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nikimcbee 12-09-10 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by privateer (Post 1550874)
That looks like Provo, Utah.
:hmmm:

Curious how you knew it was provo:06:

Madox58 12-09-10 08:42 PM

I use to travel the U.S.A. doing flooring.
I've been to nearly every State.
And my memory for Land marks is very good.
:yep:

I could drive to Texas and end up at Neal's house.
But don't ask me how to get there.
I have to see things.

Platapus 12-09-10 08:45 PM

I spent three years at the best kept secret of the whole Air Force. Hill AFB, UT.

Nice place to live. Friendly people. Beautiful countryside.

It would not suck if I found myself back there.

Utah was the first place I ever saw Thunder and Lighting during a snow storm. Most interesting.

Sailor Steve 12-09-10 09:58 PM

I got out right after I turned 21. The sad state of the state wasn't the reason, and my family still lives there, but that's what happened.

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee
I thought most of CA moved to UT anyway?:hmmm:

We did.

And yes, that's the town named for Etienne Provost, but why anybody would live there is beyond me.

nikimcbee 12-09-10 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve (Post 1550928)
I got out right after I turned 21. The sad state of the state wasn't the reason, and my family still lives there, but that's what happened.


We did.

And yes, that's the town named for Etienne Provost, but why anybody would live there is beyond me.

:har:
Just watch out, south provo has an animal rendering plant!:o And I believe west provo has the gang problem:06:. All the rich people live on the east side (next to the mountain and on the fault line:o) Great mountain biking if you're into that.

Sailor Steve 12-09-10 10:28 PM

Back in the '70s I saw a billboard that said "Come to Provo, the fun spot of Utah!"

Let's see. A college town, and the college is Brigham Young University. That's not the fun spot of anywhere. :dead:

nikimcbee 12-09-10 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve (Post 1550936)
Back in the '70s I saw a billboard that said "Come to Provo, the fun spot of Utah!"

Let's see. A college town, and the college is Brigham Young University. That's not the fun spot of anywhere. :dead:

:har:

Rockstar 12-09-10 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee (Post 1550884)
Curious how you knew it was provo:06:

click on the image source code

Platapus 12-10-10 07:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve (Post 1550936)
Back in the '70s I saw a billboard that said "Come to Provo, the fun spot of Utah!"

Let's see. A college town, and the college is Brigham Young University. That's not the fun spot of anywhere. :dead:


I take it you have never dated a co-ed from Brigham?

They can be a lotta fun once they are "off campus" :03:

Some of my more dog-like coworkers back then used to expound on the advantages of traveling to Provo bypassing the more secular schools in the more local area.

Ahh them were the days. Getting old sucks. :shifty:

Sailor Steve 12-10-10 11:58 AM

What's the difference between a BYU coed and a garbage can?
The garbage can gets taken out once a week.

Yes, it's possible to find some fun in Provo, but it's hardly what you could call a party town.

yubba 12-10-10 02:51 PM

Try spending time in Califonia's sister state New York , god it blows here.

nikimcbee 12-10-10 03:48 PM

@ Duc
So when you get around to moving there, give me a buzz and we can do lunch. I have family in the area, but I haven't been there in years. I am good on my word for lunch.:D

nikimcbee 12-10-10 03:50 PM

plus, I love to hear funny UT stories:woot:. (or better , ID stories):har:

AVGWarhawk 12-10-10 04:15 PM

The grass is not always greener on the other side. When it is greener it is often also filled with manure hence the nice shade of green.

I think CA is the last place I would want to live. No wait, AK would be the last. The cold would kill me plus I would have to watch the pesky Russians from my front porch. :stare:

nikimcbee 12-10-10 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk (Post 1551422)
The grass is not always greener on the other side. When it is greener it is often also filled with manure hence the nice shade of green.

I think CA is the last place I would want to live. No wait, AK would be the last. The cold would kill me plus I would have to watch the pesky Russians from my front porch. :stare:

In Soviet Alaska, the Russians watch you.:stare:

Sailor Steve 12-10-10 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee (Post 1551383)
I am good on my word for lunch.:D

:yep:

He really is.

Funny Utah story: Not so many years ago, when most establishments in the Salt Lake Valley still had hitching posts (A girlfriend and I once tied up her horses in front of a Taco Bell) we had a story in the newspaper about an incident in Magna, on the west side of the valley near the Oqquirh Mountains. It seems that two friends were drinking in a bar there, got drunk and got into a shouting match. Rather than coming to blows, one of the gents went outside, unhitched his friend's horse and "tried to sell it to a woman walking by on the sidewalk". The friend called the police, who of course had to arrest the offender. The next day the friend sobered up and decided not to press charges, but the Assistant District Attorney stayed up the whole night looking for something to charge him with, finally settling on "Attempting to sell property that did not belong to him."

You see, in 1985 "Horse Theft" was still punishable by hanging, and the ADA didn't want to risk it.

tater 12-10-10 04:58 PM

Can't really go wrong in the 4 corners, pretty in every direction.
:yep:

Armistead 12-10-10 05:13 PM

I love calling North Carolina Home, medium weather, mountains or beach, moderate overall. Only thing in common illegals are here in mass.

Madox58 12-10-10 05:34 PM

In my travels I really like the North Carolina/South Carolina border area
farthest inland.
And around the Raccoon Valley area in Tennessee.

Platapus 12-10-10 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by tater (Post 1551481)
Can't really go wrong in the 4 corners, pretty in every direction.
:yep:


Have you ever been to the Four Corners?


Probably not

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/blog/four-corners-off/

:D:D:D


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