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Post by yodapug on Nov 12, 2015 13:07:23 GMT -5
<queue Gordon Lightfoot's Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald>
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Post by christina on Nov 12, 2015 13:15:35 GMT -5
exactly, sounds like that kind of storm :// i imagine no worse than a coastal hurricane if you are on the coast but this Michigan storm sounds bad.....
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Post by yellowbird on Nov 12, 2015 16:03:52 GMT -5
Don't let a little wind scare you away.....we've made it half way through November and it is not even cold enough to snow yet!
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Post by christina on Nov 12, 2015 16:07:04 GMT -5
wow!!! NICE! a little wind though??? eek..not going to take a sailboat out that way over next couple of days, that's for sure!!!
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Post by gary on Nov 12, 2015 16:10:17 GMT -5
The tornado in the Wizard of Oz was "a little wind," and it dropped a house on a witch.
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Post by christina on Nov 12, 2015 16:16:32 GMT -5
exactly!!!!
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Post by Gaidin on Nov 12, 2015 16:20:01 GMT -5
Sorry I haven't been keeping up with this but I really can't get excited about Missouri.
Eastern Missouri (St. Louis and everywhere but Kansas City)
Chuck Berry was from St. Louis.
St. Louis (/seɪnt ˈluːɪs/ or /sənt ˈluːɪs/)[9][10][11] is a city[12] and port in the U.S. state of Missouri. The city developed along the western bank of the Mississippi River, which forms Missouri's border with Illinois. In 2010, St. Louis had a population of 319,294; a 2013 estimate put the population at 318,416, making it the 58th-most populous U.S. city and the second-largest city in the state in terms of city proper population. The St. Louis metropolitan area includes the city as well as nearby areas in Missouri and Illinois; with a population of 2,905,893, it is the largest in Missouri and one of the largest in the United States. St. Louis was founded in 1764 by Pierre Laclède and Auguste Chouteau and named after Louis IX of France. Claimed first by the French, who settled mostly east of the Mississippi River, the region in which the city stands was ceded to Spain following France's defeat in the Seven Years' War. Its territory east of the Mississippi was ceded to the Kingdom of Great Britain, the victor. The area of present-day Missouri was part of Spanish Louisiana from 1762 until 1803.
St. Louis also stole the credit for being the gateway to the west. That belongs to the folks in Kansas City.
I spent one truly wretched summer at Ft. Leonard Wood which is in central Missouri and thats all I have to say about that.
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Post by yellowbird on Nov 12, 2015 16:20:18 GMT -5
No witches here, so we are safe, right? I'm just looking for the positive --- the wind is NOT making it -30 degrees, so its all good as long as you are not on a boat
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Post by Gaidin on Nov 12, 2015 16:25:35 GMT -5
Abe Simpson gets me.
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Post by christina on Nov 12, 2015 16:45:40 GMT -5
chuck berry is cool though!!!
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Post by christina on Nov 12, 2015 16:55:24 GMT -5
a famous guy from eastern Missouri!
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Post by maquereau on Nov 12, 2015 17:14:58 GMT -5
Sorry I haven't been keeping up with this but I really can't get excited about Missouri. I spent one truly wretched summer at Ft. Leonard Wood which is in central Missouri and thats all I have to say about that. Ft. Lost In The Woods is what we used to call it. "Wretched" is an apt term for the place.
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Post by justamessenger on Nov 12, 2015 22:01:49 GMT -5
Sorry I haven't been keeping up with this but I really can't get excited about Missouri. I spent one truly wretched summer at Ft. Leonard Wood which is in central Missouri and thats all I have to say about that. Ft. Lost In The Woods is what we used to call it. "Wretched" is an apt term for the place. Fort Lost In The Woods, in the Great State of Misery. I agree re: wretched. Awful, awful place.
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Post by wvatty on Nov 13, 2015 8:46:02 GMT -5
I went to DW training at the St. Louis NHC. The office itself is on a huge federal campus in the middle of almost abandoned ghetto (we got bussed past Ferguson from downtown every day -- while the Michael Brown grand jury was about to decide). However, St. Louis itself was a really nice city with great public transit, an awesome free zoo, and really friendly Midwestern people. I was able to find pickup soccer games, good bars, and decent grocery store just wandering the city on my own and never felt unsafe.
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Post by Gaidin on Nov 16, 2015 11:10:11 GMT -5
Kansas City, MO My feelings about Missouri haven't changed but KC is famous for the best piece of BBQ in existence... burnt ends. Of all the smoked meats this is the holiest of holies. www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&rlz=1C1CHMO_enUS563US564&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=burnt%20endsKansas City, or K.C., is the largest city in the state of Missouri. It is the 37th–largest city by population in the United States and the 23rd–largest by area. It is the central city of the Kansas City metropolitan area, which straddles the Kansas–Missouri border. It was founded in the 1830s as a Missouri River port at its confluence with the Kansas River coming in from the west. Originally called Kansas after the river, this became confusing upon the establishment of Kansas Territory in 1854. The name Kansas City was assigned to distinguish the two. It is also fitting that Burt Bachrach is a native of KC. This song seems more important than ever.
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Post by Gaidin on Nov 17, 2015 9:49:41 GMT -5
Billings, MT
Billings is the largest city in the state of Montana, and is the principal city of the Billings Metropolitan Area with a population of 166,855.[5] It has a trade area of over half a million people.[6]
Billings is located in the south-central portion of the state and is the county seat of Yellowstone County, which had a 2014 population of 155,634 [5] The 2013 Census estimates put the Billings population at 109,059[7] the only city in Montana to surpass 100,000 people. The city is experiencing rapid growth and a strong economy; it has had and is continuing to have the largest growth of any city in Montana. Parts of the metro area are seeing hyper growth. From 2000 to 2010 Lockwood, an eastern suburb of the city, saw growth of 57.8%, the largest growth rate of any community in Montana.[8] Billings has avoided the economic downturn that affected most of the nation 2008–2012 as well as avoiding the housing bust.[9][10] With the Bakken oil play in eastern Montana and western North Dakota, the largest oil discovery in U.S. history,[11][12] as well as the Heath shale oil play just north of Billings,[13] the city's already rapid growth rate is escalating.
Mrs. G spent time in MT as a kid and gives it a big endorsement.
There is not much music by Montanans(sp??) however there is a song about Livingston, MT which isn't that far away in the scope of a western state.
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Post by pumpkin on Nov 17, 2015 15:25:41 GMT -5
Billings, MT Billings is the largest city in the state of Montana, and is the principal city of the Billings Metropolitan Area with a population of 166,855.[5] It has a trade area of over half a million people.[6] Mrs. G spent time in MT as a kid and gives it a big endorsement. There is not much music by Montanans(sp??) however there is a song about Livingston, MT which isn't that far away in the scope of a western state. I'm moving to Montana soon, gonna be a dental floss tycoon ALJ
Okay, so Billings isn't actually on my GAL, but quoting Moon Unit's dad is hard to resist.
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Post by christina on Nov 17, 2015 15:48:02 GMT -5
in full disclosure, i know a dental floss tycoon, never met Frank Zappa though.
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Post by cafeta on Nov 17, 2015 22:06:11 GMT -5
Billings, MT Billings is the largest city in the state of Montana, and is the principal city of the Billings Metropolitan Area with a population of 166,855.[5] It has a trade area of over half a million people.[6] Mrs. G spent time in MT as a kid and gives it a big endorsement. There is not much music by Montanans(sp??) however there is a song about Livingston, MT which isn't that far away in the scope of a western state. I'm moving to Montana soon, gonna be a dental floss tycoon ALJ
Okay, so Billings isn't actually on my GAL, but quoting Moon Unit's dad is hard to resist.
Way to work a Zappa lyric into the thread! Kudos Pumpkin, big kudos!
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Post by redryder on Nov 18, 2015 10:52:48 GMT -5
Gaidan: If we can travel back to KC for a few moments, your post did not do that city justice. Yes, the burnt ends are to die for. But there is so much more. This is the city with the Spanish Plaza and more fountains throughout the city than any other in America. It is the home of Hallmark. Not only can you watch the sappiest promo ever about how their photographers and writers train for their job, you can also learn about the crayon as Hallmark now owns Crayola. There is a wonderful museum dedicated to WWI, the only one of its kind in the nation. The museum re: the Steamboat Arabia is worth the visit alone. One of the easiest airports to get through. Interesting architecture. Even if you don't want to live there, it is definitely worth a visit.
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