[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Buttermilk and absurd questions

[Meredith Wilson]

>I was in Kentucky as an echange-student, being a hig-school junior 
>1993-93.  I was in Garrard County (pronounced Gear-ard by locals), 
>which was an interesting experience.  When I first arrived, 
>temperature was in the mid 90s, with heat-index in excess of 120 - 
>and the school did not have air-condition...  At high-school, I found 
>that it is indeed possible for a Norwegian and a Japanese exchange-
>student to be the two best students in the US-History-class (I got 
>the diploma), my algebra-teacher gave tests with 11 questions, each 
>counting 10%. 
 
We always said 'GEH-rud' but I'm from Fayette county, so I guess they're
more correct...  And I have to add 'I'm sorry.'  That's near Lancaster,
right?  Quite rural. I lived in Boyle county a while (Danville) and I have
to say I like it better here.  Heck, I even like it better in Lexington!

>I got a sinus-infection, a lympho-knob-infection, an ear-infection 
>and another sinus-infection (though Dr. Click thought it was jsut the 
>same infection, doing the guided tour of my immuno-system), and I 
>experienced the health-service trying to bully me into going on the 
>six-month cure to cure a tuberculosis I dod not have in the first 
>place (it was my BCG-vaccine - "but we had an Ethiopean here some 
>years ago, who said he had the BCG-shot - and he got TB, so you have 
>to take the cure").  

Yeah, I finally got a diagnosis of something they'd been working on in KY to
figure out for close to 10 years.  I'm sorry about that...

>I was a member of the band - the first live performance the band did 
>after I joined it, was a festival - the tobacco festival!

Again, it's a bit better around Lexington or Louisville... a bit...

>At prom, I experienced being used by a girl in an attempt to extort 
>some jealousy from her four year older boyfriend... (and I am not 
>even good-looking, so that was a bit of a surprise, to say the least).

Ah, Kentucky high school girls... well, it was an experience I guess.

>I got to see a shuttle-launch, and got to go to the Epcot-centre, I 
>visited Kentucky Kingdom (as part of my physics-class) and another 
>park (King's Island, I think), I went to Washington DC (doing most of 
>the regular tourist-stops).

Although Kentucky Kingdom was pretty lame, then especially, they've been
purchased by Six Flags, so I have hope for it.  King's Island on the other
hand, I adore.  I tried to plan my last trip home so I could go, but it
ended up being 29 degrees the day I wanted to go, which isn't great roller
coaster weather.  Sad.  That's one thing Seattle is missing!  We have
earthquakes instead!

>I did many things, as can be understood - Kentucky is an interesting 
>place, but I must concede that being Norwegian, I am not likely to 
>choose the bluegrass-state for my future abode.

I hear ya!  That's why I live here now, not there.  It's not that I think
it's a horrible place, quite the contrary.  It's beautiful mostly, and I
enjoy visiting, but I'm glad I'm here instead.  Thanks for the story... I
got to reminisce and shake my head sadly about my homeland. :)

Mer