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"My son, your ineptitude is so vast, your incompetence so profound, that I am certain you are inhabited by greater power than I have ever known." -- Nikos, to Schmendrick. The Last Unicorn
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Perhaps they could try to sell me ... A box of quarks. Or a wildebeest.
I'd like that.
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I was never known for pulling my punches. Got me in trouble on occasion. 😁🙃
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I looked you up. You've done the town proud. 😁
I recall the names of the "leaders" of Derby in the '80s. And the Derby reporter's desk was next to mine in the newsroom. He was a Reagan Republican and I thought he took it easier on elected officials than he might have.
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Considering the traffic on 34 -- one would think Derby had a chance at ... being something other than a drive-through.
I never knew Ansonia was even there until I got the job there. Rte 34 was just how one got to New Haven.
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I was long gone when Thomson closed it -- but heard about it and went there on the day it happened. I still had friends there.
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I was a reporter for The Evening Sentinel, office and press next to Ansonia City Hall, in the mid '80s. ;)
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Shelton has come a long way also.
I was in the Derby Opera House once. Lol ... That was also s'pposed to be redeveloped.
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Ansonia has been there, too.
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There used to be a lumberyard and a hardware store downtown. So of course they plopped down a Home Depot right down the road.
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This looks like it's from 2018 (!!?) www.derbyct.gov/economic-dev...
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I was a reporter in the area in the '80s ... and Main Street was pretty far gone then. Redevelopment efforts came and went and came to nothing. I bet there is even a current plan that is coming to nothing as I type.
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One of the most mismanaged stretches of commerce I have ever encountered.
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"They say our love won't pay the rent, before it's earned, our money's all been spent ..."
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Yes. During the commercial break.
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I want to go on that ride.
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But I was already following them You'll have to start over. 😁
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I'd be AllSpice.
Of course I would.
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I'm considered square in some circles.
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Similar.
youtu.be/blNq_EFbCro?...
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Baseball was perfect in the late '60s. And so was I.
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On the other hand ...
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Analgesic Cream.
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Press 666 if you want to self-deport.
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A Hard Day's Knight or
A Hard Day's Nighty
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He got out of the military because his dad got a doctor to lie about him having bone spurs.
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Well ... One we can hope gets made, anyway.
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Thank you!!
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That's not all, either.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie...
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I avoid people who take offense easily and also congenital fault finders. Those are the newcomers we're talking about, right?
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Ratatouille, of course.
Use real rats.
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Thanks. Bluesky is just a lifesaver for stuff like this.
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Wait, Andor's not a planet? It sounds like it ought to be a planet.
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Old goats get a bad rap.
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The Locust Waltz.
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"Substandard clown" ... c'mon, it's worse than that. Don't pull your punches.