# Location question.... **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 4, 2003, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/location-question/205502 "2003-10-04T04:55:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/location-question/205502/21 "2003-10-05T08:18:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cbm77 \* > \*\*Ice Wolf I think you are very exciting because of your riff. > \*\* :eek: Wow. Thanks again, mate. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![cbm77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@cbm77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbm77)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/location-question/205502/22 "2003-10-05T09:33:36Z")
Not to sound ironicā€¦But WOW! Look at us! This board is an amazing thing to me. All of us communicating, shareing, fighting, making ideasā€¦ Why not we all come right out and be expressive with where we are? If it is as creative as, ā€œFloor #13ā€, or as honest or home felt as, ā€œAuckland, New Zealandā€ why not give something to our personailitys? I guess Iā€™m asking those who have left their location blank to come out and say ā€œhiā€. We are not robotsā€¦(for the most part), we are interesting hereā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/location-question/205502/23 "2003-10-05T11:07:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cbm77 \* > \*\*ā€¦Or is it alright to assume that everyone knows where am and that Iā€™m not here to only talk to Americans? > > Just wondering because I noticed a lot of members in the USA do that, while members in other countries do not. > > Sorry if this was lame. šŸ™‚ \*\* I donā€™t think putting any location, or not putting one at all, is either rude or inappropriate. As another American though I just wanted to point out that I had no idea where ā€œMā€™boro/Dixion Springsā€ is. My first thought is Marlborough, a town near me here in Mass., but I have no idea where Dixion Springs is. So donā€™t assume that even Americans will know you are from Tennessee! I find it funny in ā€œpollingā€ type threads where people ask ā€œHow is (fill in the blank) where you are?ā€ And people answer in great length about how something is where they live, but donā€™t bother to mention where that is, and donā€™t have a location listed! ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/location-question/205502/24 "2003-10-05T16:50:37Z")
I just put Floor #13 because Iā€™m either on floor #12 or floor #14. šŸ˜ƒ Mine changes almost weekly now, although it was static for about a year. The thing is, if anyone wanted to figure out where I am located, it wouldnā€™t be very difficult. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/location-question/205502/25 "2003-10-05T17:14:01Z")
I thought perhaps you were an [Elevators](http://elevators.blinkenlights.org/) fan, **lel**. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/location-question/205502/26 "2003-10-05T20:14:15Z")
\<\< The thing is, if anyone wanted to figure out where I am located, it wouldnā€™t be very difficult. \>\> Iā€™m not lost, Iā€™m right here. Itā€™s everything else thatā€™s lost. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/location-question/205502/27 "2003-10-06T00:23:07Z")
I hadnā€™t a clue about Dixion Springs, and I would have thought that ā€œMā€™Boroā€ was somewhere in Africaā€¦ One doesnā€™t see the word fragment ā€œMā€™Bā€ very often in English. But thatā€™s OK; if youā€™re ever posting in a context where your location is relevant, just re-state it there in whatever level of detail is needed. And I like the creative locations; the only reason mine is the boring city, state, country is that I couldnā€™t think of anything snappier. ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/location-question/205502/28 "2003-10-06T02:56:03Z")
To set all your souls at rest, Iā€™ve never heard of the 13th floor Elevators before this, and yes, Iā€™m right here and not lost! (However, I should have said that upon performing a basic search for my location, one might find it rather readily.) ---
**Author:** ![cbm77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@cbm77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbm77)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/location-question/205502/29 "2003-10-07T05:15:01Z")
I do get this a LOT! ā€”\> > [@](#): > > As another American though I just wanted to point out that I had no idea where ā€œMā€™boro/Dixion Springsā€ is. Andā€¦ ā€”\> > [@](#): > > I hadnā€™t a clue about Dixion Springs, and I would have thought that ā€œMā€™Boroā€ was somewhere in Africaā€¦ But thats kewl. I am in a transitional stage between moving between Mā€™boro and Dixion Springs Tennessee. A whole lot of people have never heard of Dixion Springs because it is a literally ā€œBFEā€ Tennessee if you know what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/location-question/205502/30 "2003-10-07T05:48:33Z")
Are you sure it isnā€™t [_ **Dixon Springs, TN** _](http://www.hometownusa.com/tn/Dixon_Springs.html), **cbm77**? (Link site has pop-ups. Sorry.) ---
**Author:** ![cbm77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@cbm77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbm77)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/location-question/205502/31 "2003-10-07T06:43:19Z")
Yes it is Dixion Springs, TN Ice Wolf. I apologies if there was any mix up. Also ā€œMā€™boroā€ is an abbreviation for Murfreesboro ā€œthe big city next to Nashvilleā€. Or as most call it around here, ā€œThe Boroā€. Rather Aussie donā€™t ya think? šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/location-question/205502/32 "2003-10-07T06:47:50Z")
Heh. I think, then, youā€™ve left an extra ā€œiā€ in the name ā€œDixionā€, which may be confusing the folks around here, **cbm77**. And I canā€™t comment on Aussie-ness of anything, not really. Seeing as Iā€™m a New Zealander, a natural born Kiwi citizen (and I hope to be visiting them soon, my first experience of a foreign land) ā€“ Iā€™d have to mind my pā€™s and qā€™s. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![cbm77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@cbm77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbm77)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/location-question/205502/33 "2003-10-07T07:00:51Z")
Oh my goodness you are right ! I have no idea whay I did that ! ! ! HaHaHa! ---
**Author:** ![cbm77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@cbm77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbm77)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/location-question/205502/34 "2003-10-07T07:02:11Z")
WOW ! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![cbm77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@cbm77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbm77)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/location-question/205502/35 "2003-10-07T07:07:27Z")
And Ice Wolfā€¦ Really wasnā€™t trying to imply that you were Aussie. I used to get tanked with a few snowboarders from New Zealand in Utah, and they let me know with a poolstick whack on the nose they were not Aussie. those were great times! ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/location-question/205502/36 "2003-10-07T07:12:15Z")
Hey, I thought ā€œIs he, or isnā€™t he? ā€¦ā€ and decided to just do a fairly neutral answer. Hey, so youā€™ve met up with NZers? Great! šŸ™‚ Pity about the poolstick, bit, thoā€™. Iā€™m more polite. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![cbm77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@cbm77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbm77)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/location-question/205502/37 "2003-10-07T07:27:38Z")
No noā€¦It was great Ice Wolf. I was on holiday with my sister in Utah. She was a snowboard instructor up there at the time. In Utah the bars and atmosphere are pretty much bland. We all met at a bar, I was the only one who could play pool with them and we got tanked. Of course what happens when five men get tanked in a place like Utah? Four ā€œNZersā€ and meā€¦We beat the crap out of each other ! HAHAHA! It was great! I didnā€™t start it either. Afterwards we all met ontop the mountain (ski resort) and got tanked again that night. ---
**Author:** ![cbm77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@cbm77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbm77)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/location-question/205502/38 "2003-10-07T08:04:10Z")
So is I or isnā€™t I? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/location-question/205502/39 "2003-10-07T08:09:19Z")
Mine isnā€™t actually _made up_; it is merely meaningless to individuals other than myself. ---
**Author:** ![cbm77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@cbm77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbm77)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/location-question/205502/40 "2003-10-07T08:19:30Z")
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