Ohio

(From Paul Harvey)

from JoeUser Forums

Most people know that while the Wright Brothers flew in North Carolina, they lived in Ohio.  And most people know that the first American that orbited the earth was from Ohio.  And that the first man to set foot on the moon was from Ohio.

What I want to know is why is everyone so desperate to get out of Ohio?

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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
Haha...i wanted to get out because it was all I knew. I was ready to move on. When I first moved to NY, I longed to go back and see the state I once so desperately despised. Now I just look back and think that hey, it wasnt as bad as I made it out to be.

You can take the girl out of Ohio, but you cant take Ohio out of the girl.

Go Bucks, Go Browns, and Go Indians.
Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
Because Cedar Point is great, but it doesn't leave much for you to do from September to April. ;~D
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top

Go Bucks, Go Browns, and Go Indians.

I'll take the Trojans, Raiders and Mets thank you!

Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top

Because Cedar Point is great,

I never got there when I lived there, but everyone talked about it like it was Disneyland.

Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top
Doc.... have you ever BEEN to Ohio?

Oh, and PSU is gonna chew up and spit out the Buckeyes this coming Saturday!
Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top
Oh, and PSU is gonna chew up and spit out the Buckeyes this coming Saturday!


Yeah don't hold your breath.

Ohio is awesome. I've lived in 10 states and Ohio ranks up there at the top.

The big cities on the rivers have FREE festivals all summer long. Cincinnati has WEBN fireworks every August and that is an awesome time!! Columbus has free laser light shows and musical groups on the river too. You get enough snow in the winter usually to sled, the fall is as beautiful as any New England folliage I've ever seen.

There is theatre here, from professional all the way to the local block shop. Orchestras, education, industry, city or country, anything you could possible want or need is all in this great state.

Kings Island and Cedar Point are nice too.

The only thing negative about it for me is the winters are a bit too cold...and wet. But ya can't win them all. Oh and the taxes. Ohio taxes everything, city tax, county tax, property tax, state tax, sales tax, income tax, on and on....

That's my take anyway.
Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top

Doc.... have you ever BEEN to Ohio?

Guess you did not read my last comment.  I went to the University of Dayton.  Does that count?

And as for PSU, I hope so!  I hate the Buckeyes.  Ever since the Woody Hayes days!

Reply #8 from JoeUser Forums Top

You get enough snow in the winter usually to sled, the fall is as beautiful as any New England folliage I've ever seen.

But when the wind comes whistling down the Miami Valley, it will freeze your balls in a heart beat!

I dont hate Ohio.  My only Beef was that Trees are an endangered species!

Reply #9 from JoeUser Forums Top
It's always fun when OSU plays PSU... My dad is a Prof at PSU, but got his PhD at OSU. He loved Hayes, but hated Cooper with an absolute passion.

Something else that is fun is the OSU/Mich. game.... Mom roots for Michigan

If we can pull off a victory, or even a relatively close game, I think PSU will have a top-10 finish this year. This is the first time we're ranked in like 5 years now too.

And OH is over-taxed at every level? And here I thought it was a red state (Just had to get that one in)
Reply #10 from JoeUser Forums Top
But when the wind comes whistling down the Miami Valley, it will freeze your balls in a heart beat!I dont hate Ohio. My only Beef was that Trees are an endangered species


Wow I don't know where you lived, but Dayton has an abundance of trees now.

I live in Beavercreek and it is very "green."

As for the cold, it's not as cold as interior Alaska so I am not complaining! At least here I can bundle up and go outside and see the sun (ok the overcast sky) in the winter.

Football is practically a religion in this area, so I do like the Buckeyes just because the games are so fun. But I am a UK basketball fan. Not because I am into basketball a lot but because so many of my family have gone there its like a family tradition.
Reply #11 from JoeUser Forums Top

And OH is over-taxed at every level?

It is the only state I have worked in that had a local tax......... (and 3.2 beer!)

Reply #12 from JoeUser Forums Top
It is the only state I have worked in that had a local tax......... (and 3.2 beer!)


!!! Colorado had 3.2 when I lived there. And the drinking age was 18 for it.
Reply #13 from JoeUser Forums Top

Wow I don't know where you lived, but Dayton has an abundance of trees now.

Guess making them endangered helped?

Do you know where the old NCR building was?  Just up the hill from there.  Since it burned down in 75, you might not know about it.

Reply #14 from JoeUser Forums Top

Colorado had 3.2 when I lived there. And the drinking age was 18 for it.

That dates you! (the 18, not the state)

Reply #15 from JoeUser Forums Top
I never got there when I lived there, but everyone talked about it like it was Disneyland.


Oh, I would go to Cedar Point 100 times before I'd go to Disneyland (or world) again. 15 Roller Coasters!!!
Reply #16 from JoeUser Forums Top
That dates you! (the 18, not the state


It does? Well how old do you think I am???

And you better guess LOW!

Cedar Point is great, but since Paramount took over Kings Island some years back they made it bigger and better. They just took out the camp grounds to add a huge water park inside....so on those really hot days you can go sit in the wave pool on a tube till you cool off then back to the coasters!!

And can you say frozen CHOCOLATE COVERED BANANAS????? YUM!!
Reply #17 from JoeUser Forums Top

It does? Well how old do you think I am???

And you better guess LOW!

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Reply #18 from JoeUser Forums Top

15 Roller Coasters!!!

Kings Dominion (and I would guess Kings Island) has that many.  But yea, Cedar Point is renown for its Roller coasters. At least that is what Ted tells me.

Reply #19 from JoeUser Forums Top
I now prefer Kings Island, because there is so much for the entire family..including a Nickelodeon area where the kids can get slimmed certain times of the year...they love it.

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Good guess. However did you know? hehe

What's 8 years give or take?
Reply #20 from JoeUser Forums Top

Good guess. However did you know? hehe

I use to work at Kings Dominion in the Arcade - which includes the Age and Weight booth!