Random thoughts III
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So I just read the closed thread about last weeks FAW podcast where Darkstar gets all righteous on RealEstateMark.
It's a shame I missed them gem when it was open.
It's a shame I missed them gem when it was open.
I mean, let's do the math.
86 people. Half are dudes. That leaves 43 chicks. Of this 43, MAYBE 30-40 percent are attractive. That's 16 attractive girls. Of those 16 probably at least half are dating someone else. That cuts it down to 8. 8 whole single, attractive women in that class to choose from.
I realize that, but when we're referring to small towns, we're obviously not talking about towns with nearly 30,000 people.
There were more people in my neighborhood growing up than Marshalltown as a whole. When you keep hearing the same names for everything it's a small town. When a DUI makes the front page it's a small town.
It's relative. It's a small town based on east coast/west coast standards. It's NOT a small town when you're referring to "small-town Iowa".
And where the heck are there "neighborhoods" with 30K people? That's not a neighborhood...
Hah! I didn't see that until now...your post made me go back and look.
Direct message to Janny: plz change that guy's login ID to dorkstar.
If in high school you limited your dating possibilities to your high school class (not other classes and not other schools) you were doing it wrong.
Having lived in 4 Iowa towns by the time I was done with high school, the largest being about 7,000 and the smallest about 300 I can say that 30,000 isn't small town Iowa. In another state, maybe.
Keep in mind that M-town is the 16th largest in Iowa and that is including some of the larger 'burbs like Urbandale and West Des Moines. Again, small town? maybe; small town Iowa? no, not really.
Keep in mind that M-town is the 16th largest in Iowa and that is including some of the larger 'burbs like Urbandale and West Des Moines. Again, small town? maybe; small town Iowa? no, not really.
What a morning! Hah....so I mentioned the A/V place, got home from that trip and put up the grounding block. Finished laundry, and I'm expecting my phone from Fedex and I have to sign for it, so I thought might as well do some more stuff around the house. Decide to identify and label which cable is which for the rest of the wires in the storage room (what cable goes to what room). I'm doing that, and hear this loud-ish noise....loud for only me and the dog being home anyway...think, ahh, something fell or something, I'll get it when I'm done. Get the last 2 upstairs rooms done, and walk by the laundry room and see the 'boob light' dangling from the electrical wire at about waist height, still on.
This light....last time I replaced a bulb, I noticed that it was held in place by a single drywall screw, and thought someone just got lazy and ran one of those in there instead of the appropriate screw, so I was going to rectify that. Turns out it was because they busted the mounting holes in the electrical box and used a drywall screw to 'make it work' instead of fixing it. Couldn't get it done properly myself, so I thought...well, it was up there and secure, put it back the way it was (2nd drywall screw wouldn't work). So, the screw busted the rest of the hole and now it won't hang at all.
Dangit, can't leave it that way, run to the hardware store in town, they don't have anything (was looking for one of those boxes you can put in where there's already drywall so I don't have to tear out/patch to put a new box in). Ran to the next closest hardware store (the OTHER Ace in IC), the whole time thinking "the flipping FEDEX guy is going to come while I'm out"...got the box, get home, no note...cool, he didn't come yet. Got that all done and cleaned up...now I'm sitting here wondering if he's gonna come while I'm in the shower.....
But, I will say, in the past how this would have ruined my whole day, I'm now laughing it off thru improvise/adapt/overcome.
This light....last time I replaced a bulb, I noticed that it was held in place by a single drywall screw, and thought someone just got lazy and ran one of those in there instead of the appropriate screw, so I was going to rectify that. Turns out it was because they busted the mounting holes in the electrical box and used a drywall screw to 'make it work' instead of fixing it. Couldn't get it done properly myself, so I thought...well, it was up there and secure, put it back the way it was (2nd drywall screw wouldn't work). So, the screw busted the rest of the hole and now it won't hang at all.
Dangit, can't leave it that way, run to the hardware store in town, they don't have anything (was looking for one of those boxes you can put in where there's already drywall so I don't have to tear out/patch to put a new box in). Ran to the next closest hardware store (the OTHER Ace in IC), the whole time thinking "the flipping FEDEX guy is going to come while I'm out"...got the box, get home, no note...cool, he didn't come yet. Got that all done and cleaned up...now I'm sitting here wondering if he's gonna come while I'm in the shower.....
But, I will say, in the past how this would have ruined my whole day, I'm now laughing it off thru improvise/adapt/overcome.
Right, it's a city not a small town.
I think of myself as a growing up as a small town Iowa boy but my consolidated high school wasn't all that small. Manchester, not big, but when I think small towns I think of other local towns like Dundee, Earlville, Ryan, Edgewood, Strawberry Point etc as the "small towns".
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Hey cowgirl, I found you a new avatar!
That is one majestic looking cow!
awww, that's adorbs.
And where the heck are there "neighborhoods" with 30K people? That's not a neighborhood...
you're right. it's slightly smaller than Marshalltown.
http://www.city-data.com/neighborhood/Macalester-Groveland-Saint-Paul-MN.html
isn't the point that what is "small town" is completely dependent on what you expect and how you grew up? Basically people will think of anything larger than them growing up as a big town and anything smaller a small town. My criteria used to be if the same people are at the bar every weekend it's a small town.
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If you have a graduating class of 350-500 people, you don't need to drive to all of the other small towns just to get a piece.
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