well as all the women?
Not much to explain,I just look things over and if something doesn't seem right I vote delete,better safe than sorry, I saw various peoples pics and just didn't feel like it was a legit member,
Regarding the use of another member's picture(s) in their gallery, I'm on the fence with that. If one SYD member snags a dick pic of another SYD member and regardless of whether he captions it or not, I vote to delete. There was an instance when a SYC member referred a SYD member for posting her picture on his page. I believe he captioned it something like "Nice butt", something.... The member was referred for deletion WITHOUT any type of "let's see if we can resolve this", meaning the SYC member DID NOT reach out to the SYD member to request that he immediately remove said picture. Just my opinion, the SYD member was merely an admirer of hers. I got involved and reached out to the SYD member and the picture was deleted. Easy, peasy, Japan-ezzy..... Oh, my! Is that saying "politically correct"? Gee, maybe I'm going to be referred for deletion for being racist or for ethnic bashing.
Now that I'm awake I re-read your post, Bella. I forgot to mention. When I'm chatting with a guy and he is beautiful or has an attractive pic, I copy/paste it into the chat and tell him how yummy he is. Technically, I am using someone else's pic. In all my yrs here, only one complained.
Posting someone's picture(s) in chat seems harmless enough however it wasn't too long ago when Freddy was complaining about the very same thing. I believe the member was using the name of Puppet_Master! at the time and Freddy went into orbit about that. Yeah, that was only weeks ago but now they've "kissed and made up" and extravagant gifts are being sent. You, you get points, WOODY58 gets a premium membership.....the world is a better place!
Charlie paid for the membership. And the inappropriate gifts got bought. No more though. I don't need it. I bought every negative gift I ever sent. Freddy is climbing the walls over that. Woody58 keeps me informed.
In that case, Sir-Skittles should be deleted and he’s laughing at all the rules of the site. --------------------------------------- added after 3 minutes
Look, I’m guilty of doing that too. As Bella says, talk and judicious judgment should be used. It’s why Admin clearly says, “if you don’t have common sense, stay out.”
And I feel that I do exercise "judicious judgment" when I vote. There were a several times that I would not allow my personal feelings to shade my judgement. An example being, leopoldij. Yep, leopoldij was referred to the Evaluation Panel for deletion because the accusation someone made was that the women in his pictures were unaware that their pictures (which included faces) were uploaded here. I believe that I froze the voting in order to make sure that he was not unfairly deleted and then reached out to admin and suggested that he delete the referral as it was a "revenge" referral. Heck, recently I was blacklisted by 4 members but used judicious judgment by not reciprocating.
Bella, this is not about you.
I have a question. Why is there so much animosity between members? I can see having differences of opinion, even a good row, but, why all these evicerations?
Yes, that's the word. So, see, I don't know everything. It's late and I'm tired. I know the words, and, at one time I also would have known the spellings.
I don't have any ulterior motive here. I remember when I first got acquainted with the forums, I was apprehensive about participating. Everyone was so on-your-face. Nothing has changed. It is a big mud pit fight. You, honey, are just another contestan and, to my shame, I'm no better any longer. Again, I'm not bitching about you. It's just a general observation. Maybe Cody had the right idea. In any event, and it's probably the last time I'll say it, "You are ok. A bit of a bitch, but ok. Love you, honey. For tonight at least. 🥰🥰❤️🌹
I believe it was Immokalee, Florida that was a city primarily known for its casino and produce. What was interesting about this particular city was that there was a community of homes built with the migrant workers in mind and the workers had their own "Farmer's Market" thing going on.
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The area you where at is mostly agricultural. Sugar cane is the biggie, but citrus, strawberries, corn, tomatoes, yellow squash, sukini, peppers and watermelon is also grown in the area.
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And the wheel goes round and round. Close the border already !
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I was going to suggest your grandma was responsible for the decline of the city, but, I’ll be nice. Take a look at this.
What happened in Chicago in the 1920s?
Organized Crime in 1920s Chicago. The long-standing reformist theme of shadowy conspirators seeking "control" of the city and suburbs captured public attention in Chicago and beyond when bootlegging and vice entrepreneurs John Torrio and Al Capone rose to prominence amidst shocking violence.
Al Capone, Mob boss in Chicago, is the most infamous gangster and bootlegger of the Prohibition era. When Chicago Outfit boss Johnny Torrio quit and turned control over to him after the violent “beer wars” in Chicago in 1925, Capone was only 26 years old.
Organized crime emerged because of Prohibition, as it gave gangsters another racketeering operation. Mobsters made millions of dollars every year from bootlegging and running thousands of speakeasies.
What was life like in Chicago in the 1930s? A dark and gloomy time during the Great Depression, many people in the city were unemployed and became dependent on food hand outs in order to get by; many turned to crime as a way to deal with poverty.
Al Capone, byname of Alphonse Capone, also called Scarface, (born January 17, 1899, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.—died January 25, 1947, Palm Island, Miami Beach, Florida), American Prohibition-era gangster, who dominated organized crime in Chicago in the 1920’s and 30’s
And, my Pennsylvanian friend, they were all WHITE.
My grandmother born in the Windy City in 1883 as a little girl she seen the first car to go down the street she ran and hid from it she lived there until she was 16 and got married to my grandfather Levi Graff and moved to his hometown of Lebanon Pennsylvania in1899 way before Capone entered the picture Ethel Graff lived to see 1978 so I got to hear all her stories about the big city
Check this only registered users can see external links I’m just going to copy a small part of it:
“So wicked was the city's reputation that many saw the Fire of 1871 as divine retribution against a modern-day Sodom and Gomorrah. Lawlessness after the conflagration gave no cause for optimism. “The city,” one newspaper reported, “is infested with a horde of thieves, burglars and cut-throats, bent on plunder, and who will not hesitate to burn, pillage and even murder.”
Fire did not bring redemption, and Chicago's reputation darkened in the late 1800s. Violent labor disputes—especially the Haymarket crisis—added to the image of lawlessness. By the 1890s the notorious Levee vice district attracted criticism—and visitors—from around the world. Chicago “makes a more amazingly open display of evil than any other city known to me,” a visitor from London said.”
Baby, let me remind you that The Windy City was destination for most of the cattle stock from the west. The stock yards was a crime magnet.
BUT anyway, I did find this.
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Anyway, I think you have to admit Chicago was a sewer pit long B4 modern times.
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And you’re blonde 👱♀️ moments are showing again my grandma and her husband had 2 boys so how did my mom get into the equation it’s elementary my friend she married one of the 2 boys
For the most part they just shot other gangsters.
And the part you seem to forget ,although you brought it up, is the criminals, in your explanation ,had liquor. Gee, it was ILLEGAL, but they still had it. What did that give them? A profitable edge.
Now, you take away all the honest peoples guns, who will still have them? The 1's that have not respected any of the other million and 2 laws on the books.
What does that give these people?POWER. CONTROL.
Right now the gangs can't take total control, citizens have arms and could stave off a attempt.
Take away the honest mans guns and he won't stand a chance.
Criminals have no respect for any law,why would they suddenly just turn in their guns???????
I just read yesterday that the Vietnamese just bought a huge farm about 15 miles from me. And no 1 with the LLC that bought it will respond to questions from the county,or neighbors.
Someone was reported for posting pics that are not theirs, 5 deletes are visible, but the member is still there.
Why waste server space with fake members?
if 5 deletes no longer gets a fake thrown out, then this place will fill up like a landfill in new york
I feel sure some of it is, "he voted to delete,so I will counteract his delete with a not delete" kinda of a revenge-spite thing.
Abuse gets +1 if you agree and -1 if you disagree. Once it gets -5 or gets older than 10 days the abuse gets deleted as invalid, once it gets +5 the member gets deleted for the violation.
The member has a -3. That means there are 3 more members that believe he should be left alone. Besides, Admin doesn’t care if the member doesn’t claim the pic as being of him.
There were already 3 votes for ABUSE HAS NO GROUND and you and 5 others decide Dadbod43 should be deleted. WHY? YOU were 1 of 5 members who didn't even provide a reason that the member should be deleted. Are you merely a follower? Were you aware that admin does not mind an occasional internet picture as long as the member does not claim it to be their own? Perhaps you are aware of how admin feels but you have a "what the fuck does he know" attitude.
Just an f.y.i., the vote is at -4 and one more ABUSE HAS NO GROUNDS vote and the referral deletion will be dismissed.
Aside from the referring member not providing proof, which in my opinion is an automatic ABUSE HAS NO GROUND, the member in question has 29 pictures in his gallery and yes, 7 are of various women which could be considered "questionable". I use my phones "SEARCH IMAGE THROUGH GOOGLE LENS" option which is always "hit or miss". I did find a match on this picture, /z2wd2yak30g2pic.html but then it goes back to the referring member not providing proof. Also, for me I take into consideration the percentage of internet pictures to real pictures. Roughly speaking, Dadbod43's gallery is 75% him versus 25% not. ALSO, there was only one member who provided a reason to delete with NO PROOF included and the 5 voters thereafter just followed along.
It's always been my gripe that whether people vote to DELETE or vote ABUSE HAS NO GROUND, they should have a reason why the voted the way they voted.
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BTW Skinnywank is a male.
And you shouldn't be stealing pics from other members either ,that should be good reason to delete
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Look, I’m guilty of doing that too. As Bella says, talk and judicious judgment should be used. It’s why Admin clearly says, “if you don’t have common sense, stay out.”
I have a question. Why is there so much animosity between members? I can see having differences of opinion, even a good row, but, why all these evicerations?
If this is not about me, please, by all means, share your opinion(s).
I don't have any ulterior motive here. I remember when I first got acquainted with the forums, I was apprehensive about participating. Everyone was so on-your-face. Nothing has changed. It is a big mud pit fight. You, honey, are just another contestan and, to my shame, I'm no better any longer. Again, I'm not bitching about you. It's just a general observation. Maybe Cody had the right idea. In any event, and it's probably the last time I'll say it, "You are ok. A bit of a bitch, but ok. Love you, honey. For tonight at least. 🥰🥰❤️🌹
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