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Anyone else lived near weird stuff their whole life?

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kennypinkerton

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I was born in WV. As a kid we lived near Moundsville. And in a small community named after a rock... Rosby's Rock. PhotoGrid_1477773964940.jpg
Later, we moved to Tuscaloosa, Alabama when I was in 3rd grade, I've lived near mounds and weird historical places my whole life. Anyone else live near strange places?
 
I live near Santa Fe! (By the way, I was born and raised in WV too).
 
Well, I guess where I live, weird is now the accepted normal.
Lake Murray, SC was created about 1929 (pre- new deal, but same concept, (put a lot of fellas to work)
Dammed up & flooded the Saluda River basin, displacing over 5000 people & 3 towns. The Feds reported moving over 2000 graves to new sites on higher ground. ( but the rascals didn't count the Black folks back then & their "remains" remained ). Between 1930-40, it was not uncommon to mistake a floating wooden casket for a johnboat. (According to one old-old fella I know anyway)
still can see the old churches, buildings, bridges, etc on sonar....even a good fish Finder.

wylies ferry bridge (about 100' down)
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Basil said:
I live near Santa Fe! (By the way, I was born and raised in WV too).
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Your mention of Allegheny in another post brought me here.
 
GTP1960 said:
Well, I guess where I live, weird is now the accepted normal.
Lake Murray, SC was created about 1929 (pre- new deal, but same concept, (put a lot of fellas to work)
Dammed up & flooded the Saluda River basin, displacing over 5000 people & 3 towns. The Feds reported moving over 2000 graves to new sites on higher ground. ( but the rascals didn't count the Black folks back then & their "remains" remained ). Between 1930-40, it was not uncommon to mistake a floating wooden casket for a johnboat. (According to one old-old fella I know anyway)
still can see the old churches, buildings, bridges, etc on sonar....even a good fish Finder.

wylies ferry bridge (about 100' down)
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That's pretty cool. Lake Tuscaloosa was man-made here, where I live now, back in the 70's.
 
Sorry. Weird simply isn't allowed here. Outlawed years ago. :numbness:
 
AngliaGT said:
Yea,but if Canada invaded us,they'd be REALLY polite about it.
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Have you seen Florida in the winter? We already have and, yes we are. :grin:
 
JPSmit said:
Have you seen Florida in the winter? We already have and, yes we were. :grin:
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Dang I've just let the cat our of the bag - Basil - how do I delete a post - :grin:
 
Too late JP. Once it's on the internet someone has copied and saved it.
 
I think Berkeley counts as weird.

When we ride BART, a sign pops up on the train announcing signs occasionally that we should report strange activity to BART Police. I'm always asking my wife "How do I tell strange activity from normal activity around here?"
 
My daughter lives in Austin, Tx.
they've got bumper stickers & T-shirts that say "keep Austin weird!"
 
Hahaha. So everywhere is weird. That makes good sense to me.
 
Umm could we steer this away from politics please. Thank you very very much. :cheese:
 
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