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Post by Jitterbug on Mar 30, 2004 22:40:44 GMT -5
Wow, I'm already in love with this thread! It's so cool to see where everybody's from, and I have about 90 bazillion things I want to reply to on this (but I won't). Oh - to those of you who live around or have been to historical sites - how do you resist picking artifacts up off the ground? I know you're not supposed to on those sites, but I find it difficult to resist, especially since I know how to recognise them. One archaeologist friend of mine says that whenever she goes to historical sites that aren't under excavation, she doesn't even look at the ground! So, how do you 'resist'? Well, it's illegal and goes with a pretty hefty fine, plus jail time. Everytime I get the urge, I remember that. What sort of Archaeology? I studied Classical Archaeology in University and went to Greece to work for summer one year. Talk about artifacts everywhere you go...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2004 22:44:40 GMT -5
So Alberta has cows, Manitoba has bison, and Minneapolis has bums and squirrels.
So much diversity!!
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Post by Torey on Mar 30, 2004 22:47:04 GMT -5
So Alberta has cows, Manitoba has bison, and Minneapolis has bums and squirrels. So much diversity!! Oh, talking about cows reminded me! In England we have sheep. Lots and lots of them! Not as many as Wales though. The hills and mountains are alive with wild sheep usually.
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Post by Jitterbug on Mar 30, 2004 22:55:24 GMT -5
Oh, talking about cows reminded me! In England we have sheep. Lots and lots of them! Not as many as Wales though. The hills and mountains are alive with wild sheep usually. The hills are alive with the sound of baa? There are are more sheep than people there I believe.
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Post by stoneman3x on Mar 30, 2004 23:10:25 GMT -5
Maryland, USA, home of the crabs, which I HATE! I LOVE Maryland (Chesapeake Bay) crabs! All of my Mom's relatives live in Maryland and it's TOTALLY awesome when they get bushels of crabs in the summer and we have a big family crab-fest! Of course, my grandpa hates crabs too... he's eats hamburgers while the rest of us eat crabs... off topic, huh?
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Post by stoneman3x on Mar 30, 2004 23:17:01 GMT -5
Hey Stone, maybe the next time I go to around either Philadelphia (my dad's relatives live there, my mom's live in Pittsburg) I'll come and visit you. Been to Gettysburg before, small, quiet, but cool. Lots of fields with old wooden fences around too from what I remember. Yeah-- all the fences near the battlefield are required to look like they did during the Civil War-- you know split-rail type things. There is absolutely no crime here. A local bar burned down last year and it was the worst event that occurred here in 20 years. OOoooo sleeping moo-cows, Vern! Let's go tip 'em over!
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Post by stoneman3x on Mar 30, 2004 23:21:32 GMT -5
Wow, I'm already in love with this thread! It's so cool to see where everybody's from, and I have about 90 bazillion things I want to reply to on this (but I won't). Oh - to those of you who live around or have been to historical sites - how do you resist picking artifacts up off the ground? I know you're not supposed to on those sites, but I find it difficult to resist, especially since I know how to recognise them. One archaeologist friend of mine says that whenever she goes to historical sites that aren't under excavation, she doesn't even look at the ground! So, how do you 'resist'? Trust me, the tourists have already picked the place clean. There's nothing left except the cannons and they are grounded with cement-- just to make sure.
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Post by Gelquie on Mar 30, 2004 23:34:35 GMT -5
I come from Alaska! ;D Well, I came from Ohio... and THEN moved to Alaska... but hey. I have no memory of Ohio. Alaska is a very pretty place, winter and summer time, but it is VERY large! Larger than Texas. Alaska used to belong to the Russians, until Russia had to sell it, 2 cents per acre. (Very cheap!) One person bought it ( ) and for years, it was known as the big ice box, or Seward's Folly, because they thought there was nothing there except for ice and snow. They were not aware of Alaska's treasures until later. (I don't know the date!) In 1959, Alaska became a state. Sorry to be so bad at history.
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Post by Jitterbug on Mar 30, 2004 23:48:36 GMT -5
There is absolutely no crime here. A local bar burned down last year and it was the worst event that occurred here in 20 years. Must be nice, we're the per capita murder capital of Canada...actually all of North America I think. Other crime isn't that bad, it's just murder that seems to be the big thing here. And ooh, I've been wanting to visit Alaska ever since I flew over Mt. McKinley on a really clear day. It looks so beautiful from the air.
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Post by raeoflite on Mar 31, 2004 7:30:42 GMT -5
Ni hao ma. I lived in Singapore for seven years of my life. So it was basically my entire childhood from age four to age eleven. I went to S.A.S (Singapore American School.) And I often went to "The American Club," which had the best milkshakes and pizza ever. I now live in Florida but I was born in Pennsylvania, Pittsburg. I prefer living in Singapore and I fell over in surprise when they showed the Merlion on Cowboy Bebop and in Animal Crossing, Singapore is clean (gum was illegal, not sure if it still is.) and it was one big city. I lived on Eng Kong Road. hey there lunagirl, i have a friend who lives on eng kong terrace...isn't that somewhere in bukit timah? anyway yup i used to go to the american club quite often (tho i'm nowhere near american...my dad jus had the membership there)... hen kai xin (very glad in Chinese) to see all of you so enthusiastic about this thread very interesting to note all the diff places and the diff langs u speak. esp the person who lives in mexico! (i can't rmb ur name at the moment)...saw u cld speak lyk...whoa! haha, do you really speak them or are they jus some words you know frm the language? i think chinese is such a beautiful language. so is french, but i haven't learnt it as yet haha...will be glad to help anyone who wants to learn chinese
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Post by resurrectedwarrior on Mar 31, 2004 9:57:53 GMT -5
Well, it's illegal and goes with a pretty hefty fine, plus jail time. Everytime I get the urge, I remember that. What sort of Archaeology? I studied Classical Archaeology in University and went to Greece to work for summer one year. Talk about artifacts everywhere you go... Welp, that's true. 'Course, it's only if you get caught . . . but a good reason nonetheless. I think the archaeologist I know is more of a Historical North American archaeologist, but she's done quite a bit of work on prehistoric excavations. I'm afraid I don't know quite enough about archaeological terms to know what "Classical" is *feels stupid*. She also does a lot with Historical Architecture, which in her (and my) opinion should be integrated with North American Historical archaeology. It is in Europe, so why not here? Uhmm . . . she once described her work to me as 'Reconassance (sp) Archaeology'. She worked on Fort Bragg and helped excavate sites that were about to be destroyed by the military. Thus, the Fort Bragg people have excavated thousands of sites, but have very little public interest (which is a bummer to someone like my friend), and have only complete ONE site report thingie (they're boring to read - and a pain to write -anyway, so bleh). You spent a summer in Greece?! GAH! What wouldn't I give to do that? Were you actually excavating (stupid question, I guess)? *bangs head on keyboard* It's one thing to live on a historical site, but to actually be able to participate in a dig, whether Historic, Prehistoric, or in some other country, is WAY awesome! Trust me, the tourists have already picked the place clean. There's nothing left except the cannons and they are grounded with cement-- just to make sure. *chuckles* Those crazy tourists, eh? Still, that's not so great for surface collection, but I wouldn't be surpised if an excavation turned up some stuff - assuming the field hasn't been plowed up over and over again. That'd be a bummer. But then, I suppose it's better that what's in the ground remains in the ground. Digging for the sake of digging doesn't really fly too well these days. There's really no reason (that I can think of) to dig at Gettysburg, since we pretty much know what happened there . . . so it's not likely an excavation would take place any time soon . . . Has there already been an excavation there, Stone? In one sense I should think there would have been, but because of the reasons stated I kind of doubt it . . . hmmm . . .
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2004 11:56:32 GMT -5
I hail from alberta Canada..and to be more specific, Edmonton the capital city. Err...our city isn't the largest in our province but it is famous for having the West Edmonton Mall. It is the second largest mall in the world with the largest indoor amusement park, and the largest wave pool. And...We have Fort Edmonton if you are looking for historical facts..^_^ but I really don't know the history.. that's all. Alberta, Canada. Yes, we have cows. Hey awsome! Another Albertan! ;D
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Post by Oily on Mar 31, 2004 12:32:38 GMT -5
The hills are alive with the sound of baa? There are are more sheep than people there I believe. That's New Zealand, for more sheep than people I never see any sheep where I live in England. It's really nice: tons of green space, trees everywhere and the biggest houses o_0 You can go 20 minutes one way, and be in Guildford, with its houses and offices and high street shops. Go 20 minutes the other way and there's nothing but fields. And it has a great train system round this part of Surrey. Neopets started in Guildford There's other historical stuff: Lewis Carroll was born there, there's a cathedral and a castle, there's some other famous people I can't remember at the moment.... As for things like crime, it really depends. You can be perfectly safe, getting on and off at a station every day, and then someone gets mugged there. I speak English, a good amount of French, a greater amount of Spanish and a couple of words of German. I want to speak Japanese though...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2004 16:59:12 GMT -5
Must be nice, we're the per capita murder capital of Canada...actually all of North America I think. Other crime isn't that bad, it's just murder that seems to be the big thing here. And ooh, I've been wanting to visit Alaska ever since I flew over Mt. McKinley on a really clear day. It looks so beautiful from the air. Murders were semi common in Minneapolis, probably only second to drug busts. Actually, there's a street called 'Lake Street' that is supposed to be a big drug site. Red cars aren't allowed to drive down it, because drug dealers would have bright red cars to signal that they were dealers. They even have police monitoring that street. That was only in the inner city part, though.
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Post by Violin on Mar 31, 2004 17:26:34 GMT -5
I hail from Hanover County, Virginia, U.S.A. Well, I was born in Florida, but we moved here when I was three so I really feel like this is my true home.
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