Where is everyone from ?

**ted s** · October 30th, 2006, 07:14 PM

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

I gotta get out more.

**Guitar-Chris** · November 8th, 2006, 01:39 PM

Originally Posted by warren0728

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** · November 8th, 2006, 01:41 PM

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

**zeusse** · November 19th, 2006, 05:51 AM

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** · December 11th, 2006, 09:43 AM

i'm in there now too !!

Spudman*** · December 11th, 2006, 10:03 AM

Originally Posted by t_ross33

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** · December 22nd, 2006, 11:37 AM

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*** · December 22nd, 2006, 04:22 PM

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

**t_ross33** · December 22nd, 2006, 05:42 PM

Originally Posted by Spudman

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** · February 7th, 2007, 03:57 PM

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

**pie_man_25** · April 11th, 2007, 05:33 PM

yeah, I'm from, southern Ontario.

Spudman*** · April 11th, 2007, 06:47 PM

Originally Posted by grungeiceman

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** · April 11th, 2007, 07:15 PM

Originally Posted by pie_man_25

yeah, I'm from, southern Ontario.

Me too Pie, where abouts ?

**Sblack** · April 11th, 2007, 07:25 PM

I am from Burlington County, NJ.

**pie_man_25** · April 12th, 2007, 04:56 PM

Originally Posted by ted s

Me too Pie, where abouts ?

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

**kerc** · April 13th, 2007, 04:45 AM

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

**Brian Krashpad** · May 1st, 2007, 06:11 AM

Originally Posted by kerc

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** · May 1st, 2007, 07:58 AM

Ft. Lauderdale

**Big_Rob** · May 1st, 2007, 08:01 AM

Originally Posted by kerc

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.

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