RocknRollDave said:

the wolves football ground is very nice looking

shame about the team playing like girls, with one leg and blind without sticks

Cleveland, Ohio. Would be a nice place to live if the economy wasn't so fucked up. Cleveland currently has a 12% unemployment rate.

lollyp0p said:

TAMPA, Florida





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TheFrog said:

well it is

lollyp0p said:

if you like a giant steel turd in the middle of your town, i guess.

TheFrog said:

it's not in the middle of town, and it has a nice statue outside with bronze balls

lollyp0p said:

so you don't deny it's a giant steel turd, then.

TheFrog said:[quote]

lollyp0p said:

well it's not all steel and the mens toilets are fairly clean for mens toilets can't comment on the ladies the cue was too long to find out

and about the pervert thing glad you finally noticed

lollyp0p said:

TheFrog said:

Dancelot said:

Hey, neighbour! Austria is beautiful!
Thanx for the pics!

lollyp0p said:

to the photo.

to the surname of the photographer.

TheFrog said:

What's wrong with you?

TheFrog said:

don't worry we never take you serious anyway

Hey Girls & Guys!

I thank you all for the pics!

Stripe said:

also a big Hi to you, neighbour

oh... and Hungary is also very fine! I was there AGES ago (just before the iron curtain crashes) ...one week camping at Palaton (Siofok? if I remember correctly) and a couple of hours in Budapest. Lovely!




PS: and don't bother bout the Frog... we're just picking on each other sometimes... hey, that's what twats are made for

The St Louis Arch, right before a big storm

psychodelicide said:

How come Cleveland always has such a high unemployment rate? The lowest unemployment rate Cleveland has experienced in the last 15 years was around 9 percent which is so much higher then the national average. The chart I saw said that unemployment was over 10 percent in 1996 when Bill Clinton ran again which is much better then the nearly 13 percnet when he took over. But the question is why does Cleveland have such a high rate of unemployment? I mean 9 or 10 percent is hardly good.

Also, how far away is Cleveland from Cedar Point? Me and Amy were talking about taking a vacation to the theme park and then travelling to Cleveland to see a baseball game at Jacobs Field and maybe the RRHOF.

As for me:

St. Paul, Minnesota:

Bolton Town Hall



It's quite pretty really. When Reebok had their 100 year celebrations, John Forsythe and Linda Evans (Blake and Krystle Carrington) were guests of honour at a party here. I remember seeing them on the telly waving at the crowd as they went up the steps. This was at the height of Dynasty's popularity. It was pretty thrilling.

The Old Man & Scythe Pub



It was built in 1251 but rebuilt in 1636. I got punched in this pub two years ago. It was amateur band night and I grabbed the microphone and started shouting "Bomb the White House!" I thought it was hilarious but some Americans in the audience didn't see the humour. I ended up with a fractured cheekbone.

Here's the central library, art gallery and museum.



It looks sort of small in this picture, but it really isn't. It's huge.

Here's the museum from another angle.



The Magistrates Court is at the other end of the street. I ended up in court once too. It's a long story. I was charged with Criminal Damage. I had a criminal record for six years. It was all to do with a fight I had in a street which culminated in me kicking a car. I'm really not a violent person - I just never back down from a fight. I'd rather stand up for myself and die trying than run away like a coward. I'd never run away again. If people want to hurt you they'll just run after you anyway, so you may as well try and get a punch in.

This is Halli'th' Wood. It's an old house where somebody called Samuel Crompton invented the spinning mule.



Bolton has a long history of textile maufacturing. Burberry check was created in Bolton. Reebok is a Bolton company - the headquarters were in Bolton until the mid-nineties. Gandhi visited Bolton's mills in 1931. I don't know why.

This is Liverpool Castle in Rivington.



Rivington's quite a spooky place. Lots of stone circles and druid-type stuff. This is actually a copy of the original castle. It was rebuilt by one of the Lever brothers in 1912. The Lever brothers made their millions from soap and detergents. The company is a huge megalo-corp called Unilever now. Three districts of Bolton are named after the Lever brothers - Great Lever, Little Lever and Darcy Lever.

This is the Reebok Stadium - home of the Bolton Wanderers soccer team.



Probably a bad picture... It really is huge. It looks like a deflated souffle hanging in a macrame basket. They have concerts here now and again. Elton John's playing here next year. I don't know much about soccer but I do think that the Wanderers have the nicest soccer kit.

lovemachine said:

I think the reason why Cleveland has such a high unemployment rate is because it's kind of a sucky place to live. Many people have moved away from here due to lack of jobs, and frankly, I don't blame them. If I didn't have close family and friends living here, I would probably do the same.

Cleveland is about 2 to 2 1/2 hours aways from Cedar Point, it's a great amusement park. Very big and it has over 10 roller coasters (if you're a roller coaster lover like I am). The Jacobs Field is a very nice ballpark, not overly big. I was told that any seat at "the Jake" (as we call it here) should be pretty decent as far as being able to see the ballgame.

Of course, as everybody knows, Prince just got nominated into the R & R Hall of Fame here. I haven't been to the Rock Hall since his induction, but I would think that they would have some kind of a display honoring him. I hope this info helps.

St. Paul is a beautiful city. I was there several times during one of the celebrations, when Prince was playing at the Excel Center. Great memories!