Born in the hills of western Pennsylvania, moved to lots of places as a navy brat, been a California resident for the majority of my life.
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...that S Bridge is really quite pretty, and they've turned the site into a small "pull off" from Route 40 with a couple of picnic tables and the like...Nice pic of Peter's Creek
I was born in Wilmington, Ohio on an Air force base. After my dad left the Air Force we moved around a lot. Finally settled in the San Franciso bay area, but still moved from town to town. I moved to Dublin, Ireland in 1990. Ireland, saints and scholars, whiskey, guiness, spectacular scenery and the worst politicians anywhere in the world.
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You can't see it as well on the U.S.A. map, but the Upper Peninsula of Michigan is designated IL...Illinois? Ill? Probably the ladder. The bridge connects us to the rest of the world, by foot, car, snowmobile, so forth so on. Was known, still is by many, as The Copper Country. I live on Torch Lake, at the point of that fish-hook shaped body of water, an inlet of the big lake, Superior. Area was big into copper mining...all save one at White Pine (not on the map) were closed by '68 when C&H went on strike. At the time, union workers at C&H qualified for food stamps...workers, not the union bosses. Calumet is the center of one of our newest national parks...Isle Royale is another, older park. Often, on maps, the U.P. is left out entirely...or mislabeled as in the one included here. People in the U.P. are called "Yoopers" and people in the L.P. (lower peninsula) are called Trolls...'cause they live below the Mackinaw Bridge, five miles of suspension bridge, that connects the two peninsulas. We get a lot of snow, winter...there is still snow here in places...and I've seen snow as late as the first week of June. There are other small towns not on the map, the one I spent most of my childhood, Tamarack Mills...the mills gone, all save large sections of concrete, one stamp-head, one out of nine, left in place for the curious. When all nine stamp-heads were operating they made a racket.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England.
Birth place of the Beatles (and many other very talented musicians from the "merseybeat era"), was one of England's and Europe's busiest shipping ports in the past. Liverpool was the port of registry for the titanic.
We are known for our accent (which is commonly impersonated for comic purposes) known as scouse (people from Liverpool are called scousers). It has bit of many different accents merged including Irish - Liverpool was a common destination for Irish immigrants. Scouse is also the name of a meal - a thick stew of beef, boiled potatoes, gravy, carrots, onions and pretty much anything you fancy, that's the point - like the accent, it's a bit of this, a bit of that. Due to its busy port it played a large part in the slave trade, one of the reasons it has the oldest black African community in the country. It also has the oldest Chinese community in Europe.
Liverpool was founded as a borough in 1207 and gained city status in 1880. It was named European capitol of culture for 2008. We have a strong sporting history with 2 successful football teams (Liverpool and Everton) and the grand national horse race at Aintree. Aintree was also the site of the European grand prix in formula one in the 50s.
During ww2 Liverpool was hit hard, experiencing 80 air raids which killed 2500 people and damaged almost half the homes in the metropolitan area. It is twinned with cologne, Germany - a city which suffered heavy air raids during ww2 also.
Liverpool has many landmarks including:
The city skyline.
2 cathedrals - Anglican.
And Catholic
The liver birds - mythical creatures. Stood on top of the liver building, one faces the city watching over it, the other faces the sea as a lookout for approaching danger. In our folklore, if the liver birds were to fly away it would be a sign of a catastrophic flood.
I was in Liverpool once to see The Beatles experience at the Albert Dock. When we were having dinner I was gobsmacked to realize I was seeing the Mersey River. You know, Mersey Beat and 'Ferry, cross the Mersey...'Liverpool, Merseyside, England.
Birth place of the Beatles (and many other very talented musicians from the "merseybeat era"), was one of England's and Europe's busiest shipping ports in the past. Liverpool was the port of registry for the titanic.
We are known for our accent (which is commonly impersonated for comic purposes) known as scouse (people from Liverpool are called scousers). It has bit of many different accents merged including Irish - Liverpool was a common destination for Irish immigrants. Scouse is also the name of a meal - a thick stew of beef, boiled potatoes, gravy, carrots, onions and pretty much anything you fancy, that's the point - like the accent, it's a bit of this, a bit of that. Due to its busy port it played a large part in the slave trade, one of the reasons it has the oldest black African community in the country. It also has the oldest Chinese community in Europe.
Liverpool was founded as a borough in 1207 and gained city status in 1880. It was named European capitol of culture for 2008. We have a strong sporting history with 2 successful football teams (Liverpool and Everton) and the grand national horse race at Aintree. Aintree was also the site of the European grand prix in formula one in the 50s.
During ww2 Liverpool was hit hard, experiencing 80 air raids which killed 2500 people and damaged almost half the homes in the metropolitan area. It is twinned with cologne, Germany - a city which suffered heavy air raids during ww2 also.
Liverpool has many landmarks including:
The city skyline.
2 cathedrals - Anglican.
And Catholic
The liver birds - mythical creatures. Stood on top of the liver building, one faces the city watching over it, the other faces the sea as a lookout for approaching danger. In our folklore, if the liver birds were to fly away it would be a sign of a catastrophic flood.