I seem to have more time on my hands recently...
Anyway I know there's that map thing but it never displays nice for me.

Here's a thread to state where you're from.
Let's see if we can get someone from every country in the world, all the U.S. states, all the Australian states, all the Canadian provinces and any other countries with similar.
Then we can prove we're truly global!

If you see we're missing a country and you know someone who lives there get them to log on to HM.

I'm from New Zealand, the creatively named North Island (in the North).

Not the best start to this thread but I'll add where I'm from

New Zealand, South Island, Otago, Mosgiel

OTAGO - HIGH LANDERS
our rugby team

Sweden. (beautiful blondes...shitty weather.)

Oh...and again...that's S-W-E-D-E-N, not switzerland, okay Bikerbot?

Coruscant. Now we're universal!

United States of America. Washington State (NOT Washington DC) The Great Pacific Northwest (home of the Seattle Seahawks)

Tulsa, Oklahoma. U.S.A(Ulcered Sphincter of Arserica)Quick, whats that from?! NO I don't hate my country or anything. Its just a joke. Can't say I really LOVE it either though. And no, we don't have any tumbleweeds here in Oklahoma.

Just outside of Rochester, N.Y.
And VagabondX, I don't know where that's from, but it sounds like a quote from either Hunter Thompson, Kurt Vonnegut, or Warren Ellis.

Alberta is one of Canada's provinces. It became a province on September 1, 1905.

Alberta is located in western Canada. It is bounded by the provinces of British Columbia on the west and Saskatchewan on the east, Northwest Territories on the north, and by the U.S. State of Montana on the south. Alberta is one of two provinces (the other being New Brunswick) to border a single U.S. state.

The capital city of Alberta is Edmonton, located just south of the centre of the province. Calgary is a major distribution and transportation hub as well as being one of Canada's major commerce centres. Edmonton is the primary supply and service hub for Canada's oilsands and other northern resource industries. According to recent population estimates, these two metropolitan areas have now both exceeded 1 million people, Calgary being slightly more populous than Edmonton. Other major but much smaller municipalities include Red Deer, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Fort McMurray, Grande Prairie, Camrose, Lloydminster, Wetaskiwin, Banff, and Jasper. See also: List of communities in Alberta.

The Premier of the province is Hon. Ralph Klein, Progressive Conservative. See also List of Alberta Premiers.

Alberta is named after Princess Louise Caroline Alberta (1848-1939), the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria.

And our Pro Hockey team is

Wausau is the county seat of Marathon County, Wisconsin. The city is located at 44?57'N 89?38'W with an altitude of 364.2 meters (1,195 feet). The Wisconsin River divides the city. Wausau is 180 miles east of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The city is located adjacent to and partially surrounded by the Town of Wausau. According to the 2000 census, Wausau had a population of 38,426 people. It is the principal city of the Wausau, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The Wausau metropolitan area had a 2000 census population of 78,664 and, besides the City of Wausau, includes Schofield, Rothschild, Weston, Kronenwetter, and the town of Rib Mountain. The city forms the core of the United States Census Bureau's Wausau MSA, which includes all of Marathon County (2000 population: 125,834). It is the 297th largest MSA in the United States.

The industries of Wausau include paper manufacturing, insurance, home manufacturing, and tourism.

Wausau is home to the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, famous for its "Birds in Art" collection. Wausau is also home to a world-class kayak course, having hosted numerous regional, national, and world competitions over the last two decades.

- Wikipedia

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What Wikipedia doesn't tell you is that Marathon County is one of the largest growers of ginseng in the world. The climate and soil are perfect for it's growth.

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The perseverance of these early ginseng growers and the ideal growth conditions in Marathon County have made it the ginseng capital of the United States, producing approximately 10% of the world's supply of ginseng root. More than 90% of the cultivated ginseng grown in the United States is grown in Wisconsin, and 90 to 95% of Wisconsin-grown ginseng is produced in Marathon County.

It is estimated that Wisconsin grew 3,000 to 5,000 acres of ginseng in 1990, and sales of the root earned almost $70 million for farmers in Marathon County. Most of Wisconsin's ginseng growers cultivate no more than one acre of the crop annually. Most of the nation's ginseng crop is exported to Hong Kong, where it enters duty-free. Much is then redistributed to other locations in the Far East.

ok so far.

New Zealand

Sweden

USA

Canada

Iceland



Any where else?

Well, I know we've got a couple of Aussies, ond at least one Frenchman, a gajillion Brazillians...

I am from Iceland.

Abilene, Texas..located 185 miles due west of Dallas/Ft. Worth on I-20....um, I know we stole our name from Abilene, KS, and Dyess Air Force Base, located here in Abilene was the home to the first B-1B Lancer Bomber. Also, Robert E. Howard, creator of Conan, lived in Tuscola, Tx, a small town 26 miles south of Abilene.

San Antonio, TX - The Alamo City - Home of the 2-Time NBA Champion Spurs. {Although, being orginally from Florida, I'm probably the only San Antonian who likes the current NBA Champion Miami Heat}

Abileen and San Antonio... good and bad memories from both of those towns!
And Logan... Bob Howard lived in Cross Plains. I should know... I talked to the girl (Well, old lady) he was dating right before he shot himself in the melon. Lovely old lady. Novellen Price. He was born somewhere around Abileen though.

Oh, sorry... that isn't what this link is about.


I am in A-Town Texas. The State Capital. Live Music Capital of the world. Home of Leslie... the worlds most famous bum.

Only in Austin would people sign a petition to get this guy on the ballot for Mayor... wow. Crazy ass town.

For those who still insist on thinking I'm from Virginia.

I'm originally from St. Louis, Missouri. Home of a giant freakin horse shoe (St. Louis Arch a.k.a. The Gateway to the West), Anheiser Busche (watered down piss beer), and Nelly. Oh and they have the baseball Cardinals and the Rams.

I now live in Springfield, Missouri. This town is proud to claim Brad Pitt. And that Wild Bill shot someone over a damn pocket watch. I know em for taxing the hell out of everyone so they can make money off the tourists headed to the Ozarks.

I wasn't born in Chesterfield, Virginia y'know. I just lived there during college.

Well I guess I'll throw my location out there. Massillon, Ohio. Bout 15 minutes from Canton, Ohio, where the pro football hall of fame is.

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you are right, Jr, my bad....I read an article recently in the paper about the anniversary of his death and I was gonna drive down there, but a lot of Cross Plains was destroyed last yr by wildfires....

Thayne lives in Springfield? hmmmm, might have to stop by next time I'm in MO, my folks have a farm up near the Lake of the Ozarks...

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Of course, completely off subject here... but did any of Cross Plains survive the wildfires? I know it was bad... Oh, and I see the owner of the Bob Howard estate at least once a month. That Feller has a lot of cool shit of his.... that is if it didn't get destroyed in the fires.