Where do you live?

[Rene Schweitzer]

We're fortunate here to have a world-wide community of hobbyists. Where do you live? I tried to list the countries I've noticed in posters' IDs, but I can't possibly list them all.

[bman36]

Hi Rene,
I recall a thread similar to this titled "From where do you hail?" or something like that. I don't believe it had a poll with it though. Interesting thing...since the pics of the Father's Day Layout were in GR this issue, all kinds of people have come out of the woodwork here. Looks like we will have an association here before long! Then I can encourage them to be part of the forum as well. Later eh...Brian.

[vsmith]

I used to live in the Peoples Republic of California but the recent coup d'état last summer by hostile cyborg babarians, I now live under the rule of King Ahnoold the Barbarianator, in the Kingdom of Kalifoonia...

[Anonymous]

Hello Rene,
I live in a small village in the south east of England (when you look at the map it is the right hand sticky out bit at the bottom).20 minutes from the sea and 50 minutes from London.I am also lucky to have a preserved steam railway 2 miles down the road so I get real sound effects in the garden.Luckier still is my next door neighbour works there and one of my work colleagues drives the trains on a volunteer basis.When my sons interest starts to wane I ask a few favours and take them down.After that the trains are king again!
Troy

[Anonymous]

RENE
U . S. --- IN THE STATE OF PENNA. AND IN THE TOWN OF LEBANON . BEN[:)]

[Anonymous]

In the US of A in Iowa City, Iowa

[Anonymous]

I live in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. A seaport on the east coast about halfway between Capetown and Durban. The area is also known as the Nelson Mandela Metropole (he was born in this area) which includes the cities of Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage and Despatch.

Metro population must be about 1 million by now of which I know of exactly 2 people in this town who have G scale and I am one of them. Are there any other SA guys out there? I'm looking for local contacts.

[Anonymous]

I am from Premont, Texas. A small frontier outpost 30 miles from nowhere and 70 miles southwest of Corpus Christi, Texas.

[Marty Cozad]

Earth is a GREAT place to set up one's RR.

[Anonymous]

Hey

I live in the sunny town of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The weather in the summer and the winter is perfect for live steam trains. I am drawing up a plan for my garden railway to go with my aster "junbos" (The LMS and LNWR versions) and the G64 stroudley terrier (All live steam).

Albert

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith

I used to live in the Peoples Republic of California but the recent coup d'état last summer by hostile cyborg babarians, I now live under the rule of King Ahnoold the Barbarianator, in the Kingdom of Kalifoonia...

Vic, your humor cracks me up!

Oh BTW, I live in West Jefferson, Ohio, about ten minutes west of Columbus, were still a village not enough people to be a city yet. I've only lived here 11 yrs and the "townyees" seem to have a inbreeding thing going on, strange though because it must be the capitol of single Dad's raising kids.

[Anonymous]

hi Rene
I live on the Golden Mile
Kalgoorlie West Australia
thars gold in them thar hills only there are no hills exept the mine dumps.
Not strictly true but its seems that way sometimes.
I can relate to the Capt's coments so many miles from nowhere
regards John

[cacole]

Sierra Vista (Mountain View), Arizona, just outside a U.S. Army post by the name of Fort Huachuca (pronounced WAA-CHOO-KA, an Apache Indian word meaning "Thunder Mountain"), 8 miles north of the border with Mexico. Semi-alpine climate in the foothills of the Huachuca Mountains instead of the stifling heat most people associate with the desert, because the altitude is around 5,400 feet, depending on what part of town you live in. Twenty miles from Tombstone, "The Town Too Tough to Die," 30 miles from historic Bisbee and the Lavender Pit, a mile-deep hole in the ground that used to be a copper mine, and 70 miles southeast of Tucson.

[powlee]

[:p] I live in place called East Bedfont which is adjacent to Heathrow Airport. We have an agreement. They do not run their engines my side of the airport before 7am and my GP9 does not sound it`s horn.

[TonyWalsham]

I'm a Brit that has lived in Melbourne for almost 50 years.

Aaaaaah Melbourne. Voted the best place to live in the World.

Never gets too cold. Never snows but not far from good snowfields.
Hot in summer but not unbearably so. Nice bayside beaches and not far from ocean surf.
Has suffered from drought in recent years but usually has good rain.
This year especially.
Plenty of Garden RR's and with Gordon Watson living in the hills alongside the "Puffing Billy" tourist RR, Melbourne is the home of live steam in OZ.

Sounds like paradise. It is paradise, compared to some of the hell holes around the World.

[Anonymous]

well im in Ohio around the Cincinnati area,there are a few GR in this area, im just keeping my shortline going

Jeff

[Anonymous]

In the state of Pennsylvania. In just a little town of Coopersburg. The Reading used to come through here untill it became SEPTA. But now that is even gone since 1983. So me and my Grandfather go photograph trains on the Norfolk Southern Allentown-Reading Line.

[chanda]

I live in Pahrump, Nevada . A small town that is growing so fast people can't keep up with it. Its about 65 miles west of Las Vegas and about 50 miles from Death Valley. No trains to watch here so it usually means a trip to Cajon Pass (200 miles) or to Tehachapi (another 200 miles)

[081440]

Southern New Jersey, U.S.A
[:D] [8D] [:)] [{(-_-)}]

Trains all around: PATCO, New Jersey Atlantic City Line, CSX within walking distance, NS within a short bike ride.

[Anonymous]

MASSACHUSETTS salisbury beach

RED SOX #1

[spankybird]

Willoughby, Ohio is a small suberb on the east side of Cleveland. BTW we are less than a 1/2 mile from the CSX and NS waterfront mainlines.

[Anonymous]

I live here on an island in the Sunshine Coast of Queensland, which is the second largest state in Australia, South East Queensland boasts more Olympic medallists per square mile than anywhere in the world.

It does not snow here, and the temperature practically never gets below 15 deg or over 35 degrees. Our most famous son is Steve Erwin, who lives about 20 minutes from me. This is also the home of the worlds largest sand island, Frazer Island and it is also where the worlds largest living entity lives, it is the only one visible from space it is the 1500 mile long Australian Great Barrier Reef. Also the worlds oldest living creature a Galapagos tortois called Harriet I think she just had her 197 th birthday, she owns and controls Steve Irwin.

However, I do not origonally come from here, I come from one of the countries olny two super cities namely Sydney. I reckon that Pommy bloke from Melbourne, must be nuts if he thinks it is even whorthwhile living there. It has rotten weather, its people who can do so, are all migrating to up here to the Sunshine Coast because they just cant stand the place any more.

You might gather that Melbourne is the other super city and there is great rivally between the two. But seriously I have been going there on business on and off for forty years and i can see very little to like about the place. Foods good, so are the parks and gardens and the roads are ok as well. But boring, flat featureless, 4 seasons in a single day.


Regards


Ian

PS No wonder he still calls himslef a Pom after 50 Years and not a Melbournian, not me i'm proud to be a Sydneysider even though I don't live there anymore.

[vsmith]

Hey Ian,

Kindly clear up a little Question I have regarding Auzzie Slang..

The term "Pommie" or "Pom" where does that come from"?

My understanding is that it refers to an uptight, overly proper Briti***ransplant, 'Pommie" comes from "Pomp and Circumstances" music played during Royal parades but in merry ol' England and is used by more layed back and relaxed Aussie's to deride said uptight Engli***ransplants to their country who look like they are always waiting for a Royal parade to come by.

If I am wrong please let me know the true meaning, I am a huge fan of English and Aussie slang.

[Anonymous]

Hi vsmith

Excuse me butting in on your question to Ian but I thought you might just be interested in a "South African" take.

The legend in this country is that in the 1900 Boer War between the South African Boers (farmers) and the British (Redcoats) fre***roops arriving from England were not accustomed to the harsh African sun and very quickly became bright red in the neck and face. This led to the coining of two derisive nicknames for the sunburned British soldier. The one was "rooinek" meaning "red neck" which remains an insult in this country to this day and the other was "Pommie" as in "red as a pomegranate".
[:P]

[Kiwi Down Under]

Nah, your got it wrong.
At least kiwis ( New Zealanders) and Australians agree on one word.. POMS
Prisoner of Mother England.
Australia was where all the bad English convicts got deported to...nothings changed much since that time

[Anonymous]

Check this out:

http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/pommy.htm

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by ronnielouw

Hi vsmith

Excuse me butting in on your question to Ian but I thought you might just be interested in a "South African" take.

The legend in this country is that in the 1900 Boer War between the South African Boers (farmers) and the British (Redcoats) fre***roops arriving from England were not accustomed to the harsh African sun and very quickly became bright red in the neck and face. This led to the coining of two derisive nicknames for the sunburned British soldier. The one was "rooinek" meaning "red neck" which remains an insult in this country to this day and the other was "Pommie" as in "red as a pomegranate".
[:P]

Ronnielouw, calling someone a "Redneck" in the town I live in is actually a complement from what I've witnessed.[:D]

[toenailridgesl]

In the hills overlooking Adelaide, the capitol of South Australia. Lots of rail activity, including Steamranger, the Pitchi Ritchi railway, the National Rail Museum, National car museum, St Kilda tram (streetcar) museum, plus Adelaide is the jumping off point for both the Ghan to Darwin & the Indian Pacific to Sydney & Perth. Bugger-all garden railways though, I have to go visit Tony in Melbourne to see any others.

[Anonymous]

Vic

There are many theories where and how this word originated but it generally refers to anyone from Britain but mainly English people. Britain is our mother and Ireland is also our illegitimate mother as well; and Wales and Scotland are our aunties. USA and Canada are our big brothers and New Zealand is little brother and South Africa is our illegitimate cousin. The Welsh and to a lesser extant the Scots are regarded as Poms with their brains kicked in. This is the view of a Sydneysider, as I think about 40 % of all people from Sydney can trace their lineage back to Ireland. I have been married twice and both wives were half English and half Irish and I am half English and half Scottish.

So the closer you are to us the more likely we are to put sht on you, particularly so on ourselves, so in this back to front country; if we insult you it is only because we like you. Another funny thing the term Mr is just about never used; as to many it is verging on being an insult, in truth it means "we don't relate to you" and to call yourself Mr is thejust about the worst thing you can do, irrespective of who you are. For instance we would call George W Bush, George and only Mr if we didn't like him. I think this is to do with our convict past, anyone who professes to be better than any one else is not to be trusted. Our Prime Minister had George over for a Barbie one day and he wanted to meet Steve Erwin; and i can tell you Steve called him George or even Bushie.

The minute a cricket or rugby tour is announced, the British press get right into our players about anything they can, even people who are no longer playing; even some that are dead. They only do this in self defence because anything they do we are are lot tougher on them.

To give you an idea, their was a bloke called Harold Larwood; a fast bowler (cricket) a very fast English bowler who was directed by his captain to bowl at the man and not the wicket, this was termed the "bodyline series" in 1932. After WW2 he migrated to a place called Gosford just north of Sydney and as recently as the ninetees he was still getting death threats in the mail.


So to fini***he idea; Ronnies idea of pomegranat is the most common accepted here but so is the term refering to our convict past about POHM Prisoner Of His Majesty. Also a British Naval term Port Out Marker is to do with convict ships leaving Albion for Australia.


Hope you get something from all this and may explain some of the things i have had to say but also be aware Sydneysiders are as different from other Aussies, as New Yorkers are from your average yank. And the similarity to New Yorkers does not end there.


Regards


Ian

[Anonymous]

Ian

Shame, we have really hijacked Rene's thread. [oX)]
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I'm married to a Welsh girl and you're right, they are half mad.