So ya, how many of you exactly live within a reasonable distance of each other?
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
I think Dan_Raven lives near me...
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
Define reasonable.
Some people I live too close to. Others much too far from.
Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
Bob is . . .
*throws wad of paper*
*counts seconds to hit*
. . . about five feet away.
Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
*has no one in throwing distance, not even a fellow Jatraquero/a* Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
Where's that frappr link...
Ah, here it is. Posted by Stan the man (Member # 6249) on :
<---for Bob and dkw
I'm close to a few where I'm at. Now mind you, close for me could be a few hours away. An' then again, this'll all change in a couple of years anyway when I move again.
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
There is a map somewhere too. A couple of them, I think.
Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on :
I'm actually relatively near all the Central Florida Hatrackers. Chris Bridges writes for the Daytona Beach News Journal and I go to school in Daytona Beach, and I guess Icarus and Kwea and some other people live over in the Orlando type area, which is about an hour away. And yet I am still not real Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I can hear Beverly playing her mandolin, but I cannot see her.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
so.... Teshi is the closest active hatrack huh...
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
I live in the same town as msquared, and am relatively close to fiazko, Pod, and sarcare.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
JenniK and I ae married, and we live fairly near to Zgator, Icky and Cor and kids, and a few others as well.
We were fairly close to newfoundlogic as well, but never got to meet him.
Also, Ela and family live within 3 hours or so....
Posted by plaid (Member # 2393) on :
*adds self to map* (Mineral, VA)
Posted by mistaben (Member # 8721) on :
Princess Leah, ersomniac and I all live in the University District of Seattle. I assume the other two attend UW, as I do.
If true, during the day we're even closer! Awwww...
Posted by Heffaji (Member # 3669) on :
Bloomington, IN has a huge chunk of us, or so I hear.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
I'm right here. Posted by Jhai (Member # 5633) on :
Indiana in general has a large clump of us.
I live about, uh, two blocks from Raia.
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
quote:Princess Leah, ersomniac and I all live in the University District of Seattle. I assume the other two attend UW, as I do.
If true, during the day we're even closer! Awwww...
I don't, but what're you gonna do.
Whereabouts are you, mistaben? Landmark wise.
Posted by Advent 115 (Member # 8914) on :
*adds self to map* Albuquerque, NM
Posted by Celaeno (Member # 8562) on :
My little marker's hiding behind Jhai's. We're probably only blocks apart.
But now I'm confused because Jhai's saying he lives in Indiana...
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Meow
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Since we drove up to see Boon in Tulsa when we lived in Dallas, my definition of "reasonable" may be different.
But right now, I consider all of Greater Los Angeles, Orange County, all the way down to San Diego and probably even up a little further, too "reasonable". rivka is the one I see most often right now, though-- not counting the two other Hatrackers who live in my house. Posted by Valentine014 (Member # 5981) on :
I am currently 5 feet away from Xavier and about 15 miles from Bob and Dana.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by ketchupqueen: rivka is the one I see most often right now, though
Yeah, and it's been too long. We should get together again soon, if y'all are feeling up to it.
Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
Nellie Bly and I share a room. We live in Mission Valley, San Diego, California.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
quidscribis jerks hand sideways...
And hits Fahim on the nose. Yeah, he's about a foot away. Posted by Tinros (Member # 8328) on :
Noemon, you forget me! I'm just south of you!
Posted by Artemisia Tridentata (Member # 8746) on :
Its 72 miles to the next tree. I suspect it is at least twice that far to the next Hatrack tracker.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
quote:Yeah, and it's been too long. We should get together again soon, if y'all are feeling up to it.
Yes, yes, yes!
I have, I think, about 5 or 6 episodes of this season of Stargate for you, if we count this week maybe 6 or 7 (although I'm not really sure.)
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
quote:so.... Teshi is the closest active hatrack huh...
You sound so thrilled.
Posted by genius00345 (Member # 8206) on :
I'm about 106 miles (driving distance, it's much less than that in straight linear distance) from SteveRogers.
Posted by cheiros do ender (Member # 8849) on :
I live near imogen. I'm gonna see if she'll be my lawyer if I ever get enough money and before I lose interest. I have no logical reason to need a lawyer, but I'm convinced having one will compel me into positions where one will come in handy. Organised crime, anybody? Posted by BaoQingTian (Member # 8775) on :
I live in Northwestern Nevada, so I'm one of the few people around that has Internet
Seriously though, anyone here in the Reno, Nevada area (specifically Carson City or Minden)?
Posted by Stephan (Member # 7549) on :
I think I have seen one or two other Marylanders hanging around.
Posted by airmanfour (Member # 6111) on :
stupid georgia, sure as hell wasn't my idea to live here. away from you wonderful people.
Posted by mistaben (Member # 8721) on :
quote:Originally posted by erosomniac:
quote:Princess Leah, ersomniac and I all live in the University District of Seattle. I assume the other two attend UW, as I do.
If true, during the day we're even closer! Awwww...
I don't, but what're you gonna do.
You're dead to me. (Actually, being a grad student transplant, I have ZERO husky pride!)
quote: Whereabouts are you, mistaben? Landmark wise.
Right by the U Village. Seriously, my wife sends me walking to QFC to pick up random items that didn't make it to the grocery list a few nights a week. It takes 10 minutes total, when I don't get distracted.
Posted by Celaeno (Member # 8562) on :
Hey, the last time I was in Seattle I went to that QFC. Maybe we were there at the same time.
We were purchasing ingredients for our Thanksgiving dinner.
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
I've added myself, and a recent pic. Didn't even know that site existed!
Piscataway, NJ btw
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
Heffaji, you should email us and hang out sometime. And Jhai lives part of the year in IN and part in CA I think.
Posted by Princess Leah (Member # 6026) on :
quote:Princess Leah, ersomniac and I all live in the University District of Seattle. I assume the other two attend UW, as I do.
Nope, sorry, it's the childhood home. I'm in Ontario for school.
Posted by Bella Bee (Member # 7027) on :
*Adds self to map*
I know there's at least one other person here from the UK...
Posted by sweetbaboo (Member # 8845) on :
*adds self to map*
I'm near Boston.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Dr. Strangelove, there is a whole thread for planning Central Florida outings that nobody ever comes to, you know. (You are eighteen or older, right?) You should join us for Jai-Alai later this month--or join us in not achieving a Jai-Alai get-together, as the case may be.
Posted by Mabus (Member # 6320) on :
I think I'm the only Hatracker in western Kentucky--though there are some in Tennessee and a hillbilly or two from the east part of the state.
Now added to the map.
[ February 08, 2006, 09:38 PM: Message edited by: Mabus ]
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Originally posted by FlyingCow: I've added myself, and a recent pic. Didn't even know that site existed!
Piscataway, NJ btw
Good Golly! I'm in Piscataway almost every day! I was there today. Twice. And I'll be there tomorrow, too! I'm in Highland Park, NJ.
I've been traveling through all the neighborhoods of Piscataway for a while now, and have yet to locate its "downtown". I mean, I know the street where the municipal building, police station, high school and municipal building are, but somehow, even with all that, Hoes Lane doesn't seem all that downtown-y to me.
Want to get together over coffee and meet up?
Posted by Irregardless (Member # 8529) on :
I haven't been around long enough to know about anyone else, but I'm in Chattanooga, TN.
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
Sure, Tante! And I don't think Piscataway has a downtown, per se. I'd say Centennial Ave or Stelton Road would be the focal point, but that's even stretching it.
I just moved here from West Orange last year, actually.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
So you are, Tinros! You're actually closer than Pod, fiazko, and sarcare.
I also forgot cyruseh, who lives in this general area, but I haven't seen him here in at least a year or so.
Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
I'm not reasonably close to anyone.
Posted by JennaDean (Member # 8816) on :
I knew about Icarus and the Central-Floridians, but I didn't know you were in Daytona, Strangelove. I'm in Jacksonville and I thought the closest ones were in Orlando.
Only an hour and a half, wow, we're practically neighbors.
Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :
Occationally I live in Indiana, most of the time I live in Saratoga Springs, New York at Skidmore College.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
I live in New Orleans. I know there are a couple of other people who live in Louisiana. I still want to hang out with you guys one day.
-pH
Posted by IB_wench (Member # 9081) on :
Anybody else from Ontario? Canada, even?
Princess Leah: which university are you at? Welcome to Ontario, btw. Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
There seemed to be several when I went to the second hatrack.ca gathering in Toronto last April.
(Added: Welcome to hatrack, by the way. )
Posted by IB_wench (Member # 9081) on :
Thanks!
Posted by Stan the man (Member # 6249) on :
Not too far from you Alcon. I'm over in Malta, NY right now. About 9 miles south of Saratoga Springs.
Posted by Jhai (Member # 5633) on :
quote:Originally posted by Celaeno: My little marker's hiding behind Jhai's. We're probably only blocks apart.
But now I'm confused because Jhai's saying he lives in Indiana...
I go to college in Indiana - but I'll always be a California girl
You live just off San Tomas and El Camino? That's not far at all from my home - just off 280 between the Wolfe and DeAnza exits. Next time I'm home we should consider a get together, with, uh, esl. Posted by Princess Leah (Member # 6026) on :
quote:Princess Leah: which university are you at?
Queen's. I like it!
quote:Welcome to Ontario, btw.
Thank you! It's very nice here. Not as nice as Seattle, but that's true for pretty much the entire world. *homesick for PACNW, not home*
Posted by esl (Member # 3143) on :
You're kidding me! There are NorCal jatraqueros? :checks frappr: Wow. color me speechless.
Hi!
Posted by Celaeno (Member # 8562) on :
Jhai, oooh, I'm so sorry! I can't help but demonstrate just how much of a newbie I am.
The marker's a little off, but I'm near there. I'm right next to the university, actually.
And esl, I don't know Burlingame well, but I got lost there once on my way to a friend's house if that counts for anything.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Derrell is in the Southwest. He sent me a cactus keychain for the December gift exchange.
Posted by Advent 115 (Member # 8914) on :
quote:Originally posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion: Nellie Bly and I share a room. We live in Mission Valley, San Diego, California.
Its good to know that I'm not the only Hatracker in the Southwest. Posted by kmbboots (Member # 8576) on :
Chicago area (Evanston). There - just added a flag and pic.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
You know, I should really make my way up to Chicago some weekend, both to hang out with interested people from the Chicago clump and to go to the art museum again. Or the Field Museum; been a few years since I've been to that one.
Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :
I know there are a few other Hatrackers in Hawaii (jennabean and Zotto, maybe others) but I think I'm the only one on Maui. So we're *close* but might as well be thousands of miles away without wings or flippers.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
So there isn't a lot of traffic between the islands? That's interesting.
On a tangent, I applied for a job at Pearl Harbor a month or so ago, but my appliation disappeared into the ether unacknowledged. I suspect that every Domino Administrator in existence probably applied for that one.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
quote:I'm not reasonably close to anyone.
But Verily! I'll come see you next year if you stay there! At least, I still have a Summer 2007 Alaska trip planned..
I could make you REAL!
Posted by kmbboots (Member # 8576) on :
quote:Originally posted by Noemon: You know, I should really make my way up to Chicago some weekend, both to hang out with interested people from the Chicago clump and to go to the art museum again. Or the Field Museum; been a few years since I've been to that one.
Yay! Party in Chicago! I love both those museums and I seldom get to them unless I have out of town visitors.
Warning: Anybody here on a Sunday evening will be cajoled into going to the pub (n drinking required) where I sing.
Posted by Advent 115 (Member # 8914) on :
I hope kmbboots has a good singing voice....
Otherwise its going to be one long night.....
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Going to the pub sounds like fun, but unless I have a 3 day weekend it'll have to be a Friday or Saturday activity, which would mean not having the opportunity to hear you perform. What kind of stuff do you sing?
Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :
quote:Originally posted by Noemon: So there isn't a lot of traffic between the islands? That's interesting.
The planes fly 10-12 times a day, but it's gotten pretty expensive (~$130 RT if you buy tickets a week ahead), and a real pain with all the airport security and that. I go to Honolulu about 6-8 times a year for work, and I usually try to work in a weekend visit on those trips, but can't always make it happen. (For example, I'm gonna be over there for the 16th and 17th, but the Maui Interscholastic League wrestling championship is on the 18th, so I have to come home to watch my girl compete.)
My Sweet Baboo lives in Honolulu and he flies over here once a month or so, but it's getting harder financially to do so.
Posted by kmbboots (Member # 8576) on :
Almost afraid to say after the folk music thread, but I sing folk music. Mostly Irish, but some American, Scottish, and English as well.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
That's really unfortunate. I'd just assumed that there was some kind of barge service that would transport people between the islands. I guess they're probably too far apart for that to be practical, eh?
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Are you with a band, or is it you up there alone with an instrument?
Posted by kmbboots (Member # 8576) on :
Not even that organized. It's an Irish sessiun (session). It's a couple of core people and whoever else shows up. They do tunes and from time to time I'll sing. Sometimes a capella, often the musicians know the stuff I do well enough that they will accompany me.
There are a couple on Sunday afternoons too. If you play anything, bring your instrument.
Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :
Yes. There are passenger ferries between Maui and Lanai/Molokai, but they're not cheap either (~$50 RT per person) and only run 3-4 times a day. Then, if you don't know anyone on the other island, you'll have to rent a car, because there's no public transportation.
If you go to Oahu, you can probably get by without renting a car, as there's a decent bus line, and plenty taxis. I'm fortunate that I have a contact in Honolulu, so I never rent a car unless I need one for my work responsiblities and then I don't have to pay for it myself.
Just in the five years I've lived here it's gotten much harder to travel inter-island. Fortunately, I like living on Maui and don't feel a great need to get off very often, and with my work travel, I get over to Honolulu often enough to do whatever shopping I need to do there.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
Hi Jhai, ESL and Celaeno! And all other No.Cal Hatrackers! I'm in San Jose =)
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
What kind of shopping are you unable to do on Maui (I'm finding this fascinating, by the way; I've wondered for some time what life was like on the different islands)?
Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :
Shopping is quite limited here, compared with Honolulu. There is only one very small, poorly stocked craft store, for instance. I buy most of my yarn and other craft supplies online (which can be a problem with shipping) or in Honolulu. I *can* buy clothing, shoes, accessories, etc here, but there is a better selection and better prices over there.
Home decor things are hard to come by here. I've had to sew most of my curtains, for example. That is getting better now that KMart is merged with Sears.
Oddly enough, food supplies are not too dependable here, either. (Unless you count rice, papayas, bananas, pineapple and Spam... you can ALWAYS buy those ) The Safeway here routinely runs out of milk, sour cream, yogurt, Frank's Red Hot Sauce (which can create a MAJOR crisis in my house, let me tell you) and other odd things. I've learned that when the store does have the products I like in stock (not milk, obviously, but non perishables) I buy as many as I can afford (or if there's a limit, etc).
I buy most of my groceries from Safeway or Costco, and I like to go to farmer's markets, but those are getting harder to find, too. There used to be one around the corner from my office that I'd hit a couple of times a week, but they're gone now. Posted by Artemisia Tridentata (Member # 8746) on :
"I live in Northwestern Nevada, so I'm one of the few people around that has Internet
Seriously though, anyone here in the Reno, Nevada area (specifically Carson City or Minden)?"
Yeah, that's about the next tree! I'm in greater metropolitan Hawthorne.
Posted by Celaeno (Member # 8562) on :
Ooh, NorCal Mini Con, anyone?
And maui babe, I'm from Oahu and I go back twice a year or so. In fact, I'll be back at the end of March.
I haven't been to Maui recently. The only outer island I travel to on a regular basis is the Big Island. My relatives live in Hilo.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Geoff, I just saw your picture on Frapper. You look like a Jeph Jaques character made flesh in that photo! I think it's the nose.
Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :
pH, me too. I was just thinking that we should all get together in the next few weeks.
Posted by Mabus (Member # 6320) on :
For some reason, my "balloon" keeps appearing and disappearing. It's the only one in Kentucky, I think.
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
Nope Mabus there's also Marek and IrishAphrodite in KY (Louisville and Lexington respectively, Danzig also lives in Lexington but he didn't have a flag).
Posted by Celaeno (Member # 8562) on :
You have to make sure you click on "show rest of markers" or only fifty show.
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
*added*
Seattle - NE of Northgate.
Posted by Mabus (Member # 6320) on :
Ah...thanks to Celaeno and Breyerchic.
Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on :
Hey JennaDean! I'm actually even a bit further north than Daytona. DeLeon Springs might not mean anything to you, but if it does, thats me. DeLand, which again may mean absolutely nothing to you, but is definately bigger than DeLeon Springs, is about 10 minutes south.
And yeah, Icarus, unfortunately I'm only 17. I don't look 17 or act 17, but the fact of the matter is, however much I try to deny it, I am 17. That's why I haven't posted at all in the Central Florida planning thread. If there's ever anything that ya'll would feel comfortable with me showing up for, let me know (I check my email everyday. Linky in the profile). Otherwise, I'll just have to wait til July when I turn 18 to become real. Oh well.
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
Hey Celaeno, I'm from Hilo! You must be bored spitless everytime you visit.
Posted by human_2.0 (Member # 6006) on :
NorCalers, isn't Orincoro going to UC Davis?
Posted by Celaeno (Member # 8562) on :
Hey Juxtapose, I know! I believe we have more friends in common than just the one. Well, I don't know if you were actually friends with them, but you must've known each other. I'm an old Key Clubber.
As for the boredom thing, it gets that way eventually, so I usually only stay for a few days.
Posted by aiua (Member # 7825) on :
*added* I'm in Brookfield, WI- pretty close to Jeni and moderately close to TomDavidson.
Posted by Jeni (Member # 1454) on :
Extremely close to Jeni!
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
quote:Originally posted by El JT de Spang: pH, me too. I was just thinking that we should all get together in the next few weeks.
LET'S!
I don't have the damn Internet at home anymore; you have my number.
-pH
Posted by aiua (Member # 7825) on :
Oh, wow.. I'm no good with directions or distance or anything, but I'm going to guess you're about half an hour away from me. That's quite nifty!
Posted by Jeni (Member # 1454) on :
Yeah, I'd say anywhere in Brookfield would be within about a half hour of me... as short as fifteen minutes for the southernmost area. That also makes you super close to my sister, who posts occasionally as peekaboo. Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
Brookfield's also reasonably close to me in suburban Chicago. And I have to say that I did a massive doubletake when I saw Jeni's last post because I hadn't looked at this thread previously... I grew up in Brookfield IL. For a minute I thought I might have possibly had a Hatrack neighbor!
Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :
quote:LET'S!
I don't have the damn Internet at home anymore; you have my number.
-pH
Av's centrally located, we should talk to her and meet up in Baton Rouge.
Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on :
100th post.
Sorry, couldn't resist.
Posted by boogashaga (Member # 8881) on :
I had no idea there were so many from the islands here on Hatrack. I lived on Oahu for about 6 years and made it to Maui a few times (have some potate chips for me, OK?). I also got to the Big island a few times also.
Now, however, I reside in the greater Los Angeles area. Not as exciting, I know, I know.
Posted by Celaeno (Member # 8562) on :
I actually think California's significantly more exciting than Hawaii. If it weren't, I might still be there.
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<---for Bob and dkw![[Wave]](graemlins/wave.gif)
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rivka is the one I see most often right now, though-- not counting the two other Hatrackers who live in my house. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Yeah, he's about a foot away. ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)