Great Lakes, Great Tunnels: the State of Michigan Thread

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  1. Tug

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    You guys are awful whiney over 6-9 inches. DC got hit with 18-24 inches and all I heard from back home was "lol! Just an average day here!"
     
  2. ~ taylor ~

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    Snow hitting at the start of rush hour equals bad traffic for rush hour. There is still bread on the shelves at Kroger.
     
  3. Tug

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    Lol at Michigan traffic. Boo hoo
     
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  4. jokewood

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    Food court or refrigerated?
     
  5. Constant

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    Sure, but I'm a warm pussy. Which is really the best kind.
     
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  6. ~ taylor ~

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    Frozen. :( I was led to believe something better would be waiting for me.
     
  7. AHebrewToo

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    Work from home smuggy today in west Michigan.
     
  8. AHebrewToo

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    #FirstClassStateProblems
     
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  9. ~ taylor ~

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    I'm sure I would have froze to death while my car burned around me if I lived somewhere in the Mid Atlantic.
     
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    Its still weird not having Zane on the Free Beer and Hot Wings show.
     
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  13. Blu Tang Clan

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  14. Thoros of Beer

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    Other states do this too..
     
  15. Tug

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    Yeah, but not as well.
     
  16. ~ taylor ~

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    With the weather (supposedly) warming up next week, I'm getting excited for spring and summer. Gonna be up north a lot this summer.
     
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  17. Constant

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    If those states were so great, they would have their own sweet thread on TMB.

    I don't even live their and I think Michigan is the GOAT state. #unbiased
     
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  18. ~ taylor ~

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    C'mon Cleveland:

    One hundred fifty miles northwest of here, the residents of Flint, Mich., are still reeling from the drinking water debacle that more than doubled the share of children with elevated levels of lead in their blood — to a peak, in mid-2014, of 7 percent of all children tested.

    Clevelanders can only sympathize. The comparable number here is 14.2 percent.


    Jesus Pennsylvania:

    Statewide, 9.37 percent of children younger than 7 tested had blood levels of 5 micrograms per deciliter, the measure the CDC uses to define an elevated blood lead level. But the Lehigh Valley's three cities scored much higher. At 23 percent, Allentown leads the state. Bethlehem's rate is 14.32 percent, and Easton's 15.9 percent.

    Fucking Philly is at 10%. Comparably, NYC is at 2%.
     
  19. Thoros of Beer

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    this just goes to show that as we get older, not all of us get wiser.
     
  20. VaxRule

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    Let's not minimize how awful the Flint water situation is by comparing it to third world countries. We should expect better in Michigan.
     
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  21. Tug

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    Also don't want to trigger other fan bases in here
     
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  22. ~ taylor ~

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    Wait until I refer to the old state slogan "Lady of the Lake" in the thread title. Corch may literally stroke out.
     
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  23. Bruce Wayne

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    One last round of snow in Gotham on Saturday and then all next week is supposed to be in the 50s/60s. Cannot wait
     
  24. NilesIrish

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    Same here, snow tonight, rain tomorrow, 65 by Tuesday, it's going to be a mess.
     
  25. ~ taylor ~

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    Yeah, after Sunday there isn't a low on the forecast below 41. Spring is in the air.
     
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  27. CraigAnne Conway

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    Doesnt Corch know you guys have a lot of lakes?
    Someone better tell him!
     
  28. nofatchildren - cissp

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    Hmph, TIL Antonio Gates finished 2nd in Mr. Basketball in 1998. Makes sense, since he went to Kent State on a basketball scholarship and all, but I never hear him associated with the state of Michigan in any way, for whatever reason.
     
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  29. Corch

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    LAKES LAKES LAKES
     
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  30. Tug

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    He played football at MSU but left because Saban wouldn't let him play basketball
     
  31. Heesu

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    Yup, Detroit Central. They won at least 1 state title - he was good. Didn't he have a pretty good college hoops career?
     
  32. $P1

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    NYC water is incredible.
     
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  33. DayDomination

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    I like lakes. Lakes are great.
     
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  34. Constant

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    Contrary to popular opinion, rats are very clean animals.
     
  35. NilesIrish

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    8) Gerrit Brigitha, Niles - 60

    Kid was such a beast, only guy I know of from Niles to go D1 at Central. Little Freshman Niles was awestruck by this 6'8" kid rolling around the halls.
     
  36. Blu Tang Clan

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    Yeah, he was the star player on Kent State's Elite 8 team in 2002.
     
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  37. RalfBully

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    60s all wk. Hopefully will be playing golf by St. Pattys.
     
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  38. CraigAnne Conway

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    Vernors is a pretty good Michigan product
     
  39. Constant

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    I'm sure I've :old: on TMB about this before, but Vernors, while still in a class by itself amongst ginger ales, is but a pale imitation of the old timey version. When soda fountains were a thing, the raw unbottled stuff would strip paint.
     
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  40. CraigAnne Conway

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    I have no doubt that's true, but like you said, still very unique from other ginger ales.
     
  41. ~ taylor ~

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    I drank some Vernor's this weekend. Still potent enough to make me cough.
     
  42. Lip

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    No, that was due to the dick you also had in your mouth.
     
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  43. ~ taylor ~

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    I'm not sure what was going on this morning, but in the span of 45 seconds a guy ran a red light coming from my left while I was turning left with the arrow, and then a douchebag sat through half a green light in front of me until the hoking horns finally woke him up. The guy who ran the red light was lucky I was paying attention; if I had just made my turn he would have drilled me. He had his phone up to his face, of course. I'm assuming the guy who sat through the light was also on his phone.
     
  44. ~ taylor ~

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    That would explain it.
     
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  45. Tug

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    Are you driving in Maryland or Massachusetts?
     
  46. ~ taylor ~

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    If so, I got super lost.
     
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  47. Tug

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    You're not going to make it to work on time
     
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  48. CraigAnne Conway

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    You're in Columbus? Why didn't you call me?!
     
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  49. CraigAnne Conway

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    Add a little Crown to it next time
     
  50. ~ taylor ~

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    Not after I stop for some chowder I'm not.