Check in if you have been/or are in Ohio. Come on, admit it.

[ohiosmith]

You'll feel better once the truth is out.

[ok_cpu]

1. I'm in

:hi:

[Deja Q]

2. I don't even know what you look like!

:7

[ohiosmith]

3. HEY!

:rofl:

[Orrex]

4. I live about 15 miles from it--does that count for anything?

O-high O-high-o
Round at the ends
High in the middle
Here's a riddle what's round at the ends and HIIIIIIIGH in the middle?
O-high O-high-o

[ohiosmith]

5. Close only counts in hand grenades and slow dancing. Sorry.

[Orrex]

10. No way am I slow dancing with a hand grenade

And if that's the way you're going to be, you can keep your Browns and your Buckeyes.

[ohiosmith]

52. Don't forget the Bengals.

:evilgrin:

[Orrex]

99. Walk Like an Egyptian?

Oh, wait a minute...

[av8rdave]

67. and horseshoes

[LaurenG]

6. I live here now

but my ggg grandparents were born here in 1813 and 1817. In fact they settled right up the road from where I currently live.

She's the one in the middle.

[ohiosmith]

7. Cool pic.

[Orrex]

14. Hey, she's a hottie!

Well, probably not so much now, but back in the day... hubba hubba!

[ohiosmith]

25. You've got to get out more. Know what I mean?

[Orrex]

27. Well, I wasn't hitting on her, if that's what you're getting at

I mean, there's nothing wrong with older women, but I just don't know what I'd say to a double-centenarian.

[LaurenG]

26. She was rumored to b a very sweet woman

thank you for saying my ggg grandmother was pretty though.:D

[Orrex]

34. I calls 'em like I sees 'em

Definitely a cool picture. Must have cost a bundle back then, and it's not like the shutter speed was super-fast, either.

[Ohio Joe]

8. oh yeah, I'm here

:hi:

[ohiosmith]

12. Hi ya Joe. What do ya hear, what do ya say?

:hi:

[Ohio Joe]

22. Well

I'm still at work, been here since 6:00am and I have at least another hour to go :( But on the bright side, I'm really looking forward to November so we can get the criminals we have in office currently out on their collective asses. :7

[ScreamingMeemie]

9. MrG and I got busted in Findlay once...

...long time ago.

[ohiosmith]

13. Care to elaborate?

[ScreamingMeemie]

19. A speeding ticket that got out of hand...

...and that's all I have to say about that. :blush:

[ohiosmith]

31. Alrighty.

[ScreamingMeemie]

32. It was almost an episode of the Twilight Zone.

:hi:

[ohiosmith]

48. Come on. You gotta tell us.

[TheFriendlyAnarchist]

11. Sup.

:hi:

[ohiosmith]

16. Hey Miamisburg.

:hi:

[ZombieNixon]

15. I once spent two days in the Cincinnati airport, waiting for a flight.

It felt like I lived there. :shrug:

[ohiosmith]

17. Cincinnati airport. You have my deepest sympathy.

[CBGLuthier]

78. Then you were not actually in Ohio

Sure you know that the Cinci airport is actually in Kentucky.

Used to delight in telling people I would drive through 3 states to get from Hamilton, Ohio to the Cinci airport. Circle highway took us briefly through Indiana.

[huskerlaw]

18. My great, great grandparents

(or some similarly distant ancestors) used to live somewhere near Dayton.

I, however, have never had the...um...pleasure...of visiting Ohio.

[ohiosmith]

20. You have no idea what you're missing.

[huskerlaw]

24. I grew up in Nebraska...

I think I have a pretty good idea of what I'm missing. ;)

[ohiosmith]

28. Maybe. Nebraska is like Ohio without indoor plumbing.

By the way, I lived in LA in the mid 60s and from 89 to 99.

[huskerlaw]

33. hahahaha

Hey! We had indoor pluming!

Actually, funny story. My niece is 10-years-old and lives in Nebraska. Last time I was there, she was going on and on about wanting to come to LA to visit because, she claimed, "I've never been out of Nebraska!"

I rolled my eyes and said, "Christina, we all went to Colorado last year. And your grandma (my stepdad's ex) lives in Ohio. You've visited her more than once."

To which she replied, "Oh yeah. I forgot about Colorado." Then she paused, rolled her eyes, and in her best I'm-trying-to-act-like-a-snotty-16-year-old voice said, "But, helloooo. Have you BEEN to Ohio? That totally doesn't count."

:P

[ohiosmith]

40. Are you sure she wasn't confusing Ohio and Iowa?

[huskerlaw]

59. Naw, I'm pretty sure

she was comatose through Iowa. That really wouldn't count. ;)

[ohiosmith]

62. My point precisely. Iowa does that to people.

[nykiera]

21. I grew up there.

My parents and siblings still live there.

[ohiosmith]

23. That counts.

[TimeChaser]

29. I go to school here

So I'm an Ohioan for 7 months out of the year. :D

[ohiosmith]

30. So you're 58.3% Ohioan.

[trof]

35. Had a few Columbus layovers.

TWA

[ohiosmith]

37. TWA damn.

[nini]

36. I live in California - why would I EVER go to Ohio?

:evilgrin:

[ohiosmith]

38. You live in LA. The answer should be obvious.

[nini]

42. I don't live in Louisiana

:shrug:

[ohiosmith]

43. L.A. Sorry.

[HughBeaumont]

39. Avon Lake Mafia check one.

Straight ghetto G much gats much love.

You wouldn't believe how many conservative trick bitchez are here.

[ohiosmith]

41. Hey. I think I stopped at a Bob Evan's in Avon Lake on my way to Cedar

Point last May.

[LadyoftheRabbits]

44. I'm at OSU

:D :bounce: Lived in Ohio for about twelve years now.

[ohiosmith]

45. Go Buckeyes!

[LadyoftheRabbits]

46. Hell yes!

:bounce: :toast: :applause: :woohoo:

[ohiosmith]

47. Next victim, Iowa.

[LadyoftheRabbits]

50. Hehehe...

:evilgrin:

[Blue-Jay]

73. I have many good memories of Drackett parties.

Go Bucks!

[miss_american_pie]

49. My SIL and BIL live there

We occasionally visit. :hi:

[ohiosmith]

54. :

:hi:

[Lady President]

51. Ohio born and raised!

I'm proud to be an Ohioan. There is no place that I'd rather live.

On the other hand, W is only a couple miles away from me at a fund raiser right this minute. Once the evil leaves, all will be fine.

[lizziegrace]

103. So you're near Les Wexner's compound

That area is exploding.

:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

53. I spent a week in Ohio..........

Just this last August!

For the Ohio DU meetup!

It was a blast!

[ohiosmith]

55. My dear CaliforniaPeggy, Ohio is all that much better for your visit.

[asthmaticeog]

69. A blast, it certainly was.

:bounce:

[Shine]

56. I used to live in Marion and Pataskala. But not at the same time.

:D

:hi:

[ohiosmith]

57. That would be a neat trick.

[Rabrrrrrr]

58. I've driven through it a lot but only once spent the night - in Zanesville

Back in '93 or '94.

But I've been to Cleveland and Bowling Geeen.

[ohiosmith]

60. Zanesville is where my mother grew up.

[GOPisEvil]

61. I've ridden in a car that passed through Ohio and back again.

I was 8. I really don't remember much.

[lizziegrace]

105. I was living in Ohio when I was 8

Cincinnati to be exact. :)

[hippywife]

63. I miss Ohio.

Born and raised there. Only moved away just over 9 years ago when I got married and moved to, of all places, Oklahoma. :eyes:

Grew up in Columbus, moved to Westerville where I went to jr. high and high school. Ended up living in Dublin before I moved away. All my family is still there.

You guys better kick Blakwell's fuckin' ass!!

[TOhioLiberal]

64. Ohioan here...

...betcha can't guess what the T stands for...:7

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

65. Once. Briefly. By accident.

Serious.

[av8rdave]

66. Lived in OH for 5 years in the early 70s...and just spent 24 hours in

Columbus on Tuesday on a layover.

Guess I'm at least a partial Ohioan

[asthmaticeog]

68. I've never hidden it.

I have that perverse Cleveland pride/fatigue thing that we seem to breed here for some reason. As follows: "Yeah, it's a dying hellhole, but I sweartagahd, if you don't live here and you make fun of it, I will FUCK YOUR SHIT UP SO BAD THEY'LL NEED TO BUST OUT THE DENTAL RECORDS."

God bless Ohio! :patriot:

[Bill McBlueState]

100. I know exactly what you mean!

I went to college in Toledo and we're exactly the same way there.

[Elad]

70. I grew up on in Oxford

I love Ohio, but leaving that little town on the Indiana border was the smartest thing I could have done. :)

[asthmaticeog]

71. Wierd...

Not that I've been there more than a couple of times, but I think of Oxford as pretty much just a transient college town, like Athens. It's hardly occured to me that there might be natives.

Was one of your parents a professor?

[Elad]

72. Yes

My dad taught psychology at the university. That's why my family moved there. And your impression of it is generally correct. The students far out number the townies.

[asthmaticeog]

75. Heh, your father probably taught some of my friends' older sibs.

There was, for a time, an apparent vogue for that U among the G&T set at my high school.

[Blue-Jay]

74. I miss listening to "Mama Jazz" in Oxford.

She always sounded like she gargled with lighter fluid.

Played awesome stuff, though.

[AutumnMist]

76. yep..I am in Columbus!

I dont think there is anything to hide about being here. :) Its not really that bad.

[av8rdave]

115. I actually have found the layovers there quite pleasant...

Nice town!

[CBGLuthier]

77. I was born there

Miss it quite often.

Moving from the lovely rolling hills of southern Ohio to the flatland that is central Oklahoma was quite a shock.

[Arugula Latte]

79. Born there!

:woohoo:

[WCGreen]

80. Outside of an extended stay in Oregon and a lot of time in

Florida, I have been an Ohioan all my life....

[Skittles]

81. my favorite virtual coworker is in Poland Ohio

he crazy :D

[Zomby Woof]

82. Been there

Nothing to recommend it. :shrug: It's a pretty dull place - Chrissie Hynde was right, after all.

[cobalt1999]

83. I spent a great deal of time in Cincinnati...

Skyline Chili - at first I didn't really care for it, then the addiction started!
Montgomery Inn Ribs - again at first I thought they were too sweet, but they grow on you really fast.
Graeter's Ice Cream - for my wife's birthday, I usually Fed Ex in 6 pints for her. Amazing stuff.

[lizziegrace]

107. You FedEx Graeters?

You're a smart man. It's the best ice cream around.

[cobalt1999]

126. Just trying to keep the wife happy.

Yes, it is the best ice cream I've had. Expensive as hell, but worth it.

[MrScorpio]

84. I go through Ohio all the time to get home to Detroit

On the road, no way around it

[lizziegrace]

108. If you wanna catch up with some of the Ohioan's you've met

let us know when you pass this way again. :)

[kwassa]

122. sure there is ...... go through Ontario instead!

looks just like Ohio.

[kwassa]

123. .

[LSK]

85. I drove thru a few times

Didnt stop thou. :P

[mzteris]

86. I lived in Geneva for

1-1/2 yrs and in Painesville for 6 months in the early 80's.

Oh - and I went to Cincy a couple of times when I lived in Lexington going to UK.

[likesmountains 52]

87. I lived in North Olmsted when I was little...luckilly my mom missed ...

the mountains and we moved back to Colorado..

[lizziegrace]

106. Lelapin's father grew up in North Olmsted

Small world. :hi:

[likesmountains 52]

129. small world for sure!

[Nikia]

88. I was born in Ohio

And lived there for my first 18 years.
My parents were also born there as were my grandfathers and their parents.

[Whoa_Nelly]

89. Okay....I went to Cincinnati in December, 1971

To see my fiance while I was already seeing someone else in Tucson.
(Hey! Back off! I was 17. WTF did I know what I was doing with my life back then :rofl: )

Bye, Bye Miss American Pie was playing on the radio back then about every other M-F***ing song...and EVERYONE was singing it EACH AND EVERY TIME it was played!

[Withywindle]

90. Well...five years in Yellow Springs...

If that even counts.

[Cathyclysmic]

113. I keep trying to talk Beast Man into moving to Yellow Springs

Such a cute little lefty town.

:thumbsup:

[Withywindle]

128. It is a wonderful little place...

...as you may surmise, I went to Antioch and was never a townie per se, but I always feel happy when I go back to visit.

[doc03]

91. Have been here for about 50 of my 58 years

was born and lived in WV 3 years, Arlington VA a couple years, a year in Augusta GA at Fort Gordon and a year in Amberg W.Germany. The hills in Bavaria W. Germany very similar to southern Ohio they reminded me of home. Came back here after the Army and will probably die here.

[enigmatic]

92. I grew up in Clevo in the 70's

And even though I haven't lived there in 20 years, I still conisder myself a Clevelander. It's like a sickness:)

[Dukkha]

93. another C Bus here

and I love my town!

Tell my uncle tell my aunts
I got my teeth in nice and straight
Chicken nuggets in my pants
I'm on my way to the buckgrass state!
O-hi-o-hi-o
Round on the end, high in the middle
O-hi-o-hi-o
O-hi-o-hi-o (O how hi I o)

Left my home in Timbucthree
With my banjo on my knee
Look at me I'm Sandra D
On your way to Ohio
O-hi-o-hi-o
Round on the end, high in the middle
Here's a riddle what's round on the end and high in the middle?
Oh it's um...Switzerland?
No it's O-hi-o-hi-o! (Oh how hi I o)

Up in Cincinnati-a, there's a gal named Clareibell
If she knew I's on my way, I'm pretty sure she'd run like....
HELLO Cleveland
Hello Toledo
Hello Columbus (Bonjourno Braka!)
Oh-hi-o-hi-o
Round on the end, hi in the middle
Here's a riddle what's round on the end and hi in the middle?
Oh I know this, it's...
NO! It's O-hi-o-hi-o! Stupid, stupid dummy!

[NC_Nurse]

94. We were just there a couple of weekends ago

in Columbus. My MIL lives there. My husband grew up in BFE southern Ohio - near Lancaster.

[Tyler Durden]

95. "You ask me if I know Toledo, Ohio..."

"Well, I spent a week there one day.
The sights that they have there will dazzle your eye-
You sit in the park and you watch the grass die."

Funny song, sung by John Denver.

[underpants]

96. Born in Xenia

lived in Yellow Springs until I was 6.

[av8rdave]

117. I dated a girl from Xenia briefly when I was in college in CO

[madinmaryland]

97. Ada, Ohio

Born and raised there!

[Mutley]

98. I flew over it

Does that count? :shrug:

:D

[gmoney]

101. Ballot Initiative: Rename "Ohio" to "Corruptabama"

For reasons I can't quite fathom, I've lived here my whole life, and to make matters worse, in a suburb of Dayton.

North Carolina is looking better and better... or even Florida (shudder).

Only in Ohio, if your parents passed on the unfortunate family name of Krap, do you not only not run to a courthouse and change it the day you turn 18, but you actually name your business KRAP TOWING and paint it on the side of your truck...

[Bill McBlueState]

102. checking in

I was born in Canton, grew up in Marietta, and went to college in Toledo.

Go Rockets!

[NewWaveChick1981]

104. I have never lived in Ohio. I have visited Ohio on six or seven separate

occasions. I'm glad I live in NC, although it's still pretty red. I do wish it were bluer...

[lizziegrace]

109. Lived in Ohio twice- still there

Elementary school in a Cincinnati suburb. Moved to Columbus in 1994 when Lelapin was in second grade. Columbus is rather beige and taupe, but it's a decent place to live and the surrounding countryside is beautiful.

After we do some housecleaning in November, it'll be even better. :)

[av8rdave]

116. I kinda like Columbus

The arena district and short north are both nice parts of town. One of these days, I'll spend some time in German Village.

[dolo amber]

110. 10 years in Cincinnati, < 1 in Cleveland

I grew up in So. Cal, but left when I was a pre-teen. I don't really remember much. I'm not a big sun/sand/fake people person, so it really wasn't my thing anyway. I love and miss my adopted home state. :cry:

[Richardo]

111. I grew up in SoCal, went to UCLA, could not WAIT to leave.

when I got a transfer to Denver in 1980 I took it and have never looked back...was even transferred BACK to SoCal in the early 90s and it only re-emphasized how much I did not like it there. x(

[johnnie]

112. My family came to Cleveland in the 1880s

I really don't think about leaving. I like it here and haven't found a place I would rather move to. I'm not saying I wouldn't, but so far I am not impressed with anywhere else I have been.

[asthmaticeog]

125. Wow, that's like the Cleveland equivalent

of ancestors on the Mayflower.

[calico1]

114. I spent a week in Columbus once visiting a friend and

most of my family on my Dad's side is from there (Lorain, Youngstown). Weird bunch though. :rofl:

The thing I found strange (compared to what I am used to) is how straight and flat most of the roads were.

[Deep13]

118. Yep, pretty much here.

[kwassa]

119. I moved away 36 years ago. Great place to be from.

WHY, OH WHY, OH WHY, OH --
WHY DID I EVER LEAVE OHIO?
WHY DID I WANDER TO FIND WHAT LIES YONDER
WHEN LIFE WAS SO COZY AT HOME?

WOND’RING WHILE I WANDER,
WHY DID I FLY?
WHY DID I ROAM?
OH, WHY OH, WHY OH
DID I LEAVE OHIO?
MAYBE I’D BETTER GO HOME.

[Ikonoklast]

120. Yep. All 51 years a Buckeye

Lakewood born, then Brunswick, to this day.

I remember when there were more apple trees than people in my town. :cry:

[Phillycat]

121. I saw 311 and No Doubt in Cleveland a long time ago

So long ago that No Doubt opened for 311.

[MrCoffee]

124. I went to law school in Ohio...in 2004.

[mongo]

127. Crooksville

S. of Zanesville. Our store is in Zanesville, just two blocks west of the world famous Y-bridge.

[youthere]

130. I might be in Ohio...

I haven't checked in yet tonight.

[unsavedtrash]

131. lived in Ada for a year.

At first moved to Kenton but it was too far for my partner to drive to law school when it snowed. (We are from Alabama)
We went to visit our dear friend in Toledo when she graduated from BGSU this summer.

[recoveringdittohed]

132. On the West side of Cincinnati

I am in Delhi Township (mostly surrounded by Republicans)on the West side of Graeter Cincinnati.

[Marie26]

133. In Ohio 22 years.

Very happy to get out. :)