Plenty of moving

[mtbc]

I was thinking back to where I've lived over my life. I was born in Urmston in Manchester, my parents moved to a village in mid-Cornwall, I read for my degree in Cambridge and got a summer job there for my last break. After graduating, I moved to Columbus, Ohio, back to Cambridge, England, back to Ohio again: the cities of Columbus and Delaware, then rural outside Marysville. After that, New England: Providence, Rhode Island, then Belmont, Massachusetts. From there I took a job in Dundee, Scotland, lived in two different villages in Perthshire, moved here to Tennessee, first to a short-lease apartment, then a house, and am now to move to Aberdeen, Scotland. Quite a mix of rural and not. A result of these moves is that my eldest child attended seven different schools: two in Ohio, one in Rhode Island, two in Massachusetts, two in Scotland. We ensured that the children never had to change high school.

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[thewayne]

Wow! That's practically a military brat history or IBM (I've Been Moved).

We married in Illyria, Ohio. My wife was born in Dayton but grew up in Illyria and that's where her parents were. Her dad was dying of cancer when we wed. I went to Origins Game Fair in Columbus in 2001, which was pretty awesome.

[mtbc]

Ah, up around Cleveland. I like Lake Erie, it's almost like visiting and swimming in the ocean.

Columbus is great for events like that - easy to drive around, plenty of hotel and convention space, good variety of restaurants, fair airport for not-hub domestic, etc. I used to head out to Dayton sometimes to work with AFRL at Wright-Pat, of course we've mentioned the museum there already. (-:

[thewayne]

Yeah, we went to Ceder Point Amusement Park coming back from our honeymoon - rode all the wood roller coasters with pretty much zero lines!  Everyone else was queued up for the latest and greatest for an hour or more.  I think we had a much better time with no waits and still fantastic rides.

[mtbc]

Ha, great, yes, I never actually made it to Cedar Point, that I recall, though did to Geauga Lake (NE OH) and Kennywood (W PA) and, at the latter in particular, I too rode the wood more. Sure, the new ones are more thrilling and scary, so I did try a couple, but also queues, and the wood are pleasant fun. Also I often had little kids with me anyway. Queues are also why, at Eurodisney, I may have had multiple rides on the little train that just carries one around the park a bit!