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Well done Joe Biden . . .

Started by Rooinek67 REPLIES3,777 VIEWS· 20 Jan 2021, 22:18
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MozartCaptain49,914 posts
20 May 2022, 05:55
#41
20 May 2022, 05:55#41
The flies are much worse than the spiders in Australia.i.imgur.com/pafE89...
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DennyCaptain12,893 posts
20 May 2022, 06:23
#42
20 May 2022, 06:23#42

Well Pompous Piles, been downtown Chicago recently......don't think so......how about a visit to the local shopping centre Huh?.....don't think so. 

Here's why......

Jan. 4, 2022 Last year, Chicago saw at least 800 homicides, and the overwhelming majority of slayings in the city—more than 90%—were from gun violence, according to law enforcement records.

Sounds like you've been living in lockdown long before the pandemic.

Gosh, you'd be lost without Ruckers.


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DennyCaptain12,893 posts
20 May 2022, 06:26
#43
20 May 2022, 06:26#43

Actually I believe you when you say that you haven't been bitten by a mozzie in years, the reason is plain to see........with the homicide rate the way it is in Chicago it's not a good idea to venture outside of your front door.

Now that's living in a fear riddled dump.

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MozartCaptain49,914 posts
20 May 2022, 14:51
#44
20 May 2022, 14:51#44

Quisling Buckingham Palace is  much closer to crime than I am on the elegant north shore….your ignorance is showing. These shootings are tragic for the communities affected though, mostly people of color and it takes a callous human being to make a joke of them. Clean up your act.

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DennyCaptain12,893 posts
20 May 2022, 16:05
#45
20 May 2022, 16:05#45

Putting it on me Huh?,.....you're the one who started it all, I don't see anyone laughing as it stands you're always rubbishing Oz and NZ I'm merely pointing to a dark side in your own backyard.

Oh so now it's the "elegant North Shore"....want me to pull up a post in where you boasted about the "elegant Chicago"?

You are one sly puppy being stung with your own BS.

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SebPro2,680 posts
21 May 2022, 21:34
#46
21 May 2022, 21:34#46

Old Blue Eyes thought Chicago great...maybe in his days it was different.

It was rumoured that Frank was a hood but maybe it was a fallacy image that so many fall for.

https://youtu.be/MpCoidxg6Ek

Nevertheless Sinatra was the old type of man that made USA in those days where identity and individualism counted...not like the lemmings of woke culture today.

My favourite Sinatra song sums it up.

https://youtu.be/qQzdAsjWGPg

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MozartCaptain49,914 posts
22 May 2022, 05:30
#47
22 May 2022, 05:30#47

From the World’s Best Cities:

13. CHICAGOChicago offers an abundance of programming and culture, with the deep infrastructure and affordability that eludes many other cities.POPULATION
METRO: 9,509,000HIGHLIGHTED RANKINGS
PRODUCTPROGRAMMINGSee Methodology

Few American cities fell harder in visitor numbers in recent months than Chicago. Whether for business or pleasure, the city had been attracting tourism at record-breaking levels year after year. 

 

Its #12 ranking in our Programming category—including #7 in Culture and #11 in Nightlife—speaks to the plentiful buzz that Chicago was perfecting before everything ground to a halt. 

 

The hardship of the past 18 months only means the city is spring-loaded to return to its quiet productivity—and even stronger than ever, with the seventh-highest number of Global 500 headquarters in the world, second only to New York in the U.S.

 

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Best Flystralia could do was Sydney at  #19. 

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DennyCaptain12,893 posts
22 May 2022, 09:06
#48
22 May 2022, 09:06#48

F at lot of good that is when you can't exit your front door.

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MozartCaptain49,914 posts
23 May 2022, 01:42
#49
23 May 2022, 01:42#49
I’m perfectly safe exiting….all I see is Lake Michigan and neighbors walking their dogs. Here’s the crime rating for my town:

Is XXXX, IL Safe?

The A+ grade means the rate of crime is much lower than the average US city. XXXX is in the 97th percentile for safety, meaning 3% of cities are safer and 97% of cities are more dangerous. 

So enjoy your egg, it is your customary fare.

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DennyCaptain12,893 posts
23 May 2022, 04:45
#50
23 May 2022, 04:45#50

Still banging away huh? 

Shame.

You're clearly hurting. I feel your pain. 

Listen Sucker if the mosquito's don't get you then the wind will, why else would they call it the windy city with stories of people being swept off their feet Huh? And if that's not bad enough a wind chill of -50c cuts to the bone......but  if that doesn't get to you then a spade becomes a valuable friend with 6ft of snow outside your front door.

Still wanna carry on with your BS?

Well then throw a calculous around this......

Chicago shootings: 27 shot, 1 fatally in weekend violence, CPD saysSun-Times Media Wire

Monday, May 23, 2022 9:26AM


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MozartCaptain49,914 posts
23 May 2022, 05:43
#51
23 May 2022, 05:43#51

You ineffably dumb fool, it’s called the Windy City because of the politicians, nothing to do with the wind ….it’s not particularly windy. As for the weather it’s not great in Winter, but I’ll be in my Florida pad while you will still be fighting flies.


Stay down Tit , I take no pleasure in beating up the mentally handicapped.

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DennyCaptain12,893 posts
23 May 2022, 06:17
#52
23 May 2022, 06:17#52

A DIFFERENT KIND OF WIND

One of the first known instances of Chicago’s “windy city” nickname came from a New York Sun reporter named Charles A. Dana in 1893, who editorialized that the city’s politicians were “full of hot air.” Chicago and New York were in a head-to-head competition at the time to host the next World’s Fair, and Chicago’s “windbag” advocates were not shy about campaigning for their hometown in order to win. Despite Dana’s best efforts to discredit Chicago as a “windy city”, the 1893 World’s Fair was held in Illinois, not New York. 

Even before the World’s Fair debate, there were other published instances of the windy city nickname. The Cincinnati Enquirer used the term in 1876 in reference to a tornado that blew through the city, while also capitalizing on the term’s double meaning to highlight local speakers who were “full of wind.” 

From there, the nickname stuck, and the rest is history! 

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Why is Chicago called the “Windy City”? The origins of Chicago’s famous nickname are not entirely clear. The most obvious explanation is that it comes from the frigid breezes that blow off Lake Michigan and sweep through the city’s streets.

Stay down Fool...stay down.

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MozartCaptain49,914 posts
23 May 2022, 06:30
#53
23 May 2022, 06:30#53

Hahaha you conveniently left out the full quote:

IS CHICAGO A WINDY CITY? 

Contrary to popular belief, Chicago is not the windiest city in the United States. That honor goes to Boston, Massachusetts, which boasts wind speeds that are regularly up to two miles per hour faster than Chicago’s. In fact, Chicago doesn’t even rank on most top 10 lists for wind speeds in America, so why is Chicago called the windy city? 

A DIFFERENT KIND OF WIND

One of the first known instances of Chicago’s “windy city” nickname came from a New York Sun reporter named Charles A. Dana in 1893, who editorialized that the city’s politicians were “full of hot air.” Chicago and New York were in a head-to-head competition at the time to host the next World’s Fair, and Chicago’s “windbag” advocates were not shy about campaigning for their hometown in order to win. Despite Dana’s best efforts to discredit Chicago as a “windy city”, the 1893 World’s Fair was held in Illinois, not New York. 

Even before the World’s Fair debate, there were other published instances of the windy city nickname. The Cincinnati Enquirer used the term in 1876 in reference to a tornado that blew through the city, while also capitalizing on the term’s double meaning to highlight local speakers who were “full of wind.” 

From there, the nickname stuck, and the rest is history! ’

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Do try to be more honest.

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DennyCaptain12,893 posts
23 May 2022, 06:58
#54
23 May 2022, 06:58#54

No Liar, I didn't say it was the "windiest city" I've said it's a "Windy City"....spot the difference?....Tx....but how dumb of you to lay the reason squarely at the feet of politicians when back in 1876 The Enquirer was the first to raise the name of the "Windy City" in "reference to a tornado that blew through the city,"

And then this as well...."The most obvious explanation is that it comes from the frigid breezes that blow off Lake Michigan and sweep through the city’s streets."

Gosh, there's no limit to your ignorance.

My point remains.....the asshole of a place is plaqued by mosquito's, strong frigid winds and uncontrolled gun violence.

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RooinekCaptain18,117 posts
23 May 2022, 12:19
#55
23 May 2022, 12:19#55

Ummm . . . wasn't it Moffie's hero himself . . . Bozo the Clown . . . who described Chicago as being notorious around the globe for its violence, calling it "an embarrassment to Americans" and claiming it was less safe than Afghanistan?

Hmmm?  

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DennyCaptain12,893 posts
23 May 2022, 12:36
#56
23 May 2022, 12:36#56

".........nothing to do with the wind ….it’s not particularly windy...."

Says our Chicago resident.....you just can't make this up.

"The Cincinnati Enquirer used the term in 1876 in reference to a tornado that blew through the city,"

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RooinekCaptain18,117 posts
23 May 2022, 13:28
#57
23 May 2022, 13:28#57

You'll probably find any city that Moffie moves to will become known as the Windy City . . .

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SebPro2,680 posts
23 May 2022, 18:32
#58
23 May 2022, 18:32#58

Survived 14th Feb this year...but brutal Mafia is a scratch on the back on the whole world today.

"Sinatra knew a man who danced with his wife" back in the 60'ties, now with the libtards they dance with each other

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Mrs SearlePro1,533 posts
23 May 2022, 22:08
#59
23 May 2022, 22:08#59

Well done Jotato? Did he manage not to shit his pants again? He a big boy now? Well done Jotato. You earned this gold sticker. 

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MozartCaptain49,914 posts
23 May 2022, 22:19
#60
23 May 2022, 22:19#60
Average yearly wind speedMPH amMPH pmCityKPH amKPH pm1012Hobart, Tasmania1619611Launceston, Tasmania10181113Mackay, Queensland182136Maitland, New South Wales591214Melbourne, Victoria20231419Newcastle, New South Wales23301013Perth, Western Australia1720810Rockhampton, Queensland13161015Sydney, New South Wales17241314Toowoomba, Queensland2222915Townsville, Queensland1524
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MozartCaptain49,914 posts
23 May 2022, 22:21
#61
23 May 2022, 22:21#61

And here are the US cities:

CityMPHKPHAtlanta, Georgia9.114.6Austin, Texas8.513.7Baltimore, Maryland8.714.0Birmingham, Alabama7.111.4Boston, Massachusetts12.319.8Buffalo, New York11.819.0Charlotte, North Carolina7.411.9Chicago, Illinois10.316.6Cincinnati, Ohio9.014.5Cleveland, Ohio10.516.9Columbus, Ohio8.313.4Dallas, Texas10.717.2Denver, Colorado8.714.0Detroit, Michigan10.216.4Hartford, Connecticut8.413.5Houston, Texas7.612.2Indianapolis, Indiana9.615.4
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MozartCaptain49,914 posts
23 May 2022, 22:26
#62
23 May 2022, 22:26#62

So as you can easily see Chicago is about average among US cities. But hilariously if you average PM and AM wind speeds for Sydney and Melbourne….you get 12.5 mph for Sydney and 13.00 mph for Melbourne uncomfortably ahead of Chicago’s 10.3 mph,


So not only are these places fly infested, they are also subject to miserably elevated wind speeds. No wonder most educated Aussies choose to stay in the USA or the UK. Why live in a hot, fly infested, wind scoured hell hole.

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MozartCaptain49,914 posts
23 May 2022, 22:37
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23 May 2022, 22:37#63
How to deal with flies in the outback?

Have you heard a say ‘personal fly‘? This is what you get in Australia. Flies here are different and come to the annoyance level beyond our acceptance – and that’s even without leaving a city!

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DbDraadCaptain26,388 posts
24 May 2022, 07:56
#64
24 May 2022, 07:56#64

If the flies are that bad, it's interesting that one don't see "Doom" and "Target" sponsors on sports jerseys .

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MozartCaptain49,914 posts
14 Jan 2025, 15:20
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14 Jan 2025, 15:20#65
Mozart

Hall Of Fame

43800 posts

Jan 26, 2021, 18:33

I suspect this string is going to become a collectors’ item.

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bobbok...Captain10,129 posts
21 Jan 2025, 21:55
#66
21 Jan 2025, 21:55#66

ccl

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DbDraadCaptain26,388 posts
23 Mar 2026, 13:19
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23 Mar 2026, 13:19#67

Pesky buggers...the termites.

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DbDraadCaptain26,388 posts
01 Apr 2026, 00:03
#68
01 Apr 2026, 00:03#68

WTH?

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