Comments on: People don’t know jack about TC

By: l_lynn_mn

l_lynn_mn — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:40:31 +0000

When the bridge collapsed, a lot of online friends at a message board asked if I was ok. I told them all was well, and then they of course had to add in “I didn’t think there were bridges that big in Minnesota!”

By: another random lurker

another random lurker — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:22:51 +0000

86% 36 mile average, 411 seconds

By: Random Lurker

Random Lurker — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:24:54 +0000

94%, 6 mile avg., 314 seconds

And I got West Virginia right off the bat, only 38 miles off with no borders to match it with.

By: mb21

mb21 — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:59:05 +0000

Are we cousins?

Oddly enough I discovered I do have a cousin out here completely by random at a Starbucks 3 years ago.

By: ericam

ericam — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:04:42 +0000

What??? You live in MICHIGAN. Not that different Aunt Sandy.

Are we cousins? Never mind, couldn't be. I don't actually talk to my Aunt Sandy on the phone.

It is a lot colder here for a sustained period of time in the middle of the winter. Maybe it depends on what part of Michigan is your reference point. I'd imagine folks from Houghton would respond differently than folks from Detroit.

I've found it makes a difference if I say "I'm from Minneapolis" vs "I'm from Minnesota." I haven't gotten nearly the number of clueless questions y'all seem to have gotten, but I usually answer the "Are there any black people in Minnesota?" question with a no.

By: noodleman

noodleman — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:02:42 +0000

94% with a 6-mile avg. error in 352 seconds. (Hey, I was at work.)

By: chuck

chuck — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:39:55 +0000

Non-air travel around the country (and beyond) sure helps you know the geography and the peoples – if you make the effort.

We get funny cruise photos from Lori’s parents that all look the same. On the back it says “Guatemala” or “Bahamas” but they’re the same photos: Mom’s smiling head, a palm tree, and a huge ship. Or – mom’s smiling head, a bunch of old white people in sunglasses, in a sanctioned tourist village.

Most of us are a little ignorant to some degree, but what’s unfortunate is people consciously choosing to live in a monochromatic bubble.

By: champs

champs — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:49:38 +0000

Just to dovetail between swimming in an outdoor pool and SXSW, I was one of about three people to make their way out for a sunset swim in Barton Springs pool yesterday. It was fun for about a quarter lap, but:

A) The water is warmish, but not a hot tub.
B) With weather not unlike ours in May, the pleasantness eventually gives way to numbness.
C) I'm not a very good swimmer.

By: The Rat

The Rat — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:24:38 +0000

"I don't know jack about the cities in Ohio or New Jersey."

You don't listen to Springsteen?

"My sweet cherry, I'm sinkin' down/here darlin' in Youngstown."

"New Jersey in the mornin' like a lunar landscape."

By: NY Lurker

NY Lurker — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:15:03 +0000

Hey guys – hate to say it, but moving here from NY I’ve gotten the same kind of misinformed comments that I once made about your fine cities prior to moving here. So maybe it’s universal, huh?