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| Miami Beach, Florida...moving to Columbus, Ohio in 2.5 months
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JITSUSPIKE
4/21/06 6:16 A
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| Hertfordshire in England, as per normal, it's raining...
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| Houston, Texas and its already hotter then HADES here
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PEPSICOLA ~ i happened to see a Spark Group for South Africans earlier today, and then somehow i stumbled upon your post (and i'm FEMALE -- i don't even belong in here!).
go to SparkPoints and go into GROUPS.
search "AFRICA" and you'll find the group.
enjoy!
(btw, i'm from southern NJ)
ciao, gentlemen!
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Welcome!
Pastoreddie - are you in Columbus proper or outside? I've lived in Findlay, Lima, and Cinci over a 7 year period (part of Michigans 8-1-1 win streak against the bucks ;) ).
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VIKING_BEAR
4/12/06 11:23 A
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Currently living in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Came from a military family, so I was born on a Canadian Forces Base in West Germany... spent most of my childhood bouncing between provinces until university gave me some "stability"...
Became an engineer... so much for "stability"!?!... ;-P...
Joined this site just last week...
Cheers,
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JERRYMORLES
4/12/06 10:45 A
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El Paso, Texas.
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PASTOREDDIE7
4/11/06 10:58 P
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Columbus, Ohio. Go Bucks!
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| My dream vacation ... Australia. Don't know that I'll ever get there, but I've wanted to go since I had a pen pal down under in 6th grade.
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| I'm from Australia... just up the road from Sydney!
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Durban , South Africa
Does not look that any South Africans are here !!
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Wow,
That is interesting to me. I guess because I grew up in Utah, I never have noticed the difference in elevation, even when returning to visit, I don't notice a difference.
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I don't think we'd disagree too much... I'm from Michigan and love the 4 seasons and the winter as well. That honestly is my only grip about Oklahoma... fall is way to short and winter is really crappy (not much snow, a lot of ice, weather bouncing all over the place).
My wife can't handle the elevation is probably the biggest reason I wouldn't want to live there. But I'm also not a skier, so while it is very beautiful, not terribly useful for me.
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| I guess that's where you and I kindly disagree. I would do anything to get back to the west. I miss the 4 seasons in Utah, particularly the winter. Sounds crazy, but I love the cold.
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| Our headquarters are in SLC. Been there twice this month. Nice town, but I wouldn't want to live there.
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| Born and raised in salt Lake City, Utah. Am now living in Rome GA for the past two years. Came here through employment, and we are loving the south.
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| You know, there's also a killer place in the mountains just outside Bristol. Near Bluff City, TN is a little joint called the Ridgewood. We used to cut classes at Appalachian State to go over and chow down. Really different from Lexington and Memphis (Blues City Cafe?). If you're ever over that way you oughta check it out!
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Knicholas,
Didn't read your post until after I posted the one to Cobbie. Barbeque in the South is a very sacred event. Yes, its an event, not just throwing a couple of burgers on the grill. Its the love and attention that is given to a pork shoulder, rack of ribs, beef brisket or the lowly chicken. We all claim to have the best in our own little neck of the woods but the real testament to the what's good is just getting out there and trying it all! I travel alot so I frequent the little hole in the wall joints that have a smoker out back. terrible for the diet but its gastronomical nirvana! Anyway, like you said Memphis has some good 'que, never had any but it's in the South so its gotta be good!!!!!
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COBBIE1,
Do people freak on you when you tell them about eating a chopped sandwich with barbeque slaw and a side of hushpuppies and a Cheerwine? Man, I'm homesick, or am I hungry? Also, Cheerwine is being distributed all along the east coast now.
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Hey everyone,
I'm in Knoxville, TN
I'm originally from Memphis, TN which I consider to be THE place to get good BBQ, but then again everyone is entitled to thier own opinion.
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| You betcha!! I really miss that hometown "que"! There are a bunch of good ones in that area...Lexington is the center of the bbq universe, as far as I'm concerned!
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COBBIE1,
I'm familiar with High Point. I grew up in Lexington. Man, they know how to do barbeque in that part of N.C., don't they? Every time I go home I have to make a trip (or two) to Speedy's on 52.
Bob.
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| Howdy folks. I'm new to this whole thing. I'm currently living in Pigeon Forge, TN. I moved here in '97 to work as a musician in a theater but it closed back in December. I'm thinking of moving back to my hometown of High Point, NC or some other town in NC in the near future. I went to school in Boone, NC and Bloomington, IN....lived in Nashville, TN for a while....even worked on a cruise ship in the Carribbean for a while. I need to get home and be around my family again. These mountains are nice but the traffic and tourists can make you a bit crazy!
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| Beelster - what part of SE Michigan? I grew up in Bedford/Temperance/Lambertville. We were about 500 yds from the Ohio border and about 6 miles from Lake Erie. Doesn't get much more SE than that!
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Kansas City, living on the Kansas side. This is a great site. I started a biggest loser competition with my neighbors with April 15 being our WEIGHDOWN. I think I gotta a chance. SP is a great support system.
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PHOTOFIT1946
3/31/06 1:14 A
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| Bob - the windmills you are referring to are in the Tehachapi Mtns east of Bakersfield on the way to Las Vegas. It is an awesome sight and they actually generate quite a bit of electricity. And not to worry, I will keep up the quiltin'. It goes hand in hand with my photography.
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LOSINGIT61
3/30/06 10:55 P
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| Born and raised in Florence, Ky, moved to Jackson, Tn got married and hopefully next year on our way to Guntersville, Alabama.
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| Raised in SE Michigan, been living in Gainesville FL for almost 20 years now. I love it here.
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Chuck,
My mother has a quilt that her father made when she was just a baby. He was killed in a W.VA coal mine when she was a little girl. That quilt is one of her most cherished possessions! Keep it up.
I've passed through Bakersfield, I think, on my way to Ft. Irwin from Ft. Ord in Monterey. Is that where all the windmills are on the hill? That's an awesome sight to behold!
Bob.
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| Weston, CT; however, grew up in Edmond, OK
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HEYWORTH83
3/30/06 8:34 A
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KINGDENNIS2006
3/29/06 11:52 P
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| Canadian guy here too.. currently living in Hamilton Ontario, but moving to St Catharines (30 minutes north of Niagara Falls) in september
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PHOTOFIT1946
3/29/06 11:48 P
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| I live in Bakersfield CA. Have lived in California all my life except a short stint in Texas and Mississippi with the Air Force and a year in Hawaii as a seventh grader. 6 kids, 11 grandkids. My passions are nature photography and quilting (go ahead and laugh, I can handle it!)
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Hey guys, It's nice to say that literally and not just as slang!! I haven't got a chance to read where everyone is from, but I'm from NW MN. I'm only about 15 miles from Canada. I originally lived in CA near Sacramento, but this has become my home. Unfortunately, I'm going to have to leave hear soon because there are no jobs.
Fitzy ;)
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| Hey, I was born and raised in New Orleans. Went to High School in Natchitoches,LA at LSMSA, then went to La Tech in Ruston,LA, then LSU in Baton Rouge,LA, and now I live in Seattle(Redmond), WA.
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Brazoscty,
I noticed your profile picture. You a travelling man?
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BIGBALLA89
3/26/06 7:08 P
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I was born in Florida, Eglin AFB. Then parents split up and I went with mom to WI. She remarried, we moved to Boston. Moved back, split up and still live in around the same area. During that time, my dad moved from FL to wichita falls, tx (been there a few times) to Lakenheath AFB, England. (there twice) and now Minot AFB, North Dakota... (brrr!) I've been there a couple times as well.
I've been around...
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GETTINGSERIOUS
3/26/06 11:16 A
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| Yes, there are several people from Canada who have signed in here. Where in Canada are you from?
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SPOOKIESBOY
3/24/06 10:58 P
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| anybody else here from Canada?
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ROADMOYER
3/22/06 11:08 P
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| Visited DC for the first time this year. Took the whole family. It was an awesome trip, but the National Mall was a little too much walking for 4 five year olds!
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| Born in Manila, Philippines until I was 9 then moved to NY (Long Island) until after college when I moved to VA (DC metro area) where I still am.
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| Good, sweet, onions in Vidalia. I go to Savannah quite a bit for my job. I love it down here except for the sand gnats. They are bad this time of the year!
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| Got relatives in savannah and lived in Vidalia in the 1970s
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| I95, between Savannah, GA and Jacksonville, FL.
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ROADMOYER
3/21/06 10:37 A
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| Born Lexington, NC 1965. Joined Army at 21, stationed El Paso, TX, Monterey, CA, Wiesbaden, Germany and Saudi Arabi during GW1. After discharge from military in '92 moved to Brunswick, GA where I have happily been ever since!
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SPOOKIESBOY
3/20/06 10:39 P
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| I was born in Spokane, WA...I've moved 45 times and am now living in Kyle, TX.
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ROADMOYER
3/19/06 12:05 A
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| I'm in Tulsa... we've had the burn ban for a few months now. A couple of weeks ago we were getting some pretty fierce straight line winds that were blowing the smoke from the Tx panhandle right to Tulsa. Pretty freaky.
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BRAZOSCTY
3/18/06 11:09 A
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| I have been a Volunteer Fireman for over 35 years now and that is to remind people to be aware of the fire dangers everyday. I am is East Central TX an we are under a burn ban in our county since last august.
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ROADMOYER
3/18/06 10:23 A
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| Curious about your signature... fire free day? relation to the grass fires in Tx?
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College Station, TX
Born and raised in Scranton, PA. Moved to Texas in 1997, because it doesn't snow here.
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| Born and raised in St Louis, MO. Joined the army and went to Ft. Dix, NJ. Then 2 years in Germany. married a woman from CT. Since 1983 been back in St Louis. Planning to move to VEGAS!!!
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Bozeman Montana.
I'm from Helena Montana originally, but moved here to Bozeman in 1997 to go to MSU. I never finished, and aside from a brief stint back in Helena, I've lived here ever since.
Eskemo,
I LOVE Northern Idaho. It's a lot like here. I too spend most of my free time on the computer. Gaming mostly, Everquest 2 at the moment.
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Born and raised in Newcastle Australia (Near Sydney).
I now live half way between Newcastle and Sydney in a place called The Central Coast!
I work in Sydney, about an hour away from home, but I love coming home to my house on the lake too much to consider moving!!
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| Born and raised in Madison, Wisconsin. Joined the Army and have made it a career. Tennessee, Maryland, Idaho, Louisiana, Germany (7 years) and currently in Lansing, Kansas. I think we'll stay here for a while
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| North Idaho. -_- Skateboard, play bass, and game on the computer to pass the time.
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| I'm currently living in State College, PA, but I grew up in a small town about 35 miles south of Buffalo, NY.
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ROBERTLRANKIN
3/4/06 10:32 P
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Oklahoma City, OK
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| 30 years in virginia 10 miles west of dc.9months back in boston where i grew up.
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I've lived in the DC suburbs of Virginia for over half my life. I didn't much care for snow at first because I don't like the cold and I hate the traffic jams it causes. But since I've been skiiing -- where are the snows of yesteryear?? 
Last winter and this one were both pretty wimpy.
- Bob
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| I AM FROM VIRGINIA HAS SPENT ALMOST ALL OF MY LIFE HERE. I LIKE SEEING THE CHANGE OF SEASONS.
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| I am trying to remember... my first job, about 6 months before I left, we acquired a plant in Canada... it was a little east of Toronto right on the lake. I think it was called Coburg or something like that. Got to visit there a couple of times as well.
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| If you kept heading futher east for another 2 hours you could have landed on my doorstep
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| I'll be in SLC twice in March. Gotta love corporate meetings...
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| I live in Sparks. Not on SparkPeople but in Sparks Nevada. Oringinally for salt Lake City, Utah.
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| On a temp stop in Dallas. Looking to go East next year Huntsville AL.
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SPACITYBULLDOG
2/25/06 6:37 P
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Born and raised in Glens Falls, NY. After high school I went to forestry school at Mississippi State graduating in 1974. Lived and worked for 6 years in Bruce (Calhoun County), Mississippi before being transfered to our operations just outside of Hot Springs, Arkansas in 1981. Been here ever since and have no plans on leaving.
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| The Blue Ridge is beautiful - including parts of Virginia. Peaceful to me - great to go and get out of rat race for a spell.
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"so my heart lies with Knoxville and the smokie mtns. "
Good to hear from you!
My family and another rented a cabin in Pigeon Forge last Thanksgiving, and we did some hiking in the Smokies. They're lovely, and somehow they have a different look than the Appalachians here in Virginia.
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Rstinejr
Born in Birmingham and lived most of my life in Atlanta. But I went to U of Tennessee - so my heart lies with Knoxville and the smokie mtns.
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ROADMOYER
2/23/06 11:07 P
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| MrBlue... I don't know a lot of the geography there, but have made many trips between Detroit and Toronto as well as Toronto and Niagara. Would we have been anywhere near you?
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| Small Town North of Calgary, AB Canada
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| Belleville Ontario Canada here too....about 20 min. south of ROBOWINGER
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| From East central Wisconsin
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| Bigyin my grandmother was from Glasgow. I probably still have some relation there. My mother was born there and came over after the war.
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RVANZANT1013
2/22/06 10:40 P
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CALENDRIL
2/22/06 10:39 P
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| (edited to remove dupe post)
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CALENDRIL
2/22/06 10:38 P
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Let's see... I was born in S. Florida, spent a few years in Atlanta, then Spokane/Seattle, WA, and for the past 4 years - Southern California.
Take care all.
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Where are the Southerners? Chrissmith, so far it looks like it's just me and you.
I grew up near Mobile, Alabama, but my wife and I have lived in northern Virgina (the DC suburbs) for 26 years.
Y'all take care,
Bob
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ROBOWINGER
2/22/06 10:15 P
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| Tweed Ontario Canada here
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Roadmoyer
I live in Newcastle, which is on the South Dakota border on the edge of the Black Hills. It is quite a distance from Sinclair, but 2 1/2 hrs. from Casper. It is a small (3500 pop.) town, but a good place to live. Lots of outdoor opportunities. We have a small oil refinery, and many people work at the coal mines west of here (70 miles).
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| Born Tulsa, Oklahoma 1930 raised family San Juan Capistrano,California now semi retired in Cottonwood, AZ
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| Where about's in WY? I was up at one of our plants in Sinclair, WY in November. I still have to get to the one in Casper.
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Born and raised in western South Dakota. Lived in various towns in SD. Moved to northeastern Wyoming in 1985 and figure this is where I'll be until---
The photo is of Devils Tower National Monument, which is close to where I live.
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Born in Schnitady NY, raised in several states and eventually wound up in LA, cali... met my soul mate in HS...been together for 20 years...married for 16 in sept! living in Cary, NC now after a 10 year adventure with the Army Rangers Hoooah! left Ft. Bragg, NC aug 99 to begin a new...less adventuresome life ... hehe
Take care
CJ
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| I'm in Kansas City. Other than about 8 years in St. Louis right after college, I have lived in Kansas my whole life.
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Down near Cinci? We lived in Mason for a little over a year. My brother still lives there. Love the city there.
McNarym - The maid of honor in our wedding was from Marshall, and had several friends from a little further west... st. joe and such. I really love Michigan - a beautiful state. I think my wife and kids and I are going to try and go tour some this summer while visiting my parents in NW Ohio.
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| Here's one more for the Midwesterners...I'm originally from the NW burbs of Chicago. I live in SW Ohio now.
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| Seems like a lot of Midwesterners here! SW corner of Wisconsin for myself.
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| Small town West of Kalamazoo. So the SW part of Michigan.
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| Where abouts in Michigan? I grew down in the very SE corner... really a suburb of Toledo.
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| born and raised in Michigan, 4 years North Carolina, California for 10 years, currently (last 8 years) in Cleveland Ohio area.
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| South Texas,..... Corpus Christi Texas.
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SMCHANGE01
2/12/06 10:05 P
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| I live in Independence, MO and have for the past 6 years. Prior to that I lived in the high desert of California for 15 years and southern California for the previous 20. Prior I was an Air Force Brat and never stayed anywhere for more than 3 years.
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| From Tennessee - But stuck in Chicago for couple more years - then back to TN
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| Been in SE Nebraska my whole life, around the Lincoln area.
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SPOOKIESBOY
2/12/06 8:28 P
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| Ontario Canada! Hello everyone.
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I spent most of my life in Maine. I'm now in Baltimore for school. After this summer...who knows? 
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NB Canada here,,,,eh... sorry...Im A woman,,,in the wrong Lounge,,,sorry
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HEALTHYATC
2/12/06 5:26 P
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| I was born and raised in Iowa. Moved to Minnesota for 3 years, and now am in Indiana. It seems as though I am trying to hit the entire midwest before my time is up.
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Bouncing around the US Mid East... Born in Maryland, school and afterwards in PA... met my NJ wife online and that's where I am now :-)
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| Born in Glasgow, Scotland, moved to the Island of Islay on the West Coast as a kid, then down to East Anglia (Suffolk) in England, when I met my wife.
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FERRISDADOF3
2/12/06 9:25 A
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Born in El Paso TX...moved to Niagara Falls when I was 2 and havent left...married a girl from homeroom 11 years after grad.... so all family is here...except my older bro...in Eugene/Springfield OR. WHOLE family (15 in all) going in July for family Vaca. that's gonna be interesting.
Scott
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CHRISSMITH
2/12/06 8:42 A
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Most recently Charlotte NC, spent the 90's through 2004 in Jacksonville Florida.
I sure do miss Florida for the fresh grouper and fresh citrus.
We also have a large number of state parks in Florida with lots of good hiking.
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STEPHENLOUIS
2/12/06 1:28 A
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| Lived in California my whole life...northern and southern. Now in Santa Cruz, just south of San Francisco
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ROADMOYER
2/11/06 11:28 P
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Seems like we've got people all over... just curious were everyone is from.
I was born in California, moved to Michigan at 2 where I went through school. Got married and moved to Ohio after college. 7 Years in Ohio (Findlay, Lima, and Cinci), 1.5 in Chicago (Oak Forest), and now in Tulsa, my wife's hometown.
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