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| 1346 | Your Home Town | <div><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 13px;">Well, my "home town" is not easy to pinpoint. I have lived in a few "towns" but all in the same general area, and no more than 15 minutes apart from one another.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 13px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 13px;">But, most of my impressionable growing up years were spent in an area called Chester, Ohio (home of Ohio's oldest standing court house). Though, it was outside of the actual "town" of Chester, in an addition of several homes.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 13px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 13px;">At the bottom of the hill, where the addition ended, and where the school bus would pick us all up, was a skating rink. We spent many, many nights at that skating rink. I even had a crush on an older girl who worked the counter there. I would occasionally ask her to "couple skate" with me and she would oblige. She was very kind.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 13px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 13px;">Around 1996 or 1997 I moved back to the small town of Rutland. I spent the first 4 years of my life living here. It is the town that my family's business is located in. So, I would say that, more than another other, is probably best considered my "home town". </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 13px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 13px;">Rutland has a population of about 400 to 500 people. Very, VERY tiny. Yet, we have two pizza joints, our family business, several churches, a candle shop, a department store (that has been there since the 1850')...</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 13px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 13px;"><br></span></div><iframe width="562" height="314" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="https://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&cid=3798890998453893868&q=Rutland+Department+Store&gl=US&hl=en&t=m&layer=c&cbll=39.045529,-82.130769&panoid=5bWF_7cmEOgvaF6tVVe6mQ&cbp=13,177.58,,0,-8.38&ll=39.04404,-82.130764&spn=0.005233,0.012059&z=16&source=embed&output=svembed"></iframe><br><small><a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&cid=3798890998453893868&q=Rutland+Department+Store&gl=US&hl=en&t=m&layer=c&cbll=39.045529,-82.130769&panoid=5bWF_7cmEOgvaF6tVVe6mQ&cbp=13,177.58,,0,-8.38&ll=39.04404,-82.130764&spn=0.005233,0.012059&z=16&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">View Larger Map</a></small><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 13px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 13px;">...a civic center (an old school gymnasium), a park for children, two baseball fields, a post office, a tire shop, a feed and supply store, and of course, several homes. It's old, run down, and not much to look at, but it's something.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 13px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 13px;">Rutland has two claims to fame, 1 of which is a positive, the other a negative (in my eyes). On the positive side, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster_Higley">Brewster Higley</a>, the writer of "Home on the Range" was born here. On the negative side, there is <a href="http://www.skatopia.org">Skatopia</a>. Uhg. It doesn't even deserve a description here, hence the link. Well, that and the fire dept. volunteers make a pretty locally <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rutland-Roast-Beef/147687075258947">famous roast beef sandwich</a> that gets sold during all the local festivals (county fair, 4th of July festival, music festivals and so forth). </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 13px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 13px;">The county, in which all my places of residence throughout life exist, has a few other interesting people, sites, etc. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 13px;"><br></span></div><div><img src="/images/postImages/JormaFurPeaceRanch March262013.jpg"></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 13px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 13px;">There is <a href="http://www.furpeaceranch.com/">Jorma Kaukonen's Fur Peace Ranch</a>. A place where musicians of all kinds come. There is a guitar camp, and other activities. Jorma was a founding member of Jefferson Airplane (which later became Jefferson Starship).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 13px;"><br></span></div><div><img src="/images/postImages/buffingtonisland march262013.png"></div><div><br></div><div>Then there is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Buffington_Island">Buffington Island</a>, the only major Civil War battle in Ohio took place there, where a memorial park now resides.</div><div><br></div><div><img src="/images/postImages/220px-Mikebartrum march262013.jpg"></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Bartrum">Mike Bartrum</a> was a former NFL longsnapper and now serves as one of our County Commissioners.</div> | Vaporman87 | Mar 26, 2013 |  |
| 1345 | Your Home Town | I grew up in Morristown, NJ, a town with many locations that were key in the Revolutionary War. It was also home to Thomas Nast (creator of our current image of Santa Claus) for many years. When I was growing up there were very few big chains there. There are some more now, but so far it continues to retain a lot of unique flavor and it's a very walkable place. Lots of beautiful houses and cool old buildings, and very diverse racially and economically. | shakin steak | Mar 26, 2013 | |
| 1344 | Your Home Town | Ray Charles was born in my hometown of Albany, Georgia. | Mr Magic | Mar 26, 2013 | |
| 1343 | You might be retro if... | <blockquote rel="Vaporman87"><b>Vaporman87 wrote :</b><br>... you were born between 15 and 29 years ago. -Orangejuice90s</blockquote> I can't wait until he gets banned. It's going to happen one day. If you've ever been sucked into a computerized world where you had to compete in gladiatorial games. | Mr Magic | Mar 26, 2013 | |
| 1342 | You might be retro if... | ... you were born between 15 and 29 years ago. -Orangejuice90s | Vaporman87 | Mar 26, 2013 | |
| 1341 | A trip back to memory lane from Capcom | It certainly looks beautiful. The guy being interviewed sure does slur his words and stutter a lot. Maybe he had one too many that night? | Vaporman87 | Mar 26, 2013 | |
| 1340 | A trip back to memory lane from Capcom | i can haz embed <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/6N0PzqF9gWY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> | shakin steak | Mar 26, 2013 | |
| 1339 | A trip back to memory lane from Capcom | Ducktales, whoo-hoo! | Mr Magic | Mar 26, 2013 | |
| 1338 | A trip back to memory lane from Capcom | Very cool news. I had no idea there was any perceived demand for such a remake. | Vaporman87 | Mar 26, 2013 | |
| 1337 | You might be retro if... | If you believe in the Easter Beagle. <img src="/images/postImages/Snoopy.jpeg"> | Mr Magic | Mar 25, 2013 | |
