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i'll go with alaska. what do i win regis?

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 17:24 (seventeen years ago) link

There is a WTC in Portland, for whatever it's worth.

Uh, it's Alaska, isn't it? xpost

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 17:26 (seventeen years ago) link

It's Alaska by a whole, whole lot.

http://www.michigan.gov/som/0,1607,7-192-29938_30243-103397--,00.html

― always crashing in other people's cars (kenan), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 17:27 (seventeen years ago) link

Portland is a port city. PORTland! How could one ever have decuded that?

― The Pig on the Stairs (hanging in a groovy purple shirt) (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 17:31 (seventeen years ago) link

Yes M!ch!gan!

(advertising campaign created by non-michigan-based advertising firm)

― The Pig on the Stairs (hanging in a groovy purple shirt) (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 17:32 (seventeen years ago) link

there's a wtc in boston as well. and i don't know about "commercial shipping on the Great Lakes is almost nonexistent now." i read a book that dealt in part with barge traffic on the mississippi and there was mention to how these enormous barges are dwafed by the cargo ships that sail on the great lakes. they are the largest ships in the world. they can be built much larger than sea-faring ships because of the smaller waves they encounter on the lakes. these ships are so big they can not leave the lakes as they are bigger than the locks on the st. lawrence seaway.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 17:33 (seventeen years ago) link

Yes M!ch!gan!

(advertising campaign created by non-michigan-based advertising firm)

Say Ya To Da U.P., Eh?

(parody advertising campaign created by michigan-based musical comedy group)

― daniel striped tiger (OutDatWay), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 17:37 (seventeen years ago) link

Also, I dare anyone to tell the Soo Locks that there is not very active shipping on the Great Lakes. Maybe not L. Michigan, but the Minnesota to Detroit/Cleveland and beyond taconite ships are very much still running. And they are biiiiiiiiiiig.

― daniel striped tiger (OutDatWay), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 17:39 (seventeen years ago) link

Oops. What otto said, too.

― daniel striped tiger (OutDatWay), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 17:39 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah but Portland is named after the town in Maine. So there's no guarantee. But it's not on the coast, it's on a river. (Or two.)

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 17:46 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh I'm nerding out over this now: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_freighter

― daniel striped tiger (OutDatWay), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 17:47 (seventeen years ago) link

I just found out that Bengal housecats exist.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 17:49 (seventeen years ago) link

i seem to recall that they flipped a coin or something to determine whether to name the settlement portland or salem after the hometowns of the two groups of settlers who went west. or maybe it was portland and boston. or maybe i'm imagining the whole thing.

but it is a two hour drive from portland to the oregon coast. it's a nice drive though, old pine forests, some farm land, gorgeous scenery. love that drive.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 17:50 (seventeen years ago) link

Working at a recreational boating magazine ruined my brain. I have been told that commercial shipping was a tiny industry compared to what it once was (which may still be true). But I was told this by my boss, whose real point was that recreational boating is much more important.

― always crashing in other people's cars (kenan), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 17:50 (seventeen years ago) link

All I'm saying is that Chicago does not see much shipping traffic. Indiana sees some.

If Chicago isn't landlocked, then neither is Duluth. And for that matter, IL, MI, MN, OH aren't either.

― The Pig on the Stairs (hanging in a groovy purple shirt) (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 17:52 (seventeen years ago) link

Portwaukee

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 17:53 (seventeen years ago) link

My meeting at the WTC is with the Unitarian Church!

― The Pig on the Stairs (hanging in a groovy purple shirt) (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 17:54 (seventeen years ago) link

Dullyouth is pretty cool when it's in full-on port mode.

― daniel striped tiger (OutDatWay), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 17:54 (seventeen years ago) link

Not even with the HQ of the church, but with the pastor of one individual church. How 1 church winds up having an office in the WTC is beyond me.

― The Pig on the Stairs (hanging in a groovy purple shirt) (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 17:55 (seventeen years ago) link

I *loved* the drive through Duluth up to the boundary waters. It's beautiful, and I'm sure I've waxed poetic about the breakfast I had up at the Gunflint Trail Center Lodge.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 17:55 (seventeen years ago) link

All I'm saying is that Chicago does not see much shipping traffic

actually, as of 2004, chicago ranked 17th for us ports by gross tonnage. and ahead of any indiana port.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 18:04 (seventeen years ago) link

HO SNAP

― Party Time Country Female (pullapartgirl), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 18:04 (seventeen years ago) link

Portland or Boston, it was. Thank god Portland won.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 18:05 (seventeen years ago) link

Where the F does it ship from? Southside?

― The Pig on the Stairs (hanging in a groovy purple shirt) (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 18:06 (seventeen years ago) link

Yesterday: punctucation

"Chicago: Where have all the serial commas gone?"

Today: shipping

"Chicargo: Where have all the lake freighters gone?"

STAY TUNED FOR TOMORROW'S RIVETING SUB-TOPIC

― daniel striped tiger (OutDatWay), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 18:08 (seventeen years ago) link

Yowza. Southern Louisiana takes up a lot of room at the top of all those lists.

― The Pig on the Stairs (hanging in a groovy purple shirt) (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 18:09 (seventeen years ago) link

STAY TUNED FOR TOMORROW'S RIVETING SUB-TOPIC

BOOBS!

― always crashing in other people's cars (kenan), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 18:20 (seventeen years ago) link

No, that's for flirty Friday (or at least it would have been back in the day).

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 18:21 (seventeen years ago) link

Boobs are easily discussed at Old Timer's, I'll tell you that.

― Party Time Country Female (pullapartgirl), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 18:22 (seventeen years ago) link

BOOBS!

"Chicago: Where have all the killer knockers gone?"

xpost LOLZ it's soooo true

― daniel striped tiger (OutDatWay), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 18:22 (seventeen years ago) link

i vote for we talk about how my pussy is on fire, or rather how it smells kind of nice in my balzac area since i shaved.

― The Pig on the Stairs (hanging in a groovy purple shirt) (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 18:23 (seventeen years ago) link

"Chicago: Where have all the killer knockers gone?"

OPEN YOUR EYES, MAN, AND DRINK IN THE SIGHT OF LUSTY MIDWESTERN WENCHES ALL AROUND YOU!

― always crashing in other people's cars (kenan), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 18:23 (seventeen years ago) link

boobs are overdiscussed. those other two topics rarely get any attention.

― The Pig on the Stairs (hanging in a groovy purple shirt) (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 18:25 (seventeen years ago) link

are you talking about your pussy and the fragrant bouquet of your balzac area, or those areas in general?

― Juulia (julesbdules), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 18:27 (seventeen years ago) link

HAHAHA fragrant bouquet

― Party Time Country Female (pullapartgirl), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 18:29 (seventeen years ago) link

God, Jesse. You are such a huge homo.

― always crashing in other people's cars (kenan), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 18:30 (seventeen years ago) link

i had a crush on this girl for a while and she kind of dicked me around but we went to the movies 3 weeks ago and i never noticed until then that she had a killer rack. absolutely stunning. then i didn't notice again for a while but when she came over last night, bam! amazing rack in a hot machines t-shirt.

it's amazing how totally non-observant i can be sometimes.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 18:30 (seventeen years ago) link

such things can also be dependent on the way someone dresses and carries herself. unless she's ginormous.

― Juulia (julesbdules), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 18:31 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.maisondumonde.com/images/CPW/179.jpg

― always crashing in other people's cars (kenan), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 18:32 (seventeen years ago) link

i don't know what it was. i may have been hypnotized by her ginormous eyes.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 18:33 (seventeen years ago) link

In her eyes, is there light and heat? In her eyes, are you complete?

― always crashing in other people's cars (kenan), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 18:34 (seventeen years ago) link

oh, stop it.

― Juulia (julesbdules), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 18:35 (seventeen years ago) link

i don't know what you're quoting but i vote to change this thread's name to Chicago: Where have all the serial killer racks gone?

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 18:36 (seventeen years ago) link

my balls have a nose of white musk, cedar and salt air. Before they sort of smelled of rotting jellyfish and Gary, Indiana.

― The Pig on the Stairs (hanging in a groovy purple shirt) (unclejessjess), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 18:36 (seventeen years ago) link

it's amazing how totally non-observant i can be sometimes.

I think I'm probably...more observant than you are.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 18:37 (seventeen years ago) link

oh, wait, i know what your quoting now. i would assume there is both heat and light in her eyes, as light is required for sight and either she can see or she can really mask the fact that she navigates by echo-location. i would assume the heat is somewhere around 98.6, give or take.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 18:37 (seventeen years ago) link

serial commas/killer racks?

― Juulia (julesbdules), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 18:38 (seventeen years ago) link

"Hints of terrycloth, bacon, and forest floor."

― Eazy (Eazy), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 18:39 (seventeen years ago) link

Jordan, you're in the right town for observing. Big 10!

― Eazy (Eazy), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 18:40 (seventeen years ago) link

God, I love eyes like that.

― always crashing in other people's cars (kenan), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 18:40 (seventeen years ago) link

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