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for those who care, I ate at CiCi's, and yes, I liked it -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Aug 15, 11:36 6
- When I first moved here I heard of this place that had a pizza buffet. It was CiCi's. 1st time it was OK. 2nd time was my last. - CovingtonCat Aug 15, 11:41
- The taste of it's cherry chapstick? -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 11:37 1
  - yes indeed -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Aug 15, 11:41
- did you have some mac and cheese pizza? nm -- nm - groiny Aug 15, 11:36 2
  - it's not a trip to CiCi's without the mac n' cheese pizza ! -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Aug 15, 11:41 1
    - cheeseburger pizza with pickles and mustard! -- nm - Epiphany Aug 15, 11:44
BB: jerymandering...in my area, they broke up a district that had a large minority count, now that area is in 3, minority % went from 50-60% down to - zeitgeist Aug 15, 11:36
I'd do a poll about the Economist's top 10 most livable cities but it's the same ones as last year in a slightly different order - Reagen Aug 15, 11:33 17
- I wouldn't mind knowing what the heck "livable" is supposed to mean -- nm - con_carne Aug 15, 11:36 5
  - I means you can't afford to live there -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 15, 11:40
  - infrastructure, goods and services availability, personal risk (or lack thereof) - Reagen Aug 15, 11:40
  - The five groups of criteria used by the Ecomist are stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education, and infrastructure -- (link) - Roger More Aug 15, 11:39
  - Here's one person's definition - Strongbad Aug 15, 11:38 1
    - My city has made progress in these areas, but it's really a little and late sort of thing given our size -- nm - con_carne Aug 15, 11:43
- Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Vienna, Geneva, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth? -- nm - Roger More Aug 15, 11:35 5
  - 3/9 -- nm - Strongbad Aug 15, 11:38
  - 1/9 -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 11:37
  - 6/9. -- nm - Reagen Aug 15, 11:37 1
    - (I meant he got 6 out of the 9) -- nm - Reagen Aug 15, 11:43
  - I heard that Toronto is #4 but didn't see the list -- nm - zork Aug 15, 11:37
- Couple in Oregon? -- nm - Strongbad Aug 15, 11:35 4
  - None in the US. It's all Australia, Canada, NZ, Finland and Austria. -- nm - Reagen Aug 15, 11:36 3
    - Helsinki -- nm - zork Aug 15, 11:37
    - I'm guessing Oregon would have 3-4 of the Top 10 in the US. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 15, 11:36 1
      - Honolulu is usually the top US city. -- nm - Reagen Aug 15, 11:37
Cheesy tourist poll: Link to the "biggest ____" attraction that is in your area. - zork Aug 15, 11:29 30
- California's largest mall -- (link) - JD Aug 15, 11:41 1
  - Heh! -- nm - con_carne Aug 15, 11:44
- seattle's cowboy hat and boots park (was once a gas station) 44 foot wide 'hat' -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 15, 11:39 1
  - good one -- nm - zork Aug 15, 11:43
- Winchester Mystery House -- (link) - Yosemite Aug 15, 11:39 2
  - I first heard about it in a Dennis the Menace comic book -- nm - zork Aug 15, 11:42
  - I made a day trip there once and it was worth it for the old timeyness alone -- nm - con_carne Aug 15, 11:41
- King of Prussia Mall -- nm - znufrii Aug 15, 11:38
- hipsters -- nm - con_carne Aug 15, 11:38
- Big Tex -- (link) - Epiphany Aug 15, 11:37 [Image] 2
  - exactly the type of thing I mean - zork Aug 15, 11:40 1
    - *preens* - Epiphany Aug 15, 11:44
- Arundel Mills Mall - They just added a casino -- (link) - Inigo Aug 15, 11:36 3
  - you have a tax free week?! -- nm - Epiphany Aug 15, 11:43
  - don't you people know what cheesy means? -- nm - zork Aug 15, 11:39 1
    - It oozes cheese, but the movie theatre is awesome. -- nm - Inigo Aug 15, 11:41
- Australia has a bunch of these, but the best is probably the Big Pineapple - Roger More Aug 15, 11:33
- World's largest office building. -- (link) - loosilu Aug 15, 11:33 1
  - not cheesy enough! -- nm - zork Aug 15, 11:36
- Big Chicken -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 15, 11:33
- I guess it's the new WTC now. Otherwise it's The Empire State Building. -- nm - Krusty Aug 15, 11:33 2
  - Linky... -- (link) - Krusty Aug 15, 11:34 1
    - I missed the cheesy part. Oops. Not sure then. -- nm - Krusty Aug 15, 11:38
- Cherry Pie! -- (link) - JenBro Aug 15, 11:32 1
  - even better that it's now the *third* largest. pure cheese. -- nm - zork Aug 15, 11:41
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- link -- (link) - ty97 Aug 15, 11:30 [Backboard] 2
  - I had considered saying "not including penises and assholes" - zork Aug 15, 11:32
  - everyone loves me. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 15, 11:31
- Biggest apple (as mentioned) -- (link) - zork Aug 15, 11:30
ST Decide my reading: Wheel of Time series: yay or nay? -- nm - Beaker Aug 15, 11:28 16
- sounds like a massive investment of time. ha! get it. Hasn't RogerMore read many of them? -- nm - zork Aug 15, 11:31 2
  - I should get around to reading the last few before the final one comes out -- nm - Roger More Aug 15, 11:36 1
    - you should. Sanderson did an excellent job and actually upped the action quit a bit - decline Aug 15, 11:37
- Nah. -- nm - Qale Aug 15, 11:31
- Yes. One of my favorites of all time. The middle couple of books drag - decline Aug 15, 11:31 2
  - has the last book came out yet? -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 15, 11:31 1
    - Nope. January I think -- nm - decline Aug 15, 11:32
- also - tRuMaN Aug 15, 11:30 1
  - thanks, but was going to library them. -- nm - Beaker Aug 15, 11:32
- its very muddling at times. - tRuMaN Aug 15, 11:30
- By all rights I should say yay, but then again, I never actually finished it. - znufrii Aug 15, 11:30
- I read the first one, bought the second, and have never gotten around to reading it. -- nm - Ender Aug 15, 11:30 1
  - I'll probably read the first one and see how it goes. -- nm - Beaker Aug 15, 11:33
- The bf just finished the entire thing, and he loved it. -- nm - MDH Aug 15, 11:29 1
  - psst, it's not over yet - last book due early next year -- nm - CovingtonCat Aug 15, 11:43
- NAY! nm -- nm - groiny Aug 15, 11:28
I really can't point to one spot in this state (not born here) so I'll cop out and say Mt Rainier, wth, its the biggest thing we got -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 15, 11:25
EVERYONE could not have been there, because I have not. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 15, 11:20 9
- well, you need to speak up. If I offered to take every visitor there I'd look ridiculous. -- nm - loosilu Aug 15, 11:22 7
  - when I was there, I was more interested in hanging out with everyone, then sightseeing. - groiny Aug 15, 11:23 6
    - fair enough, but it would have been very easy. -- nm - loosilu Aug 15, 11:24 5
      - everything is easy, if you have the time. - groiny Aug 15, 11:25 4
        
        it was just a few blocks away. just saying. -- nm - loosilu Aug 15, 11:26 3
        
        it could have been right next door, and I would not have noticed. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 15, 11:28 2
        
        I do have that effect on people. -- nm - loosilu Aug 15, 11:28 1
        
        riiiight. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 15, 11:29
- Uh if everyone has not been there it stands to reason that you have not, either. -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 11:22
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- fascinating, tell me more. -- nm - znufrii Aug 15, 11:27
Now, what's a spot in your state that *should* be on a must-see list? -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Aug 15, 11:17 [flickr] 81
- Yosemite -- nm - ceregon Aug 15, 11:39
- I have no quarrel with the PCH pick - con_carne Aug 15, 11:31
- Burlesque HOF -- nm - peglegpete Aug 15, 11:31
- if it's "Things that should be that usually aren't" I'll say the badlands and the Dino museum - Reagen Aug 15, 11:29
- pick a spot on the Blue Ridge Parkway -- nm - Max Aug 15, 11:29
- negro league hall of fame. WWI monument. bbq -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 15, 11:27
- Camden Yards, Annapolis Harbor, Inner Harbor, the 34th street lights at Christmas. -- nm - Inigo Aug 15, 11:26 7
  - I went on a small submarine tour in a harbor around there... was that one of those? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 15, 11:36 2
    - Probably Baltimore's Inner Harbor. There's a sub parked right outside the Aquarium. -- nm - Inigo Aug 15, 11:38 1
      - That sounds right. Thx! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 15, 11:39
  - Assateague State Park - Nice white sandy beach with portly horses walking by. -- nm - Inigo Aug 15, 11:33 1
    - "sup." -- nm - portly horse Aug 15, 11:34
  - downtown Annapolis is fun -- nm - znufrii Aug 15, 11:29
  - Camden Yards and the Inner Harbor are two must sees :) -- nm - decline Aug 15, 11:28
- The Sunsphere! -- nm - David Aug 15, 11:26
- Pretty much the entire National Mall, and everything on it. -- nm - MDH Aug 15, 11:22 11
  - DC was a fun trip. I need to go back very soon. -- nm - Krusty Aug 15, 11:26
  - You guys need to become part of a state. Maryland will take you. -- nm - Inigo Aug 15, 11:24 2
    - Let Northern Virginia have them. -- nm - Roger More Aug 15, 11:26
    - you're welcome to DC. -- nm - loosilu Aug 15, 11:24
  - *nods* Amazing place -- nm - ty97 Aug 15, 11:23
  - Someday I want to take a better part of a month to go through all the Smithsonian buildings. - Dr.Vermin Aug 15, 11:23 5
    - We went to the zoo (part of Smithsonian, I had no idea!) a few weeks ago. It was wonderful. -- nm - kelly Aug 15, 11:39
    - Want to talk rushed? JaxSean's daughter did a DC trip that was the craziest I've ever heard. -- nm - MDH Aug 15, 11:28 1
      - completely insane. -- nm - loosilu Aug 15, 11:34
    - My brother interned there for a few months years ago. I got a (partial) behind the scenes tour. It was pretty amazing. - decline Aug 15, 11:28
    - I am still not tired of the Smithsonian. -- nm - loosilu Aug 15, 11:24
- Turner Field -- nm - David S.I. Aug 15, 11:21 5
  - If there is one of those in my state, I don't know where. -- nm - David Aug 15, 11:25 4
    - It's wishful thinking! -- nm - Qale Aug 15, 11:26 3
      - I lived in Atlanta for a few weeks. I'm still bitter about that layoff. - David Aug 15, 11:27 2
        
        Clearly, you did not try hard enough. - Spawn Aug 15, 11:35
        
        I've lived here my whole life and I think I've almost had my fill. -- nm - Qale Aug 15, 11:30
- Mount Vernon, VA. the Pentagon. -- nm - loosilu Aug 15, 11:20 4
  - Do they let people in (or near) the Pentagon? - Dr.Vermin Aug 15, 11:21 3
    - sure. you can take the metro there and walk around outside. I drive through the parking lot all the time. - loosilu Aug 15, 11:23 1
      - oh, and the 9/11 memorial and Air Force memorial are open to the public. -- nm - loosilu Aug 15, 11:25
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- My province is pretty damn big. i guess Niagara Falls and the CN Tower are the famous ones. -- nm - Andie Aug 15, 11:19 2
  - Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Skydome (first retractable roof), Algonquin/Temagami, Manitoulin (largest freshwater island in the world) -- nm - zork Aug 15, 11:23
  - There's also that Parliament Hill thing. -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Aug 15, 11:21
- Ellis Island. - Krusty Aug 15, 11:19 16
  - Yah, I liked that place a lot. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 15, 11:20 15
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      - I know where you live and work and I will hurt you. - Krusty Aug 15, 11:22 13
        
        I sense an odd trend with you...... - groiny Aug 15, 11:22 12
        
        Not an elitist. I *love* my city. I don't think we're better than every other city at everything. - Krusty Aug 15, 11:25 11
        
        The Statue of Liberty? Also in New Jersey. -- nm - Roger More Aug 15, 11:29 8
        
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        Just let me play with Krusty for a while ;) -- nm - Roger More Aug 15, 11:42
        
        !!! - SyrDragon Aug 15, 11:34
        
        Seriously?!? Is it let's see how upset we can get Krusty day? - Krusty Aug 15, 11:31 4
        
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        *whew* - Krusty Aug 15, 11:37
        
        Hold me back, Krusty! -- nm - SyrDragon Aug 15, 11:32 1
        
        I got cha! :-) -- nm - Krusty Aug 15, 11:35
        
        you love your apartment with no A/C? nm -- nm - groiny Aug 15, 11:26 1
        
        I hate my apartment. HATE!!! It's the mold, broken windows, and leaking ceiling that are the real issue. - Krusty Aug 15, 11:29
- The Big Duck, of course -- (link) - CQ Aug 15, 11:19 [Image] 4
  - Andie, how about that big apple near Cobourg(?) -- nm - zork Aug 15, 11:24 2
    - oh, i've been there (it's onthe way to my hometown). it's really not that exciting. -- nm - Andie Aug 15, 11:25 1
      - (it's in Colburne, actually) -- nm - Andie Aug 15, 11:26
  - *clicks link* *waits for link to load* *actual LOL* -- nm - ty97 Aug 15, 11:20
- I'd probably say downtown Philly - decline Aug 15, 11:19 8
  - I'll be there a week from Friday for a day - for the first time. -- nm - CovingtonCat Aug 15, 11:24 6
    - cliche, but make sure to get a cheese steak :) - decline Aug 15, 11:29 4
      - I'll remember that for my friend. - CovingtonCat Aug 15, 11:40
      - note to self, find a decent cheesesteak place near Conshy. -- nm - znufrii Aug 15, 11:31 2
        
        There was a great chinese restaurant in Conshy that I went to all the time when I lived in Delco. I wonder if it's still there - decline Aug 15, 11:36 1
        
        I don't know, but the one down the street from us is fan-freakin'-tastic -- (link) - znufrii Aug 15, 11:37
    - fun! - znufrii Aug 15, 11:27
  - I liked the prison tour a lot. - Dr.Vermin Aug 15, 11:22
- Keemah Boardwalk -- nm - Epiphany Aug 15, 11:19
- I'd probably but a Chicago Architecture Tour on the list, or a view of the skyline from the lake. -- nm - ty97 Aug 15, 11:18
- Too Many to name -- nm - amoxy Aug 15, 11:18
- my bedroom -- nm - ty97 Aug 15, 11:17 3
  - yoiu know those drapes don't really match the carpet -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 15, 11:23
  - "Gently Used" -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Aug 15, 11:20
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- Probably the Arch. -- nm - spamlet Aug 15, 11:17 1
  - I wonder how many people freak out inside that elevator. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 15, 11:18

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