For many Americans, trying to envision life without our various telephones would be like trying to live without indoor plumbing. The telephone is 139 years old today. In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell made the first, very local, telephone call in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Over a wire to his assistant in the next room, Bell said, “Mister Watson, come here; I want to see you.” Only when Bell improved his invention to carry a voice for several miles did the public discover a need for them. Now, the public has an insatiable appetite for multipurpose phones, and there are 96 cell phone subscriptions for every 100 people in the population. Of America’s 116 million occupied housing units, just 2.6 million, or 2.3 percent, have no phone service available. You can find more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau online at <www.census.gov>.
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County commissioners are hosting a special called meeting on Thursday afternoon starting at 5pm. One topic of the meeting is a public hearing to approve a $6 million dollar bond to pay for the construction for part of the water system. Before the Water Board or the Board of Commissioners or both can approve the borrowing the public is allowed to speak favoring or opposing the Boards’ actions. Instead of holding the meeting at the regular 6 pm meeting time, the meeting is scheduled for 5 pm, one hour earlier. That one hour makes it more difficult for the working class, especially the 60% of property owners who work outside of the county, to attend the meeting and voice their view pro or con. Another example of Vance County’s democracy in action.
BREAKING NEWS…..per WRAL.COM Edward Campbell who along w/his son broke into & killed Thur Faulkner’s in their home on NC 96 & burned the house down. They then stole the truck & put the dead bodies in the back covered w/mattress. They were caught in West Va. & were sent back to Granville Co. & charged w/1st degree murder…..both the elder Campbell & his son. They were being housed @ Central Prison 4 safekeeping…..the elder Campbell was found hanging in a cell. He was a COWARD & took the easy way out!!!! HELL has a new member & lets hope he died a slow & scary death like the Faulkners!!!
Hope its HOT enough 4 ya punk!!!! Ur son will be joining you soon enough!!!
Well, well, well…….won’t this person under the care of GRANVILLE county detention center which is under the control of the GRANVILLE county sheriff? How could they let something like this happen? I can’t believe something like this happened in GRANVILLE county and not Vance. Isn’t Granville the county you speck so highly of and boast on Deception?…..Enough said.
Loud Mouth…better known as One Voice…..lest I remind you that if it had happened in Vance County he probably wouldn’t have killed himself at Central Prison b/c he would probably either 1.Be out on bond or 2. Already made a plea deal and on Probation. That’s if he would have even have been caught or charged which is also highly unlikely in your area!!!
Forget the fact that the ANIMAL killed an innocent couple…..sleep well in your “safe neighborhoods” in Vance County. Hope you have your gun license!!
BTW….your post says…..”Won’t this person under the care of GRANVILLE county”. Let me make an educated guess…..you went to Vance Co. Schools!! If you break down your comment/quote it reads…..”Will not this person under the care of GRANVILLE county”!! Before you decide to bash and get your keyboard muscles at least proofread what you decide to post…..regardless of your message it makes my point even more valid.
“I hope you will learn that “WON’T” is another way of saying “WILL NOT”!!! It’s basic grammar….evidently you missed that lesson or you just aren’t(are not) capable of retaining the contents of the class? Either way…..HUSH before your(not you’re) posts prove my point about your school systems shortcomings as well as your Court System.
P.S. Don’t forget to get your gun license if you don’t(do not) already have one!!! Rest well…….
Kudos to me! Looks like I hit another raw nerve with you. Don’t get yourself upset and blood pressure up; after all this is only the internet and you know what they say about that
Kudos to you sweetie pie……were you not hugged enough as a child? I promise your(not you’re) posts only validate my point!!! You seem to have lots of free time….let me guess….you are unemployed & living off the government? I hope your(not you’re) EBT Card works. So how does your Obama phone work? Certainly you haven’t used all your(not you’re) minutes……..u make me giggle even though my com said not to laugh @ people like you!!!
Well, I haven’t been insulted by Decept in the last few weeks, so here goes.
I think I’ve figured you out Decept…you’re just a good old-fashioned reactionary, drinking the rancid tea party pee. “Obama phones” were originally a program instituted by the junior Bush. Look it up. Facts don’t lie, but Decept does! Glad to see you have expanded your horizons to include rightwing-nut echo chambers. I liked CNS News until I got banned for speaking the truth.
OK. Decept, have at it.
I was told at a very young age that you can’t(that means can not) for “One Voice” carry on an intellectual and meaningful conversation when 1 or more of the parties involved aren’t capable of doing so……with that said I will leave the Great Minds of HiH such as Publius/One Voice/etc to continue with their daily scrolling of HiH looking for the next post(s) that they can attack.
If you would spend more of your(not you’re…One Voice) time trying to help some of the programs in Vance Co. such as ACTS or the Men’s Shelter you may be able to look at yourself in the mirror at night and say that you are making a difference in your community. Until then……and if you don’t want to be involved in such, I’d suggest some of you get an old English book and study the language b/c no matter how smart you think you are when you post comments w/errors involving the English language you appear very……DUMB. Maybe you are? Maybe not? After reading your rants and ravings on HiH I would vote for the 1st description.
Have a good day and I hope you’re houses don’t get broken into today!! Considering the # of home invasions and B&E’s in your area!!! Speak at you later……til then…….