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Anyone from Michigan?
« on: September 15, 2006, 09:43:31 PM »
Any folks here (couples....or seekers).......from Michigan? I am from Marquette.....but relocated to Gaylord in the past year.

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Re: Anyone from Michigan?
« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2006, 05:43:18 AM »
Hey CaptB,

I'm from the Grand Rapids area and think I've found the one. Your near one of my favorite areas as I deer hunt up near Vanderbilt about as far out in the boonies as you can get there.  Been trying to promote a convention/BBQ for those that are and have been involved in this process from Michigan some think it would be pretty cool others has been pretty cool to the whole idea.

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Re: Anyone from Michigan?
« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2006, 06:41:28 AM »
Lived in Michigan all my life until my Russian wife moved my butt to San Diego!  I lived mostly in Oakland County but I did have a nice summer home on Lake Charlevoix.  There is a guy here from Traverse City though.
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Re: Anyone from Michigan?
« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2006, 10:58:22 AM »
Hello,

I work in Traverse City, but I live in Leelanau Country.  There is another member who lives a few miles from me and I have met him.  Traverse City has several hundred people who immigrated from Ukraine a few years ago for religious freedom. These are Ukrainian families, not AM UW couples.

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Re: Anyone from Michigan?
« Reply #4 on: November 08, 2006, 07:34:04 AM »
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There is another member who lives a few miles from me and I have met him.

Would that be CaptB?

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Re: Anyone from Michigan?
« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2007, 11:11:18 AM »
Grand Rapids, born and raised.
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Re: Anyone from Michigan?
« Reply #6 on: September 19, 2007, 06:01:43 AM »
I am brand new to this and just joined a couple of days ago.  I live near Battle Creek.  I am very interested but am feeling a bit overwelmed.  I have been doing a lot of reading.

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Re: Anyone from Michigan?
« Reply #7 on: September 19, 2007, 06:21:11 AM »
I am brand new to this and just joined a couple of days ago.  I live near Battle Creek.  I am very interested but am feeling a bit overwelmed.  I have been doing a lot of reading.

I lived in Marshall for awhile about 100 years ago and am now your neighbor over here in the Cheese Head state.

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Re: Anyone from Michigan?
« Reply #8 on: September 19, 2007, 08:11:23 AM »
I went to college in Milwaukee many years ago.  Marquette.  Mashall is a nice town.  I will usually have my students fly from Battle Creek over to Marshall's airport to practice their touch and goes.  It is not as busy and they can get more landings done there than in Battle Creek.

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Re: Anyone from Michigan?
« Reply #9 on: December 28, 2007, 10:44:37 PM »
New to the site, however I'm from the Lansing area.  Kinda overwhelmed myself.

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Re: Anyone from Michigan?
« Reply #10 on: December 29, 2007, 06:39:01 AM »
When my husband and I married, he lived in Southfield and worked for the car companies.   It was quite a shock. The images of America we had seen and the reality did not match up.

The best thing was the Romanian Orthodox Cathedral is in Southfield.  It helped very much to be near my Church.

We moved to Arizona in 2005 and still have many friends in Michigan.

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Re: Anyone from Michigan?
« Reply #11 on: December 29, 2007, 09:25:58 AM »
When my husband and I married, he lived in Southfield and worked for the car companies.   It was quite a shock. The images of America we had seen and the reality did not match up.

The best thing was the Romanian Orthodox Cathedral is in Southfield.  It helped very much to be near my Church.

We moved to Arizona in 2005 and still have many friends in Michigan.

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Re: Anyone from Michigan?
« Reply #12 on: December 29, 2007, 08:39:53 PM »
I spent the longest six years of my life one winter in Michigan.

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Re: Anyone from Michigan?
« Reply #13 on: December 30, 2007, 08:48:47 AM »
I spent the longest six years of my life one winter in Michigan.

Why do you think I left?   ;D


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Re: Anyone from Michigan?
« Reply #14 on: January 16, 2008, 02:25:38 AM »
I'm from Michigan, I live in Lake Orion, have for the last 10 years.
Feel free to pm me, if have any advice, questions, or anything else.

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Re: Anyone from Michigan?
« Reply #15 on: January 17, 2008, 12:12:01 PM »
WOW!  How'd I miss this thread???  Must be blind...

I'm in Michigan as well...  Currently just outside of Pontiac in a town called Waterford.  Although I've lived/worked in NYC, Philli, Nashville, Phoenix and San Antonio.

The best thing was the Romanian Orthodox Cathedral is in Southfield.  It helped very much to be near my Church.

Alyona,  Do you remember where that church is in Southfield by chance?


And while I'm thinking about it...  Anyone know any AM/RW groups in Michigan by chance?  I know there is a diverse ethnic population on the east side of Detroit (Pole's for sure...)  Just curious.

GS

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Re: Anyone from Michigan?
« Reply #16 on: February 15, 2008, 05:19:24 PM »
I'm from the Kalamazoo area.  I hope to have my fiancee her late next month for an April wedding.
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Re: Anyone from Michigan?
« Reply #17 on: November 05, 2008, 12:35:00 AM »
I live near Walled Lake in Oakland County -- been around here for 8 years, spent most of my younger days in a small town between Grand Rapids and Traverse City (Dad still has a place on Torch Lake). 

"And while I'm thinking about it...  Anyone know any AM/RW groups in Michigan by chance?  I know there is a diverse ethnic population on the east side of Detroit (Pole's for sure...)  Just curious."

GS - I suggest you check out the Detroit area Russian Language group on meetup.com.  They meet every other Sunday in Royal Oak, with a nice mix of Americans interested in Russian language/culture and Russian-speaking immigrants.  There is a very large Ukrainian population in SE Michigan.  I was just at Summit Place in Waterford last weekend, it's not far from me.  Maybe we can hook up one of these days.
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Re: Anyone from Michigan?
« Reply #18 on: November 05, 2009, 10:54:15 AM »
You mentioned Traverse City.  Did you know several hundren Ukrainians immigrated to Traverse City in the last few years?  These are mostly families, not K-1's

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Re: Anyone from Michigan?
« Reply #19 on: November 05, 2009, 11:08:19 AM »
I currently live in Lansing

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Re: Anyone from Michigan?
« Reply #20 on: August 11, 2013, 11:46:59 PM »
I just came across this old thread I started along time ago. The newest posts are already 4 years old. So I'll ask again so we can get current with some possible contacts.


Anyone here from Michigan? If you posted back in 2009 ....or earlier....please post again if you are still around.  I still reside in Gaylord.


Thanks,




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Re: Anyone from Michigan?
« Reply #21 on: August 12, 2013, 06:11:21 AM »
I'm in SE Mich.

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Re: Anyone from Michigan?
« Reply #22 on: August 12, 2013, 07:36:40 AM »
Do they give you Section 8 for living so close to Detroit?
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Re: Anyone from Michigan?
« Reply #23 on: August 12, 2013, 07:41:41 AM »
Do they give you Section 8 for living so close to Detroit?

Hmmm, now that's a thought. Maybe I should apply.

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Re: Anyone from Michigan?
« Reply #24 on: August 13, 2013, 12:38:53 AM »
Larry, Congress is going to include Michiganders in the new Amnesty law: you can pay back dues, buy new fan clothing, and become Cornhusker fans!

You don't need to be completely fluent in Aksarben (the name of the official Cornhusker language is "Nebraska" spelled backwards) as long as you can say "Go Big Red!" without a New Jersey accent.

Plus your children under the age of 21 will automatically become Nebraska citizens and kids over 21 can stay on your health care plan to age 26.

There is a test, but it's easy: question number 11 for example is "What does the N on University of Nebraska Cornhusker football helmets represent?

Answer: N is for Knowledge!
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Re: Anyone from Michigan?
« Reply #25 on: August 13, 2013, 12:47:41 AM »
I thought N was Naught.

As in, Naught was their appearance at the Big 10 Championship game last year.

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Re: Anyone from Michigan?
« Reply #26 on: August 13, 2013, 02:29:30 AM »
Just South of Port Huron in Saint Clair.
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Re: Anyone from Michigan?
« Reply #27 on: August 13, 2013, 06:47:20 AM »
I drove across the Mackinac Bridge a couple of times, and even up to Sault Ste. Marie (both of them).  Interesting to watch the ships pass through the locks.

And just for historical purposes, I peed in Lake Superior, Lake Huron, and Lake Michigan on that trip; and Lake Erie and Lake Ontario on other trips.

How many others can claim to have peed in all 5 Great Lakes?
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Re: Anyone from Michigan?
« Reply #28 on: August 13, 2013, 09:22:07 AM »
Larry, Congress is going to include Michiganders in the new Amnesty law: you can pay back dues, buy new fan clothing, and become Cornhusker fans!

You don't need to be completely fluent in Aksarben (the name of the official Cornhusker language is "Nebraska" spelled backwards) as long as you can say "Go Big Red!" without a New Jersey accent.

Plus your children under the age of 21 will automatically become Nebraska citizens and kids over 21 can stay on your health care plan to age 26.

There is a test, but it's easy: question number 11 for example is "What does the N on University of Nebraska Cornhusker football helmets represent?

Answer: N is for Knowledge!

It's probably as cold in Winter there as it is here. I'm looking to trade up. If there's amnesty I'm going to look into once again becoming a resident of the beautiful Sunshine State.  It's paradise, plus I think it's an easier sell to a FSUW to move to a place with warm, balmy Winters.

We could schedule a January get-together for the many Floridian members and everyone farther North who wants to escape the frigid Winter weather.

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Re: Anyone from Michigan?
« Reply #29 on: August 13, 2013, 09:27:36 AM »
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I thought N was Naught.

As in, Naught was their appearance at the Big 10 Championship game last year.

(Oh, no Bo!)

That is low, Jone, just low. I am chuckling however, but still low.  ;D
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Re: Anyone from Michigan?
« Reply #30 on: August 14, 2013, 09:24:40 AM »
Well, the water in the great lakes, especially Lake Superior, does not warm up very fast. There are many beautiful beaches! But when you wade in, you could start to turn blue.

I think Higgens Lake is really good for swimming. The water is clear and it gets deep gradually as you go out for a long distance.


There are many other large inland lakes. So of the better ones are Torch, Lake Leelanau, Mullet, Burt, and so on.


The Upper Peninsula has many scenic sites, water falls, swift rivers, pictured rocks shoreline, etc. You can take a boat tour that actually goes through the locks along side of whatever ships happen to be going through.


The best way to see the pictured rocks is on the boat tour on a warm, sunny, calm day. When the waves are small, the boat can go into a cave carved out by the wave action and up close to the cliffs.


There are some impressive sand dunes going down to Lake Superior just west of Grand Marais, with an area where they had a log slide.


There were many copper and iron mines. There used to be tours, but they might be all closed now. You can take a chair lift up the hill to Copper Peak; then, go up the elevator about the height of a ten story building, then walk up the steps to the top. From there you can see a great distance. From the top, the ski landing area below looks like a postage stamp! Makes you wonder how anyone would be crazy enough to jump off that structure?


I know of an abandoned gold mine where the entrance is hidden behind a water fall. We found the entrance and went in with flash lights. There were a lot of bats inside!


There are a lot of ghost towns. Fayette is one that has been restored, down in the Garden Peninsula.


I still remember when I caught a 25 pound king salmon on my ultra light rod with 4 pound test line. A bystander caught it on video tape.

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Re: Anyone from Michigan?
« Reply #31 on: August 14, 2013, 09:31:15 AM »
I've been to that ski jump, Wayne.  Except that they call it Ski Flying there. 

Also been to Powerderhorn, Indianhead, Whitecap, etc., where it was a six hour drive through snow to get there during the middle of winter, only to arrive with wind chills up to thirty below. 

And in case Mendy hasn't guessed, my alma matter is Wisconsin.  (Badgers 70, Cornhuskers 31)
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Re: Anyone from Michigan?
« Reply #32 on: August 14, 2013, 09:37:03 AM »
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Re: Anyone from Michigan?
« Reply #33 on: August 14, 2013, 12:24:57 PM »
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Re: Anyone from Michigan?
« Reply #34 on: August 14, 2013, 12:53:26 PM »
...There is a test, but it's easy: question number 11 for example is "What does the N on University of Nebraska Cornhusker football helmets represent?

Answer: N is for Knowledge!


LOL...

I also heard about the math-language test they held not too long ago.

The teacher asked Jerome to spell the word 'before', to which Jerome replied: 'B-E-F-O-R-E, before!

Then she asked Jerome to use the word in a sentence.

Confidently, Jerome replied, '2 plus 2 before!'

 :P

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Re: Anyone from Michigan?
« Reply #35 on: August 14, 2013, 04:05:33 PM »
Dang, love that commercial!
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Re: Anyone from Michigan?
« Reply #36 on: August 15, 2013, 05:58:55 AM »
Dang, love that commercial!

What on earth is it about?  And what is "hump day"?  :ROFL:   ML's birthday?

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Re: Anyone from Michigan?
« Reply #37 on: August 15, 2013, 07:46:02 AM »
Visualize the work week as bell-shaped where Monday is at one low end and Friday and the other low end. Wednesday is at the top as being a 'hump'.
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Re: Anyone from Michigan?
« Reply #38 on: August 15, 2013, 09:48:29 AM »
I grew up just a few blocks north of the Detroit city boundry. We used to walk to the state fair grounds. They used to have an indoor ice skating rink, plus a lot of activities. Things like Outdoor Rama were held there. I remember at the state fair when the Supremes appeared at the outdoor stage. The place was packed!

You have to go back to the 50's to find a Lions team that won anything! That's besides having Sims and Sanders as running backs and other good players--but never put together a team!

The pistons and red wings had their glory days.

Now, the bankrupt city is talking about closing the art institue and selling everything. Closing the zoo and selling off the animals. What a pity!

Some of the burned out areas are being farmed.

I was actually in the blind pig on 14th street just a few weeks before the riots started in Detroit. Next to it was the "violators" motorcycle gang.

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Re: Anyone from Michigan?
« Reply #39 on: August 15, 2013, 10:20:37 AM »
There's a small pocket of a Filipino community in the western outskirt of Detroit.

One day they held a Chinese traditional MahJong competition with almost the entire community showing up. During the competition, the emcee came up to the podium to make an urgent announcement. He knocked on the microphone twice and said,

"Good evening ladies and friends! We would like to make this urgent announcement that there's a car in the parking lot with its headlights on. It is a white 2004 Toyota Camry with a Michigan license plate number 2, 5, 'L' for elephant, 'Q' for cucumber, 6, 5, 4! Please come and turn your headlights off..."
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Re: Anyone from Michigan?
« Reply #40 on: August 18, 2013, 01:40:30 PM »

The Upper Peninsula has many scenic sites, water falls, swift rivers, pictured rocks shoreline, etc. You can take a boat tour that actually goes through the locks along side of whatever ships happen to be going through.


The best way to see the pictured rocks is on the boat tour on a warm, sunny, calm day. When the waves are small, the boat can go into a cave carved out by the wave action and up close to the cliffs.


There are some impressive sand dunes going down to Lake Superior just west of Grand Marais, with an area where they had a log slide.

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from a recent trip with my wife to yooperland.







The Two Hearted river from Hemingway's novel
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Re: Anyone from Michigan?
« Reply #42 on: August 18, 2013, 01:46:11 PM »
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 I've piloted jetskis in all of them..
One trip was  from Mackinaw isle to Chicago.
(that takes some preparation and planning)



I wont admit to peeing in any of them though, I suppose a thanks to you  for raising the water temps are in order.  :o
 
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« Reply #43 on: August 19, 2013, 09:42:55 AM »
Great pictures Jumper!  Hemingway spent a lot of time in Michigan and wrote some about it. I think he actually fished the Fox river--but said it was the Two Hearted in the book to protect his fishing spot.

I know where almost all of your photographs were taken.

 

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