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RE: The most ridiculous city names in the US
July 15, 2015 at 3:53 pm
(July 15, 2015 at 1:35 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: (July 14, 2015 at 4:27 pm)Salacious B. Crumb Wrote: I think this is pretty cool street name. I've driven past it many times.
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It's also an unincorporated town.
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RE: The most ridiculous city names in the US
July 15, 2015 at 3:55 pm
SD beaches, especially Carlsbad are my favorite, but maybe that's me being biased 
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RE: The most ridiculous city names in the US
July 15, 2015 at 4:00 pm
No, SD beaches are great. My first experience of one was when I was 14 and my family was on vacation, visiting former neighbors. Let's just say that my adolescent self was stunned to discover that there really were women who looked like the bombshells I had seen in films and magazines -- quite the revelation for a boy from North Dakota farm country, where the cows aren't all housed in barns. I didn't get into the water much that day for fear of getting up and drawing attention to my near-constant erection. Ah, southern California!
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RE: The most ridiculous city names in the US
July 15, 2015 at 4:30 pm
(July 14, 2015 at 4:17 pm)Atheist_BG Wrote: (July 14, 2015 at 4:12 pm)QuarkDriven Wrote: Amish A little off topic here but... do these still exist? I thought the Amish was a crazy retarded community that existed in times when cars had only 1 horse power and after that they probably have died out.
I grew up in the middle of (though not the center of) Amish country, about 60 miles northwest of Lancaster. There were Amish students in my class; the boys stayed until 3rd grade and the girls until 5th IIRC (and, yes, they could ride the bus: many actually Amish people can use electronics and such things if 1) they don't own them, 2) it's strictly for work or education, and 3) there's no other way, I think).
Every weekend a family would come by on a horse and buggy selling homemade baked goods and vegetables.
A particular source of profit for many nearby Amish - other than farming, of course - is quilting. A real, handmade Amish quilt can sell for upwards of $2,000; I've been in the bank behind an Amish person depositing over $5,000 cash.
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RE: The most ridiculous city names in the US
July 15, 2015 at 4:56 pm
(July 15, 2015 at 4:30 pm)TRJF Wrote: on a horse and buggy
Horse and buggy? They have a weird definition of not using any tech. If I'm right, a vehicle with an engine is considered as technology. 
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RE: The most ridiculous city names in the US
July 15, 2015 at 4:57 pm
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RE: The most ridiculous city names in the US
July 16, 2015 at 1:14 am
(July 15, 2015 at 4:30 pm)TRJF Wrote: (July 14, 2015 at 4:17 pm)Atheist_BG Wrote: A little off topic here but... do these still exist? I thought the Amish was a crazy retarded community that existed in times when cars had only 1 horse power and after that they probably have died out.
I grew up in the middle of (though not the center of) Amish country, about 60 miles northwest of Lancaster. There were Amish students in my class; the boys stayed until 3rd grade and the girls until 5th IIRC (and, yes, they could ride the bus: many actually Amish people can use electronics and such things if 1) they don't own them, 2) it's strictly for work or education, and 3) there's no other way, I think).
Every weekend a family would come by on a horse and buggy selling homemade baked goods and vegetables.
A particular source of profit for many nearby Amish - other than farming, of course - is quilting. A real, handmade Amish quilt can sell for upwards of $2,000; I've been in the bank behind an Amish person depositing over $5,000 cash. I'd say they innocently mistook tomatoe leaves for something else.....
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RE: The most ridiculous city names in the US
July 16, 2015 at 1:19 am
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