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It's a small world ..... Kevin Bacon style
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 2004-12-04 9:48 AM |
Veteran  257   Stirling, Scotland |  Subject: It's a small world ..... Kevin Bacon styleI thought it might be good to see how many times we can circumnavigate the globe in a Kevin Bacon style degrees of seperation. My idea is that you reply to the previously last replier giving some kind of tenuous link to their location. The idea for this arrises from a reply in another thread from dontracy where he told me that his step son is doing a student exchange program in Edinburgh. I hope he has a great time Don. I should probably put down a few rules, so here goes. 1/ The link can be as tenuous as you want it to be. 2/ The tenuous link should lie within an olympic triathlon distance (let's call it 51km or 32 miles). In otherwords Don's link above is to Edinburgh and I stay in Stirling, unfortunately Edinburgh is about 37 miles - just too far, sorry Don. 3/ Anyone can amend the rules |
| 2004-12-04 12:52 PM in reply to: #89246 |
Veteran 184 MA | Subject: RE: It's a small world ..... Kevin Bacon style This is a fun idea! Unfortunately, I can't think of a link close enough to you. I'll be watching this thread and hopefully I will be a link in the chain at some point. Deb |
| 2004-12-04 2:56 PM in reply to: #89246 |
Veteran 245 Cole Harbour, NS | Subject: RE: It's a small world ..... Kevin Bacon style Hey my wifes Aunt lives in Larg's, does that meet the criteria. Great ice cream shop there, Nardini's I think. Incredible. |
| 2004-12-04 3:16 PM in reply to: #89246 |
Master 2033 | Subject: RE: It's a small world ..... Kevin Bacon style How do we get across the pond??? |
| 2004-12-04 3:36 PM in reply to: #89246 |
| Philadelphia, south of New York and north of DC | Subject: RE: It's a small world ..... Kevin Bacon style David, the school my step-son Ari is going to is Merchiston Castle School.Is that closer to you? |
| 2004-12-05 6:40 AM in reply to: #89246 |
Veteran 257 Stirling, Scotland | Subject: RE: It's a small world ..... Kevin Bacon style Acouple of near misses. I've checked the distances using www.theaa.com/travelwatch/inc/planner_main_redirect.jsp. Nardini's is a great ice cream shop - but unfortunately is 59.6 miles away. Merchiston Castle School is in Colinton in Edinburgh but it's 37 miles away. Crossing the pond is easy. If Don's step-son's school was 5 miles closer then we'd be in Philadelphia. The trick is rule 1 - "the link can be as tenuous as you want it to be" |
| 2004-12-06 11:55 AM in reply to: #89246 |
Master 4101 Denver | Subject: RE: It's a small world ..... Kevin Bacon style I've been to Stirling... Went up the monument to see William Wallaces sword. FREEE-DOM!!! Cool stuff. Does that count to get over the pond? Drew |
| 2004-12-06 12:00 PM in reply to: #89246 |
Elite 3972  Reno | Subject: RE: It's a small world ..... Kevin Bacon style Ok, I live in Denver too. To give some interesting leads for the next person: I have worked in Venezuela, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Suriname, Mali, Nevada. |
| 2004-12-06 12:05 PM in reply to: #89246 |
Pro 4228 Broomfield, Colorado | Subject: RE: It's a small world ..... Kevin Bacon style Nevada, huh? |
| 2004-12-06 12:07 PM in reply to: #89246 |
Elite 3972 Reno | Subject: RE: It's a small world ..... Kevin Bacon style Autsin, Ely, Elko.... all the hotspots. I am just crazy that way! Edited by bootygirl 2004-12-06 12:07 PM |
| 2004-12-06 12:11 PM in reply to: #89246 |
Elite 2796 Texas | Subject: RE: It's a small world ..... Kevin Bacon style My 3rd cousin lives in Elko. She was 3rd runner-up in Ms. Teen Nevada in like 1982 or something like that.... (Is it okay to say she's hot? I mean she's my Mom's cousin's daughter.....) |
| 2004-12-06 12:31 PM in reply to: #89246 |
Master 1927 Chicago | Subject: RE: It's a small world ..... Kevin Bacon style I've driven through Nevada on my way to California - the San Franciso Bay area and Oakland. I stayed at hotel in Elko that was owned by the mother of my ex-boyfriend's childhood friend. (Is that tenuous enough for you?) For the next person I have lived in Colorado Springs, Chicago, St. Joseph Mo., (near Kansas City) traveled to Mexico, Lima, Peru, basically all the 50 states including the Grand Canyon, both oceans, Canadian border and Texas. So have fun. |
| 2004-12-06 1:20 PM in reply to: #89246 |
Veteran 250 Florida! | Subject: RE: It's a small world ..... Kevin Bacon style i hiked the grand canyon from rim to rim. on two separate occasions. and for the next person: i live in the philadelphia area but was born in elmira, NY, and have lived in dartmouth, MA and marlboro, NJ. i have obviously been to the grand canyon (also zion and bryce, Utah), a loop through montana and canada (glacier nat'l park and waterton - that was a bike tour, no less), most of the 95 corridor down the east coast, from MA to FL. also, brazil (florianopolis and fortaleza), france (paris and clermont-ferrand) and germany (frankfurt). |
| 2004-12-06 1:21 PM in reply to: #89246 |
Veteran 258 Plainfield, IL | Subject: RE: It's a small world ..... Kevin Bacon style Lived in Chicago most of my life, though I was born in Ireland. But my favorite place to travel to has got to be Maine, just because I love lobster so much. But Key West Florida is not so bad, considering I am getting married there in 2 weeks! |
| 2004-12-06 1:24 PM in reply to: #89246 |
Veteran 321 Findlay OH | Subject: RE: It's a small world ..... Kevin Bacon style I used to go White water rafting every summer on the Arkansas River outside canyon City Colorado. We would stop and grocery shop in Colorado Springs before heading out to the campground. My boss had a professional quality raft and me, his daughter and one of her friends went as guides and labor. He would take groups of people that hadn't camped before or really been outside. If that's tenuous enought I have lived in Youngstown and Columbus OH, Milwaukee WI, Terre Haute and Evensville IN before moving to NC Edited by iceit99 2004-12-06 1:26 PM |
| 2004-12-06 2:01 PM in reply to: #89847 |
Pro 5153 Helena, MT | Subject: RE: It's a small world ..... Kevin Bacon style Ok, Iceit, my boyfriend got his undergrad degree at Guilford College in Greensboro, NC. 22 miles away from you! |
| 2004-12-06 2:03 PM in reply to: #89844 |
Elite 2796 Texas | Subject: RE: It's a small world ..... Kevin Bacon style swimmom2002 - 2004-12-06 12:21 PM Lived in Chicago most of my life, though I was born in Ireland. But my favorite place to travel to has got to be Maine, just because I love lobster so much. But Key West Florida is not so bad, considering I am getting married there in 2 weeks! Spent a few weeks in Key West for some military training. I've been to Cairo Egypt, also Panama City, PANAMA!  Anyone else? |
| 2004-12-06 2:19 PM in reply to: #89859 |
| Master 1597 Colorado | Subject: RE: It's a small world ..... Kevin Bacon style I've been to Cairo as well (even spent 8 hours in an "interview room" at Cairo International, but that's another story). I've lived in NJ, VA, FL, TX, and NC. I was an exchange student in Hannover, Germany. I have also been to Spain (Rota, Puerto de Santa Maria, Jerez, Cadiz, Barcelona), Andorra, France (Marsailles, Paris), Switzerland, Austria, Italy (Rome, Naples, Brindisi, Sicily), Malta, Greece (Corfu, Crete), Albania, Kosovo, Romania (Constanta), Ukraine (Odessa), Turkey (Marmaris, Istanbul), Israel (Haifa, Jerusalem, Baer-Sheeba), The Azores, Canada, Mexico, and Jordan. I'm sure I'm missing a few places... |
| 2004-12-06 3:06 PM in reply to: #89246 |
Veteran 276 manitoba, canada | Subject: RE: It's a small world ..... Kevin Bacon style I'll jump off Stake's post .... I've been to many of the same places .. but I'll use Baer-Sheeba as my jumping board!! Worked on a moshav nearby in 1988 - Ne'ot Hakikar in the Negev desert. Baer-Sheeba was where we went to blow off steam!! So let me throw in a few other places and see if anyone bites. Grew up in two small towns .. Greenwood Nova Scotia, and Stittsville, Ontario. Travelled through may countries .. I'll put down ones not on Stake's post ... Denmark (particularly the island of Lolland), greek islands of Ios and Santorini, and how about Alaksa .... driving up thru every small town in northern BC!!! Anybody???? |
| 2004-12-06 3:07 PM in reply to: #89246 |
Veteran 316 Norfolk, VA | Subject: RE: It's a small world ..... Kevin Bacon style I'm originally from Poughkeepsie, NY. My aunt lives in Key West. I grew up very close to DC. I currently live in Norfolk, VA. My significant other (TH3_FRB) went to grad school at Duke in NC and undergrad at Kutztown University in PA. |
| 2004-12-06 4:09 PM in reply to: #89887 |
Extreme Veteran 347 Chapel Hill, North Carolina | Subject: RE: It's a small world ..... Kevin Bacon style Yellowk8t - 2004-12-06 3:07 PM I'm originally from Poughkeepsie, NY. My aunt lives in Key West. I grew up very close to DC. I currently live in Norfolk, VA. My significant other (TH3_FRB) went to grad school at Duke in NC and undergrad at Kutztown University in PA. OK, Katie, here goes: I was born and raised in Baltimore, and it's southern suburbs. I lived in Va. Beach for 4 years, while deployed onboard CV-66 USS America, from Norfolk Naval Base. I now live 20 miles, and work 10 miles away from Duke. I have also lived in Memphis, Pensacola, and Rochester, MN. My navy travels took me to Spain, Turkey, Egypt, Singapore, France, Monaco, England, US Virgin Islands, Italy, Greece, Israel, The United Arab Emerits, and the Azores. That should be enough for someone else to work from...LOL Pooh Bear, I have driven to all 48 continental States, but not yet Alaska. I'm planning a drive to Denali National Park for summer of 2006 or 2007. |
| 2004-12-06 6:58 PM in reply to: #89246 |
Regular 87 Toronto | Subject: RE: It's a small world ..... Kevin Bacon style I have to jump off Pooh Bear as I grew upin Windsor NS (just down the highway from Greenwood), and have also lived in Jonquire Quebec, Fredericton NB, Halifax NS, London ON , Edmonton AB and now I live in Toronto. I spent 4 weeks in Glasgow Scotland for a training rotation (might help jump the pond) Hope this works for someone - Jen  Edited by jdlake 2004-12-06 6:59 PM |
| 2004-12-07 1:31 PM in reply to: #89934 |
Member 33 Minneapolis, Minnesota | Subject: RE: It's a small world ..... Kevin Bacon style Ok, I have been to Rochester, MN for diving meets. I have lived in Northbrook, IL, Kenosha, WI, Balsam Lake, WI, Minneapolis, MN (also, Blaine, St Louis Park, Bloomington, Apple Valley), and Madison, SD. I have been to many States (CO,CA, OR, WA,MT, SD, ND,NE, NV,TX,LA,IA,MO,KS,NY,NJ) also, Toronto, Canada, Cozumel, Mexico and the virgin islands. If it helps, my dad has been a lot of the major cities(i.e. Paris, London, Rome, etc) if that is a tenuous enough thread! |
| 2004-12-07 3:16 PM in reply to: #89246 |
Extreme Veteran 365 Winnipegosis | Subject: RE: It's a small world ..... Kevin Bacon style OK, Midge... I went to Minneapolis for Christmas shopping about a month ago. Lovely town. I grew up in Winnipeg, Canada but have also lived in The Pas, MB. Tough ones, eh? I have travelled recently to Memphis, TN, Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, and Vancouver. Hopefully that simplifies things a bit. |
| 2004-12-07 6:08 PM in reply to: #89246 |
Elite 2796 Texas | Subject: RE: It's a small world ..... Kevin Bacon style I once spent the night in Memphis, courtesy of an airline that bumped me from a flight. From there I went to Miami, and then on to Tegucigalpa, Honduras. From there I traveled to the tiny Honduran village of Agua Fria, and "Tiger Island" in the Gulf of Fonseca |
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