Tell us A Bit About Where You're From

[Thunder Road]

I can see my house in this picture!

No, not really. But it ain't too far out of the photo. Born in Abington, grew up near Ambler.

And was catholic,too. Shocker!

Oh neat.  I knew kids at my high school and a teacher too who were from Abington and Jenkintown and such areas.  Do you still live near Philly now?

[Anne D.]

Ali, I love your avatar/icon. Really enjoyed reading your description of where you grew up and where you are now, especially the part about how the omnipresence of the big-box stores takes a toll on one's psyche. Sometime you'll have to share the story of why your dad called you Anne D. when you were little.

[McQ]

I can see my house in this picture!

No, not really. But it ain't too far out of the photo. Born in Abington, grew up near Ambler.

And was catholic,too. Shocker!

Oh neat.  I knew kids at my high school and a teacher too who were from Abington and Jenkintown and such areas.  Do you still live near Philly now?

I'm out in Lancaster County now. It's nice. Close enough to go back and visit family, Philly, etc., but a slower pace of life and wide open spaces.

[Thunder Road]

And I'm sure you get along well with the Amish too, no?

[McQ]

And I'm sure you get along well with the Amish too, no?

I like them better than most of my other neighbors, actually. They are a very "live and let live" group of folks, believe it or not! It's the evangelicals around here that I can't stand.

[Thunder Road]

And I'm sure you get along well with the Amish too, no?

I like them better than most of my other neighbors, actually. They are a very "live and let live" group of folks, believe it or not! It's the evangelicals around here that I can't stand.

Interesting!  And nice to know that there's actually a group out there that both claims to be peaceful and actually is.

[Tank]

And I'm sure you get along well with the Amish too, no?

I like them better than most of my other neighbors, actually. They are a very "live and let live" group of folks, believe it or not! It's the evangelicals around here that I can't stand.

Interesting!  And nice to know that there's actually a group out there that both claims to be peaceful and actually is.

There have been a nuber of TV programmes on the Amish recently and I have been impressed by the way they not only 'Talk the talk.' but 'Walk the walk.'

[Crow]

There have been a nuber of TV programmes on the Amish recently and I have been impressed by the way they not only 'Talk the talk.' but 'Walk the walk.'

Yeah Channel 4 seems to have an obsession with the Amish and Gypsy's for a good while now.

[Tank]

There have been a nuber of TV programmes on the Amish recently and I have been impressed by the way they not only 'Talk the talk.' but 'Walk the walk.'

Yeah Channel 4 seems to have an obsession with the Amish and Gypsy's for a good while now.

Cheap to make and nice human interest?

[pytheas]

the nice bits

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5VcbfNmGbI
http://www.diafragma.gr/album/show_photo/40?album=giona

the geography, the weather, the sun

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the not-so-nice bits



rife corruption, the lack of social consience and infrastructure
the level of "stupidity" is actively cultivated and maintained by the ruling classes and ghastly media
we are not abandoned, we are goaded, herded towards a wall

[Amicale]

removed personal info.

[Ali]

Ali, I love your avatar/icon. Really enjoyed reading your description of where you grew up and where you are now, especially the part about how the omnipresence of the big-box stores takes a toll on one's psyche. Sometime you'll have to share the story of why your dad called you Anne D. when you were little.

Oh thank you!  (Sorry, just saw this.)

It's pretty convoluted, but my dad always claims that when I was born, I looked like a Komodo Dragon.  So when I was really little, he called me Komodo.  Then he made up this song that he used to sing to to me (and sometimes still does) that goes "Alissa Anne de Komodo!  Anne of Komodo, the Dragon!"  (Alissa Anne is my full name).  So from that, I think maybe he called me Anne de Komodo for a while, and then it got shortened to Anne D.  Convoluted right?     I'm sure that's NOT why you are called Anne D.  LOL

[SummerintheDam]

Still pretty new to this site and just trying to get my 10 posts in.... Born in North Carolina, raised in Bakersfield (CA), which, if anyone has been to, would know why I no longer live there. Still have some family in Bako so unfortunately this is where my US holidays are spent when I go back to visit but at least it's warm and sunny (nevermind the pollution).... I currently live in Amsterdam (with my hubby and 2 daughters), but previously lived in Hong Kong for 10 years (after University)... So, small-town girl from Bako ends up spending a decade in Asia and now on my 2nd year in Europe.... and funnily enough this exposure has led me to question my christian upbringing....

[The Magic Pudding]

raised in Bakersfield (CA), which, if anyone has been to, would know why I no longer live there. Still have some family in Bako so unfortunately this is where my US holidays are spent when I go back to visit but at least it's warm and sunny (nevermind the pollution)....

Is it anything like this -

I was driving home early Sunday morning through Bakersfield
Listening to gospel music on the colored radio station
And the preacher said, "You know you always have the
Lord by your side"

And I was so pleased to be informed of this that I ran
Twenty red lights in his honor
Thank you Jesus, thank you lord

Well the preacher kept right on saying that all I had to do was send
Ten dollars to the church of the sacred bleeding heart of Jesus
Located somewhere in Los Angeles, California
And next week they'd say my prayer on the radio
And all my dreams would come true
So I did, the next week, I got a prayer with a girl
Well, you know what kind of eyes she got

[Anne D.]

Ali, I love your avatar/icon. Really enjoyed reading your description of where you grew up and where you are now, especially the part about how the omnipresence of the big-box stores takes a toll on one's psyche. Sometime you'll have to share the story of why your dad called you Anne D. when you were little.

Oh thank you!  (Sorry, just saw this.)

It's pretty convoluted, but my dad always claims that when I was born, I looked like a Komodo Dragon.  So when I was really little, he called me Komodo.  Then he made up this song that he used to sing to to me (and sometimes still does) that goes "Alissa Anne de Komodo!  Anne of Komodo, the Dragon!"  (Alissa Anne is my full name).  So from that, I think maybe he called me Anne de Komodo for a while, and then it got shortened to Anne D.  Convoluted right?     I'm sure that's NOT why you are called Anne D.  LOL

What a cool story.  I'm told I resembled a conehead as a newborn. Much cooler to be a fierce Komodo dragon.