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Without naming where you are from, name one thing it's famous for! (Original Post) Emile Jan 2022 OP
Our last three governors had sex scandals Sanity Claws Jan 2022 #1
New York Emile Jan 2022 #11
We have this Zoo. Anon-C Jan 2022 #2
San Diego, CA sdfernando Jan 2022 #53
Wheat lapfog_1 Jan 2022 #3
Kansas Emile Jan 2022 #12
Gold was just a windy Kansas wheat field. ShazzieB Jan 2022 #177
More Lakes than Minnesota LakeArenal Jan 2022 #4
Alaska Emile Jan 2022 #13
Maybe but that's not the this state. LakeArenal Jan 2022 #16
How about we grow the most cranberries? LakeArenal Jan 2022 #18
Wisconsin? Emile Jan 2022 #25
Ding ding. LakeArenal Jan 2022 #33
I thought it was Massachusetts? smirkymonkey Jan 2022 #156
Lots of people think that. But no. LakeArenal Jan 2022 #184
Learn something new every day. smirkymonkey Jan 2022 #186
Hello fellow snowybirdie Jan 2022 #5
Do you mean Illini nocoincidences Jan 2022 #8
Blues Haggard Celine Jan 2022 #6
Mississippi Emile Jan 2022 #15
That's it! Haggard Celine Jan 2022 #36
That and Elvis. 😉 ShazzieB Jan 2022 #178
Oh yes, St. Elvis of Tupelo! Haggard Celine Jan 2022 #179
Delta Air Lines (edited for clarity!) CurtEastPoint Jan 2022 #7
Mississippi? Emile Jan 2022 #17
Atlanta kacekwl Jan 2022 #52
Yep! I was gonna say UPS but a lot of folks don't know that. CurtEastPoint Jan 2022 #54
Yale. CTyankee Jan 2022 #9
Connecticut Emile Jan 2022 #20
Coca-Cola Glorfindel Jan 2022 #10
Georgia Emile Jan 2022 #22
Absolutely! I almost said "Jimmy Carter," but that would be TOO obvious. Glorfindel Jan 2022 #43
Joe Biden Walleye Jan 2022 #14
Delaware Emile Jan 2022 #23
Sort of put it on the map.It's strange to see your hometown in the background Walleye Jan 2022 #27
The last bastion of education for conservative values. gibraltar72 Jan 2022 #19
Alabama or Aladamnbama Emile Jan 2022 #28
Actually no. Authored the 1776 project for Trump. gibraltar72 Jan 2022 #29
Lots of mountains... 2naSalit Jan 2022 #21
California Emile Jan 2022 #72
Nope. 2naSalit Jan 2022 #75
Colorado, or Arizona electric_blue68 Jan 2022 #169
The Summer of Love (nt) Hugh_Lebowski Jan 2022 #24
San Francisco Emile Jan 2022 #32
Famous statue in the harbor........ secondwind Jan 2022 #26
New York Emile Jan 2022 #30
New Jersey jmowreader Jan 2022 #125
If you are taking the Statue of Liberty, Sanity Claws Feb 2022 #230
Jersey doesn't want it either. jmowreader Feb 2022 #231
First Presidential Primary. zanana1 Jan 2022 #31
New Hampshire or Iowa Emile Jan 2022 #73
Iowa has a caucus. zanana1 Jan 2022 #187
I believe the first COVID cases in the (continental?) USA were diagnosed here in town. Ron Obvious Jan 2022 #34
State of Washington Emile Jan 2022 #74
Correct. Ron Obvious Jan 2022 #82
GOAT Quarterback and carl Yastrzemski Fla Dem Jan 2022 #35
Boston Old Ironside Emile Jan 2022 #76
Put a bird on it. Mme. Defarge Jan 2022 #37
Portland, Oregon Emile Jan 2022 #77
One bigAss flood...or two..nt mitch96 Jan 2022 #38
New Orleans Emile Jan 2022 #78
Nope, farther north... caused by rich people wanting to play...nt mitch96 Jan 2022 #115
Johnstown N/T Retired Engineer Bob Jan 2022 #140
BINGO!..give that man a cupie doll.......nt mitch96 Jan 2022 #153
Microencapsulation. OilemFirchen Jan 2022 #39
I googled.... may I offer what I think it is? CurtEastPoint Jan 2022 #56
Nope. OilemFirchen Jan 2022 #58
Durn. Not even close. CurtEastPoint Jan 2022 #61
Also Dayton. OilemFirchen Jan 2022 #65
This message was self-deleted by its author DesertGarden Feb 2022 #204
M&Ms n/t Quakerfriend Jan 2022 #40
NJ or TN? marzipanni Feb 2022 #226
The Wright Brothers. Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2022 #41
Ohio CurtEastPoint Jan 2022 #44
Yep. Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2022 #47
I was gonna say Dayton but wasn't sure. I did some training at the AFB there and remember CurtEastPoint Jan 2022 #51
Yes, that would be Wright-Patt AFB. Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2022 #55
Strawberry Fields Donkees Jan 2022 #42
New York Emile Jan 2022 #79
🌹 Yes :) Donkees Jan 2022 #83
Summer of 2020... pdxflyboy Jan 2022 #45
DC Emile Jan 2022 #105
A prison.... Glamrock Jan 2022 #46
Indiana Emile Jan 2022 #103
Birthplace of Martin Luther King, Jr.. Solly Mack Jan 2022 #48
we are neighbors, then! CurtEastPoint Jan 2022 #60
Where I'm from. Not where I still live. Solly Mack Jan 2022 #64
Music SouthernIrish Jan 2022 #49
Nashville Emile Jan 2022 #71
Ayuh! GPV Jan 2022 #50
Maine Emile Jan 2022 #102
Hofbrauhaus sdfernando Jan 2022 #57
Munich flying rabbit Jan 2022 #69
Our Three Rivers meet at The Point FakeNoose Jan 2022 #127
Three Rivers, Wisconsin Emile Jan 2022 #143
Being weird Lettuce Be Jan 2022 #59
Portland, OR? sdfernando Jan 2022 #62
Could be Austin. Sneederbunk Jan 2022 #66
The Minutemen DBoon Jan 2022 #63
Massachusetts Emile Jan 2022 #92
No, let me give another hint DBoon Jan 2022 #114
LA California Emile Jan 2022 #118
yes DBoon Jan 2022 #124
Beavers and Ducks. Binkie The Clown Jan 2022 #67
Oregon Emile Jan 2022 #96
Sunshine! patricia92243 Jan 2022 #68
Florida Emile Jan 2022 #84
BBQ flying rabbit Jan 2022 #70
Texas Emile Jan 2022 #85
Well played flying rabbit Jan 2022 #86
A ton of gold arrived on a ship..... Ferryboat Jan 2022 #80
Seattle Emile Jan 2022 #88
SS Portland Ferryboat Jan 2022 #91
Packo's hotdogs VGNonly Jan 2022 #81
Toledo, Ohio Emile Jan 2022 #87
Weed Ohio Joe Jan 2022 #89
California Emile Jan 2022 #94
Nope... Ohio Joe Jan 2022 #95
Colorado Emile Jan 2022 #99
Yoopers VGNonly Jan 2022 #90
The UP Emile Jan 2022 #98
Olympic white water river trials. cbabe Jan 2022 #93
Studebaker Hill. INDIANA Emile Jan 2022 #100
Do you mean Bendix Woods, St. Joseph County Parks? cbabe Jan 2022 #104
I use to drive from LaPorte to South Bend once a week for Auto Zone. Emile Jan 2022 #106
Morris the Cat. Harker Jan 2022 #97
Eureka Springs, Arkansas Emile Jan 2022 #101
Hinsdale, Illinois. Harker Jan 2022 #116
Iced Tea lucca18 Jan 2022 #107
South Carolina Emile Jan 2022 #108
No, that's not it. lucca18 Jan 2022 #192
New York city? Emile Jan 2022 #198
No, but you are close. lucca18 Feb 2022 #201
Newport, RI Emile Feb 2022 #207
Incorrect. Thank you for guessing. (Hint in text) lucca18 Feb 2022 #214
Long Island Emile Feb 2022 #216
Yes! (Long Island Iced Tea)! lucca18 Feb 2022 #223
I don't know why I had such a hard time with this one, but I did. Emile Feb 2022 #224
You stayed with it! Good for you!😍 lucca18 Feb 2022 #227
The most expensive horse shit on the planet. KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2022 #109
Louisville, Kentucky Emile Jan 2022 #110
+1... KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2022 #145
Karoon Rodgers sarcasmo Jan 2022 #111
Wisconsin Emile Jan 2022 #112
Albert Einstein, John Wheeler, Robert Oppenheimer, Andrew Wiles, John Von Neumann. NNadir Jan 2022 #113
Princeton Emile Jan 2022 #119
No Daylight Saving Time Ptah Jan 2022 #117
You must live near A mountain Emile Jan 2022 #121
Buckeyes: the trees or candies SamKnause Jan 2022 #120
Ohio Emile Jan 2022 #122
Yes. SamKnause Jan 2022 #123
Highest elevation seaport in the world jmowreader Jan 2022 #126
I tried, but I'm having a hard time with this one! Emile Feb 2022 #225
Lewiston, Idaho jmowreader Feb 2022 #228
Wow, never would have got that! Emile Feb 2022 #233
Perpetual drizzle Angleae Jan 2022 #128
Seattle Emile Jan 2022 #133
Governors In Jail? ProfessorGAC Jan 2022 #129
Correct Emile Jan 2022 #137
Correct Emile Jan 2022 #138
Highest wind speed recorded in the US Rastapopoulos Jan 2022 #130
New Hampshire Emile Jan 2022 #134
Coney Island hot dogs CJW Jan 2022 #131
Indiana Emile Jan 2022 #135
A Team That Wins The World Series Every 108 Years ProfessorGAC Jan 2022 #132
Chicago Emile Jan 2022 #136
Yes, Chicagoland ProfessorGAC Jan 2022 #139
..... is seven suburbs in search of a city IcyPeas Jan 2022 #141
The city of Angels Emile Jan 2022 #142
The college Harrison Ford got thrown out of has the same name as the town. CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2022 #144
Ripon WI VGNonly Jan 2022 #150
You got it! n/t CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2022 #154
Expelled for not passing a philosophy class. Emile Jan 2022 #200
Nirvana Evergreen Emerald Jan 2022 #146
Aberdeen, Washington Emile Jan 2022 #161
Most water fountains. chowder66 Jan 2022 #147
Kansas City, Missouri or Rome, Italy Emile Jan 2022 #162
1st one! chowder66 Jan 2022 #188
Stampede ironflange Jan 2022 #148
Calgary VGNonly Jan 2022 #151
Yep ironflange Jan 2022 #152
Former Sen. Harris Scottie Mom Jan 2022 #149
California Emile Jan 2022 #163
grid failure darkens the state Skittles Jan 2022 #155
Texas Emile Jan 2022 #164
The first public school in the US was founded here... smirkymonkey Jan 2022 #157
Boston, Massachusetts Emile Jan 2022 #165
Yes, Boston Latin School, 1632. smirkymonkey Jan 2022 #185
Eastman School of Music. 3catwoman3 Jan 2022 #158
Rochester, New York Emile Jan 2022 #166
Allegiant Stadium Moebym Jan 2022 #159
Paradise Emile Jan 2022 #167
Me. 🤣 sprinkleeninow Jan 2022 #160
Maine Emile Jan 2022 #168
Okay. Maine an' me 😁 sprinkleeninow Jan 2022 #193
Blue Crabs NurseJackie Jan 2022 #170
Maryland Emile Jan 2022 #171
... and a tax-evading former Vice President... NurseJackie Jan 2022 #172
Must be Nixon's VP Spiro Agnew Emile Jan 2022 #174
We Marylanders are SO PROUD of our former governor. NurseJackie Jan 2022 #175
Having the most distinctive state flag design. NurseJackie Jan 2022 #173
+1 That state flag is really different! Emile Jan 2022 #176
a pagoda on a hillside onethatcares Jan 2022 #180
Reading, Pennsylvania Emile Jan 2022 #181
pretzel capitol was just too easy. onethatcares Jan 2022 #189
The Villages -nt Piasladic Jan 2022 #182
Sumter County Florida Emile Jan 2022 #183
A massive building of a particular geometric shape. A HERETIC I AM Jan 2022 #190
Arlington, Virginia Emile Jan 2022 #195
Dirty John's hot dogs nuxvomica Jan 2022 #191
Glens Falls, New York Emile Jan 2022 #196
mine... WilmywoodNCparalegal Jan 2022 #194
Bologna, Italy and Las Vegas, Nevada Emile Jan 2022 #197
Winner winner chicken dinner! n/t WilmywoodNCparalegal Jan 2022 #199
First teacher in space. Sadly, died in the Challenger explosion. Vinca Feb 2022 #202
Concord, New Hampshire Emile Feb 2022 #205
Correct, although I'm just in the state not the city. Vinca Feb 2022 #210
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Arizona Emile Feb 2022 #206
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New Mexico Emile Feb 2022 #209
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Prisons. canuckledragger Feb 2022 #212
Texas Emile Feb 2022 #213
Emeril Lagasse Just_Vote_Dem Feb 2022 #215
Fall River, Ma Emile Feb 2022 #218
Correct! Just_Vote_Dem Feb 2022 #219
Hewlett-Packard sakabatou Feb 2022 #217
Palo Alto, California Emile Feb 2022 #220
dry heat Kali Feb 2022 #221
Arizona Emile Feb 2022 #222
Vulcan statue trof Feb 2022 #229
Birmingham, AL Emile Feb 2022 #234
Landfills and toxic waste sites nt Wicked Blue Feb 2022 #232
New Jersey Emile Feb 2022 #235
Ding ding ding ding ding we have a winner! Wicked Blue Feb 2022 #242
dark fired tobacco yellowdogintexas Feb 2022 #236
Where they grow blue grass and raise racehorses, Kentucky! Emile Feb 2022 #237
Cheese steak. Samrob Feb 2022 #238
Philadelphia Emile Feb 2022 #239
Pink snow mia Feb 2022 #240
Most people would think Washington DC, but there is more cherry trees in Macon, Georgia! Emile Feb 2022 #241
It must be beautiful in Macon, Georgia! mia Feb 2022 #254
Gosh darn I thought I got that one, LOL! Emile Feb 2022 #255
Birthplace of the Jeep liberaltrucker Feb 2022 #243
This one I knew, I had a couple Jeeps, CJ 5 and a CJ 7, Butler, Pa Emile Feb 2022 #248
Rubber capital of the world.....or Zips we can do it Feb 2022 #244
The 5th largest city in Ohio, Akron Emile Feb 2022 #249
Yep😍 we can do it Feb 2022 #262
White horses and a State College that was once a State Mental Hospital.. Tikki Feb 2022 #245
In one of the most beautiful states there is a town called Camarillo, California. Emile Feb 2022 #250
Yes, yes and we have been in this home near Camarillo for 44 years. Tikki Feb 2022 #251
Now "The Nation's Summer Capitol" we can do it Feb 2022 #246
For the past 100 years its been called "The Nation's Summer Capitol" Emile Feb 2022 #252
Yep🍻🥰 we can do it Feb 2022 #263
They got some pretty little women there sky_masterson Feb 2022 #247
and I'm gonna get me one! Kansas City, Missouri Emile Feb 2022 #253
The other kansas city.(Kansas side) sky_masterson Feb 2022 #256
That was my first thought, but I knew KC, Missouri had a larger population Emile Feb 2022 #257
I would bet the song really meant the Missouri side anyways sky_masterson Feb 2022 #258
As an old retired truck driver I been there a few times. One place Emile Feb 2022 #259
Here you will see pics of the Space Center and you will see why I never liked going there! Emile Feb 2022 #260
Subtropolis sky_masterson Feb 2022 #261
The city gave its name to the Angora wool shorn from Angora rabbits n/t ornotna Feb 2022 #264
The ancient city of Ankara, Turkey Emile Feb 2022 #265
Bingo ornotna Feb 2022 #280
The city that never sleeps. mnhtnbb Feb 2022 #266
I want to wake up in a city that never sleeps, New York, New York! Emile Feb 2022 #267
Rock and roll festival Auggie Feb 2022 #268
Blue Ridge Rock Fest in Danville, Virginia Emile Feb 2022 #269
Head west. Way west. Auggie Feb 2022 #270
Back near Lodi again is the city of Sacramento, California Emile Feb 2022 #271
Further west Auggie Feb 2022 #272
Napa, California Emile Feb 2022 #273
Got it! Auggie Feb 2022 #274
Without wine, where would I be? Emile Feb 2022 #275
Green Chile BarbaRosa Feb 2022 #276
185 miles south of Albuquerque is a town called Hatch, New Mexico Emile Feb 2022 #277
Hatch is an two hour drive from where I live, BarbaRosa Feb 2022 #278
New Mexico is a beautiful state! Emile Feb 2022 #279
Last soldier to die in the war to end all wars struggle4progress Feb 2022 #281
Henry Nicholas Gunther from Baltimore, Maryland died November 11, 1918 Emile Feb 2022 #283
Nylon. GoneOffShore Feb 2022 #282
Seaford, Delaware in 1938 Dupont started construction on a nylon production Emile Feb 2022 #284
Yes. However the Dupont Experimental Station was upstate in Wilmington. GoneOffShore Feb 2022 #285
Pork Roll/Taylor Ham MichaelSoE Feb 2022 #286
New Jersey is famous for landfills and the Sopranos, but in Trenton Emile Feb 2022 #287
that was an easy one, eh!? MichaelSoE Feb 2022 #288
Thanks, some are almost impossible Emile Feb 2022 #289
Upside down waterfall Hekate Feb 2022 #290
Honolulu the state capital of Hawaii is on the island of Oahu Emile Feb 2022 #291
Right. The winds along the Pali, the cliffs, are so powerful they blow the falling water back... Hekate Feb 2022 #292

LakeArenal

(28,806 posts)
33. Ding ding.
Sun Jan 23, 2022, 12:12 PM
Jan 2022

The lake thing is a rivalry between states.

“More than Minnesota.” The story goes something like this: according to the Wisconsin DNR, Wisconsin has 15,074 lakes. Minnesota, by comparison, has 11,842 based on stats available from the Minnesota DNR.”

LakeArenal

(28,806 posts)
184. Lots of people think that. But no.
Mon Jan 24, 2022, 09:45 AM
Jan 2022

Also the most ginseng. But I didn’t think anyone would know that.

Ontario, Canada, is the world's largest producer of North American ginseng. Marathon County, Wisconsin, accounts for about 95% of production in the United States.

Walleye

(30,984 posts)
27. Sort of put it on the map.It's strange to see your hometown in the background
Sun Jan 23, 2022, 12:02 PM
Jan 2022

Of the White House correspondent stand Up reports. These right wing politicians love to say it’s just as hard to vote in Delaware as in Georgia, course that is a flat out lie. They never interview anyone from Delaware.And I would love to ask them to find Delaware on a map. I see the presidential motorcade go by from time to time out my back window. His church is about 500 yards from here.

gibraltar72

(7,499 posts)
19. The last bastion of education for conservative values.
Sun Jan 23, 2022, 11:57 AM
Jan 2022

Was also featured on Law And Order the TV show, displaying something quite different.

jmowreader

(50,530 posts)
231. Jersey doesn't want it either.
Wed Feb 9, 2022, 09:46 PM
Feb 2022

I think you're stuck with it. However, it would fit in well with North Idaho.

 

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)
34. I believe the first COVID cases in the (continental?) USA were diagnosed here in town.
Sun Jan 23, 2022, 12:14 PM
Jan 2022

Though we weren't home at the time. The hospital within walking distance of our house made international news.

 

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)
82. Correct.
Sun Jan 23, 2022, 02:32 PM
Jan 2022

Kirkland, Washington to be precise. Near Evergreen Hospital which made international news back the.

OilemFirchen

(7,143 posts)
65. Also Dayton.
Sun Jan 23, 2022, 12:57 PM
Jan 2022

To add to my friend Buckeye_Democrat's observation, Dayton is "the place where people are from".

Johnathan Winters
Phil Donahue
Erma Bombeck (Phil Donahue's neighbor)
Edwin Moses
Paul Dunbar
...

Response to OilemFirchen (Reply #39)

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,852 posts)
47. Yep.
Sun Jan 23, 2022, 12:34 PM
Jan 2022


Dayton OH, specifically.

There's just something about Ohio that makes people want to escape the planet.

CurtEastPoint

(18,622 posts)
51. I was gonna say Dayton but wasn't sure. I did some training at the AFB there and remember
Sun Jan 23, 2022, 12:40 PM
Jan 2022

the association w/the Wright Bros.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,852 posts)
55. Yes, that would be Wright-Patt AFB.
Sun Jan 23, 2022, 12:45 PM
Jan 2022

My electrical engineer brother always regretted leaving his job there. He later worked for Cray Research (supercomputers), among other places, but he said the work atmosphere at WPAFB was the best. He just didn't realize it until later, since that's where he first worked as an engineer.

pdxflyboy

(674 posts)
45. Summer of 2020...
Sun Jan 23, 2022, 12:33 PM
Jan 2022

Daily anti-Trump large demonstrations that many times turned violent at night with law enforcement doing most of the agitation.

cbabe

(3,512 posts)
93. Olympic white water river trials.
Sun Jan 23, 2022, 02:48 PM
Jan 2022

Too hard? Second clue: Studebaker.

Third clue: Buttigieg.

Haha. I don’t like suspense so I made it super easy for all.

cbabe

(3,512 posts)
104. Do you mean Bendix Woods, St. Joseph County Parks?
Sun Jan 23, 2022, 03:11 PM
Jan 2022

Pine trees planted in 1930s spell Studebaker listed in national historic record.

Yes, South Bend, Indiana.

Emile

(22,505 posts)
106. I use to drive from LaPorte to South Bend once a week for Auto Zone.
Sun Jan 23, 2022, 03:15 PM
Jan 2022

There was a hill on rt 2? called Studebaker Hill.

Harker

(13,985 posts)
116. Hinsdale, Illinois.
Sun Jan 23, 2022, 04:17 PM
Jan 2022

Maybe there were multiple Morrises. I'm pretty sure the first was from the Hinsdale pound.

lucca18

(1,239 posts)
201. No, but you are close.
Wed Feb 2, 2022, 04:10 PM
Feb 2022

It’s surrounded on all sides by water, but is considered a peninsula.

(Sorry for the delay in responding)

lucca18

(1,239 posts)
214. Incorrect. Thank you for guessing. (Hint in text)
Wed Feb 9, 2022, 06:55 PM
Feb 2022

I think that I am bad at this game, (sorry)!

Hint:
This area is east of New York City.
(Surrounded by water, but is considered a peninsula)

ProfessorGAC

(64,867 posts)
129. Governors In Jail?
Sun Jan 23, 2022, 05:34 PM
Jan 2022

Sounds like us in Illinois!
And, the dirtiest of them all got 2 terms & got away with it.

ProfessorGAC

(64,867 posts)
139. Yes, Chicagoland
Sun Jan 23, 2022, 06:29 PM
Jan 2022

We live in the fringes of the metro area. (Collar county)
But, I grew up a Cub fan and still am.
I might even start watching games again, when they figure how to get them in under 2.5 hours.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
172. ... and a tax-evading former Vice President...
Mon Jan 24, 2022, 07:39 AM
Jan 2022

.... who appeared before the federal court and pleaded nolo contendere (no contest) to one felony charge, tax evasion, for the year 1967.

nuxvomica

(12,411 posts)
191. Dirty John's hot dogs
Mon Jan 24, 2022, 01:48 PM
Jan 2022

We used to call them "nightmare sticks". Also, a chief justice of the SC was born here.

WilmywoodNCparalegal

(2,654 posts)
194. mine...
Mon Jan 24, 2022, 09:17 PM
Jan 2022

Place of birth: oldest chartered university in the western world - the original alma mater studiorum

Place where I live: Raiders, Golden Knights, Aces, slots, sluts and casinos

Response to Emile (Original post)

Response to Emile (Reply #206)

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Emile

(22,505 posts)
222. Arizona
Wed Feb 9, 2022, 07:35 PM
Feb 2022

My dad said years ago he moved to Arizona for the dry heat. He lived near A mountain in Tucson.

Wicked Blue

(5,821 posts)
242. Ding ding ding ding ding we have a winner!
Thu Feb 10, 2022, 09:27 AM
Feb 2022


New Jersey was a dumping ground of waste from NYC and from the many chemical factories and oil refineries located there.

When I was a newspaper reporter in the 1970s-80s in NJ, it seemed like there was a story every other day about someone discovering 50 or so leaking barrels of unknown chemicals on a farm, near a lake, or some wooded area. Landfills were piled to overflowing and leached toxic wastes into surrounding areas including rakes, streams and the Raritan Bay. Companies had paid guys with trucks to haul their toxic waste away and secretly dump it somewhere, not caring if it poisoned wells, rivers, etc.

NJ Congressman Jim Florio sponsored the first Superfund law. The Superfund was used to clean up many, many waste sites around the state, as well as elsewhere in the U.S.

It is really good to know that you were unaware of it, because it means the EPA has done its job cleaning up most of the mess. NJ was once nicknamed the Garden State because of the many homeowner run "truck gardens" that supplied fresh produce to NYC. In the 1980s it became known as the Garbage State. Probably now it should be called the High Property Tax State.

Emile

(22,505 posts)
241. Most people would think Washington DC, but there is more cherry trees in Macon, Georgia!
Thu Feb 10, 2022, 07:08 AM
Feb 2022

When that many blossoms fall to the ground, it looks like Pink Snow!

Emile

(22,505 posts)
248. This one I knew, I had a couple Jeeps, CJ 5 and a CJ 7, Butler, Pa
Thu Feb 10, 2022, 02:20 PM
Feb 2022

It was Bantam Car company who made the first Jeep!

Emile

(22,505 posts)
259. As an old retired truck driver I been there a few times. One place
Thu Feb 10, 2022, 04:51 PM
Feb 2022

I never liked going to was called the Space Center. It was an underground cave system with roads, stop lights, RR tracks, etc. Driving an 18 wheeler underground was a weird experience. This was on the Missouri side, but I was told KC, Kansas also had an underground warehouse too.

Auggie

(31,133 posts)
274. Got it!
Fri Feb 11, 2022, 10:46 AM
Feb 2022


BottleRock, since 2013

This year's lineup: https://www.bottlerocknapavalley.com/2022-artists/

While there are top-notch producers who make wine within city limits, and tasting rooms, "Napa Valley" is the more familiar moniker.

I thought "wine" would be too easy.

Thanks for playing.



Emile

(22,505 posts)
283. Henry Nicholas Gunther from Baltimore, Maryland died November 11, 1918
Sun Feb 13, 2022, 08:01 AM
Feb 2022

in France.

The German soldiers, already aware of the Armistice that would take effect in one minute, tried to wave Gunther away. He kept going and fired "a shot or two". When he got too close to the machine guns, he was shot in a short burst of automatic fire and killed instantly

Emile

(22,505 posts)
284. Seaford, Delaware in 1938 Dupont started construction on a nylon production
Sun Feb 13, 2022, 08:09 AM
Feb 2022

plant that could produce up to 12 million pounds of the synthetic fiber a year.

GoneOffShore

(17,337 posts)
285. Yes. However the Dupont Experimental Station was upstate in Wilmington.
Sun Feb 13, 2022, 08:13 AM
Feb 2022

Of course, Delaware being only 90 miles long, and maybe 40 miles at the widest point, you hit the target, but not the bullseye.

Emile

(22,505 posts)
287. New Jersey is famous for landfills and the Sopranos, but in Trenton
Sun Feb 13, 2022, 10:00 AM
Feb 2022

there is the famous Taylor's Ham and the original Pork Roll! Looks good too!
https://jerseyporkroll.com/

Emile

(22,505 posts)
291. Honolulu the state capital of Hawaii is on the island of Oahu
Mon Feb 14, 2022, 06:48 AM
Feb 2022

and the Waipuhia Falls in Oahu gets the name of upside down waterfall.

Hekate

(90,564 posts)
292. Right. The winds along the Pali, the cliffs, are so powerful they blow the falling water back...
Mon Feb 14, 2022, 12:52 PM
Feb 2022

…in that one area.

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