I joined the Reading one, but it proved to be a long series of "Who remembers Rumbelows?" type messages.
― Mark G, Thursday, 2 May 2019 22:32 (five years ago) link
My nextdoor group has been relatively chill up until now, but recently the paranoiacs have infiltrated.
https://i.imgur.com/izv68JB.jpg
Someone else made a post to report a strange van idling on her street, but it turned out to be her neighbor who had lived there for 4 years.
― ☮ (peace, man), Friday, 3 May 2019 11:35 (five years ago) link
Thanks. My husband says as you say...action needed. At 6:10 am one morning 2 weeks ago, .went to my car in driveway. I.was .not aware until later that I.may have witnessed something bad. I heard like a firecracker, then a short guy in hoodie running down the street....I ducked low near car....around 9am I reported it to the police.....not.good...
― ☮ (peace, man), Friday, 3 May 2019 11:38 (five years ago) link
I had to try typing that out for myself to see how it feels. .....not.good...
― ☮ (peace, man), Friday, 3 May 2019 11:39 (five years ago) link
haha
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Friday, 3 May 2019 11:41 (five years ago) link
On the poetry front, there's one particular person in the group for my local area who always posts in an amazing and particularly idiosyncratic style.
Here's a favourite that I saved from a few months back. All the formatting is hers as well.
But also the railway line BELLGROVE Then to Edinburgh (via carntyne fine)The sub. Bit to Springburn Is not needed A new Edinburgh-springburn route Done via stepps I think ?If I’m wrong sorry But I see all that area away for a new development That no one wants The old buildings need to stay
― brain (krakow), Friday, 3 May 2019 11:50 (five years ago) link
that one was a failed ilx sock, iirc
― mh, Friday, 3 May 2019 15:06 (five years ago) link
H------ E-----, A-----
Cars KeyedSomeone came around the L---- area and keyed all the parked cars including my own. I don’t know if anyone has seen this activity before or has had it happen on their block/car.Can anyone recommend a good camera? I need to stall it inside my car so that this doesn’t happen again.
H-- R----- These things don't happen in Singapore, S. Korea, Japan..with or without surveillance camera. Probably don't happen in China, but they have cameras everywhere. The cause of these things is Western Leftism and rule by Democratic Party.
― omar little, Monday, 17 June 2019 20:19 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/2KPKp39.png
https://i.imgur.com/VjCNSAj.png
― ☮ (peace, man), Friday, 21 June 2019 14:05 (four years ago) link
70% of the topics she lists I have never seen show up on our nextdoor feed.
― ☮ (peace, man), Friday, 21 June 2019 14:08 (four years ago) link
the neighborhood fascists have dropped their masks on this thread asking earnestly: Do anyone else agree that it’s time for the National Guard to step in to handle the crime in the city?
I’d rather the military patrol than watch several drug deals every morning and evening (I work 8+hours a day so I’m sure I’m not seeing the others) or have to dodge strung out people as soon as i get home.
I feel very safe in Israel with all of the military carrying assault rifles......much safer than Baltimore!!
― forensic plumber (harbl), Saturday, 31 August 2019 16:05 (four years ago) link
I'll say if there's one thing everyone in Little Rock can agree upon, it's that we never want to see the National Guard called out for anything ever again.
― pplains, Saturday, 31 August 2019 17:13 (four years ago) link
musing on the recent closing of a TCBY, nostalgia for when things were good and people valued their slaves
Where we spend our money creates an important dimension of our reality. Think of a dollar as a vote, then think what are you voting for? Unfortunately, our priorities are often in conflict with our beliefs and desires. I think of that every time I order from Amazon, although I don't know where I might find all the little odd things I need, things that were once sold in 5&Dimes, which themselves had displaced smaller shops. In NYC there was an old couple who had a tiny button shop on First Avenue, that was it, just rows of wooden boxes on the walls. Then next door there was Maria and her husband, who could add up long lists of numbers in his head, who sold fruits and vegetables. The NY I grew up in no longer exists. And it is a fiction for younger generations. Maybe they'll see it in old movies if they're willing to watch. In the 80's began the commodification of everything. I've been reading southern history, and from their point of view, the south fought the Civil War to maintain their version of civilized life (I know, I know). over against a soulless money-oriented north. They argued that as slaves were property, they had value, whereas in the north, workers were expendable, easily replaced, and could be worked to death. The north won, and still is winning, as all living things on earth face extinction.
― forensic plumber (harbl), Saturday, 28 September 2019 17:52 (four years ago) link
Wow!
― ☮ (peace, man), Saturday, 28 September 2019 21:13 (four years ago) link
Are you up in NY now?
― ☮ (peace, man), Saturday, 28 September 2019 21:14 (four years ago) link
no, this person is just reminiscing about growing up there
― forensic plumber (harbl), Saturday, 28 September 2019 21:21 (four years ago) link
I didn't realize there were still so many TCBYs out there!
― pplains, Saturday, 28 September 2019 23:06 (four years ago) link
I was thinking the same
― mh, Saturday, 28 September 2019 23:58 (four years ago) link
The one in my hometown is still open, but there's only one other in the Baltimore area.
In 1991 TCBY moved into the tallest building in Arkansas, Simmons Tower located in downtown Little Rock, and the building was renamed The TCBY Tower until 2000 when TCBY vacated.
― ☮ (peace, man), Sunday, 29 September 2019 14:09 (four years ago) link
I could've also mentioned it It's the tallest building in Arkansas, but it doesn't always have to be about me.
― pplains, Sunday, 29 September 2019 14:37 (four years ago) link
I don’t think my home town ever had a TCBY ... we did have a Sambo’s
― sarahell, Monday, 30 September 2019 23:05 (four years ago) link
the one for the broader West Philadelphia area is a literal nightmare so much of the time that i stopped really checking it, but have stayed on it because sometimes i need to search to see other denizens' recommendations of where to get shoes resoled, or obscure cleaning supplies, etc..
― blue light or electric light (the table is the table), Monday, 30 September 2019 23:16 (four years ago) link
it's been a minute: what happened to EXCELSIOR and Zing threads? because sometimes:
East Bay Veterinary Clinic Located at 568 Grand Avenue Sold Me Counterfeit Flea Medication And Killed My Dog― sarahell, Thursday, March 14, 2019 10:14 AM (six months ago) bookmarkflaglinkIs that a song title from the next Mark Kozelek record?― brain (krakow), Thursday, March 14, 2019 12:34 PM (six months ago) bookmarkflaglink
― sarahell, Thursday, March 14, 2019 10:14 AM (six months ago) bookmarkflaglink
Is that a song title from the next Mark Kozelek record?
― brain (krakow), Thursday, March 14, 2019 12:34 PM (six months ago) bookmarkflaglink
― blue light or electric light (the table is the table), Monday, 30 September 2019 23:17 (four years ago) link
tbf that vet clinic has always seemed pretty shady to me
― the public eating of beans (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 30 September 2019 23:22 (four years ago) link
I love the honest-to-God gerrymandering that goes on Next Door:
https://i.imgur.com/zFmAUET.png
Like, what did the guy at 47th and Pike ever do to piss off the Levy Pike mod?
Then there's the fact that while the other neighborhoods take up almost entire zip codes, at least 100 sq blocks, we've got "Levy Pike" about a dozen blocks? And oh, I guess "Francis Street" deserves its own neighborhood watch since, lemme tell you, it's nothing like those other neighborhoods.
And again, those poor homes caught in that Wheeling West Virginia strip between Francis and LP. No, I'm sorry y'all. You should have thought of what you were doing before you bought the house of the guy who used to mow the lawn at 7 a.m. on Sundays.
― pplains, Tuesday, 1 October 2019 01:46 (four years ago) link
hahahahahahahahahah
― sarahell, Tuesday, 1 October 2019 15:09 (four years ago) link
surely my city, with actual city-recognized neighborhood associations with boundaries..*checks nextdoor*hmm, well that isn't right
― mh, Tuesday, 1 October 2019 15:19 (four years ago) link
pic.twitter.com/L4sahqRQda— Best of Nextdoor (@bestofnextdoor) September 27, 2019
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 3 October 2019 09:26 (four years ago) link
o_O
― Is it true the star Beetle Juice is going to explode in 2012 (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 3 October 2019 09:29 (four years ago) link
Lately mine has become a rotation of:- Look at how this jerk parked! (photo of car too close to poster's car)- Look, a homeless person in the subway, what is happening to our neighborhood?!- I saw a delivery person for ____ littering! They won't have my business anymore!
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 10 October 2019 02:18 (four years ago) link
Here's what I see, over and over again.
― pplains, Thursday, 10 October 2019 02:24 (four years ago) link
every day, fuzzy night vision camera of "man checking car doors last night" with accompanying useless description of "man"
― forensic plumber (harbl), Thursday, 10 October 2019 02:28 (four years ago) link
Someone finally got a Facebook group going for our neighborhood (as opposed to Nextdoor) and it's mostly been a force for good, to my surprise.
However, a few months ago on Nextdoor, someone without any video evidence reported a "hispanic family" caught in the act of breaking into their boat. Then they got salty and deleted it after I pointed out that could describe a few hundred people in our neighborhood.
― ☮ (peace, man), Thursday, 10 October 2019 08:44 (four years ago) link
Camille Paglia is on my partner's NextDoor and it's going about as well as you expect.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 10 October 2019 08:46 (four years ago) link
more details please!
― Captain ACAB (Neil S), Thursday, 10 October 2019 09:31 (four years ago) link
ours are mainly just arguing over who owns which cat
― thomasintrouble, Thursday, 10 October 2019 09:34 (four years ago) link
lol."If you are in this group and on Mayfield and your dog has been barking non-stop since 9am, PLEASE make it stop. I have a sleeping baby 😩🙄🤦🏼♀️."
― ☮ (peace, man), Thursday, 10 October 2019 09:39 (four years ago) link
Camille Paglia is on my partner's NextDoor and it's going about as well as you expect.― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, October 10, 2019 9:46 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, October 10, 2019 9:46 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
Ta.
― Camille Paglia is on my partner's NextDoor (Bananaman Begins), Thursday, 10 October 2019 10:34 (four years ago) link
LOL
This is typical...
http://www.quartzcity.net/ilx/paglia_nextdoor.jpg
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 10 October 2019 15:27 (four years ago) link
a woman reported her black lives matter sign was stolen and that she had put up a new one. she asked if others would like one of her extra signs. cue predictable all lives matter responses.
― forensic plumber (harbl), Thursday, 10 October 2019 21:23 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/7vHinhr.jpg
new board description, amirite
― pplains, Friday, 11 October 2019 13:16 (four years ago) link
10 year olds... don’t react to small stuff? some wires crossed here
― mh, Saturday, 12 October 2019 16:51 (four years ago) link
I mean, I watched all 86 seconds of it, but that doesn't mean you have to.
― pplains, Thursday, 14 November 2019 00:23 (four years ago) link
I did and I don't know why
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Thursday, 14 November 2019 00:48 (four years ago) link
*Man rings doorbell*
*Man waits*
*Man walks away*
*Voice says, "Hello?"*
― pplains, Thursday, 14 November 2019 01:16 (four years ago) link
Melody: Maybe I misread, but the way he kept looking around behind him looked like he was trying to assess if anyone could see him.
― pplains, Thursday, 14 November 2019 01:18 (four years ago) link
Those teens are out of control . The police need to do something or we need to stay at home until those teen are out of the street . Very danger . I just moved to Baltimore from Florida , and I didn’t expect to see this here . The city is beautiful and people very friendly. I’m in love with the city but getting very scared
very dangermuch teens
― forensic plumber (harbl), Saturday, 25 January 2020 16:35 (four years ago) link
But I dunno, sometimes they aren't so bad.
https://i.imgur.com/FHeQ4GR.jpg
― pplains, Wednesday, 29 January 2020 03:30 (four years ago) link
the comments on a nextdoor post explaining parking and street restrictions over the weekend when “the president” is visiting are something
― babu frik fan account (mh), Wednesday, 29 January 2020 03:53 (four years ago) link
how about a thread with several pictures trying to figure out what to do about a fence that is too close to the sidewalk. then the fence's owner shows up and says they installed it after researching the code, etc. then the passive-aggressive person who posted it says "i feel scolded!" as if they didn't post it to scold an anonymous person. then the discussion continues for many more comments than the last racism post got.
― forensic plumber (harbl), Wednesday, 29 January 2020 13:51 (four years ago) link