WhiteWulfe Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 1 hour ago, Crowley said: Question for September 3: What is something the place that's you're from (originally, currently, or something in between) is known for? Is it fair/accurate? Some giant tourist trap thing, where they've sadly renamed the Santa Maria to "The Ship", and Mouse Corp forced them to rename the amusement park from Fantasyland to Galaxyland... Sadly most of the really good amusement rides that were in it are long gone (Galaxy Twister, Disco Dynamo, Drop of Doom, Orbiter, etc), and we've even lost some of my favourite slides in NORTH America's largest indoor water park too (I really loved the old tube ride, but yeah, it was problematic for maintenance and staffing, as well as apparently injuries). For those that don't know what I'm referring to, it's West Edmonton Mall. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttuckerman Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 1 hour ago, Crowley said: Question for September 3: What is something the place that's you're from (originally, currently, or something in between) is known for? Is it fair/accurate? That a Colonial scout jumped a river and ran to a lake where he cut a cattail to use as a snorkel and hid under water from Indians. Only Captain Brady knows but the river was awfully wide when I was growing up at Brady's Leap. Also was Ohio's Largest Spiritualist Camp. Since it was the only, yes it was accurate. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thoramel Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 23 hours ago, Crowley said: Question for September 2: What was the last artist* you directly financially supported? And what did you pay for? *painter, sculptor, musician, author... Feel free to define artist however you wish. Buying from Reaper (for example) doesn't count as directly. I was thinking it was probably some random artist at a festival or something before the pandemic, but my wife tells me we've been supporting a ukele instructor and a water painting instructor on Patreon for the last few months. So them, though I don't know their names and have never seen their content. 1 hour ago, Crowley said: Question for September 3: What is something the place that's you're from (originally, currently, or something in between) is known for? Is it fair/accurate? One of the little towns I lived in growing up had the rather dubious moniker of "The Atomic City" for a short while in the 60's. There's actually a bunch of places around the country with that name, but this place actually had fissionable material at one point. This was because it was the location of the first municipal nuclear power plant. The project was ultimately a failure due to some early design flaws with stuff like coolant and sticking rods and was shut down after a year and never restarted. People used to still talk about it when I was a kid, but I think it's far enough in the past that no one really remembers it any more. For a while it was also known for a pioneer days type of festival, but that folded years ago. Now the town is just known for meth and a factory that makes child safety furniture (not a good combo). Supposedly the rods were trucked away. But the site is still slightly radioactive and in something like 90 years it should have cooled down enough for the city to buy it back from the DOE. At least I'm hoping that's it's only slightly radioactive because there's no fence or anything around it and I used to hang out behind it with my hooligan friends as a teenager and drink beer. Might explain some things. 1 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManvsMini Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 2 hours ago, Crowley said: Question for September 3: What is something the place that's you're from (originally, currently, or something in between) is known for? Is it fair/accurate? We're the highest point in the state (by elevation, not by recreational drug-use... though our city webpage doesn't specifically say "by elevation", hmmm...). 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zink Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 3 hours ago, Crowley said: Question for September 3: What is something the place that's you're from (originally, currently, or something in between) is known for? Is it fair/accurate? Being flat with nothing but fields. Not really accurate. We don't have mountains but the 200m/600+ foot high hills around here kind of prove that it isn't. But considering that my province is larger than any european country except Russia you kind of expect some variety. But most visitors only travel the #1 highway and it's roughly 600km from border to border with only a few hills along the way. The north is forest and lakes but not many people go up there. Lots of hills if you look a little. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicalFeline Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 4 hours ago, Crowley said: Question for September 3: What is something the place that's you're from (originally, currently, or something in between) is known for? Is it fair/accurate? Literally all of the Midwest is known for corn. I can attest to the truth of that statement. 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VitM Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 11 minutes ago, MusicalFeline said: Literally all of the Midwest is known for corn. I can attest to the truth of that statement. Casually related to this, I was trying to explain what states fell into which U.S. regions (such as the "Midwest") to my wife. My first explanation went something like: The South is mostly the traitor states, the Northeast is geographically accurate, the Midwest is all the states that grow corn, and the West is everything else. That didn't help much, so then I had to start listing states by name. Her first reaction to all of it was "How in the elf is Ohio considered a midwestern state?" (Presumably because the Midwest pulled the short straw in a contest with the Northeast and the South.) 4 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 4 hours ago, Crowley said: Question for September 3: What is something the place that's you're from (originally, currently, or something in between) is known for? Is it fair/accurate? Grew up in "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"s" neighborhood, and yes, sadly, it's reputation is accurate for crime and corruption. 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadgersinMeadows Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 4 hours ago, Crowley said: Question for September 3: What is something the place that's you're from (originally, currently, or something in between) is known for? Is it fair/accurate? Buying chewing gum is banned and also that there are a lot of fines. I haven't got any, so I'd say I'm... fine. 😬 5 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezler the Polychromatic Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 4 hours ago, Crowley said: Question for September 3: What is something the place that's you're from (originally, currently, or something in between) is known for? Is it fair/accurate? The city that I went to school at was named after the middle name of the president of the Grand Trunk Railway, who built a transcontinental railroad within the borders of Canada and died on the Titanic. Now you all get to do research on who I'm talking about and what the nickname is for the city that I'm referring to. 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparrowMarie Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 On 9/2/2021 at 6:39 AM, Crowley said: Question for September 2: What was the last artist* you directly financially supported? And what did you pay for? *painter, sculptor, musician, author... Feel free to define artist however you wish. Buying from Reaper (for example) doesn't count as directly. I haven't gotten it yet, I go in on the 11th, but I've put the deposit down for my next tattoos. 6 hours ago, Crowley said: Question for September 3: What is something the place that's you're from (originally, currently, or something in between) is known for? Is it fair/accurate? Apples. I assume it is a fair assessment. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zink Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 4 hours ago, Pezler the Polychromatic said: The city that I went to school at was named after the middle name of the president of the Grand Trunk Railway, who built a transcontinental railroad within the borders of Canada and died on the Titanic. Now you all get to do research on who I'm talking about and what the nickname is for the city that I'm referring to. That was actually much easier to find than I thought it might be. But even though it's not an area I've been to often I know the names of a lot of towns so recognised it quick enough. Driven through there a handful of times. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paintybeard Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 (edited) On 9/3/2021 at 12:34 PM, Crowley said: Question for September 3: What is something the place that's you're from (originally, currently, or something in between) is known for? Is it fair/accurate? The suburb I spent my childhood in has a very little-known royal palace. When I was young it was almost derelict and had, in living memory, been used as a cow-barn! It had a beautiful hammer-beam roof and ta called "The Tiltyard" where you could still see the original jousting rail. Anyone interested google: Royal Eltham Palace 20 hours ago, BadgersinMeadows said: Buying chewing gum is banned and also that there are a lot of fines. I haven't got any, so I'd say I'm... fine. 😬 I've 'got that T-shirt! Edited September 4, 2021 by paintybeard 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crowley Posted September 4, 2021 Author Share Posted September 4, 2021 Question/Quest for September 4 & 5: You have your own personal chef for the weekend. What are they making for you? Share a picture of some food you're actually having! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Khan Artist Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 20 minutes ago, Crowley said: Question/Quest for September 4 & 5: You have your own personal chef for the weekend. What are they making for you? Share a picture of some food you're actually having! Well, I actually do have my own personal chef for the weekend, and I'm not even at RCon. My dad is smoking a roast on Davey, his wood chip smoker. We're having baked potatoes with all the fixings and veggies of some sort from the garden. I don't know what's for dinner Sunday, we have to take the dock out, which is an awful task, so it had better be steak or ribs! 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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