Midwesterners unite!!

[mdblu1]

I believe the Mid-Atlantic is serious in trying to overtake the Great Midwest in posts, so in order to combat that, we need to react so.... Who from the midwest states likes beer??

[BluesHarp]

Why are you and Soxy running up the post total for the "Easterners"?...in their thread?? :eek:

[BluesHarp]

...or am I confused as to how posts are totaled?

[BluesHarp]

I thought it was total posts in their respective forums...

[wortchillergoal]

Hey, no fair copying what we do, unless of course it is beer drinking.

[PFDarkside]

Unification!

I will be cracking open a Stoney Creek Vanilla Porter here in a few minutes... Nothing like good beer, basketball and golf on TV and a copy of "Designing Great Beers" in your lap...

[BluesHarp]

Originally posted by wortchillergoal
Hey, no fair copying what we do, unless of course it is beer drinking.

power play, baby..we got numbers!!!:D

[BluesHarp]

Originally posted by PFDarkside
Unification!

I will be cracking open a Stoney Creek Vanilla Porter here in a few minutes... Nothing like good beer, basketball and golf on TV and a copy of "Designing Great Beers" in your lap...

Congrats on MSU's beatdown of Duke...Big Ten basketball; the most physical conference NCAA...

WI would love another shot at MSU (or Ill)...but somehow need to get by N. Carolina tomorrow...

Beer-wise; I warmed up with Tyranena Rocky's Revenge Bourbon Barrel Aged Brown Ale and am now working on Great Divide Hercules IIPA...mmmmm...hops...:D

[SoxyinMO]

Momentary lapse of reason, I assure you! I guess I thought that just by virtue of BEING in the midwest it would count for us.

[SoxyinMO]

I'm sorry!

[SoxyinMO]

Mea culpa!

[SoxyinMO]

Please forgive me! :(

[Kalleh1]

I believe the Mid-Atlantic is serious in trying to overtake the Great Midwest in posts, so in order to combat that, we need to react so.... Who from the midwest states likes beer??

Now...we're finally getting down to business! Great thread! :D

The fact is, we midwesterners love our beer. I think we have some of the best microbreweries around. Let's not let those easterners sneak up on us. Right now there is only about a 100 post differential so keep these posts coming!

BTW, are there any other Yardhouses in the midwest, except for the one in Glenview, IL? My husband and I really enjoy the variety of beers on tap that they have (about 110), though they don't have any cask beers.

Go Illinois!

[mdblu1]

Originally posted by SoxyinMO
Momentary lapse of reason, I assure you! I guess I thought that just by virtue of BEING in the midwest it would count for us.
Same with me, thats why I started this post .

[mdblu1]

Sorry

[mdblu1]

It

[mdblu1]

will

[mdblu1]

never

[mdblu1]

happen

[mdblu1]

again! ooh 60 posts for me. I only need 7000 more to beat Chaz.

[mdblu1]

Originally posted by PFDarkside
Unification!

I will be cracking open a Stoney Creek Vanilla Porter here in a few minutes... Nothing like good beer, basketball and golf on TV and a copy of "Designing Great Beers" in your lap...

I just had some of this last week. Awesome stuff. My wife wants me to ask if you will share, I only had one bottle.

[SoxyinMO]

again! ooh 60 posts for me. I only need 7000 more to beat Chaz.

LMAO! I know what you mean, md. BUT check out how long it took me to get here (no one calls a pause for baseball season. sheesh) SO you're doing great and you should catch up in no time!

[SoxyinMO]

Stoney Creek Vanilla Porter

Okay all, tell me about SCVP. Can you taste the vanilla? Or hints of it? I LOVE vanilla, and as wacky and as crazy as I, admittedly, am, Vanilla is my favorite ice cream. Shhhhhh.

[mdblu1]

Here is a link ...
http://ratebeer.com/Beer/stoney-creek-original-vanilla-porter/7119/
If you like vanilla, I think you will like it. It has a nice vanilla flavor, not too overpowering.

[mdblu1]

BTW

[mdblu1]

Happy Easter!

[PFDarkside]

Originally posted by BluesHarp
Congrats on MSU's beatdown of Duke...Big Ten basketball; the most physical conference NCAA...

WI would love another shot at MSU (or Ill)...but somehow need to get by N. Carolina tomorrow...

Unfortunately, I'm a U-M alum, but I'm pulling for a 3/4 Big Ten Final Four. What's good for the goose is good for the gander, or something like that...

Originally posted by mdblu1
I just had some of this last week. Awesome stuff. My wife wants me to ask if you will share, I only had one bottle.
Only one bottle left... and the whole house wants to taste it today! ;)[/B]

Originally posted by SoxyinMO
Okay all, tell me about SCVP. Can you taste the vanilla? Or hints of it? I LOVE vanilla, and as wacky and as crazy as I, admittedly, am, Vanilla is my favorite ice cream. Shhhhhh.
I love vanilla too, so for that reason I could go for a bit more Vanilla in it, but that would make it overpowering for 99% of people. It's really tasty, good vanilla presence and reasonably light bodied (compared to some porters I've had recently) It may be a bit much for a session beer, but it's one of those you want to savor... I liked it better slightly chilled than when it warmed up.

[wortchillergoal]

It has been shown that taking time to post here takes away from a miwestern persons ability to, what is it you giys do, oh yeah, read the Bible while drinking a beer.

Go Mid Atlantic.

[BluesHarp]

Thanks for pushing our post number up, wort...:D

[Kalleh1]

Drat! Wisconsin, my alma mater, just lost. I didn't even have any good beer to drink while I watched it. We had wine, and it made me realize that I prefer good beer!

Can I add my posts from other forums? I have 7468 on wordcraft! ;)

[Kalleh1]

what is it you giys do, oh yeah, read the Bible while drinking a beer.
:mad:

We are actually a cool bunch. Just ask your mid-atlantic super-poster...Chaz!

[wortchillergoal]

Originally posted by Kalleh1
:mad:

We are actually a cool bunch. Just ask your mid-atlantic super-poster...Chaz!

I have no doubt about that. As a matter of fact, I think that every realbeer member is cool.

[BluesHarp]

Originally posted by Kalleh1
Drat! Wisconsin, my alma mater, just lost.

Tough game, wasn't it? They really gave a very talented UNC team everything they could handle.

They lose their two big men, Wilkinson and Morley, next year, but Butch and Stiensma(sp?) should be ready to take over the reigns...

[BluesHarp]

BTW...did you see the pathetic display of running up the post count over in the Mid-Atlantic board?? :rolleyes:

[mdblu1]

Looks like we still lead by about 100!

[mdblu1]

Go Illini!

[chazwicke]

Here is a freebie. Be vigilent! We shall overcome. Mid Atlantic is no usurper, but the true land of beer geekdom!!

[steveh]

Originally posted by wortchillergoal
what is it you giys do, oh yeah, read the Bible while drinking a beer.

Where'n the hell did that come from (all pun intended)? Is that how the midwest is really seen by the east coast? "'Dey don't know us vewwy well, do 'dey?"

S.

[SoxyinMO]

Where'n the hell did that come from (all pun intended)? Is that how the midwest is really seen by the east coast? "'Dey don't know us vewwy well, do 'dey?"


Absolutely NOT!

[mdblu1]

I was waiting for someone else to comment on that, because it made no freakin sense to me at all!

[Kalleh1]

Hey...I commented on it way up there!

BTW...did you see the pathetic display of running up the post count over in the Mid-Atlantic board??

No! Not fair! I will have to take a look, but I won't post! ;) I will have to call Richard over here to help our cause!

[Kalleh1]

Well, nice going, Soxy. You were helping them out! :mad:

[SoxyinMO]

I didn't get it! I didn't get it! I'm all better now, really.

[SoxyinMO]

Woooooo Hooooo! I just got my order from Liquid Solutions. FINALLY! The bad news? No Stone Old Guardian 2005. The good news?

[SoxyinMO]

Well, the good news is that I'll finally get to try Fullers 1845! and Rougue Younger Special Bitter (never had anything from Rogue) and North Coast old Rasputin AND ta - da ----

[SoxyinMO]

MOOSE DROOL BROWN ALE!!!!!!!!! Ye Haw! Now I'll finally know what y'all are talking about.

[Kalleh1]

Well, the good news is that I'll finally get to try Fullers 1845!

So, did you like it? Richard introduced that to me, and it is absolutely one of my favorites. I love that orange-nutty taste that it has.

[SoxyinMO]

I haven't tried it yet, Kalleh. :eek: I decided to wait until the weekend and have it by itself without all the tension of a weeknight, and to appreciate it fully. I will certainly share my thoughts when I do!

[edited for grammatical errors]

[Kalleh1]

Please do...and I know that Richard will be anxious to hear your thoughts on it too. He definitely proselytizes for Fuller's! ;)

[SoxyinMO]

Well, I drank the Fullers last night; the high point of my night, given the baseball score.

I had chilled it for two days then poured it and let it come up to temp. Do you all find this makes a difference? Any road, I found it to be very nicely balanced. Al thought it was not hoppy enough but I thought it started out malty and finished with a nice hop nudge, a reminder that hops were there without beating you up over the head (a la Arrogant Bastard).

When you're in the mood for hoppy, this may not be the beer you're looking for, but for mellow enjoyment I can't think of many that would beat it.

[chazwicke]

I like it very much and it may be my favorite beer that we have sampled at our online tasting. I have a few in my fridge. I have also supped one at GBBF with Richard. A very nice beer.

And I had to reply even though this post adds to the MW count:mad:

[davesarman]

Originally posted by SoxyinMO
the high point of my night, given the baseball score.


Sorry about the game last night, soxy. I watched the first six innings. The Big Unit looked pretty decent for the first game of the season. Wells didn't quite match up, though he looked good at times. Too bad Matsui robbed you guys of that home run. Oh well, take heart, it's a long season and as your team proved last year, it's not how you start, it's how you finish! My Twinks start this afternoon in Seattle and hopefully we'll have a wager to place against each other come ALCS time! :)

[SoxyinMO]

Sorry about the game last night, soxy.

Thanks, Dave. Boomer ain't Pedro, that's for sure, but to be fair, Pedro lost the last four openers. :rolleyes:

I'll return the thought, too. Sorry about your Twins, but as you note, it's a long season and your Twins look like a great team this year! See you in October!


GO SOX!

[BluesHarp]

The Brewers are in first place, they gave Ben Sheets nine runs in support, and the devil is freezing his tail off! :D

[mdblu1]

And my Pale Hose eecked out a W, behind some superb pitching by Mark Buehrle. Ahh, Baseball and beer, What could be better?
An Illini win tonight would be good too!

[Stodbrew]

And I have to wait until tomorrow for opening day. The Giants against the hated Dodgers. Hopefully I'll be at the game. If not, I'll be a couple blocks from Pac Bell drinking beer at 21st Amendment brewery.

[fretlessman71]

Our local professional softball team, the Rockies, beat the Padres 12-10 on a 2-run shot in the bottom of the 9th... :rolleyes:

[BluesHarp]

Originally posted by mdblu1
And my Pale Hose eecked out a W, behind some superb pitching by Mark Buehrle. Ahh, Baseball and beer, What could be better?
An Illini win tonight would be good too!

Since Wisconsin is out, I'll back the Big Ten representative. Question is: Can your center(s), Augustine or Powell, stop Sean May? That guy is a monster...killed the Badgers.
I'll say one thing, though...your guards are freakin' assassins!! :eek:

Good Luck!

[steveh]

Originally posted by mdblu1
And my Pale Hose

Pale Hose? :p First I've heard that one!

S.

[fretlessman71]

Behold, a pale hose; the man who rode in wearing it played like death, and hell followed with him... ;)

[mdblu1]

Originally posted by steveh
Pale Hose? :p First I've heard that one!

S.
Aww, c'mon. You must not be a Sox fan if you've never heard them called that.

[mdblu1]

[An Illini win tonight would be good too! [/B][/QUOTE]


OUCH!!

[BluesHarp]

Tough game...Sean May was a man amongst boys...

[steveh]

Originally posted by mdblu1
Aww, c'mon. You must not be a Sox fan if you've never heard them called that.

I am a Sox fan, been so since 1989 - never heard that. Guess I'm still stuck on "South Side Hitmen," and "Go-Go-Sox" to be swayed by these new-fangled names! :p

S.

Fret - I was thinking the same thing! ;-)

[fretlessman71]

Originally posted by steveh
Fret - I was thinking the same thing! ;-) Let's hope for your sake that they play better than that, eh?

Not like I have room to talk - we have the highest paid pro softball team in the world at Coors Field. :rolleyes:

[steveh]

Originally posted by fretlessman71
Let's hope for your sake that they play better than that, eh?

Well, I was thinking more of the literal passage - death riding roughshod over the likes of the Tigers, Twins, Royals, and Yankees would be just fine by me! ;)

S.

[fretlessman71]

Happy Hunting. :rolleyes:

[steveh]

You brought down the thunder. ;)

S.

Sorry - not being sacrilegious, just funnin' off one of my favorite westerns...that also quoted the pale horse passage.

[fretlessman71]

Actually, I think we both were - remember the scene where Dana first spies Kurt just after she gets off the stage with her actor pal?

[steveh]

Originally posted by fretlessman71
Actually, I think we both were - remember the scene where Dana first spies Kurt just after she gets off the stage with her actor pal?

Oh yeah. "Prettiest man ah ever saw." ;) A stellar cast, that one.

S.

[fretlessman71]

I'd make a smart comment, but I ain't got the words.... :)

[steveh]

Gotta remember the character who said that, the context he said it in, and whether or not you'd make the smart-assed comment to him! And I got the feeling you ain't no Johnny Ringo..."deadliest pistolero since Wild Bill." ;)

S.

[mdblu1]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by steveh
I am a Sox fan, been so since 1989 - never heard that. Guess I'm still stuck on "South Side Hitmen," and "Go-Go-Sox" to be swayed by these new-fangled names! :p

I think its a 'Hawk'ism.

[fretlessman71]

Originally posted by steveh
Gotta remember the character who said that, the context he said it in, and whether or not you'd make the smart-assed comment to him! And I got the feeling you ain't no Johnny Ringo..."deadliest pistolero since Wild Bill."

S. No, but if I was Wyatt, I could say whatever I wanted to him, because I knew he was going to go down in a later scene!

"Where's Wyatt?"

"Down by the creek... walkin' on water." :D

[steveh]

Originally posted by mdblu1
I think its a 'Hawk'ism.

That would make sense - "He gone!" Great game yesterday, eh?

S.

Fret - It's a reckonin'. ;)

[SoxyinMO]

Ahh, Baseball and beer, What could be better?

I can't imagine a thing!

[studentofbeer]

ahhh man, this is the first year in 5 years i missed opening day at wrigley field. always a highlight of the year to ditch school or work and head off to wrigleyville, where it feels like the whole city comes alive, whether it's 38 degrees or 72.

[mdblu1]

WHOA! How many topics can one thread handle!
Steve, that was an awesome finish.
Also, how about ' Winning Ugly' !!

[mdblu1]

WOW, just saw what happened today. Shingo got Tacatsued!

BTW Chaz is catching up.

[Moondoggy]

I am back and will brew soon in Meeeeechigan!!!!!!!

[BluesHarp]

Chaz has a "problem" with sports posts....;)

Well, the NFL draft is approaching rapidly...

[Richard English]

Quote "...Well, I drank the Fullers last night; the high point of my night, given the baseball score. ..."

All Fuller's beers are good and this is, in part, due to their excellent balance. 1845, while strong, does not tick you in the teeth with its power; while hoppy, the hops linger more in the after taste than attack the tongue; it's malty and full-bodied without having the cloying maltiness of some old ales.

I have drunk beers that approach or even exceed 1845 in some respects, but I have never found one that equals its overall balanced quality.

[steveh]

Originally posted by mdblu1
WOW, just saw what happened today. Shingo got Tacatsued!

Yah. Disheartening.

BTW Chaz is catching up.

Yeah, but he seems mostly to be talking to himself. :D

S.

[SoxyinMO]

All Fuller's beers are good and this is, in part, due to their excellent balance. 1845, while strong, does not tick you in the teeth with its power; while hoppy, the hops linger more in the after taste than attack the tongue; it's malty and full-bodied without having the cloying maltiness of some old ales.

That was exactly my impression of this beer, Richard. Balanced! I will certainly be on the look out for more of Fuller's offerings, and will return to this one frequently.

Thanks to everyone for the head's up!

[SoxyinMO]

My co-worker, a Cardinals fan, has put up a "Morale Boosting Corner" at work. It has a place for wins and losses for both our teams and is out of the way and hidden from view. Our little secret!

During the day game on Wednesday I had to work, so had the game playing through the computer and on the speakers VERY softly whilst I sat on the floor taping spine labels on books. All I lacked was a beer. <sigh> Don't think that would be a very good idea at work though. :rolleyes:

[SoxyinMO]

Puffed up? Puffed up? It's spring, Chaz, spring, when a young (or old) woman (or man)'s heart turns to baseball! And for the first time since I started following the Sox in 1975 I enter the season in a state besides absolute hysteria. I do hope it isn't another 86 years before we take the championship again, but nothing, NOTHING will ever compare to this win!

And that's something to celebrate with other baseball-loving folk, especially over a beer. :D

[davesarman]

Tonight is the home opener for my beloved Twins (against the hated White Sox) and I wish I could be there, but alas, I have to take my wife out for her birthday. Her birthday is always within a day or two of the Twins home opener and I managed to talk her into going as her birthday present last year, but this year she wants to go to a restaurant that is closing in the near future. (Hopefully they'll have the game on in the bar...)

Tonight the Twins will be honoring Bob Casey, who passed away recently. He was the only PA announcer in the entire history of the organization. Crusty, but lovable old guy who was 79 years old. One of the last "old school" PA announcers left in baseball and truly one of the "sounds of the Twins". We'll miss him. He was known for befreinding players on both sides of the field and occaisionally "flubbing" names, although most suspect it was usually intentional "ribbing" of the player. Some of his most memorable "flubs":

CASEY-ISMS

Correct names of visiting players and Casey's take
Troy Glaus - Tony Glaus
Tony Graffanino - Tony Graffananotto and Tony Graffioni
Adam Kennedy - Pat Kennedy
Grady Little - Jerry Little
Trot Nixon - Troy Nixon
Otis Nixon - Amos Otis and Amos Nixon
Jon Nunnally - Joe Non-ally
Keith Osik - Keith Osk
Michael Tucker - Miguel Tucker
Dustin Mohr - Dustin Hoffman
Nomar Garciaparra - Garcia Parra
Hideki Matsui - Hideki Matsushi

Sept. 19, 2004, vs. Orioles: Twins pitcher Johan Santana gets strike two on Jose Leon, and Casey begins to announce Jay Gibbons as the next batter. A Twins official calls down to Casey to tell him Leon hasn't struck out yet. Leon strikes out on the next pitch.

"Please stop throwing things. This is an important game! Now quit this!" -- Casey, after fans threw objects at the Twin-turned-Yankee Chuck Knoblauch during a game in 2001.

And my personal favorite story:

Twins players, especially in the late 1980s and early 1990s, played jokes on him, most notably, during Game 7 of the 1987 World Series.

Casey was locked in the dugout bathroom by players during a TV break. Casey, thinking he was late, rushed back to his microphone when a well-timed phone call was placed there.

Casey put the phone to his ear and discovered it had shaving cream on it. He put the phone down to grab a towel to wipe his face and found it, too, filled with shaving cream. Twins slugger Tom Brunansky organized the prank. "All I heard was laughter," Casey said in 1998. "Those dummies didn't know they were in the seventh game of the World Series."

[studentofbeer]

great stories dave. Twins are looking good this year. it's always nice to hear about old school announcers. when they take the live organ out of dodger stadium, that will be a tradgedy. and when vin scully retires.

i love those mistaken names. maybe ol' Casey enjoyed a beer or two in the booth? :D

[BluesHarp]

Originally posted by davesarman
Tonight the Twins will be honoring Bob Casey, who passed away recently. He was the only PA announcer in the entire history of the organization. Crusty, but lovable old guy who was 79 years old. One of the last "old school" PA announcers left in baseball and truly one of the "sounds of the Twins". We'll miss him.


That's too bad; we have one of those ourselves in Bob Ueker.

[SoxyinMO]

Great stories, Dave!

And I can't imagine the Dodgers without Vin Scully.... I'm getting that way about Joe and Jerry on WEEI. Since that's how I get most of my Sox games, they ARE the sound of the Sox for me.

[SoxyinMO]

I sure wish I could see the ring ceremony at Fenway next week, though. I heard the Dodgers are letting Derek Lowe come home to get his.

[steveh]

Originally posted by davesarman
Tonight is the home opener for my beloved Twins (against the hated White Sox)

Sorry Dave.

S.





Okay, so I'm not. :D

[mdblu1]

I'm sorry too.... NOT:D
How could the White Sox be hated by you... the Twinkies have pummeled(sp?) us for the past few years.

[Kalleh1]

What?????? They are ahead of us! Come on, midwesterners, let's get our priorities straight! We need to beat those mid-atlantics...now!:mad:

[Kalleh1]

And...you know what I hate? It is all Chaz's fault! :mad:

Bah! Humbug!

[steveh]

Originally posted by Kalleh1
What?????? They are ahead of us!

Go here (http://www.realbeer.com/discussions/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6949&perpage=15&pagenumber=1), follow posts to the end, join in the scorn and satisfaction that the majority of Midwest posts have more than 2 replies and complete sentences. ;)

S.

By the way, they aren't ahead of us as of...now.

[chazwicke]

I'd say many of our posts have been about local events and happy hours. But I am also now satisfied that we have banded together and shown that we can do if and when we want to. !;)

[chazwicke]

Plus, We saw how you guys puffed yours up with Sports talk. That was a brilliant move by the way, Everyone has an opinion about that.;)

[steveh]

That wasn't "puffed up," Nationals Boy. We take our sports very seriously out here.

S.

What's with that team swiping the old Senators' logo for their cap?

[chazwicke]

I think they should be called the Senators.....See how you baited me into posting in this thread just one more time by using sports as bait.

[Kalleh1]

We saw how you guys puffed yours up with Sports talk

Balderdash! There has been no puffing by us. We just love our beer.;)

BTW, Steve, I did read that link and saw the post by Chaz about chatting. Does this board have a chat function? If not, we have one on wordcraft, and you don't have to join the board to use it. We have a regular chat, for example, every Saturday at noon (and other times on an ad hoc basis), CST, and several of us from all over the world chat about words & language. As an administrator there, I invite any you to do the same about beer. You'd just have to schedule it. We find it rather fun.

See, Chaz...this post had substance!

[Richard English]

Quote "...Everyone has an opinion about that..."

Just don't ask me for mine if you like sports!

[chazwicke]

I'm not a big sports fan either. Redskins yes but not as rabid as in my youth. And I am glad that DC has a new baseball team even though I'm not a fan of the sport.

[Bruno_78]

Well, this post officially ties it up! We're almost back to where we need to be!

1676 Posts, Dead even!

[chazwicke]

I'll trow you another freebie here. Mid Atlantic is in good company with our fine Midwestern contingent. You guys have our esteemed admiration. I can personally vouch for the Midwestern hospitality. So if we are a bit ahead sometimes or a bit behind I know we are in good company.

[BluesHarp]

Soooo, Steveh..your "Redbirds" are coming to town this weekend, eh?? ;)

[Kalleh1]

Ahem! BluesHarp, did I see a post of yours on the mid-atlantic forum? I thought we midewesterners were going to stick together! I can only assume that Steve isn't posting over there!:mad:

Guys, they're winning!

[BluesHarp]

Oh sure...steve isn't....ooohhh....steve...
just kidding! :D

I think he may have tossed them a freebie or two, as chaz has us.
Geography takes a back seat to the brotherhood (and sisterhood) of good beer!!

More importantly...are you and the hubby joining in when Stod comes to Chitown??

[steveh]

Originally posted by Kalleh1
Guys, they're winning!

Bah. I'm thru with this silly infighting - we all know where the quality posts are. ;)

Yeah Blues - Cards in town...have fun. :-P Don't know what's goin' on down there, maybe too much Spud in their diet.

S.

[chazwicke]

Originally posted by steveh
That wasn't "puffed up," Nationals Boy. [/SIZE]

Hmmmm.... First place......Nats.......Hmmmmm ;)

[chazwicke]

I'm through with it too. We accomplished what we wanted to do. Truce?!

[SoxyinMO]

Truce?!

Fine by me :D

[BluesHarp]

Originally posted by chazwicke
Truce?!

Why Not!...:cool:

[mdblu1]

OK, I started this thread, I'll end it. TRUCE!

Midwest is still the BEST!

[chazwicke]

Good deal!:)

[Kalleh1]

I alway knew that women were more competitive than men.:rolleyes:

BTW, I had an epiphany. "Aha!", I thought, "the mid-atlantic has a higher population! That's why they caught up to us." So, I went to the U.S. census (2003 projections), and added up the numbers in the states in the midwest and then the midatlantic area. Which do think has more people? I was surprised.

The midwest has 59,545,190
The mid-atlantic has 56,280,434

So, folks, I think the midatlantics have won, fair and square. Darn! However, I will give up the competition since I am the only one left. No fun then!

Besides...I do like their beer! And Chaz is an awfully nice guy. I am still tasting all the wonderful beer he brought us!

However, I do have my self-respect. I won't post in the mid-atlantic forum!

[chazwicke]

Originally posted by Kalleh1


However, I do have my self-respect. I won't post in the mid-atlantic forum! :eek:

Hey! I post over here. I was suprised at those totals.

And I have the utmost respect for you.

[steveh]

Originally posted by Kalleh1
So, folks, I think the midatlantics have won, fair and square. Darn! However, I will give up the competition since I am the only one left. No fun then!

Nah - no losses, win/win situation around here.

S.

Besides, we built our total without any prompting or "competition." What does that prove? Motivation? Yes, I believe so. ;)

[Kalleh1]

Hey! I post over here. I was suprised at those totals. And I have the utmost respect for you.

Oh dear. Chaz brings in the guilt factor!;)

You know I have the utmost respect for you too...in fact for everyone here. I am impressed with how friendly and respectful everyone is. I was having fun with the number of posts, that's all. We all know the best beer drinkers are in England, anyway!

I will post something in the mid-atlantic forum; I'll have to think of something to post about!

[chazwicke]

LOL! Guilt does work.;)