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Misc 2021 Spring/Summer Whamby Thread

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CamWX said:
@Tarheel1 So as I had said in the other thread, Iowa is quite boring outside any large town/small city. It's not even flat, just a bunch of rolling hills (hills is a generous word to use). Dubuque was nice, the downtown was pleasant to walk through. The aquarium/river museum was a little underwhelming considering the cost to get in. To each their own, but it's definitely a place I've scratched off my potential places to live. Also 65mph speed limits on a 4 line divided highway in the middle of nowhere is stupid.

North Dakota, now that is flat. I actually liked Fargo during the short time I was there. If it weren't for the copious amount of snow they get, I would put that on my potential places to move.

South Dakota is more like Iowa with slightly rolling "hills". The 80mph speed limit is nice though. Also, everyone spoke as if they were from Appalachia. Very bizarre.

All that being said, it is something else to see the clouds in the sky for miles on end. Kinda wish a thunderstorm had rolled through. I got a nice picture, but my phone is being stupid and can't upload it.
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It’s not for everybody, but I like it. It’s all better once winter gets here! ☃️☃️! Did you eat in Dubuque?
 
Tarheel1 said:
It’s not for everybody, but I like it. It’s all better once winter gets here! ☃☃! Did you eat in Dubuque?
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My parents lived up in Bettendorf (Quad Cities) for a few years, so that was a time I had a reason to visit Iowa and western Illinois. It is beautiful country, and they love their college football there.
 
J.C. said:
My parents lived up in Bettendorf (Quad Cities) for a few years, so that was a time I had a reason to visit Iowa and western Illinois. It is beautiful country, and they love their college football there.
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They sure do, and they love their pop, but not sweet tea!?
 
J.C. said:
My parents lived up in Bettendorf (Quad Cities) for a few years, so that was a time I had a reason to visit Iowa and western Illinois. It is beautiful country, and they love their college football there.
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Galena is nice also! But I love it around here! The outdoor activities and land is great! People are great!
 
Tarheel1 said:
Galena is nice also! But I love it around here! The outdoor activities and land is great! People are great!
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Galena is nice, that is one of the places I had the chance to visit while I was up there. It has a great downtown and history.
 
I stopped listening to country music recently. I never listened to it until the early 90s when Garth Brooks came on the scene. I grew up listening to pop and rap. I guess I liked being able to sing along to the songs because country is easy to sing along to. But I never related to the whole country lifestyle...trucks, farming, hunting, fishing, etc.
 
Brick Tamland said:
I stopped listening to country music recently. I never listened to it until the early 90s when Garth Brooks came on the scene. I grew up listening to pop and rap. I guess I liked being able to sing along to the songs because country is easy to sing a long to. But I never related to the whole country lifestyle...trucks, farming, hunting, fishing, etc.
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You related to the hood lifestyle of rap though? ?

brick = vanilla ice
 
Lickwx said:
You related to the hood lifestyle of rap though? ?

brick = vanilla ice
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Well, I did grow up in Durham.

Rap wasn't like that in the 80s when it first came out. Yeah, NWA and guys like Dr Dre came out with gangster rap, but the majority of rap wasn't like that. The majority of country music is all about the lifestyle of country music, especially since 2010.
 
Also, word to your mother.

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Brick Tamland said:
Well, I did grow up in Durham.

Rap wasn't like that in the 80s when it first came out. Yeah, NWA and guys like Dr Dre came out with gangster rap, but the majority of rap wasn't like that. The majority of country music is all about the lifestyle of country music, especially since 2010.
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Growing up in Durham and growing up in the hood of Durham are 2 different things .
 
Lickwx said:
I’ve been to Eastland mall in Charlotte before it closed . Now that was a shithole mall. They had an ice rink though I remember that!
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Yep! 3 stories!
 
Lickwx said:
I’ve been to Eastland mall in Charlotte before it closed . Now that was a shithole mall. They had an ice rink though I remember that!
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We are designing basically a total redo of Northgate now.....it needs it. Triangle Town Center is coming too, then Glenwood. North Hills Mall is happening already. All the Cary Malls as well. Retail as we know it is changing finally
 
So sad . The famous 39 store burned down. A few years ago the owner was shot and killed ( perpetrators never brought to justice to my knowledge ) and his family took over , now it burned down. 39 store was an attraction of all sorts of folks .

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Fire destroys beloved rural convenience store in Johnston County :: WRAL.com

A popular northern Johnston County convenience store located on NC Hwy 39 was heavily damaged in an early Monday morning fire.
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