Where is everyone from ?

[sunvalleylaw]

Hey Steve, when you go to the link, does your pin not show up first on the map ? then edit pin.. should be a browse for a photo upload. At least it appeared like that for me. Give it a whirl.

My name appears in the list, and I go to the pin if I click on my name. I a new pin showed up on the screen and I filled it out with some info, a shout out and browsed and selected a pic to up load. It says upload is in progress. We'll see how that goes. Last time it stalled out or something.

 

[Tim]

tim and I are pretty cozy too....our pins are alsmost on top of each other

ww

Hey Warren! Watch what you say. We are not as close as you indicate. You better look to see who you are really getting cozy with. You must have me condfused with the other "oldguy" LOL!!!

 

[warren0728]

hey you're right....looks like "oldguy" is closer to me than you are....maybe we should all three get together sometime!

ww

 

[Cranium]

I'm curious where some of you are from originally (for those who moved, like Robert), anyone want to share?

 

[warren0728]

i am a florida native....grew up in a small town called high springs which is about 20 miles north east of gainesville, fl (known for the university of florida and is where tom petty grew up) now live in winter springs, fl which is very close to orlando, fl.

ww

 

[sunvalleylaw]

I'm curious where some of you are from originally (for those who moved, like Robert), anyone want to share?

Tacoma, WA native. Former home of Steve Miller, Hendrix at some point, probably some others I can't think of right now.

 

[jpfeifer]

Just added myself to this too.

-- Jim

 

[t_ross33]

I'm curious where some of you are from originally (for those who moved, like Robert), anyone want to share?

Born in exotic Biggar, Saskatchewan, Canada (New York is big, but this is Biggar), raised on a farm in a great little community called Spinney Hill (points for anyone who can identify what a "spinney" is ). Attended one year of college in Vermillion, Alberta then transfered to the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) in Calgary for my second year. Moved to Mississauga, Ontario, Canada and lived/worked there for 9 years. Moved back to Saskatchewan and have been here for 9 years as well.

Not as sexy as transplanted Swedes, but Canada is a big country

 

[ted s]

Nothing exciting from me, I live where I was born..

I gotta get out more.

 

[Guitar-Chris]

hmmmm....some people i see their names....some i don't....maybe they put their name in the wrong place or something....

So added me. The same problem (?) Some locations with names, others only with location names.

 

[ted s]

apparently a visit will log the IP location if names are not entered.

 

[zeusse]

I threw mine in there, I'm in Belleville Ontario been here since 1996 but originally from Toronto Ontario and no interest in going back....I ain't got a million bucks to buy another house there

 

[mad4teles]

i'm in there now too !!

 

[Spudman]

Born in exotic Biggar, Saskatchewan, Canada (New York is big, but this is Biggar), raised on a farm in a great little community called Spinney Hill (points for anyone who can identify what a "spinney" is ). Attended one year of college in Vermillion, Alberta then transfered to the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) in Calgary for my second year. Moved to Mississauga, Ontario, Canada and lived/worked there for 9 years. Moved back to Saskatchewan and have been here for 9 years as well.

Not as sexy as transplanted Swedes, but Canada is a big country

I have such fond memories from Saskatchewan of softball sized hail and grasshopper guts coating my motorcyle engine. Ah, the aroma of cooked bugs.

Spinney Hill after Captain Spinney of course.

 

[t_ross33]

Spinney

Pronunciation: 'spi-nE
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural spinneys
Etymology: Anglo-French espinei thorny thicket, ultimately from Latin spinetum, from spina thorn
chiefly British : a small wood with undergrowth

I grew up on the rolling plains near the North Saskatchewan River. Bluffs of trees on the hillsides reminded one of my forfathers of "spinneys" back in jolly ol' England (where there is also a Spinney Hill in Leicester).

There. I knew you were just DYING to know that.

 

[Spudman]

But I was under the impression that the town actually got it's name from captain Spinney.

 

[t_ross33]

But I was under the impression that the town actually got it's name from captain Spinney.

Can't say that I'm familiar with the Good Captain Haven't heard that one, and there is no "town" as such - never was. There was a post-office/general store at a crossroads (very Robert Johnson-ish ) but it has been gone for 20 years or more. The train depot was just a siding where they would pick up and drop off and it was about 4 miles from the store. It's a tight little farming community with your nearest neighbors sometimes 4 or 5 miles away. The little one-room school house a la Laura Ingalls Wilder was in use 1905-1963 (my Grandma was in the first grade 1 class) and is now used as a community center/hall. I can remember lots and lots of parties and dances and late night jam sessions that went until the sun came up (or the bar went dry)! Everyone seemed to play something. Very Appalachian, fiddles, banjos, guitars, harmonicas... spoons!! (I got my start in the rhythm section - then moved to bass).

Ahhh... good times. Good times.

Spud, give me a shout if you're ever brave enough to attempt another trek up my way!

Trev

 

[grungeiceman]

Thats was cool

I guess I'm the only person from north dakota in here...

 

[pie_man_25]

yeah, I'm from, southern Ontario.

 

[Spudman]

I guess I'm the only person from north dakota in here...

I kinda am too. My grandparents are from Devils Lake. So if not for them I wouldn't be here. So in the grand scheme of things...I'm there with ya man.

 

[ted s]

yeah, I'm from, southern Ontario.

Me too Pie, where abouts ?

 

[Sblack]

I am from Burlington County, NJ.

 

[pie_man_25]

Me too Pie, where abouts ?

Essex county, I just don't like sying the city I live in over the net.

 

[kerc]

I'm the dweeb in the middle of the Caribbean...But I might be moving to Florida this summer, most probably Jacksonville.

 

[Brian Krashpad]

I'm the dweeb in the middle of the Caribbean...But I might be moving to Florida this summer, most probably Jacksonville.

Speaking of Floriduh, I'm from Gainesville, home of the Fightin' Gators! [For you Euro's, that is the name of the University of Florida's athletic teams, who are currently doing very well-- two consecutive national college championships in basketball, with a national championship in (American) football in between. "'Gator" is southern slang for "alligator," which we have plenty of here.]

I almost met Kerc in Puerto Rico awhile back, but the cell phone gods did not cooperate.

 

[Big_Rob]

Ft. Lauderdale

 

[Big_Rob]

I'm the dweeb in the middle of the Caribbean...But I might be moving to Florida this summer, most probably Jacksonville.

LoL, What was that Metallica song? Jump in the Fire?

I wouldnt move directly into Jacksonville, but the surrounding rural areas are super nice.

 

[sunvalleylaw]

Hey, the map seemed to kick a few of us out. Us Idahoans seem absent today. Are there any Californians out there? I can't remember, and the map does not show any.

 

[mikew]

OK. I'm there now......I think! ;-)

 

[ted s]

Hey, the map seemed to kick a few of us out. Us Idahoans seem absent today. Are there any Californians out there? I can't remember, and the map does not show any.

I just checked that, yup your right, there used to be many more, don't know what the deal is though. Maybe frapper got frapped ?