I am currently in Culpeper, VA (where we actually bought a house!)- but I'm a "transplant" from Bucks County,PA; St. Mary's County,MD; and Dothan,AL. Yep, I'm a gypsy.
Mountains of Western North Carolina. That officially makes me a hick. :-) But I don't mind!
To you Virginians (especially the ones in the east): have ya'll ever heard of a tiny town named Bumpass (pronounced Bump-us, by the way)? It's in Louisa (sp?) county, I think.
Originally posted by karmat: Mountains of Western North Carolina. That officially makes me a hick. :-) But I don't mind!
To you Virginians (especially the ones in the east): have ya'll ever heard of a tiny town named Bumpass (pronounced Bump-us, by the way)? It's in Louisa (sp?) county, I think.
That's not how we pronounce it!! LOL! Hey karmat, I just got back from a week at my best friend's house in Cherokee! Must've been darn close to you.
I'm from Wichita, Kansas. They call it "The air capitol of the world" because Boeing started a plant here back in WWII to buld B-52's. It's also the largest city in Kansas (pop. 350,000).
P.S. I don't think any of you guys have ever seen a place this flat!
I live in a small town called Augusta, Michigan. It's right between Kalamazoo (home of the Gibson Guitar and YES, there really is a kalamazoo) and Battle Creek (Home of Kellogg's cereal and subject of the movie Road To Wellville.) About the only thing big we have in Augusta is the Fort Custer National Cemetary. ~Heather~
Originally posted by lhall: Originally posted by karmat: [i]Mountains of Western North Carolina. That officially makes me a hick. :-) But I don't mind!
To you Virginians (especially the ones in the east): have ya'll ever heard of a tiny town named Bumpass (pronounced Bump-us, by the way)? It's in Louisa (sp?) county, I think.
That's not how we pronounce it!! LOL! Hey karmat, I just got back from a week at my best friend's house in Cherokee! Must've been darn close to you.[/i]
Darn close is right. Like 20 to 25 minutes. Hope the casino didn't rob you of all of your hard earned money!!!!!!!!! My best friend is from Bumpass (again, pronounced bump-us)! I imagine it is pronounced otherwise rather frequently. :-)
I live in Music City, Nashville, Tennessee. I've been here almost 10 years now and think it is the greatest place on earth!! The weather is great, the cost of living low and it is as friendly a place as they come. I always joke that the only way I'm leaving is in a pine box and I don't even want to leave then!!!!
North Coast of California, Eureka, California. Home of the Gold Rush, The Redwoods and close enough to the city (SF) if I want to go there. For some pictures of the coast line near my home (1/10 mile) go here - //community.webshots.com/scripts/controlPanel.fcgi
Smack dab in the middle of the Texas Panhandle, Amarillo. Close to the Palo Duro Canyon (2nd only to the Grand) We are flat too NswensonO, and we have beautiful SUNSETS.....But I was born and spent the first 38 years of my life in Mis'sippi. Can yawl tell by the accent?
Grew up in Youngstown, Ohio. Ended up (so far) in southern Illinois, just across the river from St Louis, MO. In between there was some time in Texas, nothern California, Washingtown, DC suburbs (northern VA), Maryland, and Mississippi.
I'm from Hickory, North Carolina... yes.. it's called Hickory cause there are a bunch of Hicks like me living here. I have lived here all my life and don't really care to move. It's not the end of the world, but I can see it from here, and that's close enuff.
Hickory is located in Western North Carolina in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Hickory and the surrounding areas are the furniture capital of the third stone from the sun. Furniture and textiles thrive here and keep us happy with minimum wage work and long hours. There are not a lot of technology jobs around here but I managed to find one.
Honestly, I have travelled many miles on my current and previous jobs, and there aren't many places I would rather be... I do envy those of you in the pacific northwest though :)
I'm in San Jose, CA .. home of.. uh.. lotta geeks with a lotta cash ;) Ya know.. silicon valley.. etc. (i'm a geek with no cash just to clarify)
Sometimes i'm at my house in Modesto, CA ... Modesto, known for being the hometown of George Lucas, James Marsters (personal favorite, he's Spike on Buffy The Vampire Slayer -- he went to my high school! hehe), and the unfortunate story of Gary Condit and Chandra Levy (she went to my high school too).
Originally posted by lhall: I am currently in Culpeper, VA (where we actually bought a house!)- but I'm a "transplant" from Bucks County,PA; St. Mary's County,MD; and Dothan,AL. Yep, I'm a gypsy.
Originally posted by jmsetzler: I'm from Hickory, North Carolina... yes.. it's called Hickory cause there are a bunch of Hicks like me living here. I have lived here all my life and don't really care to move. It's not the end of the world, but I can see it from here, and that's close enuff.
Hickory is located in Western North Carolina in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Hickory and the surrounding areas are the furniture capital of the third stone from the sun. Furniture and textiles thrive here and keep us happy with minimum wage work and long hours. There are not a lot of technology jobs around here but I managed to find one.
Honestly, I have travelled many miles on my current and previous jobs, and there aren't many places I would rather be... I do envy those of you in the pacific northwest though :)
John, I have been to Hickory. Do you know Prodelin Corporation?
I live in Toronto, Canada. But, I was raised in the Niagara Peninsula Region near Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.
EVERYONE knows this, but I'm in Perth, Western Australia. I was actually born in Canberra, the nation's capital, then lived in a couple of country towns (Bourke and Coonamble) before my family settled in Dubbo for the rest of my childhood. I then moved to Sydney for 4 years to go to UNSW, then came over here with my boyfriend/partner/whatever, who I'm still with 4.5 years later :)
Originally posted by aussie: I'm from Down Under - Australia. I live on the East coast near the Great Barrier Reef. A place called Cairns. Cairns is renound for it's Reef and rainforest.
Hey thats where my Grandfather was born! He actually lived in Mount Molloy though! Btw I was raised in Rhodesia Now live in Ruimsig, Gauteng, South Africa.
Originally posted by ClubJuggle: Originally posted by lhall: [i]I am currently in Culpeper, VA (where we actually bought a house!)- but I'm a "transplant" from Bucks County,PA; St. Mary's County,MD; and Dothan,AL. Yep, I'm a gypsy.
Where in Bucks County? I'm in Feasterville.
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Grew up in Newtown and Doylestown - Graduated from Central Bucks HS West 1970 (Damn, that makes me sound old !!)
