aku-chan Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 3 hours ago, Werkrobotwerk said: June 16, Tell us something interesting about where you live. Town, city, county, state or country be as specific as you'd like. Supposedly my town is one of the oldest, continuously inhabited settlements in Europe. No idea if that's actually true or not though. 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 52 minutes ago, aku-chan said: Supposedly my town is one of the oldest, continuously inhabited settlements in Europe. No idea if that's actually true or not though. What town is that? Sounds fascinating. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zink Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 4 hours ago, Werkrobotwerk said: June 16, Tell us something interesting about where you live. Town, city, county, state or country be as specific as you'd like. While Saskatchewan is famous for being perfectly flat it isn't. We've got a lot of areas of beautiful, big hills including where I live. It's just that our cities where there are the most visitors and people living are on the flats. 7 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezler the Polychromatic Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 5 hours ago, Werkrobotwerk said: June 16, Tell us something interesting about where you live. Town, city, county, state or country be as specific as you'd like. The canola crushing plants located northwest of the city makes the place occasionally smell like farts. 3 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylverthorne Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 6 hours ago, Werkrobotwerk said: June 16, Tell us something interesting about where you live. Town, city, county, state or country be as specific as you'd like. Amongst other things, my state is known for its temperate rainforests. And I live near enough to one for a visit to be a day trip, if I were so inclined. 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManvsMini Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 6 hours ago, Werkrobotwerk said: June 16, Tell us something interesting about where you live. Town, city, county, state or country be as specific as you'd like. My state has had seven US presidents born in it (2nd to Virginia). However, it also seems to have the highest number of presidents elected (not necessarily born here) from it die in office (4 out of the 8 to pass in office). 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aku-chan Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 2 hours ago, Corsair said: What town is that? Sounds fascinating. Ipswich (The one in England). There's definitely been something here since Roman times, it's before that you enter dubious boasting territory. 7 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicalFeline Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 On 6/15/2021 at 8:10 AM, Werkrobotwerk said: June 15 Half way through the month! Got any half finished projects? I have two, one I started during Christmas break that I never was able to get into, and then the mini I've been painting recently. 7 hours ago, Werkrobotwerk said: June 16, Tell us something interesting about where you live. Town, city, county, state or country be as specific as you'd like. Uh... my average midwestern town is super boring... Uh... my average midwestern state is pretty boring... Uh... Lemme do a quick Google search... We somehow have more shoreline than Florida, which doesn't seem possible, but that's what Dr. Google says. So that's something. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranky Dog Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 4 hours ago, aku-chan said: Supposedly my town is one of the oldest, continuously inhabited settlements in Europe. No idea if that's actually true or not though. 36 minutes ago, aku-chan said: Ipswich (The one in England). There's definitely been something here since Roman times, it's before that you enter dubious boasting territory. Considering the amount of settlements that existed since antiquity and are still around, the title of "oldest" and "continuously inhabited" must have a lot of contenders. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iridil Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 7 hours ago, Werkrobotwerk said: June 16, Tell us something interesting about where you live. Town, city, county, state or country be as specific as you'd like. It's known for the univeristy and the free speech movement, but the most interesting thing to me is the hundreds of paths and stairs hidden in the hills, some leading to really nice spots. wish I had more time to explore them 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inarah Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 8 hours ago, Werkrobotwerk said: June 16, Tell us something interesting about where you live. Town, city, county, state or country be as specific as you'd like. We're flatter than a pancake. http://www.usu.edu/geo/geomorph/kansas.html 1 hour ago, aku-chan said: Ipswich (The one in England). There's definitely been something here since Roman times, it's before that you enter dubious boasting territory. What I've seen of British archaeology is you can't swing a cat in England without hitting something Roman, and much of that was built on top of something Iron Age or older. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illithar Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 9 hours ago, Werkrobotwerk said: June 16, Tell us something interesting about where you live. Town, city, county, state or country be as specific as you'd like. My state is home to the largest National Forest in the US: The Tongass National Forest. It is also the largest rainforest in the US. Quite a few state and local businesses use it in their name. Text-to-speech systems have a fun time with the name... 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttuckerman Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 10 hours ago, Werkrobotwerk said: June 16, Tell us something interesting about where you live. Town, city, county, state or country be as specific as you'd like. The County I live in means Crooked River. The Crooked River River (Cuyahoga River) lives up to the name. It flows into the lake from the south. It's headwaters is north of it's mouth. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratsmitglied Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 10 hours ago, Werkrobotwerk said: June 16, Tell us something interesting about where you live. Town, city, county, state or country be as specific as you'd like. There is absolutely nothing interesting about where I live Except for the Kangaroos in the back yard 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Chaoswolf Posted June 16, 2021 Moderator Share Posted June 16, 2021 10 hours ago, Werkrobotwerk said: June 16, Tell us something interesting about where you live. Town, city, county, state or country be as specific as you'd like. I haven't been here in Texas long enough to know anything without cheating and using Google. It's HOT! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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