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« Reply #30 on: February 28, 2008, 12:47:51 PM » |
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I'm from Edinburgh, our claims to fame Birthplace of geology Charles Darwin's education That big bridge they're about to stop painting James Clerk Maxwell Sean Connery The Enlightenment A really cool castle A mountain in the middle of a city The Edinburgh Festival Bodysnatchers! David Hume And of course, me  Plus it has the honour of me being there, pursuing my further education  |
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« Reply #31 on: February 28, 2008, 12:57:08 PM » |
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I'm from Edinburgh, our claims to fame Birthplace of geology Charles Darwin's education That big bridge they're about to stop painting James Clerk Maxwell Sean Connery The Enlightenment A really cool castle A mountain in the middle of a city The Edinburgh Festival Bodysnatchers! David Hume And of course, me Plus it has the honour of me being there, pursuing my further education I saw a program on the History channel here a few months ago about the ancient underground city there! I was fascinated. |
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« Reply #32 on: February 28, 2008, 02:20:49 PM » |
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Yes, I went with some friends on an underground ghost tour a couple of years ago. Don't think it was this one, but sort of similar : http://www.auldreekietours.com/ |
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« Reply #33 on: February 28, 2008, 10:48:23 PM » |
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My closest city has a few claims to fame......
Birthplace of the Beatles and Merseybeat
Home of the greatest football team in english history
If you want a Cathedral we've got one to spare (a lyric from an old song coz we've got two Cathedrals)
Girls who glow orange and go out shopping in their PJ's
The worlds first and largest single span, non combustive warehousing/docks......OK, that's boring.
If you haven't guessed yet, I'm talking about the world famous, utterly amazing, European Capital of Culture........Liverpool.
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« Reply #34 on: February 28, 2008, 11:10:24 PM » |
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I'm from Edinburgh, our claims to fame Birthplace of geology Charles Darwin's education That big bridge they're about to stop painting James Clerk Maxwell Sean Connery The Enlightenment A really cool castle A mountain in the middle of a city The Edinburgh Festival Bodysnatchers! David Hume And of course, me Plus it has the honour of me being there, pursuing my further education I saw a program on the History channel here a few months ago about the ancient underground city there! I was fascinated. The late night ghost tours are great fun. When I went on it they had people dressed up as vampires, werewolves, etc jumping out at you when you were down in the vaults. They were often led by a guy dressed up as dracula. On one occassion, when I was slightly "refreshed" and staggering home about 11pm, I turned a corner (Edinburgh has a lot of small, narrow, dark corners) only to come face to face with Dracula.  |
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« Reply #35 on: February 29, 2008, 02:55:41 AM » |
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My city's claim to fame? Hmmmmm.... well, um.... hold on a minute.... I have to think a minute.... Minneapolis doesn't really have a "claim to fame", although the Mall of America is down in Bloomington. If you're into shopping all day long and wandering around aimlessly in a mall that I don't even think you can see in one day, then there ya go..... Personally I hate shopping..... how shocking is that coming from a girl????? |
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« Reply #36 on: February 29, 2008, 05:01:09 AM » |
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My city's claim to fame? Hmmmmm.... well, um.... hold on a minute.... I have to think a minute.... Minneapolis doesn't really have a "claim to fame", although the Mall of America is down in Bloomington. If you're into shopping all day long and wandering around aimlessly in a mall that I don't even think you can see in one day, then there ya go.....
We're also famous for a baseball team that recruits young talent, builds that talent, then once the player becomes a star we can no longer afford them so they get traded to big money teams like Boston and New York. But I'm a fan anyway. Go Minnesota Twins! Can't wait for the season to start. We also have the corporate headquarters of General Mills aka Pillsbury aka Betty Crocker aka Yoplait aka Haagen-Daz aka Green Giant aka Old El Paso aka etc.... Charles Lindburgh was from St. Paul. Prince and Bob Dylan have some sort of connection here. |
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« Reply #37 on: February 29, 2008, 05:06:13 AM » |
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Hey jason and christine, dont forget about best buy, and dairy queen headquarters, plus spam is really big here as well. Oh and we cant forget about the most famous senator in the U.S. soliciting sex in our mian airport bathrooms. Now the airport is a tourist attraction and everyone wants to see the bathroom where it happened.
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« Reply #38 on: February 29, 2008, 05:20:47 AM » |
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Sydney: Sydney Opera House, Sydney Harbour Bridge, Bondi Beach, Mardi Gras. Many many more for both.  William yes, many more. The beauty of the Blue Mountains, those are just west of sydney. We hosted the best olympic games ever, so said the IOC Chairperson (Juan Antonio Sam-something) My city's claim to fame? Hmmmmm.... well, um.... hold on a minute.... I have to think a minute.... Minneapolis doesn't really have a "claim to fame", although the Mall of America is down in Bloomington. If you're into shopping all day long and wandering around aimlessly in a mall that I don't even think you can see in one day, then there ya go..... Personally I hate shopping..... how shocking is that coming from a girl????? Minneapolis, you got the Mighty Ducks movies, (starring Emilio Estevez and that guy from Dawson's Creek). I like those movies. |
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« Reply #39 on: March 07, 2008, 09:40:51 PM » |
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Let's see now: Brisbane was the host to the 1982 Commonwealth Games, the site for World Expo 1988, and the Goodwill Games in 2000. Added to that, bands like Savage Garden, The Saints, The Bee Gees, The Veronicas, and The Go-Betweens all come from here as well. It is also where the main headquarters for Virgin Blue airlines are situated.
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« Reply #40 on: March 08, 2008, 04:07:44 PM » |
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Winchester where i come from is the ancient capital of Britain and the home of King Arthur's round table (actually a 13th century copy, but hey not bad anyway.) It has Winchester Cathedral which is beautiful and Winchester College which is a famous and very very old private school. It has Wolvesey castle which dates back to the 12th century and Colin Firth comes from there. It's a nice place to visit and was good to grow up in.
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« Reply #41 on: March 08, 2008, 11:59:35 PM » |
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When i use to live in Georgia, atlanta was famous for Coca Cola, and UGA bulldogs football. Cant forget about Ted Turner and his empire down there for TBS station, and the Atlanta Braves is huge when the baseball season is on and going. Then i also cant forget those yummy georgia peaches as well, there are some good ones down there...
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