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***IronParrot*** · 10-15-2002, 08:33 PM

After I'm finished my education, whenever that is (I don't know how many degrees I'm taking in how many different fields before I decide to stop and actually work) I've narrowed it down to Boston, Seattle, or the San Francisco Bay area.

Advantages:
- I'll be by the sea
- Pretty cities (hey, that rhymes... sort of)
- No more thirty-below winters

Disadvantages:
- I can't read Fahrenheit...
- I have a very limited grasp of that weird Imperial system (Not that it'll apply to me)
- I'll need to learn how your whole government system works

I'd move to England, but they get most movies later than North America. For me, that's a major consideration.

webwizard333 · 10-15-2002, 08:40 PM

As a Massachusetts resident, Iron Parrot, I would not advise living in Boston. There's a citywide construction project that's been going on for year and years (and will continue to go on for years and years) called the Big Dig. It's made transportation very difficult, so much is being torn up, while so many other things are going up that can't be used yet (Lenny P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge

). It's an overbloated, over budget, over schedule project that causes a great deal of frustration and problems for Boston residents.

Treebeard's apprentice · 10-15-2002, 11:52 PM

I love to travel, but I'm partial to Wisconsin, USA (mostly because this is where I was born & raised). Of course I'm living in the city right now studying in college, but I love the countryside. If you look you can find just the right balance where you can go out and be with nature, yet there is enough cities and towns nearby that have anything you need. The climate is variable, too, so it's not really hot or really cold all year round.

That is not to say that I wouldn't live somewhere else if the right opportunity arose. The North Pacific and New England areas have always appealed to me as nice places to live. I would settle for anywhere out in the country where life is slowed down and peaceful.

Cirdan · 10-16-2002, 05:23 AM

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Originally posted by entss89
im so with you cirdan all those places that you mentioned sound so relaxing and soft green grass! ummmmmmm grass!

Oh yeah, I like those gray havens and green grass

I used to like the tropical scene but it lacks the variation of the change of seasons.

Dunadan · 10-16-2002, 06:38 AM

I am jealous of those people (I know a few of them) who can straddle continents, living in, say Edinburgh April-Sept and Sydney Oct-Mar. The UK/Australia combo is ideal coz they drive on the correct side of the road, speak the right language (with some fantastic embellishments like "fair dinkum") and they have drive-through off licences.

However, I know I'd miss the relentless drizzle of a Scottish winter. Like Billy Connolly said "there's no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong clothes".

For the way of life, culture, food and people, though, Italy has it over everyone else. It's taken them 2500 years but they seem to have arrived at just the right approach to life. They take care over their food but aren't up themselves about it. They ignore customers in restaurants to watch the football on the telly, which is right and proper. They have a four-hour lunch break and they sing opera at midnight in the squares

Here in the UK (especially SE England) they still have delusions of grandeur from the empire. This can be quaint at times, but also a bit annoying. You can walk on roads which have been in continuous use for 5,000 years, though, which is cool.

Sween · 10-16-2002, 06:41 AM

England would the perfect country if we could just detach scotland and move it to the middle of the meditarian and we didnt work so much

Millane · 10-16-2002, 08:04 AM

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Actually, I think I would like to live here in Australia

Damn Straight Cassiopia... Australia is perfect... footy (the proper AFL kind) pies, Victoria, beutiful weather... evrything.
if i couldnt live in Aust. i would probly live in England or NZ.
there are a few downsides to australia rugby, seafood and a little insignificant state called South Australia

Sween · 10-16-2002, 08:27 AM

australias also got rex hunt

sun-star · 10-16-2002, 09:38 AM

Italy is beautiful - I went to Lake Garda in the spring (has anyone been to Venice?

)

As I said, I want to live in England, and Oxfordshire is my English county of choice.

Radagast The Brown · 10-16-2002, 04:18 PM

I would like to stay on Israel, just in another place here... maybe Eilat? though my town is quiet, and I like the place, generally. I would like, too, to live in England (London) or USA. I don't care where exactly (in the US) - I wasn't there yet.

Treebeard's apprentice · 10-16-2002, 10:03 PM

Dunadan, would you mind explaining the phrase 'fair dinkum' please?

BeardofPants · 10-16-2002, 10:23 PM

Dinkum means "okay/fine/etc". So by saying fair dinkum, you're basically saying "she's alright, mate." I think.

Millane · 10-17-2002, 06:20 AM

nah fair dimkums like 'you serious???' now we have another way of saying 'shes allright mate' and its 'YOU LITTLE RIPPER!!!'

hehehe i love teaching foreigners the australian dialect

BeardofPants · 10-17-2002, 06:23 AM

Hey Millaine the aussie slang dictionary must be wrong then.

Dunadan · 10-17-2002, 06:50 AM

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Originally posted by Treebeard's apprentice
Dunadan, would you mind explaining the phrase 'fair dinkum' please?

All those are right. I have heard it used as a kind of adjective for things, to say that they're for real, genuine.

Ripper is a more recent phrase, used, I believe, by the younger generation.

Misty Mountain Goat · 10-17-2002, 07:29 AM

i cant believe someone owns that dictionary. I cant even believe that dictionary exists.

Misty Mountain Goat · 10-17-2002, 07:33 AM

Just on the location topic, are me and millane the only ones who know each other face to face by the way.

Hanza · 10-17-2002, 03:36 PM

No. I know 2 people by face but I am not sure they know who i am! I haven't told them i go on Entmoot yet so they may hav know idea or they may hav known for months. i havn't a clue!!!

Misty Mountain Goat · 10-17-2002, 10:45 PM

is this some type of secret or u just havnt got around to telling them yet.

Fred Baggins · 10-17-2002, 10:47 PM

I would live in the Shire! O what you mean a really real place. Ho hum, the real earth is so boring, I suppose I should like to live in Washington, USA

10-15-2002, 08:33 PM	#41
*IronParrot* Fowl Administrator Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Calgary or Edmonton, Canada Posts: 53,420	After I'm finished my education, whenever that is (I don't know how many degrees I'm taking in how many different fields before I decide to stop and actually work) I've narrowed it down to Boston, Seattle, or the San Francisco Bay area. Advantages: - I'll be by the sea - Pretty cities (hey, that rhymes... sort of) - No more thirty-below winters Disadvantages: - I can't read Fahrenheit... - I have a very limited grasp of that weird Imperial system (Not that it'll apply to me) - I'll need to learn how your whole government system works I'd move to England, but they get most movies later than North America. For me, that's a major consideration. __________________ All of IronParrot's posts are guaranteed to be 100% intelligent and/or sarcastic, comprising no genetically modified content and tested on no cute furry little animals unless the SPCA is looking elsewhere. If you observe a failure to uphold this warranty, please contact a forum administrator immediately to receive a full refund on your Entmoot registration. Blog: Nick's Café Canadien

10-15-2002, 08:40 PM	#42
webwizard333 Elf Lord Join Date: May 2001 Location: myob Posts: 587	As a Massachusetts resident, Iron Parrot, I would not advise living in Boston. There's a citywide construction project that's been going on for year and years (and will continue to go on for years and years) called the Big Dig. It's made transportation very difficult, so much is being torn up, while so many other things are going up that can't be used yet (Lenny P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge ). It's an overbloated, over budget, over schedule project that causes a great deal of frustration and problems for Boston residents. __________________ Boo!

10-16-2002, 06:41 AM	#46
Sween im quite stupid Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Cockermouth Posts: 2,058	England would the perfect country if we could just detach scotland and move it to the middle of the meditarian and we didnt work so much __________________ Yeah god hes ok but i would rather be judged by a sheep than that idiot

10-16-2002, 08:27 AM	#48
Sween im quite stupid Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Cockermouth Posts: 2,058	australias also got rex hunt __________________ Yeah god hes ok but i would rather be judged by a sheep than that idiot

10-16-2002, 09:38 AM	#49
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	Italy is beautiful - I went to Lake Garda in the spring (has anyone been to Venice?) As I said, I want to live in England, and Oxfordshire is my English county of choice. __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

10-15-2002, 11:52 PM	#43
Treebeard's apprentice Elven Warrior Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Wherever I may roam Posts: 207	I love to travel, but I'm partial to Wisconsin, USA (mostly because this is where I was born & raised). Of course I'm living in the city right now studying in college, but I love the countryside. If you look you can find just the right balance where you can go out and be with nature, yet there is enough cities and towns nearby that have anything you need. The climate is variable, too, so it's not really hot or really cold all year round. That is not to say that I wouldn't live somewhere else if the right opportunity arose. The North Pacific and New England areas have always appealed to me as nice places to live. I would settle for anywhere out in the country where life is slowed down and peaceful.

10-16-2002, 06:38 AM	#45
Dunadan The Quite Querulous Quendi Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Oxon, UK Posts: 638	I am jealous of those people (I know a few of them) who can straddle continents, living in, say Edinburgh April-Sept and Sydney Oct-Mar. The UK/Australia combo is ideal coz they drive on the correct side of the road, speak the right language (with some fantastic embellishments like "fair dinkum") and they have drive-through off licences. However, I know I'd miss the relentless drizzle of a Scottish winter. Like Billy Connolly said "there's no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong clothes". For the way of life, culture, food and people, though, Italy has it over everyone else. It's taken them 2500 years but they seem to have arrived at just the right approach to life. They take care over their food but aren't up themselves about it. They ignore customers in restaurants to watch the football on the telly, which is right and proper. They have a four-hour lunch break and they sing opera at midnight in the squares Here in the UK (especially SE England) they still have delusions of grandeur from the empire. This can be quaint at times, but also a bit annoying. You can walk on roads which have been in continuous use for 5,000 years, though, which is cool.

10-16-2002, 04:18 PM	#50
Radagast The Brown Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Israel Posts: 6,975	I would like to stay on Israel, just in another place here... maybe Eilat? though my town is quiet, and I like the place, generally. I would like, too, to live in England (London) or USA. I don't care where exactly (in the US) - I wasn't there yet. __________________ Lalala... poof! AboutNewJersey.com - New Jersey Travel and Tourism Guide

10-16-2002, 10:03 PM	#51
Treebeard's apprentice Elven Warrior Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Wherever I may roam Posts: 207	Dunadan, would you mind explaining the phrase 'fair dinkum' please?

10-16-2002, 10:23 PM	#52
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Dinkum means "okay/fine/etc". So by saying fair dinkum, you're basically saying "she's alright, mate." I think. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

10-17-2002, 06:20 AM	#53
Millane The Dude Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: at the altar of my ego Posts: 1,685	nah fair dimkums like 'you serious???' now we have another way of saying 'shes allright mate' and its 'YOU LITTLE RIPPER!!!' hehehe i love teaching foreigners the australian dialect

10-17-2002, 06:23 AM	#54
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Hey Millaine the aussie slang dictionary must be wrong then. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

10-17-2002, 07:29 AM	#56
Misty Mountain Goat Hobbit Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Victoria, Australia Posts: 19	i cant believe someone owns that dictionary. I cant even believe that dictionary exists. Last edited by Misty Mountain Goat : 10-17-2002 at 07:30 AM.

10-17-2002, 07:33 AM	#57
Misty Mountain Goat Hobbit Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Victoria, Australia Posts: 19	Just on the location topic, are me and millane the only ones who know each other face to face by the way.

10-17-2002, 03:36 PM	#58
Hanza Woolly Jumper Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: In my field of paper flowers and candy clouds of lullaby Posts: 1,200	No. I know 2 people by face but I am not sure they know who i am! I haven't told them i go on Entmoot yet so they may hav know idea or they may hav known for months. i havn't a clue!!! __________________ :: there's nothing comforting in change:: Why dont sheep shrink in the rain??

10-17-2002, 10:45 PM	#59
Misty Mountain Goat Hobbit Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Victoria, Australia Posts: 19	is this some type of secret or u just havnt got around to telling them yet.

10-17-2002, 10:47 PM	#60
Fred Baggins Belladona Gamgee of the night sky Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: second star to the right and straight on till morning. Posts: 1,783	I would live in the Shire! O what you mean a really real place. Ho hum, the real earth is so boring, I suppose I should like to live in Washington, USA __________________ Emperor Cusco: Lemme guess. We're about to go down a huge water-fall. Pacha:Yep. Cusco: Sharp rocks at the bottum? Pacha:Most likely. Cusco:Bring it on. ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` Yes, I'm female. Fred Baggins is my NICKNAME! ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` "The reason of the unreasonable treatment of my reason so enfeebles my reason, that with reason I complain of your beauty."~Don Quixote ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` "Once upon a time there was a magical land where it never rained. The End."~from the movie 'Holes' ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` ()_))_Crayola_))_>