You know you're a small-town hick when...
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... you get all excited when your town's name is mentioned on a TV show. We were watching a rerun of Law and Order last night. The plot included a gangster-type from Cincinnati, and one of the detectives mentioned a truck getting stolen from Xenia, Ohio, which is where I live. Woo-hoo! :-O
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delete this;Gary Wheeler wrote:
you get all excited when your town's name is mentioned on a TV show
i'm the opposite way, when they mention any town in South Carolina, its because they found the most ignorant, uneducated, SUPER religious(not that im condemning religion, but when the person on tv is throwing fits because the producer is satan and the crew is witches, thats too much), NRA member, racist that they could find at the most remote Waffle House in the entire state. I really think they have some sort of "American Idol" type show where they find the largest hillbilly to put on TV so the national stereotype of the south can be further validated...
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Gary Wheeler wrote:
you get all excited when your town's name is mentioned on a TV show
i'm the opposite way, when they mention any town in South Carolina, its because they found the most ignorant, uneducated, SUPER religious(not that im condemning religion, but when the person on tv is throwing fits because the producer is satan and the crew is witches, thats too much), NRA member, racist that they could find at the most remote Waffle House in the entire state. I really think they have some sort of "American Idol" type show where they find the largest hillbilly to put on TV so the national stereotype of the south can be further validated...
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I feel your pain. At least locally, my town is considered the armpit of the area :(. We have a large population of 'rural Americans', which contributes to the trailer park stereotype. By and large, media around here completely ignores the fact that a lot of us are suburban white-collar types who think lawn care is something more than mowing around the '72 Plymouth Duster on blocks in the front yard.
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Hey, neighbor! I work at Eastman Kodak, in the research park in Kettering. Where are you?
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delete this;I work for Northrop Grumman in Fairborn, across from Wright State U. I think there's another NG division around there in Kettering, off of Stroop?
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I feel your pain. At least locally, my town is considered the armpit of the area :(. We have a large population of 'rural Americans', which contributes to the trailer park stereotype. By and large, media around here completely ignores the fact that a lot of us are suburban white-collar types who think lawn care is something more than mowing around the '72 Plymouth Duster on blocks in the front yard.
Software Zen:
delete this;Gary Wheeler wrote:
suburban white-collar types who think lawn care is something more than mowing around the '72 Plymouth Duster on blocks in the front yard.
:laugh: If I had a dollar for every time I saw that, I wouldn't have time for CP because I'd be too busy drinking on my yacht with my entourage of shallow female groupies...
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I work for Northrop Grumman in Fairborn, across from Wright State U. I think there's another NG division around there in Kettering, off of Stroop?
Actually, I believe it's located off of Grange Hall Road, in the Apple Valley business park. I used to work in that building back in the 80's, and run past it once a week now on my long run. Come to think of it, I think there's a Northrop building here in the research park, across the street from Kodak.
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... you get all excited when your town's name is mentioned on a TV show. We were watching a rerun of Law and Order last night. The plot included a gangster-type from Cincinnati, and one of the detectives mentioned a truck getting stolen from Xenia, Ohio, which is where I live. Woo-hoo! :-O
Software Zen:
delete this;It even more fun when you spot where you live on TV. There have been quite a few time the area where I live is used for filming TV and sometimes films. w00t
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Gary Wheeler wrote:
you get all excited when your town's name is mentioned on a TV show
i'm the opposite way, when they mention any town in South Carolina, its because they found the most ignorant, uneducated, SUPER religious(not that im condemning religion, but when the person on tv is throwing fits because the producer is satan and the crew is witches, thats too much), NRA member, racist that they could find at the most remote Waffle House in the entire state. I really think they have some sort of "American Idol" type show where they find the largest hillbilly to put on TV so the national stereotype of the south can be further validated...
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VonHagNDaz wrote:
they found the most ignorant, uneducated, SUPER religious(not that im condemning religion, but when the person on tv is throwing fits because the producer is satan and the crew is witches, thats too much), NRA member, racist that they could find at the most remote Waffle House in the entire state
So, you have been on TV a lot?!:-D
God Bless, Jason
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VonHagNDaz wrote:
they found the most ignorant, uneducated, SUPER religious(not that im condemning religion, but when the person on tv is throwing fits because the producer is satan and the crew is witches, thats too much), NRA member, racist that they could find at the most remote Waffle House in the entire state
So, you have been on TV a lot?!:-D
God Bless, Jason
I am not perfect but I try to be better than those before me. So those who come after me will be better than I am.twice :((
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twice :((
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God Bless, Jason
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It even more fun when you spot where you live on TV. There have been quite a few time the area where I live is used for filming TV and sometimes films. w00t
About the only time my town gets TV coverage is when we periodically get blown away in a tornado (1974, 1989, and 2000, thus far). We're working hard on the image thing, however. Locally we're becoming well known for our bike paths. Xenia is the hub for four major paths. Within a few years, you'll have unbroken rides between Cincinnati and Cleveland, and between Dayton and eastern Ohio, on paths that intersect in Xenia :cool:.
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Many years ago, I just happened to click on a CNN channel where they were talking about the security systems monitoring the Atlanta Olympic games, and there before my eyes was a security guy demonstrating the product for which I'd written the software! :jig: It was literally my 10 seconds of fame. :) Marc
I have had one of my apps demoed/reviewed on TechTV (before it became G4). That is the closest to fame that I have gotten.
Steve Maier
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... you get all excited when your town's name is mentioned on a TV show. We were watching a rerun of Law and Order last night. The plot included a gangster-type from Cincinnati, and one of the detectives mentioned a truck getting stolen from Xenia, Ohio, which is where I live. Woo-hoo! :-O
Software Zen:
delete this;Gary Wheeler wrote:
... you get all excited when your town's name is mentioned on a TV show.
I've had that sensation twice. Once on an early episode of The Beverly Hillbillies. The oil company that buys the oil on Jed's land is from Tulsa. Another was on an episode of Dirty Jobs. Mike goes to eastern Oklahoma to go noodling for catfish. Those lakes and rivers are in my neighborhood.
"A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow
"To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne
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Gary Wheeler wrote:
you get all excited when your town's name is mentioned on a TV show
i'm the opposite way, when they mention any town in South Carolina, its because they found the most ignorant, uneducated, SUPER religious(not that im condemning religion, but when the person on tv is throwing fits because the producer is satan and the crew is witches, thats too much), NRA member, racist that they could find at the most remote Waffle House in the entire state. I really think they have some sort of "American Idol" type show where they find the largest hillbilly to put on TV so the national stereotype of the south can be further validated...
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Well, did said hillbilly at least have the decency to wear his "good" overalls before appearing on national TV?
"A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow
"To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne
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... you get all excited when your town's name is mentioned on a TV show. We were watching a rerun of Law and Order last night. The plot included a gangster-type from Cincinnati, and one of the detectives mentioned a truck getting stolen from Xenia, Ohio, which is where I live. Woo-hoo! :-O
Software Zen:
delete this;the first episode of the last season of the Sopranos (where they took the trip to the Adirondacks) mentions the place i lived when i was younger. they even took care to mispronounce it the way all tourists do: it's Glens Falls, not Glen Falls. i think Carmella says she stopped there to take a leak.
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Well, did said hillbilly at least have the decency to wear his "good" overalls before appearing on national TV?
"A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow
"To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne
no its usually a torn up Skynryd t-shirt with the sleeves ripped off, and of course they show him getting out of his t top thunderbird. of course extra attention is giving to his massive mullet as he walks up to the camera.
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the first episode of the last season of the Sopranos (where they took the trip to the Adirondacks) mentions the place i lived when i was younger. they even took care to mispronounce it the way all tourists do: it's Glens Falls, not Glen Falls. i think Carmella says she stopped there to take a leak.
Chris Losinger wrote:
Carmella says she stopped there to take a leak.
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... you get all excited when your town's name is mentioned on a TV show. We were watching a rerun of Law and Order last night. The plot included a gangster-type from Cincinnati, and one of the detectives mentioned a truck getting stolen from Xenia, Ohio, which is where I live. Woo-hoo! :-O
Software Zen:
delete this;That's not quite as big as your moment of fame, April 3, 1974. We got hit by Track # 102
Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. - Jim Elliot Me blog, You read
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Many years ago, I just happened to click on a CNN channel where they were talking about the security systems monitoring the Atlanta Olympic games, and there before my eyes was a security guy demonstrating the product for which I'd written the software! :jig: It was literally my 10 seconds of fame. :) Marc
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leppie wrote:
Wasnt there a bomb at that games?
Now, now. You can't always blame the software! Marc
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I have had one of my apps demoed/reviewed on TechTV (before it became G4). That is the closest to fame that I have gotten.
Steve Maier
I miss the old TechTV shows. G4 has, at least to me, ruined the channel.:mad:
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