Dec 2, 2008 | 9:41 PM
Category:
Music
I noticed that there are more and more people on different websites that seem to want the maximum age limit of 28 to be either raised or to have it scrapped! Some states that American Idol doesnt' need the maximum age limit at all. I guess that ever since the auditions of American Idol's season 6 ended up being historical with 64-year-old Sherman Pore, they were that determined to get American Idol to either scrap the age limit or raise it. But chances are very slim that it will happen.
Dec 1, 2008 | 10:05 PM
Category:
News
I love the "Deal or Dud" program on Fox2. They seem to help out the little guy before making a purchace. We all know that there are some dishonest citizens out there that do sales work and at this time of year when someone wants to buy gifts for a loved one or friend, we want our good citizens to end up with a Merry Christmas.
Nov 30, 2008 | 9:40 PM
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Traffic
Now since the nasty weather is here, the best thing to do is to shift your transmission to your lower gears rather than direct drive due to that you should have better traction. And remember, use your lights each time you use your wipers. See and be seen! Driving in incliment weather with your brain off is a very dangerous thing to do and can be deadly! Stay off your cell phone, and keep your stereo at a low level. Driving in incliment weather is never a good time to have distractions going on while driving. If your car has an electric defroster built in, let your car sit idle until the defroster does it's job!
Nov 30, 2008 | 6:54 PM
Category:
Sports
Just when we all thought that playing basketball was all for young people, well get ready for this one. Here is a basketball player that played a game at the age of 73. That's right! A basketball player that is 73 years old! You never know what will happen next in the sports world.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/04/sports/BK
C-Senior-Citizen.php
Nov 27, 2008 | 10:25 PM
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Traffic
The sectioin of highway 40 opens up between Ballas Road and Brentwood Blvd. on December 15th of this year. The eastern half shuts down on January 2nd. Metro to no avail has chosen to keep lots of stuff secret when it comes to posting service changes. And stuff like this was one of the things that cost them the tax increase proposal. On Sunday, MODOT is opening the highway to bicycles and pedestrians before they let cars take over. The two things I think that MODOT did that was stupid was that they lied about possible pedestiran/bicycle access to the highway in some spots such as bike lanes, and they also had the opening date to be set on a Sunday when people use that day to go to church. MODOT could have picked a Saturday.
Nov 27, 2008 | 12:04 PM
Category:
Sports
Well, since management at the Edward Jones Dome, Busch Stadium, and Scottrade Cener won't publish the lyrics to the Star Spangled Banner and God Bless America, I went to the Yanni board and had them post the lyrics. So if you feel like singing the national anthem and God Bless America, print out the lyrics on the link and you can have them with you. Remember, if you don't want to sing, that's fine. If you do, that's fine also.
http://board.yanni.com/eve/forums?a=tpc&s=716109381
&f=425104724&m=6081037823&r=9051019823#9051019823p>
Nov 25, 2008 | 11:33 PM
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Traffic
I have seen some great ideas for Metro. Some were to have the gasoline tax to pay for Metro's expanson projects. I did mention turnstyles on the platforms to keep the free-loaders/troublemakers off, but Metro states that is way expensive and that is one reason why they chose the barrier-free system. However, you can suggest your ideas for not only Metro but for other public transit systems all over the nation to your elected officials. One idea would be to have congress get the big oil companies to donate money to transit and earmark it for expansion work. Now by federal law, Metro nor any public transit system is allowed to deny service to anyone who looks suspicious unless otherwise instructed by their supervisors. That is because of civil rights advocation. Since public transit is in big need of expansion right now, you can let your state officials know by either email, snail mail or make use of the new transit center by going over there and buying a ticket to go to Jefferson City on the train.
Nov 24, 2008 | 8:54 PM
Category:
Faith
If you have a pocket full of pennies, you can deposit them at the red kettles and they will be put to good use. Since vending machines at your workplace won't take them, drop them into the red kettles.
Nov 24, 2008 | 8:52 PM
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Traffic
I saw another picture of the Bloggets bus. I see what has casued the wiper blades to be not totaly vertical with the windshield divider. That is because the inner arms on the wipers has warpped some. The best way to fix that is to disconnect the blades and the stablizer from the two arms. The inner arms may have to be replaces by some that are a little bit longer.
Nov 24, 2008 | 8:25 PM
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Traffic
There are some things that Metro has done that got the public mad at them. When it comes to building a line, you have to hire a firm that WILL do the work such as design of the route, finding out utility lines and how they are routed, know your environmental areas such as former landfills, etc. The company that you hire cannot be one that sits on their can and does nothing. Plus with the Call-a-Ride, you have to look at the vans to see what kind of weight they can handle before you go out and buy them. And the Fords didn't have the weight requirement is needed to meet today's standards. I told Metro about this before and they didn't listen until Elliot Davis' 'You Paid for It" saga got them to change. There were times that I had to put up with sheer nonsence in my 16 years of volunteerism at Metro. I did see in a set of slides on Metro's "2009-The Road ahead" page that some top officials will be getting cut. Well, for cramming lots of cash into their pockets and not using the extra sales tax dollars for future expansions, well now those top officals are going to learn their fate, effective this spring. Same with some of the planning and scheduling department's employees. Those employees blew it for everybody!
Nov 23, 2008 | 1:36 PM
Category:
News
There are times that I love seeing senior citzens handling a job that would normaly be done by a young person. It just adds decor to the place. To me, it looks kind of cute to see an old person at work. A person who is about 75 years old working at Target, or a man working at a snack bar at Wal-Mart who may be 94 years old. That would be wonderful if we could see activity like that! And what would look pretty is floor techs averaging between 50 and 100 on their ages. Since there are people with YEARS of experience, it would be stupid to throw their careers away.
Nov 19, 2008 | 10:01 PM
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Traffic
I emailed the city of St. Louis collector's office due to that Prop M passed in the city so that maybe they can help get Metro funded and get another line started. St. Louis City residents have been waiting over 10 years for the new tax to kick in because the St. Louis County voters turned down the Prop M sales tax. And if the city of St. Louis tax collector responds in favor and acts in my favor, then we might get a few routes saved from the chopping block! So County residents;
RIDE THE BUS!!!
Nov 19, 2008 | 6:42 PM
Category:
Faith
It is time that we remember those who are suffering from the hard economic times. Time to say prayers each time we sit down at the dinner table and to pray for them even in church. We should be thankful for what we have. Some of those CEOs of big corporations sometimes care only about themselves and they should be ashamed of themselves.
Nov 18, 2008 | 7:23 PM
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Traffic
Well, there are some service cutting options that Metro has put into place because the voters choose to vote it down. They are even talking of cutting weekend service. People said that there were to be no service cuts if Prop M failed. Well the truth stands on this website;
http://www.metrostlouis.org/ImportantInfo/important
Info.asp?recNum=2
Those senior citizens that I wanted to have service available will be short changed because of the voter turning out in a negative way. Those people who voted it down sure have ruined it for people with disabilties! They listened to the lies of the people that were against MetroLink.
Nov 13, 2008 | 9:06 PM
Category:
Traffic
I am glad that 101.l is going away! They have not played one song with a famous group like the Mormon Tabornacle Choir for the Christmas season. All they play is music by the young artists that really can't even sing! That's one less station with young artists on it. Once the holiday season is over, they will be talking sports. That means GOLF! Score one for the seniors! Hurray!!!
