Location, location, location

[finn17]

So old it\'s got whiskers...

Sorry, I am too lazy to start new threads and there are one or two threads I tend to un-inter on an annual basis or so.

As we get flushes of new people, who perhaps don\'t realise, you can add your location to your profile, I raise the subject to prevent confusion. Otherwise we get the, \"where can I buy...?\" type questions answered quite unintelligibly by someone on the opposite side of the world.

Besides, it is mildly amusing to read some of the earlier postings, back in the days when Steelcult was barely out of his egg and Supervike was only averagevike

 

[chaos-lord]

I\'m in sunny Belfast, Northern Ireland

 

[dauber22]

Originally posted by Aryanun
Austin, deep in the heart of the hill country.

Only Texans could possibly refer to this as \"the hill country\" with a straight face Most anywhere else it would be known as that flat area with a few bumps in it lol lol

 

[hivemind]

Originally posted by dauber22
Just to go back to the original gyst of this topic: I currently reside in Syracuse, NY. One of the reasons I DON\'T put that in \"location\" is because, having lived in other parts of the country I realise that the minute many people see NY they think NYC. I do NOT live in New York City, do not WISH to live in NYC and do not envy those who do. If that sounds like I\'m a little peevish about it, I probably am. Much of life in \"Upstate\" New York is influenced, if not downright controlled by \"Downstate\" New York. I guess its somewhat the equivalent of calling a Welshman English.

You\'re right. I live in Utica, and I don\'t dare just ever say \"New York\" when someone asks where I live as they always assume I mean the filthy city. They get our taxes, and we get their convicts and garbage. Great deal...

You stop by Altered States much? I don\'t get out there much, but I\'ll be playing in their Rogue Trader 40k tournament at the end of August.

 

[dauber22]

Originally posted by hivemind

You stop by Altered States much? I don\'t get out there much, but I\'ll be playing in their Rogue Trader 40k tournament at the end of August.

I try to avoid it as its unhealthy for my wallet I usuallly end up ther aorund once a month or so anyways. But if you\'re coming in I might stop by. Hate to miss the chance to meet a fellow CMON er i person.
I recently missed the opportunity to meet Steelcult while I was in Texas and look what happened to him. He was so upset he moved to Iraq lol

 

[supervike]

NECROMANCER....

Digging up dead threads....

 

[Aryanun]

Originally posted by dauber22

Originally posted by Aryanun
Austin, deep in the heart of the hill country.

Only Texans could possibly refer to this as \"the hill country\" with a straight face Most anywhere else it would be known as that flat area with a few bumps in it lol lol

Actually, Austin isn\'t flat. We\'ve got some nasty hits, a couple of mountains (not huge mind you, but we still have them) and that\'s the reason it\'s called the Hill Country of Texas. Dallas is flat.

Remember, from Austin, in the center of Texas, to El Paso is over 600 miles. That\'s a lot of climate and topography change.

 

[dauber22]

Originally posted by Aryanun

Actually, Austin isn\'t flat. We\'ve got some nasty hits, a couple of mountains (not huge mind you, but we still have them) and that\'s the reason it\'s called the Hill Country of Texas. Dallas is flat.

Remember, from Austin, in the center of Texas, to El Paso is over 600 miles. That\'s a lot of climate and topography change.

Oh, I know. I lived in Texas for a dozen years or so, but still, by most peoples standards, Austin, while a beautiful city, is flat. I live in (near) Syracuse, NY. This is the part of New York considered to be relatively flat. That\'s why they built the Erie Canal through here. Still, the hill that Syracuse University sits on is at least twice the size of anything I saw near Austin. Trust me, I\'m not knocking Austin. I think it\'s the nicest city in Texas. It\'s all relative I guess. I just always considered \"the Texas hill country\" to be similar to \"the tropical part of Antartica\" lol

 

[hivemind]

Yeah man, swing by! I\'ll be one of the guys in the black MVGC T-shirts, playing a poorly painted Nurgle army.

 

[Sand Rat]

Originally posted by dauber22
I recently missed the opportunity to meet Steelcult while I was in Texas and look what happened to him. He was so upset he moved to Iraq lol

Well, if you werent so offended by downstaters, we might get a chance to meet up in October/November when I come home on leave and I swing through NYC to see the inlaws.lol

 

[Dragonsreach]

Steelcult:

when I come home on leave and I swing through NYC to see the inlaws

You can tell he\'s not been married long.............He\'s not calling them the Outlaws yet. lollollol

*Looks over shoulder to see if wife is watching*

 

[vincegamer]

Originally posted by hivemind
You\'re right. I live in Utica, and I don\'t dare just ever say \"New York\" when someone asks where I live as they always assume I mean the filthy city. They get our taxes, and we get their convicts and garbage. Great deal...

A friend of mine from Lisbon NY says that anything south of Watertown isn\'t really upstate.

As an indication of how small Utica is, I went to a Sorority party in Utica once because I met a girl over the internet (it was made of strings and cups back then) and she invited me. Well turns out she was one of only 3 members of the sorority.

or was that Cortland? I visited so many little NY towns....

I always thought someone should rewrite the Beach Boys\' Kokomo with names from upstate NY:

Cayuga, Elmira ooo I wanna take you
Canoga, McDonough come on pretty mama
Otisco, Oswego baby why don\'t we go ....

 

[vincegamer]

Originally posted by dauber22
Oh, I know. I lived in Texas for a dozen years or so, but still, by most peoples standards, Austin, while a beautiful city, is flat. I live in (near) Syracuse, NY. This is the part of New York considered to be relatively flat. That\'s why they built the Erie Canal through here. Still, the hill that Syracuse University sits on is at least twice the size of anything I saw near Austin.

I grew up in Oklahoma then went to live in upstate NY. First thing I thought was what kind of crazy people would build a city on a hill?
And they put the roads OVER the hills instead of sensible people who just blast a flay way THROUGH the hill.lol

 

[dauber22]

Originally posted by steelcult

Originally posted by dauber22
I recently missed the opportunity to meet Steelcult while I was in Texas and look what happened to him. He was so upset he moved to Iraq lol

Well, if you werent so offended by downstaters, we might get a chance to meet up in October/November when I come home on leave and I swing through NYC to see the inlaws.lol

Well, I\'d sooner flly over there to visit you in the Sanbox lol lol but that doesn\'t mean its totally out of the question

 

[Sand Rat]

Aw, you\'re selling this place short. Hot and cold running vermin, diseases that there aint no cure for, and nightly fireworks displays from the friendly locals. Whats not to like?
lol

 

[tooshy]

Lloyd - he lives! Nice to hear from you again. Still can\'t say I\'d like to be where you are though. Hope things are going well

 

[Sand Rat]

All in all not to bad - prolly already lost 10-15 lbs from sweating - hell of a diet plan though

 

[finn17]

Ahah!

Nice to hear from ya mate!
I am afraid Supervike has taken advantage of your absence and crept, catlike, into second place.
I\'m sure you\'ll sort him out on your return:flip:

 

[Sand Rat]

Sneaksie little supervike - throttle him we will prescious lol

 

[supervike]

doh!

I was trying to keep that secret-like!



actually I was seriously thinking about \'standing down\' at least until you reached the 2k mark, Steelcult....but I couldn\'t help myself. I think I must post in my sleep....