Guest Texas Small Arms 09 Report post Posted August 1, 2003 Waco......you are at UNT? Of course I went to Sam Houston State for a year. I left when I found out Billy Gunn got his degree from there. The prison didn't bother me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest stardust Report post Posted August 1, 2003 Good job, TSA. Yeah, I'm at UNT. I actually thought about going to Sam Houston for a while, but then decided not to for some reason or another, but don't really remember why. And I had no idea Billy Gunn had graduated from Sam Houston. Hmm. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Texas Small Arms 09 Report post Posted August 1, 2003 Sam is pretty much a commuter school. The campus is dead after Friday everyone goes home. Not to mention there is not much to do. The high point for most is going to the execution chamber and touring it. Some actually wanna get their pictures taken while laying on the table! Now I don't know about you, but I sure as fuck don't wanna lay on something someone died on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest stardust Report post Posted August 1, 2003 Yeah, I'm kinda inclined to agree with that whole not wanting to lie on the execution table sentiment. UNT is great on weekends. Hell, you walk across the street from the language building and there's a street full of bars, and on the weekends there's always live music somewhere in the area (whether it be in Denton or in Dallas). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest redbaron51 Report post Posted August 1, 2003 Port Colborne: Home of Ted "Teeder" Kennedy (Toronto Maple Leaf Foward/Cptain, won 4 stanley cups) part of the Wellend Canal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest cue_meanie Report post Posted August 1, 2003 Port Dover: -Hometown of Rob Blake whose brother was my grade 7 teacher. Other NHLer's include Rick Wamsley and Red Kelly -During the war of 1812 the regiment from Port Dover burned down the original White House -Perch - it sounds stupid but its true my town is famous for fish Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Kibagami Report post Posted August 1, 2003 St. Mary's County, Maryland, had the record for most bars per square mile in the 1997 Guiness Book of World Records. I live in hell. K. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Murmuring Beast 0 Report post Posted August 1, 2003 Murmuring Beast: I picked up a Queen's Park football shirt when I was there on holiday a few years back. Is it still the Irn Bru orange and blue strip? That is unspeakably cool. Yes they still wear it, I'm wearing it just now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Midnight Express83 Report post Posted August 1, 2003 I forgot a few other things... --Tough Enough 1 - filmed here. --My Wife and Kids - filmed here. --My job provided the WWF with the cage for Hell in a Cell 1. --Meter mail --City where Alex Kelly and Michael Skakle were both tried --Deathplace of Jackie Robertson --part of the county with the largest number of million dollar homes(even over Cali) --1435 East Main St, 06902(mecca of markdom) --One time, the home of Hulk Hogan and other wrestlers of the late 70s, early 80s. --Birthplace of "The Doctor of Style" Slick Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Insane Bump Machine Report post Posted August 1, 2003 I think that IBM has the COOLEST hometown of anyone here. That's alot of history in your hometown, you should be proud. Thank you, I love my hometown. I forgot to mention that my town has the biggest concentration of bars and restaurants in Germany, which is also a nice feat Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest lomasmoney Report post Posted August 2, 2003 Riverview, Mi Boyhood home of Michigan football coach Lloyd Carr Kevin Nash coached girls basketball here in the mid 80's and is still friends with my 10th grade history teacher 2 state football titles and 2 runners up home of the this year's Miss Teen Michigan home of at least 1 sex scandal involving teachers and students the last 3 years running Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest treble charged Report post Posted August 3, 2003 I forgot about this originally. My town had the first railway tunnel in Canadian history, even though it isn't in use anymore. They just put a new sign up, too: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MaxPower27 Report post Posted August 3, 2003 Can't they get a pole for the sign? It's being held up by some oaf with a goofy shirt Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest treble charged Report post Posted August 3, 2003 Can't they get a pole for the sign? It's being held up by some oaf with a goofy shirt The face of Gerry Blain of Burchell Fencing is hidden behind downtown Brockville's newest sign, indicating the way to one of the city's historical attractions. Blain helped erect the sign on the south side of Water Street. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DerangedHermit Report post Posted August 5, 2003 (edited) Bellport, NY is famous for: - Randy Smith: the former record-holder of consecutive games played in the NBA until A.C. Green broke his record in '97. - E.B. White spent several summers in the village as a kid. - Neal Heaton, former baseball pitcher, lives in the school district - Grucci fireworks. (Most of the Grucci family lives in Bellport Village, although the headquarters are now in Yaphank, I believe.) - Jennifer Connolly's mom used to own a house here. - Also, some guy invented ball bearings here: "Working in his woodshop one day in 1866, Bellport carpenter Oliver Perry Robinson accidentally discovered that tiny steel balls of buckshot made a board move easily across a flat surface. He patented the idea, later known as ball bearings." Edited August 6, 2003 by DerangedHermit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest T_Hunt Report post Posted August 5, 2003 I was Born in Mineapolis which: Birth place of Prince ( ) The Twins,Timberwolves, Vikings Birht place of Curt Henning,Sean Waltman a few other wrestler I live in Brooklyn Park,suburb of Minneapolis,which is famous for: Where Averman said he lived in Mighty Ducks 2 Thats about it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Bosstones Fan Report post Posted August 5, 2003 --Famous people: Steve Martin, Shannon Elizabeth, Anna Nicole Smith, and the one person just about everybody in Waco adores--Pat fucking Green (woohoo!) I thought Pat Green was from Lubbock. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vern Gagne Report post Posted August 5, 2003 White Bear Lake is where the two prostiutes in Fargo went to high school. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest kingkamala Report post Posted August 5, 2003 I'm from Portland, Maine. Birthplace of Liv Tyler and JUDD FUCKING NELSON. Hometown of 70's super groupie (And Liv Tyler's mom) Bebe Buell. Bebe Buell was also the inspiration for Penny Lane in Almost Famous. My dad played in a band with her in the mid 80's. WWF had it's first ladder match in the ugly and very generic Cumberland County Civic Center. John Travolta, Kirstie Alley, Willem Defoe and Steven Tyler all own camps within a few hours of here. Near LL Bean headquarters in Freeport. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DawnBTVS Report post Posted August 6, 2003 Sudbury, MA -Babe Ruth grew up around here(Can't remember the street name) -Have a very heated rivalry with fellow school, Acton, Boxborough(Our fans got in a brawl with them last year at a high school football game here in Sudbury at our LS High School(Lincoln-Sudbury Regional HS) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest stardust Report post Posted August 6, 2003 --Famous people: Steve Martin, Shannon Elizabeth, Anna Nicole Smith, and the one person just about everybody in Waco adores--Pat fucking Green (woohoo!) I thought Pat Green was from Lubbock. Nope, Waco native. Graduated from high school here in Waco, his wife and child still live here, as does his brother. You know the song "George's Bar?" It's written about a bar here in Waco, three blocks from my parents' house to be exact. I think he might have gone to Texas Tech, though, which is in Lubbock. Don't quote me on that one, though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest CoreyLazarus416 Report post Posted August 6, 2003 1. The nation's first public library is found right here in Franklin, MA. And, in that library, are about 35 of Benjamin Franklin's books. 2. Being the hometown of TSM poster, and Metal God, Corey F'N Lazarus. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vitamin X Report post Posted August 6, 2003 Well, regardless of the fact I'm in Miami now, I've only been here for 5-6 months and am returning to my real hometown of Valencia, CA which is within the area of: Santa Clarita Valley (encompassing Valencia, Newhall, Saugus, and Canyon Country, California) *Hometown of former NWA/WCW Wrestler Sting *Home to UCLA's now starting backfield and starting linebackers (Manuel White, Jr. who I played with in high school, Ray Cassaday, and Pat Norton, Jr.) *Home to professional athletes Todd Zeile in baseball and recently Kyle Boller in football. I played against Boller in high school and am proud to have gotten a hit on him in a scrimmage now. *Home of Six Flags Magic Mountain, which is now the recordholder for most rollercoasters in a theme park-constantly competing with Cedar Point *Marilyn Manson's parents live over in the Newhall area. Ironically one of the poorest sections of town *Newhall was founded in the 1800's and was one of the first frontier gold mining towns in Southern California, leading of course to a lot of old west cowboys and indians type shoot em ups and history. *Due to its western heritage (home of actor William S Hart), it is/was a huge location for numerous movie and TV spots. Still to this day, I just recently saw the West Wing (from NBC) crew over at my local college as recently as February, and I remember the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers frequently being filmed in the canyons and forests around the area. *Speaking of which the Green Power Ranger is also from the Santa Clarita area *A little less than a year ago we made national headlines when a guy over in Stevenson Ranch (also a part of Santa Clarita next to Valencia) refused to give in to the FBI and the house was then torched and gassed so the guy would come out, but the guy instead shot and killed 2 officers and himself. In the middle of an upper class suburban neighborhood. *Home to a good number of up and coming punk and rock bands, of course which people here haven't heard of, but are all over the place and have recording deals and everything. *Known as the 3rd in the nation in alcohol abuse among teenagers (kids aged 13-19, or 14-21 I forget), and 1st in drug abuse. Again, despite being in a relatively low crime suburban area. That's my town for ya. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest kingkamala Report post Posted August 6, 2003 I forgot to add that a famous record engineer has his studio in here. So Paul Simon, Eric Clapton and Megadeth (An ecclectic list) amongst others have mixed their albums here. Rumor has it Guns N Roses are mixing Chinese Democracy right here today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest godthedog Report post Posted August 6, 2003 augusta, georgia home of the masters home of james brown and hulk hogan's birthplace, i believe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
