yep we populated by the english and dont like the aussies especialy at sport.yep good sandy beachs bout 6 miles from home and the mountain range closer ,plenty deer up there ,can shoot them all year round here they classed as a noxious animal

 

Edinburgh, about 60 miles from Dumfries :-)
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Edinburgh Royal Mile and Grassmarket | Visit Scotland I work here, in St Giles' Cathedral.

 

Ah heck... now I gotta go buy a map of England!

 

Mr. Ford also neglected to mention that, if anyone wants to go into business in Orange, VA, the Master Bait Shop (right close to the low underpass where US-15 bears to the right) is for sale, as of my last visit.

My 'town' isn't a town at all. It's also not in a county. Roanoke (originally known as Big Lick) is more of a railway town, as evidenced by Norfolk Southern's immense presence, as well as the Virginia Museum of Transportation on Salem Avenue. Norfolk Southern was created in 1982 by the merger of America's last Class 1 steam railway (Norfolk & Western) and America's first railway to go all diesel-electric (Southern). The last steamers that N&W used were built in the railway's Roanoke Shops, visible from I-581 just south of US-460. The museum is on the west side of the interstate spur. We're also home to the tallest man-made star (88') on Mill Mountain, on the southeast side of the city. For those that have stopped at either the T/A or Pilot just north of Roanoke at Exit 150 in Troutville, the Appalachian Trail is VERY close by. Cross under the interstate on US-220 and go to the top of the hill. There's a little sign on each side of the road proclaiming its crossing there.

 

That place caused one heck of an uproar when it opened and people actually saw the name of it. They were demanding the Town make the owners change the name. It's right across from the Fire Dept. as your passing under the railroad on Rt. 15/20. If your coming from Gordonsville it's after the first stop light you come to. If it's for sale it's news to me, wonder what happened........after not even a year of being open. Bad location maybe, P.B. Sports was just a few hundred yards away and went out of business years ago, they really need to be closer to Lake Orange. Speaking of, GREAT fishing there from the shore/pier. No motor boats are allowed, only electric powered or paddles if your in a boat.

 

Missed this thread somehow...
Anyway,

I was born in Ft. Worth, but grew up in Wichita Falls (Tx). Wichita Falls is about 2 hours north of Ft. Worth. Or about more or less the same, south of OK City. We're about 15 miles south of the Red River. Wichita Falls population is a little shy of 110,000. Of course, we have Sheppard Air Force base and Midwestern State University. Wichita Falls is a nice place, it's big enough to have a good time, but at the same time, it can feel like you are living in a small one stop light town with nothing to do. A complaint would be the crime rate. The sky is the limit on the drug traffic. We also have the gangs. I don't know too much about the gangs. Not sure if they could beat Matt Dillon's draw, but they are gangs, no of the less.
Sounds like a nice place to live, eh?

We do have 3 Walmart supercenters, and quite a few nice shopping centers. We have Academy Sports. It aint Bass Pro, but I always find new lures, rods-reels that I like that I don't need.
We also have Mens Warehouse and Jos A Bank. Now if some of you are like me, you talk to cows, those are high-end mens dress stores. Not sure how those 2 stores fit in our little town. Guess the doctors and lawyers keep them open..
We have some nice places to eat. We also have small places. Ya know, the mah and pah places. Some of the small places are better than the big chains. We do have this one place that's called, Pasquals. Guess it's locally owned. I've never eaten there. It's only been here for a few years, but it used to be in country club, and they moved to another location. Valentine's last year, my wife and I decided we'd try it. Of course, we looked like Festus and Miss Kitty. Walked in, and the host told us it was by invitation. (White napkin or something.) He did say that they had some seating in the bar, which is a nice high falootin bar. He showed us a menu. 2 choices.. Beef (ribeye) or chicken. 3 course meal. $40 for the beef, and $20 for the chicken. I was like dag gum!, that must be the 72oz I've always heard about! We went to Texas Roadhouse... yeehaw

 

And play the best sport in the WORLD!

 

that be rugby aye rugger