Interesting. My ancestors, at least as far back as I can trace, were pretty much all with a few degrees of 50. I've lived most of my life around 40.
Sorry, Captain. I'm real sorry. I shoulda kept better care of her. Usually she lets me know when something's wrong. Maybe she did, I just wasn't paying attention...
Kaylee ,'Out Of Gas'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Hil R. - May 14, 2009 2:16:27 pm PDT #19569 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Kathy A - May 14, 2009 2:23:40 pm PDT #19570 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
My Irish ancestors are around the 50 degree mark, but my paternal grandfather came from way up north at 65 degrees (Sweden, at the top of the bay between Sweden and Finland).
juliana - May 14, 2009 2:45:56 pm PDT #19571 of 30000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I grew up at 64°50′N, most of my great-grandparents came from around 52°31′N to 50°05′N, my grandparents settled (and my parents grew up) at 41°54′N, and now I live at 37°46′N (before, I was at 44°59′N). I don't think I could live this far south without the cooling influence of the Pacific. Also, I can (and do) burn, but usually I just get brown. Very brown.
I do find it hilarious that Fairbanks is the 11th city listed. Go Team Far North!!
megan walker - May 14, 2009 2:46:24 pm PDT #19572 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Athens is further north than San Francisco? Surprising.
New York and Madrid being the same is what always surprises me.
dcp - May 14, 2009 2:47:41 pm PDT #19573 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Juliebird - May 14, 2009 2:54:10 pm PDT #19574 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Does chicken-flavoured ramen count as chicken soup as far as being sick goes?
Kathy A - May 14, 2009 2:54:57 pm PDT #19575 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Chicago and Rome are at the same latitude, which surprised me. The summers can be similar, but the winters are soooo not!
megan walker - May 14, 2009 2:55:18 pm PDT #19576 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Chicken Ramen for the Soul? I don't think so.
Sheryl - May 14, 2009 2:55:28 pm PDT #19577 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Last night we saw "Unwigged and Unplugged" (Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer doing songs from "Spinal Tap", "A Mighty Wind" and other projects) Lots of fun.
(Hearing "Big Bottom" done with just the standup bass as instrumentation, and in a jazzy sort of style was interesting)
§ ita § - May 14, 2009 2:56:32 pm PDT #19578 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Me, I was born at 18°. I should be darker. But I am, when I'm there. I grew up there and at 51°. Mah peeps harken from about 55° and 10°, so it all averages out.