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WCDT 28-32 March 2011 (1891-1895)
shiroihikari:
--- Quote from: akronnick on 28 Mar 2011, 01:28 ---I talk more when I'm by myself than I ever do when I'm with other people.
It's usually the only way I can finish a sentence.
--- End quote ---
I feel you on that one.
I talk to myself while I'm browsing at department stores and grocery stores. I'll pick up something I like and mutter to myself "ooh this is cool." I know it's creepy and weird but I can't stop doing it.
Regarding the whole "20 minutes OMG" thing, I grew up in a small town in Oklahoma, so I'm used to going AT LEAST 20 minutes to get to anything of interest. So to me, 20 minutes is no great hardship. 45 minutes is okay but not ideal, an hour if I absolutely have to, but two hours? That's too fuckin' far.
QuarterFire:
I live in Rhode Island. I was once asked by a girl from California "Is it true you can drive across the state in less than a day?"
I've never laughed so hard in my entire life.
Xader:
--- Quote from: QuarterFire on 29 Mar 2011, 09:12 ---I live in Rhode Island. I was once asked by a girl from California "Is it true you can drive across the state in less than a day?"
I've never laughed so hard in my entire life.
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To those of us in the western half of the US, most New England states seem insanely small. Heck, my county is half again as big as Rhode Island. When it was founded, it was twice the area of all of New England combined.
I live in Oregon. By west coast standards, it's moderate-sized at best. But a cross state trip, by the most expedient route, with no delays and no stops, going 5mph over the entire way, is still over 8 hours.
My wife drives four hours each way every few weeks to her parents' house. We live on the same side of the state.
So yes, we are often surprised by how small many states are.
And on the note of geographical disbelief, I've personally spoken to Easties who are genuinely surprised to find that it's no longer the "wild west". We have indoor plumbing. We don't fight "Injuns". :roll:
shiroihikari:
Yeah, some people out East still think that Oklahomans all drive wagons across the lone prairie and the whole state is covered in teepees.
That's when I say, "No, no-- you're thinking of Kansas."
QuarterFire:
--- Quote from: shiroihikari on 29 Mar 2011, 09:35 ---Yeah, some people out East still think that Oklahomans all drive wagons across the lone prairie and the whole state is covered in teepees.
That's when I say, "No, no-- you're thinking of Kansas."
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I've been through Kansas. Through, not to. Because there is no where to stop in that state.
Seriously though, I drove across the entire country in a mini-van several years ago. It really put just how small New England is into perspective.
On that trip, I was asked where Rhode Island was, and if it was really an island. *sigh* Now I'll have to eat some quahogs and drink coffee milk to cheer myself up.
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