Name: Xavier
Age: 36
Location: Aguascalientes, MX or McAllen, TX.
Job: CO of 9 radio stations 2 newspappers and 1 tv chanell next year.
Education: Master in International Marketing & Media degree
Family: live w/my girlfrien for almost 10 years she have 2 sons.
Cars: Carrera 74, Boxster S 04, LR3 06, BMW X5 4.8 05, F430 06, BMW E46 Security,
ot: because I love spend time looking for the interest of other pepole.

Name: Charlie
Age: 22

Location: Arlington, TX

Family: none of my own

Occupation: Officially....CEO Arlington Group INC... I restore cars, do extensive sheet metal repair on cars, paint and body, and welding at my business of Charlie Cooper Restorations.

Cars: '78 Targa, '97 f-250, '61 ford Galaxie, ,50 GMC truck, '72 VW Beetle, '74 Dodge Challenger
Hobbies/Interests: Cars

Why: I enjoy my Porsche the most and the People on Pelican are a great bunch!

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Originally posted by onewhippedpuppy
Another Wichita guy, sweet! That makes for a grand total of 3, at least that I know of.
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One of the happiest days in my life was seeing Wichita in the rear view mirror after closing on the home sale.

OUCH!!! What's so bad about Wichita?

I've lived in three other states, and Germany. All for short periods of time, and always thankful to get back to my home state. People, as a whole are generally nicer here than any other place I've been to. Cost of living is super low so you gotta love that, and we have the world's largest ball of twine!!! My college department was ranked #3 in the nation so I am proud of my education.

So it's a little hot in the summer and cold in the winter. The Wichita area is quite flat and sometimes windy, but these are little things that don't really matter in the grand scheme. Your happiness in a location depends on your attitude, not the location.

I'm not trying to yell at you, just asking you to respect the place I call home.

Wayne

I guess I should introduce myself since that is the point of this thread

Name: Rick
Age: 53

Location: St Louis MO

Family: wife + 2 kids one at U of Minnesota (EE) and one at Mizzou (aero Eng)

Occupation: Electrical engineer for ever ready to retire

Cars: 88 911 cab, Audi 20V, WRX
Hobbies/Interests: Cars

A "little" ??? like weather-wise there are 3 nice days a year! How do you get used to that constant wind whistling in your ears? I grew up in Minnesota and was never as cold there as in do-dah I called it home for 12 years also. Married a native. Received a graduate degree from The WSU aka Hillside High

I grew up on a farm. Our house didn't actually have A/C until I went to college. Our farm vehicles didn't have A/C either. In the winter you worked cattle in the manure that froze as hard as a rock even if you couldn't feel your fingers or toes. It's all I new growing up, and I guess that makes it easier to deal. I will admit it has been miserable these last few weeks, but if I recall the entire nation is a little hot right now.

So what really turned you off of Kansas?

I am sorry to hi-jack this thread. Maybe we should start a new thread just to defend/bash Kansas.

My 2c,
Wayne

Guys, title of the thread is "make nice", remember?:)

To each his own. I've been to St. Louis three times, and each time come away with a bad impression. From what I've seen I would call it a dirty, dangerous city. I'm sure there's nice parts, but I sure didn't see them. Also, how is your weather any better than ours?

Wichita, or Kansas in general, certainly isn't the greatest place on Earth, but is far from the worst. Good jobs, plenty of stuff to do (for me), low cost of living, friendly people (for the most part), 15 minutes from one end of town to the other in rush hour. Until the wife decides to move to the mountains in Colorado (i.e. never), it's just fine for me.

We're not trying to be mean. We're just defending our lovely state. Sorry if anyone was hurt by the writing in this thread.

Wayne

It must have had some redeeming features because I did stay there 12 years.

Now lets not go too far and start using words like "lovely". It is Kansas after all.;)

I spent a week one night in Kansas...

I spent a week in Kansas three nights ago...the lovely Holiday Inn in Hayes.

My kids loved the indoor pool with the big ol' slide.

Me, too.

The most racist person I have ever met and worked with until recently was born and raised in Lawrence, KS. He still called black people colored and Chinese or anyone Asian, a Chinaman. This practice stopped when he moved here to the SF Bay Area and had to sell to a mostly Asian clientele. He also covered Oakland so he no longer calls black people colored and he stopped telling n***er jokes.

St Louis is a dirty dangerous place. Everyone lives in the suburbs or the far west part of the city. When the ball game is over leave.


Edit: I forgot about the weather. The constant 15 knot wind in Wichita was extremely annoying. It doesn't cool you off when it is above 100 and freezes your nuts off when it is cold.

While I'll admit it isn't a perfect state, (not a single one is) making an assumption about an area because you met one person from there is also quite narrow minded.

I grew up on a farm in the absolute middle of nowhere, and I have friends, and family of all colors, nationality, and sexual preference.

Maybe that's what I love about this state. Liberals, and conservatives can live in harmony next to each other!!!!Gasp!!!!

And if anyone attempts to say Fred Phelps is a prime example of a Kansan, I will come to your home and hit you with my shoe.

That's it look for a new thread on the topic.

Wayne

Yes Matt, "Lovely" was a bit strong. I apologize.

My Son loves Kansas - it means he is that much closer to Iowa when we drive up from Texas to visit Nana and Papa. Now Oklahoma is another story...

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Name: Scott B

Age: 50 going on 14

Location: San Pedro, Ca. (twenty miles south of Los Angeles)

Family: Never married (women ask me why... men ask me how'd you pull that off?) no kids, Mom and Dad are still alive and live in S.P. brother lives nearby and we do holidays at his house with his wife and kids. I have two spoiled cats that get treated like cats not people.

Occupation: Exhibit Electronic Technician at the science museum, state employee.

Cars: 1984 944 and 2006 Hyundai elantra for the commute into L.A. 944 is leaking water and overheating... looking at $1000 to get it running again... would like to upgrade to a 944S2 or 968 but can't sell the 944 in the condition it is in :(

Hobbies: Reading about philosophy and religion, playing electric bass and guitar, photography, foodie, going for long walks on a moonlit beach... oh sorry, wrong website!

Came here for technical stuff on the 944 then got sucked into the dark evil vortex of OT... That and the vitriol, gotta love the vitriol.

Name: Leland

Age: 28

Location: Bitburg, Germany

Occupation: Investigating anything and everything with the ferocity and undying over complication of the post-Columbia accident combined with the Kennedy assassination.

Cars: '95 993: one of the greatest privileges and also one of the biggest headaches of my adult life. It's expensive, fast, and never quite as nice as I want it to be.

My other hobbies include scheming new and creative ways of getting out of the Air Force early, inventing new and exciting, and somewhat unorthodox, methods of getting released from the Air Force early, and perfecting my begging and groveling skills to help me get out of the Air Force early.