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| Registered: March 10, 2009 | | Posts: 2,248 |
| | Posted: | | | | Currently living between two places right now first is Livingston a commuter town smack bang in the centre of Scotland's central belt not much to talk about it's a place where lots of trades men joiners, plumbers ect live to easily commute to any place on the belt. The people that do travel here to work are mostly from Edinburgh to work in the electronics industry giving Livingston the title of the silicon valley of Europe lot of Japanese live here to for that reason. For any one that ever wondered what a Wall Mart or Asda as we call it.  Something that looks like a hanger for a jumbo jet.   So yeah pretty much shops and more shops here. I also live in Edinburgh a bit hope to move here permanently. The city is world heritage sight first city to be be given the title city of literature and the hub of the Scottish enlightenment which lead to most of what we take for granted today.       Talk about where you live and post some pics. | | | | Last edited: by ShinyDiscGuy |
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| Registered: December 10, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 3,004 |
| | Posted: | | | | I live in Cedar Rapids, IA.  See the series here. To be fair, that was 2 years ago and I live over a mile from the river, water only got a foot or so deep by my house and stopped short of my floor joists. I work in the tall white, building, though. That was an interesting summer. | | | | Last edited: by Ace_of_Sevens |
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| Registered: March 10, 2009 | | Posts: 2,248 |
| | Posted: | | | | Surprised i never seen this on the news  |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 4,506 |
| | Posted: | | | | | | | | Registered: July 7 2000 | | | | Last edited: by Zwollenaar |
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| Registered: March 20, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 2,852 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Ace_of_Sevens: Quote:
I live in Cedar Rapids, IA. I was up near the Amana Colonies visiting relatives when that happened. I don't think I'd ever seen so much water so far from the ocean before. --------------- |
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| Registered: May 20, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,934 |
| | Posted: | | | | I am from St. Louis Missouri  A really nice shot of Downtown at night  Home of our largest export  Home of Our beloved baseball Cardinals  An annual tradition, the balloon night burn, before the Great Forest Park Balloon Race. Charlie |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,635 |
| | Posted: | | | | Right where the yellow pushpin marks my home:  Which is just across the American River from the capitol building of the state of:  And the reason I'm standing between those big letters is because my name is Cliff Adams (CA, geddit?) Here's a sad photo... what remained March 24th of my youngest's home away from home:  | | | If it wasn't for bad taste, I wouldn't have no taste at all.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 3,436 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Ace_of_Sevens: Quote:
I live in Cedar Rapids, IA. Wow, almost looked like Venice at first glimpse. I live in Taoyuan, Taiwan. no pics. On Google Maps, my home is pretty much on the right side of the marker. | | | Achim [諾亞信； Ya-Shin//Nuo], a German in Taiwan.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting VibroCount: Quote:
Right where the yellow pushpin maks my home:
Which is just across the American River from the capitol building of the state of:
And the reason I'm standing between those big letters is because my name is Cliff Adams (CA, geddit?) What about the Big "W"? | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 1,380 |
| | Posted: | | | | Turku, Finland. Finlands oldest city (13th century). The word Finland originally only ment the area around Turku. Thats where the regions name Finland Proper comes from. Its also the former capital of Finland (1809–1812). The first university in Finland was founded in Turku (1640). The Great Fire of Turku (1827) burned down almost everything (75%). Most of Finnish archives, including practically all material from the Middle ages, was destroyed in the fire.. Later in WW2 it was the most bombed city in Finland (319 buildings destroyed), so A LOT of old history has been lost. Great Fire of Turku  WW2, bombings in Turku    Turku Cathedral  Turku Castle  Luostarinmäki Handicrafts Museum There is no other place like this in the world. An old slum (18th century – early 19th century) compleatly in its original place and form. Due to its location the Great Fire never reached it.  Vappu (May Day / Walpurgis day) The biggest carnival-style festival in Finland (with midsummer and new years).  Harbour Due to the war reparations to Soviet Union after WW2, we had to build them ships. The Soviets were extremely demanding on everything. So it made the ship yards work extra hard. This in return bred the Ship building skills to a whole new level. These days the biggest cruisers in the world are built here, which also means the recent economic events will hit my city pretty badly.  Aura River  Old Great Square  City Hall  Archipelago  Aerial  | | | | Last edited: by whispering |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 17,804 |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | OK here's my humble home, it sit on 2/3 acre. That is the downtown district at the top left of the picture, not as picturesque as some. BUT, since I sit on top of ridge i don't have to worry about keeping water wings handy  DC is roughly 40 miles due south | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here
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| Registered: January 1, 2009 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,087 |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 1,380 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Prof. Kingsfield: Quote:
OK here's my humble home, it sit on 2/3 acre. That is the downtown district at the top left of the picture, not as picturesque as some. BUT, since I sit on top of ridge i don't have to worry about keeping water wings handy
That cant be your home. I see no warehouse for DVD storage   |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 868 |
| | Posted: | | | | I Live in Rotterdam, Holland  City of Feyenoord Football Club(Soccer for those in the US), this is their stadium De Kuip The Euromast, a famous landmark build for the 1960 Floriade This is the Erasmus Brug (Bridge), a bridge spanning the Maas river. After just being build the bridge was closed of during windy periods as it started to swing from side to side. This problem fortunately have been solved now  Rotterdam was Bombarded by the Germans in 1940 which destroyed almost the entire Center. Because of that we don't have that many older buildings. The Laurens Kerk (Chuch) is on of the few remaining  Not far from that church we have de Blaak, here the trainstation  and de Kubuswoningen  Ever since the bombardment we have been building and we continue to do so, here the new Train station that should be finished by 2014  Paul | | | | Last edited: by paulb_99 |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | LOL, OK now you can see where I live and where I warehouse my library, it's only about a mile away. I have thought about building on the property it's big enough. But the objective right niw is to retire and move a little further south  | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here
Billy Video |
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