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brokecollegestudentF04 · Oct 30, 2006, 02:03 PM

Im just curious to see how many people are here from michigan??

I reside In Owosso Michigan In between flint and lansing

SSharon · Oct 30, 2006, 02:19 PM

I doubt very many.

Go Skokie!

Nebagakid · Oct 30, 2006, 03:14 PM

i go to school dere

tkmd · Oct 30, 2006, 03:17 PM

Lansing here (well actually just N of it)

OldManMac · Oct 30, 2006, 03:28 PM

Gregory, MI; just a few miles northwest of Ann Arbor

screamingFit · Oct 30, 2006, 03:36 PM

Owosso? I'm terribly sorry for your misfortune!

zerostar · Oct 30, 2006, 03:44 PM

I used to deal with Owosso Graphic Arts, Inc. Photoengravers since 1949

back when I was in lithography...

faragbre967 · Oct 30, 2006, 04:02 PM

Grosse Pointe, MI; just outside Detroit.

Zeeb · Oct 30, 2006, 04:18 PM

I was born and raised in Applegate, MI. Try finding that on a map.

scottiB · Oct 30, 2006, 04:28 PM

Grew-up south of Detroit; lived in Detroit and Ferndale for 20 years before moving to Maryland this past February.

SSharon · Oct 30, 2006, 05:23 PM

Originally Posted by scottiB

Grew-up south of Detroit; lived in Detroit and Ferndale for 20 years before moving to Maryland this past February.

Where in MD? I just finished school there.

ghporter · Oct 30, 2006, 06:48 PM

I grew up in Flat Rock. Nice little town, which is no longer quite so little, and no longer "townish" at all. My sister lives in Monroe, and my dad in Newport.

I haven't "lived" there since 19##, but I often miss the change of seasons-and how spring and fall are actual "seasons," not a week or so like they tend to be here in San Antonio.

scottiB, just where "south of Detroit" did you grow up?

Railroader · Oct 30, 2006, 07:39 PM

Originally Posted by brokecollegestudentF04

Im just curious to see how many people are here from michigan??

I reside In Owosso Michigan In between flint and lansing

Living in Durand. Graduated from high school here too.

I moved from Owosso a few years ago. I lived near the corner of N. Saginaw and King streets. Nice area, not very pretentious. You going to Baker now?

Railroader · Oct 30, 2006, 07:39 PM

Originally Posted by SSharon

I doubt very many.

Go Skokie!

More that you'd think.

Railroader · Oct 30, 2006, 07:43 PM

Originally Posted by Zeeb

I was born and raised in Applegate, MI. Try finding that on a map.

One of my best friends is from Peck. My Grandmother owned the old Forester Inn near you as well.

villalobos · Oct 30, 2006, 08:04 PM

Say ya to da UP, eh?

All right, I spent 2.5 years in Detroit then one in Ann Arbor. Both interesting cities on their own account. Caught the hockey/Red Wings bug there.

MichiganRich · Oct 30, 2006, 08:06 PM

St. Joseph, southwestern corner on the lake

Atheist · Oct 30, 2006, 08:10 PM

Native Michigander here. Lived on Long Lake near Traverse City when young, then moved to Allen Park (Detroit suburb). Haven't lived in Michigan since 1992. Just as ghporter, I do miss the seasons. We have two seasons in the Caribbean. Rainy and not rainy. I have fond memories of going "up north" on the weekends. My brother and his wife just spent the weekend on Mackinac Island. I do miss it...

Zeeb · Oct 30, 2006, 08:15 PM

Originally Posted by Railroader

One of my best friends is from Peck. My Grandmother owned the old Forester Inn near you as well.

Geez, it is a small world! Applegate and Peck are somewhat remote and it surprised me someone actually knows about them. I'm going home Thanksgiving week and it'll be nice to be out of the city--it's so quiet there.

smacintush · Oct 30, 2006, 08:24 PM

I live about an hour south of the Michigan line in Indiana but I am originally from Jackson, MI.

Railroader · Oct 30, 2006, 09:17 PM

Originally Posted by MichiganRich

St. Joseph, southwestern corner on the lake

A friend of mine lives just a house off the Silver Beach there. She was in my wedding and was a shop teacher in St. Joe for a while.

BEAUTIFUL area. Except for Benton Harlem being so close..

Railroader · Oct 30, 2006, 09:18 PM

Originally Posted by smacintush

I live about an hour south of the Michigan line in Indiana but I am originally from Jackson, MI.

I also had some friends who sang in my wedding from Jackson.

Actually, I am at her house right now! But she lives in Kalamazoo now.

Railroader · Oct 30, 2006, 09:22 PM

Originally Posted by Atheist

Native Michigander here. Lived on Long Lake near Traverse City when young, then moved to Allen Park (Detroit suburb). Haven't lived in Michigan since 1992. Just as ghporter, I do miss the seasons. We have two seasons in the Caribbean. Rainy and not rainy. I have fond memories of going "up north" on the weekends. My brother and his wife just spent the weekend on Mackinac Island. I do miss it...

My wife graduated from Traverse City HS. She lived in Acme.

Ourr wedding was in Elk Rapids and the reception was on the Lelenau Pennisula in Timberlee Resort It's for sale! Randy Dye - Real Estate in Northern Michigan

Lost of facts coming out about my wedding in this thread.

SSharon · Oct 31, 2006, 12:10 AM

Originally Posted by Railroader

More that you'd think.

So I see. I wonder if there are any states in which we don't have any users.

brokecollegestudentF04 · Oct 31, 2006, 01:33 AM

Alot of us are closer than you think.. One lives in durand about 15 mins from me..

scaught · Oct 31, 2006, 08:22 AM

I'm in Garden City (sorta between Detroit and Ann Arbor). Quiet little suburbia with a lot of 7-11s. I left Michigan and lived in Reno for 8 months, then came back. I think most do.

scottiB · Oct 31, 2006, 08:34 AM

Originally Posted by ghporter

scottiB, just where "south of Detroit" did you grow up?

Trenton--just a few miles north of you in Flat Rock. My father used to work for Ford at the Michigan Casting Center (now part of the Mazda complex).

Originally Posted by SSharon

Where in MD? I just finished school there.

Hagerstown. A bit rural for me, but I'm adjusting. I work in Rockville.

residentEvil · Oct 31, 2006, 02:04 PM

born; mason

lived in; mason (with parents), southfield (3 different times), ferndale, sterling heights, dearborn heights, detroit and now have a home in madison heights.

brokecollegestudentF04 · Oct 31, 2006, 04:55 PM

More than I thought, and one lives 10 miles from me

Jawbone54 · Oct 31, 2006, 06:43 PM

Not even close.

ghporter · Oct 31, 2006, 07:09 PM

Originally Posted by scottiB

Trenton--just a few miles north of you in Flat Rock. My father used to work for Ford at the Michigan Casting Center (now part of the Mazda complex).

Cool! I did almost all my running around as a kid in the Downriver area between say Dearborn and Monroe, so Trenton was a big part of my "home range."

Heavy Fluid · Oct 31, 2006, 07:56 PM

Born and raised in Okemos/E. Lansing/Lansing. Left for 5 years to serve my country in Colorado Springs, CO. came back afterwards. I now live in Lansing, east side to be exact. My wife is from Haslett, and has lived here her entire life.

Railroader · Oct 31, 2006, 10:18 PM

Originally Posted by Heavy Fluid

Born and raised in Okemos/E. Lansing/Lansing. Left for 5 years to serve my country in Colorado Springs, CO. came back afterwards. I now live in Lansing, east side to be exact. My wife is from Haslett, and has lived here her entire life.

I stopped into Castle Photo today near Frandor to check out Canon DSLRs. Nice little shop and the owner certainly knew his stuff.

IonCable · Nov 2, 2006, 07:02 PM

Grand Rapids Michigan. I seem to recall see one other Grand Rapidian on the board, but I can't remember the name.

ghporter · Nov 2, 2006, 08:36 PM

Originally Posted by Heavy Fluid

Born and raised in Okemos/E. Lansing/Lansing. Left for 5 years to serve my country in Colorado Springs, CO. came back afterwards. I now live in Lansing, east side to be exact. My wife is from Haslett, and has lived here her entire life.

Five years in the 'Springs? How'd you manage that? I've been there once and fell in love with it but had to come back to San Antonio to avoid that pesky AWOL business...

tkmd · Nov 2, 2006, 08:42 PM

Originally Posted by Heavy Fluid

Born and raised in Okemos/E. Lansing/Lansing. Left for 5 years to serve my country in Colorado Springs, CO. came back afterwards. I now live in Lansing, east side to be exact. My wife is from Haslett, and has lived here her entire life.

Wow I live here in Dewitt, I probably bumped into you in the EL bars and did even know. Small world.

Heavy Fluid · Nov 7, 2006, 08:13 PM

Originally Posted by tkmd

Wow I live here in Dewitt, I probably bumped into you in the EL bars and did even know. Small world.

Your name isn't Derrick is it?

Heavy Fluid · Nov 7, 2006, 08:14 PM

Originally Posted by ghporter

Five years in the 'Springs? How'd you manage that? I've been there once and fell in love with it but had to come back to San Antonio to avoid that pesky AWOL business...

I loved San Antonio. I did my advanced training there. I would have loved to been able to stay there instead of heading to the Springs. Awesome mountain biking there, but ehhh, that is about it for me. I didn't much care for it.

ghporter · Nov 7, 2006, 08:46 PM

Originally Posted by Heavy Fluid

I loved San Antonio. I did my advanced training there. I would have loved to been able to stay there instead of heading to the Springs. Awesome mountain biking there, but ehhh, that is about it for me. I didn't much care for it.

Ideally I'd be able to go back and forth at will. There is NO SKIING in San Antonio. But that also means that there is often too much snow in Colorado Springs... I didn't' move back to Michigan because I now have a allergy to snow shovels, so you can see that dilemma. There are a lot of great things about SA, but there are a lot of great things in the Springs, too. Sigh.

BTW, what "advanced training" did you do here, and with whom? I spent almost all of the last 10 years of my career at Lackland (one year, '99-2000, was in Honduras), and a lot of that was involved directly with training.

brokecollegestudentF04 · Nov 7, 2006, 09:28 PM

wow east lansing is maybe 20 mins from me at most... flint is about 25 the other way, gotta love being located near big towns.. then of course saginaw is 30 mins north

tkmd · Nov 8, 2006, 12:57 AM

With all this feedback, sounds like we need to organize a pow wow in EL or some of of the new bars in in downtown Lansing.

Railroader · Nov 8, 2006, 09:37 AM

Originally Posted by tkmd

With all this feedback, sounds like we need to organize a pow wow in EL or some of of the new bars in in downtown Lansing.

I nominate BW3 in EL.

brokecollegestudentF04 · Nov 8, 2006, 09:40 AM

BW3 sounds like a good place.. Also for all the michigan people, I have iMacs going at 50 bucks each with keyboard and mice, and blue and white G3's for 75

Heavy Fluid · Nov 8, 2006, 09:43 AM

Originally Posted by ghporter

Ideally I'd be able to go back and forth at will. There is NO SKIING in San Antonio. But that also means that there is often too much snow in Colorado Springs... I didn't' move back to Michigan because I now have a allergy to snow shovels, so you can see that dilemma. There are a lot of great things about SA, but there are a lot of great things in the Springs, too. Sigh.

BTW, what "advanced training" did you do here, and with whom? I spent almost all of the last 10 years of my career at Lackland (one year, '99-2000, was in Honduras), and a lot of that was involved directly with training.

My advanced training was at Ft. Sam Houston for about 10 months or so. As you may know, Ft. Sam is mainly medical training, or was when I was there, things may have changed. I was enlisted as a 91Q - Pharmacy Specialist, and the training takes place there. I know that they have built a new hospital to replace the very old Brooke Army Medical Center. I think it is out by the highway if I remember correctly.

After leaving SA to head to Ft. Carson, I had to come back about 1.5 years later to complete a Sterile Intravenous Medication Preparation course for 2 weeks. I realized that I missed SA quite a bit. I would love to go back some day, take the wife on a little trip, show her a good time down on the Riverwalk.

scaught · Nov 8, 2006, 09:56 AM

Originally Posted by brokecollegestudentF04

BW3 sounds like a good place.. Also for all the michigan people, I have iMacs going at 50 bucks each with keyboard and mice, and blue and white G3's for 75

Do you have an airport card sled by any chance? not the card itself, but that little sled doo-hickey you need to plug it into a G3 imac or similar?

scaught · Nov 8, 2006, 09:57 AM

Originally Posted by Railroader

I nominate BW3 in EL.

Michigan meetup? Is EL a "centralish" location? What do they have on tap at that BW3 place?

brokecollegestudentF04 · Nov 8, 2006, 10:19 AM

No i dont I just sold the last one about 3 days ago... The iMacs i got for the michigan people are 333mhz w/96MB and 6 gig drives.. panther on them as well, East Lansing is what an hour and a half from detroit, its about 20 mins from me

residentEvil · Nov 8, 2006, 10:53 AM

and how did buffalo wild wings get to be called BW3s? where is the 3rd W?

i'm confused

all of them that i have been (3 in michigan, 1 in florida), taps include: bud, bud light, miller lite, labbat blue, heineken, blue moon, guiness, bass, a couple other nationals and then 2 or 3 locals; like in michigan they all have had bells (some have had 2 kinds).

brokecollegestudentF04 · Nov 8, 2006, 11:02 AM

Ive always called it Bdubs thats how it was when I lived in mt. pleasant, excellent wings, if i recall at one point Buffalo Wild wings was BW3, however there selection of on tap beer was mighty good

Railroader · Nov 8, 2006, 12:46 PM

Originally Posted by scaught

Michigan meetup? Is EL a "centralish" location? What do they have on tap at that BW3 place?

E. Lansing is about as central as you can get that's worth going to.

Quite a few beers on tap and everything liquor-wise. Most major piss-beer and more than a few good local brews. And there's always a few Bell's on tap.

Plus there's a number of awesome bars to hop to from there.