My hometown last night

by **DWags** Sun 7 Dec 2014 - 15:48

Dont' live there anymore, Manistee. Have a business up there and hope my wife lets me retire up there but I fear she won't. Anyway, pretty cool. They do this every year. Victorian buildings and the horses pulling the sleigh. Love it.

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by **WhiteBoyHatcher** Sun 7 Dec 2014 - 15:55

It looks so pretty with the snow falling.

Also I went to one of those in Lake Orion last night. FML.

by **Cym Jim** Sun 7 Dec 2014 - 23:50

Awww, you guys are so cute.

by **Frank Ricard** Mon 8 Dec 2014 - 3:51

Beautiful. Idyllic. Nostalgic.

I still hate xmas

by **Turtleneck** Mon 8 Dec 2014 - 6:13

Looks boring

by **DWags** Mon 8 Dec 2014 - 6:21

Turtleneck wrote:Looks boring

Helps to drink.

by **Robert J Sakimano** Mon 8 Dec 2014 - 7:46

nice enough, I guess, but doesn't really look like my kind of scene..

by **DWags** Mon 8 Dec 2014 - 7:51

Robert J Sakimano wrote:nice enough, I guess, but doesn't really look like my kind of scene..

It's really not the type of place for metro sexuals. Lots of hunting fishing and space between houses.

by **Turtleneck** Mon 8 Dec 2014 - 7:54

DWags wrote:

It's really not the type of place for metro sexuals. Lots of hunting fishing and space between houses.

Maybe it would be better if the local football team did not dress like UM.

by **Robert J Sakimano** Mon 8 Dec 2014 - 7:58

DWags wrote:

It's really not the type of place for metro sexuals. Lots of hunting fishing and space between houses.

yeah.. neither one of those places seem like my scene either..

by **DWags** Mon 8 Dec 2014 - 7:59

Turtleneck wrote:

Maybe it would be better if the local football team did not dress like UM.

Or play like them lately.

by **Turtleneck** Mon 8 Dec 2014 - 8:00

DWags wrote:

Or play like them lately.

I am sure they are playing better than the time they had that 12 year losing streak.

by **Robert J Sakimano** Mon 8 Dec 2014 - 8:01

I'll see if I can find a picture of my hometown around the holidays.. it can be confused with that weird sort of "quaint" ambiance but it's a pretty cool town otherwise..

by **Turtleneck** Mon 8 Dec 2014 - 8:05

Robert J Sakimano wrote:I'll see if I can find a picture of my hometown around the holidays.. it can be confused with that weird sort of "quaint" ambiance but it's a pretty cool town otherwise..

Is this it?

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by **Robert J Sakimano** Mon 8 Dec 2014 - 8:06

not a holiday picture.. couldn't really find a decent one... cool enough town, though.

by **Robert J Sakimano** Mon 8 Dec 2014 - 8:07

Turtleneck wrote:

Is this it?

what the hell is that?

by **DWags** Mon 8 Dec 2014 - 8:10

Turtleneck wrote:

I am sure they are playing better than the time they had that 12 year losing streak.

Do t recall that.

by **DWags** Mon 8 Dec 2014 - 8:12

Robert J Sakimano wrote:

not a holiday picture.. couldn't really find a decent one... cool enough town, though.

Am I looking at Pittsburgh.

by **Turtleneck** Mon 8 Dec 2014 - 8:18

DWags wrote:

Do t recall that.

Bit of an exaggeration on my part. It was something line a 35 game losing streak around the early 2000s.

by **DWags** Mon 8 Dec 2014 - 8:20

Turtleneck wrote:

Bit of an exaggeration on my part. It was something line a 35 game losing streak around the early 2000s.

Manistee high or catholic?

by **Turtleneck** Mon 8 Dec 2014 - 8:21

Robert J Sakimano wrote:

not a holiday picture.. couldn't really find a decent one... cool enough town, though.

I hear that place is pretty awesome. Never been.

by **Turtleneck** Mon 8 Dec 2014 - 8:21

DWags wrote:
Manistee high or catholic?

High

by 85Grad Mon 8 Dec 2014 - 8:24

by 75alum Mon 8 Dec 2014 - 8:29

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by **Robert J Sakimano** Mon 8 Dec 2014 - 8:31

Turtleneck wrote:

I hear that place is pretty awesome. Never been.

yeah it's a great town. You should try to get down there when you can..

by **Jake from State Farm** Mon 8 Dec 2014 - 8:38

Robert J Sakimano wrote:

what the hell is that?

Alien's moon outpost, we're all fukced when their mothership gets here.

by **Robert J Sakimano** Mon 8 Dec 2014 - 8:39

Jake from State Farm wrote:

Alien's moon outpost, we're all fukced when their mothership gets here.

indeed we are..

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by **AMwood** Mon 8 Dec 2014 - 8:58

i always thought bob lived in east lansing.

by **Robert J Sakimano** Mon 8 Dec 2014 - 9:10

AMwood wrote:i always thought bob lived in east lansing.

I do - have lived here for 20 years.. though I consider it "home", I don't consider it my hometown..

by Herbie Green Mon 8 Dec 2014 - 9:27

I thought this thread was going to be about the Springsteen concert on PBS

by **Robert J Sakimano** Mon 8 Dec 2014 - 9:34

Herbie Green wrote:I thought this thread was going to be about the Springsteen concert on PBS

did you see it?

I only caught a bit of it - saw Jim James and Tom Morello doing "Ghost of Tom Joad" then I saw Bruce's acceptance speech..

by Guest Mon 8 Dec 2014 - 9:42

Fuck that communist Springsteen. Listen to a real American.

by **NigelUno** Mon 8 Dec 2014 - 9:42

Robert J Sakimano wrote:did you see it?

I only caught a bit of it - saw Jim James and Tom Morello doing "Ghost of Tom Joad" then I saw Bruce's acceptance speech..

Speech? Did he win an award for worst U2 cover?

by **NigelUno** Mon 8 Dec 2014 - 9:43

DWags wrote:Dont' live there anymore, Manistee. Have a business up there and hope my wife lets me retire up there but I fear she won't. Anyway, pretty cool. They do this every year. Victorian buildings and the horses pulling the sleigh. Love it.

That looks pretty cool, but almost like fake Christmas would look at Disney.

Can't believe I've never been there. I bet it would be a great place to retire. Probably not overrun with tourists. Good small town feel. I'm going to start looking at some property. Maybe a house boat. Not sure I'd like a house boat though. Can you live on them in the winter?

by **Robert J Sakimano** Mon 8 Dec 2014 - 9:47

NigelUno wrote:

Speech? Did he win an award for worst U2 cover?

"Person of the Year" or something like that from Musicares... sort of an anti-freedom, socialist, communist, jihad-supporting, ISIS loving, offense to jesus and traditional marriage organization.. they're also pro-cancer, pro-AIDS, they advocate that young children play in the traffic while tirelessly searching for dirty needs to suck on.

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by Guest Mon 8 Dec 2014 - 9:54

NigelUno wrote:Maybe a house boat. Not sure I'd like a house boat though. Can you live on them in the winter?

Yes. In September you start working your way south so that by November you're in the Carolinas on the Intercoastal Waterway. Spend your winter cruising Florida and the Gulf then start back north around April.

by Herbie Green Mon 8 Dec 2014 - 9:56

Robert J Sakimano wrote:did you see it?

I only caught a bit of it - saw Jim James and Tom Morello doing "Ghost of Tom Joad" then I saw Bruce's acceptance speech..

Only a few. Patty Smith (I think eek), Ben Harper and Dixie Chicks Atlantic City could have been good but they ruined it

by **Robert J Sakimano** Mon 8 Dec 2014 - 9:59

Herbie Green wrote:

Only a few. Patty Smith (I think eek), Ben Harper and Dixie Chicks Atlantic City could have been good but they ruined it

agree that Patty Smith might not be in the running for a Vogue cover anytime soon, but she does own "Because the Night" - yeah, Bruce wrote it and plays it a lot - but it's her song.

I did look over the setlist - I think John Legend on piano would've been interesting to hear. Emmylou is always hard to be with anything she does. Some of the others seemed a bit odd and I'm actually quite thankful I didn't subject myself to it.

by Herbie Green Mon 8 Dec 2014 - 10:24

I did watch the entire Macinaw Ice Bridge on PBS. That was just delightful

by **Robert J Sakimano** Mon 8 Dec 2014 - 10:31

Herbie Green wrote:I did watch the entire Macinaw Ice Bridge on PBS. That was just delightful

I saw something listed on PBS about Mackinaw over the weekend.. didn't think I could handle it, though.

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