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Mine: The NFL 🏈
samnsara
(17,622 posts)RainCaster
(10,874 posts)Alice in Chains
Nirvana
njhoneybadger
(3,910 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(21,106 posts)skypilot
(8,853 posts)*
Ferrets are Cool
(21,106 posts)is known as the Redneck Riviera.
skypilot
(8,853 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(21,106 posts)FalloutShelter
(11,866 posts)ShazzieB
(16,396 posts)FalloutShelter
(11,866 posts)Glorfindel
(9,729 posts)yellowdogintexas
(22,252 posts)Buckeye_Democrat
(14,853 posts)... either into the air or into outer space.
hlthe2b
(102,269 posts)yellowdogintexas
(22,252 posts)marble falls
(57,081 posts)Ohiya
(2,231 posts)OLDMDDEM
(1,575 posts)ret5hd
(20,491 posts)OLDMDDEM
(1,575 posts)I have been luckier than you. None so far.
Walleye
(31,022 posts)MANative
(4,112 posts)But my handle is kind of a give-away.
4Q2u2
(1,406 posts)Just to name one transcendent invention.
DownriverDem
(6,228 posts)The Motor City!
Wounded Bear
(58,654 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Stuart G
(38,427 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Had a great view of awesome black cloud cover the sky.
SallyHemmings
(1,821 posts)magicarpet
(14,150 posts)Squeaky41
(160 posts)With warm buttah and B&M baked beans. Ayah!
empedocles
(15,751 posts)Clash City Rocker
(3,396 posts)FalloutShelter
(11,866 posts)Clash City Rocker
(3,396 posts)Lunabell
(6,080 posts)You gotta know where I live.
rurallib
(62,414 posts)corn, corn and more corn
oasis
(49,383 posts)rurallib
(62,414 posts)rurallib
(62,414 posts)ProudMNDemocrat
(16,785 posts)blm
(113,061 posts)Cuz I grew up there, too. 😁
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,785 posts)empedocles
(15,751 posts)blm
(113,061 posts)yellowdogintexas
(22,252 posts)and I was blown away! (no pun intended)
Duncanpup
(12,842 posts)PJMcK
(22,037 posts)Stuart G
(38,427 posts)IrishAfricanAmerican
(3,816 posts)secondwind
(16,903 posts)Submariner
(12,504 posts)one of the nation's major food groups
4Q2u2
(1,406 posts)MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
OneBlueDotS-Carolina
(1,384 posts)Seems to have started some form of a major ruckus.
Stuart G
(38,427 posts)..... ..... ...
Sibelius Fan
(24,396 posts)Stuart G
(38,427 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,193 posts)Goodheart
(5,324 posts)lapfog_1
(29,201 posts)Stuart G
(38,427 posts)Danmel
(4,915 posts)FelineOverlord
(3,578 posts)Tomatoes
Claire Oh Nette
(2,636 posts)grapes, too...
Stuart G
(38,427 posts)Claire Oh Nette
(2,636 posts)California...
rzemanfl
(29,557 posts)BarbaRosa
(2,684 posts)Stuart G
(38,427 posts)BarbaRosa
(2,684 posts)I was thinking of Roswell, but yeah I can see it applying to Nevada.
Quakerfriend
(5,450 posts)SamKnause
(13,103 posts)Stuart G
(38,427 posts)SamKnause
(13,103 posts)Stuart G
(38,427 posts)SamKnause
(13,103 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)sanatanadharma
(3,705 posts)No, no clues will be provided to suggest which (as the words say) Springfield USA (OK, that is a clue that it is not in England, NZ or Liberia); I do know if the Simpsons live there.
Decades ago the Springfield Plan changed my life forever. Well actually it changed my brother's life from 4th grade on. Nonetheless, because actions have consequences, the Springfield plan lead directly to my meeting my wife some decades later and still decades ago.
I am where I am today (Uruguay) as a result of the Springfield Plan (Wikipedia link).
And that just goes to show the power of education.
MassLive Link
This PDF article examines one towns attempt to educate for democracy through a community-wide tolerance program that became known as the Springfield Plan
4Q2u2
(1,406 posts)Those Crazy Puritans who thought a great educational system would create a better citizen.
Ha.
Stuart G
(38,427 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)Lovie777
(12,260 posts)at least the southern part.
Stuart G
(38,427 posts)Dave in VA
(2,037 posts)for one.
Diamond_Dog
(31,998 posts)JohnnyRingo
(18,628 posts)Cleveland Rocks!, Cleveland Rocks.
All this energy calling me
Back where it comes from
It's such a crude attitude
It's back where it belongs.
Oh to relive those drunken days and nights in the Flats.
AllaN01Bear
(18,205 posts)movie making
Stuart G
(38,427 posts)cinematicdiversions
(1,969 posts)And no, it isn't New York.
Stuart G
(38,427 posts)cinematicdiversions
(1,969 posts)Stuart G
(38,427 posts)mnhtnbb
(31,388 posts)Hotler
(11,421 posts)Stuart G
(38,427 posts)jcgoldie
(11,631 posts)ShazzieB
(16,396 posts)I'll gave to come up with something else.
yellowdogintexas
(22,252 posts)All three featured in his life.
Stuart G
(38,427 posts)Wingus Dingus
(8,052 posts)Hotler
(11,421 posts)DBoon
(22,366 posts)madaboutharry
(40,210 posts)Stuart G
(38,427 posts)KarenS
(4,075 posts)The Petrified Forest.
The Grand Canyon.
Baitball Blogger
(46,705 posts)JohnnyRingo
(18,628 posts)Right here in my hometown. Makes me kind of jumpy when I hear a backfire.
Clue:
Phantom Fireworks.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Phantom+Fireworks+Warehouse/@41.27136,-80.8015176,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x8833df85004e60b5:0x82f32c7239bd2f33!8m2!3d41.271356!4d-80.7993289
Stuart G
(38,427 posts)JohnnyRingo
(18,628 posts)Phantom is based in Youngstown where the founder Zoldan is from.
The warehouse is in nearby Warren, Ohio in the old Delphi plant where I used to work.
Click on the map link in my original reply, then click on the search button on the top left. I live just NE of there by Mosquito Lake.
Wait... you're not a terrorist, are you? if you are, then yeah, Wisconsin.
central scrutinizer
(11,648 posts)First with deposit on beer bottles
All ocean beaches are publicly owned
zanana1
(6,113 posts)Stuart G
(38,427 posts)Freddie
(9,265 posts)My cousin - who lives in another state and stocks up on our food when he visits - says we should change the state motto to Eat your way through __
Walleye
(31,022 posts)Freddie
(9,265 posts)And good food
Walleye
(31,022 posts)We have cheesesteaks and soft pretzels too😋
Walleye
(31,022 posts)Stuart G
(38,427 posts)Walleye
(31,022 posts)Wicked Blue
(5,832 posts)and the world's best pizza
woodsprite
(11,914 posts)Vogon_Glory
(9,117 posts)(I didnt want to make it too obvious)
Then theres
Big Bend National Park
Padre Island National Seashore
FoxNewsSucks
(10,429 posts)Sneederbunk
(14,290 posts)Stuart G
(38,427 posts)Sneederbunk
(14,290 posts)Stuart G
(38,427 posts)mopinko
(70,103 posts)Upthevibe
(8,048 posts)......something here kind of gives it away.
Having said that:
Movies
A lot of famous people
Disneyland
Famous streets - The Walk of Fame w/Stars with famous people's names
Famous streets with famous people's hand prints hardened in cement
Some AWESOME beach communities
Some AWESOME mountain communities
The mostly wonderful weather (except climate change has forced me to get a portable air conditioner for my apt.)
A lot of dreams that often don't turn out the way one wanted (but at least we tried-or in my case, am STILL trying-Just you wait, you'll see me at the Academy Awards accepting the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay - Don't count me out!) and....
Some dreams that come true big time
Walleye
(31,022 posts)hwmnbn
(4,279 posts)Stuart G
(38,427 posts)Last edited Mon Apr 12, 2021, 11:46 PM - Edit history (1)
sarge43
(28,941 posts)RainCaster
(10,874 posts)Corgigal
(9,291 posts)Pretty place.
yellowdogintexas
(22,252 posts)Stuart G
(38,427 posts)catbyte
(34,385 posts)Stuart G
(38,427 posts)relayerbob
(6,544 posts)woodsprite
(11,914 posts)relayerbob
(6,544 posts)Fla Dem
(23,668 posts)So much more.
Stuart G
(38,427 posts)Fla Dem
(23,668 posts)walkingman
(7,613 posts)First Speaker
(4,858 posts)PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,856 posts)Ocelot II
(115,691 posts)ironflange
(7,781 posts)Hint: a province, not a state
jmowreader
(50,557 posts)Stuart G
(38,427 posts)jmowreader
(50,557 posts)At one time the biggest cash crop in Idaho was marijuana, but the state refused to change the license plates to read famous marijuana.
GopherGal
(2,008 posts)Scotch Tape and Post-it Notes
Walleye
(31,022 posts)GopherGal
(2,008 posts)I should have just used
Honeycrisp apples
Brother Buzz
(36,428 posts)lapucelle
(18,252 posts)...the official state mammal.
And if you think that meant something else, elevate your mind ever upward!
IcyPeas
(21,871 posts)Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)our famous food items: cabinets, stuffies, and chowdah!
Wicked Blue
(5,832 posts)But what's a stuffie?
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)Stuffies? Why, stuffed clams, of course!
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/334533078541698012/
Wicked Blue
(5,832 posts)Stuffies look yummy.
I briefly worked as a waitress in Worcester in the early 70s.
A woman came into the restaurant and ordered a coffee cabinet. I hemmed and hawed and told her we didn't sell furniture!
It was explained to me that what I knew as a milkshake in New Jersey, and a frappe in Massachsetts, was called a cabinet in some parts of the state.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)Coffee milk is the official state drink of RI, but throw in some ice cream and whisk it up and it becomes the fabulous coffee cabinet. A milkshake in RI is typically just milk and flavored syrup frothed together.
A cabinet is the equivalent of a frappe in Massachusetts. The name "cabinet" comes from the storage of ice cream in a cold cabinet (chest).
Stuart G
(38,427 posts)Yes, I love geography...& I used to teach geography in high school..
eShirl
(18,491 posts)CTyankee
(63,912 posts)SCantiGOP
(13,869 posts)too obvious?
Goodheart
(5,324 posts)SCantiGOP
(13,869 posts)Ben Pitchfork Tillman.
He was the late 19th Century Governor who disenfranchised the black voters. He then served several terms as Senator, and famously wept on the floor of the Senate about a bill to mandate that blacks be allowed to vote because, as he said, it would induce them to behave badly and (paraphrase) We are going to have to kill a lot of our good colored folks to get them back in line.
We took down the rebel flag in S.C., but this evil monster still has a statue on the Statehouse grounds.
msongs
(67,405 posts)Wolf Frankula
(3,600 posts)Years ago it was Snow.
Wolf
wackadoo wabbit
(1,166 posts)Solly Mack
(90,766 posts)Stuart G
(38,427 posts)Solly Mack
(90,766 posts)Louisiana has the largest gator population. Edges out Florida by a few hundred thousand. A small fraction, really.
AwakeAtLast
(14,124 posts)More than one!
Stuart G
(38,427 posts)maybe not Illinois...might be wrong again...
AwakeAtLast
(14,124 posts)Rauner should have been....
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Tikki
(14,557 posts)Tikki
Iggo
(47,552 posts)myccrider
(484 posts)Kali
(55,008 posts)liberaltrucker
(9,129 posts)Not close to you or Ptah, unfortunately. Spending four
nights in Page, visiting the aforementioned gash of erosion.
After 4 days in Vegas, back East through Kingman, Flagstaff,
and Winslow (standing on a corner).
Kali
(55,008 posts)or other sites near there, I highly recommend the cookies at Jacob Lake Inn!
and take an hour or two to drive through the petrified forest if you have the time. also check out La Posada in Winslow, whether you stay there or not. wonderful old RR hotel with cool artwork.
liberaltrucker
(9,129 posts)Thanks for the info! I've been thru AZ many times
in the truck, but didn't get to see the cool stuff (usually
because of truck restrictions). This is my first time in
a four wheeler. I'll post pics. Again, thanks!
yellowdogintexas
(22,252 posts)It is a slot canyon. Owned by the Navajo Nation, so when you buy a ticket you are supporting the tribe
liberaltrucker
(9,129 posts)Added to our list.
Niagara
(7,605 posts)dense Pence.
Happy Hoosier
(7,308 posts)yellowdogintexas
(22,252 posts)longest lines at the fall festival are at the brain sandwich booth
Happy Hoosier
(7,308 posts)Duppers
(28,120 posts)"Mother of Presidents"
Carry me back...
____ Slims.
DFW
(54,378 posts)The Old Dominion
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)Stuart G
(38,427 posts)eppur_se_muova
(36,262 posts)Including this crinoid which may be of a species named after my (more-or-less) hometown.
Tikki
(14,557 posts)Tikki
lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)...
lillypaddle
(9,580 posts)Moscow Mitch and Rand Paul. No wonder bourbon is so popular here.
hurl
(938 posts)is man-made.
Stuart G
(38,427 posts)hurl
(938 posts)Akoto
(4,266 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,615 posts)mvd
(65,173 posts)Declaration of Independence/Constitution
Forests and scenery
Chocolate
Quite a few things..
wnylib
(21,450 posts)Old, worn mountain range, Ben Franklin (as adult), nation's first capital, Constitutional Convention, famous chocolate brand, junction of 3 rivers, Quakers, Liberty Bell.
Lady Freedom Returns
(14,120 posts)SKKY
(11,807 posts)yellowdogintexas
(22,252 posts)so where are you in KY?
I am from just south of Bowling Green
SKKY
(11,807 posts)NNadir
(33,518 posts)...Snookie and, um, Bruce Springsteen?
3catwoman3
(23,983 posts)...gone to jail - 4 of them.
And, to balance that, President Obama and Michelle Obama.
area51
(11,908 posts)yellowdogintexas
(22,252 posts)jaxexpat
(6,828 posts)yellowdogintexas
(22,252 posts)Also the Longest Cave In The World : Kentucky
Throckmorton
(3,579 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,457 posts)hack89
(39,171 posts)tblue37
(65,342 posts)Trueblue1968
(17,218 posts)ShazzieB
(16,396 posts)Actually, he's jassociated with one particular city, but the most obvious choices for my state were already used.
Tikki
(14,557 posts)Tikki
KatyaR
(3,445 posts)Parking meters.
8 US astronauts.
Shopping carts.
First tornado warning issued in the US.
More man-made lakes than any other state.
Whaling is illegal.
yellowdogintexas
(22,252 posts)hay rick
(7,611 posts)patricia92243
(12,595 posts)Maeve
(42,282 posts)hamsterjill
(15,220 posts)n/t
denbot
(9,899 posts)Everybodys gone surfing, surfing USA!
DFW
(54,378 posts)Just to name one of many. (Beethoven would be another)
Stuart G
(38,427 posts)lakefront in another city, then another lakefront in another city...
Stuart G
(38,427 posts)Last edited Mon Apr 12, 2021, 11:21 PM - Edit history (1)
not my state....., but the state to the north of mine...(yes, cheating ...but what else is new?Stuart G
(38,427 posts)milestogo
(16,829 posts)The King of Prussia
(737 posts)(I'm not in the US)