> > > Don "Waiting for somebody who lives in West Virginia to flame him" Monkey
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> > If there are any West Virginians that frequent this site, they have yet to show themselves or declare their point of origin.
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> > Here in Ohio at least, West Virginians often get a bad rap for being uncultured redneck hicks that all live in the back of the woods in the bottom of a "holler" (hollow). But I've known quite a few who weren't that way at all...
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> > Gri"of course, they didn't live there anymore, and maybe there's a reason for that"shny
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> I've never lived in West Virginia, but I've visited there a lot. I have plenty of ancestors buried there and my father was born in Parkersburg. West Virginia, like a lot of nearby states, is grossly misunderstood. It has beautiful mountains and friendly people. If you visit, you will soon learn that West Virginia has a lot of class. Check out the pastorial beauty of Greenbriar County in the south, and the classic city of Huntington where the Ohio and Big Sandy join. Visit the Greenbriar hotel at White Surfur Springs for elegance and Lewisburg for history.
> Howard
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Well, there will soon be a Rinkie who lives in West Virginia. There's no set date still (my roomie-to-be is showing himself to be not very reliable so far -- maybe I should just get my own apartment), but I WILL move there. Yes, it is a beautiful state, and I have way more friends there than any other place I've ever lived.

Aya"Oh, and Monkeyman: FLAME FLAME FLAME FLAME FLAME! Happy now? ;-P"ko