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Title: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: PowercatPat on May 27, 2009, 09:35:13 PM
How the frack do you live in tiny-ass towns? I mean like wtf do you do to pass your time? Seems like it would suck and there'd be nothing to do or see. What's life like?
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: steve dave on May 27, 2009, 09:36:53 PM
How the frack do you live in tiny-ass towns? I mean like wtf do you do to pass your time? Seems like it would suck and there'd be nothing to do or see. What's life like?

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Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: Pike on May 27, 2009, 09:39:52 PM
I have many friends from small towns. I guess back in the day they used to just drive around and get hammered.
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: RonLongshaft on May 27, 2009, 09:59:39 PM
I have many friends from small towns. I guess back in the day they used to just drive around and get hammered.

pretty much nailed it, not from Western KS but am from an extremely small town in Eastern KS and this is one of my favorite past times
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: Pete on May 27, 2009, 10:38:38 PM
It's not like people in larger towns really get out and enjoy all the social offering any more than small town people.  Mostly what this translates into is places to eat, and/or you are single and have the ability to crush strange ass frequently.  Assuming you like to cook, or you aren't particularly discriminating about where you eat, there really isn't much difference in lifestyle for most people....if you are lucky enough to have what it takes to consistently nail strange, then stay away from small towns.
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: michigancat on May 27, 2009, 11:02:06 PM
It's not like people in larger towns really get out and enjoy all the social offering any more than small town people.  Mostly what this translates into is places to eat, and/or you are single and have the ability to crush strange ass frequently.  Assuming you like to cook, or you aren't particularly discriminating about where you eat, there really isn't much difference in lifestyle for most people....if you are lucky enough to have what it takes to consistently nail strange, then stay away from small towns.

Yeah.  I mean, cire lived in KC his entire life and it took him like 8 years to find Grinders for christ's sake.
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: michigancat on May 27, 2009, 11:02:37 PM
How the frack do you live in tiny-ass towns? I mean like wtf do you do to pass your time? Seems like it would suck and there'd be nothing to do or see. What's life like?

and what the &@#% do you do where you live?
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: schreds21 on May 27, 2009, 11:02:54 PM
Fish, Hunt, Drink, Fight, F@ck.  Not neccesarily in that order.
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: maxq on May 28, 2009, 12:59:10 AM
Fish, Hunt, Drink, Fight, F@ck.  Not neccesarily in that order.

Please don't ever go any place where you might be thought representative of the alumni of Kansas State University. tia
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: steve dave on May 28, 2009, 07:02:23 AM
Fish, Hunt, Drink, Fight, F@ck.  Not neccesarily in that order.

Please don't ever go any place where you might be thought representative of the alumni of Kansas State University. tia

lol
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: jeffy on May 28, 2009, 09:17:58 AM
Happiness comes from inside, from the soul.  You can be content with what you have or you can always desire to have more.  Unless you live in the river basin of the SW, you can always seek solace in nature.  There's quite a lot to be said for walking outside and hearing birds, the wind whistling through the trees, and a spring thunderstorm, rather than be bombarded by traffic noises, police sirens, and your domestic abuse neighbors fighting at 3AM.
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: cas on May 28, 2009, 09:56:20 AM
This thread is like the story of my life. . .

During school you are involved with sports and stuff so that takes up a good chunk of your time. On weekend's you just call up some friends and just chill at somebody's house watch some TV, do whatever.

Come summer time, you basically go lift from about 6-9 am and then that's about it for the physically demanding part of it. If you have good/fun friends that aren't content with just doing nothing, summer goes by pretty quickly. At times though, the whole small town part of life can get pretty annoying. (driving 80 or so miles roundtrip to watch a movie in theaters.)

But I've have good friends that are good smelling people, so we usually don't have a problem getting bored or anything.
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: Oklahoma_Cat on May 28, 2009, 09:59:31 AM
^  goes to GC for fun.   :lol:

The only difference between a small crap kansas town and a big crap kansas town is that it takes longer to get anywhere in the big towns.  the idea of superiority from someone who lives in topeka or wichita is hilarious. 
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: cas on May 28, 2009, 10:01:11 AM
^  goes to GC for fun.   :lol:

I wouldn't necessarily say "fun", but to watch a movie and to shop, yes.
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: Oklahoma_Cat on May 28, 2009, 10:02:07 AM
i took my date for my prom junior year to that dinner theater place in your village. 
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: Kat Kid on May 28, 2009, 11:07:50 AM
Folks, let's be honest here.

Living in the Little Apple is pretty great.

I walk to the bars, bike when tooling around town, play soccer with foreigners @ Old Stadium, hang with young professional up n comers @ RAB, CoCo's whatever, drive out to Little Grill on a lazy summer afternoon and hold it down for hours, get ridic and let the wedding ring wiggle in to the 5th pocket on my Levi's @ tub club (for no reason) or just hanging out around Mt. EMAW.

I mean it really is the best.
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: steve dave on May 28, 2009, 11:11:38 AM
Folks, let's be honest here.

Living in the Little Apple is pretty great.

I walk to the bars, bike when tooling around town, play soccer with foreigners @ Old Stadium, hang with young professional up n comers @ RAB, CoCo's whatever, drive out to Little Grill on a lazy summer afternoon and hold it down for hours, get ridic and let the wedding ring wiggle in to the 5th pocket on my Levi's @ tub club (for no reason) or just hanging out around Mt. EMAW.

I mean it really is the best.

That pretty much just talked me into moving back  :'(
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: cas on May 28, 2009, 11:30:21 AM
i took my date for my prom junior year to that dinner theater place in your village. 

Classy.
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: steve dave on May 28, 2009, 11:32:14 AM
 :Carl:
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: cas on May 28, 2009, 11:55:57 AM
:Carl:

You get to see your fair share out here.
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: steve dave on May 28, 2009, 01:12:56 PM
Alright Small Town EMAWS! 

It's time for the sd Small Town Off!  Post the population of the town you are from!  The closest one to the smallest wins a small prize.  GO!

1,400 (roughly)
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: sys on May 28, 2009, 01:19:15 PM
i lived in a town of under 10 for a while.  not in ks though.
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: michigancat on May 28, 2009, 02:02:55 PM
59 according to the latest census.  but I didn't live in town.  but I lived in the same square mile.  :runaway:
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: steve dave on May 28, 2009, 02:06:34 PM
59 according to the latest census.  but I didn't live in town.  but I lived in the same square mile.  :runaway:

Yeah, I lived 2.5 miles from town  :Driving: (< 14 year old sd driving to school)
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: jthutch on May 28, 2009, 03:15:45 PM
3 miles outside of a town of about 100.  What did I do growing up? :skillz: We would go to the park and hoop it up all summer long.  One of my friends had a pool and it turned into the towns public pool pretty much every summer.  Then in a small town you would work 12-14 hour days on the farm.  Did this from age 13-18 untill getting to move to EMAWville.  Lots of driving around building random stuff out in the trees (moonshine stils, meth labs)  You know all the common things.
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: cyclist on May 28, 2009, 03:17:13 PM
My hometown has too much population to win this contest.  As of the 2000 census, Atchison, KS has a population of 10,232.

:cyclist: :cyclist: :cyclist: :cyclist:
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: kstate16 on May 28, 2009, 03:19:54 PM
i never want to leave.

also, like the Little Grille shoutout, phenomenal.
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: krazykat on May 28, 2009, 03:28:06 PM
800 people in town. graduated with 42 peeps.
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: steve dave on May 28, 2009, 03:33:46 PM
800 people in town. graduated with 42 peeps.

So, a full 5.25% of your town's population was in your graduating class?  Is it one of those children of the corn towns where everyone is killed when they turn 25 or something?
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: Joker on May 28, 2009, 03:46:13 PM
You have to be creative.  Gather a large amount of hedge balls into the back of a pickup.  Drive the country side chucking them at mailboxes.  Keep score.

Also, go on a fishing trip.  Catch of bunch of small fish.  Drive the country side putting small fish in mailboxes.
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: krazykat on May 28, 2009, 03:54:35 PM
800 people in town. graduated with 42 peeps.

So, a full 5.25% of your town's population was in your graduating class?  Is it one of those children of the corn towns where everyone is killed when they turn 25 or something?

most of the peeps live outside of the city limits (on farms).
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: cas on May 28, 2009, 04:53:56 PM
3,855
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: jthutch on May 28, 2009, 04:57:35 PM
You have to be creative.  Gather a large amount of hedge balls into the back of a pickup.  Drive the country side chucking them at mailboxes.  Keep score.

Also, go on a fishing trip.  Catch of bunch of small fish.  Drive the country side putting small fish in mailboxes.

Had 5 friends who ended up in jail for the hedge apple game!  Had to do community service and attend a citizenship class.  They also used bats.
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: steve dave on May 28, 2009, 06:25:09 PM
You have to be creative.  Gather a large amount of hedge balls into the back of a pickup.  Drive the country side chucking them at mailboxes.  Keep score.

Also, go on a fishing trip.  Catch of bunch of small fish.  Drive the country side putting small fish in mailboxes.

Had 5 friends who ended up in jail for the hedge apple game!  Had to do community service and attend a citizenship class.  They also used bats.

Yeah, I know some guys that got in pretty big trouble for that.  They also shot a guy and drug his dead corpse behind their truck.
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: RonLongshaft on May 28, 2009, 06:33:53 PM
247. 8th grade class of 13 and had to go to neighboring city for HS
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: hemmy on May 28, 2009, 06:45:04 PM
I went to HS with a professional Yo-Yo'r.  Made about 50k/yr.  He had lots of nice cars and let other people drive them. 

Salina (45,000) doesn't really count as "small (or not THAT small)" or "western" but, w/e.
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: The1BigWillie on May 28, 2009, 07:30:33 PM
247. 8th grade class of 13 and had to go to neighboring city for HS

Ron, did we got to 8th grade together?  My stats are very similar but I think my hometown was 270 or something like that. 

Anyway... A lot of the kids were in FFA and 4H.  I drank, played ball, and tried nailing the same 5 or so girls for 18 years.  Lots of country cruising, mailbox baseball, car wrecks, firearms, and drinking. 
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: dlew12 on May 28, 2009, 07:40:15 PM
43,434

Graduating class of ~350.   77 went to K-state.

A person from my high school played back-up safety in the prince era he is our only famous alumni.

Can YOU guess where Dlew12 is from? 
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: RonLongshaft on May 28, 2009, 08:48:12 PM
247. 8th grade class of 13 and had to go to neighboring city for HS

Ron, did we got to 8th grade together?  My stats are very similar but I think my hometown was 270 or something like that. 

Anyway... A lot of the kids were in FFA and 4H.  I drank, played ball, and tried nailing the same 5 or so girls for 18 years.  Lots of country cruising, mailbox baseball, car wrecks, firearms, and drinking. 

playing the law of %ages i'm guessing probably not, but everything you said is spot on! maybe its bizzaro world.
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: The1BigWillie on May 28, 2009, 09:25:25 PM
247. 8th grade class of 13 and had to go to neighboring city for HS

Ron, did we got to 8th grade together?  My stats are very similar but I think my hometown was 270 or something like that. 

Anyway... A lot of the kids were in FFA and 4H.  I drank, played ball, and tried nailing the same 5 or so girls for 18 years.  Lots of country cruising, mailbox baseball, car wrecks, firearms, and drinking. 

playing the law of %ages i'm guessing probably not, but everything you said is spot on! maybe its bizzaro world.

My town is about 30 miles south of I-70 near the turnpike.  I bet we did the same girls.  :yuck:
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: schreds21 on May 28, 2009, 09:51:37 PM
247. 8th grade class of 13 and had to go to neighboring city for HS

Ron, did we got to 8th grade together?  My stats are very similar but I think my hometown was 270 or something like that. 

Anyway... A lot of the kids were in FFA and 4H.  I drank, played ball, and tried nailing the same 5 or so girls for 18 years.  Lots of country cruising, mailbox baseball, car wrecks, firearms, and drinking. 

Carefull, Max will ask you not to associate yourself with KSU
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: RonLongshaft on May 28, 2009, 09:56:51 PM
247. 8th grade class of 13 and had to go to neighboring city for HS

Ron, did we got to 8th grade together?  My stats are very similar but I think my hometown was 270 or something like that. 

Anyway... A lot of the kids were in FFA and 4H.  I drank, played ball, and tried nailing the same 5 or so girls for 18 years.  Lots of country cruising, mailbox baseball, car wrecks, firearms, and drinking. 

playing the law of %ages i'm guessing probably not, but everything you said is spot on! maybe its bizzaro world.

My town is about 30 miles south of I-70 near the turnpike.  I bet we did the same girls.  :yuck:

 :scared:
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: PowercatPat on May 28, 2009, 10:01:03 PM
43,434

Graduating class of ~350.   77 went to K-state.

A person from my high school played back-up safety in the prince era he is our only famous alumni.

Can YOU guess where Dlew12 is from? 

Andrew Erker
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: dlew12 on May 28, 2009, 10:26:05 PM
43,434

Graduating class of ~350.   77 went to K-state.

A person from my high school played back-up safety in the prince era he is our only famous alumni.

Can YOU guess where Dlew12 is from? 

Andrew Erker


 :clap:
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: PowercatPat on May 28, 2009, 10:31:10 PM
43,434

Graduating class of ~350.   77 went to K-state.

A person from my high school played back-up safety in the prince era he is our only famous alumni.

Can YOU guess where Dlew12 is from? 

Andrew Erker


 :clap:

 :adored:
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: Saulbadguy on May 28, 2009, 11:30:52 PM
"Hey, i've been to Topeka before!"
"Class trip?"
"YEAH, we went to the top of the Capitol!!"

Out of staters, I get the standard "Yeah, i've driven through there before."

 :flush:
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: Kat Kid on May 28, 2009, 11:56:52 PM
"Hey, i've been to Topeka before!"
"Class trip?"
"YEAH, we went to the top of the Capitol!!"

Out of staters, I get the standard "Yeah, i've driven through there before."

 :flush:


dude you need to get out of there.
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: Saulbadguy on May 29, 2009, 12:16:27 AM
"Hey, i've been to Topeka before!"
"Class trip?"
"YEAH, we went to the top of the Capitol!!"

Out of staters, I get the standard "Yeah, i've driven through there before."

 :flush:


dude you need to get out of there.
Love it here.  Really like being around so much government.  :kstatriot:
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: fatty fat fat on May 29, 2009, 12:28:51 AM
"Hey, i've been to Topeka before!"
"Class trip?"
"YEAH, we went to the top of the Capitol!!"

Out of staters, I get the standard "Yeah, i've driven through there before."

 :flush:


yup. 5th and 6th grade. "lunch" was the highlight of the trips.
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: powercatmiller on May 29, 2009, 08:41:17 PM
Town of maybe 2000 graduated with 47

Famous Alumni. Toss up between 
Jim Golden - pitcher for the dodgers in the 60's
Mark Elliot- Former Dodger minor league player former nationwide golf player former QB at Washburn former KSU golf coach current 580 personality
Chad Taylor- Shawnee County DA
Lon Kruger-Basketball coach
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: cyclist on May 29, 2009, 08:55:56 PM
Town of maybe 2000 graduated with 47

Famous Alumni. Toss up between 
Jim Golden - pitcher for the dodgers in the 60's
Mark Elliot- Former Dodger minor league player former nationwide golf player former QB at Washburn former KSU golf coach current 580 personality
Chad Taylor- Shawnee County DA
Lon Kruger-Basketball coach

Silver Lake ?

Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: Thin Blue Line on May 29, 2009, 09:47:05 PM
Town of maybe 2000 graduated with 47

Famous Alumni. Toss up between 
Jim Golden - pitcher for the dodgers in the 60's
Mark Elliot- Former Dodger minor league player former nationwide golf player former QB at Washburn former KSU golf coach current 580 personality
Chad Taylor- Shawnee County DA
Lon Kruger-Basketball coach

Silver Lake ?




Ding, ding, ding!
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: dlew12 on May 30, 2009, 12:29:49 AM
Love Silver Lake, LOVE it.  I take 24 specifically so I can drive through the town.

My favorite part is these 2 houses right next to each right outside the SLHS football field.  One has a ku mailbox, the other's is EMAW'd up.  I like to think they're huge rivals and pull all sorts of pranks on eachother (i.e. EMAW let's his dog crap in the ku guy's yard etc.).
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: Saulbadguy on May 30, 2009, 12:36:41 AM
Silver Lake has the best chinese restaurant this side of the Mississippi.

Not kidding.
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: powercatmiller on June 01, 2009, 09:13:23 PM
You know you have a good restraunt when your open 2 days a week. Then take 5 days off
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: The1BigWillie on June 01, 2009, 09:18:29 PM
Chad Taylor?  He graduate in '92?  Big kid?
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: wes mantooth on June 01, 2009, 10:18:03 PM
400 peeps, 24 in graduating class (3 of which were foreign exchange students).
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: sonofdaxjones on June 01, 2009, 10:23:24 PM
I miss Manhattan. 
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: krazykat on June 01, 2009, 11:54:36 PM
400 peeps, 24 in graduating class (3 of which were foreign exchange students).

interesting point, exchange students. my HS had so many problems they actually quit accepting them. they were really nerdy social outcasts, huge drunks/druggies &@#% ups, or huge skanks. was this just my lil HS or pretty much the standard for exchange students???
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: wes mantooth on June 02, 2009, 01:03:43 PM
400 peeps, 24 in graduating class (3 of which were foreign exchange students).

interesting point, exchange students. my HS had so many problems they actually quit accepting them. they were really nerdy social outcasts, huge drunks/druggies frack ups, or huge skanks. was this just my lil HS or pretty much the standard for exchange students???

Standard
Title: Re: Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....
Post by: Dirty Sanchez on June 02, 2009, 01:20:12 PM
400 peeps, 24 in graduating class (3 of which were foreign exchange students).

interesting point, exchange students. my HS had so many problems they actually quit accepting them. they were really nerdy social outcasts, huge drunks/druggies frack ups, or huge skanks. was this just my lil HS or pretty much the standard for exchange students???

Standard

Yes