[OT] Please categorize yourselves by region

kkoie · Nov 1, 2002

I'm from Indianapolis, Indiana

Talvisota · Nov 1, 2002

Lurks-No-More:

Someone actually caught my user name. Of course, it had to be someone from good ol' Suomi.

While I am not a Finn, I am a Finnophile, as the majority of my research in university was Russian-Finnish relations. Indeed, anyone who studies this topic gets a great feel for the Finnish nation.

I have actaully been to Tampere reseraching the civil war there. My finnish is well-nigh non-existant now, but it never was good anyway. Thankfully you Finns have translated all, or at least most, historical sources into English. Russian sources are not so, of course, but at least I speak that. Geez, Finnish makes Russian look like Esperanto.

I spent my junior year of undergrad in Petrozavodsk, which you might know as Petroskoi. 9 years ago, it was. There I took my username. That was my first insight into the Winter War and Karjala. I guess it all started from there.

Allen · Nov 1, 2002

The south

Spartanburg, South Carolina

Piratecat · Nov 1, 2002

Blood Jester said:
Morrus tried one out about two months or maybe three back, it could only take the first 100 names, and then it would start to overwrite the old ones... It only lasted a few days, but I would have thought you would remember that one.

Aha! I was travelling that week. When I got back it was already gone, and I had no idea what anyone was talking about.

Now I feel better!

AngelTears · Nov 1, 2002

Talvisota said:
Lurks-No-More:

Someone actually caught my user name. Of course, it had to be someone from good ol' Suomi.

While I am not a Finn, I am a Finnophile, as the majority of my research in university was Russian-Finnish relations. Indeed, anyone who studies this topic gets a great feel for the Finnish nation.

I have actaully been to Tampere reseraching the civil war there. My finnish is well-nigh non-existant now, but it never was good anyway. Thankfully you Finns have translated all, or at least most, historical sources into English. Russian sources are not so, of course, but at least I speak that. Geez, Finnish makes Russian look like Esperanto.

I spent my junior year of undergrad in Petrozavodsk, which you might know as Petroskoi. 9 years ago, it was. There I took my username. That was my first insight into the Winter War and Karjala. I guess it all started from there.

Sorry for posting this here, I am not a community supporter so I don't have private messaging, which would make this less obtrusive.

I don't study history, so take what I say with a pinch of salt.

Talvisota, I suggest you are very careful with historical texts, which have been translated from Finnish to English, especially those between 1945 and 1980, some of the information has been purposefully distorted. This is due to the Finnish habit of external self-censorship, especially with the feeling that Russia was monitoring everything Finland said or did very carefully.

Also, some historical texts on the winter war done by English speakers, at least one by an American author based his study on wrongly dated maps.

Only recently has any 'objective' history books been written about the Finnish civil war, now that most of those who lived through it are safely dead. I've lived in a small village outside Tampere, where the cemetary has two rows of graves facing each other, and every christmas they light a row of red and white candles on each side.

-Angel Tears

Ruined · Nov 1, 2002

Rel said:
It is starting to sound like we need to organize a "NC Game Day", does it not?

Sounds good to me. I always need more tabletop gaming, and getting to meet some of the other posters would be welcome.

Rel · Nov 1, 2002

theRuinedOne said:
Sounds good to me. I always need more tabletop gaming, and getting to meet some of the other posters would be welcome.

My schedule is looking a little tight for the remainder of the year, but let's try to organize something after the holidays. Sound good?

Any thoughts on a good venue around here?

Samothdm · Nov 2, 2002

So. Pas

What secret passageway under the freeway are you taking?!
Or was that "10 Minutes from downtown Los Angeles, at 3:45am on a Tuesday, when no construction, accidents, or police closures are in the way"?

You're right, of course. But, I commute from the Miracle Mile District (near the L.A. County Art Museum) and can get from there to home in South Pas off the 110 (going through downtown) in about 40 minutes by taking a combination of surface streets and freeways. The majority of that trip time is getting from Miracle Mile to Downtown. From there, it's only about another 10-15 minutes, even with traffic.

The trick, if you're interested: Take 6th Street (east) to Figueroa (north) to Alpine (east) to Hill (north). This gets you onto the freeway past Dodger Stadium and at that point there's no traffic. Few people seem to get on the freeway at Hill - they all wait in line at Figueroa for some reason.

Of course, now everybody knows my secret...