Althouse: Hey, I want to be in this book!

२० ऑक्टोबर, २०१०

Hey, I want to be in this book!

I was raised by Delaware!

१८ टिप्पण्या:

traditionalguy म्हणाले...: Can Philadelphians apply too? Delaware is its suburban neighbohood with 2 US Senators.; २०/१०/१०, १२:१५ PM
campy म्हणाले...: If Mississippi gave Missouri her New Jersey, what did Delaware?; २०/१०/१०, १२:१९ PM
coketown म्हणाले...: Campy: I don't know, Alaska.; २०/१०/१०, १२:२२ PM
Original Mike म्हणाले...: I was raised by Delaware!

It takes a village.; २०/१०/१०, १२:२५ PM
Unknown म्हणाले...: I thought it had something to do with the French and Indian Wars.

traditionalguy said...

Can Philadelphians apply too? Delaware is its suburban neighbohood with 2 US Senators.

That's the way most of the Delaware Valley sees it.; २०/१०/१०, १२:४१ PM
lemondog म्हणाले...: Ha! You can't even get on Wiki's List of people from Wilmington, Delaware; २०/१०/१०, १:१९ PM
chickelit म्हणाले...: Meade is from Venus, Althouse is from Mars :)

Delaware = "del la werre" -- of the war, i.e., martial link; २०/१०/१०, १:२१ PM
Meade म्हणाले...: Coketown: Uh couldn't be reached. He's Indiana.; २०/१०/१०, ३:३५ PM
chickelit म्हणाले...: He's Indiana.

Wisout consin or Wisconsin?; २०/१०/१०, ४:०० PM
Fred4Pres म्हणाले...: Raised by Delaware. Me too, if you consider "by" to be direct proximity.

I greatly enjoyed the historical work, The Island At The Center of the World. It was a new history of New Netherlands, based on old Dutch records found in Albany.

That colony covered parts of Delaware, all of New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut (to the Connecticut River). It is a facinating history.

One of the stories/theories were about Finns who were cutting down all the trees in Sweden, so the King sent them off to New Sweden which happened to over lap New Netherlands in South Jersey. The Dutch gave the Swedes da boot, but were impressed with the moxie of the Finns and sent them off into the wilds of Pennsylvania to cut down trees. The Finns kept cutting west, influencing the design of that most iconically American examples of architecture, the log cabin.

When the author explained this theory to his father in law (who was from Minnesota) his FIL exclaimed, "Everyone knows around here if you need a cabin you hire a Finn to build it."; २०/१०/१०, ४:०१ PM
Ken Pidcock म्हणाले...: I'm enough rasied by Delaware to remember, on more than one occasion, the family car being passed on Route 13 by the governor driving between Wilmington and Dover. The solid black license plate with "1" in the middle.

And the Candid Camera where they set up a roadblock at Foulk & Naamans and told people that Delaware was closed.; २०/१०/१०, ४:०९ PM
AllenS म्हणाले...: Off topic--

Dear Friends,

I have some very sad news out of Fargo, ND, today to share with everyone.

To those in the rest of the country and world, I must report the tragic news that Ole was shot.

He was up by the Canadian border on his 4-wheeler cutting some trees when some rangers looking for terrorists spotted him.

According to the news reports, the rangers shouted to him over a loudspeaker,

"WHO ARE YOU? AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

Ole shouted back, "OLE..... BIN LOGGIN'!"

Ole is survived by his wife Lena and Lena's good friend Sven.; २०/१०/१०, ४:१४ PM
Peter Hoh म्हणाले...: I was raised in a state that's by Delaware.

Truth be told, I dabbled into Delaware a few times.

But I didn't inhale.; २०/१०/१०, ४:२६ PM
chickelit म्हणाले...: I dabbled into Delaware once too. They weren't hiring.; २०/१०/१०, ४:५५ PM
Penny म्हणाले...: One might suspect that the eastern shore water men and women of Delaware were raised BY her. Make no mistake that nearly all the private sector natives were raised by DuPont, their cradle-to-grave, patriarchal saint.; २०/१०/१०, ६:१४ PM
coketown म्हणाले...: Meade: Indiana, shoulda guessed. She told me "Idaho" and I just wouldn't believe it.; २१/१०/१०, १२:०१ AM
Meade म्हणाले...: Coketown: Let me guess - you exclaimed, "UtAH?"; २१/१०/१०, १०:२५ AM
Javed म्हणाले...: Very very interesting post..I like this one. gotta bookmark this one.
chasony; २२/१०/१०, ११:५२ PM