What's famous in your country? (114)
RedHeadedTaurusHere, Michigan USA17 Threads 1 Polls 8,455 PostsButin: I was about to say shrimpaste........no..
Suuuuure .... 
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Suuuuure ....[/quote......your not a bad looking woman........for 80,years old
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Butin: Suuuuure ....[/quote......your not a bad looking woman........for 80,years old
Awww ... 
Thank you, Sir. I do try to stay out of the sun as much as possible ... keeps the wrinkles away.
I must say ... you look great for 105!
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RedHeadedTaurus: Very welcome, indeed.
We have that saying here, too ... and boy, does it really work!
been doing it..??????four times a day........hoping I can look 21..........againWe have that saying here, too ... and boy, does it really work!
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Butin: been doing it..??????four times a day........hoping I can look 21..........again ::roll:
Maybe you should up that number ... 
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RedHeadedTaurus: Not country, but state ...
Michigan is well known for Henry Ford and the enormous automobile industry.
Michigan is also famous for Music stars and Motown 1960s and 1970s.
The most wonderful aspect of Michigan are the Great Lakes and tourists towns along Lake Michigan.
The name Michigan is derived from the Ojibwa Indian word "meicigama," meaning "large lake" or "large water."
Michigan is the only state in the United Sates that touches four of the five Great Lakes (Huron, Michigan, Erie, and Superior).
Michigan has world's only floating post office, a boat called J. W. Westcott II. It delivers mail to ships as they are underway.
The Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, a highway tunnel that connects Detroit, Michigan with Windsor, Ontario, Canada, is the first tunnel in the world that connects two countries.
The Kalamazoo Mall is the first outdoor pedestrian shopping mall in the United States.
Michigan has about 150 lighthouses, more than any other state in the United States.
Battle Creek is called the Cereal Capital of the World. It is home to Kellogg's.
In 1920, Detroit was home to the first four-way traffic light.
Michigan is the only state made up of two peninsulas.
In 1846, Michigan became the first state to abolish the death penalty (except for treason).
The Mackinac Bridge, which connects Michigan’s upper peninsula to the rest of the state, spans five miles and is one of the world’s longest suspension bridges.
Mackinac Island fudge, Superman ice cream, pasties and other cultural foods along with Michigan creations such as Faygo and Vernor's ginger ale.
Michigan is one of the top 5 states in the country for number of breweries.
The state of Michigan enjoys the longest freshwater coastline among all political subdivisions of the world.
Famous Actors And Actresses:
Ellen Burstyn
Burt Reynolds
Tom Selleck
J. K. Simmons
David Spade
Kate Upton
Famous Singers:
Alice Cooper
Madonna
Ted Nugent
Iggy Pop
Smokey Robinson
Diana Ross
Jackie Wilson
Stevie Wonder
Not to mention the Henry Ford exciting at Dearborn.Michigan is well known for Henry Ford and the enormous automobile industry.
Michigan is also famous for Music stars and Motown 1960s and 1970s.
The most wonderful aspect of Michigan are the Great Lakes and tourists towns along Lake Michigan.
The name Michigan is derived from the Ojibwa Indian word "meicigama," meaning "large lake" or "large water."
Michigan is the only state in the United Sates that touches four of the five Great Lakes (Huron, Michigan, Erie, and Superior).
Michigan has world's only floating post office, a boat called J. W. Westcott II. It delivers mail to ships as they are underway.
The Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, a highway tunnel that connects Detroit, Michigan with Windsor, Ontario, Canada, is the first tunnel in the world that connects two countries.
The Kalamazoo Mall is the first outdoor pedestrian shopping mall in the United States.
Michigan has about 150 lighthouses, more than any other state in the United States.
Battle Creek is called the Cereal Capital of the World. It is home to Kellogg's.
In 1920, Detroit was home to the first four-way traffic light.
Michigan is the only state made up of two peninsulas.
In 1846, Michigan became the first state to abolish the death penalty (except for treason).
The Mackinac Bridge, which connects Michigan’s upper peninsula to the rest of the state, spans five miles and is one of the world’s longest suspension bridges.
Mackinac Island fudge, Superman ice cream, pasties and other cultural foods along with Michigan creations such as Faygo and Vernor's ginger ale.
Michigan is one of the top 5 states in the country for number of breweries.
The state of Michigan enjoys the longest freshwater coastline among all political subdivisions of the world.
Famous Actors And Actresses:
Ellen Burstyn
Burt Reynolds
Tom Selleck
J. K. Simmons
David Spade
Kate Upton
Famous Singers:
Alice Cooper
Madonna
Ted Nugent
Iggy Pop
Smokey Robinson
Diana Ross
Jackie Wilson
Stevie Wonder
That's quite a coincidence. I'm just reading Bill Bryson's book....The Lost Continent...Travels in small town America.
Even more of a coincidence I've just read his account of travelling through Mitchigan.
Here's a short extract.
"The Henry Ford Museum is a must. From the moment I past through its portals I was enthralled. For one thing, the scale of it is a most breathtaking. You find yourself in a great hangar of a building covering twelve acres of grounds filled with the most indescribable assortment of stuff, one of these being a bottle containing Thomas Editors last breath. I found this item particularly captivating. Apart from being ridiculously morbid and sentimental, how did they know was going to be Edison's last one?"
"The five lakes cover 94,500 square miles, making them almost precisely the size of the United Kingdom. "
"Whilst travelling the chunk of land people call the upper peninsular I kept encountering signs saying 'Pasties'. I had to see if they were real Cornish Pasties or something else altogether but with the same name.
The guy who ran the place was excited to have a real English man in his store. He had been making them for 30 years and never seen a real pasty or a real English man, come to that. I didn't have the heart to tell him I originally was from Iowa, the next state over.
Nobody gets excited from meeting an Iowan.
It did seem to be a genuine Cornish pasty exceptit was the size of a rugby Ball.
Eagerly I tucked into it, apart from anything else I was starving."
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RedHeadedTaurus: Not country, but state ...
Michigan is well known for Henry Ford and the enormous automobile industry.
Michigan is also famous for Music stars and Motown 1960s and 1970s.
The most wonderful aspect of Michigan are the Great Lakes and tourists towns along Lake Michigan.
The name Michigan is derived from the Ojibwa Indian word "meicigama," meaning "large lake" or "large water."
Michigan is the only state in the United Sates that touches four of the five Great Lakes (Huron, Michigan, Erie, and Superior).
Michigan has world's only floating post office, a boat called J. W. Westcott II. It delivers mail to ships as they are underway.
The Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, a highway tunnel that connects Detroit, Michigan with Windsor, Ontario, Canada, is the first tunnel in the world that connects two countries.
The Kalamazoo Mall is the first outdoor pedestrian shopping mall in the United States.
Michigan has about 150 lighthouses, more than any other state in the United States.
Battle Creek is called the Cereal Capital of the World. It is home to Kellogg's.
In 1920, Detroit was home to the first four-way traffic light.
Michigan is the only state made up of two peninsulas.
In 1846, Michigan became the first state to abolish the death penalty (except for treason).
The Mackinac Bridge, which connects Michigan’s upper peninsula to the rest of the state, spans five miles and is one of the world’s longest suspension bridges.
Mackinac Island fudge, Superman ice cream, pasties and other cultural foods along with Michigan creations such as Faygo and Vernor's ginger ale.
Michigan is one of the top 5 states in the country for number of breweries.
The state of Michigan enjoys the longest freshwater coastline among all political subdivisions of the world.
Famous Actors And Actresses:
Ellen Burstyn
Burt Reynolds
Tom Selleck
J. K. Simmons
David Spade
Kate Upton
Famous Singers:
Alice Cooper
Madonna
Ted Nugent
Iggy Pop
Smokey Robinson
Diana Ross
Jackie Wilson
Stevie Wonder
Not to mention the Henry Ford exciting at Dearborn.Michigan is well known for Henry Ford and the enormous automobile industry.
Michigan is also famous for Music stars and Motown 1960s and 1970s.
The most wonderful aspect of Michigan are the Great Lakes and tourists towns along Lake Michigan.
The name Michigan is derived from the Ojibwa Indian word "meicigama," meaning "large lake" or "large water."
Michigan is the only state in the United Sates that touches four of the five Great Lakes (Huron, Michigan, Erie, and Superior).
Michigan has world's only floating post office, a boat called J. W. Westcott II. It delivers mail to ships as they are underway.
The Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, a highway tunnel that connects Detroit, Michigan with Windsor, Ontario, Canada, is the first tunnel in the world that connects two countries.
The Kalamazoo Mall is the first outdoor pedestrian shopping mall in the United States.
Michigan has about 150 lighthouses, more than any other state in the United States.
Battle Creek is called the Cereal Capital of the World. It is home to Kellogg's.
In 1920, Detroit was home to the first four-way traffic light.
Michigan is the only state made up of two peninsulas.
In 1846, Michigan became the first state to abolish the death penalty (except for treason).
The Mackinac Bridge, which connects Michigan’s upper peninsula to the rest of the state, spans five miles and is one of the world’s longest suspension bridges.
Mackinac Island fudge, Superman ice cream, pasties and other cultural foods along with Michigan creations such as Faygo and Vernor's ginger ale.
Michigan is one of the top 5 states in the country for number of breweries.
The state of Michigan enjoys the longest freshwater coastline among all political subdivisions of the world.
Famous Actors And Actresses:
Ellen Burstyn
Burt Reynolds
Tom Selleck
J. K. Simmons
David Spade
Kate Upton
Famous Singers:
Alice Cooper
Madonna
Ted Nugent
Iggy Pop
Smokey Robinson
Diana Ross
Jackie Wilson
Stevie Wonder
That's quite a coincidence. I'm just reading Bill Bryson's book....The Lost Continent...Travels in small town America.
Even more of a coincidence I've just read his account of travelling through Mitchigan.
Here's a short extract.
"The Henry Ford Museum is a must. From the moment I past through its portals I was enthralled. For one thing, the scale of it is a most breathtaking. You find yourself in a great hangar of a building covering twelve acres of grounds filled with the most indescribable assortment of stuff, one of these being a bottle containing Thomas Editors last breath. I found this item particularly captivating. Apart from being ridiculously morbid and sentimental, how did they know was going to be Edison's last one?"
"The five lakes cover 94,500 square miles, making them almost precisely the size of the United Kingdom. "
"Whilst travelling the chunk of land people call the upper peninsular I kept encountering signs saying 'Pasties'. I had to see if they were real Cornish Pasties or something else altogether but with the same name.
The guy who ran the place was excited to have a real English man in his store. He had been making them for 30 years and never seen a real pasty or a real English man, come to that. I didn't have the heart to tell him I originally was from Iowa, the next state over.
Nobody gets excited from meeting an Iowan.
It did seem to be a genuine Cornish pasty exceptit was the size of a rugby Ball.
Eagerly I tucked into it, apart from anything else I was starving."
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Not sure why it posted twice but there you go.
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bodleing2: Not to mention the Henry Ford exciting at Dearborn.
That's quite a coincidence. I'm just reading Bill Bryson's book....The Lost Continent...Travels in small town America.
Even more of a coincidence I've just read his account of travelling through Mitchigan.
Here's a short extract.
"The Henry Ford Museum is a must. From the moment I past through its portals I was enthralled. For one thing, the scale of it is a most breathtaking. You find yourself in a great hangar of a building covering twelve acres of grounds filled with the most indescribable assortment of stuff, one of these being a bottle containing Thomas Editors last breath. I found this item particularly captivating. Apart from being ridiculously morbid and sentimental, how did they know was going to be Edison's last one?"
"The five lakes cover 94,500 square miles, making them almost precisely the size of the United Kingdom. "
"Whilst travelling the chunk of land people call the upper peninsular I kept encountering signs saying 'Pasties'. I had to see if they were real Cornish Pasties or something else altogether but with the same name.
The guy who ran the place was excited to have a real English man in his store. He had been making them for 30 years and never seen a real pasty or a real English man, come to that. I didn't have the heart to tell him I originally was from Iowa, the next state over.
Nobody gets excited from meeting an Iowan.
It did seem to be a genuine Cornish pasty exceptit was the size of a rugby Ball.
Eagerly I tucked into it, apart from anything else I was starving."
Bod,That's quite a coincidence. I'm just reading Bill Bryson's book....The Lost Continent...Travels in small town America.
Even more of a coincidence I've just read his account of travelling through Mitchigan.
Here's a short extract.
"The Henry Ford Museum is a must. From the moment I past through its portals I was enthralled. For one thing, the scale of it is a most breathtaking. You find yourself in a great hangar of a building covering twelve acres of grounds filled with the most indescribable assortment of stuff, one of these being a bottle containing Thomas Editors last breath. I found this item particularly captivating. Apart from being ridiculously morbid and sentimental, how did they know was going to be Edison's last one?"
"The five lakes cover 94,500 square miles, making them almost precisely the size of the United Kingdom. "
"Whilst travelling the chunk of land people call the upper peninsular I kept encountering signs saying 'Pasties'. I had to see if they were real Cornish Pasties or something else altogether but with the same name.
The guy who ran the place was excited to have a real English man in his store. He had been making them for 30 years and never seen a real pasty or a real English man, come to that. I didn't have the heart to tell him I originally was from Iowa, the next state over.
Nobody gets excited from meeting an Iowan.
It did seem to be a genuine Cornish pasty exceptit was the size of a rugby Ball.
Eagerly I tucked into it, apart from anything else I was starving."
There's much more to mention, for sure ... but - agreed - the Henry Ford Museum is a must. It is spectacular to say the least.
That's a funny pasty story. Honestly, the best pasties I have ever had were in Charlevoix (the "x" actually sounds like a "y" when you pronounce it - sounds like Charlevoy), Michigan. Charlevoix is an awesome place. It's so quaint and is well-known for it's mushroom shaped cabins and houses with mossy roofs. Super cool ... love it. I'll have to check out that book ... sounds interesting.
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RedHeadedTaurus: Bod,
There's much more to mention, for sure ... but - agreed - the Henry Ford Museum is a must. It is spectacular to say the least.
That's a funny pasty story. Honestly, the best pasties I have ever had were in Charlevoix (the "x" actually sounds like a "y" when you pronounce it - sounds like Charlevoy), Michigan. Charlevoix is an awesome place. It's so quaint and is well-known for it's mushroom shaped cabins and houses with mossy roofs. Super cool ... love it.
I'll have to check out that book ... sounds interesting. Quite a coincidence, indeed ...
hi again. Btw, are you near Sault St. Marie? I think there are two...one on our side, and one in Canada. Am I right?There's much more to mention, for sure ... but - agreed - the Henry Ford Museum is a must. It is spectacular to say the least.
That's a funny pasty story. Honestly, the best pasties I have ever had were in Charlevoix (the "x" actually sounds like a "y" when you pronounce it - sounds like Charlevoy), Michigan. Charlevoix is an awesome place. It's so quaint and is well-known for it's mushroom shaped cabins and houses with mossy roofs. Super cool ... love it.
I'll have to check out that book ... sounds interesting. Quite a coincidence, indeed ...
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rohaan: hi again. Btw, are you near Sault St. Marie? I think there are two...one on our side, and one in Canada. Am I right?
Hey sugar ... I'm over 300 miles away from Sault Ste. Marie. It would take just under 5 hours to drive there from where I am - not bad. It is a FAB place to go!
Soooo much to do and see ... It is on the northeastern end of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, on the Canada–US border, and separated from its twin city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, by the St. Marys River.
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RedHeadedTaurus: Hey sugar ...
I'm over 300 miles away from Sault Ste. Marie. It would take just under 5 hours to drive there from where I am - not bad. It is a FAB place to go! Soooo much to do and see ...
It is on the northeastern end of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, on the Canada–US border, and separated from its twin city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, by the St. Marys River.
I'm over 300 miles away from Sault Ste. Marie. It would take just under 5 hours to drive there from where I am - not bad. It is a FAB place to go! Soooo much to do and see ...
It is on the northeastern end of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, on the Canada–US border, and separated from its twin city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, by the St. Marys River.
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RedHeadedTaurus: Hey sugar ...
I'm over 300 miles away from Sault Ste. Marie. It would take just under 5 hours to drive there from where I am - not bad. It is a FAB place to go! Soooo much to do and see ...
It is on the northeastern end of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, on the Canada–US border, and separated from its twin city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, by the St. Marys River.
thank you for explaining that.......next pleaseI'm over 300 miles away from Sault Ste. Marie. It would take just under 5 hours to drive there from where I am - not bad. It is a FAB place to go! Soooo much to do and see ...
It is on the northeastern end of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, on the Canada–US border, and separated from its twin city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, by the St. Marys River.
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PeKaatje: Well every country got it's own things that they're famous for.
The Netherlands for cloaks, windmills and cheese, and of course the waterworks and the flowers.
England for their humor whiskey and ale, the famous buildings in London, Scotland for it's Haggis, that nobody wants to eat, except the scottish.
Belgium for it's beer and french fries (don't know why they call them french fries), America for it's cars and fat food and fat people, the army, the statue of liberty and the skyscrapers.
Italy for the Pisa-tower, Pizza and spaghetti
And Russia for the Kremlin and Russian Roulette.
Well, let's hear it...
Ah sure I'd be here all day the list is so long..this is Ireland after all lol....The Netherlands for cloaks, windmills and cheese, and of course the waterworks and the flowers.
England for their humor whiskey and ale, the famous buildings in London, Scotland for it's Haggis, that nobody wants to eat, except the scottish.
Belgium for it's beer and french fries (don't know why they call them french fries), America for it's cars and fat food and fat people, the army, the statue of liberty and the skyscrapers.
Italy for the Pisa-tower, Pizza and spaghetti
And Russia for the Kremlin and Russian Roulette.
Well, let's hear it...
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Butin: thank you for explaining that.......next please
Thank you, for your appreciation of my explanation, Pete ... Next please!
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RedHeadedTaurus: Bod,
There's much more to mention, for sure ... but - agreed - the Henry Ford Museum is a must. It is spectacular to say the least.
That's a funny pasty story. Honestly, the best pasties I have ever had were in Charlevoix (the "x" actually sounds like a "y" when you pronounce it - sounds like Charlevoy), Michigan. Charlevoix is an awesome place. It's so quaint and is well-known for it's mushroom shaped cabins and houses with mossy roofs. Super cool ... love it.
I'll have to check out that book ... sounds interesting. Quite a coincidence, indeed ...
Bill Bryson's books are really good reading, informative and very funny.There's much more to mention, for sure ... but - agreed - the Henry Ford Museum is a must. It is spectacular to say the least.
That's a funny pasty story. Honestly, the best pasties I have ever had were in Charlevoix (the "x" actually sounds like a "y" when you pronounce it - sounds like Charlevoy), Michigan. Charlevoix is an awesome place. It's so quaint and is well-known for it's mushroom shaped cabins and houses with mossy roofs. Super cool ... love it.
I'll have to check out that book ... sounds interesting. Quite a coincidence, indeed ...
The Lost Continent starts with the line.
"I came from Des Moines. Somebody had to."
It kinda sets the tone for the rest of the book.
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bodleing2: Bill Bryson's books are really good reading, informative and very funny.
The Lost Continent starts with the line.
"I came from Des Moines. Somebody had to."
It kinda sets the tone for the rest of the book.
Sweet ... The Lost Continent starts with the line.
"I came from Des Moines. Somebody had to."
It kinda sets the tone for the rest of the book.
I'm gonna have to read that. 
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Butin: ..is your beaver still intact......
You gonna have to take a closer lookto see it, bend down now
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PeKaatje: Well every country got it's own things that they're famous for.
The Netherlands for cloaks, windmills and cheese, and of course the waterworks and the flowers.
England for their humor whiskey and ale, the famous buildings in London, Scotland for it's Haggis, that nobody wants to eat, except the scottish.
Belgium for it's beer and french fries (don't know why they call them french fries), America for it's cars and fat food and fat people, the army, the statue of liberty and the skyscrapers.
Italy for the Pisa-tower, Pizza and spaghetti
And Russia for the Kremlin and Russian Roulette.
Well, let's hear it...
Yes, England is well known for its humour, but not for whisky (that's the Scots), for us it's the gin, most popularly mixed with Indian tonic water (very refreshing in Summer). And yes, the ale - most popularly bitter, a pint of bitter is great at anytime..The Netherlands for cloaks, windmills and cheese, and of course the waterworks and the flowers.
England for their humor whiskey and ale, the famous buildings in London, Scotland for it's Haggis, that nobody wants to eat, except the scottish.
Belgium for it's beer and french fries (don't know why they call them french fries), America for it's cars and fat food and fat people, the army, the statue of liberty and the skyscrapers.
Italy for the Pisa-tower, Pizza and spaghetti
And Russia for the Kremlin and Russian Roulette.
Well, let's hear it...
The famous buildings in London perhaps. But how about the iconic country cottages, in the rural villages all around ? Together with the music of Vaughan Williams (Greensleeves, The Lark Ascending, A variation on the theme of Thomas Tallis etc).
It all goes together rather well...
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Stephen0033: Yes, England is well known for its humour, .
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