Hey David, very nice to meet you as well! Yeah I've been on here for a bit, but I think you predate me from IMDB. I'm enjoying your posts already.
;D
Juan
Hi David! You already know where I'm from (Ohio) but I wanted to contribute to your poll :)
Let's hear it for the lovely, conservative Midwest! ;)
Huntsville, Alabama
Home of rocket scientists and rednecks, not necessarily in that order.
We just had a vote for Western Europe! Who was it?Me! greetings from Belgium on the first day of the state visit by queen Beatrix :D
Thank you for answering the poll!graag gedaan!
Of course, most people already know I'm from Toronto - that's in Canada, you know! ;D
Another voice and vote from Western Europe here. :)
Me! greetings from Belgium on the first day of the state visit by queen Beatrix :D
(I'd like to post a picture here but I haven't figured that out...)
graag gedaan!
This old Brokeback broad is from way Northern California, the smallish city of Eureka, (although my heart is sometimes in NYC, where long ago I spent five years). I haven't found any Brokaholics here; there must be few but they sure aren't making themselves known. Awful sorry I missed the SF/Castro event, but I've been away from this site for a couple of months and had just started coming back. I gotta say I'm really enjoying the friendly Tremblays and all the other more recent visitors. The spirit is high here. Ciao, Iris/Elaine ;)
Howdy, pardners!
I am from Texas, a native of that state, born in Grand Prairie (part of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area), but resident in the beautiful capital of Austin since 1973 (when I was six years old). I'm a city boy through and through, but just a couple of generations removed from farming and ranching folk. A great-uncle of mine was a real-life cowboy, and my mother tells me that Ennis reminded her a lot of him. One of my direct ancestors (the father or grandfather of a great-grandmother) has also been described as a "cowpuncher", and a great-grandfather was a ranch man turned farmer.
Texas is an unusual state in being at the confluence of the South, Midwest, and Southwest. I opted for U.S. Southwest in the poll, but Texas has a little of the other two in the mix as well. Never been to Childress, Jack's Lone Star home; that might prove a good pilgrimage destination in the future.
Cheers,
:)
Scott in Central Texas
Hi again, David. :)
I was born in Boston but I now live in Tucson, AZ.
I've lived in California, Oregon, New York, Osaka Japan, Penang Malaysia, and La Paz Mexico.
I was born in Madrid, Spain. :)
Welcome to BetterMost David, I'm sure you'll love it here.
I was born in Arizona, but we moved to Illinois when I was 9 months old, so I'm definitely a midwesterner. Home is in southern IL but I go to college in the Chicago suburbs.
Hi David, welcome to BetterMost :)
The second vote for Western Europe is mine (Germany, to be exact).
Welcome to BetterMost David!
It is so much nicer here than IMDB. And we have all these great pictures too!
I am a true blue Connecticut Yankee. But as of late, I have been adding alot of "Y'alls, sure enoughs, and tell you whats" to my dialog! LOL. I think my next collector car will actually be an old Jack Twist type of pick up truck. This way I can wear my Black cowbot hat in it! :)
I chose U.S. Northeast/East even though I'm more technically in the South (Boca Raton, Florida - on the east coast between West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale). I think of Florida more as the East Coast than as the South because most people here, at least in this part of Florida, are from New York anyway.
Good idea for a poll, David! And welcome. :)
I see we U.S. Midwesterners are in the majority. (All three of us, as of this writing.)
I have lived in the Chicago area since January, but am originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota, and lived there most of my life. I also lived in New Orleans for seven years. (I also lived very briefly in Ketchum, Idaho, and in New York.) I have never seen a BetterMost member from either Minnesota or Louisiana, but if there are any, drop me a line, say if your there!
And Stephanie and David, who you callin conservative? Minnesota was the only state in the union to vote for Walter Mondale against Ronald Reagan in 1984 (course, Mondale is from Minnesota). Actually, though, Minnesota has voted for Democrats in every presidential election. So has Illinois, I believe (well, I guess not in 1984). Politically, at least, not all of the Midwest is conservative.
Socially, it may be a different story ...
David,
I'm from Tennessee and work in Huntsville, AL now. Lisa (BB Stacker) & I are R/L friends - we bonded over beers and trivia a few years ago (3?). (She said it was OK to tell people that.) The home of my heart, however, is Boston, MA where I lived for 8 years. When circumstances permit, I'll be moving on -- I just feel too out-of-step with most of the people around me. It can be tiresome and lonely.
You should go check out our frappr map and add yourself, if you haven't already done so:
www.frappr.com/bettermost
Lynne
'Cowpuncher' is a variant of 'cowboy', but is somewhat more rarely invoked when describing those men. I was surprised to see my ancestor described as such when I saw, for the first time in my life, a portrait of him at the San Antonio home of a great-uncle of mine, who I, my dad, and my sister visited this past June 8th. My great-uncle showed us a curious, faded photograph of our ancestor, shown astride a horse next to the grave of a friend of his. A caption at the bottom of the image read: "J.W. Gardner, cowpuncher".
I have to ask though.... what is a cowpuncher? ???
I still consider myself a Northerner even after more than 18 years in Washington, D.C. -- which is DEFINITELY the South to me! So... it's a mere five weeks until the moving van arrives and takes me home to Buffalo, NY (yes really and I do LOVE snow, so no jokes please :) ). So I'd better stop postin' & get to packin' (which I have been saying for weeks!). Since I will be moving into my dad's old farmhouse, maybe I will refer to Buffalo as Lightnin' Flat (*great, his obsession grows worse...*). Gotta whip that old ranch into shape.
Great idea for a poll.
I chose "Northeast/ East" in the US. Western Pennsylvania is a tough call... I think Pennsylvania is generally considered "eastern" but out here, we're very, very close to the Midwestern transition zone. I've lived in Connecticut and Massachusetts for large chunks of my life so, I very much identify with the Northeast. But, I was born in the Chicago area and lived there until I was 14... so Midwestern is also pretty appropriate for me.
cheers!
:)
'Cowpuncher' is a variant of 'cowboy', but is somewhat more rarely invoked when describing those men. I was surprised to see my ancestor described as such when I saw, for the first time in my life, a portrait of him at the San Antonio home of a great-uncle of mine, who I, my dad, and my sister visited this past June 8th. My great-uncle showed us a curious, faded photograph of our ancestor, shown astride a horse next to the grave of a friend of his. A caption at the bottom of the image read: "J.W. Gardner, cowpuncher".
Scott M.
Hi Barb! I love South Florida. I lived there for a couple of years. Have you ever heard of Plantation? It is on the west side of Fort Lauderdale. I'm sure you have heard of it. I still miss it sometimes. I may move back someday!
As a matter of fact, I know Plantation very well. A great aunt and uncle lived there, and I was baptised in their (Plantation United Methodist) church there when I was 14, in 1979. Spent two months in Miramar (Hollywood) with my grandparents over that summer, and did it towards the end of that stay. I prefer Broward County to Palm Beach, where I live - much more soul in the former. Everything here is a little too pretty and overly ornate - I keep expecting it to all fall over like a set backdrop.
Well, if you ever move back, look me up! I'm sure I'll be here for a long, looooooong time. :)
Hey David !,
Great poll , thanx for pm , as you know i am a Brummie Gal ! , translated , i`m from Birmingham , England , the second city , it`s a multi -cultural city that embraces everyone , not as fast moving as London , but due to great development , it finally has it`s place on the map. As you know i don`t mind that Jake fella ,i watched E-online the other day and he was voted 8th in the Sexist movie star poll {i`m afraid he did beat Heath ]. best of all Johnny Depp got no2 and Angelina Jolie bagged no 1 , which i can see she is a complete sex siren.
Hi Alec! Yes, Washington D.C. is in the South. Maryland and Virginia are southern states. Washington D.C. gets hot in the summer too! Just like Indiana does... a steambath. You sound happy to be going back to Buffalo, so I am certainly happy for you. Be sure to come back and post here after you get moved... okay? :D
At the rate I am going, I will be posting instead of packing. Let's see, which is more interesting, wrestling dusty possessions into boxes and cursing under my breath, or being enlightened by basking in the glow of BetterMost and BBM? Not a close call! :)
As most folks around here know I live in Southern California, San Diego to be exact since 1969. Prior to that, as a Navy Brat I lived all over..born in Virginia, lived in Maryland, Tenessee, Missouri, Illinois, Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona, Alaska and Hawaii. ALso lived briefly in Germany, Spain, Hong Kong, Tokoyo and Okinawa. Guess you could say I use to get around. ;)
Just FYI
Lynn created a BetterMost Frappr Map. It shows where people are from. I think there are 60 some people put their location on the map. :)
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php?topic=885.msg15384#msg15384 (http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php?topic=885.msg15384#msg15384)
I am from Oakland, Ca. I live in the Jack London Gateway Area, and have lived here off and on for 43 years.
The other one from England is meeeeeeeeeeeeee. :) :)
David, I just clicked on the wrong button and it won't let me fix it. I clicked US Southwest, but meant to click US West - although really I would have clicked US Northwest, if that was a choice. Seattle. (But born and raised in NYC.)
Nope. It won't let me monkey around with the votes. Well, you weren't too far off with your choice. So, it's cool! :)
FYI, I just created a new poll and noticed for the first time that when you do it there's a checkbox that lets you say whether or not to let people change their votes. Unfortunately, the default mode is NO. (I checked yes, because I figured people may change their minds as they read others' answers.)
WESTERN EUROPE - born in Belgium. German mother. Italian father..
~ j U d E
Bumping because only 35 folks have answered so far.
Hi Jude! It's great to meet you. Thanks for taking the time to answer this poll! :)You're welcome.
You're welcome.
Sorry about Holland being out of the World Cup! But I like the Portuguese too, so I'm happy. And as long as Germany and Italy are still in... ;D
~ j U d E
Yeah, I am sorry about it too. :'(
Although I noticed I couldn't keep my eye off all the Portugese guys in that game. Boy they were cute!
I guess I wll cheer for England now. :)
I am just wondering who I will cheer for if England doesn't pull through. ???Well, here is Italy, Germany, France, Argentina, Ukraine, Portugal and Brazil! :laugh:
Well, here is Italy, Germany, France, Argentina, Ukraine, Portugal and Brazil! :laugh:
~ j U d E
Amsterdam, the Netherlands here, but you knew that already, didn't you, David? ;D
Where am I from for where do I live?
Lots of mid-westerners...
Chris, are you from the midwest too? If so, which state? :)
Born and raised in Texas.
I am from Queensland Australia.....
This is my backyard
and the other one is one of my favourites....my son volunteers to help injured and orphaned wildlife.....this was taken when he was bottle feeding an orphaned bay kangaroo.....
Glad you liked my pics......Just so you can see what a bit of love and care can do, here is another one, taken a few months later.....
What surprises me is this: Out of all of these votes, 11 are from the Midwest! Wow! I would have NEVER guessed this! :o
Who would have ever suspected there would be such a high percentage of Brokies in the Midwest? Somebody please check my math but isn't this something like 20% of the total number of votes thus far? I guess there is some hope for the Midwest after all! :)
I'm from Spokane, Washington ... which I answered on the poll as being in the "west" ... although us Washington/Idaho/Oregon people refer to our geographic location as the Northwest *lol*
I think Newfoundland is a world of its own, sometimes. Especially with our weird twilight-zony half hour difference from the rest of the world. ::)
200 yards = roughly 198 meters you were thinking feet (600 feet = roughly 198 meters)
You'd be surprized how many young Canadians don't know this! (there's only about 3 inches difference between a meter and a yard - the meter being longer)
And I thought somebody wanted to know :-\
:) Thanks for the fix!
I'm from the Southwest. Las Vegas to be exact.
I just took the poll. Yes I'm from the midwest out here on the prairie. Well it was the prairie, of course it's all built up now. I was born in Minneapolis Minnesota; I have always lived here. A friend and I were talking about if you are a straight female looking for a straight male in Minnesota you might as well look for a __ in a __ ! (I can't think of an analogy right now. Or is it a metaphor??). Besides having a higher population of women, Minnesota has a high percentage of gay men.
I'm just starting to read & post here on Bettermost - another IMDb refugee. I want to post some photos of my yard and cats (I have 3) later on. I loved the photos of the baby roo! Thanks for that. When I was a kid I wanted to be the person in the zoo who took care of the baby animals. So I grew up to be an administrative assistant. huh?? And a frustrated artist (don't spend enough time painting). Iffin ya'll will excuse me, I gotta to do the mornin chores now. 'bye
:-\
(http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k261/coffeecat33/Cat_looking_out_window.jpg)
David -- it must be confusing to have coffeecat and henrypie posting their houses and cats! I'm henrypie, aka Sarah, and we got one good dump o' snow last winter. It vanished in a couple of days.
On with the kitties!
How cute! :)
Thanks for posting the pictures of your house, your cute cats and your cute...... ;)..boyfriend!
<David coughing>
Whew! This is an old dusty thread!
bump! :D
:laugh:
What's so funny Melissa?
Grab that broom over there and help me clean this place up. :P ;)
I just voted - never would have guessed that the Midwest US would have the highest percentage.
I was born and raised on the shores of Narrabeen Lake, which is a picturesque seaside suburb of Sydney, in Australia. That's the Pacific Ocean you can see to the right (scroll over), in this picture:(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o126/kez4oz/NarrabeenLake.jpg)
Narrabeen is an approximately 40 minute drive along the coast, north of Sydney, Australia's biggest city.(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o126/kez4oz/Sydney2.jpg)
I now live closer to the city centre, within the gay ghetto with all its cafes, clubs and shopping, and close to Little Italy. Sydney Harbour is only a short walk away, at the end of my street.(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o126/kez4oz/Sydney.jpg)
Oh My God Kerry, what a beautiful place to grow up, you're so lucky....
I had to do with the not so terribly exciting cheese town Alkmaar in North-Holland... :(
Narrabeen is a very pretty place, Melissa, and Sydney is a beautiful city. But so too is Alkmaar, from what I can see of the pics your posted. It looks absolutely gorgeous. Like something out of a fairy tale! And Alkmaar has something very precious that Sydney is sadly lacking - a long history. Sydney's only been in existence for just over 200 years. Bet Alkmaar's been there for longer than that! :D
You might be interested to know, Melissa, that a lot of Dutch people live in and around the Narrabeen area. I went to school with some Dutch boys who lived near me by name of Van Laar, Van Royen, Tryness and Vermin. Their families had lived in the Dutch East Indies and came to live in Australia, when that country gained its independence.
I'm in Sunny Southern California, folks.Mark ('jpwagoneer1964') calls San Diego home.
I'm the only Brokie I know out here. Everyone else is in the closet!
The first undisputed recorded European sighting of the Australian mainland was made by the Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon, who sighted the coast of Cape York Peninsula in 1606. During the 17th century, the Dutch charted the whole of the western and northern coastlines of what they called New Holland, but made no attempt at settlement. In 1770, James Cook sailed along and mapped the east coast of Australia, which he named New South Wales and claimed for Britain. The expedition's discoveries provided impetus for the establishment of a penal colony there.
This is what I get to look at once I leave Indianapolis....
David, your photos of Indiana remind me of a song we were taught at school:
"Oh, give me a home
Where the buffalo roam
And the deer
And the antelop play.
Where never is heard
A disparaging word
And the sky is all cloudless
All day.
Home, home on the range, etc."
:D Am I close? It's been a long time since I sang it! ;) :D
Your photos remind me of the scenery that I've seen in so many Western movies, such as "Dances with Wolves" (not the pic of the highway though!) ;) :D
I think you live in a very beautiful part of America, David. :D
I don't know Kerry. I'm ready to get out of Indiana. I'll trade with ya! ;)
:laugh: You make me laugh, David. The only travellin' I've ever done is around a coffee cup, looking for the handle (or something like that). ::)
I'd have to get over my morbid fear of flying, before considering a move to Indiana! ;) :)
You better think about flying Kerry! You're a looooooooooooooong way from Indiana, buddy! :D
Hmm, I guess I'll just have to stay in touch with all my overseas chums via BetterMost. There ain't no way you'll ever get me inside one of those long, metal flying thingies in the sky! Noooooo waaaaaaay! :o :P :( ;)
I'd rather fly than take a boat. But I've heard the flights from here to Australia are very long; something like 20 hours. Some ungodly amount of time. How will we ever meet each other, Kerry? You live too far away! >:(
:D :D
In many ways, David, I feel like I've already met you. Certainly, I count you among my friends. I have "met" so many lovely people here at BetterMost and we share the most wonderful thing in common - our love of Jack & Ennis. :D
In many ways, David, I feel like I've already met you. Certainly, I count you among my friends. I have "met" so many lovely people here at BetterMost and we share the most wonderful thing in common - our love of Jack & Ennis. :D
You're right Kerry! In many ways we have already met!!
[[[Kerry]]] :-*
So have you never been outside of Australia, Kerry? Have you ever thought of doing one of those afraid of flying courses?
Seriously, I did some flying as a child and when I was younger. I find that the older I get, however, the worse this silly flying phobia becomes. Fortunately, I'm a real home-body, who loves being at home, and is not fond of travel. So it's not as though I feel I'm missing out on anything. I never did have the travel bug! 8)I can relate to so much of what you're describing, Kerry. I too have noticed that my phobias become more pronounced with age--for example, despite my fears, I made the drive to San Francisco from my home in 1990, yet felt so overwhelmed just last month with the prospect of forging ahead to Colorado that I felt the need to turn back.
You GUYS! You are making me cry at work!!!! :'( ..... :)
So have you never been outside of Australia, Kerry? Have you ever thought of doing one of those afraid of flying courses?
I can relate to so much of what you're describing, Kerry. I too have noticed that my phobias become more pronounced with age--for example, despite my fears, I made the drive to San Francisco from Austin in 1990, yet felt so overwhelmed just last month with the prospect of forging ahead to Colorado that I felt the need to turn back.
I too don't feel a great impulse to travel. Paradoxically, I'm very interested in geography, history, and other cultures, but usually feel I get most of what I need to know in these areas from reading. I guess you could call me an armchair traveller.