🛝 Introduction for new member (Hav's Playground)

[DFresh11]

Thats kinda amazing.

[DFresh11]

Its summer yall And if you have young kids that arent spending time with personal trainers or catching lightning bugs thats on you

[KarlHess]

It was.

Of course, Adrian Joseph was from T&T but he was from Trinidad.

When we were flying down there from JFK, a girl got on with a UVA hoodie but she stayed on in Tobago when we got off the plane. So she was probably on her way to Trinidad.

[Hoosthechamp]

In between marriages several years ago i started dating this girl and on what i think was our 3rd date i was wearing UVa gear and got asked a similar question. That was our last date. Some things cross the line.

[BDragon]

Funny whwn I first moved to Ireland i took a trip to Inis Mein small island no cars etc Gaelic was the firsr language. I go to thebonly pub on the isle sat down order a beer the bartender starts chatting me up she sees my UVa shirt her daughter graduated from Virginia in the late 90s.

[jazznutUVA]

@CaptainThurman15

That’s not so bad. Out here, I get a least one knucklehead a month who sees me repping my UVA gear and say, “Oh, did you go to Virginia Tech?”

If I wear my old school sweatshirt with the UVa giant orange V on it up near my extended family in Philly… they all ask me why I’m wearing a weird Villanova sweatshirt.

[CaptainThurman15]

Not throwing down lik @BDragon, but with an empty nest and just my petite wife to feed, a classic cedar plank works.

[BDragon]

Oh man I dunno that looks amazing.

[MaineWahoo]

@Hoosthechamp

There all a bunch of communities and towns with the gap name in them. You want some good names. Coon Ridge is just above Hillsville. My girlfriend lives in Scraptown. Low Gap is adjacent to Lambsburg, my home. Actually Pine Ridge is in between. I live on Pipers Gap road which if you take it up the mountain you will be in Pipers Gap…Its not far from there to Snake Creek.The nickname for the community is Nubbinsville.You have to go through Nubbinsville to get to Mayberry. I haven’t scratched the surface of the town and community names around here

Semi related and very odd topic, but in Maine we have a bunch of towns named after countries (as I’m sure many states do). There’s a Poland, Sweden, Denmark, Peru, China, Norway, etc.

One summer in high school I was working with a kid and we were chatting and he said “Yeah, last summer I went to summer camp in China.” I naturally replied, “Wow, that’s amazing. Did you learn any of the language?” And he just stared at me like I was an idiot. Then he said “No, China, Maine.” I just said “Oh come on, that is not the default China.” He did not agree.

Anyway, there’s an exciting story for everyone. Have a good night!

[haney]

In upstate NY, there is a Homer and an Ovid. I swear I have a memory as a child driving up on back roads to see my dad’s fam in Rochester, and there was a sign that said Homer defeats Ovid (presumably HS football) 7-0.

[4547Lambeth]

I remember when I was driving from Charlottesville to San Francisco after college, I either passed through or stopped for a night in Cuba, Missouri.

I actually can’t think of cities or towns or counties in VA named after countries. Lots named the same as English cities or towns, but not countries.

[Hoohoohoo]

@4547Lambeth

I actually can’t think of cities or towns or counties in VA named after countries.

Lebanon, VA

[GMoney]

@4547Lambeth

cities or towns or counties in VA named after countries

It’s not a country, but there is a Java, Virginia, in Pittsylvania County. This is nowhere near on topic, but also in Pittsylvania, if you drive north on Route 29 from Danville toward Chatham, you’ll pass through Tightsqueeze and then Climax.

[DFresh11]

Graves Mountain Lodge in Syria VA just outside of CVille. Do not know of an Aleppo though

[jazznutUVA]

@4547Lambeth

I remember when I was driving from Charlottesville to San Francisco after college, I either passed through or stopped for a night in Cuba, Missouri.

I just Google searched cities in the US with country names as it was an interesting question… and not many in Virginia, but more than I was expecting

Angola - Angola, NY & Angola, Indiana
Brazil - Brazil, Indiana
Cuba - Cuba, Missouri (as mentioned by @4547Lambeth )
Lebanon - Lebanon, Tennessee & Lebanon, Missouri (it doesn’t mention the Virginia town mentioned above by @Hoohoohoo)… also mentioned New Labanon, Pennsylvania
Mexico - Mexico, Maine & Mexico, Missouri
Morocco - Morocco, Indiana
Panama - Panama City, Florida (possibly?)
Peru - Peru, Nebraska; Peru, Illinois; Peru, New York; Peru, Indiana; Peru, Kansas; Peru, Pennsylvania; Peru, Vermont; Peru, Maine; Peru, Iowa; Peru, West Virginia (What is up w/ Peru? It definitely wins)
Singapore - Singapore, Michigan

[Hoohoohoo]

Pronounced Lebnin by the locals.

Lebanon, Virginia

[jazznutUVA]

I forgot to mention I’m working on an IT modernization project in Beirut… I’ll be in Lebanon next month!

[haney]

Michigan just got a recruit from Lebanon (the country, not the town). He’ll play against us next year. Looks like he might be decent.

[Hoosthechamp]

Yea the Tightsqueeze comes before Climax

[DubstotheThird]

In NBA news, Skip Bayliss trying to pick fights with Westbrook and Draymond is hilarious… I can’t wait to see how this plays out. Throw Barkley into that four person podcast and it would be epic.