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polytarp
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response 25 of 66:
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Aug 3 23:48 UTC 2003 |
It's based on what the fuck I say it is, scg.
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md
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response 26 of 66:
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Aug 4 13:27 UTC 2003 |
What the map says and what the people who live there call it are not
always the same thing. Maybe cartographically Ann Arbor is not in the
Midwest and Montreal is not in central Canada. For example, like
Montreal, Ann Arbor is in the "Eastern" time zone. But Ann Arbor *is*
in the midwest, and Montreal *is* in central Canada. "Eastern Canada"
means something completely different.
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tod
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response 27 of 66:
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Aug 4 17:13 UTC 2003 |
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mynxcat
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response 28 of 66:
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Aug 4 19:27 UTC 2003 |
Ohio is definitely mid-west, even though it's in the easternmost third
of the country.
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janc
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response 29 of 66:
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Aug 4 19:41 UTC 2003 |
I think Michigan is a combination of East and Midwest, sort of like Texas is
a combination of South and West. (Not that Arizona is not Southern at all.)
We can't call Michigan "Mideast" so it has be something like "East Midwest".
Ohio is the same, though bits of south start leaking in there. The lines are
sharper in some places than in others. The border between Midwest and east
covers several states. The border between East and South is pretty sharp.
The border between South and West runs just a smidgeon East of Austin. The
difference may be that Michiganders are Midwesterns who kind of wish they were
Easterners, while folks in Quebec are absolutely sure that they don't want
to be mistaken for Newfies.
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tod
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response 30 of 66:
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Aug 4 19:55 UTC 2003 |
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slynne
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response 31 of 66:
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Aug 4 19:56 UTC 2003 |
I always think of Pittsburgh as being in the midwest but Philadelphia
is definitely in the east. :)
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tod
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response 32 of 66:
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Aug 4 20:04 UTC 2003 |
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gelinas
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response 33 of 66:
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Aug 4 21:21 UTC 2003 |
If I remember correctly, Joel Garreau defined The Rust Belt to include
parts of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan and Indiania (where else
would Gary, Indiana, be?). There is some overlap with the 'traditional'
Midwest, which seems to have some relationship to the Northwest Ordinance.
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tod
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response 34 of 66:
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Aug 4 21:28 UTC 2003 |
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albaugh
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response 35 of 66:
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Aug 4 21:43 UTC 2003 |
Michigan - Champions of the West
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lynne
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response 36 of 66:
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Aug 4 23:21 UTC 2003 |
<Geographically speaking, the central part of Canada has NO PEOPLE IN IT.>
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other
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response 37 of 66:
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Aug 5 00:24 UTC 2003 |
Except in the submarines...
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ea
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response 38 of 66:
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Aug 5 03:03 UTC 2003 |
I've come to the conclusion, that, at least as it relates to sports,
people have no idea where Detroit is.
There are 4 major professional sports leagues, Detroit is in:
- The NHL's Western Conference
- The AL Central Division
- The NFC Northern Division
- The NBA's Eastern Conference
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tod
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response 39 of 66:
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Aug 5 19:15 UTC 2003 |
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lynne
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response 40 of 66:
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Aug 5 23:51 UTC 2003 |
re 38: Eh. I think all of those are vaguely reasonable with the
exception of the NHL.
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ea
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response 41 of 66:
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Aug 6 04:22 UTC 2003 |
re #40 - and the NHL wouldn't have that problem if they went back to
using the names "Campbell Conference" and "Prince of Wales Conference"
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albaugh
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response 42 of 66:
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Aug 6 16:41 UTC 2003 |
Just remember that from Detroit you go south to Canada...
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tod
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response 43 of 66:
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Aug 6 20:06 UTC 2003 |
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dah
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response 44 of 66:
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Aug 30 00:39 UTC 2003 |
O, by the way, Montreal hit off just fine, thanks, but we only met up with
one M-netter who wasn't anyone from this item.
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tod
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response 45 of 66:
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Aug 30 20:01 UTC 2003 |
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dah
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response 46 of 66:
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Sep 2 06:09 UTC 2003 |
Huh? Sparkle didn't show up, Tod.
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tod
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response 47 of 66:
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Sep 2 16:23 UTC 2003 |
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dah
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response 48 of 66:
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Sep 2 21:58 UTC 2003 |
She wasn't at the hotel, ToD.
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tod
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response 49 of 66:
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Sep 2 22:53 UTC 2003 |
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