VERIFY GALTY!

Becky

Shepherds and Cottage pie are English.

Shepherds is made with mutton.

Cottage is made with beef.

A Little known fact is Haggis is English as well.

Any one connected with Talkback could you please ask them to verify me, no way a foreigner can be verified with their system

This comment in from my wonderful English friend, galty.

    Consider it done, galty!  Skillz on Talkback, please verify him!  He is the best and has been on Talkback for as long as I can remember!

    How are they “verifying” people?  Does anyone know?

    I will have to google haggis.  It’s not something gross, is it?

Please check back later today…

FORUM WARS!

     Really? I was banned? Hmmm…

Posted by “thebirdman” on the Lancaster Online Trashback forum today.

    Yes, really you were banned!  It says “banned” right next to your name.   It only took until noon!

    It is guaranteed that when a new forum starts up (or starts over, as in this case), that “The cRoW” will show up in one variation or another.  A reader sent a comment to this site about what is on this sick person’s blogspot and I did not publish it.  Sorry, I just don’t want anyone getting curious and making the mistake of going there.  You aren’t missing a thing and he will give your computer viruses and harass you.   

    So, how did LNP do with the big re-launch of their forum?  Not very well.  They kept up with them over at LancTalk.com (click here).  And those who moved to the statewide TalkPa.net forum for fluff and nonsense indicated they would not be returning.

    And they have a “Members Only” section that includes a recipe thread!  What a hoot!  Darn, I guess I’ll be getting my good eats elsewhere!

    There will be much more on all of this tomorrow.

It’s 7:00 am.  Where is Talkback?

Please check back later today.

FOUR MONTH “HIATUS?”

 Part of a full page ad in today’s Sunday News

    Lancaster Newspapers realizes thousands of well meaning TalkBack readers and posters will be disappointed by this action. The success TalkBack enjoyed over the past ten years was directly due to their willingness to share their opinions with us and, in turn, became an important extension of our news reporting activities. TalkBack will be missed.

Part of the message from LNP when you click on the “Talkback” tab.  Click here to comment on LancTalk.com.

   LIP News is on vacation until Tuesday, September 7 when “FORUM WARS!” will continue.  Comments will remain open.  Have a great holiday! 

IT’S ABOUT THE MONEY!

      Robert Field of NewsLanc usually keeps my head shaking in bewilderment but his absolute failure to understand the motive behind LNP bringing back the Trashback forum is astounding!  No, they aren’t doing it for the community out of the goodness of their hearts, Robert!  Oh, my God!

    I have this comment awaiting moderation on his site under, “Welcome back LancasterOnline’s ‘Talkback,’” (click here).  Let’s see if he approves it:

       “Although undoubtedly time consuming and vexing for the Lancaster Newspapers, Inc., the re-introduction of LancasterOnLine’s “Talk Back” is an important contribution to the community.”

          Robert, this is about money!!!  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$  Money!!!

         In the meantime, over at LancTalk.com they have worked very hard and set up a wonderful replacement forum. A lot of your “friends” are on that forum, Robert! Maybe you should rethink this whole thing. LNP did a very foolish thing by yanking the forum down suddenly because their moderators didn’t have a clue as to what is acceptable. Now they realize they’ve lost at least 10% of their traffic and thus $$$$$$$$$$$$$ by taking it down. I don’t wish them any luck at all.

TALK AIN’T CHEAP

    TalkBack, the online reader-comment forum, is returning to LancasterOnline.com after a four-month hiatus.
From today’s article, “LancasterOnline’s TalkBack forum to return Tuesday,” (click here).
      So LNP finally realized how much money they lost when they suddenly shut down the forum in late April!  People who love the news and forums have moved on.  Will LNP be able to recapture the posters they once had?

Please check back later today.

AUTHENTIC WINNERS!

    Okay, folks, the winners of the “Find An Unauthentic City” contest are:

1.  Legal Eagle:

    Or maybe Lancaster can buy the body of a famous dead person and name it after him/her like Jim Thorpe, Pa did.

    Okay – so it wasn’t an official entry and it’s a town not a city – breaking Rule 1.  But I don’t care because Legal happened to pick up on one of the great mysteries in life.  Why, oh why, would a town do this?  So I looked it up and the town used to be named Mauch Chunk, Lenape Indian for “bear mountain” (click here).  Everything about this town including its name is unauthentic.  Winner!

2.  Mitch

    “Fake City” (click here).  Enough said.

3.   Daisy Lee Myers

    “Although Aventura, FL functions as a separate city, incorporated in 1995, it is still served by Miami-Dade Fire and rescue, and the official addresses in Aventura are still Miami addresses,” (click here).

Honorable Mentions:

Chem Trail Air

    I nominate Wawa, Pennsylvania.  You head to Wawa, PA thinking that you’ll get a loaf of bread and Vitamin water… and discover it’s a town, not a convenience store.

    Okay, another town, but once again Chem has picked up on a great mystery.  The only thing that exists in Wawa, PA that I’ve ever seen is the headquarters of – you guessed it – the double Wa!  Why isn’t there a Wawa there?  How did this even qualify to become a town?

galty

    Vatican CITY is not authentic as it is a state!

    Thank you to all who entered and I hope there are no sore losers!  I made the rule and therefore, I get to break it when an authentic  unauthentic entry cannot be denied!

    What did these intelligent, wonderful people win?   I’m working on the prizes.  They will be announced at a later date.

Butts Arrested in Boob Murder Case

    This is a “real” headline, folks!  Thanks to Facebook, I discovered this unbelievable gem (click here).  What are the odds of getting a “Butts” and a “Boob” involved in the same murder?  As a commenter said, “Journalistic Gold!  This is a career piece!”  Yes, it’s one for the resume and whoever wrote the headline should be given a bottle of champagne and a hefty raise immediately!

    Lancaster’s “A City Authentic” campaign got off to a rousing start last week — if you like train wrecks.

    Not long after the “Big Reveal” in front of 70 guests at the former Pennsylvania Academy of Music building, Mayor Rick Gray and his minions were deflecting criticism that the campaign, which cost taxpayers $12,000, really isn’t as authentic as advertised.

The start of today’s New Era editorial, “An authentic city, indeed.”

     Okay, so who got paid $12,000 and what did they do to earn it?

    Well, we aren’t going to learn that from Shelley Castetter, who in another lengthy post on the LancTalk forum titled, “The Beginning is the End,” says this (click here):

    I am already working on another story and will not be continuing this one.

    That’s the way to clean up the city, Shelley!  That’s the way to stay on them and hold them accountable!  NOT!  And before you add these two stories to your resume, please have someone rewrite them, edit out a least half the copy and cut out your whining about not being “credited” by LNP.

    Well, I wish I could tell you I had a butts and boob story coming this afternoon – but I have something even better – the winners of the “Find An Unauthentic City” contest!  Okay, so it’s not better but those stories only come once or twice in a life time!  Sigh!  It does get a reporter’s blood racing though!  Mirinda Boob!  LOL!

Please check back later today.

A CAN O’ FRISKIES

     Whether it’s used with or without permission…It’s still not authentic.  lol.

This comment just in under “A ROSE AUTHENTIC!” below.

    LOL!  Very, very true, my friend!  And a poster named “Authentic Naysayer” just signed up on the”authentic” LancTalk.com forum (click here)!  What a hoot!

    And this was posted on the forum:

    Moxie House had nothing to do with the logo. The impression I get from Artie See’s posts is that the catch-phrase, “A City Authentic” wasn’t their handiwork either. So, WHAT exactly did the city pay them to do? Pick the freakin’ FONT and a color scheme? If that’s the case, what in god’s name were they paid for that service?
    My cat walks across my keyboard 100 times a day and effectively provides that same service for me (often with better results), and all I gotta pay him is a can o’ Friskies…

    What a hoot and a half!  Maybe Shelley Castetter will tell us in the second part of her investigation into this debacle.  She promised it several days ago but we have yet to see it.  Stay after them, Shelley, and maybe LNP will give you credit this time around!

    Speaking of promises, I have failed repeatedly to post the winners of the “Find an Unauthentic City” contest and I’m sure everyone is now mad as heck at me!  This ain’t easy, folks!  They will absolutely come tomorrow afternoon!

    Hey, I just realized, no one submitted “Lancaster” as an entry.  I just may have to enter and win!  No, you authentic naysayers, there was no rule against that (refer to contest rule one).

Please check back tomorrow.

WITH PERMISSION?

The above is now posted on the Lancaster City website.

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