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Topic: Your Hometown
Posted By: SSOK
Subject: Your Hometown
Date Posted: 11 February 2008 at 6:01pm
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Is there anything cool/interesting about your home town? What is it? Mine is Wharton, NJ. Its a really old (1800's) miner town that turned residential around the beginning of the 20'th century. Only interesting things are: Picatinny Rail was developed in it kinda(In Picatinny Arsenal, which is a Military base and not really listed as being in any town. But is across the road from my town and the kids from it go to my school.)
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Posted By: WGP guy2
Date Posted: 11 February 2008 at 6:04pm
| Bull Durham was filmed here (duh). A good part of Kiss the Girls was also filmed here, I got to meet Morgan Freeman when it was filmed too. |
Posted By: procarbinefreak
Date Posted: 11 February 2008 at 6:05pm
| Tony Romo. |
Posted By: ANARCHY_SCOUT
Date Posted: 11 February 2008 at 6:05pm
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nothing much that I know of other than the Blues Brothers has some local scenes in it. Oh and apparently Tom Morello lives here. I know for fact some of the guys from Rise Against live down the street. ------------- Gamertag: Kataklysm999 
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Posted By: Da Hui
Date Posted: 11 February 2008 at 6:07pm
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I was born in Atlanta, but I have lived here for most of my life. The area I live in was recently changed to the name St. Johns and is no longer an area of Jacksonville if memory serves me correctly. When I want to have fun I go to St. Augustine which is the Nations Oldest City and has several well known haunted buildings. There has been episodes of the show on Sci Fi Ghost Hunters filmed in the area. Tim Tebow played High School football at my local High School, though He was home schooled. ------------- 
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Posted By: Panda Man
Date Posted: 11 February 2008 at 6:10pm
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Evanston, Wyoming is known for its good booze and chinese slavery... ------------- 
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Posted By: sinisterNorth
Date Posted: 11 February 2008 at 6:11pm
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Trent Reznor, creator of NIN
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Posted By: evillepaintball
Date Posted: 11 February 2008 at 6:19pm
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home of the Roseanne house (unfortunately) a league of their own was filmed at a field there. http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=127221&title=if-these-shoes-could-talk - raw-sewage-on-your-front-doorstep-capital-of-the-world ------------- 
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Posted By: Man Bites Dog
Date Posted: 11 February 2008 at 6:23pm
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Tavares, Florida: Was founded by Alexander St. Clair-Abrams. After fighting in the Civil War, he moved to New York and became the foreign affairs editor for the New York Herald, becoming famous for his coverage of the Franco-Prussian war. Eventually moved to Atlanta but did not do well, so he came to Florida to work for a railway system he owned. Founded the city of Tavares in hope that the state would choose it as a new capitol. It was never chosen. The famous courthouse:  ------------- 
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Posted By: pntbl freak
Date Posted: 11 February 2008 at 6:23pm
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Crown Point Indiana. A city about 35 min from downtown Chicago with about 22,000 people living there now. On March 3, 1934, Crown Point etched its name forever in the history books as the infamous bank robber and FBI "Public Enemy #1" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dillinger" title="John Dillinger - John Dillinger escaped from the "escape-proof" (as it was dubbed by local authorities at the time) Lake County Jail which was guarded by many police and national guardsmen. Dillinger apparently escaped using a hand-carved wooden gun blackened with shoe polish, although this was disputed by some witnesses. Dillinger further embarrassed the city, as well as then-42-year-old Sheriff Lillian Holley, by driving off in her brand new V-8 Ford. The press augmented her chagrin with such headlines as: "Slim woman, mother of twins, controlled Dillinger as sheriff." Incensed, Holley declared at the time, "If I ever see John Dillinger again, I'll shoot him dead with my own gun. Don't blame anyone else for this escape. Blame me. I have no political career ahead of me and I don't care." This embarassing episode left Crown Point with a blemish that to this day has yet to be removed. Furthermore, Sheriff Holley made certain the Dillinger name would have no standing in Crown Point up until her death in 1994 at 102. Due mainly to her efforts, there is no mention of the "Great Escape" to be found anywhere in the city, save for a brief mention on a National Register of Historic Places plaque outside the old Sheriff's house. Because Crown Point had no waiting period for marriage licenses, the city became a popular place to get married and became known as the Marriage Mill. Many famous people came to Crown Point to be wed including http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Mix" title="Tom Mix - Tom Mix , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_Valentino" title="Rudolph Valentino - Rudolph Valentino , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassius_Clay" title="Cassius Clay - Cassius Clay , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_5" title="Jackson 5 - Jackson 5 patriarch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Jackson" title="Joseph Jackson - Joseph Jackson and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan - Ronald Reagan Yeah I took the info from Wikipedia but thats about it. -------------  |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 11 February 2008 at 6:37pm
| gold rush. |
Posted By: ANARCHY_SCOUT
Date Posted: 11 February 2008 at 6:37pm
I totally forgot half the other things.
Marlee Matlin, actress graduated from John Hersey High School
Arlington Heights is an affluent village in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook_County%2C_Illinois" title="Cook County, Illinois - Cook County , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois - Illinois and a northwestern http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suburb" title="Suburb - suburb of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago - Chicago . It is located about 25 miles northwest of downtown http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago - Chicago . A 2003 Census recount gave the village a population of 76,422, the largest for a village in the United States, with neighboring http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schaumburg%2C_Illinois" title="Schaumburg, Illinois - Schaumburg, Illinois not far behind in second place. It is also the twelfth largest municipality in the state of Illinois. Arlington Heights is known for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlington_Park" title="Arlington Park - Arlington Park Race Track , home of the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlington_Million" title="Arlington Million - Arlington Million , a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeders%27_Cup" title="Breeders' Cup - Breeders' Cup qualifying event; also hosted the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeders%27_Cup_Classic" title="Breeders' Cup Classic - Breeders' Cup Classic in 2002. It is also home to the http://www.ahml.info/" class="external text" title="http://www.ahml.info/" rel="nofollow - Arlington Heights Memorial Library , which has one of the largest collections in the state, as well as the http://www.metropolisarts.com/" class="external text" title="http://www.metropolisarts.com" rel="nofollow - Metropolis Performing Arts Theatre , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Viator_High_School" title="Saint Viator High School - Saint Viator High School ( http://www.ihsa.org/activity/gob/index.htm" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.ihsa.org/activity/gob/index.htm" rel="nofollow - [1] home of the 2007 golf champions), and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hersey_High_School" title="John Hersey High School - John Hersey High School . ------------- Gamertag: Kataklysm999
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Posted By: BARREL BREAK
Date Posted: 11 February 2008 at 6:38pm
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Chuck Norris filmed Forest Warrior here.
We're the Kiteboarding/windsurfing capital of the US. |
Posted By: Apu
Date Posted: 11 February 2008 at 6:39pm
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Fredericksburg, Virginia. Very famous civil war battlefields, not to mention the fact that it was close to the center of DC and Richmond. Both the Battle of Chancellorsville and the Battle of Fredericksburg. George Washington's family lived across the river that I live on. Thats about it.
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Posted By: blackdog144
Date Posted: 11 February 2008 at 6:40pm
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Maple Valley, Washington. Still live here. Its boring, and far from society. Sort of.
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Posted By: scotchyscotch
Date Posted: 11 February 2008 at 6:45pm
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Glasgow Scotland Aside from being the murder capital of western Europe it's not such a bad place, Good people (for the most part) and a good nightlife. Used to be a major shipping route for Victorian Britain and the main point for shipbuilding and the like but now the shipyards have closed and its just another big city.
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Posted By: Evil Elvis
Date Posted: 11 February 2008 at 6:49pm
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Too much to list, but Highlights Springfield Armory, Dr Seuss, Kurt Russell and much more moar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield,_Massachusetts - Springfield Mass ------------- 
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Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 11 February 2008 at 6:49pm
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Home of Hell Survivors.
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Posted By: White o Light
Date Posted: 11 February 2008 at 6:51pm
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There is a fat black man that rides a lawn mower around and the people know him as "Big Worl".
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Posted By: benttwig33
Date Posted: 11 February 2008 at 6:52pm
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We have a steel mill that is the only on in the country that cuts steel the ay it does. (The original way of cutting it, I don't remember the process).
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Posted By: Bolt3
Date Posted: 11 February 2008 at 7:00pm
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Wharton Diner.
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Posted By: Gatyr
Date Posted: 11 February 2008 at 7:16pm
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Houston Texas. Research it yourself. ------------- 
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Posted By: evillepaintball
Date Posted: 11 February 2008 at 7:26pm
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where are texas?
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Posted By: bravecoward
Date Posted: 11 February 2008 at 7:33pm
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Movies that were filmed in part in Cincinnati include http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Asphalt_Jungle" title="The Asphalt Jungle - The Asphalt Jungle (open shot from the Public Landing, takes place in Cincinnati but only Boone County, KY is mentioned), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_Man" title="Rain Man - Rain Man , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airborne_%28film%29" title="Airborne film - Airborne , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimm_Reality" title="Grimm Reality - Grimm Reality , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Man_Tate" title="Little Man Tate - Little Man Tate , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_Money" title="Milk Money - Milk Money , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_Forever" title="Batman Forever - Batman Forever , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_%282000_film%29" title="Traffic 2000 film - Traffic , http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Pride_of_Jesse_Hallam&action=edit" class="new" title="The Pride of Jesse Hallam - The Pride of Jesse Hallam , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Too_Deep_%28film%29" title="In Too Deep film - In Too Deep , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Public_Eye_%28film%29" title="The Public Eye film - Public Eye , http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Last_Late_Night&action=edit" class="new" title="The Last Late Night - The Last Late Night , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati#_note-FilmCincinnati" title=" - [32] and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mighty" title="The Mighty - The Mighty . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati#_note-IMDb_The_Mighty" title=" - [33] In addition, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Hogs" title="Wild Hogs - Wild Hogs is set, though not filmed, in Cincinnati. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati#_note-Wild_Hogs" title=" - [34] The Cincinnati skyline was prominently featured in the opening and closing sequences of the daytime drama http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Edge_of_Night" title="The Edge of Night - The Edge of Night from its start in 1956 until 1980, when it was superseded by the Los Angeles skyline; the cityscape was the stand-in for the show's setting, Monticello. Procter & Gamble, the show's producer, is based in Cincinnati. The sitcom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WKRP_in_Cincinnati" title="WKRP in Cincinnati - WKRP in Cincinnati featured the city's skyline in its credits, as well as obviously being set, though not shot in, Cincinnati. Cincinnati gave rise to many popular bands and musicians, including http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Isley_Brothers" title="The Isley Brothers - The Isley Brothers , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brown" title="James Brown - James Brown , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mood_%28band%29" title="Mood band - Mood , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Afghan_Whigs" title="The Afghan Whigs - The Afghan Whigs , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over_the_Rhine" title="Over the Rhine - Over the Rhine (which traces its roots to Cincinnati's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over-the-Rhine" title="Over-the-Rhine - Over-the-Rhine district), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootsy_Collins" title="Bootsy Collins - Bootsy Collins , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blessid_Union_of_Souls" title="Blessid Union of Souls - Blessid Union of Souls , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/98_Degrees" title="98 Degrees - 98 Degrees , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Greenhornes" title="The Greenhornes - The Greenhornes , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_National_%28band%29" title="The National band - The National (band) , and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartless_Bastards" title="Heartless Bastards - Heartless Bastards . In addition, many other bands and musicians call the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Cincinnati" title="Greater Cincinnati - Greater Cincinnati region their home, including http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Belew" title="Adrian Belew - Adrian Belew and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Frampton" title="Peter Frampton - Peter Frampton . It is also home to the region's only non-profit for the experimental and noise arts, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Art_Damage_Inc&action=edit" class="new" title="Art Damage Inc - Art Damage Inc . Cincinnati is also home to alternative Hip Hop DJ, DJ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi-Tek" title="Hi-Tek - Hi-Tek , who is one half of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflection_Eternal" title="Reflection Eternal - Reflection Eternal . Cincinnati is famous for its unique culinary delicacies. " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_chili" title="Cincinnati chili - Cincinnati chili " is commonly served by several independent chains, such as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyline_Chili" title="Skyline Chili - Skyline Chili , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Star_Chili" title="Gold Star Chili - Gold Star Chili , Empress Chili, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Washington_Chili" title="Camp Washington Chili - Camp Washington Chili , and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie_Chili_and_Deli" title="Dixie Chili and Deli - Dixie Chili and Deli . In addition, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goetta" title="Goetta - Goetta is a meat product popular in Cincinnati, usually eaten as a breakfast meat. Acting, motion pictures, and television
[ http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_people_from_Cincinnati&action=edit§ion=7" title="Edit section: Music - edit ] Music
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Posted By: Roll Tide
Date Posted: 11 February 2008 at 7:33pm
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New Orleans, Louisiana. Famous enough. However I now live in Anniston, AL. Nothing important ever happened here except some race riots and a bus burning back in the 50s. ------------- <Removed sig for violation of Clause 4 of the New Sig Rules> 
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Posted By: Cedric
Date Posted: 11 February 2008 at 7:55pm
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Group X Black Crowes Travis Tritt (his aunt lives down the street from me) ------------- 
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Posted By: Yomillio
Date Posted: 11 February 2008 at 8:23pm
Posted By: ANARCHY_SCOUT
Date Posted: 11 February 2008 at 8:25pm
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This has become a copy and paste of the famous people from Wiki.
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Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 11 February 2008 at 8:40pm
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I'm originally from Broadview Heights, Ohio. Nothing worth mentioning I'm pretty sure. My college is in Ada, Ohio where the only football factory in the U.S. is. (Wilson) Every Superbowl football is made there. -------------  irc.esper.net #paintball |
Posted By: STOcocker
Date Posted: 11 February 2008 at 8:53pm
You forgot Alton Brown |
Cedric wrote:Posted By: Tical2.0
Date Posted: 11 February 2008 at 8:55pm
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Toronto Ontario. We have a Big wiener looking Skyscraper. ------------- 
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Posted By: merc
Date Posted: 11 February 2008 at 9:01pm
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Grew up in Natick MA. home of doug fluity and has(maybe had) a twinkie factory. (featured on family guy) ------------- saving the world, one warship at a time. |
Posted By: € Rεp‘Π F‘rθ €
Date Posted: 11 February 2008 at 9:22pm
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This list may include persons born in the community, past residents, and current residents.
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Posted By: Cyberdemon
Date Posted: 11 February 2008 at 9:27pm
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i live in pickering, ontario canada. the band sum 41 is literally from right down the street of here ------------- http://imageshack.us"> 
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Posted By: Tical2.0
Date Posted: 11 February 2008 at 9:31pm
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Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 11 February 2008 at 9:31pm
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Notable Past and Current Residents of Lake Orion, Michigan
* Matthew Dear, musician * Andrew J. Feustel, NASA astronaut * Jimmy Hoffa, Union President * Zak Keasey, professional football player * Mickey Lolich, professional baseball player and donut shop owner * Raymond Plouhar, Staff Sergeant, USMC * William Edmund Scripps, newspaper magnate * Lauren Thompson, newsanchor for WLNS, Lansing, Michigan * Ron Tripp, Sambo and Judo Champion; President of USA Judo * Cynthia Watros, actress ------------- 
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Posted By: fractus.scud
Date Posted: 11 February 2008 at 9:40pm
Edison NJ
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Benny go home! |
Posted By: hoginds24
Date Posted: 11 February 2008 at 9:44pm
Hometown of Delilah Strong 
Supertroopers was filmed all around here. Many, many more things - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poughkeepsie_city,_New_York - Here |
Posted By: pb125
Date Posted: 11 February 2008 at 9:48pm
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Jews. But seriously, Incubus all went to my high school. ------------- 
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Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 11 February 2008 at 9:57pm
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Maplecrest NY.....nothing EVER happened there, and noone famous is from there. The closest thing to it is that Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert graduated from my high school. |
Posted By: JohnnyCanuck
Date Posted: 11 February 2008 at 10:04pm
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nothing ------------- Imagine theres a picture of your favourite thing here. |
Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 11 February 2008 at 10:51pm
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Oh yea, a guy from the new season of survivor is from my town. I watched like 10 mins of it, the guys annoying as hell.
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Posted By: Shub
Date Posted: 11 February 2008 at 10:55pm
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Somerset, PA.
It was in the news a few years ago. Shanksville was where the fourth plane crashed on 9/11. The next summer, we had the "9 for 9" frenzy when nine miners got trapped underground and subsequently rescued. Somerset, PA and the surrounding area is notable for a lot of colonial history. The Whiskey Rebellion happened here, and George Washington passed through here as a soldier in the French & Indian War. |
Posted By: Uncle Rudder
Date Posted: 11 February 2008 at 11:40pm
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Mushroomhead
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Posted By: Kristofer
Date Posted: 12 February 2008 at 5:31am
| well according to dumblaws.com my town has a law banning ray guns or something like that. |
Posted By: PaiNTbALLfReNzY
Date Posted: 12 February 2008 at 8:03am
Fredericksburg is a pretty neat little city, I go there on weekends to Central Park. We usually go to Bailey's Grill and Pub, they have some good food, not to mention I just like the bar. Never really went to any of the historical sites though, are they any good? |
Posted By: jerseypaint
Date Posted: 12 February 2008 at 8:46am
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifton%2C_New_Jersey - Clifton, NJ ------------- 
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Posted By: Brian Fellows
Date Posted: 12 February 2008 at 9:21am
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omaha - Omaha, NE |
Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 12 February 2008 at 10:27am
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Posted By: sinisterNorth
Date Posted: 12 February 2008 at 10:57am
My junior and senior year I played in the Windber Rotary basketball tournament. My coach is originally from Windber. My girlfriend's aunt, uncle, and cousins live in Somerset. If you're ever up for a search, check the memorial wall for a "Lakeview Basketball" beanie. I put it on there last year when we visited. ------------- Pumpker'd; (V.) When a pump player runs up and shoots you at point blank range because you thought 20bps made you good. |
Posted By: evillepaintball
Date Posted: 12 February 2008 at 11:33am
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according to dumblaws.com "The value of Pi is 3." and "While driving on Main Street you may not have your lights on." -------------
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Posted By: NotDaveEllis
Date Posted: 12 February 2008 at 11:41am
You're really close to me. I live about 5 minutes from Paytons house. |
Posted By: lester98c
Date Posted: 12 February 2008 at 2:10pm
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Scranton Pa, not where i live but like 5 minutes away. The nation's first successful, continuously-operating electrified http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetcar" title="Streetcar - streetcar (trolley) system was established in the city in 1886, giving it the nickname "The Electric City". The show The Office is set here and caused everyone to become obsessed with it The events described in the song "30,000" pounds of bananas took place here. Thats about it |
Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 12 February 2008 at 6:17pm
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Charleston, WV
It's the largest city (metropolitan population of over 300,000 people) as well as the capitol city of West Virginia. First established by Col George Clendenin as 'Fort Lee' at the confluence of the Elk and Kanawha Rivers, it eventually became a major salt production center, the largest in the US until after the Civil War. The first brine wells in the US were sunk there in the late 1700's and the first natural gas well soon followed. The discovery of the abundant coal fields in the area were a result of the need for a fuel source for evaporating the brine into salt. The battle of Charleston (1862) was fought between 5,000 Confederate troops and a similar number of Federal troops which resulted in the confederate occupation of the city for the following 6 weeks. After that point, the Federal forces, realizing that Charleston was the sole inland salt-producing region of the south, returned with over 10,000 troops and occupied Charleston and the other salt-producing areas of the Kanawha valley and it's confluence with the Ohio essentially depriving the south of it's ability to provide salt for curing and preserving it's food which helped to disrupt the supply chain of the armies of the Confederacy as well as deprive the south's few industries the means to make gun-powder. Federal control of Charleston also ensured the needed coal to fuel the steel furnaces in Wheeling, WV and Pittsburgh, PA. After the civil war, Charleston faded in importance due to the construction of the Erie canal and it's ability to provide salt to the west via the great lakes (until this time it was floated down the Kanawha on flat-boats and then up or down the Ohio river) It wasn't until the outbreak of WWI that Charleston would become important yet again in the matters of industry. The need for chlorine and caustic acid for use in both chemical and conventional warheads. Continued manufacturing and chemical growth occurred with the outbreak of WWII. The railroad system in place for delivery of salt, coal, and chemicals as well as the now navigable Kanawha River made it the ideal place to build the largest synthetic rubber plant in the nation at that time. Several munitions and weapons factories again located to the region due to the close resources and transportation network. In the 1940's after the war, Charleston saw even more economic development due to Eisenhower's decision to join interstates 77, 79, and 64 in the city's center. The building of Kanawha (now Yeager) Airport also brought focus to the town as it was one of the first local airports built for general and commercial aviation outside of the major metropolitan areas. Famous people from CRW: * Actress Jean Carson * Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers * Actress Conchata Ferrell * The classical composer George Crumb was born in Charleston. * Alias star Jennifer Garner was born in Houston, but moved with her family to Charleston as a young child and grew up there, graduating from the city's George Washington High School. * Televangelist T. D. Jakes was born and raised in the adjacent city of South Charleston. His ministry was based in the suburban community of Cross Lanes before he moved to Dallas in 1996. * Soap opera actress Lesli Kay who has appeared on As the World Turns, General Hospital and The Bold and the Beautiful. * Former Major League Baseball player and current sportscaster John Kruk was born in Charleston, but grew up in Keyser in the state's Eastern Panhandle. * Extreme metal band Byzantine formed and still based in Charleston. * Actress Ann Magnuson * Country singer Kathy Mattea was born in South Charleston to parents who lived in Cross Lanes. She lived in Cross Lanes throughout her childhood, graduating from Nitro High School. * Would-be presidential assassin Sara Jane Moore was born in Charleston. * National Football League player Randy Moss grew up in Rand, adjacent to Malden, graduating from the now-defunct DuPont High School nearby. * Creator of Droodles and television personality Roger Price. * Civil rights activist Rev. Leon Sullivan was born in Charleston. * For a time, Booker T. Washington, the writer, educator, and early civil rights leader, lived in Malden, just upriver from Charleston. * Jerry West NBA superstar in Chelyan. * Miami Heat point guard Jason Williams, who grew up in Belle in the same vicinity, was a high-school teammate of Moss. * Charles Manson and his followers lived in St. Albans, a town which comprises part of the metropolitan area before their move to California and infamous acts performed there. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: Cyberdemon
Date Posted: 12 February 2008 at 6:54pm
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this place sucks balls. the flea market was gone a long time ago its in ajax now lol ------------- http://imageshack.us">
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Posted By: .636
Date Posted: 12 February 2008 at 7:02pm
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One of the home towns of of Rod Brindamour ------------- |
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Date Posted: 12 February 2008 at 7:54pm
Posted By: Sammy
Date Posted: 12 February 2008 at 8:13pm
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Orange County. The most badass county there is. That's all. ------------- 
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Posted By: X-51
Date Posted: 12 February 2008 at 8:42pm
| Eminem lived here for a bit, we're the sixth safest city in the U.S, and money magazine labeled in the 19th nicest city to live in. |
Posted By: Thor
Date Posted: 13 February 2008 at 8:58pm
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I'm from Montreal.
Home of modern canada, and the last safe haven for english quebecers. Too much other stuff to list. And to piss other canuck off..... VIVE LE QUEBEC LIBRE! ------------- A second class drive is always better than a first class walk. |
Posted By: AngelSlayer
Date Posted: 14 February 2008 at 2:55am
if you aren't a civil war buff, there is nothing to do in fredericksburg except eat and get pregnant....some of the HS's there have the highest in the state and far beyond.....my parents live there my adopted hometown, BLACKSBURG, VA as made famous last spring by CNN, Fox news, CNBC, etc and basically everyone else with a camera also it seems to have been home to one of the best engineering schools in the country...for some 136 odd years -------------  
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Posted By: Kingtiger
Date Posted: 14 February 2008 at 3:29am
| Denver, Colorado. Most drunk City in the US. |
Posted By: Shub
Date Posted: 14 February 2008 at 12:54pm
Cool, next time I'm up there, I'll search for it...pics if I find it. |
Posted By: l3uLL3t
Date Posted: 08 June 2008 at 3:35pm
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7th wonder of the world THE ASTRODOME ------------- 
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Posted By: Zata
Date Posted: 08 June 2008 at 3:40pm
| I forget which boat company, but its the boat that is small and fast. Anyways, they originated in my town, Marysville Michigan, and were originally built for running alcohol from Canada to Michigan. |
Posted By: Snipa69
Date Posted: 08 June 2008 at 3:46pm
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Not true, you guys have hot chicks that work at the drive-through coffee stand in that one shopping area. Have no idea what it's called. My buddy was in charge of your Maple Valley Police Explorer thing even in to his 20's. Sammamish Washington/Seattl. Ted Bundy abducted two girls from the State Park on Lake Sammamish that I hung out at when I was younger. The girl who won that TV Show The Swan was from Sammamish. That's about all that I can think of really for Sammamish. As for seattle. Well, tons of crap. Obviously Sleepless in Seattle was filmed here. Again, Ted Bundy was around as his first wave of killings were in Washington. He attended the same University as I, although it was called University of Puget Sound at the time. Space Needle is popular, Pike Place Market is widely visited. The boat The Northwestern from Deadliest Catch calls Seattle's port home. WAYY to much stuff for me to list. ------------- http://imageshack.us - [IMG - http://img456.imageshack.us/img456/857/sig9ac6cs1mj.jpg - |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 08 June 2008 at 3:48pm
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(Gatyr can stay. He's sexy enough.) ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell" 
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Posted By: Snipa69
Date Posted: 08 June 2008 at 3:57pm
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I was born in houston and lived there until I was 8, so i'll toss in whatever anyone else frmo houston says. ------------- http://imageshack.us - [IMG - http://img456.imageshack.us/img456/857/sig9ac6cs1mj.jpg - |
Posted By: sporx
Date Posted: 08 June 2008 at 4:03pm
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erm... the state hospital.
slaves. ya, that's just about it. ------------- 
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Posted By: merc
Date Posted: 08 June 2008 at 4:13pm
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natick, MA home of doug fluitie and the twinky factory (i think they took down the twinky factory)... ------------- saving the world, one warship at a time. |
Posted By: 52 Degrees
Date Posted: 08 June 2008 at 4:46pm
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Gary Condit (Con Did It) A police force that used to be pretty decent to deal with till Howie Stevenson got shot (2 blocks from my former apartment) |
Posted By: Zata
Date Posted: 08 June 2008 at 11:31pm
I love that whole state. Did you guys happen to hear about the stuff going on in Skykomish where they have to dig up all the contaminated dirt from when trains used to refuel there? Well my uncles company was hired to move all of the buildings/houses out of the way. Anyways, its an absolutely beautiful state, I'd like to live there. |
Posted By: PaiNTbALLfReNzY
Date Posted: 09 June 2008 at 10:41am
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Mark McGuire lived in my hometown (Mission Viejo, CA)
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Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 09 June 2008 at 11:20am
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Orlando Florida. Hmm. let me think..... ------------- "When I grow up I want to marry a rich man and live in a condor next to the beach" -- My 7yr old daughter. |