Cheezy the Wiz
Socialist In A Hurry
Bah, all of Maryland east of Hancock is a dump that should be avoided.
There's a Maryland WEST of Hancock?!
Tell us about the states
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There's a Maryland WEST of Hancock?!
Irish Caesar
Yellow Jacket
Well, I haven't seen IglooDude talking about New Hampshire, so I'll try and give a quick review...
New Hampshire's motto is "Live Free or Die," and it's fitting a more libertarian state than many. Ironically, New Hampshire's property taxes are rather high (or so I've been told!), but it's lack of sales tax and cheaper vehicle registration send many Bay Staters north. It's a small state, but a great place for a vacation (even though Maine bills itself as "Vacationland"), with Hampton Beach as possibly New England's largest/most popular beach with strip, casino, and whatnot. Plenty of mountains, I've done a lot of backpacking up in the northern part of New Hampshire. The city of Concord, though the state capital, is not big and overwhelming.
New Hampshire's motto is "Live Free or Die," and it's fitting a more libertarian state than many. Ironically, New Hampshire's property taxes are rather high (or so I've been told!), but it's lack of sales tax and cheaper vehicle registration send many Bay Staters north. It's a small state, but a great place for a vacation (even though Maine bills itself as "Vacationland"), with Hampton Beach as possibly New England's largest/most popular beach with strip, casino, and whatnot. Plenty of mountains, I've done a lot of backpacking up in the northern part of New Hampshire. The city of Concord, though the state capital, is not big and overwhelming.
Yah hey dere TheBladeRoden.I feel so ignored
I've talked to TG, Cegman and Sparta about their Cheeseness but wasn't aware you were too. Would you like to add more to what a F.I.B posted?
cthom
3,011,451,295
Irish Caesar
Yellow Jacket
am i correct that licence plates with that motto are made in the state prison!
You are, and further, I think there was a dispute over whether someone was allowed to cover up the motto with a license plate bracket or something...
Edit: upon searching, this post discusses it.
Cheezy the Wiz
Socialist In A Hurry
Yah hey dere TheBladeRoden.
I wasn't aware that acting like me was an attribute, or a boastable one at that
But you're the Wiz.I wasn't aware that acting like me was an attribute, or a boastable one at that
A cheese substitute in a Tom Cruise kind of way. They're the real cheese of the American cheeses.
This is required of a real Dairylander.
Heffalump
Proboscidea Heffalumpus
One thing not touched upon here that may be strange to many others are the political powers possessed be each state. States aren't just geographic distinctions. Each has its own governor and legislature and these enjoy enormous powers. They can tax and pretty much pass any law they want so long as it doesn't contradict the federal constitution. Gun laws, abortion laws, capital punishment laws, tax laws, traffic laws, property laws ... they all differ from state to state.
madviking
north american scum
Virginia (mostley NoVa)-
Fairfax County- most populated county in VA, really crowded, really urban, not much rural and lots of traffic, lots of schools and mostly liberal (even tough 2 out of 3 congessional districts in NoVa are GOP). Living here, its really nice, a mall and shopping district every 5-10 miles, lots of stuff to do.
Loundon County- Driving on a road from Fairfax-Loundon counties, this looks like hillbilly country. First, the scenary dramatically changes, look TREES and COUNTRY ROADS!!! First 10 or so miles is dense Suburbia, after that, it's farms and rural areas, unless you like Suburbia, its pretty boring, lots of houses, ginormous neighborhoods and IAD
Prince William County- south of fairfax, don't much since I (and tons of other people) don't venture of i-95 to go and see, but theres Potomac Mills
Fauquier County- rural, not really NoVa. Schools known to close 20 days a year.
Arlington county- not very many people outside of VA know that Arlington is it's own county, otherwise see Fairfax.
Fairfax County- most populated county in VA, really crowded, really urban, not much rural and lots of traffic, lots of schools and mostly liberal (even tough 2 out of 3 congessional districts in NoVa are GOP). Living here, its really nice, a mall and shopping district every 5-10 miles, lots of stuff to do.
Loundon County- Driving on a road from Fairfax-Loundon counties, this looks like hillbilly country. First, the scenary dramatically changes, look TREES and COUNTRY ROADS!!! First 10 or so miles is dense Suburbia, after that, it's farms and rural areas, unless you like Suburbia, its pretty boring, lots of houses, ginormous neighborhoods and IAD
Prince William County- south of fairfax, don't much since I (and tons of other people) don't venture of i-95 to go and see, but theres Potomac Mills
Fauquier County- rural, not really NoVa. Schools known to close 20 days a year.
Arlington county- not very many people outside of VA know that Arlington is it's own county, otherwise see Fairfax.
Gilder
Deity
Rhode Island, the armpit of New England. Anywhere in the state you're just less then a half-hour away from the shoreline. As one poster before stated, if it takes an hour to get somewhere, we don't have the paitence to go there.
The government is overly-beaucratic, inefficient, and corrupt. The capital, Providence used to be the capitial for all organized crime in New England, but in recent decades, the influence of the Partrica syndicate has subsided. Most of the state votes democratic, and it is unusual to find a Republican in power for long (exceptions are Buddy Cianci, and Governor Carcieri).
We were the first state to declare Independence and the last to ratify the Constitution, only doing so after threatened to be treated as a foriegn country.
A good portion of the people tend to speak with a bastardized accent crossing between a New Yorker's and a Bostonian's accent. We're also home to the most patriotic town in the States.
We also have a big, blue bug, and gave Seth MacFarlane the idea for Family Guy.
The government is overly-beaucratic, inefficient, and corrupt. The capital, Providence used to be the capitial for all organized crime in New England, but in recent decades, the influence of the Partrica syndicate has subsided. Most of the state votes democratic, and it is unusual to find a Republican in power for long (exceptions are Buddy Cianci, and Governor Carcieri).
We were the first state to declare Independence and the last to ratify the Constitution, only doing so after threatened to be treated as a foriegn country.
A good portion of the people tend to speak with a bastardized accent crossing between a New Yorker's and a Bostonian's accent. We're also home to the most patriotic town in the States.
We also have a big, blue bug, and gave Seth MacFarlane the idea for Family Guy.
Sims2789
Fool me once...
Each state has two senators, which is problematic when one state (Wyoming) has only a little over five hundred thousand people (and was created to skew the Senate/electoral college) while one (California) has almost 35 million. However, the Senate is not prone to gerrymandering (except for the fact that several Western states were created to skew it) and senators, especially from more conservative states, are more likely to belong to the party opposite the state, so the net effect of the skewing is less pronounced than one may think at first glance.
Maryland:
The Eastern Shore of Maryland is one of the best seafood regions in America, but other than that has mostly fields of corn, winter wheat, or soybeans. Hunting is huge, lacrosse is huge.
Baltimore is very pretty if you go to the inner harbour, other than that it is very trashy in my opinion. People aren't too friendly either. Baltimore and Annapolis have some of the best lacrosse teams in the nation.
Annapolis is the capital, and that is where I do most of my shopping and entertainment stuff such as going to movies. It is very nice and beautiful.
Western Maryland is awesome, though many might think of it as boring because it is mostly forested and mountainous. They have great rivers for kayaking though.
Southern Maryland is great, and I love going to Calvert Cliffs and looking for sharks teeth. Usually you can find 20-30 in one day.
I've been to 46 states, all except Oregon, Washington, Alaska and Hawaii.
My favorites would be:
Tennessee: Beautiful mountains and rivers, not too densely populated
Minnesota/Michigan: Cool forests, wolves, and amazing lakes for fishing and kayaking in
Maine: Moose, beautiful mountains/forests/rivers, huge gigantic leaches, I love it all
The Eastern Shore of Maryland is one of the best seafood regions in America, but other than that has mostly fields of corn, winter wheat, or soybeans. Hunting is huge, lacrosse is huge.
Baltimore is very pretty if you go to the inner harbour, other than that it is very trashy in my opinion. People aren't too friendly either. Baltimore and Annapolis have some of the best lacrosse teams in the nation.
Annapolis is the capital, and that is where I do most of my shopping and entertainment stuff such as going to movies. It is very nice and beautiful.
Western Maryland is awesome, though many might think of it as boring because it is mostly forested and mountainous. They have great rivers for kayaking though.
Southern Maryland is great, and I love going to Calvert Cliffs and looking for sharks teeth. Usually you can find 20-30 in one day.
I've been to 46 states, all except Oregon, Washington, Alaska and Hawaii.
My favorites would be:
Tennessee: Beautiful mountains and rivers, not too densely populated
Minnesota/Michigan: Cool forests, wolves, and amazing lakes for fishing and kayaking in
Maine: Moose, beautiful mountains/forests/rivers, huge gigantic leaches, I love it all
Drewcifer
Agent of Karma
Nobody has talked about the two places I have lived so I will give it a shot:
Upstate New York
Most people associate New York with the city but the state is about the size of England and there are 5-6 million people living upstate. It is a beautiful region of hills, mountains and pastoral countryside dotted by quaint 19th century villages, mill towns and medium sized industrial cities. The 19th century was upstate NY's glory days, it was one of the more dynamic regions of the country. The womens movement in the US began there and it was one of the main centers of the abolitionist movement prior to the Civil War. It produced a lot of important figures in American life of the era. A network of canals led to the early development of industry and allowed the towns of Albany, Utica, Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo to grow into cities.
The de-industrialisation that the US went through in the 1970s and 80s hit upstate New York harder than almost any other part of the country. The ridiculous mismanagement of the state government has prevented the rise of new businesses to fill the gap. Utica, which is where I lived had 15% unemployment for a while and ended up losing nearly half of it's population, it is starting to decay into ruins. The whole region has been hemorraging it's young people for the last 40 years, the more education they have the more likely they are to leave. This has led to the rise of a more anti-intellectual culture which has further hurt the area's prospects. Upstate New York feels like it is half asleep - it is becomming the new West Virginia.
Minnesota
Minnesotans tend to quietly think that they live in the best state in the US and feel sorry for others that they have to live in such inferior states. They have a point too, Minnesota tends to be near the top among states in most social and health indicators, has some of the best public schools in the country, top quality public services all around and high median incomes. In the pioneer days it was settled heavily by political refugees from Bismark's Germany and immigrants from Scandinavia who brought (along with their funny accents) a passion for good public services and social democracy.
It is the only state to have elected a socialist governor - Floyd B Olsen of the Farmer Labor Party in the 1930s. At the same time Olsen was Governor it was home to one of the largest fascist movements in the US (the silvershirts). The DFL which is Minnesota's version of the Democrats is the result of a merger of the Democrats and the Farmer Labor party in the 1940s with the Farmer Laborites being the dominant group, today the DFL is well to the left of the national party. The state is a mishmash of conservative, moderate and very liberal regions.
St Paul, the capitol, is the northernmost port on the Mississippi river and was the first real city in the state. Next door Minneapolis grew up around St Anthony falls which is the only waterfall on the Mississippi. Power from the falls allowed the area around it to become the largest flour milling center in the world by 1890. The mills are mostly gone now (or are luxury condos) but they provided the spark that led to Minneapolis becomming the economic and cultural hub of the northern plains.
Minneapolis rivals Seattle for the national lead in tattoos, piercings and funny hair colors. It is more or less the depository for everyone from the rural northern plains who is too weird, too gay or too liberal to stay where they grew up.
Upstate New York
Most people associate New York with the city but the state is about the size of England and there are 5-6 million people living upstate. It is a beautiful region of hills, mountains and pastoral countryside dotted by quaint 19th century villages, mill towns and medium sized industrial cities. The 19th century was upstate NY's glory days, it was one of the more dynamic regions of the country. The womens movement in the US began there and it was one of the main centers of the abolitionist movement prior to the Civil War. It produced a lot of important figures in American life of the era. A network of canals led to the early development of industry and allowed the towns of Albany, Utica, Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo to grow into cities.
The de-industrialisation that the US went through in the 1970s and 80s hit upstate New York harder than almost any other part of the country. The ridiculous mismanagement of the state government has prevented the rise of new businesses to fill the gap. Utica, which is where I lived had 15% unemployment for a while and ended up losing nearly half of it's population, it is starting to decay into ruins. The whole region has been hemorraging it's young people for the last 40 years, the more education they have the more likely they are to leave. This has led to the rise of a more anti-intellectual culture which has further hurt the area's prospects. Upstate New York feels like it is half asleep - it is becomming the new West Virginia.
Minnesota
Minnesotans tend to quietly think that they live in the best state in the US and feel sorry for others that they have to live in such inferior states. They have a point too, Minnesota tends to be near the top among states in most social and health indicators, has some of the best public schools in the country, top quality public services all around and high median incomes. In the pioneer days it was settled heavily by political refugees from Bismark's Germany and immigrants from Scandinavia who brought (along with their funny accents) a passion for good public services and social democracy.
It is the only state to have elected a socialist governor - Floyd B Olsen of the Farmer Labor Party in the 1930s. At the same time Olsen was Governor it was home to one of the largest fascist movements in the US (the silvershirts). The DFL which is Minnesota's version of the Democrats is the result of a merger of the Democrats and the Farmer Labor party in the 1940s with the Farmer Laborites being the dominant group, today the DFL is well to the left of the national party. The state is a mishmash of conservative, moderate and very liberal regions.
St Paul, the capitol, is the northernmost port on the Mississippi river and was the first real city in the state. Next door Minneapolis grew up around St Anthony falls which is the only waterfall on the Mississippi. Power from the falls allowed the area around it to become the largest flour milling center in the world by 1890. The mills are mostly gone now (or are luxury condos) but they provided the spark that led to Minneapolis becomming the economic and cultural hub of the northern plains.
Minneapolis rivals Seattle for the national lead in tattoos, piercings and funny hair colors. It is more or less the depository for everyone from the rural northern plains who is too weird, too gay or too liberal to stay where they grew up.
I've lived in almost every region of the CONUS, except the Upper Midwest. It's impossible to describe this country in one post, or even a book, because there's just so much to it.
My favorite place... I really liked the people on the West Coast. Especially California (up north in Washington, the weather is crap, and the people react accordingly). SoCal, in it's brighter areas, is really something special. I really enjoyed the... 'vibe' of that place. Just real pleasant, open, and friendly. Everyone seems upbeat. Of course, the 'Hollywood culture' permeates into the masses, but it's harmless/tolerable.
In general, I really have to say - the further south you go (across the board), the more pleasant life becomes. I honestly believe it's got something to do with sunlight. The further north you go, the colder the people & weather get, the less fun they like to have, and the less fun they are to be around.
Also, I have to say, the vast majority of the country which looks down upon the South - do so unfairly. They've never been there, and they don't understand. They insult, act pompous, and claim to be intellectually and culturally superior. Yet, for someone who has seen both sides in depth, taking an outside view... the exact OPPOSITE is actually true, ironically. The South has some of the best people in this country, and their level of common sense & courtesy far exceeds that of what I've seen in most other places. They just "talk funny". Thus people draw conclusions prematurely. For all the negative comments I hear people from the NE and NW make about the South, they strike me as ignorant hypocrites. -Exactly that, which they insinuate. Again... ironic.
Anyway, I've lived in lots of places - places you've never heard of. And we've had plenty of foreign exchange students from Germany, Switzerland, etc. For some bizarre reason (I thought at the time), they decided to come to places like northern Mississippi, NW Arkansas, central Tennessee, etc.... and their final verdict on their experience in the local area was utmost complimentary, and they thoroughly enjoyed their stay, in 'small-town America'. In fact, they didn't want to leave. So, I figure a Dane such as yourself would probably feel similar... hope that helps.
My favorite place... I really liked the people on the West Coast. Especially California (up north in Washington, the weather is crap, and the people react accordingly). SoCal, in it's brighter areas, is really something special. I really enjoyed the... 'vibe' of that place. Just real pleasant, open, and friendly. Everyone seems upbeat. Of course, the 'Hollywood culture' permeates into the masses, but it's harmless/tolerable.
In general, I really have to say - the further south you go (across the board), the more pleasant life becomes. I honestly believe it's got something to do with sunlight. The further north you go, the colder the people & weather get, the less fun they like to have, and the less fun they are to be around.
Also, I have to say, the vast majority of the country which looks down upon the South - do so unfairly. They've never been there, and they don't understand. They insult, act pompous, and claim to be intellectually and culturally superior. Yet, for someone who has seen both sides in depth, taking an outside view... the exact OPPOSITE is actually true, ironically. The South has some of the best people in this country, and their level of common sense & courtesy far exceeds that of what I've seen in most other places. They just "talk funny". Thus people draw conclusions prematurely. For all the negative comments I hear people from the NE and NW make about the South, they strike me as ignorant hypocrites. -Exactly that, which they insinuate. Again... ironic.
Anyway, I've lived in lots of places - places you've never heard of. And we've had plenty of foreign exchange students from Germany, Switzerland, etc. For some bizarre reason (I thought at the time), they decided to come to places like northern Mississippi, NW Arkansas, central Tennessee, etc.... and their final verdict on their experience in the local area was utmost complimentary, and they thoroughly enjoyed their stay, in 'small-town America'. In fact, they didn't want to leave. So, I figure a Dane such as yourself would probably feel similar... hope that helps.
Tank_Guy#3
Lion of Lehistan
Wisconsin, Central: Well, where I live it is somewhat hilly, partially wooded, and the area that remains is generally fields. Go west of us (past the Marginal Moraine, which is quite obvious) into Glacial Lake Wisconsin (former), and it gets flat for a very long time. We also have the Wisconsin River in our area, the hardest worked river in Wisconsin. And don't let anyone BS you that it's damn near toxic, that is a load of bull. Caught most of my fish here, dozens of walleyes (my biggest up in the backwaters, 24 in walleye), many channels cats (upwards of 8-10 pounds), innumerable bass (varying in species, from smallmouth, rock, not so many largemouth, etc), caught a few black crappies (prounounced Kraa-pees, not like it's spelled), some large bluegills, and a couple perch. And can't forget the 22 inch Northern Pike I caught when I was 10-12 years old (can't remember), and missed a Musky that was a good 28 inches (mother snapped my line). But several hours later, my grandpa caught the exact same fish, my hook still in it's mouth.
West: Get way further towards the Mississippi River, and it becomes rather hilly and partially wooded again.
North: Lots of lakes, heavily wooded, and more mountainous. Minnesota license plates say "Land of 10,000 Lakes", well, we've outdone you Minnesota, we've got 15,081 lakes (currently documented). While not as mountainous as say, the Appalachians, we still do get some pretty big ones.
East: More urban than most other areas of the state, the Fox and Wolf Rivers run through here, which are major tourist attractions. It's also very flat out here. Around these areas it's swampy. I've seen some pretty decent fish come out of here too, 34 inch Northern (freakin massive), and a couple catfish upwards of 15 pounds (about 32-34 inches long). And literally hundread of bluegills and perch. Also saw two of the biggest black crappies I have ever seen, 16-17 inches long. Every spring you can go up by New London and watch the sturgeon up by shore when they're spawning, you get some upwards of 6, 7, 8 feet long in a foot of water. Unbelieveable. Also home to the biggest lake in the state, Lake Winnebago: 137,708 acres.
Southeast: Between Green Bay and Milwaukee is gets very swamp-like, the Horicon Marsh being a major one.
South: A little bit hilly, but before you get to Madison on Interstate 39/90-94, it is almost exclusively farmland for about 40 miles. There are a few sporadic towns, but mainly farmland. After you hit Madison, it's fairly urbanized all the way to the Wisconsin/Illinois border.
@Whomp:
Yes, we do have amazing fishing up here, in fact, you'd be surprised how many people from Chicago and the surrounding area come up here to fish (I worked in a baitshop along the Wolf River). How do I know where they're from? Rudimentry my dear Watson, I sell fishing licenses, which contain almost as much information as a drivers license. Thank you for depriving your local economies of your business and instead spending it on our local businesses. To get a new license (if you've never had one) I need to see your Name, height, weight, eye color, hair color, phone number, address, social security number, gender, and the drivers license is optional.
Yes, ice fishing is big, but by no means does everyone do that. Most people open water fish, and a fewer number of those ice fish.
And yes, we do get rather fanatical in support of our teams. Football especially, if you consistently badmouth the Packers whilst in Wisconsin (and in certain company), you can be endangering both your physical and emotional health.
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MOST of the people from Illinois that I come into contact with whilst working give off a vibe of utter arrogance. Also, I've noticed that said people tend to think that they know more about my job and why the motors we have aren't working than I do. I remember one particular instance when I rented a boat to two guys, sold them a license, showed them how to run it, etc, etc. Anyway, about 6 hours later, I get a call from the front office saying "Mr. [Illinois People] (I don't remember their names) have broken down by Slipknot (a waterfront bar)." I lock up the store, hop in a pontoon boat and drive down by them. I couldn't get it started, so I tied it up to the pontoon and pulled it back to the baitshop, and all the while one of the guys (who had had a few drinks) kept saying "Well, I'm not gonna pay for this" about 30 freakin times and had, at one point, made this comment "I made over a million dollar last year, and this has happened to me only one other time". If I hadn't been an employee, I'd have told him off or smoked him with a right cross and send him into the river. But thankfully the other guy was very apologetic about his friend (which is appreciated).
We had another guy that rented the same type of boat, and we switched him to another boat two separate times because "the motor kept sputtering out". And strangely enough, whenever I or my co-worker started the boat, it ran like a champ. Made a lap all around the lake (full throttle, because he said he was having problems at that speed), and not a single problem. With the first boat he refused to accept the fact he had the choke pulled out, effectively killing the motor after a short ways.
However, a bald (iirc), panda enthusiast doesn't seem to fit into that category. But I don't judge every group by the same mould, it's an independent mould for each. I only do that when I joking around and trying to get a rise out of them.
West: Get way further towards the Mississippi River, and it becomes rather hilly and partially wooded again.
North: Lots of lakes, heavily wooded, and more mountainous. Minnesota license plates say "Land of 10,000 Lakes", well, we've outdone you Minnesota, we've got 15,081 lakes (currently documented). While not as mountainous as say, the Appalachians, we still do get some pretty big ones.
East: More urban than most other areas of the state, the Fox and Wolf Rivers run through here, which are major tourist attractions. It's also very flat out here. Around these areas it's swampy. I've seen some pretty decent fish come out of here too, 34 inch Northern (freakin massive), and a couple catfish upwards of 15 pounds (about 32-34 inches long). And literally hundread of bluegills and perch. Also saw two of the biggest black crappies I have ever seen, 16-17 inches long. Every spring you can go up by New London and watch the sturgeon up by shore when they're spawning, you get some upwards of 6, 7, 8 feet long in a foot of water. Unbelieveable. Also home to the biggest lake in the state, Lake Winnebago: 137,708 acres.
Southeast: Between Green Bay and Milwaukee is gets very swamp-like, the Horicon Marsh being a major one.
South: A little bit hilly, but before you get to Madison on Interstate 39/90-94, it is almost exclusively farmland for about 40 miles. There are a few sporadic towns, but mainly farmland. After you hit Madison, it's fairly urbanized all the way to the Wisconsin/Illinois border.
@Whomp:
Yes, we do have amazing fishing up here, in fact, you'd be surprised how many people from Chicago and the surrounding area come up here to fish (I worked in a baitshop along the Wolf River). How do I know where they're from? Rudimentry my dear Watson, I sell fishing licenses, which contain almost as much information as a drivers license. Thank you for depriving your local economies of your business and instead spending it on our local businesses. To get a new license (if you've never had one) I need to see your Name, height, weight, eye color, hair color, phone number, address, social security number, gender, and the drivers license is optional.
Yes, ice fishing is big, but by no means does everyone do that. Most people open water fish, and a fewer number of those ice fish.
And yes, we do get rather fanatical in support of our teams. Football especially, if you consistently badmouth the Packers whilst in Wisconsin (and in certain company), you can be endangering both your physical and emotional health.
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MOST of the people from Illinois that I come into contact with whilst working give off a vibe of utter arrogance. Also, I've noticed that said people tend to think that they know more about my job and why the motors we have aren't working than I do. I remember one particular instance when I rented a boat to two guys, sold them a license, showed them how to run it, etc, etc. Anyway, about 6 hours later, I get a call from the front office saying "Mr. [Illinois People] (I don't remember their names) have broken down by Slipknot (a waterfront bar)." I lock up the store, hop in a pontoon boat and drive down by them. I couldn't get it started, so I tied it up to the pontoon and pulled it back to the baitshop, and all the while one of the guys (who had had a few drinks) kept saying "Well, I'm not gonna pay for this" about 30 freakin times and had, at one point, made this comment "I made over a million dollar last year, and this has happened to me only one other time". If I hadn't been an employee, I'd have told him off or smoked him with a right cross and send him into the river. But thankfully the other guy was very apologetic about his friend (which is appreciated).
We had another guy that rented the same type of boat, and we switched him to another boat two separate times because "the motor kept sputtering out". And strangely enough, whenever I or my co-worker started the boat, it ran like a champ. Made a lap all around the lake (full throttle, because he said he was having problems at that speed), and not a single problem. With the first boat he refused to accept the fact he had the choke pulled out, effectively killing the motor after a short ways.
However, a bald (iirc), panda enthusiast doesn't seem to fit into that category. But I don't judge every group by the same mould, it's an independent mould for each. I only do that when I joking around and trying to get a rise out of them.
QuoVadisNation
keeping your angel alive
New Jersey
Even though New Jersey has a bad repution for being an armpit toxic death state, NJ is actually pretty beautiful. With the exception of its industralized areas, there is a copious amount of trees, wild life, and historic diners.
Also, no matter where you live here, you are within forty-five minutes of atleast three malls.
Even though New Jersey has a bad repution for being an armpit toxic death state, NJ is actually pretty beautiful. With the exception of its industralized areas, there is a copious amount of trees, wild life, and historic diners.
Also, no matter where you live here, you are within forty-five minutes of atleast three malls.
Fugitive Sisyphus
Escape Artist
1/2 Redneck? I don't see that many Rednecks down here (were the exception to the South). I'd say were Part-Hispanic/Part-Snowbird.
I was making a not very humorous joke with the three one-halves but there a lot of rednecks outside of Miami
. Also by Cuban I meant all Hispanics and by New Yorker I meant all Yankees.
I just heard from a radio host that New Mexico is going to make cock fighting illegal. That will leave Louisiana as the only state left that will have cock fighting. This is the sort of thing that Louisianians slowly shake their heads at. It makes Louisianians feel like their state is backwards. In high school, a history teacher used to say to the class, "We have the highest unemployment, the highest rate of poverty, the highest this and that and the other thing. We're number 1!" The students laughed.
Bamspeedy
CheeseBob
Another Wisconsinite checking in....
I live in the 'driftless area' or around here more commonly called the 'Coulee Region'. It is much more hilly than the areas around it because the glaciers from the last ice age missed this area.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driftless_area
Don't have too much to say besides what the others have posted.
We do have several Amish in this area as well and my uncle prepares the tax returns for many of them. It's kind of odd that by my parent's house there is some Amish and then right next door to the Amish is a millionaire who has his own air field on his property. (the guy who invented this: http://www.scrusher.com/ )
I live in the 'driftless area' or around here more commonly called the 'Coulee Region'. It is much more hilly than the areas around it because the glaciers from the last ice age missed this area.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driftless_area
Don't have too much to say besides what the others have posted.
We do have several Amish in this area as well and my uncle prepares the tax returns for many of them. It's kind of odd that by my parent's house there is some Amish and then right next door to the Amish is a millionaire who has his own air field on his property. (the guy who invented this: http://www.scrusher.com/ )
Disgustipated
Deity
Haven't read the whole thread, but I'll comment on a couple of states.
First of all Nevada. Those that know me, know I love my state. Even if there isn't much here. We are known for gambling mainly. But we are a pretty serious mining state. A little bit of irrigated agriculture. And of course, legal prostitution. We are mostly desert and high desert intersperced with mountain ranges. The colorado river forms the border between Arizona, and he have a large dam that created a very large man made lake. Up north they have Lake Tahoe which supplies the Humboldt river which drains into a basin (hence great basin). The water does not reach the pacific. Most areas of the state are mining towns. The whorehouses may be famous, but they really aren't that great. The ones in the small towns are especially dumpy. Trailers mostly. In reality, prostitution is illegal in the big cities, but that is the most common form used. Gambling is stupid, but some people think it's fun and they can beat the system.
Maryland. My mother is from there, and I have a lot of relatives there. I have spent a fair amount of time there, esp. when I was stationed in Virginia. The main area I know is the Waldorf area, and the properties my family has along and near the Patuxtant river. The area is being massively built up though. Now some rich peole are moving in trying to get away from the crime I guess. I used to be rural farmland. not anymore.
Virginia. I was statinoed in Norfolk. I lived in Newport News and Hampton (just across the river. The entire 6 city region was called Hampton Road. Virginia may be for lovers or whatever, but it's a very conservative state. No nude exotic clubs at all (except for pasties and such- no nudity). The whole area had like 2 times as many men as women. Impossible to get laid there. The city area is home to at least 5 military bases. The rest of the virginia is more rual with the exception of Richmond. Which is a little more progressive, but still just a stick in the mud. Very boring compared to where I'm from (las vegas).
South Carolina- most of my time was in the Charleston area and goose creek area (next to the naval weapons station just north of Charleston). Nothing really stuck out to me about this town. The people were nice. Other than that, boring.
Florida- much more exciting state. More permissive than Nevada in some regards. A bit of a tourist trap in some ways. I kind of miss the humidity some times. And the summer afternoon storms that came in like clockwork.
Mississippi- I lived in Pascagoula and worked at the naval base. This was along the coast. Didn't care for it much. The guys I worked with were nice. the men were just rednecks. So many of the stereotypes are true.
Arizona- I love this kind of western beauty. Pine trees and cacti. Mountains and desert. Similar to Nevada, but more beautiful. The mountain areas are more mountainous, and the desert areas are more pretty.
First of all Nevada. Those that know me, know I love my state. Even if there isn't much here. We are known for gambling mainly. But we are a pretty serious mining state. A little bit of irrigated agriculture. And of course, legal prostitution. We are mostly desert and high desert intersperced with mountain ranges. The colorado river forms the border between Arizona, and he have a large dam that created a very large man made lake. Up north they have Lake Tahoe which supplies the Humboldt river which drains into a basin (hence great basin). The water does not reach the pacific. Most areas of the state are mining towns. The whorehouses may be famous, but they really aren't that great. The ones in the small towns are especially dumpy. Trailers mostly. In reality, prostitution is illegal in the big cities, but that is the most common form used. Gambling is stupid, but some people think it's fun and they can beat the system.
Maryland. My mother is from there, and I have a lot of relatives there. I have spent a fair amount of time there, esp. when I was stationed in Virginia. The main area I know is the Waldorf area, and the properties my family has along and near the Patuxtant river. The area is being massively built up though. Now some rich peole are moving in trying to get away from the crime I guess. I used to be rural farmland. not anymore.
Virginia. I was statinoed in Norfolk. I lived in Newport News and Hampton (just across the river. The entire 6 city region was called Hampton Road. Virginia may be for lovers or whatever, but it's a very conservative state. No nude exotic clubs at all (except for pasties and such- no nudity). The whole area had like 2 times as many men as women. Impossible to get laid there. The city area is home to at least 5 military bases. The rest of the virginia is more rual with the exception of Richmond. Which is a little more progressive, but still just a stick in the mud. Very boring compared to where I'm from (las vegas).
South Carolina- most of my time was in the Charleston area and goose creek area (next to the naval weapons station just north of Charleston). Nothing really stuck out to me about this town. The people were nice. Other than that, boring.
Florida- much more exciting state. More permissive than Nevada in some regards. A bit of a tourist trap in some ways. I kind of miss the humidity some times. And the summer afternoon storms that came in like clockwork.
Mississippi- I lived in Pascagoula and worked at the naval base. This was along the coast. Didn't care for it much. The guys I worked with were nice. the men were just rednecks. So many of the stereotypes are true.
Arizona- I love this kind of western beauty. Pine trees and cacti. Mountains and desert. Similar to Nevada, but more beautiful. The mountain areas are more mountainous, and the desert areas are more pretty.
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