Where's everybody from?

[The One Ring]

Now that we have enough members, I've decided to see how national, or international, this board really is. I know Tater's from Boston, but no idea for the rest of you. All right, I'm from Lexington, MA (not really Boston, but a suburb of it).

[anduin]

I live in Louisville, KY.....home of the Kentucky Derby :)

[MD641]

California

[galadriel1]

Hey Anduin. How are you? I finally made it back. I`m from a small town in southweatern PA called Ligonier. It`s 50 miles easyt of the city of Pittsburgh in an area called the Laurel Highlands. It`s a beautiful area full of rolling hills, lakes, streams, and woods. I`s a wobderful place to live especially if you like the outdoors.

[galadriel1]

That was supposed to say EAST of Pittsburgh. I don`t have an edit button on my screen.

[bmilder]

Oh, I guess they haven't fixed that bug where WebTV users basically can't do anything ;) I'm from New Jersey.

[anduin]

Hey there Gabby.....I think I need to come camping up your way sometime ;) And don't mind Ben...... ;)

[Elanor]

Oregon permanently, Utah for college.

[emilsson]

I live in Falun, Sweden.

[Eruve]

galadriel, I know where Ligonier is!! My parents are from western PA (Washington and Pittsburgh). Beautiful country! I was born in eastern PA (Bethlehem) but now I live outside Montreal.

[DarthNut]

Toms River, New Jersey

[Errol]

Eruve?Montreal you say?WOW!Another Canadian!I'm from a little town near Toronto,Ontario,Canada.

[Darth Tater]

Tor, where in Lexington? I've got a lot of friends there, maybe your a friend of a friend or something. I'm from Hyde Park actually, a small part of Boston that everybody (including us who live here) hates.

[gdl96]

New Jersey. I live in the same town, and same street as Ben and Tristan. I also live in the same town as Jae.

[Darth Tater]

That's right greg, Tristan ;)

[dmaul96]

edison nj

[galadriel1]

Anduin, come on up anytime and go hiking and camping. I do more hiking than I do camping, but I enjoy both. There are so many places to hike. Lots of cool trails. And several State Parks in the area as well. There are even some Caverns around the area (Laurel Caverns), although I`ve never checked them out.

[galadriel1]

Yeah, the webtv has a lot of glitches with the ezboards such as not being able to post pics or signatures and not being able to edit posts. You can`t download anything, either. But at least I can access the Internet. I can`t afford a computer so I have to rely on the webtv. It`s a lot cheaper than buying a computer and I can get Internet and E-mail. It has to do for now. I hope to get a computer in the next few years but untilthen this isn`t too bad. At least I can come to these cool boards and talk with so many iteresing people.

[Son of the Suns I]

I live in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

[The One Ring]

Tater, I live over near Burlington. How old are your friends? If they go to Lexington High I probably know them. Throw out a few names and see if I recognize them.

[IronParrot]

Calgary, Alberta, Canada - more Tim Hortons donut shops than the entire province of Saskatchewan. Rrroll up the rrrim to win!

[galadriel1]

Eruve, that`s too cool! You`ve been to Ligonier then? I can`t believe you know where it is! It`s a very small town! Have you ever been up to Linn Run State Park or Forbes State Forest? There`s an awesome trail called Wolf`s Rocks. About an hour and 10 minute trek to the Rocks but so worth it! It`s a rather easy trail for those that like to hike. Grove Run is also spectacular! Nice altitude change and several vegetation changes. There`s a really cool 'grotto' along the trail. If you ever get to the area, let me know! How long have you lived near Montreal and how do you like it there? Hernalt, you have to come hike some of the trails sometime. Anyone else from PA?

[galadriel1]

Just wondering. I`m supposed to be going to San Fran for a week in June. We`re going to check out the city and also do Muir Woods among other things. Just curious if anyone is from the area. -G., signing off for the night where it`s -10 with windchill this evening. Brrrr!!!! I hope you are all a bit warmer wherever you are. :-) Good night.

[Eruve]

galadriel, I've never spent any real time in Ligonier. Once I was driving out to visit my grandmother in Washington with my brother and his wife and they stopped in Ligonier to visit these high tech log cabins that were being built at the time (in the 80s). My brother was considering buying one, but he never did. I haven't been out to western PA in almost 15 years, though. The area we stopped in was beautiful, though, and the hiking you mentioned sounds great! I first came to Montreal in 1982 to go to University, and basically stayed. I think marrying someone from the area had something to do with it... Except for a year and a half between university and getting married, and two years when we lived in Nova Scotia because hubby's job was transferred, I've lived in Montreal ever since then. I guess you could say I liked it ! :-)

[Jaro]

I'm originally from a town near Chicago (but in Indiana) but I'm going to school in Los Angeles.

[galadriel1]

Well, I guess you`ll just have to come back sometime and check out the area more. :) It really is a beautiful area! How did you like Nova Scotia? I hear it`s beautiful up that way! And also quite chilly at times! :-)

[Darth Tater]

Hmm, Arianna or Marianna aka Yanna and Ari

[Eruve]

Nova Scotia is very nice, wild, a bit untamed. Actually , it can look a lot like western PA! There aren't many people out there. I lived for 2 years in a small town of around 12, 000, but it was the fourth largest town!! People there can be a bit strange, friendly on the surface, but they don't let you go beyond a certain point if you're not from there. Needless to say, not much nightlife! The coldest temperature I ever experienced was in Nova Scotia. It got down to -35C (sorry, don't know what that is in Fahrenheit, just damn cold)! Much colder than I've ever seen in Montreal, but nothing on the prairies!

[The Mastermind]

I'm supposed to be living in paradise here in Honolulu, Hawaii, but it has been raining like heck lately. For the other person who posted using webtv and can't edit, etc. I had the same problem until I clicked on the link marked `Need help with logging in?' I entered my username and password, and I finally could edit my own posts and have custom sigs. I don't know if that is what fixed it, but it's worth a try.

[Lauren Weasley]

any New Yorkers here? I'm from Long Island.

[bmilder]

If there's anyone here from England please email me :)

[anduin]

Why? ......just curious......

[Elanor]

since we have so many more people these days, I'm bringing this Page 19 topic to the top so they can post in it!

[X Rogue]

Arlington, Texas. I've lived in Texas all my life except for five years that I spent in Podunkville, Arkansas, in high school, and then 2 1/2 years in college in a different Podunkville, Arkansas. :)

[Miralys]

Well I am currently attending college in DeLand FL. Before that I went to high school in Rockledge FL (a stone's throw from Cocoa Beach). Before that however I lived in Dhahran Saudi Arabia where I was born and raised. I consider FL my home however and I must say I like the USA much better! :p

[GlaurungTheGold]

i'm from New Orleans, and i'm going to college in Boston, and i can't find any way to get Tater to stop pestering me... off spray doesn't work, mousetraps either... any other suggestions? ;)

[Bullroarer]

A little Valley, named "The" (pronounced "thuh" not "thee"). The Valley has 4 towns in it, Athens, Sayre, Waverly, and South Waverly, although some people insist that the town of Barton is also part of it. It has never had a "real" name, and if it did, we'd have a problem with it, because we have lived on "The". A local radio station has taken to calling us the "Penn-York Valley" because of the fact it straddles the northern Pennsylvania/New York border.

You may know:

Waverly: The rodeo capital of the East (and the only town that had one east of the Miss. River) until the 1950s.

Sayre: The Lehigh valley railroad had one of the largest rail-yards on its lines located in Sayre.

Athens: Ingersoll Rand Corperation (pnuematic tools) was founded in Athens.

S.W.: The Foundry (a building which has very high-powered x-rays to look for weaknesses in steel) is very important to the area, its the only for 100 mi. (Scranton would be the next)

just a proud supporter of his hometown.:)

[Lief Erikson]

I'm from California, Los Angelas.

[Elbreth of Carhouth]

Arrgh! Silly Americans, you're everywhere! ;)
I'm live near a town called Peace River, Alberta, Canada. Waaayyy up north, five hours north of Edmonton.

[Elysha]

Hello, Elbreth, thanks for all the compliments.

I live in Southern California, three miles from the beach as a bird flies, 15 minutes from the Orange County Performing Arts center, and not very far from Disneyland.

Which I rarely visit.

Lief Erikson, you know perfectly well that you do not live in Los Angeles, but in Fountain Valley. If you will check your spelling concerning that noisy city, and elaborate about where you live, I'll edit this sentence out of my message.

[Grand Admiral Reese]

Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Nice little town about about 30-45(or even an hour)minutes south of Boston.

[dunedain lady]

Mars or Maryland depending on my mood.

[Tar Melian]

Hi! I'm new and from Huntsville, Alabama - it's in the NE corner of the state.

[adanedhel]

Hi...Midlothian,IL (SW suburb of Chicago)

[anduin]

Welcome to the board Tar Melian!

Huntsville has a very cool rest area......the one with the HUGE rocket.....not to mention Space Camp. :)

[Tar Melian]

Yes, we're the Rocket City! So you've seen the Saturn 5 - its the biggest rocket ever made! It's been up for about a year, and it's REALLY tall! There are of course lots of gear- heads here, but that's OK - I'm married to one!

[anduin]

Hmmm, the rocket I'm thinking of has been at the rest area (off of I-65) for much longer than a year. The first time I saw it was on the way to New Orleans. That was over 7 years ago.

[Gilthalion]

Yeeeee Haaaah!

Another Alabamian!

The Mrs. and I live in Mobile, Alabama (the southernmost tip of this great state!)

We have not seen snow this season!

[Tar Melian]

It's a small world! My parents live in Mobile, and my MR.'s parents in Gulf Shores! And we did have snow New years. We were in Chattanooga for NY's and when we got home, we had to park the car at the bottom of the hill-a block away-and hike up! Fun! ( If it was like that all winter I'm sure i'd get tired of it!)
Anyhoo, glad to meet you!

[Finrod Felagund]

Kitchener, Ontario
about 2 hours west of Toronto...and home to the second bigest Oktoberfest in the world (largest outside of Germany)

[EarthBound]

Currently about an hour south of Montreal Quebec....meaning I live at that small small corner of Vermont / New York / Quebec.....but I'm moving to the other side of New York in a month so I'll be just below Lake Erie, err about a half an hour from Erie PA, but still in NY......

From you say??? From Oregon....but I'm living in the present.....or as my profile says, "it's all in my head". :eek:

[Lotesse]

Thought I'd help revive this thread a little; it's nice to see where fellow mooters are from. Me, I'm from sothwestern England originally, then spent my growing-up years constantly traveling around the world. The last 5 years or so I've made Westside L.A. and Hollywood my home; like Randy Newman sings "I love L.A.". What about you all? A lot of you guys' areas are figure-outable, yet still it's cool to hear about people's origins.

[Elenwen06]

I'm from Moreno Valley, California, down by Riverside and LA, but I hate it there and can't wait to get away from it in (counting down, now) NINE MONTHS!!!!! Yes! :D

[Lotesse]

Moreno Valley?!? Come back, come back, to Westside we will take you...(L.A., that is)

[Mercutio]

Delaware

or rather

Dela-where?

[Bombadillo]

West Philadelphia, born and raised; on the playground is where I spent most of my days...

But no, not at all. :p I have no idea why that song is stuck in my head. I've visited Philly on two occasions, but I was born and raised and am still living in Union, NJ. It borders Hillside and Elizabeth, and is so much more pleasantly suburban.

[Mercutio]

Haha that's a funny show.

[Lotesse]

Bombadillo, re. Union NJ, is it like Tony & Carmella Sopranos' neighborhood? ;)

[Tree Dweller]

Pensacola, FL :cool:

Looks like the closest person to me is Gilthalion!

[Andúril]

Cape Town, South Africa, Dark Continent. Always.

[Lotesse]

Anduril, you're from Cape Town? At this very moment, I happen to be watching the movie "In My Country" - have you seen it?

[Andúril]

I can't say that I have, Lotesse. Any good?

[Lotesse]

No, the movie kinda sucked but Juliette Binoche is wonderful to watch, and it was cool to see the South African countryside.

[Rconsole]

I'm from Ottawa, Ontario:)
Go Canada :D

[Lotesse]

I lived near Edmonton once. And in B.C., too. I remember singing "Oh, Canada" as a little kid when I went to first grade there.

[Rconsole]

lol we still have to stand up for that every morning, and we have about 30 seconds for a moment of silence afterwards

[Lotesse]

What's the moment of silence for, is it for like praying in your head if you want to afterward, or something? I've always wondered about that.

[Elanor]

5 1/2 years since I first posted in this thread, and the answer is still the same!

[Rconsole]

I dunno come to think of it nobody ever told us what to do, and our school isn't even catholic so I can't see it as a time for prayer, I'll ask on Tuesday :)

[rohirrim TR]

as some you already know i'm a redneck from GC, Kansas, GO K-STATE WILDCATS 3-0

[Lotesse]

I didn't know you were from Kansas! Cool. :)

[rohirrim TR]

actually it was ridiculously hot today, around 93 fahreineit, :eek: but i covered that in the vent i guess :rolleyes: :D :D

[Snowdog]

I'm from South Seattle... a Washington state native still in Washington. We are almost eligible t be listed on the endangered species list since most people here are from somewhere else, and the natives have gone to Montana and Wyoming... :D

Me? I live in the High mountains in the middle of the state, in the Indian camp of Swiftwater.

[Last Child of Ungoliant]

i am from deep within my thought, no, seriously...