DianneW

When faced with any variation of the same language or a completely different language the words are going to be often baffling....easy to judge the way something is said and misinterpret what a person is saying.....the French understand only what you say with the correct accent and the correct masc or fem usage.just for starters...we all know a car is masc and housekeeping is fem...apron or overalls, obvious right.
...no idea about red necks, although as a kid I did get sun burnt a lot, being a freckle faced kid...this lot seem happy about it though...

DianneW

The River Wandle ..link.. not too much to read just enough info and lots of photos..
https://www.londonslostrivers.com/river-wandle.html

The Thames...link with some facts....https://www.britannica.com/place/River-Thames

Chula Vista

Lawrence, MA
Methuen, MA
Tempe, AZ
Chula Vista, CA
Sabre Springs, CA

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“The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well,
on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

Norg

i lived in Houston Texas my hole life so far..... the end

ribbons

Born and raised in New York City and for most of my adult years lived on Roosevelt Island, smack-dab in the middle of the East River.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roosevelt_Island

https://rihs.us/

adidasss

^^ Dang, didn't know you were a New Yorker! Only been once but that city is so friggin cool, would love to go back. Not in the wintertime though. Went there in January and I swear I've never been so cold in my life.

I'm gonna ignore the real theme of this thread (history) and just go with the places I've lived.

My life path:

0-14 years - Novalja, Pag Island, Croatia
14-29 - Rijeka, Croatia
29-32 - Dubai, UAE
32-32 (10 months) - Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
32-33 (9 months) - Milano, Italy
33- present (5 years) - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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Last.fm

Chula Vista

What was that like? I've often thought of running away there just to get a job at the Burj. (loved skyscrapers since I was a kid)

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“The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well,
on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

Plankton

00-19 - Chicago subs
19-22 - Friedburg Germany (Army)
22-Present - Chicago subs

You know the song "I Get Around" by the Beach Boys? I am the exact opposite of that. I do not get around.

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Lisnaholic

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ribbons

^ I don't get around much, either - not these days.

I love it here (although it's sometimes a hectic place to live), but you're spot-on about the cold winters! It's also very hot and humid in summer, and those extremes can be uncomfortable.

I'm extremely jealous that you lived in Milano! It's always been a dream of mine to go to Italy. My grandmother was from Trieste, and I've always wanted to travel there and seek out her birthplace.