Towns with Groundhog Day Celebrations, and the name of the town’s groundhog
- Lilburn, Georgia; General Beauregard Lee
- Wiarton, Ontairo; Wiarton Willie
- Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania Punxsutawney Phil
- Raleigh, NC; Sir Walter Wally
- Woodstock, Illinois, Woodstock Willie
- Manchester, Connecticut; Chuckles
- Staten Island, NY - Staten Island Chuck
- Quarryville, Pennsylvania: Octoraro Orphie
- Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia : Shubenacadie Sam
- Cumberland, Maryland; Mountain Maryland Murray
- Marion, Ohio - Buckeye Chuck
- Balzac, Alberta - Billy Balzac
- Aurora, Colorado - Stormy Marmot
Category:
Companies that burst with the dot-com bubble
- Pets.com
Oh and, for no reason whatsoever, here are their predictions:
- Lilburn, Georgia; General Beauregard Lee Early Spring
- Wiarton, Ontairo; Wiarton Willie Early Spring
- Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania Punxsutawney Phil Early Spring
- Raleigh, NC; Sir Walter Wally Six more weeks of winter
- Woodstock, Illinois, Woodstock Willie Cancelled due to snowstorm
- Manchester, Connecticut; Chuckles Early Spring
- Staten Island, NY - Staten Island Chuck Early Spring
- Quarryville, Pennsylvania: Octoraro Orphie Six more weeks of winter
- Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia : Shubenacadie Sam Early Spring
- Cumberland, Maryland; Mountain Maryland Murray Six more weeks of winter
- Marion, Ohio - Buckeye Chuck Early Spring
- Balzac, Alberta - Billy Balzac Early Spring
- Aurora, Colorado - Stormy Marmot Six more weeks of winter
Total tally: 8-4-1
Companies that burst with the dot-com bubble
- Pets.com
- Boo.com
/nitpick - not a groundhog
Companies that burst with the dot-com bubble
- Pets.com
- Boo.com
- WorldCom
Thanks, Enderw24, for that tally!
Companies that burst with the dot-com bubble
- Pets.com
- Boo.com
- WorldCom
- Startups.com
I’d say that one should count as “six more weeks”.
Companies that burst with the dot-com bubble
- Pets.com
- Boo.com
- WorldCom
- Startups.com
- Flooz.com
You wonder how anyone even thought that was going to work.
Companies that burst with the dot-com bubble
- Pets.com
- Boo.com
- WorldCom
- Startups.com
- Flooz.com
- theGlobe.com
Companies that burst with the dot-com bubble
- Pets.com
- Boo.com
- WorldCom
- Startups.com
- Flooz.com
- theGlobe.com
- Webvan
Companies that burst with the dot-com bubble
- Pets.com
- Boo.com
- WorldCom
- Startups.com
- Flooz.com
- theGlobe.com
- Webvan
- govWorks.com
The subject of the documentary startup.com: Startup.com - Wikipedia
They’ve been in reruns since just after the bubble burst, after they fired all their staff.
ETA - unless they’ve restarted recently.
Companies that burst with the dot-com bubble
- Pets.com
- Boo.com
- WorldCom
- Startups.com
- Flooz.com
- theGlobe.com
- Webvan
- govWorks.com
- suck.com
- xcelera.com
- RemarQ
- freeinternet.com
- lastminute.com
Next up: Different Calendars:
- Celtic