My comment about Jim Thorton being in the Eastern Media::D led me to wonder how many Forumites are on the E Coast as it seems lots of Y'all run into each other at meets.So where are you from.Also,I know many of you want to remain anonymous,but I'd like more people to fill out their profile.People talk about how they did at a meet,but without a name I can't look them up.
I put Northeast too before even reading young mermaid's post. Sorry, young mermaid, I know how hard the separation of 1/2 a mile from me must be. But you suffer so bravely!
I would not technically describe myself as one of the Eastern Media Elite, Allen. Some of these terms apply, of course.
Just to add an interesting wrinkle to this geographical poll, I propose we briefly characterize the various regions of the country, beginning with our own.
The Pittsburgh area: what the ancient Romans based their notions of the Ellysian Fields upon. And this was before the Steelers.
California, northern parts: pretty, snooty, or pretty snooty.
California, southern parts: incredibly beautiful people who are painfully earnest to the point where they might eventually require assisted reproduction to survive, like magnificent sea turtles.
The Midwest, the western suburbs of Pittsburgh, but not quite so sophisticated--the favorite sport out there, I understand, is fisting catfish, an altogether different form of this that practiced in the snootier parts of California
The South, home of Tracy Burkholder, the Creationist Science Museum, Buford Pusser, Taladega Race Track, Spanish moss, and what could have been one of the poorest countries in the western hemisphere if General Lee had actually managed to win the war.
I think that's pretty much got it covered.
I put Northeast too before even reading young mermaid's post. Sorry, young mermaid, I know how hard the separation of 1/2 a mile from me must be. But you suffer so bravely!
I would not technically describe myself as one of the Eastern Media Elite, Allen. Some of these terms apply, of course.
Just to add an interesting wrinkle to this geographical poll, I propose we briefly characterize the various regions of the country, beginning with our own.
The Pittsburgh area: what the ancient Romans based their notions of the Ellysian Fields upon. And this was before the Steelers.
California, northern parts: pretty, snooty, or pretty snooty.
California, southern parts: incredibly beautiful people who are painfully earnest to the point where they might eventually require assisted reproduction to survive, like magnificent sea turtles.
The Midwest, the western suburbs of Pittsburgh, but not quite so sophisticated--the favorite sport out there, I understand, is fisting catfish, an altogether different form of this that practiced in the snootier parts of California
The South, home of Tracy Burkholder, the Creationist Science Museum, Buford Pusser, Taladega Race Track, Spanish moss, and what could have been one of the poorest countries in the western hemisphere if General Lee had actually managed to win the war.
I think that's pretty much got it covered.
