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Bremen, GA

Please help protect our community from Honda Lock!

I live in the city limits of Bremen and smell it most days. It probably depends on which way the wind is blowing and whether you're up or downhill.  (3 hrs ago | post #48)

Bremen, GA

Please help protect our community from Honda Lock!

It's not about making the plant move. It's about them complying with regulations and not releasing toluene into the atmosphere. Fixing the issue would be a lot cheaper than them paying fines when they're caught.  (Saturday May 18 | post #43)

Bremen, GA

Daycare

You say "I ask a question no one is attacking anyone personally" yet you accuse a person *by name* of frank child abuse. Sounds to me like you're just stirring up sh!t.  (Saturday May 18 | post #4)

Bremen, GA

Honda Lock Smell???

Like I said in the other thread, I'm with you. You start the ball rolling, I'll be there to push it with you. We had to turn on our AC this week because my husband can't stand the little extra added ingredients HL is putting in our air...  (Friday May 17 | post #77)

Bremen, GA

Please help protect our community from Honda Lock!

John, I'm in with you. Whatever you need or whatever direction you want to go, let's do it. We've had to turn on the AC this week because my husband can't handle the little extra something HL has brought to Bremen...  (Friday May 17 | post #41)

Bremen, GA

Honda Lock Smell???

The smell is toluene, not acetone. I've used acetone for years in the lab -- no acetone I've ever used smells like this stuff. They use a toluene based solvent to clean the scrubbers and filters between shifts, which is conveniently when EPA isn't around to monitor it.  (Friday May 17 | post #75)

Bremen, GA

Honda Lock Smell???

Also lots of emails and phone numbers are listed in posts throughout this topic, just go back to page 1 and start scrolling. Just ignore the silliness that always crops up from the children. Be sure to let us know if it does any good.  (Thursday May 16 | post #73)

Bremen, GA

clinton, obama cover-up Benghazi

I think at the worst Obama has been relying too much on other people to run their departments with minimal oversight -- he isn't micromanaging the government. That appears to be a mistake if all this can go on without him knowing about it until he sees it on the news. I can see how it can happen, and it's a shame that people take advantage of the trust put in them.  (Thursday May 16 | post #59)

Bremen, GA

Honda Lock Smell???

Addresses and links are in post #53.  (Thursday May 16 | post #72)

Bremen, GA

Hubbard building

You read it wrong, O4. I don't care what color people move into an area. MARTA destroyed the small town atmosphere of Chamblee and Doraville when they brought in stations, tracks, and turned 2 lane highways into 6 and 8 lane monsters, destroying the small neighborhoods. MARTA kills small towns. I'd hate to see it happen to Bremen (not that it's likely). That said, I wouldn't mind seeing buses in Bremen, going to locations in Carrollton and Villa Rica. Like the medical centers, the movies, that sort of thing, so people without vehicles can get around without having to depend on others to get them there.  (Thursday May 16 | post #59)

Bremen, GA

Is Bremen City School worth the $1350 tuition?

All I can say is, if the students are only being taught the test and not the subjects as a whole, they are being woefully undertaught. They're being prepared to ONLY pass a standardized test in order to make the schools and the teachers look good; they are NOT being given a proper education. And that is a shame. No wonder the US is 25th out of 30 countries in math, 14 out of 30 in reading, 17th out of 30 in science. Our kids aren't dumb -- our teaching methods are.  (Thursday May 16 | post #106)

Bremen, GA

Hubbard building

No, not racism. I used to live in Chamblee and Doraville, and I shopped in Brookhaven numerous times. When I lived there (early to mid 80's) Chamblee and Doraville were quiet little communities, a lot like Bremen is now. Brookhaven was a little more upscale, but still pretty quiet and neighborly. When MARTA got really active in Chamblee and Doraville, the area got more urbanized, by which I mean the neighborhoods with the trees and single lane quiet roads were bulldozed for more tracks, a bigger station, more parking, and of course more businesses to cater to the people using the trains. Buses ran in those areas for years -- heck, I rode them -- but the train station IMO put the final nail in the coffin of Chamblee and Doraville as quiet little bedroom communities of Atlanta. They just got sucked up into Atlanta. Remember that song "Doraville ", back in the 80's? Part of it went Doraville A touch of country In the city Doraville It ain't much But it's home. MARTA destroyed that feeling. I'd hate to see it happen to Bremen.  (Wednesday May 15 | post #57)

Bremen, GA

Hubbard building

I don't understand how school buses = public transit. School buses were instituted so that children who lived further than walking distance to the school could get there in a reasonable amount of time; mostly rural children. I rode them, my son rode them, no one but the kids who are going to that particular school rides them. I personally would LOVE to see MARTA expanded to Douglasville or even Austell -- the train, not the bus. I don't fly a lot, but it sure would be nice to be able to catch the train in D'ville and get to the airport (or Atlanta) and not have to deal with traffic, parking, and all that crap.  (Wednesday May 15 | post #53)

Bremen, GA

Is Bremen City School worth the $1350 tuition?

You obviously didn't read the comments to that post, which completely blow it out of the water. I especially enjoyed the last one https://familycoun cil.org/?p=6506#co mment-5414 Some selected quotes: "The CDC National Vital Statistics Report, published December 2011, reported the number of alcohol-induced deaths in 2009, excluding accidents and homicides, to be 24,518. Tobacco-related deaths are estimated to number 443,000 annually. According to published FDA Adverse Events reports, there were no reported deaths from primary use of marijuana." "As there has been no documented case of a human fatality from overdosing on THC in its natural form, it is difficult to find a documented lethal dose of marijuana. Animal studies suggest that a person would have to smoke 1/3 of his weight within 15 minutes to overdose. The FDA AE reported 279 suspected secondary deaths, for which it was thought marijuana was a contributing cause, in the US from 1997 to 2005. That equals roughly 33 deaths per year reported nationwide in which marijuana potentially contributed to a death, which was primarily caused by another reason. Thus, from a safety standpoint, one would have to conclude that the drug itself is very innocuous compared to tobacco, alcohol, or prescription narcotics, all of which are legal." "Thus, Mr. Cox’s argument against medical marijuana is flawed. It doesn’t take a statistician to appreciate the difference between 300 possible marijuana-related deaths in 9 years in the US versus over 220,000 alcohol-related deaths. Yet, alcohol is legal, and a small amount is recommended to be consumed regularly due to known health benefits to the general adult population."  (Wednesday May 15 | post #103)

Bremen, GA

clinton, obama cover-up Benghazi

I still don't get the connection. And Hillary working for the firm doesn't mean she personally investigated Nixon. Who was a crook of the purest ray serene.  (Tuesday May 14 | post #56)