whiskeytown,

[Schneids]

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You guys are all morons, [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] Minnesota.

The cold sucks but it's not as if you guys on the east coast don't get snow and cold weather and [censored] too. The past few years the east coast has definitely had worse winters than MN.

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What, there's only one coast now? And one latitude?

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I just hate the haters who haven't actually lived here and spent considerable time in the state.

If I was better with google I would pull up polls about standard of living/happiness/education systems/population intelligence/liveability and you would see MN is at the tops in all of them. I encourage someone to try to find anything to refute this claim because if you try to you'll fail.

[jokerthief]

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You guys are all morons, [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] Minnesota.

The cold sucks but it's not as if you guys on the east coast don't get snow and cold weather and [censored] too. The past few years the east coast has definitely had worse winters than MN.

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What, there's only one coast now? And one latitude?

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I just hate the haters who haven't actually lived here and spent considerable time in the state.

If I was better with google I would pull up polls about standard of living/happiness/education systems/population intelligence/liveability and you would see MN is at the tops in all of them. I encourage someone to try to find anything to refute this claim because if you try to you'll fail.

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Don't forget Canterbury, a damn fine card room.

[benfranklin]

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If I was better with google I would pull up polls about standard of living/happiness/education systems/population intelligence/liveability and you would see MN is at the tops in all of them. I encourage someone to try to find anything to refute this claim because if you try to you'll fail.

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A place is what you make of it. It's what you do and who you know, and what is important to you. The Twin Cities rank high on all of those things, but that matters little if those things are not important to you.

Minnesota weather is a matter of personal preference. Winters can be dreary, but activities like skiing, hiking, etc., can counteract it.

I live here for business reasons, and would rather not. I moved here from Iowa, which I found much more livable. I don't like it here because of the congestion, traffic, inadequate roads, high taxes, restrictive government, etc. Education, cultural attractions, live major league sports and such mean little to me. (On the plus side, the Vikings amuse me rather than making me suicidal.)

In an era of internet access, satellite TV, online shopping, etc., you can live anywhere without being isolated and deprived. I would rather live in rural Minnesota than in the Cities, and would rather live in the west (think mountains) than in the midwest. No one could pay me enough to live on either coast.

[BigBaitsim (milo)]

A year ago, the wife and sold our house, closed successful practices and moved to MN without jobs, because this is where we wanted to raise our kids.

I've lived in DC, Southern VA, and Florida. MN is by far the best place I've ever lived (although it does get a bit nippy).

[whiskeytown]

ah come on, guys....it ain't that bad, is it? [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

One joke post about Bollywood before bed, one post that was as childish as a frat joke - (which I didn't know Astroglide even deleted - about 5% of my posts get lost when I forget to hit post after previewing) - and my hatred for all things Creed should be shared by all with a brain. I thought the Bollywood one was funny enough to crosspost on my blog -

I do that a lot - I see something and it inspires me into an obsessive research of that topic and I'll lob it onto OOT for input - In the case of vaporizers and Hong Kong cinema, that reaped positive rewards - it may not do so in the case of Bollywood, and it didn't in the case of Jazz. No biggie - find something else to do.

How this turned into a group intervention or concern for my well being is touching and all - but read my other posts - I'm writing some of the best stuff of my life the past month - meanwhile I have actually left OOT alone more and loitered more where I have wanted to pick up more knowledge, in the MTT forums. I'm also smacking down right wing bitches in the politics forum and writing pathetic defenses of Christianity in the science/math/philosophy forums. You guys just read the OOT stuff - the quirky thoughts that fall like water and you chuck them at the ceiling and see if they stick like cooked spaghetti. Except we're not making spaghetti - we're making pizza.

Life without booze has made me more prolific by far, but as was the case in grade school and high school, the trick is to see how far you can push up the envelope without upsetting the sensibilies of the mainstream. Byron and Shelley would mock such a mindset, but then, I didn't think OOT had any sensibilities to offend - apparently I crossed the line with Bollywood. (There's a line you don't read every day)

My train of thought has been screwy lately. Last night I was taking the usual train from A to B when the train veered off into a swamp where I knew there was no tracks. But as I waited for the inevitable crash and burn, I was surprised to see the train still heading full steam. It seemed imprudent to jump the train if it wasn't crashing. It still seems wrong. Perhaps the sound of a different drummer that I hear will be too much for OOT in time, but I see no reason to ignore it because someone doesn't like my avatar or my last post of the day.

I am picking up certain character traits which are family related - I suspect we share the same brain chemistry. That sort of [censored] makes me thing I should never have kids - let that particular strain of mental derangement die without an heir. The men of my family seem to live under the cloud that our deaths will be violent and public, and we're probably a bit touchier in public places, even online.

but no biggie - nothing to stick my name into a thread about.

Perhaps my biggest mistake was in not doing what everyone else did. The standard OOT is to create gimmick accounts for the really asinine stuff - perhaps I should have done that - [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] -

I'm not going to reply to any more posts in this thread. I have a minor disagreement with a couple of them and I will be ignoring those who posted the comments, but otherwise, I have no desire to participate in this one - the PM box has been thinned out a bit, so feel free to rag on me in there or via email.

I am gonna take some time off - not leaving for good - (don't ban me for saying that, goddamnit) - I'm just gonna take a few days off from OOT. Post in the blog anything I would feel like posting in OOT and sticking to tourneys and politics and all the wonders of Sklansky redefining faith.

I'll check in with OOT again after the weekend. I should be out of weed by Monday. - LOL - not that I smoked it yesterday at any time except before the Bollywood post - all that derangement is 100% natural and is available at your nearest Whole Foods.

RB

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If that post isnt proof that regular use of weed isnt good for your brain, than nothing is. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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WT, I think we all resapect that your are intelligent and cultured enough to live a reasonable life. But even your posts that don't come off as whining come off as whining like your post about HDTV's and stuff just tell me thatv all you want to do is lock yourself up in yoru apartment andw watch tv/movies while hitting the bong and avoiding human contact.

I believe you have personal issues to be resolved, but we all believe living in cold as [censored] Minnesota certainly isn't helping. Do you have personal family or friend connectioons that keep you there?