oh yeah, well Im straight outta compton :p
-Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "kj at technotourist dot org" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "FC2 Richards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 5:29 PM Subject: Re: (313) why lie on your bio (Tim Baker) > But just to be save in the future i tell people that i grew up in > exactly 52n25 6e38. Now with longitude and latitude added i can't go > wrong anymore :) > > > KJ > --- > "Forty-two!" yelled Loonquawl. "Is that all you've got to show for > seven and a half million years' work?" > "I checked it very thoroughly," said the computer, "and that quite > definitely is the answer. I think the problem, to be quite honest with > you, is that you've never actually known what the question is." > > > On 24-mei-04, at 21:34, FC2 Richards wrote: > > > Hey everyone... > > > > Go to the Detroit Free Press website and look at the classified ads for > > buying a house. The metro-Detroit map goes as far north as Flint, as > > far > > west as Ann Arbour, as far South as the Ohio border, and as far east > > as...well, you know. > > > > I am from Flint and tell people that I am from Detroit, because that > > is the > > largest commonly known land mark. I know damn well that I am not from > > Detroit. > > > > Oh, and anyone who listens to Detroit radio growing up can lay claim > > to what > > Tim Baker is laying claim to. He is from Detroit. > > > > No I'm not friends with Tim Baker, I just own one of his records... > > > > Peace > > > > Jeff > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dennis DeSantis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 4:41 PM > > To: 313@hyperreal.org > > Subject: Re: (313) why lie on your bio (Tim Baker) > > > > > > Let's back up for a minute. > > > > houseman04: Did you grow up in Southeastern Michigan? You mentioned > > that you work in A2, but are you originally from the area? > > > > I can understand that, if you're not from the area, you could see this > > as a potentially divisive and confusing issue. But it's really very > > common for anyone from basically east of Jackson to the lake (not to > > mention north of Toledo to basically...well, the lake) to refer to > > themselves as "from Detroit". > > > > It's not meant to be deceiving. It's just that the so-called "metro > > Detroit" area really is thought of as that - satellites around Detroit. > > And the area in question is REALLY large. > > > > When people ask me where I'm from, I tell them Detroit. (I was born in > > Warren and grew up in Sterling Heights.) If they then make it clear > > that they're actually familiar with the area, I go into suburbs-level > > detail. > > > > 2 more cents, > > > > -- > > Dennis DeSantis > > www.dennisdesantis.com > > >
