Maximus Loveless...the poor kid is only a year old, but it certainly doesn't look like his future romantic ventures are going to pan out. His parents are completely run of the mill, and I don't have the heart to ask them what they were thinking!!!
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01-17-2008, 05:51 PM #1
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"The north is too cold,
the west too barren,
the south too hot, and
the east too bloody.
Iowa is just right."
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01-21-2008, 10:48 AM #2
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Years ago I had a friend who legally changed her last name from Loveless to Love. She just hated constantly having to declare or affirm herself as Loveless every time she said or heard her name. I applauded her decision!
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01-21-2008, 06:07 PM #3
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In Memphis, there is a major road called Getwell. The Veteran's hospital is located on Getwell. Originally Posted by Starfish
The name of the street was changed in WWII...the prior name of the road was Shotwell.
The city wisely didn't think that the VA hospital shouldn't be located on Shotwell.
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01-22-2008, 05:21 AM #4
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in that light... many of the locals find it slightly amusing that my office, Corps of Engineers, is on Leake Avenue.
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01-22-2008, 07:27 AM #5
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The address of a PBS station in Richmond, VA is 123 Sesame St.
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01-22-2008, 07:59 AM #6
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Apple's address used to be 1 Infinite Loop.
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01-25-2008, 05:40 PM #7
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I just had to UPS a boat part off to a manufacturing place at:
7799 Municipal Court
(Just a regular road...not a court-affiliated thing)"The best rides are the ones where you bite off much more than you can chew, and live through it." ~ Doug Bradbury
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