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Old 09-22-2008, 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Muncle View Post
I was at Sumter Landing today around noon. The place was almost immaculate. The only remnants of the rally I saw were the large "above the street" banners. There was almost no trash in the streets. The barricades were gone. The porta-potties were gone. It's almost impossible to believe there were 60,000 people there less than 24 hrs previously. Another job well done by TV and whomever helped.
Damn, we're spoiled.
Munc, can I ever relate to your post! Everyone in TV is so spoiled and it is so pristine (and I love it there). After spending from Oct 2007 until April 2008 in TV, what a shock to leave the bubble and return to the real world.

I had to learn to live again with teenagers with blaring music and pierced everythings. The "finger" is a very common road signal. Trash abounds in the real world. There are weeds and homeless people and road kill. When you're an "old person", young people just look through you and don't even see you. I hadn't appreciated how pleasant life in TV really is.

No point to this post, other than I can hardly wait to return to the reservation. It is true that it isn't the "real world", but it is a great one!
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