― A Nairn (moretap), Saturday, 30 October 2004 16:38 (nineteen years ago) link
>Having spent the first 18 years of my life there (1958-76) I'd have to agree. And it's become much more bland/generic since then. In fact being "weird" has always been considered a mortal sin in Cincy.
yeah--you'd think, with its *potential*--interesting architecture (some of which is even cutting-edge), and what could be a cool arts scene, and the King Records connection, and what is basically a lovely setting there on the river--it could be a lot better than it is. i lived there for a year and a half and i was always amazed at how dour the city was, how old the young people seemed, how uptight everyone was, how much they hated southerners...no matter how many times i told 'em that my home, Nashville, was about 20 years ahead of Cinci, they couldn't believe anything below the Ohio River could possibly be such. nothing there made any damn sense to me whatsoever, and that chili is an abomination.
― eddie hurt (ddduncan), Saturday, 30 October 2004 17:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― mouse (mouse), Saturday, 30 October 2004 17:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― Orbit (Orbit), Saturday, 30 October 2004 17:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Saturday, 30 October 2004 18:34 (nineteen years ago) link
I don't know how a state of which the majority of its land is either Native American reservations or national/state forests could be considered normal.Also weird: the border.
― oops (Oops), Saturday, 30 October 2004 20:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― sometimes i like to pretend i am very small and warm (ex machina), Saturday, 30 October 2004 20:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― mouse (mouse), Saturday, 30 October 2004 21:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Saturday, 30 October 2004 22:36 (nineteen years ago) link
Well, that's true for a lot of places. Virignia's like that and has even banned radar detectors.
― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Sunday, 31 October 2004 02:40 (nineteen years ago) link
but chris is right, wisconsin is weirder. see here.
― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Sunday, 31 October 2004 02:48 (nineteen years ago) link
It was a sovereign and idependent country once upon a time. The 13 original states refused its entry ino the union.
The state tried to have Lake Champlain designated as the 6th great lake, even though the nearest one is a few hundred miles away.
It is the home of Snowflake Bentley, a man who made thousands of photgraphs of, well, snowflakes.
There is speculation that Chester A. Arthur was actually born in Canada, which would have invalidated his presidency.
Most hippies east of the Mississippi tend to gravitate toward here.
Most Vermonters can not afford to buy Ben & Jerry's ice cream.
Phish
There are no billboards ( I kinda like that, though)
We actually do say "ayuh".
Winters are interminably long.
And of course no mention of Vermont would be complete without touting Ticklenaked Pond.
So, yeah, kinda weird in those respects.
― jim wentworth (wench), Sunday, 31 October 2004 03:28 (nineteen years ago) link
LOCK THREAD.
― Ian John50n (orion), Sunday, 31 October 2004 03:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Sunday, 31 October 2004 03:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― LE CHUCK!™ (ex machina), Sunday, 31 October 2004 03:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― results not typical (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 31 October 2004 03:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ian John50n (orion), Sunday, 31 October 2004 03:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― wetmink (wetmink), Sunday, 31 October 2004 03:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― jim wentworth (wench), Sunday, 31 October 2004 03:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― LE CHUCK!™ (ex machina), Sunday, 31 October 2004 04:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ian John50n (orion), Sunday, 31 October 2004 04:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Sunday, 31 October 2004 04:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― results not typical (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 31 October 2004 04:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ian John50n (orion), Sunday, 31 October 2004 04:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Sunday, 31 October 2004 04:16 (nineteen years ago) link
http://members.shaw.ca/gorillagallery2/nibspic.jpg
― results not typical (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 31 October 2004 04:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― results not typical (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 31 October 2004 04:28 (nineteen years ago) link
Of course my wife enjoys the foreplay. I think she does, at least. That is, she tells me it's good. I mean... For Christ's sake!
Eisbar, I drive right by Runaway Pond regulary. I mean, where it was.
And as long as we're talking named places. What the hell were folks thinking when they named Kalamazoo or Cucomonga?
― jim wentworth (wench), Sunday, 31 October 2004 04:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Sunday, 31 October 2004 04:37 (nineteen years ago) link
the next morning, taking a tour of the nevada nuclear test site. remains of dummy houses and bridges. thunderstorms. craters. the desert. 'official' documentary on the bus that showed the flashes you could see in vegas when the site was operational. bus driver almost falling asleep.
― mattp, Monday, 1 November 2004 09:34 (nineteen years ago) link
:-) :-) :-) :-)
― results not typical (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 1 November 2004 13:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 1 November 2004 14:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Monday, 1 November 2004 17:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― Rumpy Pumpkin (rumpypumpkin), Monday, 1 November 2004 17:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 1 November 2004 17:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― Rumpy Pumpkin (rumpypumpkin), Monday, 1 November 2004 17:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― Emilymv (Emilymv), Monday, 1 November 2004 17:58 (nineteen years ago) link
Ever seen The Pretender?
― What we want? Sex with T.V. stars! What you want? Ian Riese-Moraine! (Eastern Ma, Thursday, 7 April 2005 00:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 7 April 2005 05:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 7 April 2005 05:15 (nineteen years ago) link
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― jody von bulow (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 7 April 2005 09:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 7 April 2005 12:14 (nineteen years ago) link