Where in the world are we???

[jesgooch]

I have seen this thread done before, and although many of us know each other here, there will be some new names and faces, so lets start it up again...

I am from NH and currently live in Kittery, Maine.

[Jeff California]

Spent most of my life near P.B. San Diego..

Been in Bakersfield, California for a few years now & plan on staying here awhile..

[WillFlyToDisney2]

Born and raised in Charleston, SC. Live here again for now after living in Florida :mickey and Tennessee :dancers for awhile. I split my time between Charleston and Nashville and wherever the "day job" takes me on the road. :beep

Kelley

[xiknal]

I am in Austin, TX and have been here since 1976! Born in NYC, spent childhood in St. Louis, ten years in Seattle and a lot of years in Latin America. Shorter stays in various other places that I did not have to fly to!

Barb :happyguy

[cassidywithwings]

I'm originally from southwestern New York State. I have lived in the Boston area for 7 years. :)

Kelly

[CaptainStark]

Born in Landstuhl Germany (until 1 yr)
L.A. (until 5)
Ft.Worth (until 6)
Germany (until 12)
Pensacola (until 13)
Islip, NY (until 15)
Arlington Heights, IL (until 17)
Champaign, IL (until 22)
Tucson (until 24)
Chandler, AZ (until 25)
Sacramento, CA (until 28)
Abilene, TX with 4 months in England and Turkey (until 32)
Phoenix (since then and I AIN'T MOVIN'!:woohoo )


Ray

[WillFlyToDisney2]

Ray,

I didnt realize you were older than 32! :smokin

Kelley

[Chelle]

Ontario Canada here, close to Toronto. :wave

[beaugest]

I like these posts.
Born and raised in NYC. Living in NJ till my kids are old enough and then heading back to the city. Have a house in Cape Cod which I love(not only because we can drive). I'm a Yankees fan spending my summer in Red Sox territory. See, I do take risks.

[momtotot]

Have been in Chicago for 3 years. Lived in Colorado Springs for 8 years before that. Spent my teens and college years in Oklahoma.

Sue

[kasoeh]

Atlanta all my life save my 20s spent exploring NC, DC, and upstate NY.

-Abby

[sengelin]

I was born and raised in the beautiful Hudson Valley of New York. Spent part of my childhood in Maryland. Went to college in New Mexico (long story) where I met my lovely wife. Off to Denver for awhile, then Dallas for waaaaay too long. Man, it's hot there! Back to NM for grad school. Currently living just north of Santa Fe, NM.

Sean

[Disney fan]

Manchester UK

[Stefjam]

Greetings from the left coast! Born and raised in Northern CA and currently living in Marin County. Someday I hope to live in Scottsdale AZ in the winter and Lake Tahoe in the summer. Hey, a girl can dream, right??

Stef;)

[Expatbrit]

I've lived in Heidelberg, Germany for many years. I left the UK at the age of 23, and then lived briefly in Greece and the U.S. (Texas) before landing here!

Carole

[RosieEarl]

I hail originally from London, UK, but have lived in the middle of England (Sheffield) for the last 15 years or so.

Doesn't sound as exotic as California or Arizona - and certainly not as sunny (sorry Mark - I know we're paranoid about the sun, due to us never getting any!).

Rosie

[marypoppins76]

Parents moved from Belfast to England after their wedding.

I was born in the Home Counties.

Moved to the Lake District when I was 7.

Went to boarding school in Lancashire when I was 11 (for those of you who've read Jane Eyre, that was my school).

Lived in India during my gap year.

University in Kent.

Now living in and loving London.

But often residing on Io, or some other interesting place of my construction.

MP

P.S. Rosie, Sheffield's not that bad, and there are some GREAT pubs in Derbyshire... :cheers

[smokycmt]

:yoohoo

I was born and raised right outside of Philadelphia....I have never lived in another state (boring, I know!) I now live about 45 miles West of Philly in a suburb named Morgantown, PA...lots of smelly cow doo-doo :eek

Chris

[spiffyone]

Well, I moved since we last did this - !!!

During the week just outside of Boston, where I work now
:read

Weekends in Narragansett, RI at my house (some of the flight paths into PVD go right over my area)

...so I drive a lot:beep

(I just needed an exuse to use that guy)

spiff

[canoga]

Born in New Albany, IN (Louisville Metro). Stayed in So IN until early 20's (graduated from IU - Go Hoosiers!) then moved to Alaska for about 7-8 months. Came back to So IN and met hubby. Moved with him to Ames, Iowa where he got his masters and we moved to Terre Haute, IN (IMHO, the armpit of America). I have been in Cleveland since 1996. :hyped

Beth
p.s. I'm pretending that is a dancing snowman up there.

[ChiefAtHeart]

I was born and raised in a town near Kansas City, Mo. I moved to Nashville, TN when I was 26 and have been here for just over 5 years now.

[YankssRule]

I was born in Brooklyn, raised on Staten Island, work in midtwon Manhattan. :wave

Janet :pompoms

[aurora30]

Born and raised in Switzerland, until the age of 19.
Moved to Santa Barbara, California, 10 years ago.

I'm here for good!! :hyped :troll

[Passenger Mark]

Corona California since 92

But am from a small town in Tennessee near Nashville.

My folks are still there, my sister lives in New Orleans and my brother in London. Hence why I have to fly!

That, and I like to see new places!

[JPenny]

I grew up in Phoenix (Capt. Stark) and now am WillFly2Disney's neighbor in the upstate of SC where it's always green.

Jean

[CaptainStark]

JPenny,

"NEENER-NEENER! Ours is a "dry" humidity!!!!":rolling

Ray

[VictoriaW]

Born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska...moved to Oklahoma in July of 2002 because my new husband got stationed at Tinker AFB here....don't know how long we will be here...who knows where we will go next!

Vicky

[WillFlyToDisney2]

Funny, Ray. I laugh at my Southern Cali friends who complain about the heat and humidity there. :lol :lol :lol

Here in SC we know it is humid - we can FEEL it!

Kelley

[JamieAllison]

I'm from NY and grew up in Queens (Forest Hills) and then Long Island (Great Neck).

I went to college in upstate NY and lived there for a while after graduating. Now I'm in the Boston area and have been here for over 18 years (but I'm still a Mets fan!). :)

Allison

[Passenger Mark]

Bump!

And while I am bumping... can someone tell me what this guy :rotflmao is doing?

[WillFlyToDisney2]

I think he is ROFLMAO - Rolling On Floor Laughing my A** Off!

[marypoppins76]

Yes... that is what he's doing. If you watch it all the way through he gets little tears of laughter spouting from his eyes. Very amusing...

[mindymoo 2]

I live near Birmingham, England. Worcestershire or as you Americans call it - Worc cester shire !!:mickey

[WillFlyToDisney2]

Whooo Hooo for the UK!

My brother lives outside of London in Hertfordshire (did I spell it right??). ONE day I'll cross the pond to go see him.

Kelley

[Kelly M2004]

Macclesfield - near Manchester in the UK. :yoohoo I used to live in a place called Stalybridge in Tameside which is so small I doubt anyone (except for a few on here! :) will have ever have heard of it!). I work in Manchester city centre which is okay - but not as exciting as most of the locations on here!
Kelly :D

[Passenger Mark]

Just a little... bump!

[marypoppins76]

Kelley, yes, you did spell that right!

Where abouts in Hertfordshire does your brother live? I was born in Hertfordshire and lived there until I was seven... When my parents decided it was a good idea to uproot and move to the far far north... Keep going past Manchester and Sheffield and all the cool interesting northern places... And keep going... And going...

Glad to be back in fair London town!

MP

[MarleyBri]

I grew up in the Tampa Bay area - spent four years in Gainesville, FL - GO GATORS! and now live in Atlanta, GA! (hope to get back to Tampa soon!) :sunshine

[Disney fan]

Kelly,

Yes I know Stalybridge!! I hear the town is getting quite lively these days and has a new name given by the clubbers Staly-vegas!!!!

Lynda

[noflyingfan]

I was born and raised in Pennsylvania (lived in a couple of different places till I was 23, between college and post-college, I have been all over the state), and I've been in Chicago for the past two years.

[Passenger Mark]

Bumping this one up for anyone to add to...

[Barry11702]

OK, born in PA, stayed there until I was 2.

Moved to Germany, stayed there until I was 5.

Moved to Arkansas, stayed there until I was 7.

Moved to Kansas, stayed there until I was 18.

Brief stint in both Texas and Mississippi, ended up in Maryland, stayed there until I was 22.

Moved to Virginia, stayed there until I was 25.

Finally moved to NY (Long Island) and been here for 18 years now.

Oh, by the end of the year I'll be moving to Ohio.

[MadScientist]

Born and raised in South Alabama (Troy). Moved to the Mississippi Gulf Coast (Gulfport) and lived there till I was 23. I now live in Northeast Mississippi (Columbus) and have been here for 14 years.

[MarcoAviator]

Born in Italy, never moved from Rome. 25 years there.

Then moved to Ireland, Dublin for 1 year.

Then New Jersey until now (that was 7 years ago).

Been here in the Stinky State ever since.

[lieberma]

Jackson MS

Born in Baltimore MD, moved to Philadelphia PA, then to Marion Oh before my trade winds blew me to Jackson MS.

Allen

[Passenger Mark]

Hey Allen...

Ever heard of a restaurant called "@#%$ of the Walk".

I think it is on Lake Barrett? Not sure if the name is right.

Great Catfish, and hush-puppies!

Mark

[xiknal]

"@#%$ of the Walk".

which part of this name are you not sure of, Mark?
@?
#?
%?
$?

:lol

is the unspoken word a synonym for "male :chicken "

it's ok to say that word, isn't it? :scratch

[WillFlyToDisney2]

It rhymes with ROCK! LOL Mark has been censored on his own board. I think that is a chain, Mark. There is one a 1/2 mile from my hotel here in Nashville. :)

Kelley
(who is up WAY too early)

[xiknal]

why is the front office of an airplane called a

"male:chicken " -pit?

maybe we should move this query over to Ray's forum...:angel

[Passenger Mark]

HA HA HA

:rolling

That is too funny. Ezboard has profanity filters that I engaged when first set this up.

I have been struck by Ezboard Profanity Lightning! :thundercloud

[lieberma]

Hey Mark,

I live 15 minutes from the male part of the walk.:wired

It's right off the Ross Barnett Reservoir in Madison MS.

When I turn crosswind at MBO, I over fly the restaurant from my airport.

Mississippi has some great eat'in places. Go north, and there are some great Jazz restaurants, go south, and I am looking at some great Cajun places.

I watch my weights and balances big time after eating! :tiphat

Allen

[Passenger Mark]

you know I'm going to keep kicking this one back up. Don't want to make it a sticky... as no one ever reads those!

[LesliePHX]

I got myself born in Ft. Huachuca, AZ (Army brat), and infant-me quickly moved to Vernon, TX, with my mom while dad served in Korea. Moved to Ft. Monmouth, NJ, at 3; Fountainbleu, France, at 4; Decatur, GA, at 7; back to Texas with mom at 9 while dad served in Vietnam (see how old I am?); Ft. Richie, MD, at 10; Ft. Leavenworth, KS, at 11; Ft. Bliss, TX, at 12; Virginia Beach, VA, at 14; Karlsruhe, Germany, at 16; London, England, at 17; back to Karlsruhe at 18 (BAAAAD grades at the London college mom and dad sent me to -- they wouldn't let me go back for another semester -- too much time spent at Lass of Richmond Hill Pub probably); Lubbock, TX, at 19 for skool (Go Red Raiders); Las Cruces, NM, at 20 for more skool (Go Aggies ... but not the evil Texas A&M Aggies); Tucson, AZ, at 25; Phoenix, AZ, at 26. Been here ever since.

But I will probably be moving to Denver soon.

Leslie

[beaugest]

Les, Ever see the movie "if it's Tuesday it must be Belgium?"
That's what your post reminded me of. How did you handle all those moves? Mon

[LesliePHX]

Monica, I never saw the movie, but I think I get the gist. It's hard to say that I "handled" it since I never knew anything different; it seemed normal. And often I was living on base and going to school with a lot of other military kids, so striking up quick friendships and then going our separate ways a year or two later was just our culture, I guess.

What I do remember not liking was living in Europe. Maybe I was too young and immature to appreciate the experience, but I missed the U.S. terribly both times and couldn't wait to come back.

Leslie

[MadScientist]

Hey Allen,
Since I'm only a couple of hours away from you, I'll have to go down take a flight with you in your plane. It would be a great experience for me in my road to conquering this fear.

ken

[spleisher]

Sunny Orlando!

[WillFlyToDisney2]

Awwwwww, Scott. Wish I still lived in MCO - Orlando. Spent 7 years there and feel like it is my true "home".

Sigh........

Kelley

[invert29]

I am located in Mill Valley just north of San Francisco. Lived here all my life (31 yrs) except for a brief stint in Reno, NV for school.

[mindymoo 2]

I live in a town near to Worcester, England. Originally from a place called Rugby which as you may know Rugby football was invented. Rugby also famous for Rugby school ( in the book Tom Browns School Days ), the place i live in now is well known for the carpet industry.Thats about as exciting as it gets...:lol
~ Mandy ~ :ukflag

[Passenger Mark]

El-bumppo! :hamster

[noflyingfan]

Invert, you went to school in Reno? That must have been a blast.

[mkahanek]

Born and raised and still live in Houston Texas.:usflag

[invert29]

I did a year at UNR (University of Nevada, Reno). It was a blast...books and tuition paid for by the Silver Legacy's blackjack tables. :D

Maybe also why I had to move back home ;)

[TraderDude]

Figured I'd add myself to this thread. I can't stand not being a part of it!!

I'm from Chicago. ORD is my home airport :) Nice long runways with long, straight approaches. Just the way I like 'em.

[Debbielevis2]

How the heck did I miss this one??? I love these threads!! Actually, a thread like this is what got me to meet JamieAllison and Spiffy. See, we really do need these!!

Okay - Massachusetts aka Taxachusetts. Born and Bred. Grew up in a beach town (Nantasket Beach) South of Boston, moved to Canton (Southwest of Boston) after marrying.

Missed the ocean so much, we just bought a home in Buckeye Valley, Arizona! So, I guess now I can be from both. Hey, wherever you pay taxes, right??!


Home airports are either BOS (flying American or Delta) or PVD (flying Southwest) Best of both worlds!
Debbie

[Strange333]

Hi all,

Born in Columbus, OH....

Grew up in Grove City, OH (sub. of Columbus)...

At 16 became an exchange to France...

Spent six months in Paris.....

Six months in Lussac-les-Eglise (about 15 min. from Bellac)...

Back to Grove City at 17....

AA from Columbus State...

Moved to Florida :sunshine at 21, little town called Lecanto (near Homosassa Springs/Crystal River, but since Kelly is the only person who has ever heard of those, it is about an hour north of Tampa.):scratch
CULTURE SHOCK!!!

Just got offered a job in Hawaii, on a cruise line, (Fine Dining serving and Bartending pays for college)

Relocating to Melbourne, FL for a short time until my assignment comes...

P.S. Barry11702

OHIO, WHAT??? WHY???

[Passenger Mark]

Just got offered a job in Hawaii, on a cruise line,

Wow!!! That is great. How do I get someone to offer me a job on a cruise ship in Hawaii???

[Passenger Mark]

Time to give this one the Elbumpo to the top!

[JuliaClairesmommy]

Born in NORMAL, IL :lol:

Raised in Clinton, IL

Now we reside in Collinville, IL (near St Louis, MO)

[Jeff California]

good ole Bloomington/Normal Illinois... I will end up either there or nearby Heyworth in the future. Can you guess who my wife and her whole side of the family work for?:lol:

[JuliaClairesmommy]

I just woke up, so I'll try to guess. THe first thing that comes to my mind is State Farm Insurance. I have a cousin who works there....

Tara (JuliaClairesmommy)

[WillFlyToDisney]

Awwwwwwwww, my old sweetheart went to ISU in Normal.


Kelley

[JuliaClairesmommy]

good ole Bloomington/Normal Illinois... I will end up either there or nearby Heyworth in the future. Can you guess who my wife and her whole side of the family work for?:lol:

So what's the answer? :confused:

Tara

[WillFlyToDisney]

Yeah, Jeff, don't leave her hanging.


P.S. Tara - I have met Jeff's wife (she is SUCH A SWEETIE - and a saint for putting up with Jeff!!) and I am almost positive that you guessed right. :)

Kelley

[Jeff California]

Yeah, Jeff, don't leave her hanging.


P.S. Tara - I have met Jeff's wife (she is SUCH A SWEETIE - and a saint for putting up with Jeff!!) and I am almost positive that you guessed right. :)

Kelley



Well, I wont argue that one.... every day I wake up and ask myself, "is she still here?" I am truly a lucky man.


ding ding ding. you win! State Farm is correct. We will likely be moving back to Normal in the next couple years. Andrea is just starting her MBA and plans on going to corp. to train claim reps..... Will probably end up buying in Heyworth, as that is where her grandparents and parents are.

Jeff

[JuliaClairesmommy]

Jeff, Wow, I thought I'd be waaaay off. I grew up in Clinton for 20+ yrs until I went off to college. Nice little area, but I like it by St Louis better! My mom and stepdad and his family live there as well as my dad and all his family. We are going there today for Easter weekend, as a matter of fact. I don't know my way around Bloomington/Normal very well. I only went to the malls as a teen and State Farm a couple times to interview for a job, before I went off to college. It's a small world, isn't it??


Tara

[Free2Fly]

Born and raised in Columbus and Grove City, Ohio.
Moved to Lecanto, Florida in May of 2004
Moved to Rockledge, Florida in Jan. of 2005
Leaving for Baltimore, Maryland on friday and will be there for three weeks
After that, home will be the Pride of America cruise ship in Hawaii for the next five months.

Nich

[Agne]

I live in Cesena, region Emilia Romagna, northern-eastern ITALY.
:sunshine:

[MarcoAviator]

Emilia is supposed to be a really nice region (been there only once when I was a kid ... I barely remember it).

Would you happen to have pics of it? :D

[kallieb]

Hello all,

I was born in Fort Frances, Ontario, Canada - a small town on the Canada/US border, right across the river from International Falls, MN (for those who know US geography better than Canadian). My family moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada when I was 4 and we lived there through till I was 19. At this time I moved to a hamlet just outside of a small town (Dryden) in Northwestern Ontario.

Rocks, Lakes and Trees seem to be the predominant scenery, with the occasional smattering of road kill just to make things interesting.

Wild city life - not at all. What we do have is beautiful, natural scenery that can take your breath away.

Kallie

[Agne]

Marco,
yes I like my region. I love the sea, the hills and the food ..I can't live without tagliatelle and piadina :D
But Rome is beautiful too !! Are you from Rome "city"? I've been there twice.
Yes I have some pics, I can put them in the photo gallery!

[MarcoAviator]

Marco,
yes I like my region. I love the sea, the hills and the food ..I can't live without tagliatelle and piadina :D
But Rome is beautiful too !! Are you from Rome "city"? I've been there twice.
Yes I have some pics, I can put them in the photo gallery!

Yeah I am from Rome. Born at hospital Gemelli, in the city center. Used to live about half an hour bus ride from the Colosseum and the Roman forum (Foro Romano).

Never left Rome before age 25. I have been in more countries than towns in Italy. In fact I don't really know Italy other than Rome.:blush:

Some pics:

http://indie-web.com:443/images/shadow/Europevacation082602/medium/P8180119.JPG
My sister and my wife

http://indie-web.com:443/images/shadow/Europevacation082602/medium/P8180136.JPG
My sis and my wife again

http://indie-web.com:443/images/shadow/Europevacation082602/medium/P8180142.JPG
Rome view

http://indie-web.com:443/images/shadow/Europevacation082602/medium/P8180133.JPG
Me and my sis (can't you tell?)

http://indie-web.com:443/images/shadow/Europevacation082602/medium/P8180134.JPG
Me and my wife (the Patheon behind us)

http://indie-web.com:443/images/shadow/Europevacation082602/medium/panorama8.jpg (http://indie-web.com:443/images/shadow/Europevacation082602/medium/P8180119.JPG)

I got tons more pics ... I could probably upload them in the gallery here ...

[Passenger Mark]

Great photos Marco...

Yes... Upload to the gallery.... That is what it is there for!

[WillFlyToDisney]

Great pix, Marco!!

Thanks for sharing,
Kelley

[Agne]

Thank you for the beautiful pics !! :)
Like you, I haven't seen very much of Italy.The trips I made were mostly school outings.. One of my favourite cities is Florence.

[Agne]

I uploaded some pics of my region in the photo gallery !!

[Passenger Mark]

Bump!

[Rebecca]

This thread is so cool ... when you've sweated through some of these flying issues with people, baring your soul and whatnot, it's nice to know more about them...

I was JUST thinking the other day that if I had ANY suggestions for this site, it would be that we had some way of knowing where people are and something about their FoF history, family, etc. I'm sure I'm getting people mixed up ... what with sometimes having a forum handle plus their real name ...

Then I thought maybe there IS something like that here already and I missed it.

I am in Richland, Washington ... one of the "Tri-Cities" along with Pasco and Kennewick, at the confluence of the Columbia and Snake Rivers. Born in Kennewick & carted home to the same house in Pasco where my parents still live. Craig and I love it here in eastern Washington ... he's from apple country up north in Okanagon County.

http://takingflight.us/forums/images/smilies/wave.gifHi!

[Rebecca]

I thought I saw you at our local Barnes and Noble signing copies of your best-selling novel, The Color of Lint. Did it make Oprah?

Next time, you better let us know ... we'll have you over for southern-fried tilapia.

:angel: Two brothers from a monestary decide to make a little extra money selling fish & chips by the roadside. Guy pulls up, says, "I just want some chips." First brother says, pointing to second brother, "I'm the fish friar. He's the chip monk."

Sorry.

[scaredy_cat]

Realize this is kind of an old thread, but thought I would add my info along with everyone else.

Missouri - until age 4
Tennessee - until 5
California - until 7
Virginia Beach, VA - until 12
Missouri - until 30
Oklahoma - until 34
Currently in Richmond, VA - still 34 :tongue: