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Date: 17 Feb 2007 06:51:36
From: annika1980
Subject: Why I don't live in the ATL (for Randy)
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My sister lives in Atlanta. The other night she orders a couple of
pizzas to be delivered. The delivery guy finally shows up about an
hour later, pulls in her driveway, jumps out like he's in a hurry,
leaves his motor running, and runs up on the front porch. While my
sister is getting the money ready some dude jumps in the pizza
delivery car and drives off with it. The delivery guy was pretty
pissed (natch), but my nephews all got a big laugh out of it.
Just another day in the ATL....
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Date: 24 Feb 2007 02:17:25
From: johnty
Subject: Re: Why I don't live in the ATL (for Randy)
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On 21 Feb, 06:11, "bill-o" <assimil...@borg.org > wrote:
> On 20-Feb-2007, "johnty" <john...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > I shall remember that when I next visit COV.
>
Really? I didn't think I could miss something so significant.
Maybe I just hang around the wrong areas...
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Date: 20 Feb 2007 13:42:34
From: johnty
Subject: Re: Why I don't live in the ATL (for Randy)
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On 19 Feb, 19:00, "\"R&B\"" <noneofyourbusin...@all.com > wrote:
> "johnty" <john...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> news:1171879286.348994.28100@q2g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
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> > On 19 Feb, 05:28, "\"R&B\"" <noneofyourbusin...@all.com> wrote:
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> >> I don't live in the ATL. I live in the ALP.
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> > Can you explain these TLAs to us OOTs?
>
> "The A-T-L" = short for Atlanta (commonly used here and elsewhere)
>
> "A-L-P" = short for Alpharetta, the Atlanta suburb where I live (never
> before referred to in this way)
>
I shall remember that when I next visit COV.
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Date: 21 Feb 2007 06:11:56
From: bill-o
Subject: Re: Why I don't live in the ATL (for Randy)
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On 20-Feb-2007, "johnty" <johnty1@hotmail.com > wrote:
> I shall remember that when I next visit COV.
Home of Bridgestone's ball plant!
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bill-o
A "gimme" can best be defined as an agreement between
two golfers neither of whom can putt very well.
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Date: 21 Feb 2007 11:28:41
From: Head Shot
Subject: Re: Why I don't live in the ATL (for Randy)
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bill-o wrote:
> Home of Bridgestone's ball plant!
I prefer the balls I was born with. Growing new balls from a small vine
seems kinda weird......
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Date: 20 Feb 2007 05:20:49
From: oconnell@slr.orl.lmco.com
Subject: Re: Why I don't live in the ATL (for Randy)
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On Feb 18, 10:08 am, "Michael Anselmo" [snip]
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> I have lived in both gated and non-gated subdivisions. Currently I live in a
> gated community. Trust me when I say: Gated is far better.
I'd trust you, but our local newspaper did a detailed analysis of
police calls and found little difference between the two, and in fact
gated communities appeared to be at a slightly higher risk for certain
kinds of home thefts. I suspect what you may be referring to however
is MANNED gated communities, which the report suggested
were an improvedment. However, many MANY gated communities
had either automatic openers, or had them at "off hours".
> Answering the phone when a delivery is arriving is a small annoyance. The
> big guys (Fedex, UPS, etc) are in just like the Post Office.
>
> Stopping at the gate to tell them your brother-in-law should not be let in,
> but your sister should, is not a problem. ;-)
The problem apparently was getting ones sister not to give the
access code to her husband.
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Date: 20 Feb 2007 10:25:27
From: Michael Anselmo
Subject: Re: Why I don't live in the ATL (for Randy)
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<oconnell@slr.orl.lmco.com > wrote in message
news:1171977649.423374.17040@v45g2000cwv.googlegroups.com...
> On Feb 18, 10:08 am, "Michael Anselmo" [snip]
>>
>> I have lived in both gated and non-gated subdivisions. Currently I live
>> in a
>> gated community. Trust me when I say: Gated is far better.
>
> I'd trust you, but our local newspaper did a detailed analysis of
> police calls and found little difference between the two, and in fact
> gated communities appeared to be at a slightly higher risk for certain
> kinds of home thefts. I suspect what you may be referring to however
> is MANNED gated communities, which the report suggested
> were an improvedment. However, many MANY gated communities
> had either automatic openers, or had them at "off hours".
>
>> Answering the phone when a delivery is arriving is a small annoyance. The
>> big guys (Fedex, UPS, etc) are in just like the Post Office.
>>
>> Stopping at the gate to tell them your brother-in-law should not be let
>> in,
>> but your sister should, is not a problem. ;-)
>
> The problem apparently was getting ones sister not to give the
> access code to her husband.
>
>
Thanks for the tip.
Our main gates (2) are manned at all times that they are open. Residents
must have a transponder or stop for a license check. The back gate gets
closed at 6pm. There is a side gate that is open during the day that lets
anyone exit and only transponders in. It closes at 8pm. All gates have
video. There are patrols all day and night by the security force Wackenhut.)
I can't tell you the crime rate because I never heard of any. A member of
our club had his laser rangefinder stolen out of his golf cart at a function
last year.
And I had a golf ball stolen from me by the owner of the club. I couldn't
find my ball on a par three and took the max for the hole. Two holes later
he's putting with it. He had hit the wrong ball on the par three and figured
it was his. I didn't report it because I don't have an emotional attachment
to golf balls. I lose them so often I would be a wreck if I did. Besides, he
would have thrown me out of the club and I had a good round going. ;-)
Mike
P.S. I was lying about the good round.
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Date: 20 Feb 2007 19:05:35
From: BAR
Subject: Re: Why I don't live in the ATL (for Randy)
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Michael Anselmo wrote:
> <oconnell@slr.orl.lmco.com> wrote in message
> news:1171977649.423374.17040@v45g2000cwv.googlegroups.com...
>> On Feb 18, 10:08 am, "Michael Anselmo" [snip]
>>> I have lived in both gated and non-gated subdivisions. Currently I live
>>> in a
>>> gated community. Trust me when I say: Gated is far better.
>> I'd trust you, but our local newspaper did a detailed analysis of
>> police calls and found little difference between the two, and in fact
>> gated communities appeared to be at a slightly higher risk for certain
>> kinds of home thefts. I suspect what you may be referring to however
>> is MANNED gated communities, which the report suggested
>> were an improvedment. However, many MANY gated communities
>> had either automatic openers, or had them at "off hours".
>>
>>> Answering the phone when a delivery is arriving is a small annoyance. The
>>> big guys (Fedex, UPS, etc) are in just like the Post Office.
>>>
>>> Stopping at the gate to tell them your brother-in-law should not be let
>>> in,
>>> but your sister should, is not a problem. ;-)
>> The problem apparently was getting ones sister not to give the
>> access code to her husband.
>>
>>
>
> Thanks for the tip.
>
> Our main gates (2) are manned at all times that they are open. Residents
> must have a transponder or stop for a license check. The back gate gets
> closed at 6pm. There is a side gate that is open during the day that lets
> anyone exit and only transponders in. It closes at 8pm. All gates have
> video. There are patrols all day and night by the security force Wackenhut.)
> I can't tell you the crime rate because I never heard of any. A member of
> our club had his laser rangefinder stolen out of his golf cart at a function
> last year.
Why would you want to live in a fortress/jail like that? I have never
had anyone burglarize any of my homes. Sometimes we even go out for a
few hours without remembering to lock the doors.
You should have locking glove boxes on your golf carts.
> And I had a golf ball stolen from me by the owner of the club. I couldn't
> find my ball on a par three and took the max for the hole. Two holes later
> he's putting with it. He had hit the wrong ball on the par three and figured
> it was his. I didn't report it because I don't have an emotional attachment
> to golf balls. I lose them so often I would be a wreck if I did. Besides, he
> would have thrown me out of the club and I had a good round going. ;-)
A thief is a thief.
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Date: 19 Feb 2007 02:01:26
From: johnty
Subject: Re: Why I don't live in the ATL (for Randy)
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On 19 Feb, 05:28, "\"R&B\"" <noneofyourbusin...@all.com > wrote:
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> I don't live in the ATL. I live in the ALP.
>
Can you explain these TLAs to us OOTs?
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Date: 19 Feb 2007 14:00:00
From: \R&B\
Subject: Re: Why I don't live in the ATL (for Randy)
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"johnty" <johnty1@hotmail.com > wrote in message
news:1171879286.348994.28100@q2g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> On 19 Feb, 05:28, "\"R&B\"" <noneofyourbusin...@all.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> I don't live in the ATL. I live in the ALP.
>>
>
> Can you explain these TLAs to us OOTs?
"The A-T-L" = short for Atlanta (commonly used here and elsewhere)
"A-L-P" = short for Alpharetta, the Atlanta suburb where I live (never
before referred to in this way)
Randy
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Date: 19 Feb 2007 00:28:44
From: \R&B\
Subject: Re: Why I don't live in the ATL (for Randy)
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"annika1980" <annika1980@aol.com > wrote ...
>
> My sister lives in Atlanta. The other night she orders a couple of
> pizzas to be delivered. The delivery guy finally shows up about an
> hour later, pulls in her driveway, jumps out like he's in a hurry,
> leaves his motor running, and runs up on the front porch. While my
> sister is getting the money ready some dude jumps in the pizza
> delivery car and drives off with it. The delivery guy was pretty
> pissed (natch), but my nephews all got a big laugh out of it.
>
> Just another day in the ATL....
I don't live in the ATL. I live in the ALP.
BTW, I spent last weekend on a video shoot for a small radio station run by
a friend of mine up in the GA mountains outside of Helen, and for a brief
period on Sunday, on the very top of a mountain. I'm guessing that as we
hiked from the radio station's transmitter to a bluff where I could get some
scenic footage of the valley down below, we were easy targets for any bears
that live in those woods. I'm sure there are a few.
My friend tells me there's some golf courses up that way. We should do a
weekend golf-a-thon someplace up there...after the weather warms up. Make
sure your transmission is in good working order.
Randy
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Date: 17 Feb 2007 22:57:25
From: Dene
Subject: Re: Why I don't live in the ATL (for Randy)
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On Feb 17, 6:51 am, "annika1980" <annika1...@aol.com > wrote:
> My sister lives in Atlanta. The other night she orders a couple of
> pizzas to be delivered. The delivery guy finally shows up about an
> hour later, pulls in her driveway, jumps out like he's in a hurry,
> leaves his motor running, and runs up on the front porch. While my
> sister is getting the money ready some dude jumps in the pizza
> delivery car and drives off with it. The delivery guy was pretty
> pissed (natch), but my nephews all got a big laugh out of it.
>
> Just another day in the ATL....
Pssst. Eric *was* in the ket for a car.
-Greg
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Date: 17 Feb 2007 21:59:28
From: annika1980
Subject: Re: Why I don't live in the ATL (for Randy)
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On Feb 17, 8:54 pm, "warren montgomery" > > Just another day in the
ATL....
>
> Not the ending I expected. I thought you were going to say the pizza guy
> couldn't find the street or got stopped by the guard at the gate. (Never
> could understand how people deal with those gated subdivisions. Do those
> people have no freinds and get no deliveries? I won't go near one).
Hey, I live in a gutted subdivision.
Oh, you said "gated." Nevermind.
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Date: 17 Feb 2007 19:54:00
From: warren montgomery
Subject: Re: Why I don't live in the ATL (for Randy)
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"annika1980" <annika1980@aol.com > wrote in message
news:1171723896.237086.95240@v45g2000cwv.googlegroups.com...
> My sister lives in Atlanta. The other night she orders a couple of
> pizzas to be delivered. The delivery guy finally shows up about an
> hour later, pulls in her driveway, jumps out like he's in a hurry,
> leaves his motor running, and runs up on the front porch. While my
> sister is getting the money ready some dude jumps in the pizza
> delivery car and drives off with it. The delivery guy was pretty
> pissed (natch), but my nephews all got a big laugh out of it.
>
> Just another day in the ATL....
>
Not the ending I expected. I thought you were going to say the pizza guy
couldn't find the street or got stopped by the guard at the gate. (Never
could understand how people deal with those gated subdivisions. Do those
people have no freinds and get no deliveries? I won't go near one).
--
Warren Montgomery (wamontgomery@att.net)
http://home.att.net/~wamontgomery
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Date: 18 Feb 2007 09:18:57
From: aeiouy
Subject: Re: Why I don't live in the ATL (for Randy)
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"warren montgomery" <wamontgomery@worldnet.att.net > wrote in message
news:_uydnYBMb_okLErYnZ2dnUVZ_uqvnZ2d@comcast.com...
> "annika1980" <annika1980@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:1171723896.237086.95240@v45g2000cwv.googlegroups.com...
>> My sister lives in Atlanta. The other night she orders a couple of
>> pizzas to be delivered. The delivery guy finally shows up about an
>> hour later, pulls in her driveway, jumps out like he's in a hurry,
>> leaves his motor running, and runs up on the front porch. While my
>> sister is getting the money ready some dude jumps in the pizza
>> delivery car and drives off with it. The delivery guy was pretty
>> pissed (natch), but my nephews all got a big laugh out of it.
>>
>> Just another day in the ATL....
>>
> Not the ending I expected. I thought you were going to say the pizza guy
> couldn't find the street or got stopped by the guard at the gate. (Never
> could understand how people deal with those gated subdivisions. Do those
> people have no freinds and get no deliveries? I won't go near one).
I live in a gated community. Everybody has gates on their windows and
doors.
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Date: 18 Feb 2007 14:25:02
From: 3Putt from South Carolina
Subject: Re: Why I don't live in the ATL (for Randy)
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> I live in a gated community. Everybody has gates on their windows and
> doors.
Anyone know if they still have that course in D.C. where the kids jump the
fence and steal your golf balls, or clubs, or anything they can carry back
across the fence?
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Date: 18 Feb 2007 10:08:17
From: Michael Anselmo
Subject: Re: Why I don't live in the ATL (for Randy)
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"warren montgomery" <wamontgomery@worldnet.att.net > wrote in message
news:_uydnYBMb_okLErYnZ2dnUVZ_uqvnZ2d@comcast.com...
> "annika1980" <annika1980@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:1171723896.237086.95240@v45g2000cwv.googlegroups.com...
>> My sister lives in Atlanta. The other night she orders a couple of
>> pizzas to be delivered. The delivery guy finally shows up about an
>> hour later, pulls in her driveway, jumps out like he's in a hurry,
>> leaves his motor running, and runs up on the front porch. While my
>> sister is getting the money ready some dude jumps in the pizza
>> delivery car and drives off with it. The delivery guy was pretty
>> pissed (natch), but my nephews all got a big laugh out of it.
>>
>> Just another day in the ATL....
>>
> Not the ending I expected. I thought you were going to say the pizza guy
> couldn't find the street or got stopped by the guard at the gate. (Never
> could understand how people deal with those gated subdivisions. Do those
> people have no freinds and get no deliveries? I won't go near one).
>
> --
> Warren Montgomery (wamontgomery@att.net)
> http://home.att.net/~wamontgomery
>
I have lived in both gated and non-gated subdivisions. Currently I live in a
gated community. Trust me when I say: Gated is far better.
Answering the phone when a delivery is arriving is a small annoyance. The
big guys (Fedex, UPS, etc) are in just like the Post Office.
Stopping at the gate to tell them your brother-in-law should not be let in,
but your sister should, is not a problem. ;-)
Mike
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Date: 18 Feb 2007 14:20:43
From: Head Shot
Subject: Re: Why I don't live in the ATL (for Randy)
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Michael Anselmo wrote:
> I have lived in both gated and non-gated subdivisions. Currently I
> live in a gated community. Trust me when I say: Gated is far better.
I live an hour and change away from Atlanta. I would never live in a
subdivision for any reason (even if they were giving away homes); but I
would think gated is way better than non-gated for a myriad of reasons. Not
the least of which is keeping your mother-in-law away. :-)
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Date: 17 Feb 2007 17:05:29
From: Robert Hamilton
Subject: Re: Why I don't live in the ATL (for Randy)
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annika1980 wrote:
> My sister lives in Atlanta. The other night she orders a couple of
> pizzas to be delivered. The delivery guy finally shows up about an
> hour later, pulls in her driveway, jumps out like he's in a hurry,
> leaves his motor running, and runs up on the front porch. While my
> sister is getting the money ready some dude jumps in the pizza
> delivery car and drives off with it. The delivery guy was pretty
> pissed (natch), but my nephews all got a big laugh out of it.
>
> Just another day in the ATL....
Don't worry, you'll get cars some day in Chattanooga. We have 'em here
in Jackson, so it won't be too much longer.....
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Date: 17 Feb 2007 10:41:31
From: Miss Anne Thrope
Subject: Re: Why I don't live in the ATL (for Randy)
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Gee, I thought the reason would be that constant smell of urine that
Atlanta is so famous for.
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Date: 18 Feb 2007 14:31:29
From: Sparky
Subject: Re: Why I don't live in the ATL (for Randy)
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On 17-Feb-2007, High_Colonic@webtv.net (Miss Anne Thrope) wrote:
> Gee, I thought the reason would be that constant smell of urine that
> Atlanta is so famous for.
you misspelled "New Orleans"....
me
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