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09-04-2009, 09:52 AM
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Bham article
It's definitely a hagiography, and a different perspective than mine, but I figured people here would like it.
The Big Heart of Birmingham |
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09-04-2009, 10:03 AM
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Well, what did you expect from G&G (A pub, by the way, I happen to like)? Hard hitting journalism?
That being said, this town has undergone enormous changes over the past few decades. One would have to be an idiot to not recognize and applaud it.
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09-04-2009, 11:55 AM
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Well, what did you expect from G&G (A pub, by the way, I happen to like)? Hard hitting journalism?
That being said, this town has undergone enormous changes over the past few decades. One would have to be an idiot to not recognize and applaud it.
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I guess. Looking through it online, looks something for the rich and pretentious. |
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09-04-2009, 02:01 PM
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I guess. Looking through it online, looks something for the rich and pretentious.
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I always love it when that word is slung around. Sounds suspiciously like reverse snobbery to me. |
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09-04-2009, 03:11 PM
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I always love it when that word is slung around. Sounds suspiciously like reverse snobbery to me.
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Pretentious definitely does not sound like yrebbons. |
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09-05-2009, 12:23 AM
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Charles Gaines is an eclectic sort of fellow and a pretty well known writer. He wrote the book "Stay Hungry," and later co-wrote the screenplay the movie "Stay Hungry" that introduced Arnold Schwarzenneger to America. We have a mutual friend.
This Goodly Land Author Information for Charles Latham Gaines Jr. |
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09-05-2009, 08:44 AM
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You're so right about that. I didn't notice the article's author. |
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09-05-2009, 08:46 AM
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Pretentious definitely does not sound like yrebbons.
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Sure it is. Because if people enjoy that which you do not, it's a facile and rather lazy way to put them down. |
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09-05-2009, 10:48 AM
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Sure it is. Because if people enjoy that which you do not, it's a facile and rather lazy way to put them down.
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Like a pitbull, this one here. It was a meaningless joke. |
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09-06-2009, 01:51 PM
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Like a pitbull, this one here. It was a meaningless joke.
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Well, it just wasn't a very well-written one. |
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