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06-08-2011, 04:26 AM

#101

daisylil

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Join Date: Jun 2010

Location: plymouth uk

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I live in Plymouth UK ,,,,,home of the Pilgrim Fathers .we have the mayflower steps here where they sailed from ,,,,,,,also the home of Plymouth Gin )

06-08-2011, 04:39 AM

#102

apronlady

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Join Date: Dec 2010

Location: Long Island, NY

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Long Island, NY...wonderful sandy beaches on the south side, Montauk Point Lighthouse at the end (or beginning, depending how you perceive it,) grape vineyards and wineries, and all the regular stuff like traffic, etc.

06-08-2011, 04:49 AM

#103

sculham

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Join Date: May 2011

Location: ATLANTA, MI

Posts: 54

Atlanta-- ELK CAPITOL OF MICHIGAN only wild elk herd east of the Mississippi

06-08-2011, 04:49 AM

#104

GlitzyMe

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Join Date: Feb 2011

Location: Boston - Orlando

Posts: 464

Walt Disney World! The Mouse House! It's the very first thing everyone thinks of when you say Orlando.

06-08-2011, 04:55 AM

#105

#1piecemaker

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Join Date: Oct 2007

Location: Ashdown, AR

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Ashdown, Arkansas. Home of the Whistle Stop Festival and two of the Arkansas Hall of Fame Basketball Coaches, Helen Parker and Hazel Walker!!!

06-08-2011, 04:58 AM

#106

Johanna Fritz

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Join Date: Feb 2011

Location: Menomonee Falls, WI

Posts: 560

Quote:

Originally Posted by sall

THE BEATLES

Wouldn't that mean "in Hiding" is in Liverpool? :)

06-08-2011, 05:07 AM

#107

michelehuston

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Join Date: Dec 2010

Location: ohio

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I live in Mansfield Ohio. Known for the Historic Ohio Reformatory where Shawshank Redemtion and Tango and Cash were filmed.

06-08-2011, 05:16 AM

#108

kacy 49

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Join Date: Dec 2007

Location: Oklahoma

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Kingston is known for tourism, Lake Texoma and Stripper fishing. Great place to retire.

06-08-2011, 05:18 AM

#109

edensgaite

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Join Date: Jan 2011

Location: Quitman Tx

Posts: 253

Governor Jim Hogg...who by the way named his daughter Ima, Lake Fork, which is big fishing lake...and Stitchin Heaven, the only quilt store for miles around.

06-08-2011, 05:19 AM

#110

kwhite

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Join Date: Apr 2009

Location: North East USA

Posts: 4,949

Quote:

Originally Posted by Radiana

I live in San Jose, California and just looked up some stats on it. It's supposedly the Capital of Silicon Valley but most of Silicon Valley is north of here.

Our biggest tourist attraction is probably the Winchester Mystery House. I grew up a mile away from it passed by it on the school bus all through high school then as an adult lived two blocks away and still never visited it.

We also have the Rosicrucion Museum and Plantarium which is a huge collection of Egyptian artifacts.

I lived in Campbell on Gale Dr. (right behind Mervyns) for years. I used to walk to Winchester Mystery house too.