OT: Raleigh-Durham (was)RE: [at-l] If you.....

[nealb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (William Neal)]

A bit of real dark humor....

A few years back I was a member (very junior and very fringe member) of the
Future Society.  Call it a think tank open to the public.  One of its
articles showed a map of the US.  The map was a sad gray with black lines
that outlined each state.  And the map was covered with red dots.  Each dot
varied in size; with the size based on the mega-tonnage of the nuclear
weapons aimed at that area.  Since the map was a compilation of military,
poli-sci, etc. experts knowledge and opinion, it was considered to be
accurate.  One dot was about the size of thumbnail.  All the rest were much
smaller.

The thumbnail?  Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill triangle.  Y'all got too many
brains up there.

Of course South Carolina had more red dots than any other states. Including
one that I never could figure out what it was for.

William, The Green Turtle

-----Original Message-----
From: Clark Wright [mailto:icw@esisnet.com]
Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 6:50 PM
To: Victor Hoyt; ATListserv
Subject: Re: [at-l] If you.....


hey, as someone raised there, there is no such thing as a city named
"Raleigh-Durham!!"  There is the "Raleigh-Durham" international airport,
but Raleigh, the state capital and home to the NCSU Wolfpack [who just
upset #1 seed Wake Forest in the semis of the ACC tourney today], is
fully 30 miles from that town with no name [Durham] that is host to some
blue devils, who just got through popping the upset bubble of my alma
mater Carolina Tar Heels, who hail from Chapel Hill, NC.  Chapel Hill is
only about 12 miles from Durham, and the three cities together make up
the "Triangle" home to one of the world's greatest collection of
research universities and high tech industrial parks, started by some
real visionaries in the 1950.s and now known the world over as "The
Research Triangle Park" [complete with its own post office address].

Now, having posted all that tourism stuff, what did I do?  I moved down
east in NC to the friendly town of New Bern, NC - home of the first
colonial capital of NC/SC! :)

Since the "Heels" are out, "go wolfpack" is the word for the ACC finals
tomorrow [my wife and Mom went to NC State].

thru-thinker

p.s.  Monday, I leave for Duncannon, PA [where I got off in 2001] and 12
days of of hiking on the AT! :)

Victor Hoyt wrote:

> Well sure, if you want the college town atmosphere, relatively near the
> trail, Asheville, Charlottesville, and Hanover are all really nice. Here
are
> a few others: Williamstown MA, Montpelier VT, Doylestown PA, Northampton
MA
> (great town, but I live there so I'm partial.)
>
> What about a bigger city? If you're interested, how about Atlanta,
> Raleigh-Durham, Portland or Boston? All are great cities, but "near"?
Sorta.
>
> I travel for a living, and usually spend several weeks at a time wherever
I
> go. I've worked in all but one of the cities and towns mentioned above,
and
> they're all great. Picks: Small, Northampton; Medium, Raleigh-Durham;
Large,
> Atlanta.
>
> vic
>
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