What's it like where you live?
Aug 17, 2017 14:55:38 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2017 14:55:38 GMT -5
What's it like where you live? I'm from the Northeast, but it seems like there are a lot of people in the Mid-west/North-west and in other countries. So, what's it like? Any Floridians?
For us semi-up here, we get snowed in most winters. You need a coat by fall and sometimes into April (I was born when there was snow on the ground). I grew up not far from the coast, and visited two very different parts of my home-state. The coast, where my Grandfather (We call him Gumpsie) and my Grandmother live. My aunt works on a old schooner that ferries people around and whatnot, and if I ever ventured I would have found a old wooden boat shipyard (Which was repairing the Mayflower II last year). The other part was the countryside, where my other Grandmother (Baba, we call her) and some friends lived. It is honestly the most beautiful place on earth, especially in Summer and Fall. Then, there's Winter.
I live by a lake, so there is ice skating in winter. No one's super hardcore about it, but some years we get so much snow it's not safe to go on the ice. (Or you flat out can't get outside, it happened in The Great Nor'easter of 2015) Sledding is a big thing to, but I live in a flat area. The only hill that presents even a mild challenge is a short one by a baseball filed. It gets cold too, and the past few years I've been outside a 6 in the morning to get on a (Often late) bus. It's not fun.
Don't mess around with New Englanders when playing hocky, though. Or Canadians, I have seen many a Canadian plate among the New Hampshire, NY, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island plates. A couple out of place Floridians, one or two from the Mid-West, and I think two from Alaska.
In the summer, the mosquitos will eat you alive. These are like European vampires. (New England vamps are scarier, they don't need to get out of the coffin) And don't use a low-slung car, the roads are riddled with potholes. I've been places where it never gets that cold, and it was amazing how smooth the road was! It wasn't covered in cracks and tar lines, it was perfect!
I also live beneath a flight path. And in front of railroad tracks. It's not quiet, but it's hard to sleep without it.
And don't forget about the seafood! The shrimp alone is to die for, and my Dad was a fry cook when he was a teenager. Best one in his town! My Mom says that living near farms is great at every time but spring, that's when the people who own cows make a fortune off fertilizer. There are old stone you-name-it's everywhere. There is a stone marker for the town border on my walking route, and there are stone walls everywhere. Oh, and the firehydrents have fiberglass sticks so the snowplows don't run them over. Yha, we are very winter-centric up here.
I have been to Salem, Boston, Maine, Providence, Heartford was a disappointment, New York, Washington D.C., and Gettysburg, as well as Monacacy and Orlando. And the furthest west I have ever been was the airport in Detroit, and as Baba says, "Hanging in the airport of a city dose not count as visiting a place." Speaking of, she's in Jordan teaching. Yha, she's in her 70's too. She once went to a riot like it was tourist attraction. In short, Baba is amazing. All hail Baba.
Boston is not to be messed with, don't let NYC say that it's not a real story. It is, and whoa boy are they tough. Irish spirit lads and lassies. I've been to a Irish pub in Boston, the Black Rose. It's not a actual actual pub, but it's close. Baba approved, and she's been to Ireland.
Don't make a Navy or seafaring joke in New England either.
A insider tip: Check out the Albacore, not the Nautalis. And Mystic Aquarium is better the the one in Boston, by soooooo much. My Uncle Timmy once worked there, and he fed a shark without the chainmail glove once. (Yes, he still has both arms. Baba would have killed him otherwise, as would my aunt Kelly)
So, that's New England's weather and spirit! What's it like for you guys?
For us semi-up here, we get snowed in most winters. You need a coat by fall and sometimes into April (I was born when there was snow on the ground). I grew up not far from the coast, and visited two very different parts of my home-state. The coast, where my Grandfather (We call him Gumpsie) and my Grandmother live. My aunt works on a old schooner that ferries people around and whatnot, and if I ever ventured I would have found a old wooden boat shipyard (Which was repairing the Mayflower II last year). The other part was the countryside, where my other Grandmother (Baba, we call her) and some friends lived. It is honestly the most beautiful place on earth, especially in Summer and Fall. Then, there's Winter.
I live by a lake, so there is ice skating in winter. No one's super hardcore about it, but some years we get so much snow it's not safe to go on the ice. (Or you flat out can't get outside, it happened in The Great Nor'easter of 2015) Sledding is a big thing to, but I live in a flat area. The only hill that presents even a mild challenge is a short one by a baseball filed. It gets cold too, and the past few years I've been outside a 6 in the morning to get on a (Often late) bus. It's not fun.
Don't mess around with New Englanders when playing hocky, though. Or Canadians, I have seen many a Canadian plate among the New Hampshire, NY, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island plates. A couple out of place Floridians, one or two from the Mid-West, and I think two from Alaska.
In the summer, the mosquitos will eat you alive. These are like European vampires. (New England vamps are scarier, they don't need to get out of the coffin) And don't use a low-slung car, the roads are riddled with potholes. I've been places where it never gets that cold, and it was amazing how smooth the road was! It wasn't covered in cracks and tar lines, it was perfect!
I also live beneath a flight path. And in front of railroad tracks. It's not quiet, but it's hard to sleep without it.
And don't forget about the seafood! The shrimp alone is to die for, and my Dad was a fry cook when he was a teenager. Best one in his town! My Mom says that living near farms is great at every time but spring, that's when the people who own cows make a fortune off fertilizer. There are old stone you-name-it's everywhere. There is a stone marker for the town border on my walking route, and there are stone walls everywhere. Oh, and the firehydrents have fiberglass sticks so the snowplows don't run them over. Yha, we are very winter-centric up here.
I have been to Salem, Boston, Maine, Providence, Heartford was a disappointment, New York, Washington D.C., and Gettysburg, as well as Monacacy and Orlando. And the furthest west I have ever been was the airport in Detroit, and as Baba says, "Hanging in the airport of a city dose not count as visiting a place." Speaking of, she's in Jordan teaching. Yha, she's in her 70's too. She once went to a riot like it was tourist attraction. In short, Baba is amazing. All hail Baba.
Boston is not to be messed with, don't let NYC say that it's not a real story. It is, and whoa boy are they tough. Irish spirit lads and lassies. I've been to a Irish pub in Boston, the Black Rose. It's not a actual actual pub, but it's close. Baba approved, and she's been to Ireland.
Don't make a Navy or seafaring joke in New England either.
A insider tip: Check out the Albacore, not the Nautalis. And Mystic Aquarium is better the the one in Boston, by soooooo much. My Uncle Timmy once worked there, and he fed a shark without the chainmail glove once. (Yes, he still has both arms. Baba would have killed him otherwise, as would my aunt Kelly)
So, that's New England's weather and spirit! What's it like for you guys?