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ST Poll: When is the last time you did a touristy thing in your hometown/area (whether with an actual visitor/tourist or just because?) -- nm - ty97 Aug 15, 11:14 13
- a few years ago - the Aquarium -- nm - Epiphany Aug 15, 11:18
- I have a kid so we do it all the time. - spamlet Aug 15, 11:17
- Last week I took my neice to the Brookly Botanical Gardens. If going to a Yankee game counts then yesterday. Thanks, Dawson! - Krusty Aug 15, 11:17 1
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- Most recently I think was the Art Institute. -- nm - ty97 Aug 15, 11:17
- does the Picasso exhibit at the AGO count? then it was in June. -- nm - Andie Aug 15, 11:17
- I go to a museum (smithsonian or other) probably once a month. -- nm - loosilu Aug 15, 11:16
- last week I went to the Montauk Lighthouse with the wife's family. That's about as touristy it gets out here besides the beaches -- nm - CQ Aug 15, 11:16
- We took the train down to Seward last year... probably the only locals on board. Amused ourselves watching everyone freak out.... - Dr.Vermin Aug 15, 11:16
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- I took the tour at Sierra Nevada Brewery about 4-5 years ago -- nm - amoxy Aug 15, 11:15
- Independence Mall/Liberty Bell last year. -- nm - znufrii Aug 15, 11:15
Excelers? Is it possible to sort rows by a forumla that's based on a column, without having to put the formula expressly within a column itself? - prayformojo Aug 15, 11:13 2
- VBA, I guess but would take longer to script than making a column -- nm - zork Aug 15, 11:17
- Maybe, but I don't know it. -- nm - spamlet Aug 15, 11:16
The Adventures of Hercules with Lou is pure awesomeness. Have I said this here before? -- nm - CQ Aug 15, 11:11
I've said it before, but Cici's is like Dominoes if they took the cost of toppings used out of the workers' paychecks. -- nm - Ender Aug 15, 11:06
Welp, there goes the season UMD's starting quarter out for the season with a torn ACL -- (link) - MDH Aug 15, 11:05
Here's a list of the public-voted 'Greatest Place To Stand In The United States' - ty97 Aug 15, 11:03 11
- 28 -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 15, 11:19
- 28 -- nm - Andie Aug 15, 11:16
- 28 -- nm - decline Aug 15, 11:15
- 25 -- nm - CQ Aug 15, 11:15
- I like that list better. 29! - Dr.Vermin Aug 15, 11:12 1
  - Opportunity for increase! -- nm - ty97 Aug 15, 11:14
- 21/100 -- nm - ty97 Aug 15, 11:12
- I stopped reading when #2 was a roller coaster in NJ. - Krusty Aug 15, 11:08 2
  - There's a ton of PA on the list, plus something from NJ, which suggests regional vote-rigging. - ty97 Aug 15, 11:11 1
    - Ha! - to your IM. -- nm - Krusty Aug 15, 11:12
- 17/100 -- nm - znufrii Aug 15, 11:07
10 Plance every American should see (list inside). I've seen 5 so far - decline Aug 15, 10:54 111
- Not sure what to drop but shouldn't the Smithsonian be on there? -- nm - zork Aug 15, 11:15 2
  - It's arguably included in the National Mall -- nm - ty97 Aug 15, 11:16 1
    - oh yeah. Well except for things like the zoo. :) -- nm - loosilu Aug 15, 11:17
- 11) Batcave, Gotham City -- nm - peglegpete Aug 15, 11:11
- 8. No NOLA yet, have no desire to see Gettysburg (in fact, I vetoed it for my trip starting tomorrow) -- nm - CovingtonCat Aug 15, 11:10
- 4 -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 15, 11:10
- 10/10 -- nm - ceregon Aug 15, 11:08
- NOLA only. Been to NYC a couple of times but not to the square as I recall -- nm - zork Aug 15, 11:08
- 3 -- nm - CQ Aug 15, 11:07
- no Monument Valley :( -- nm - peglegpete Aug 15, 11:05
- 4/10 -- nm - amoxy Aug 15, 11:04
- no Mount Rushmore? -- nm - Beaker Aug 15, 11:03
- 1 1/2, I guess, if driving on the SF portion of HI 1 counts. -- nm - Reagen Aug 15, 11:03
- 3/10 -- nm - Roger More Aug 15, 11:03
- 6/10 -- nm - Andie Aug 15, 11:02
- 8! -- nm - loosilu Aug 15, 11:02 1
  - my missing ones are Yellowstone and Taos. -- nm - loosilu Aug 15, 11:03
- 4. In addition to the PCH, here's a list of National Scenic Byways in the U.S. -- (link) - Max Aug 15, 11:02
- 1 but I'll see a second in a couple of weeks. - spamlet Aug 15, 11:00
- 3. nm - Dignan Aug 15, 11:00
- 2/10. Times Square and South Beach. Both are highly overrated. - Qale Aug 15, 10:59 45
  - I like South Beach, but don't get why they are here, especially when Yosemite isn't -- nm - ceregon Aug 15, 11:10
  - Miami was my worst vacation. Hated that city so much. I'll never go back. -- nm - Krusty Aug 15, 11:03 2
    - You know the problem with the MIA/FLL area? - ty97 Aug 15, 11:07 1
      - For me the pastel colors made me ill. - Krusty Aug 15, 11:11
  - Really? Ft. Lauderdale is a bit of a hellhole. -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 11:01 6
    - I refer to Ft. Lauderdale and south as "Miami." It's all a hellhole down there. - JaxSean Aug 15, 11:03
    - It's very gay. -- nm - Qale Aug 15, 11:03 2
      - You think hell can't be gay? -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 11:03 1
        
        Aw come on Satan! -- nm - Saddam Aug 15, 11:04
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      - Miami. So I guess I kind of played a little shell game there. -- nm - Qale Aug 15, 11:03
  - They are both what they are, now-over-hyped tourist areas that are worth seeing, but are not Top 10 material -- nm - ty97 Aug 15, 11:00 33
    - they're still fairly iconic parts of Americana, even overrun with tourists - znufrii Aug 15, 11:02
    - Other than always wanting to go on the Stanton Island Ferry, I'd like to think I've spent enough time in NYC to not be a tourist when I go. -- nm - Qale Aug 15, 11:01 31
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        Well, the first time I went, certainly quite touristy. But the next time it was for a week. The next two. I've stayed as long as a month before - Qale Aug 15, 11:05
        
        A tourist comes with a camera, and goes to the top of things. -- nm - Roger More Aug 15, 11:04 24
        
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        Those drunken escapades could happen anywhere. If she's not using her camera to take 100s of photos of the skyline, she's not a tourist! -- nm - Roger More Aug 15, 11:15 2
        
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        i think a tourist is there to "see famous interesting things", sort of a 'check off the list' type trip. A visitor is just someone who is there in a - Andie Aug 15, 11:18
        
        where's the top of Times Square? - loosilu Aug 15, 11:05 19
        
        The ball (before it drops). -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 11:08 4
        
        that would be an uncomfortable place to visit. -- nm - loosilu Aug 15, 11:10 3
        
        Loosi doesn't like big balls -- nm - zork Aug 15, 11:11 2
        
        it's a pole. -- nm - loosilu Aug 15, 11:15 1
        
        Loosi doesn't like to work the pole -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 11:17
        
        There are reasons to go to Times Square that aren't being a tourist - Roger More Aug 15, 11:07 13
        
        Not many. -- nm - loosilu Aug 15, 11:09
        
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        On a certain level, people need to get over the fear of "being a tourist" - Reagen Aug 15, 11:13 8
        
        that said, Times Square is interesting for the crowds, but otherwise has absolutely nothing NYC in it. -- nm - loosilu Aug 15, 11:16 1
        
        TKTS booth! -- nm - ty97 Aug 15, 11:16
        
        Being a "tourist" can be very free-ing. Some people ignore you, some get out of your way, others smile benignly. -- nm - CovingtonCat Aug 15, 11:15 4
        
        or, in NYC, you get shoulder-checked by the locals who have somewhere to be, and you're in their way. :) -- nm - znufrii Aug 15, 11:16 3
        
        as if they bother to see if you're a tourist before doing that -- nm - zork Aug 15, 11:18 2
        
        if you're moving slow, they already know. -- nm - loosilu Aug 15, 11:19 1
        
        *ding* -- nm - znufrii Aug 15, 11:22
        
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        exactly. When I go there to hang with my brother (or you guys) I don't consider my self a tourist. When I go with someone doing touristy things - decline Aug 15, 11:10 1
        
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      - I don't know, you did just call it Stanton Island...... -- nm - ty97 Aug 15, 11:02 3
        
        I blame spell check. I got it wrong on my own, Google just helped it along. -- nm - Qale Aug 15, 11:04 1
        
        Relatedly: Why isn't Chrome's spell check better? It should know how to fix things like Galifianakis. It's built on a frickin' search engine. -- nm - Qale Aug 15, 11:08
        
        Heh. :-) -- nm - Krusty Aug 15, 11:04
- 7/10. Haven't been to Hawaii, New Orleans, and I'm not sure what the Taos Pueblo is. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 15, 10:59 7
  - I have seen the New Orleans bus station, I didn't count that -- nm - amoxy Aug 15, 11:13
  - Wow. Can't you see New Orleans from your house? - Spawn Aug 15, 11:00 5
    - It's about 9 hours away. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 15, 11:02 4
      - road trip! you've got a chauffeur now -- nm - decline Aug 15, 11:03
      - I know, just kidding. But seriously, you need to go. -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 11:03 2
        
        (I actually thought it was farther until I just google-mapped it.) - JaxSean Aug 15, 11:04 1
        
        heh, I figured it was 6! -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 11:06
- 7 -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 10:58
- ZERO. - groiny Aug 15, 10:58 7
  - same. -- nm - Beaker Aug 15, 11:01
  - How is that even possible? -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 10:58 5
    - as a kid, my vacations were for fishing. - groiny Aug 15, 10:59 4
      - You've been three blocks from the National Mall but you haven't seen it? -- nm - Max Aug 15, 11:02 3
        
        did you offer to take me there? - groiny Aug 15, 11:15 1
        
        he probably assumed you'd been there, since EVERYONE has. - loosilu Aug 15, 11:18
        
        I was in sight of the White House, but instead I drank whiskey in a bar with shuffleboard and threw up all night. -- nm - Jelly Aug 15, 11:05
- Yup, none. -- nm - Jelly Aug 15, 10:58
- 4/10 -- nm - Krusty Aug 15, 10:57
- P.S. What an odd list. - ty97 Aug 15, 10:56 2
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  - well, it is a travel site :) -- nm - decline Aug 15, 10:58
- Geebus, 3/10??? I've got roadtripping to do! - Dr.Vermin Aug 15, 10:56 7
  - It's far more than just a field. she must have missed most of it. -- nm - loosilu Aug 15, 11:02 3
    - Please expound. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 15, 11:07 2
      - Battlefield tours (There are sites to visit ALL OVER the area), multiple museums (some National Park Service, some private), Dwight Eisenhower's. - loosilu Aug 15, 11:15 1
        
        "Try finding out about it on this thing called the Web" - Dr.Vermin Aug 15, 11:19
  - Now, everybody post a pic of yourself at one of these places! -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Aug 15, 11:01 [flickr]
  - yeah, Gettysburg is pretty much a field -- nm - decline Aug 15, 10:57
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- 2/10 i need to get out more -_- -- nm - gLu Aug 15, 10:56 1
  - That smiley doesn't work as well on this forum. ^,.,^ -- nm - Qale Aug 15, 11:06
- 5/10 -- nm - ty97 Aug 15, 10:56
- I've seen 4 (not counting as an infant or from an airplane), though one has been many years (Gettysburg). -- nm - Don Homer Aug 15, 10:55
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  - I have friends who are going there next month. so jealous. -- nm - znufrii Aug 15, 10:56
- 4/10 -- nm - znufrii Aug 15, 10:55 7
  - and there's really no reason not to cross Gettysburg off my list sometime soon. -- nm - znufrii Aug 15, 10:57 6
    - You really need to take a drive over there. It's a very nice park -- nm - decline Aug 15, 10:58 5
      - we're going to be camping outside of Harrisburg in a couple weeks, thinking we might go through there on our way back. -- nm - znufrii Aug 15, 11:00 4
        
        I highly recommend getting a guided tour. - Inigo Aug 15, 11:02 1
        
        agreed. -- nm - loosilu Aug 15, 11:06
        
        Stop in Lancaster too and get some Amish food - decline Aug 15, 11:00 1
        
        and some ice cream! You can stick it on their hat and they won't even fight back! -- nm - Roger More Aug 15, 11:05
Happy birthday, Subversive! Woo hoo! -- nm - Krusty Aug 15, 10:52
I'm disappointed in the Slackers of 2012 flickr group. There are some good photographers here, but it kind of fell apart after a while. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 15, 10:50 19
- Yeah, I just don't see interesting stuff day to day. -- nm - spamlet Aug 15, 11:01
- I fell behind months ago but I keep taking pictures. - Krusty Aug 15, 10:56
- You should do it as a Facebook group. There's no limits, and people don't have to pay. - JaxSean Aug 15, 10:52 6
  - you don't have to pay for flickr, you just have some limits otherwise. (Though $25/year is a bargain imo.) -- nm - Don Homer Aug 15, 10:57 3
    - I was at my free limit and had to remove all my pictures to participate. - Krusty Aug 15, 11:01 2
      - no, you never have to remove pictures - they just go invisible after 200 ... - Beryllium Aug 15, 11:08 1
        
        What's the point of having them there if no one can see them? - Krusty Aug 15, 11:15
  - I hate using facebook for photo management -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 10:53 1
    - It's not photo management. You're doing a social picture share. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 15, 11:00
- the ten-a-week limit means I'm quite behind in adding to the pool -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 10:51 9
  - It doesn't help that the group admins (mostly) stopped posting too!! -- nm - Don Homer Aug 15, 10:57
  - Here's my full set, which itself is nearly a month behind ... -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 15, 10:52 [flickr] 7
    - Here's mine. I've had a few close calls, but have managed to take one or more every single day so far (not today yet though). -- (link) - Don Homer Aug 15, 10:58 [flickr]
    - Your 2009 set lists 364 photos.... what happened to the other day?? -- nm - Don Homer Aug 15, 10:54 1
      - I think one of them got marked as private -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 11:09
    - (I have photos that I haven't processed yet. Lots of them.) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 10:52 3
      - This. Maybe when the snow starts falling, I can start catching up with posting. - Dr.Vermin Aug 15, 10:54 2
        
        next week? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 11:09 1
        
        Next month, I wouldn't be surprised! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 15, 11:13
B2, Beak, regardless of %, it's still responsible of them to add the strap to prevent more infants with fractured skulls - SyrDragon Aug 15, 10:47 3
- the question is, can I keep mine if I'm not a moron? -- nm - Reagen Aug 15, 10:54 1
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- the strap is not going to change a damn thing when they flip over. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 15, 10:51
~One Banana, Two Banana, Three Banana, Four ~ -- nm - decline Aug 15, 10:46 2
- before going to a friend's cottage some years ago, I made a mix CD that included that song. My friend who was driving got so excited by hearing it, he - zork Aug 15, 11:05
- ~Buffalo soldier, dreadlock rasta~ -- nm - Elvis Aug 15, 10:49
It's peanut butter jelly time! -- nm - znufrii Aug 15, 10:43 1
- Red velvet cupcake time. -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 15, 10:49

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