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11-13-2002, 05:56 PM
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Who lives in the coolest place?
My vote goes to Cricket who lives in Hawaii.
What I'd give to change from rainy Scotland to sun drenched Hawaii!!!
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11-13-2002, 06:20 PM
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i live in nebraska...usually surrounded by miles of corn and cows....and in the winter...snow snow snow....
Hawaii would be a sweet place to live |
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11-13-2002, 06:50 PM
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There is no place cooler than Wisconsin. It's cold....brats..snowy...Packers..and I really dig flanel and the fluffy socks...Packers
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11-13-2002, 07:16 PM
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cape cod, mass.
it's pretty cool, except for when my already crowded town of 6,000 turns into 20,000 people in the summer. automatic +45minutes to anywhere you want to go. |
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11-13-2002, 07:22 PM
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I agre with Doc. No cooler place than WI.
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11-13-2002, 08:49 PM
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Speaking of Packers... Dok, you have mail.
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11-13-2002, 09:41 PM
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Erm, Nebraska, Wisconsin......by cool I don't mean cold places....sounds too much like where I live.
I mean places which are better than your average place! I seen a place in the U.S. who's countryside reminded me so much of Scotland. Close Encounters...they visit a place called "Devils Tower". The countryside looks so much like Scotland. Is that Montana? Wisconsin? |
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11-13-2002, 10:07 PM
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I live in Bakersfield , California
We have Buck Owens, Sand, Palm Trees, Dense Fog, Heat, and Palm Trees. But we are less than two hours from the beach, two hours from major ski areas, and 4 hours from Las Vegas. And this is a town in California where it is still cheap to live and wages are pretty good (Power Plant Operator $66,000 base with an average of $82,000 per year including overtime) |
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11-13-2002, 10:12 PM
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Stop it man!
You live in California and have served in the USN. Thats as cool as it gets! Only thing cooler is proudly serving on the USS Nimitz class carrier! |
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11-13-2002, 10:36 PM
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Wyoming...it's just south of Montana in the Rocky Mountain region http://www.nps.gov/deto/ Wisconsin is still the best. Rivers....Packers....Great Lakes....Farms.....Packers.....Driftless Region....Kettle Moraine....Packers....Bluffs....Lambeau |
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11-13-2002, 11:26 PM
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Yeh, its so much like driving through the UK! (Scenery so similar)
Devils Tower is so amazing! Is it a volcanic monument? |
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11-13-2002, 11:31 PM
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Dok: You forgot the most important thing.........CHEESE!
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11-13-2002, 11:34 PM
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Cheese? did someone say cheese?
YUM! |
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11-13-2002, 11:43 PM
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Re: Who lives in the coolest place?
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 always wanted to go to Hawaii...probably will someday
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11-13-2002, 11:45 PM
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Tamba Bay Florida would be a good second choice though!!!
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11-13-2002, 11:52 PM
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I used to live in Barffalo. I mean Buffalo New Yuck. York, I mean York. That place is plenty cold I mean cool.
Actually, I did like it there. Lots of neat things to do like ski, fish, hunt and lots of room to roam around. Many people don't realize that western New York is very much a country setting. The only reason I left was for a job offer at a large company in Ohio. That was fine until they shut down. Now I'm in Ohio with no job.  Oh well, that's the breaks! |
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11-14-2002, 01:54 AM
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Fellers, it's gotta be Texas. There's only 2 kinds of folks - those from Texas and those who wished they were. As a well traveled man, I'm serious and impartial when saying Texas has the prettiest women, coldest beer and best bar-b-que, along with Dubya Bush and wife Laura. Beat that, cheeseheads. Sides that, it takes 2 days just to drive across Texas. Oh, and our ladies used to act as such until the Yanks come calling in the '70's. Now they think they're liberated or something...
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11-14-2002, 02:08 AM
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Oh noo Sargre,, I''m over here in cold,, wet Scotland but sure as heck I wanna be as far away from your huck southern president as possiblle.
God bless you alllllll. |
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11-14-2002, 02:10 AM
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I've always thought of Alaska as the coolest place. Perhaps Freezinbutt can tell me if I'm right?
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11-14-2002, 02:25 AM
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Naw, we're talking cool as in "cool", not climate wise. Where else but Texas can you drive down the road with tall pine trees along side the road, bluebonnet flowers spurting out in the median, bubba in his slow pick up truck in the right-hand lane hauling hay, then stop at a roadside diner for pancakes the size of hubcaps with homemade syrup, served by a fair maiden, then scoot into a pc shop where they don't talk some techni-eyed lingo you never heard before? I swear, you can do all the above and be catfishing by noon, then assemble the new pc after a dinner of chicken fried steak and beer brewed in Texas. There's cool, then there's "cool". No competition in my book.
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11-14-2002, 02:27 AM
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Yep. I had understood so. It's just that I prefer very cold places. The more snow the better.
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11-14-2002, 03:27 AM
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Anyplace at least 72 degress, all year 'round.
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11-14-2002, 08:24 AM
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I too orginally come from the monument to the rust belt known as Buffalo New York.
I packed up my toys and moved the Raleigh, NC (the home of some of the best college basketball in the USA) and love it. 2 hours from the shore, 2 hours from the mountains and I can golf almost all year round. Not a bad place to be. |
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11-14-2002, 08:59 AM
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Well... in Saskatchewan, when the temps drop way down and the wind comes up... hitting -70'C and lower makes it pretty cool.
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11-14-2002, 09:04 AM
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takes 2 days just to drive across Texas.
I had a pickup truck like that too
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11-14-2002, 09:06 AM
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Stop winking at me!!!
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11-14-2002, 09:23 AM
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Minnesota. Got over 14,000 lakes, parks everywhere, so you can engage in pretty much any recreational activity. Plus, blizzards and cold weather keep the rifraff out.
I do have to agree with Sarge, though: Texas women are very attractive. I've been there once. Aside from that, though, I wouldn't want to live in Texas. It is sad what they consider to be a "park" down there. |
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11-14-2002, 09:38 AM
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I gotta go with Wisconsin for the better beer, though. There's a brewery within an hour of anywhere. Miller, Pabst, Leinenkugel, Sprecher (best beer that can be had!), Rolling Rock, Moosejaw...just to name a few. There are a lot of pubs in my area that brew their own, too. Brewmasters is pretty good, and there an Irish pub down the street. IF your into wine, just take a jog up to Door County for some of the best wine and food in the state! The hunting and fishing is great here. The national forests are awesome! If you really want to know how nice WI, ask anyone from Illinois. It seems that half the state lives here on the weekends.  Oh, and a plug for my hometown...we make the best farm equipment there is. Case! Just go up to Milwaukee, and it the home of Harley Davidson. |
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11-14-2002, 09:48 AM
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Whoa... what was that??? I avoid WI like the plague!!!
Wasn't Wisconsin compared to Purgatory in "Dogma"?I've been in Chicago my whole life... It's cool, but I've been to better places... Miami is amazing... Tampa is nice... Been to Dallas, spent 3 months there... women were amazing, but their husbands weren't too friendly. I keep telling myself that when I grow up I'll move somewhere warm... Now I'm 32 and still saying it... |
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11-14-2002, 09:24 PM
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No place compares to good old Georgia in my opinion. I've lived here for about 25 years and wouldn't live anywhere else for long. I've lived in Louisiana, Illinois, Texas, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Okinawa, and Florida and have never been anywhere that gripped my heart the way Georgia does.
The University of Georgia Bulldogs, Peaches, Pecans, Deer, Fishing, 4-wheeling, Six Flags over GA, Atlanta, Plantations, Savannah (St. Patrick's Day here is a BLAST!), it just doesn't get any better. |
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