tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680168238264727770.post4477641087445472740..comments2023-11-02T02:29:59.475-07:00Comments on Old Retired Petty Officer: Got Map and Weather Thingies!Glenn Mark Casselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11305109383344139028noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680168238264727770.post-30553732317975368012009-12-07T21:29:32.961-08:002009-12-07T21:29:32.961-08:00At one of those radar sites like north of Havre. T...At one of those radar sites like north of Havre. There was always Plentywood! I could handle Regina for pub crawling! And they got the Roughriders!Glenn Mark Casselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11305109383344139028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680168238264727770.post-66932111171071428422009-12-06T13:20:58.568-08:002009-12-06T13:20:58.568-08:00Heh. Clovis, aka The Big(ger) City... to me. And...Heh. Clovis, aka The Big(ger) City... to me. And P-Ville has its own Wally-World now, Glenn. We're quite upmarket for a town of only 12K. Yet we ARE deprived of a great number of things (like decent restaurants and Starbucks, to name two) and have to drive quite a ways to get that stuff. No Starbucks in The Big(ger) City, either. Some folks maintain there are good restaurants there, but I demur.<br /><br />re: Scobey. I did my time up in Montana... 12 months, three days, eight hours and ten minutes, to be precise about it. I lived in Westby but was actually stationed across the state line at <a href="http://exileinportales.blogspot.com/2005/12/does-that-look-cold.html" rel="nofollow">Fortuna AFS</a> in NoDak. I'm not saying we were remote or anything, but we used to drive over three hours SE to party in Minot. It was either that or Regina, Sask. <i><b>;-)</b></i>Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680168238264727770.post-14083983092464378162009-12-05T20:23:50.993-08:002009-12-05T20:23:50.993-08:00Might concede on Scobey. I was up there in 06 afte...Might concede on Scobey. I was up there in 06 after almost forty years. Yeah. <br />But Portales is a fairly decent sized town. It even has a four year institution of higher learning. And Roswell is close and has everything one could want, like a Walmart. Been there, it's just been almost twelve years. And don't forget the mighty metropolis of Clovis, where your friendly class VI store is. Got lot's of time in Clovis on the ballast trains pictured to the right.Glenn Mark Casselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11305109383344139028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680168238264727770.post-21502926029432320652009-12-05T20:18:22.563-08:002009-12-05T20:18:22.563-08:00I like map and weather thingies.I like map and weather thingies.Perri Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17000458399861920389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680168238264727770.post-36747467356632773502009-12-05T17:50:42.010-08:002009-12-05T17:50:42.010-08:00Both those places are mighty close to Fairly Major...Both those places are mighty close to Fairly Major Metropolitan Areas. Where I'd like to be has no such industry and no place that's very big ANYWHERE near it - Scobey, Montana is the middle of nowhere. I just love it...of course, the last time I spent a winter there I was 10, so I might change my mind after a month of Winter (October or November).kchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00515195550774837735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680168238264727770.post-55193432180031173432009-12-05T12:46:30.459-08:002009-12-05T12:46:30.459-08:00But everyone should see where the proverbial "...<i>But everyone should see where the proverbial "middle of nowhere" is. Yeah, it's here.</i><br /><br />I think I could give ya a run for the "middle of nowhere" title. You're a mere hour and a half (depending on traffic) from El-Eh... I'm two hours from Lubbock or Amarillo... take your pick. Or two and a half hours to Albuquerque, heh.<br /><br />I've seen snow in the Mojave, too... and it's quite beautiful. The BEST thing is: it doesn't last long. :-)Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.com