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Old 08-20-2006, 03:52 PM
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Default Simple question.
What's the significance of the Midwest?
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Old 08-20-2006, 04:40 PM
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Gary;
It looks pretty good in the rear-view mirror.
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Old 08-20-2006, 08:55 PM
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Beats all hell out of the East Coast...
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It is great to be in flyover country!!!
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Old 08-21-2006, 12:12 AM
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Prince and the New Power Generation and a state that would elect a former wrestler as its governor.

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Old 08-21-2006, 12:56 AM
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And the Midwest is the language standard for the entire United States.

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Old 08-21-2006, 09:34 AM
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Beats all hell out of the East Coast...
And west coast!!!!!!

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Old 08-21-2006, 04:12 PM
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"The midwest farmer's daughters really make you feel alright"
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Old 08-21-2006, 04:17 PM
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The Midwest... it stands between me and the Civil War battlefields!!

Zou, a denizen of the Golden West
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Old 08-21-2006, 04:21 PM
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Chicago pizza (deep dish is the best!)
Chicago hot dogs (second to none!)
Wisconsin cheese (just ask any Packer fan)
Kansas City BBQ (excellent)
Four seasons (No putting up a Christmas tree when it's 70 degrees)
Big Ten football (Go Illini ...Go Hawkeyes! (I have kids that go there)
Notre Dame (Gotta love the movie Rudy)
New Madrid fault (when she goes, it'll make the CA quakes seem like indigestion)
Great Lakes (During the 1850's, Chicago was THE busiest port...not in America, but the world)
Land(s) of Lincoln (KY, IN, & IL)
Cleveland...(oh...well...maybe not :-)...)
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