On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 13:16:18 EST, Wirt Atmar <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Rosanne writes:
>
>> Ray:  Wisconsin is heaven on earth....my home state.
>
>For the non-biologists on the list, this statement is indicative of a
>behavior called "philopatry" (literally, love of home). The area where
you're born
>and raised will always be the most comfortable to you, thus you have to
take
>these kind of statements with a grain of salt.

Wirt,

not quit. Born and raised in Karlsruhe, Germany, my heaven on earth is a
tiny community in Montana, USA. Up in the mountains where the air is crisp
and the water is cold and clear for wildtrout.
Elk and deer to hunt on horseback not with a 4-wheeler.
washing your hair outside at 10below. going in the sauna and then running
out into the snow, knowing that no stranger is around for miles.
That is my heaven on earth.

Happy holidays.
schöne Weihnachten und einen guten Rutsch ins Neue Jahr

Michael

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