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TakenEvent
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| Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 3:36 am
Post subject: Re: Why Minnesota? |
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"Raymond S. Wise" <mplsray@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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Richard R. Hershberger wrote:
Charles Riggs wrote:
On Sun, 6 Nov 2005 10:28:30 -0500, "TakenEvent"
lightbulbsnickety@chartermi.net> wrote:
Cell phone reception in Fargo, North Dakota is excellent -- in case
anyone
was thinking about visiting.
I would have thought that one of the primary virtues in visiting such
a place was to get away from mobile phones. Now you've taken that from
me, at least in the case of Fargo, North Dakota, formerly number one,
of course, on my list of towns I want to visit.
I was in Fargo last summer for a wedding. I didn't get to see much of
the town, but I didn't get the impression I was missing much. I drove
by the Fargodome, where the local university plays football. I find it
disappointing that they play in a dome. Sure, sub-zero temperatures
are routine, but this is North Dakota, where men are men! On the plus
side, the church had a nice organ and a spectacular bas-relief wall
with each brick individually sculpted.
Richard R. Hershberger
Did they have a skyway system, of the type we have in Minneapolis and
St. Paul, that is, a system of enclosed pedestrian bridges joining
downtown buildings at the second floor (aka "skyway level")?
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"Skyway" is a classic song by the Minneapolis band The Replacements.
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Tony Cooper
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| Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 4:26 am
Post subject: Re: Why Minnesota? |
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On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 20:20:56 GMT, "Maria Conlon"
<maria.c-b@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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threads "read" on a wholesale basis, as they say.
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Tip: If the name "Olcott" appears in the thread, mark it read.
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Charles Riggs
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| Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 8:06 am
Post subject: Re: Why Minnesota? |
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On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 15:35:13 -0500, "TakenEvent"
<lightbulbsnickety@chartermi.net> wrote:
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"Ross Howard" <gguiri@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 09:14:27 +0000, Charles Riggs <chriggs@éircom.net
wrought:
On 7 Nov 2005 10:33:23 -0800, "Richard R. Hershberger"
rrhersh@acme.com> wrote:
Charles Riggs wrote:
On Sun, 6 Nov 2005 10:28:30 -0500, "TakenEvent"
lightbulbsnickety@chartermi.net> wrote:
Cell phone reception in Fargo, North Dakota is excellent -- in case
anyone
was thinking about visiting.
I would have thought that one of the primary virtues in visiting such
a place was to get away from mobile phones. Now you've taken that from
me, at least in the case of Fargo, North Dakota, formerly number one,
of course, on my list of towns I want to visit.
I was in Fargo last summer for a wedding. I didn't get to see much of
the town, but I didn't get the impression I was missing much. I drove
by the Fargodome, where the local university plays football. I find it
disappointing that they play in a dome. Sure, sub-zero temperatures
are routine, but this is North Dakota, where men are men! On the plus
side, the church had a nice organ and a spectacular bas-relief wall
with each brick individually sculpted.
Bangor, Maine, where not only are the men men, so are the women, has
an excellent public library. That about covers Bangor, Maine should
anyone be interested.
Oy! It's where one of the best bootlegs of Bob Dylan's tragically
misguided n retrospect but sort of interesting at the time Rolling
Thunder Revue was recorded.
Also, it's mentioned in the lyrics of Roger Miller's "King of the Road" as
the destination.
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Do the lyrics make you want to go there?
Trailer for sale or rent
Rooms to let...fifty cents.
No phone, no pool, no pets
I ain't got no cigarettes
Ah, but..two hours of pushin' broom
Buys an eight by twelve four-bit room
I'm a man of means by no means
King of the road.
Third boxcar, midnight train
Destination...Bangor, Maine.
Old worn out clothes and shoes,
I don't pay no union dues,
I smoke old stogies I have found
Short, but not too big around
I'm a man of means by no means
King of the road.
I know every engineer on every train
All of their children, and all of their names
And every handout in every town
And every lock that ain't locked
When no one's around.
I sing,
Trailers for sale or rent
Rooms to let, fifty cents
No phone, no pool, no pets
I ain't got no cigarettes
Ah, but, two hours of pushin' broom
Buys an eight by twelve four-bit room
I'm a man of means by no means
King of the road.
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Charles Riggs
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theawsomekid
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Posts: 3
Location: sumwhere
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| Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:51 pm
Post subject: Re: Why Minnesota? |
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[quote="Bob"]On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 13:30:39 +0000, JF wrote:
[quote]X-No-Archive: yes
I was sent a joke this morning that depends on misunderstood English by
people from rural Minnesota. Are those from Minnesota the butt of such
jokes in America? In England the joke could be rejigged to make Irishmen
the fall (sic) guys.
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... clip the jokes (sic) ...
Those sound like jokes one college would make about a rival college.
The jokes can't be made generic since they depend not on a general
misunderstanding of English as a language but a confusion over accents
(and a presumed level of cluelessness). That is supposed to be a Swedish
accent the Minnesotans speak with. There is a large population of Sweedish
descent in the area.[/quote]
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for the third time
im goin to disagree
they are made to look like minnesotans do that
im minnesotan
and i dont do that
thats a steryo type
or it is jus a joke on the minnesotan accent
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