Regional Poll
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Topic: Regional Poll
Posted By: Sweetnighter
Subject: Regional Poll
Date Posted: November 22 2004 at 19:54
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I specified regions for the area where the majority of the people here
would be from- UK, US, and Canada- and if you're offended by not having
your puny little country on here, don't worry, Bush/Blair will be sure
to take it over so you can be included too.
------------- I bleed coffee. When I don't drink coffee, my veins run dry, and I shrivel up and die. "Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso? Is that like the bank of Italian soccer death or something?" -my girlfriend |
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Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: November 22 2004 at 21:52
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Hello fellow midwesterner...where ya from? I am residing about 20 miles from Chicago |
Posted By: Hangedman
Date Posted: November 22 2004 at 22:26
| Go Ottawa! |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: November 22 2004 at 22:33
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And then there's our north (not that I've noticed anyone from Nunavut, Northwest Territories, or Yukon on here....) BTW, we had a very similar poll just a month or two ago, so you may not get too much response.... ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Well, Sweetcakes, I don't mean to be difficult, and I'm not making fun, but where are you drawing the line for "Canada East," and "Canada West?" We have no such line (we have more distinct regions and time zones than that) and I live in the center, but am from as far east as it gets....
Posted By: Sweetnighter
Date Posted: November 22 2004 at 23:36
Sweetcakes?!?!  umm... take the border between saskatchewan and manitoba and cut the country in half, north to south. i would've gave more options had i had room. i guessed i missed the other poll... my bad  I live 10 miles east of sh*thole USA, Cleveland, Ohio. ------------- I bleed coffee. When I don't drink coffee, my veins run dry, and I shrivel up and die. "Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso? Is that like the bank of Italian soccer death or something?" -my girlfriend |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: November 23 2004 at 00:17
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Naturally, as new people join, many of the more "obvious" topics/polls (eg, "who's the BEST.... The "dream band" thing alone has been done at least 3 times....
------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Generally, Manitoba is regarded as being part of "Western" Canada, but, in any case, I reside within the Eastern half of Canada (Ontario, specifically), as you draw the line. (But in "Central" Canada, as geographers divide this huge country.)
) will be repeated. Unavoidable.
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: November 23 2004 at 03:22
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My word, I appear to the the first of the great unwashed Brits to post on this thread!
Personally - about 20 miles north of our glorious capital city, the Home Counties, dontcha know. pip pip! ------------- 
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Petra
Date Posted: November 23 2004 at 04:45
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I'm from the sunny south coast of England 'Pompey' ------------- Don't hate me I'm not special like you |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: November 23 2004 at 07:15
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I live about 9 miles from Reading in Berkshire. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: James Lee
Date Posted: November 23 2004 at 08:29
North end of Las Vegas, Nevada, facing towards Area 51...so you could well say I live in between Sin City and Dreamland, both literally and figuratively  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/sollipsist/?chartstyle=kaonashi"> 
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Posted By: arcer
Date Posted: November 23 2004 at 12:56
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Dublin, Ireland - officially, according to James Lee, the best place in the world to live - they obviously never attampted to negotiated the traffic here. But aside from the rain, the taxes, the traffic, the expense and the cold it's a great place to live! |
Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: November 23 2004 at 13:30
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Don't ask Peter where he lives. He'll only give ya a general location like within 1000 miles to Cariboutown Canada...lest you might track him and his family down and play Cape fear with them I'm convinced he's part of the witness protection program. He's really Jimmy Hoffa.
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...Peter!!Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: November 23 2004 at 13:50
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Bolton,LANCASHIRE,England.
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Posted By: asuma
Date Posted: November 23 2004 at 16:37
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canada, west - vancouver island ------------- *Remember all advice given by Asuma is for entertainment purposes only. Asuma is not a licensed medical doctor, psychologist, or counselor and he does not play one on TV.* |
Posted By: Azrael2112
Date Posted: November 23 2004 at 16:40
hmmm...what about US- Northeast? not New England  ------------- http://www.flywithjet.com"> 
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Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: November 23 2004 at 16:45
| I am not from Miami, nor am I wearing sandals. |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: November 23 2004 at 16:57
You should join the witless interjection programme
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gdub411 wrote:Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: November 23 2004 at 20:53
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: November 23 2004 at 23:53
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PERÚ
The last one is me in the Andes on vacations. Iván |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: November 24 2004 at 03:37
But at least you have the Porter House on O'Connell Street! -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: November 24 2004 at 10:33
Ivan, how did you get that Javelin stuck in your back? Been playing ELP to the natives?
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Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: November 24 2004 at 10:59
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Gothenburg Sweden and call me Mimi
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Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: November 24 2004 at 13:42
It looks like it was his neck the javelin was stuck in. Ivan is a big Genesis fan so my guess he was playing Supper's Ready to the third world cannibals who live over there and they got carried away Peter....don't lecture me on the fact that Peru isn't a third world nation either. |
Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: November 24 2004 at 14:52
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Glasgow, Scotland for me. The photo below isn't the city centre
Good post about the repitition of threads Peter. The site is clearly becoming more and more successful, and as people join, they will want to discuss many of the topics already covered. It really is becoming impractical to trawl through all the "dead" threads to see if something's been discussed already. It doesn't do any harm for topics to be repeated from time to time, usually with a different slant. Those who don't wish to participate again, can simply pass them by. Nice pic Ivan, what big 'Andes you've got! |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: November 24 2004 at 16:19
Looks like a load of Trossachs to me! -------------
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Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: November 24 2004 at 16:22
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This is Bolton Anyone know the words to Jerusalem? -------------
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Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: November 24 2004 at 16:24
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This is just about the most flattering pic of Bolton i could find!! http://www.bolton.org.uk/bolsky.gif --------------
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Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: November 24 2004 at 16:25
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Dark satanic thrills? Pills? Kills? Hills? ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: November 24 2004 at 16:25
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I like this one of Bolton because it looks like the whole town is ablaze! Now there's an idea: cue The Prodigy -------------
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Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: November 24 2004 at 16:28
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The large shadow to the left is caused by the place where I work. Anybody sleeping yet? For you non-Brits the white building is a pub! A rather crap one called The Three Pigeons, but rather flatteringly known as "The Three Pigs" -------------
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Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: November 24 2004 at 16:35
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This is one of Blake's "dark satanic mills". Once a cotton mill (one of dozens) now a full-time empty eyesore.Bolton used to be the centre of the spinning industry, textiles to you laymen.Now it is the arsehole of the world.
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Posted By: James Lee
Date Posted: November 24 2004 at 17:02
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Let me be the first to make the obscure Monty Python reference. "it's not a palindrome. The palindrome of Bolton would be 'Notlob'"
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Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: November 24 2004 at 17:03
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This is my old front yard.
Sierra Nevada foothills overlooking the San Joaquin Valley in Central California. |
Posted By: Garion81
Date Posted: November 24 2004 at 17:34
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This is my home. This is from a live webcam taken about 5 minutes ago. \
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Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: November 24 2004 at 17:36
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What you live in a Supermarket? -------------
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Posted By: Garion81
Date Posted: November 24 2004 at 17:39
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Of course not Reed that is the live Wecam! I live behind it in the dumpster. The Webcam used to show the lake which is just to the left. I guess i should have said home town.
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Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: November 24 2004 at 17:43
Lake,we used to dream of living in a lake! What is a Wecam-do you keep it in the Public Urinals? -------------
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Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: November 24 2004 at 17:59
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I just love publicity photos - who says the camera never lies? Reading is nothing like this - as Blacksword will testify! |
Posted By: Garion81
Date Posted: November 24 2004 at 18:00
Ok I can't spell either. In the smaller picture you can see the Lake. I live in the Mountains of Southern California just above San Bernardino. (about 50 miles east of LA) The "lake" is really an overgrown pond called Lake Gregory. Yes that is snow on the ground. It is true that you could surf in the morning and go skiing in the afternoon here. |
Trying to finish a report and talk to you blokes. Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: November 24 2004 at 20:37
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Gdub wrote:
ROFLMAO Gdub, but your geography lessons are really weak. I believe there are no cannibals in this third world country (Yes it's third world), but even if they were near the frontier with Brazil (I read stories of head hunters), it would be in the jungle (38 C° over 0), not at the mountains at 14,000 feet over seal level. Any decent cannibal uses no clothes or very few so at that altitude and 10 to 15 degrees C° bellow 0 they will end as ice cream Maybe your talking about Dr. Hannibal Lecter Iván P.S. Now seriously, that place is called Huaraz and you can see part of the most beautiful lagoon (Yanganuco), if you can, go and visit it, it's almost a religious experience. You can hardly breathe because of the altitude and freezing to death, but the experience is worth it, and it's only 8 hours by car from Lima (the coast). That's the point where the white chain oif the Andes (Mountains full of snow) meets the the black chain (Near the high and warm jungle -not the low and hot jungle-, there is no snow, foprming a valley called Callejón de Huaylas (Huaylas Alley) all green, and the sky always blue. When driving there with a non prog' friend, we were listening Heaven and Hell (Vangelis) and believe me it's amazing to listen prog' music with such a beautiful environment, even my friend who doesn't listen Prog' Rock was touched by the way the music blends with the view.. Sadly a USA mine has bought the rights to exploit some of this places and if we don't care, that wonderfull lagoon will be a place full of toxic waste in a few years. NOTE: It was funny and I almost forgot, in the city of Huaraz, a native indian was playing The House of the King (Focus) with Quena (Native Peruvian flute) in the street for some coins, it was amazing, I asked him how he learned it and told me a Gringo ( USA or Europe citizen) gave him a tape because he listen it in his car and felt in love with the tune so he asked the gringo for a copy, who gladly made one for him. I gave him a cassette of Jethro Tull so the next time I'll go he will play Thick as a Brick Iván |
Posted By: James Lee
Date Posted: November 24 2004 at 20:50
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^ that may be the all-time best prog-related story I've ever heard. Thanks Ivan! I bet that guy doesn't give a damn if prog isn't mainstream ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/sollipsist/?chartstyle=kaonashi">
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Posted By: James Lee
Date Posted: November 24 2004 at 20:54
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This is the view from my window:
OK, that's Mars. But it really does look surprisingly like that around here. Maybe a little less water. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/sollipsist/?chartstyle=kaonashi">
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Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: November 25 2004 at 04:45
I thought it was one of the slides from Gdub's last rectal examination! -------------
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: November 25 2004 at 04:53
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Reed: You have a vivid and twisted imagination, old chap!
And I dont envy the 'rectologist' (??) who has to perform these photographic intrusions on Gdub ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: goose
Date Posted: November 25 2004 at 05:25
yeah! what a guy :) |
Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: November 25 2004 at 05:34
EASY Stop posting Pornographic pictures of Scotland !!!!!!! You know I can´t resist them 
------------- Billy Connolly Dream Theater Terry Gilliam Hagen Quartet Jethro Tull Mike Keneally |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: November 25 2004 at 07:18
I had a similar experience a few years ago driving through Snowdonia in North Wales at sunset, whilst listening to Kitaro - the combination of his beautiful music plus the breathtaking scenery & sunset - tears in the eyes! -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: November 25 2004 at 11:28
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^ Yeah, I had a similar experience whilst driving through Wigan and Status Quo came on the radio... -------------
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: November 25 2004 at 12:31
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^
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Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: November 26 2004 at 06:28
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According to this poll. Africa and the Northwest of the USA are empty as is Italy, Germany and all of Asia. Property prices must be terrible... ------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: November 26 2004 at 13:36
Just driving through Wigan does that for me...
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Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: November 26 2004 at 14:52
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Haste ye back Velv! |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: November 26 2004 at 14:55
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Wigan-Pie eating country:
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Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: November 27 2004 at 11:18
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Posted By: Emperor
Date Posted: December 10 2004 at 08:44
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It seems like Moscow is "Europe - other" :-) So since 2001 I live in Moscow. But till that moment I lived at Tashkent (the capitol Uzbekistan), but it's Central Asia... ------------- I Prophesy Disaster... |
Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: December 10 2004 at 10:53
There a great website dedicated to prog in Uzbekistan. You probably know of it thought http://www.progressor.net/ - http://www.progressor.net/
------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: December 10 2004 at 19:01
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