RustyKSUinMichigan's thoughts on Michigan *9 MONTH UPDATE*

[chum1]

hey chum1, how do apple growers do in southern ohio?  prob. too warm, but maybe not.  anyways, when you get a chance, pls let me know.

I don't know sh*t about growing apples.  I know a tale about a boatload of blueberries grown in Michigan and some pirates outside of Hong Kong, but I don't know sh*t about growing blueberries either.  I did stop by a place called the Apple Barn in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee en route to the Alum Cave trail head in The Great Smoky Mountains National Park this past weekend.  Overall, I guess what I'm trying to say is that apples are pretty f*cking boring.

[pissclams]

know what you guys should do in MI when on vaca with Rusty and his wife and beautiful spawn in MI?  two words... hang glide.   

[sys]

I don't know sh*t about growing apples.  I know a tale about a boatload of blueberries grown in Michigan and some pirates outside of Hong Kong, but I don't know sh*t about growing blueberries either.  I did stop by a place called the Apple Barn in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee en route to the Alum Cave trail head in The Great Smoky Mountains National Park this past weekend.  Overall, I guess what I'm trying to say is that apples are pretty f*cking boring.

sounds like apples don't do real well in southern ohio.  pretty much what i thought, but thanks for the report.


thanks also for the tip on tennessee.  i'll check into that, and let you know what i find out.

[cyclist]

I will always read updates to this thread.  The updates will always suck.

I did find it humorous that cyclist is a bicycle elitist, though.

At least the bike didn't have a kick-stand !

Actually the basket did come in handy to carry the camera.  I'm just so used to not having a coaster brake - We were both braking when we really didn't want to brake...

[michigancat]

hey, time for an update:

1)  Everyone lives by a lake, but they have to have a cottage they go to on another lake.
2)  Every independent restaurant that serves hamburgers has an olive burger.
3)  People are pretty douchey in west michigan, overall.  If you ain't dutch, you ain't much.  The weird Dutch churches are everywhere.
4)  They have (and enforce) a law that says you can't leave your car while you're fueling.  I tried to go inside the store and buy something while fueling, and the attendant told me to go back to my car, and I was like, "seriously", and he was like, "yeah, it's the law".  I asked about this to a group of native Michiganders and they were all like, "yeah, I'm pretty sure that's enforced everywhere in the world" because they've all never been anywhere but Michigan.

I'll open the thread for questions, and RIP Clams.

[michigancat]

Forgot a big one:

People here love to put fake flowers in pots on their front porch.  Like, you go for a walk and they are even obviously fake from the sidewalk.  Hilarious.

[michigancat]

another one:  You have to pay to get into a county fair here.  I'm not talking paying for rides - I'm talking about paying to get into the barn and walk through pig sh*t.  They have one fair that's supposed to be a big deal because it's the "largest free fair", but they charge for parking.

[steve dave]

Hey countyfaircat, which is your favorite pig? 

Hampshire?   

[Kat Kid]

the cottage thing is ridic true.

even the poorest boo radley has a cottage somewhere.

my fam has a fam cottage up in Colchester, CN.  pretty elite, but didn't bring it up before because I don't like to make other one house in one country having folks.

[michigancat]

Hey countyfaircat, which is your favorite pig?  

Hampshire?  

I'm not paying for a goddam piece of sh*t county fair.  dammit.

[Stupid Fitz]

Back to recycling. I went to a Michigan game once and was tailgating. I elitely pounded a beer and asked a d00d where the trash can was. He said, just toss it on the ground. I was all, no way d00d I give a hoot and don't pollute. He was all, just do it. So I did and the most amazing thing happened. Out of nowhere, this other d00d swooped in and picked it up. He was like a ballboy at Wimbledon, crazy fast.

[steve dave]

Hey countyfaircat, which is your favorite pig?  

Hampshire?  

I'm not paying for a goddam piece of sh*t county fair.  dammit.

JFC, don't even know why we call you countyfaircat with that attitude

[michigancat]

Back to recycling. I went to a Michigan game once and was tailgating. I elitely pounded a beer and asked a d00d where the trash can was. He said, just toss it on the ground. I was all, no way d00d I give a hoot and don't pollute. He was all, just do it. So I did and the most amazing thing happened. Out of nowhere, this other d00d swooped in and picked it up. He was like a ballboy at Wimbledon, crazy fast.

Ha, this is true.  Anywhere there is a crowd, there is someone with a trash sack picking up cans.

When you go into the stinky places to get your bottle recycling money, people have multiple barrels of bottles full.  Rusty gets funny looks when I walk in returning my 12 pack of ridiculously elite beer bottles.  It could be my elite, pleasant, Kansan aroma that turns heads, though.

Did you know that they actually charge you for the bottles when you buy the beer?  It's shown on the receipt as a bottle charge seperate from the actual price of beer.

[michigancat]

the cottage thing is ridic true.

even the poorest boo radley has a cottage somewhere.

my fam has a fam cottage up in Colchester, CN.  pretty elite, but didn't bring it up before because I don't like to make other one house in one country having folks.

see, most people I know with cottages have one that's only an hour or 2 away.  NO ONE has one in Canada.

[steve dave]

Did you know that they actually charge you for the bottles when you buy the beer?  It's shown on the receipt as a bottle charge seperate from the actual price of beer.

Is it shown on the prices at the store...like, in the cooler is it totalled together or do they just hit you with it at checkout?

[michigancat]

Did you know that they actually charge you for the bottles when you buy the beer?  It's shown on the receipt as a bottle charge seperate from the actual price of beer.

Is it shown on the prices at the store...like, in the cooler is it totalled together or do they just hit you with it at checkout?

hit you at checkout.  NOT included in price at the cooler.  sometimes there's a sign that will say "plus bottle deposit" or something.  but usually they just ring it up at the register.

[Stupid Fitz]

Yeah, I was like man, beer is expensive here. You pay up front for the recycling. I am pretty sure that the guy that picked up my cans was rich.

[Kat Kid]

the cottage thing is ridic true.

even the poorest boo radley has a cottage somewhere.

my fam has a fam cottage up in Colchester, CN.  pretty elite, but didn't bring it up before because I don't like to make other one house in one country having folks.

see, most people I know with cottages have one that's only an hour or 2 away.  NO ONE has one in Canada.

To be fair Colchester is well within 1.5 hours from Detroit.

[BigCat]

the cottage thing is ridic true.

even the poorest boo radley has a cottage somewhere.

my fam has a fam cottage up in Colchester, CN.  pretty elite, but didn't bring it up before because I don't like to make other one house in one country having folks.

see, most people I know with cottages have one that's only an hour or 2 away.  NO ONE has one in Canada.

To be fair Colchester is well within 1.5 hours from Detroit.

Got confused about the location of Colchester when you didn't use the appropriate 'ON' postal designation. Let's stick with the program, that's why we have laws.

rusty- I'm wondering if everyone up there is walking around in their fleeces yet, even though it's August and the heat and humidity are likely high. I've noticed that despite some of the best weather in the country, Denverites seem to loathe summer and will walk around in full North Face system of dress during July as if to thumb their nose at young man summer.

[Thin Blue Line]

Don't forget the "Michigan Left"

[michigancat]

Don't forget the "Michigan Left"

don't forget to "read the thread"

http://www.ksufans.com/forums/index.php?topic=36158.msg483755#msg483755

rusty- I'm wondering if everyone up there is walking around in their fleeces yet, even though it's August and the heat and humidity are likely high. I've noticed that despite some of the best weather in the country, Denverites seem to loathe summer and will walk around in full North Face system of dress during July as if to thumb their nose at young man summer.

Well, I will admit to wearing a fleece occasionally myself in the summer.  Why?  Because it's f*cking 55 degrees out in August, that's why.  I'm not the type of guy that thinks that will be unnecessarily uncomfortable just because the calendar says it should be warmer.

Overall, the summer has been absolutely gorgeous.  It's like that nice week of spring early in May in Kansas, only it lasts for 3 months.  BEAUTIFUL weather up here.

[Chingon]

Some words of advice (this is to sys as well)

If its clear and yellow, you've got juice there fella!

If its tangy and brown, you're in cider town!

The above has gotten me out of more than a few scrapes in life.

[BigCat]

Don't forget the "Michigan Left"

don't forget to "read the thread"

http://www.ksufans.com/forums/index.php?topic=36158.msg483755#msg483755

rusty- I'm wondering if everyone up there is walking around in their fleeces yet, even though it's August and the heat and humidity are likely high. I've noticed that despite some of the best weather in the country, Denverites seem to loathe summer and will walk around in full North Face system of dress during July as if to thumb their nose at young man summer.

Well, I will admit to wearing a fleece occasionally myself in the summer.  Why?  Because it's f*cking 55 degrees out in August, that's why.  I'm not the type of guy that thinks that will be unnecessarily uncomfortable just because the calendar says it should be warmer.

Overall, the summer has been absolutely gorgeous.  It's like that nice week of spring early in May in Kansas, only it lasts for 3 months.  BEAUTIFUL weather up here.

I'm not opposed to temperature-appropriate clothing; if it was 55* I'd be wearing fleece as well. But I'm talking about dudes/chicks wearing that crap when it's 100 out. F that.

Good observ. on Manhattan having like 3.5 weeks of truly nice weather the entire year.

[michigancat]

Don't forget the "Michigan Left"

don't forget to "read the thread"

http://www.ksufans.com/forums/index.php?topic=36158.msg483755#msg483755

rusty- I'm wondering if everyone up there is walking around in their fleeces yet, even though it's August and the heat and humidity are likely high. I've noticed that despite some of the best weather in the country, Denverites seem to loathe summer and will walk around in full North Face system of dress during July as if to thumb their nose at young man summer.

Well, I will admit to wearing a fleece occasionally myself in the summer.  Why?  Because it's f*cking 55 degrees out in August, that's why.  I'm not the type of guy that thinks that will be unnecessarily uncomfortable just because the calendar says it should be warmer.

Overall, the summer has been absolutely gorgeous.  It's like that nice week of spring early in May in Kansas, only it lasts for 3 months.  BEAUTIFUL weather up here.

I'm not opposed to temperature-appropriate clothing; if it was 55* I'd be wearing fleece as well. But I'm talking about dudes/chicks wearing that crap when it's 100 out. F that.

Good observ. on Manhattan having like 3.5 weeks of truly nice weather the entire year.

well, it never gets to 100 here.  It got in the 90's for like 3 days this summer, and you thought people would die of heat exhaustion.  Definitely no fleeces, then.

[ew2x4]

How humid is it there? I had to design a cabin here in CO for a Michigan family. They wanted a humidifier in the furnace that would be set to 80%. I told them JFC, do you want mold everywhere? They had no idea....

[michigancat]

How humid is it there? I had to design a cabin here in CO for a Michigan family. They wanted a humidifier in the furnace that would be set to 80%. I told them JFC, do you want mold everywhere? They had no idea....

I'm right on Lake Michigan, so it's really really humid.  But it's nice since it's never hot...makes the air feel fresh.

[fatty fat fat]

are you scared? you know, living so far away from ks/parents, etc..

[michigancat]

are you scared? you know, living so far away from ks/parents, etc..

no.  I don't really have any friends here (it's really hard), but mrs. rusty and the offspring make it OK.  It's really kind of fun to be completely detached.

  Only problem is the cost/vacation of travel to see family/friends/etc.

[ew2x4]

are you scared? you know, living so far away from ks/parents, etc..

no.  I don't really have any friends here (it's really hard), but mrs. rusty and the offspring make it OK.  It's really kind of fun to be completely detached.

  Only problem is the cost/vacation of travel to see family/friends/etc.

I'm in the same boat. Driving 9 hours kinda sucks, but I love not seeing my parents whenever they feel like it.

[fatty fat fat]

are you scared? you know, living so far away from ks/parents, etc..

no.  I don't really have any friends here (it's really hard), but mrs. rusty and the offspring make it OK.  It's really kind of fun to be completely detached.

  Only problem is the cost/vacation of travel to see family/friends/etc.

I'm in the same boat. Driving 9 hours kinda sucks, but I love not seeing my parents whenever they feel like it.

let me guess....hmmmm.....denver??