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Week in Comments: Wishing You Were Irish?

One commenter laments those "awful sausages" from her family's heritage — and wonders if she was switched at birth.

With St. Patrick's Day in the rear-view mirror, some of us just can't let it go. Check out one Irish-wannabe's lament below. And when's the last time you heard the phrase "imprecise engineering, enforced precisely"? Does that adequately capture the way red-light cameras work in your view?

]: "Let's get one thing straight. Red light cameras are not fair. As an enforcement device, they take advantage of imprecise engineering, enforced precisely."
— Brian Ceccarelli, Hazelwood Patch

: "We really need to slow the traffic down. Their vehicles speed down Gerard and blow through all the stop signs like they were not there. This is every day. They just cannot obey the traffic laws. I really appreciate seeing our police watching on Howdershell; it's a racetrack too."
— Maureen Haug, Hazelwood Patch

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: "I'll spend St. Patty's Day just wishin' that I were Irish. Unfortunately, I was switched at birth, and sent home with a stodgy German/Luxembourgish couple. No leprechauns, no Darby O'Gill, no pot o'gold for us. It's so sad, especially when you stop to consider those awful sausages."
— Jo Beck, Eureka-Wildwood Patch

: "The lack of a "zero tolerance" for BULLIES could have an impact on kids attempting to medicate themselves with drugs and alcohol. As a parent of students who recently graduated from Lindbergh, I saw kids with electronic proof of bullying, as well as witnesses, who watched incredibly cruel bullies get off with a warning."
— Patricia Presti, Sunset Hills-Crestwood Patch

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: "Glad to see that the majority of the county council are now seeing that smokefree public places are enevitable. It is what the people want because you can see the results of votes when the issue has been placed on the ballot."
— Cheryl Hibbeler, O'Fallon Patch

: "(Josh and Misty) are so passionate about meeting people and their needs at the level they require, not requiring people to attain some level in order to be reached. I know that we will see God do great things with this growing church!"
— Melody Mullins Roth, St. Charles Patch

: "Glad to see this coverage of kids succeeding in science and technology. Please educators and parents, stress these important subject for our community, state and nation!"
— John Durajczyk, St. Peters Patch

: "We don't have bigger things to worry about in Brentwood right now? How about the deteriorating road conditions on Brentwood Blvd. There are potholes starting to form everywhere from the increase in road traffic since we began commercializing even more."
— Ryan S, Maplewood-Brentwood Patch

: "What?!!! Ryan S, do you have children in the Brentwood School District? Do you have any children at all? Are you actually implying that the potholes on the street are more important then the educational experience of our children? You have got to be kidding me!!!!!"
— J. Armstrong, Maplewood-Brentwood Patch

: "Daylight savings is a joke anymore and outdated. AZ has never observed it and hasn't affected us in anyway. Get with it America."
— Edmiester, Arnold Patch


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