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Road Scholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 11:42 AM Original message |
What is your hometown's claim to fame? |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
1. "Grosse Pointe Blank" took place here |
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Road Scholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 11:47 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. That's pretty cool. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
2. "The Station Agent" was filmed here. |
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Road Scholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 11:51 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. We have some film locations close by in Wilmington also. |
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Kire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
4. M&M/Mars candy is made here. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 11:56 AM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Some days Hackettstown smells like chocolate. |
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Kire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 11:58 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I can smell it through my window. |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 12:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. oh cool |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 11:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
103. My dad once met the CEO of Mars Corp. |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
5. Potato chips were invented in 1853 |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
6. Here's what the high school looks like |
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Road Scholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 11:59 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. They switched on ya huh. Thats Hollywood for you. Nice lookin' |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 12:01 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Actually, the H.S. didn't want them to shoot it. |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
8. Home of "Strollin Jim" (Tennessee walking horse) |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
9. Clara Barton |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
10. Hurricanes keep wiping it out. Oh yeah, and Jimmy Buffet and Barq's |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
11. The Johnstown Flood. |
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NewWaveChick1981 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
13. The town where I live now is the "Furniture Capital of the World." |
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Road Scholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 12:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Sounds like a fun town. LOL |
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NewWaveChick1981 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 01:58 PM Response to Reply #19 |
39. It's really boring except when the furniture market comes to town.... |
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HPULiberal (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 04:36 PM Response to Reply #39 |
60. Is this High Point, NC? |
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NewWaveChick1981 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 08:37 AM Response to Reply #60 |
123. Yes, it is! |
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dad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 10:06 AM Response to Reply #123 |
127. -- |
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NewWaveChick1981 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 10:11 AM Response to Reply #127 |
129. Oooh, that sucks! |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 07:56 PM Response to Reply #13 |
75. Hookers in NC? Say it isn't so! |
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NewWaveChick1981 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 08:38 AM Response to Reply #75 |
124. I'm afraid it's true, RL... |
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Tikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
16. "Nuclear reactor...... |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 10:53 PM Response to Reply #16 |
99. You live in Springfield? Mr. Burns is ,,,evil... |
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Road Scholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
18. Wow y'all, these are really good! nt |
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jus_the_facts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
20. Coca-Cola first bottled here west of the Mississippi river...birthplace of Delta Airlines..... |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
21. Masters Golf Tournament. nt |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
22. Lucille Ball, Natalie Merchant and Roger Tory Peterson |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
24. We have |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 10:34 PM Response to Reply #24 |
95. Oh yeah? We have a one-armed barber. |
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huskerlaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
25. Katie Couric is broadcasting from here tonight! |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 07:45 PM Response to Reply #25 |
73. Yeah, that's a real one-horse town you live in. |
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huskerlaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 10:15 PM Response to Reply #73 |
94. I'm tellin' ya... |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
26. Born in Philadelphia, grew up in Miami, Fla. |
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LaraMN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
27. World's only Frank Lloyd Wright designed gas station. |
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July (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 11:18 AM Response to Reply #27 |
144. I think Buffalo's going to build one that FLW designed. |
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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
28. Mine was voted "Best Place to Live" by Money Magazine in 2005. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
29. Well, I was born in Roswell, NM. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 05:55 PM Response to Reply #29 |
66. are you shittin' me? |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 01:22 AM Response to Reply #66 |
114. Cool! Another Roswellian! |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 01:35 AM Response to Reply #114 |
117. a great place to be from |
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Road Scholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 06:58 AM Response to Reply #29 |
165. "Nuff said is right |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 05:32 PM Response to Reply #165 |
194. ?? |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
30. It is the most isolated urban center on Earth. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 01:26 PM Response to Reply #30 |
179. So far, all I see for my original hometown is "world's largest trash can" |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
31. Madonna was born there - big whoop n/t |
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El Fuego (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
32. Putting bush in office in 2000. |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
33. Decatur, Illinois used to be "The Soybean Capital of the World" |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 01:44 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I've heard the town has quite an "aroma". n/t |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 01:53 PM Response to Reply #33 |
158. You're from Decatur? |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
35. Crabs. |
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u4ic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
36. This: |
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Road Scholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 02:12 PM Response to Reply #36 |
44. Woweee! Now that was serious bigtime. I remember that. |
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tjwmason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
37. My village produced some floor-tiles which are in Windsor Castle |
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Omphaloskepsis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
38. Nike, Ken Kesey, and Animal House.. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
40. World's Longest Stone Arch Bridge - The Rockville Bridge |
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mwdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
41. Birthplace of Edward R. Murrow and O. Henry... |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 10:01 PM Response to Reply #41 |
92. Hey to Greensboro NC |
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mwdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 11:23 AM Response to Reply #92 |
145. I still have family there, but haven't lived there for awhile. |
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BelleCarolinaPeridot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 07:24 AM Response to Reply #41 |
167. Yes I live in Greensboro too! |
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mwdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 10:07 AM Response to Reply #167 |
174. Hi, CP! |
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siouxsiecreamcheese (534 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
42. "Birth of a Nation" was filmed there |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
43. money magazine named us |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
45. (former) hometown of Cindy Sheehan. |
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hopein08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
46. The only statue of George Washington in a British uniform... |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
47. The original Coke bottle was designed here |
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youthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
48. They have a nacho-cheese machine at the Fast-Stop. |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 10:39 PM Response to Reply #48 |
96. ... |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
49. All of the footballs used in the NFL are made in my hometown. |
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smtpgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
50. The restaurant scene in Blair Witch Project was filmed here |
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toadzilla (814 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 06:11 PM Response to Reply #50 |
69. the blair witch house is in my town |
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smtpgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 02:31 PM Response to Reply #69 |
182. The restaurant that the Blair Witch scenes were filmed |
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Truebrit71sbruv (890 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
51. The village I was born in is apparently... |
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Pendrench (729 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
52. Catonsville Nine (Vietnam War Protest) |
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schmuls (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
53. not my hometown (Racine, Wisconsin), but my current city, Milwaukee |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 08:02 PM Response to Reply #53 |
77. Hey, A Local! |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 09:59 PM Response to Reply #53 |
207. A wave to you! |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
54. Mine is the home town of Richard "Tricky Dick" Nixon |
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SKKY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
55. The Louisville Slugger baseball bat... |
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Samurai_Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
56. The first place gold was discovered in Colorado |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
57. 'Birthplace of the American Biker' |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
58. Jama sobs and wipes a tear from her eye... |
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BelleCarolinaPeridot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 07:27 AM Response to Reply #58 |
169. I remember when that happened. |
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QMPMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
59. Sports... |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
61. The City of Medicine |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
62. Nuthin' here, but |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
63. Perkins School for the Blind, where Helen Keller went. |
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Trailrider1951 (933 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
64. Columbus, Ohio...it's a good place to be from |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
65. me |
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Road Scholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 07:44 PM Response to Reply #65 |
72. Ain't nuttin' wrong with you, my friend. You are as good as any. nt |
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photogirl12 (887 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
67. Halfmoon, NY "Solartown USA" |
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toadzilla (814 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
68. world's largest trash can |
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cleveramerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
70. " Birthplace of the Revolution" |
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martymar64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
71. The city that killed JFK |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
74. Katherine Hepburn. The old bitch. But they liked here here anyway. |
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demdiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
76. I grew up in Normal, Illinois |
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ChoralScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
78. Atkins Pickles (now Peter Piper Pickles) |
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TheMightyFavog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
79. Birthplace of Peter Weller |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
80. The Bollweevil Monument |
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StellaBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
81. Several |
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ok_cpu (826 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
82. I was born in the shadow of the Professional Football Hall of Fame |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
83. The largest lemur sanctuary in the WORLD is here |
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StellaBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 09:25 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. Lemurs are awesome!!! |
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Road Scholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 09:33 PM Response to Reply #84 |
88. They truely ARE awesome. eom |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
85. Destroyed by flood in 1749, and rebuilt. |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
86. It's where Bugs Bunny should have taken a left turn... |
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onecent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
87. Jesse James buried right in the middle of town. n/t |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
89. Home of the Black Panthers, among other things |
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Sapphocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
90. Bigotville, USA |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
91. Hey, In_Transit, here's the Dogwood Tree in question. |
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StellaBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 10:10 PM Response to Reply #91 |
93. and they say there will never again be a dogwood tree big enough to make a cross... |
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Road Scholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 06:43 AM Response to Reply #91 |
119. Thanks Lex. I was wrong, it's the largest, not oldest. Looks |
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General Zod (652 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
97. Birthplace of Confederate General...... |
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Nicole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
98. Home of the first parking meters & shopping carts |
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TheBaldyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
100. The Cocteau Twins hail from there. |
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dajoki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
101. Coal mining & HS Football... |
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Emops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
102. The Wright Brothers |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
104. The hit movie C.C. and Company was filmed here! |
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Castilleja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
105. Whataburger and the Lawsuit! |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
106. I'm from Detroit |
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judaspriestess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
107. The Alamo |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
108. the world's largest pheasant |
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Road Scholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 12:21 PM Response to Reply #108 |
150. I was there last fall. It ts truely an awesome place. |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
109. Night of the Living Dead was made there. |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
110. A Civil War Battle, Lorena Bobbit, and a DC Sniper shooting. |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
111. El Palo Alto and home of Hewlitt Packard |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
112. The Western Washington State Fair. |
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Bossy Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
113. Secession and Hootie & the Blowfish |
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MoseyWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
115. the railroad left |
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evlbstrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
116. Barbecue. |
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Road Scholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 09:39 AM Response to Reply #116 |
125. Are we talkin' vinager base or tomato base? lol eom |
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evlbstrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 09:40 AM Response to Reply #125 |
126. I won't get into that fight! |
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Road Scholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 11:00 AM Response to Reply #126 |
137. Just lotsa peppers. |
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evlbstrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 11:11 AM Response to Reply #137 |
139. Which transcends regional styles. |
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Road Scholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 11:33 AM Response to Reply #139 |
146. Eggzakley!! |
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njdemocrat106 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 02:37 AM Response to Original message |
118. Mine was just named "Safest City" in 2005 by Morgan Quitno Press |
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sazemisery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
120. Merle Haggard said he was proud to be.. |
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gr8dane_daddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 07:02 AM Response to Original message |
121. Small west Texas town of Crane... |
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MissHoneychurch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
122. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) |
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1gobluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
128. The University of Michigan |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
130. Oh, just the birthplace of democracy... |
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Road Scholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 10:59 AM Response to Reply #130 |
136. That bell appears to be cracked. |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 11:10 AM Response to Reply #136 |
138. Come on over! |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
131. It's purposely misnamed. |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
132. The first Wienerschnitzel |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
133. Race riots and curfews in the 60's. |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
134. Huntington Beach, CA: Surf City USA n/t |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
135. Green Bay, Wisconsin |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
140. "Lobster Capital of the World" |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
141. Jim Morrison, Doug Flutie and a point on the Bermuda Triangle |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
142. well, we have lots of trees & a river...two rivers... |
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Road Scholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 11:37 AM Response to Reply #142 |
147. Wow bridgit. We ain't zakly talkin'no little stream here. Awesome. |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
143. First Mormon Temple -- BFD |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
148. The Clintons' first house. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
149. Streetsweepers(not the gun) and watches from Elgin IL. |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
151. I thought Long Beach, WA had the world's biggest frying pan. |
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Road Scholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 12:29 PM Response to Reply #151 |
152. Rose Hill NC is closeby. They say they have the world's largest |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 12:33 PM Response to Reply #152 |
153. The one in Long Beach, WA has a big hole in it now. |
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Road Scholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 12:49 PM Response to Reply #153 |
154. What happened to the pan? |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 12:52 PM Response to Reply #154 |
155. It just kind of rusted. They didn't season their skillet well enough. |
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rustydog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
156. William O. Douglas |
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Road Scholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 01:52 PM Response to Reply #156 |
157. Very cool! |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
159. The world's highest navigable waterway |
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Road Scholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 04:36 PM Response to Reply #159 |
160. Wow, do they still use it for logging? |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 05:45 PM Response to Reply #160 |
162. About seven months out of the year... |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
161. Kick |
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LuLu550 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
163. Home of Jerry Seinfeld and Ron Kovic |
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Road Scholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 08:42 PM Response to Reply #163 |
164. I still watch Jerry's reruns even though I have |
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SalmonChantedEvening (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 07:11 AM Response to Original message |
166. It's still here. |
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Road Scholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 07:26 AM Response to Reply #166 |
168. LOL Good one! nt |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
170. The first Rural Free Delivery in Kentucky was in my actual home |
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Road Scholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 09:23 AM Response to Reply #170 |
171. It sounds like a nice place to live. |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 09:33 AM Response to Reply #171 |
172. It is, but it is vewwy vewwy quiet there. My home town may |
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Road Scholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 10:05 AM Response to Reply #172 |
173. I think homes in small towns are more comfortable. We live in |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
175. Frederick Freiske the impressionist painter lived here. |
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Conan_The_Barbarian (404 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
176. Hometown of LL Bean |
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Road Scholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 01:08 PM Response to Reply #176 |
178. We went there a couple of years ago. Some of the nicest people in the |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
177. It is a good place to be "from" |
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Drum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
180. Our bridge: |
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Road Scholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 02:19 PM Response to Reply #180 |
181. Very cool! Since I'm a consulting Engineer and a General |
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rhiannon55 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
183. Basketball (the modern version, at least) was invented here |
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Road Scholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 03:06 PM Response to Reply #183 |
187. Very true. It was perfected in Chapel Hill NC though. LOL |
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querelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
184. I Was Born In Paris, France |
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Road Scholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 04:14 PM Response to Reply #184 |
189. Nay, 'nuf said. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
185. "Hog Capital of the World" |
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Road Scholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 03:07 PM Response to Reply #185 |
188. LOL. Are we talkin' Midwestern Hawgs or Southern Hawgs? LOL |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 05:31 PM Response to Reply #188 |
193. Midwestern hogs |
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Road Scholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 05:34 PM Response to Reply #193 |
195. Contract Hog farming has gotten really big here in NC. The |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 05:39 PM Response to Reply #195 |
196. NC is the negative example Iowa environmentalists cite all the time |
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Road Scholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 05:47 PM Response to Reply #196 |
197. I agree. Just a couple of contractors here making Billions. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 05:52 PM Response to Reply #197 |
200. The hog and chicken confinements in Iowa are why I stopped eating meat |
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Road Scholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 05:54 PM Response to Reply #200 |
201. Good for you! |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
186. Motown, the auto industry, music, murder capital, etc. |
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Road Scholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 05:12 PM Response to Reply #186 |
192. Cool. MoTown especialy. Grew up on that. LOL |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
190. The TV show, the football team, or their cheerleaders. |
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Road Scholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 05:11 PM Response to Reply #190 |
191. Dallas!! |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
198. I live there!! |
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Road Scholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 05:50 PM Response to Reply #198 |
199. You do????? |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 06:00 PM Response to Reply #199 |
202. I think so |
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Road Scholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 06:30 PM Response to Reply #202 |
203. No way! |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
204. Home of the late and great Buck Owens. |
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japple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
205. Little Richard, Otis Redding, the Allman Brothers, |
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Eagle_Eye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
206. The seventh largest town of its size |
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