The only thing worth remembering about this area is that it's *&^%$#
miserably COLD!!!

Ray Shahan

"There is so much good in the worst of us,
and so much bad in the best of us,
that it behooves none of us
to talk about the rest of us"
                  --Robert Louis Stevenson?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Evan Vaala [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 10:24 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: [HP3000-L] OT:Boys,Its Cold Outside
>
> On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 09:20:30 -0600, joe andress
> <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> >While at K I Sawyer AFB, 74-77, there was discussion of Northern Michigan
> >becoming a seperate state. They though it was a SUPERIOR idea.
>
> I remember that - I come from Northwestern Wisconsin, and as I recall it
> was
> Upper Penninsula Michigan and the Northern Wisconsin wanted to combine and
> form a new state.  I think that they actually wanted to call the state
> "Superior".
>
> In the pre-cable days, the only television we could get in were Minnesota
> stations.  Couldn't even get in the Packer games unless they were playing
> the Vikings.  If you didn't know that there was a state border, you would
> have thought you lived in Minnesota.  All the major daily and Sunday
> papers
> were from Minneapolis and St. Paul.  In our area you could not buy a
> Milwaukee or Madison paper off the shelf anywhere.  You would have to
> subscribe.  So you could not just pick up a paper to read the latest
> issues
> of the state.  We felt pretty distanced from the capitol.
>
> I think at the time, the Upper Penninsula was feeling the same type of
> distance from the Lower Penn.
>
> My memory on this issue is quite vague, and I was only 13-14 at the time.
> If anybody else recalls more of this or has some web links, I would love
> to
> find out more of the reasonings behind it.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Evan Vaala
>
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