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My community in west Knoxville is starting show normalcy again. I drove around even to the mall, and our once-white community is starting to return again. A huge noticeable difference with less Mexicans and foreigners running around. While traffic can still be rather intense at times, there is a noticeable difference in traffic congestion and commuting on the roads is getting easier. Everything is starting to feel like the old Knoxville I knew.

On a negative note, I am hitting roadblocks with state legislators with improving emergency services. The state legislative deadline has passed, so I am a sitting duck until next year.

both are whores!

Was boredom ever a reason you stopped talking to someone?

I have been fired from 13 out of 25 jobs I have held.

When I was 16, I was a lifeguard at a fitness center. This is probably my first non-seasonal job. The location had both indoor and outdoor pools. I took my job very seriously. I was a very strict rule enforcer. As a lifeguard, my job description entailed enforcing rules. I confronted and even scolded managers on duty for failing to keep their two-way radios on them, as there were many times I was left alone at the indoor pool responsible for the safety of patrons. One day, there was a tornado warning, and I cleared the indoor pool of swimmers. The manager on duty came back to question me as to why I closed the pool and tried to get me to reopen it, and I outright refused. With the thin roof that is meant to open, it was a clear danger to everyone inside the pool when the shards and debris come collapsing down.

One day, I was called into the office by my actual pool manager. I was told I received too many complaints and if I received one more, I was to be fired. I felt this was a forceful resignation and I left. In response, I was placed on a blacklist for life to not be rehired by the entire hospital/health system.

This is an example of the bullshit I had to deal with. Workplace politics, pissing certain coworkers off, etc...

any embarrassing stories from your period menstruation time?

I use all forms of transport, but mainly cycling, because it keeps me fit. Which is your main way of going to work etc.

35 years ago, James "Buster" Douglas defeated Mike Tyson via KO in Round 10 of 12 to win the IBF, WBA, and WBC Heavyweight Titles.

One of the biggest and most iconic upsets in the history of the sport and the first defeat in Tyson's professional career.

Oh man, the Buster Douglas vs. Mike Tyson fight in 1990 is still talked about as one of the biggest upsets in sports history, even 35 years later! I can only imagine what it must have been like to be in the crowd that night at the Tokyo Dome to witness it all go down.

Tyson was on top of the world back then, the undisputed heavyweight champion with a record of 37-0 and 33 KOs. Nobody thought he was going to have any trouble against this underdog challenger, Buster Douglas. The bookies had Tyson as a massive 42-1 favorite! It was basically seen as a tune-up fight for Tyson before his big showdown with Evander Holyfield.

I can imagine fans jumping up and down, high-fiving strangers, just in complete shock over what they had just witnessed. Buster Douglas, the massive underdog, had just dethroned the unbeatable Mike Tyson! That's the kind of moment that gets etched into sports history forever. Even 35 years later, it's still regarded as one of the craziest, most memorable fights of all time. I wish I could have been there to see the look on everyone's faces when Tyson hit the canvas. What an unbelievable night that must have been!

Additional question: For those who saw the fight live when it happened, what was your reaction in 1990 when Buster Douglas knocked out Mike Tyson in Japan? And do you remember where you were when Buster Douglas upset Mike Tyson in 1990?

Do y’all believe MJ actually had an active dating life? Serious question because I always hear about secret relationships with nothing to show.

Can we be real? In MJ’s 50 years on Earth, he was only ever connected to his two wives, Lisa Marie Presley and Debbie Rowe, and the general consensus is that Debbie was just a glorified surrogate. So that leaves us with ONE (1) woman.

Personally, I believe MJ was celibate for a majority of his life or even possibly a virgin until he met Lisa, but that’s unpopular here, but like, why? There is no evidence of anything else, well, except that one other thing.

In fact, his love life is so dry that his own fans have to either believe what I do and/or believe that LMP was his true love (which is fair considering they both claimed each other).

or believe he was with Stephanie Mills (who he never claimed)

or that he was with UNDERAGED Brooke and Tatum (who both refused to claim him)

or believe that he was with Diana Ross, which would make her a predator because she knew him since he was 11 and was an active part of his childhood (but she also never claimed him, and he himself said that what he had with Diana was in his head).

So, like, does that not say something? Those who believe he was outside acting up, please explain it to me.

Ok so for context; I'm a guy and my best friend is a mom of two and works in the medical field. We've also known each other since we were teenagers & our friendship has been kinda on/off for years (haven't seen her in almost 3 years now but she also lives over an hour away from me). I'm about to be married to my current partner in November of next year; when discussing the invites/guests, she told me that she doesn't like her and said that she only just barely tolerates me because I wanted to invite her to attend. I can understand how she thinks that because I'm the one who reaches out most of the time but I also think that the silence on her part is a combination of a busy schedule, lack of energy, & her baby daddy being a controlling asshole... so with everything taken into consideration: who do you guys think is right, me or my partner?