# My home town makes.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 12, 2001, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-home-town-makes/72293 "2001-07-12T23:30:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![dorkbro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@dorkbro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorkbro)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-home-town-makes/72293/81 "2001-07-15T05:28:18Z")
the baby Jesus cry. I don’t know - somehow I saw the thread title, and this was what came to my head first. But the fact no one else saw it til now means either A) I am one twisted person, or B) the Teeming Millions are slipping. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Creant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Miss\_Creant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Creant)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-home-town-makes/72293/82 "2001-07-15T05:30:22Z")
Chicago IL Extremly bad sports teams delayed flights out of O’Hare corrupt politicians great street festivals really good pizza ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-home-town-makes/72293/83 "2001-07-15T06:01:40Z")
1 the space shuttle and parts there in 2 the b2 and parts there in 3 various goverment planes that dont exist but we see them flying above every day we have the infamous “skunk works” and plant 42 were one fo the few towns that if you get lost in certain areas you can be killed … found this out personaly by a wrong turn near lockheed and went down a road that was wiht ib the fence oh we also are the number one makers of methphamtines amd number one in child abuse in the country they both tye in with each other oh and were the hidden locations of various movie and tv stars … among the noted people that hide out here … tommy lee jones frank zappa lived here for a while judy garland aldous huxely (brave new world) chuck norris ect a hijack here but in 1934 a man named marion morrison was briefly arrested for cruelty to a horse the dear ladies of the town seem him walking a stumbling horse and thought he had gotten the horse drunk … the horse was cross eyed and occasionaly had problems so the community ladies of palmdale had the nerve to toss john wayne in the clink … theyve never gotten over it si nce ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-home-town-makes/72293/84 "2001-07-15T14:36:24Z")
My home town is a small market town. Its main industry is tourism. My home town makes: electronics and gift foods (cookies and fudge in gift boxes for the tourist market) The town where I now live makes: pharmaceuticals (antibiotics), electronics, crystal glassware and building preservatives. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-home-town-makes/72293/85 "2001-07-15T14:43:25Z")
Information. Fast food. **Fierra** happy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-home-town-makes/72293/86 "2001-07-15T15:40:37Z")
More than likely, my town makes your town’s manhole covers, storm drains and fire hydrants. Check to see if yours read “East Jordan Iron Works, East Jordan, Michigan.” Most do. I am one of the rare freaks who grew up this town and never worked at the plant, including summers while going to college. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-home-town-makes/72293/87 "2001-07-15T15:52:44Z")
My town imports money from your town, manufactures law with it & exports the laws back to your towns. ---
**Author:** ![frock75](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ad7895/32.png) [@frock75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/frock75)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-home-town-makes/72293/88 "2001-07-15T16:43:14Z")
My town can beat up your town. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-home-town-makes/72293/89 "2001-07-15T17:13:40Z")
**Danville, KY** Microwaves. (Matshusita) Greeting cards. (American Greetings) Shoes. (Red Wing) Sports fanatics. (High school football, in particular.) Vice presidential debates. (Lieberman and Cheney, Centre College) History. (The first capital of the state of KY: the first ovariotomy - no drugs - by Dr. Ephraim McDowell) And last, but most certainly not least… The best donuts, cookies, rolls, gingerbread men, etc. this side of Heaven. (Burke’s Bakery) It’s a nice, small town, but I’m very proud to call it home. ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-home-town-makes/72293/90 "2001-07-15T20:37:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by frock75 \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Superdude \* > > \*\*Louisville, KY > > We make millions every year on Kentucky Derby day. We also manufacture Louisville Slugger bats used in the major leagues at Hillerich & Bradsby. \*\* > > Forgot the best thing about Louisville! Makers Mark, baby!!! Used to live there, got hooked on the stuff. Don’t forget UPS. \*\* Slight technicality- The Makers Mark distillery is in Loretto, Kentucky, quite a bit south and a little east of Louisville. ---
**Author:** ![frock75](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ad7895/32.png) [@frock75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/frock75)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-home-town-makes/72293/91 "2001-07-15T20:46:15Z")
Thanx, DWYR. I didn’t know that. That being said, I think you live in one the greatest cities I’ve ever been to. The best thing about Louisville, to me, is Sparks. I don’t think it’s still around, but I have some surreal stories about my time there. Especially the three hundred pound drag queen bouncer named Mother. Ahhhhh…those were the days. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-home-town-makes/72293.md?page=4)