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This will be an abbreviated version of the ‘Happy Hour,’ since we are heading to Thanksgiving II: The English Family shortly. But before I leave, let me throw out a few topics for discussion.
1. My wife and I are just entering the initial stages of starting to think about considering a move. This stage is a rollercoaster ride—first we see a listing for a great house, then spend hours trying to figure out the secret flaw that makes it affordable. One of my favorite parts of the research is the ‘Notable Residents’ section of each town’s Wikipedia page. It’s good to know that I could share a zip code with the guy who played Larry Dallas on Three’s Company, the parents of the General Manager of the Colorado Rockies, or the host of Cash Cab. What notable residents (and former residents) live in your town?
2. What’s the longest line you’ve ever waited in?
3. Did you have a good Thanksgiving?
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1. Apparently, Russell Brand lived in our town for a time, and the guy that gave Rhodesia its name before it was Zimbabwe was born here.
2. The longest line was probably at the DMV in Miami.
3. As the only American in my area of the UK, Thanksgiving was more about calling everyone back home and slugging down a bottle of wine here. All good.
posted by MN on 11-28-2008 at 11:29 am
1. For some reason the wikipedia page for the city that I just moved to (Sheffield UK) doesn’t list anyone notable. But now there’s me, so that’s a start! :D
2. When I was a kid I remember waiting in line for Superman: Ultimate Flight, the roller coaster at Six Flags in New Jersey. We were there for hours and my best friend Lauren got spit on by someone on the ride as it went over our heads. We were in line for like 4 hours but it was so worth it.
3. No. I am in England so there isn’t really such a thing but I made my fiance eat turkey and all the trimmings with me. Both of us are a little under-the-weather, and as the house got quite hot with all the cooking, my fiance asked me to open one of the windows. Leaning over the table and wrestling with the curtains (which my fiance later told me didn’t move) the candle my fiance thought would make a lovely addition caught my hair on fire.
No. Not my best Thanksgiving.
posted by Julie on 11-28-2008 at 11:41 am
1. Notable Graduates of Anoka High School include Garrison Keillor, Michele Bachmann, and 3 Olympic athletes (Brandon Paulson, Brianna Scurry, and Jake Deitchler)
2.Longest line was probably waiting with my dad to the first of the star wars movies when they were re-released around 1997. I think we were waiting for at least 2 hours just to get in (no camping out for us).
3. Thanksgiving was great. I’m still full from all the food.
posted by Ben Smith on 11-28-2008 at 11:45 am
Jim Kiick, the running back for the Miami Dolphins in the 1970’s grew up and played for the HS team in my town.
BTW, Jason, it’s great town and the house right next to mine is for sale. It’s a little dated but a great price.
I can’t remember the longest line that I’ve waited in but if I had to hazard a guess it would be at either Disney World or Great Adventure. Unless you count the line of cars waiting to exit the Giants Stadium parking lot after a football game.
I and my family had a great Thanksgiving. I hope everyone else did too.
posted by Bill on 11-28-2008 at 12:19 pm
1. My current town of Polson, MT has only one ‘notable resident’: Kathy Kolberg, professional poker player, was born here.
But my actual hometown has much better ones:
See also: Category:Rahway High School alumni
Abraham Clark (1725-1794), Signer of the Declaration of Independence, is buried at the Rahway Cemetery.
Paul Dembling, the Federal attorney responsible for forming NASA as a government agency in July 1958, was born and raised in RahwayMilton Friedman (1912-2006), Economist, was born in New York City but raised in Rahway.[22]
Antonio Garay (born 1979), Defensive Tackle for the Chicago Bears.[23]
Dory Previn (born 1929), Lyricist and singer-songwriter, born here (as Dorothy Veronica Langan).
Carl Sagan (1934-1996), Astronomer, lived in Rahway and was a Rahway High School graduate.
Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), formed his company, Tesla Electric Light Company, in Rahway.[
Emmanuel Yarborough (born 1964), 1995 USA World Sumo Champion
2. Probably in line for a ride at 6 Flags Great Adventure……
3. Definitely. Although as my first foodcentric holiday post gastric bypass, it was a challenge.
posted by qt314159265 on 11-28-2008 at 12:36 pm
2. About 9 hours in a gas line a few days after Gustav.
3. Pretty good Thanksgiving. I got to be thankful for being a good enough biker (or am I a cyclist) to get away with just a broken headlight and a crushed front wheel from being run down by a redneck truck Wednesday night. (Didn’t get the plate, and yes, it was intentional. The guy stopped in a left turn lane to wait for me, then floored it in reverse to hit me! Craziest thing *I’ve* ever seen.)
posted by Baton Rougean on 11-28-2008 at 12:42 pm
1. In my city Gerald Ford Was born, Actors Henry Fonda, Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift and Fred Astaire have all had their starts here. Also Malcolm X was born here. Currently Bright Eyes is based from here (along with Conor Oberst) and Warren Buffet
2.The longest line I was in was to vote in the democratic caucus this year. It was at least half an hour to wait and went down at least a block and a half. The Auditorium at the school was filled and they had to hold it in the parking lot!
3. I had a good thanksgiving except for the car ride home listening to my sister in law gripe about her dad. Not my favorite moment
posted by Sarah C. on 11-28-2008 at 12:45 pm
1. Danny Glover
2. Every line I wait in seems to be the longest.
3. Yes! How bout you?
posted by Sara on 11-28-2008 at 12:47 pm
2. I just read about the coach at the high school is/was Micheal Moore.
posted by Sara on 11-28-2008 at 12:57 pm
1. I live in Sleepy Hollow, NY.
two interesting people would be Washington Irving and Adam Savage (the headless horse man doesn’t count as a person right??)
posted by Blah on 11-28-2008 at 1:08 pm
1. Where I live now (Waterbury, VT) only has a small selection of famous people whose names I had to look up, but it does have decent ice cream (Ben & Jerry’s factory) and excellent coffee (Green Mountain Coffee Roasters). My hometown (Chicopee, MA) had Edward Bellamy, Victoria Principal (briefly), the Duryea brothers (first US auto inventors), and Douglas MacArthur’s father.
2. The longest line I was ever in was at the Red Cross the day after 9/11. Got there at 10am when they opened and was already #248 in line. Waited ’til 4pm to discover my veins were missing.
3. Very good, if small, Turkey Day, but the dog played tug-o-war with my brother’s dog for 6 hours straight and is still recovering.
posted by steph on 11-28-2008 at 1:15 pm
1.My town is home of the Frank Buck Zoo.Bring ‘em back alive!
2.2 years ago we visited Tijuana.It takes about 5 minutes to cross from the US to Mexico,but we had to wait in a huge line to cross back.It took us 5 hours waiting in line.
3.It was acceptable.
posted by Jim Sloan on 11-28-2008 at 1:40 pm
1. Corey Booker grew up in my town
2. waited in line at the Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash to meet Kevin Smith of Clerks fame for 16 hours
3. Thanksgiving wasn’t bad. No real awkward family issues which is always a plus. How was yours?
posted by Joey B on 11-28-2008 at 2:17 pm
1. I live in Washington, DC so there are, ahem, a few notable residents. I grew up in Durham, NC where certain Floss editors may or may not have gone to college…
2. The longest line I can remember would be either (a) the line for the Batman rollercoaster at Six Flags Georgia – which, incidentally, was a total let-down or (b) the line for steak and shrimp at my college’s cafeteria. It was a once-a-year thing and the whole school seemed to arrive five minutes before I did.
3. It was great! I slept in, watched Pulp Fiction, ate turkey with family and then watched There Will Be Blood. I felt culturally stimulated and very tired from all the carbs I’d eaten. Who can pass up sweet potato casserole with melted marshmallows on top?
posted by Nora on 11-28-2008 at 2:24 pm
All the notable people from my city are either sports stars(like Jonathan Toews) or rock stars (like Neil Young). Neil is definitly the most notable.
Longest line I’ve ever been in was for Green Day tickets, but, thanks to the glory of the internet, only the first ten people got tickets, the other few hundred of us went empty handed.
posted by D Hue on 11-28-2008 at 2:29 pm
1. Chuck Palahniuk and Tonya Harding.
2. My mother took me to see the King Tut exhibit in New Orleans when I was still in elementary school. The line wrapped half way around City Park.
3. It was good… The Tandoori Turkey didn’t come out as good as I had hoped. But the rest of it was quite good.
posted by Stuart on 11-28-2008 at 2:34 pm
1) We’ve had a few on Staten Island but I’ll go with David Johansen (aka Buster Poindexter) of the New York Dolls and Galt MacDermot (writer of Hair). Also, Ichabod Crane is buried here!
2) Waiting for a cab in the dead of winter. It may have only been 15 minutes, but it felt like a frigid lifetime.
3) Delicious! Looking forward to leftover concoctions!
posted by Amanda on 11-28-2008 at 2:50 pm
1.) Berniece from Fitzgerald’s short story, Berniece Bobs Her Hair was from Eau Claire. Ever notice that the most naive fictional characters are usually from Minnesota or Wisconsin?
And Jack (Leo DiCaprio) makes an erroneous reference to our Lake Wissota in “Titanic.” He talks about fishing on it; when in reality, the lake wasn’t created until 5 years or so after the Titanic went down :D
2.) Honestly cannot remember, probably at a theme park somewhere.
3.)It was ok.
posted by mrs.djs on 11-28-2008 at 3:13 pm
1) Ruell Gridley of Civil War flour sack fame is buried here. Chris Isaak and Grant Lee Phillips are from here. Peter Morelli, the NFL referee is the principal of our St. Mary’s High School.
2) Disneyland, when it was so crowded they stopped letting people in, and we had to wait an hour per ride. Still it was worth it, and we’re really good at entertaining ourselves.
3) Great Thanksgiving with the sisters, nieces and great-nieces (and a couple of male relatives who don’t really count in this family of girls.
posted by Judy on 11-28-2008 at 3:26 pm
The town I live in now is Cedartown, GA, the home of Sterling Holloway. You might not know the name, but you know his voice. He was most famously Winnie the Pooh. He also voiced Kaa the Snake in The Jungle Book, Roquefort the mouse in Aristcats, and the Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland.
I don’t know that he was ever here, but Waylon Jennings had a hit in 1971 with the song, “Cedartown, Georgia” from the album of the same name.
The town I call my ‘hometown’ is across the county. Rockmart, GA has a population of about 3000. Strangely, it is the home of New York Giants running back, Danny Ware and former New England Patriots Defensive End Aaron Chubb.
The longest line I ever waited in was with my Mom and Dad to see ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’ when it came out. I was only 7, but I remember that line looking like FOREVER.
Turkey-giving was great. Drnk lots of beer, even ate some turkey.
posted by Chandler on 11-28-2008 at 3:33 pm
1) I live in Kew Gardens Hills, NY (a neighborhood in Queens) and one of our most notable residents was Paul Simon. According to my mother, he lived two blocks away from where I live now. Paul Simon’s mother was also my mother’s 1st grade teacher and he and Garfunkel came to sing for her class once, about a year or two before they hit it big.
2) I’m not sure, actually. Maybe when I went to wait to see “The Daily Show”?
3) Thanksgiving was pretty good. SO MUCH FOOD.
posted by Rebecca on 11-28-2008 at 3:57 pm
1- I live in Toronto and a ton of famous Canadian celebs are from Toronto or the surrounding areas. Too many to list!
2- I was in Australia earlier this year and ended up waiting over two hours for a taxi in a Taxi Rank. It was the supidest thing ever – we could’ve walked home in that time! It was worth it, though, because by the time we got to our destination we were sober enough to start drinking again.
3 – Thanksgiving was a few weeks ago up in the Great White North and it was fabulous. I went home and saw mom and the cats (…mom has a lot of cats…) and saw all the beautiful colours of the leaves along the Ottawa Valley!
posted by Jenny on 11-28-2008 at 4:17 pm
1.) no longer a living resident, but Davenport, IA was home to jazz cornetist Bix Beiderbecke. i found his gravesite, so i guess he still technically resides here.
2.) i waited in line in the cold this Halloween to get into a great haunted forest. we waited over an hour, but had a great time when we finally got in.
3.) i had a very average Thanksgiving.
posted by the creature on 11-28-2008 at 4:48 pm
1. Well, I live in Wellington, NZ now…so there’s Peter Jackson, and the Flight of the Conchords boys, as well as some local celebrities (and many govt people).
I grew up in Muskogee, OK, though. Most of the ‘notable’ people from there are country musicians.
2. Hmm…don’t have a lot of lines here, but in August/Sept we went to Disney World where the longest (and practically only) line was for the new Toy Story ride. About 45 minutes? Totally worth it, though!
3. On thursday here, we waited until the sun went down (around 9pm) and visited the park to see glow worms. On friday, I called family members in the US to wish them a Happy Thanksgiving!
posted by Dawn on 11-28-2008 at 4:59 pm
2. I waited in line to go up to the top of the Empire State Building for… oh, probably 2 and a half hours. It was long. And boring. And stuffy.
3. It was okay. Pretty quiet.
posted by Case on 11-28-2008 at 5:26 pm
1. I know Hunter Thompson was born and raised here–I used to drive past his old high school building everyday I went to school. Muhammad Ali is also from here, and I think Sue Grafton may also have been from Louisville. There’s also Larry Birkhead, Tom Cruise, Heather French, Joan Osbourne, Diane Sawyer, and Gus Van Sant. We’ve also got some interesting people buried here: Zachary Taylor, Colonel Sanders, and some others I can’t think of right now.
2. I usually try to steer clear of long lines. I suppose the longest line I’ve ever stood in was probably at some amusement park I went to as a kid.
3. It was pretty good. I drew pictures with my cousin.
posted by Jenny on 11-28-2008 at 5:46 pm
hrm. according to wikipedia…
Jimmie Rodgers – “The Father of Country Music”.
Robert Earl Keen – Singer and song writer.
James Avery – Jeweler and owner of James Avery Jewelers.
William Fifer – Former pro-football player for the Detroit Lions in 1978.
Mike Dyal – Former pro-football player for the Oakland Raiders from 1989 to 1990.
John Teltschik – Former pro-football player for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1986 to 1990.
John Mahaffey – Pro-golfer who appeared in the 1978 PGA Championship.
Thomas Hayden Church – Actor known for several famous movies George in the Jungle/ Sideways/ Spider-Man 3
2.) tower of terror, disney world, fourth of july weekend OR the rattler @ six flags. each around 6 hours. :(
3.) eh, it was okay. my birthday is today though. kinda sucky.
posted by natty on 11-28-2008 at 6:05 pm
1. Either from or lived in Grand Rapids, MI: Gillian Anderson, Andy Richter, President Gerald Ford, Al Green, Anthony Kiedis, Del Shannon, Floyd Mayweather, Jr., that guy (you know, the lead singer of Tool), Richard DeVos (founder of Amway).
2. About 6 hours to see President Ford as he lay in state before his funeral.
3. Meh. I was alone, which is fine with me, and had bacon, eggs and wine for dinner.
posted by Carrie on 11-28-2008 at 7:20 pm
1. I technically live in Feeding Hills MA, which is a sub-section of Agawam MA, but Feeding Hills doesn’t have it’s own wiki page, so Agawam it is. Anne Sullivan, Helen Keller’s miracle worker, was born here. It’s also the home of Six Flags New England (R.I.P. Riverside!!).
2. Splash Mountain, Disney World. It was close to three hours, which, to a 13 year old, is something like an eternity.
My Thanksgiving wasn’t the best, actually. I had to work, and dinner wasn’t ready until 20 minutes before I had to leave (no one’s fault, just slow cooking turkey!) and what with being hungover, sleep-deprived, and hormonal, I burst into tears at the table in front of everyone. That crisis averted, I headed off to work, where the day was pretty tame until an hour before the end of my shift, when a Hep C postivie patient spit in my face. I had to be seen in the ER, had labs drawn, and had to be cleared by Health Services to be able to return to work. On top of all that, the patient was an IV drug user who, at the time, refused an HIV test. I had to sleep on it (of which I didn’t do much) until I was told today that it came back negative.
Needless to say, this didn’t land on my Top Ten Favorite Holidays list.
posted by Cassie on 11-28-2008 at 7:42 pm
No one of any importance whatsoever ever lived in my hometown. One could argue that no one of any importance lives there now… ;)
However, if we use Google hits to determine who is “notable,” then the most notable person in my hometown is…me! It’s a big fish/small pond kinda thing…
posted by Ryan on 11-28-2008 at 9:18 pm
Since my community has a grand total of 803 residents it is no surprise that no one famous resides here. Which is fine with me.
My longest line was undoubtably at Cedar Point waiting for a coaster.
Thanksgiving was great! My favorite holiday. Eating and watching football – what could be better?
posted by RaraAvis on 11-28-2008 at 11:10 pm
1. A few notable people from Calgary(incuding currant Prime Minister) but I think the best is Tommy Chong.
2. Any Calgary Stampede pancake breakfast line-up, especially at the malls.
3. Canadian Thanksgiving in October was great. Family tradition of collecting nuts (walnuts, hazelnuts, chestnuts) at the local tree farm is always fun, especially when it is windy & you are avoiding them falling from the trees.
posted by Sylvia on 11-29-2008 at 11:10 am
1. I knew Lawton, OK, had a lot of professional sports players because many of our high school grads go to OU or OSU on sports scholarships. I was really surprised to find out the Joan Crawford lived here as a child, and Stephen Hillenberg (creator of SpongeBob Squarepants!) was born on Ft. Sill, which is exactly 3.25 blocks from my house. We also boast writers N. Scott Momaday, Evo Terra, and C.J. Cherryh.
2. I stood for a couple hours in line on Nov 4th this year, bt it was nothing like the Black Friday line at our mall in 2006. We were there for at least five hours.
3. Thanksgiving was great. Hope you all enjoyed yours as well. : )
reCaptcha: re launched
posted by adrienne on 11-29-2008 at 11:26 am
1. I thought we only had William Carlos Williams (poet), but I just Wiki’d our town (Rutherford, NJ), and not only do we have a lot of significant residents in our history, but we currently have five professional athletes living here; we’re about 10 minutes from 16W, the sports complex, so yeah, I guess that makes sense. Hey, you know the Rubik’s Cube commercial that’s playing these days, the guy with all of the people at the park? That’s the most recent shooting event here – there’s a lot of film shoots around here. Weird, but amusing.
2. Any line I have to suffer with my kids getting bored and turning into demons seems to last forever. Before kids, it was any line in an amusement park.
3. Thanksgiving was nice – we kept it down to six people and stuffed ourselves silly. While my mom was here, I gave her some of my back issues of M_F, and I think she’s hooked now. I’m up to four converts so far!
posted by Rusty S. on 11-29-2008 at 1:15 pm
1. Yankton, SD is the hometown of Tom Brokaw and his wife, Meredith. Also, Jack McCall, the man who shot Wild Bill Hickock, was jailed in Yankton, and is buried here, but anyone who watches Deadwood knows that…
2. I waited for 3 hours for tickets to see the re-release of Star Wars in theaters. The sad thing? There were a total of 10 people in line, my friend and I just decided we wanted to chill in line at the Yankton Mall for the heck of it.
3. My Thanksgiving was amazing- I am so blessed…
PS- I found the name for my next pet in my reCaptcha- Milford Phipps
posted by Emelie on 11-29-2008 at 5:17 pm
1. Geraldine Ferraro was born here, and Tommy Hilfiger lived here for a while (his brother used to teach at one of our junior highs). Apparently Andrew Jackson Downing lived here, too-designed the big park in our town.
2. I’ll own up to it. Outside of concerts (back in my teenybopper years when I HAD to be there hooours before the concert started despite the fact I had actual seats), I waited in line for one of the Harry Potter books. I think it was the 5th.
3. I stuffed myself with delicious food and dessert, and it was good. :)
posted by Kate on 11-29-2008 at 5:30 pm
Lots of people have come from my home town. Not sure why we produce so many here in NH, but its great.
Adam Sandler, Sarah Silverman, Mandy Moore, Mike O’Malley, Triple H, China(wrestler), and a boy who is now on General Hospital(cant think of his name).
posted by Jocie on 11-29-2008 at 9:56 pm
Not sure why so many from here in NH, but its great.
Sarah Silverman, Adam Sandler, Mandy Moore, Mike O’Malley, Triple H and China, the guy who played Logan on Gilmore Girls, and a kid who is now on General Hospital.
posted by Jocie on 11-29-2008 at 9:59 pm
1. Wikipedia didn’t list anyone too notable living here but our courthouse is where Larry Flint was shot in 1978.
2. Like Julie up top, the line for the Superman roller coaster at Six Flags in NJ would be the longest line I’ve waited in. We waited about 4 hours too. It was hot and crowed; I think we went on 3 rides the whole day.
3. Thanksgiving was good. Lots of driving tho. It was great to see the family but it’s good to be home.
posted by Nina on 11-30-2008 at 12:13 am
1) Buncha hockey players – don’tcha know – Dan Hinote, Paul Martin , Joel Otto, Tristan King
On the other hand I went to HS with Actor Steve Zahn, the band The Jets, and another hockey player – Lance Pitlick
2) pfffft.. 5 days for Prince tickets – in November – in Minnesota, in 1984 – the Purple Reign tour. This was before the internet and everyone HAD to stand in line for concert tickets. Makes me old. One of the best times I ever had!!
3)Eh – just another day. I worked Wed and Thurs nights.
posted by KristinR on 11-30-2008 at 2:51 am
1. In the small town of Jamestown, NY (current population around 30,000), we are the hometown on Lucille Ball, 10,000 Maniacs (including Natalie Merchant; I know one of the Maniacs), Nick Carter (Backstreet Boys), Robert H. Jackson (was a Supreme Court Justice), and Roger Tory Peterson (big birdwatching guy).
2. The longest line I waited in was 12 hours 36 minutes for a Wii back in November 2006.
3. For Thanksgiving I went to my boyfriend’s mom’s house, where he finally told her that after almost 3 years (and a baby) we are officially a couple and making future plans.
posted by laFunk on 11-30-2008 at 10:52 am
Joe Nuxhall!
Also, my hometown was a big hideout/hangout for gangsters, during and slightly after the Prohibition era. Biggest name definitely connected, that I know of, is John Dillinger.
Regarding long lines… I think that’d be the one to go up the Empire State Building. (We gave up when we got to ‘from this point: 45 minutes,’ as we’d already been in line about that long and didn’t have the energy to wait more of the evening.(
posted by minkhollow on 11-30-2008 at 3:59 pm
1. I guess unlike others, my town is a hotbed of notable residents. Here’s the list:
~Town of Huntington, NY~
Better than Toast, Band
Push Play, Band
Billy Joel, Singer
Chad Pennington, QB, The Miami Dolphins
John Coltrane, Musician
Jack Kerouac, Author
John Derbyshire, Journalist, author
Mariah Carey, Singer
Ashanti, Singer
The Bogmen, Band
Alicia Coppola, Actress
Buzzy Feiten, Guitarist
Ralph Macchio, Actor
Steve Park, Nascar Driver
Fred Seibert, Cartoon Producer, Media Executive
Walt Whitman, Poet
Harry Chapin, Folk Singer
Jen Chapin, Singer
Latterman, Band
The Scofflaws, Band
Gerry Cooney, Boxer
Carey Lowell, Actress
Treydmark, Rapper[5]
Sean Hannity, radio talk-show host
Lindsay Lohan, Actress, Singer
Brian Fischer, Professional Bass Fisherman, appeared on ESPN Bass Masters several times
Rube Goldberg, cartoonist
Wally Szczerbiak, NBA star
Lloyd Banks, Rapper
Vic Thrill, musician, multimedia persona
Greg Packer, man on the street
Joey Fulco & The Subway Gunmen
“High Pitch” Eric, comedian
[edit]Former
Louis Cafora, 1978 Lufthansa heist suspect
Anthony G. Brown, Maryland Lieutenant Governor
Anders Kallur, Ice Hockey player
Susanna Kallur, Hurdler runner
Jenny Kallur, Hurdler runner
David Owen, Sprinter
Brent Sutter, Ice Hockey player
Brandon Sutter, son of Brent Sutter was born here during Brent’s career with the New York Islanders
Evan Thomas, author and newsman, born in Huntington on April 25, 1951
Bruce Kapler, Musician, The Late Show with David Letterman
Jimmy Haslip, Musician, Founder of the Yellowjackets
Mariah Carey, Singer
Tom Gugliotta, Former NBA Star
Adam Ferrara, Comedian
Deep Purple, Band
2. Longest line for a store?
5 hours to buy a TV at 6th Ave last Black friday.
Longest line to get into a concert?
12 hours of traffic to get into Phish at Big Cypress…followed closely by 8 hours of car line to get into Gathering of the Vibes one year (i was all alone that time)
posted by Joshua on 11-30-2008 at 5:37 pm
Andie McDowell
Harry Anderson
5 hours to get gas in September 2008 (no gas to be had here in Asheville, NC for 10 days)
Yepperdoodles!
posted by Mountain life on 12-1-2008 at 11:28 am
Notables within my community–well they are only here part of the year, but Mick Jagger has a cabin in the woods here, as does Joe Elliott of Def Leppard. Sweet.
The longest line I ever waited in was to a haunted house… I waited for 3 hours just to have the wits scared out of me. It was worth it.
Thanksgiving was absolutely fantastic, but there weren’t any left-overs. They’re always the best part! Ooooh that yummy turkey sandwich… but alas, not this year.
posted by Ophelia on 12-1-2008 at 1:11 pm
Buddy Holly – Lubbock, TX
Stood in line 16 hours overnight in Feb for Aerosmith tickets.
posted by OU812 on 12-1-2008 at 2:43 pm