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Tent cities are popping up all over America.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/panorama/hi/front ... 694094.stm

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For a minute there, I thought this was going to be another thread about OWS.
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Ivytalk wrote:For a minute there, I thought this was going to be another thread about OWS.
Those aren't cities those are anarcho-syndicalist communes. :coffee:
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kalm wrote:
Ivytalk wrote:For a minute there, I thought this was going to be another thread about OWS.
Those aren't cities those are anarcho-syndicalist communes. :coffee:
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Tents are so much better than they were just 30 or so years ago.

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A good quality tent can cost well over a thousand dollars these days..

Denver International Airport took their terminal design from the tent world-

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Meh, everybody's got to be somewhere, some just have to be camping. Maybe this will start a trend towards victory gardens as well, a lost art IMO.
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Wedgebuster wrote:Image.
That looks like the one that our wedding reception was in! :nod:
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Wedgebuster wrote:Tents are so much better than they were just 30 or so years ago.

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A good quality tent can cost well over a thousand dollars these days..

Denver International Airport took their terminal design from the tent world-

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Meh, everybody's got to be somewhere, some just have to be camping. Maybe this will start a trend towards victory gardens as well, a lost art IMO.
I'll be willing to bet more community gardens have popped up in the last 5 years than tent cities.
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kalm wrote:I'll be willing to bet more community gardens have popped up in the last 5 years than tent cities.
I won't be attending either, thank you very much. :kisswink:
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CitadelGrad wrote:http://news.bbc.co.uk/panorama/hi/front ... 694094.stm

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Cap'n Cat wrote:
CitadelGrad wrote:http://news.bbc.co.uk/panorama/hi/front ... 694094.stm

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AZGrizFan wrote:
Cap'n Cat wrote:
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Not even an original thought. :coffee:
This coming from the veritable FONT of original thoughts!

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Looks like she's afraid of combs and tweezers too... and lord only knows what that bush looks and smells like. :puke:
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blueballs wrote:
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Looks like she's afraid of combs and tweezers too... and lord only knows what that bush looks and smells like. :puke:
She? I thought that was a dude. :shock:
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89Hen wrote:
blueballs wrote:
Looks like she's afraid of combs and tweezers too... and lord only knows what that bush looks and smells like. :puke:
She? I thought that was a dude. :shock:
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blueballs wrote:
grizzaholic wrote:Image
Looks like she's afraid of combs and tweezers too... and lord only knows what that bush looks and smells like. :puke:
Fucking can of rotting maggots.
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Cap'n Cat wrote:
AZGrizFan wrote:
Not even an original thought. :coffee:
This coming from the veritable FONT of original thoughts!

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