Comments on: Local News 04.22.08 http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12231 Minneapolis + St. Paul Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:23:37 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bixby http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12231#comment-157808 Bixby Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:50:49 +0000 #comment-157808 Cockfighting is too classy for CRapids. Cockfighting is too classy for CRapids.

]]> By: sornie http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12231#comment-157805 sornie Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:50:20 +0000 #comment-157805 I thought cockfighting was reserved for someplace like Coon Rapids. I thought cockfighting was reserved for someplace like Coon Rapids.

]]> By: mnblrmkr http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12231#comment-157792 mnblrmkr Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:31:15 +0000 #comment-157792 My parent's neighbor's house (in Fargo) got struck by lightning. Ham radio antenna now has two 90 degree bends in it, Punched a hole through the garage roof, blew sheet rock off the ceiling, blew a water valve off in the basement, made a crack in the center of the driveway, and blew a chunk of sidewalk apart as it followed the rebar in the concrete. My dad saw the strike, and said there was a two story high mushroom of smoke.<br /> <br /> The antenna was put in by a previous owner, and the current owners aren't radio people, so I wouldn't be shocked if the antenna ground was somehow disconnected.<br /> <br /> Wasn't there a house here in the metro area that got hit yesterday too?<br /> My parent’s neighbor’s house (in Fargo) got struck by lightning. Ham radio antenna now has two 90 degree bends in it, Punched a hole through the garage roof, blew sheet rock off the ceiling, blew a water valve off in the basement, made a crack in the center of the driveway, and blew a chunk of sidewalk apart as it followed the rebar in the concrete. My dad saw the strike, and said there was a two story high mushroom of smoke.

The antenna was put in by a previous owner, and the current owners aren’t radio people, so I wouldn’t be shocked if the antenna ground was somehow disconnected.

Wasn’t there a house here in the metro area that got hit yesterday too?

]]> By: msparber http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12231#comment-157789 msparber Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:16:51 +0000 #comment-157789 My favorite part of that story:<br /> <br /> <em>A neighbor called police, and officers went to the home at 890 Margaret St., where they talked to the homeowner, Pha Xiong. He said nobody was fighting chickens inside, police said.<br /> <br /> Then the roosters crowed. </em> My favorite part of that story:

A neighbor called police, and officers went to the home at 890 Margaret St., where they talked to the homeowner, Pha Xiong. He said nobody was fighting chickens inside, police said.

Then the roosters crowed.

]]> By: joyride http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12231#comment-157787 joyride Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:07:46 +0000 #comment-157787 Nosy neighbors. Perhaps the men were holding a midnight chicken playdate. Did they think of that? Probably not. Nosy neighbors. Perhaps the men were holding a midnight chicken playdate. Did they think of that? Probably not.

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