# Well, it's official...Ohio, here I come. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 8, 2004, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-official-ohio-here-i-come/223479 "2004-01-08T19:28:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Priam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/77aa72/32.png) [@Priam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Priam)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-official-ohio-here-i-come/223479/21 "2004-01-08T21:17:07Z")
At least you’re not moving to Cincinnati, OH… _whimpers_ ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-official-ohio-here-i-come/223479/22 "2004-01-08T21:31:04Z")
Hey, **vunderbob** , I think you can call **MeanJoe** an Ohioan and he’d take it as a compliment. Not sure what **Priam** is on about. If you were in Cincinnati at least you’d have **Rue** and me to kick around. And there’s the snow (at least today). ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-official-ohio-here-i-come/223479/23 "2004-01-08T21:35:07Z")
You big poopyhead. ☹ You’ll be 380 miles away from where I’ll be living. [sub]good luck anyway, I guess[/sub]😛 ---
**Author:** ![Jessity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jessity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jessity)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-official-ohio-here-i-come/223479/24 "2004-01-08T21:36:30Z")
Yay! Welcome to Ohio! ---
**Author:** ![Priam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/77aa72/32.png) [@Priam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Priam)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-official-ohio-here-i-come/223479/25 "2004-01-08T21:45:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ShibbOleth \* > \*\*Not sure what **Priam** is on about. If you were in Cincinnati at least you’d have **Rue** and me to kick around. And there’s the snow (at least today). \*\* I’m on the other side of that river from you, ya darn buckeye! Comin’ over here an’ clogging up our roads with yer horrible drivin’ and snooty big-city ways! Why if we weren’t so polite and suburban, I’d come over there and give ya a good piece of my mind! (Oh and Vote To Repeal Article XII!) ---
**Author:** ![MeanJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanjoe/32/5693_2.png) [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-official-ohio-here-i-come/223479/26 "2004-01-08T21:48:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ShibbOleth \* > \*\*Hey, **vunderbob** , I think you can call **MeanJoe** an Ohioan and he’d take it as a compliment. Not sure what **Priam** is on about. If you were in Cincinnati at least you’d have **Rue** and me to kick around. And there’s the snow (at least today). \*\* Hey now, no need to get insulting there. Especially considering you are in Cincy of all places! 😃 Besides, I’m not saying they are good things. Just trying to help a guy blend in a little bit. Us transplants to Ohio got to help each other out with local customs and such. MeanJoe - Not an Ohio native but has drank enough of the kool-aid to appear converted and thereby avoid the rabid native’s scorn. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-official-ohio-here-i-come/223479/27 "2004-01-08T21:52:37Z")
Shoot, another MAD is deserting us. And no more MountainDopes, either! Good luck, **JC**! ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-official-ohio-here-i-come/223479/28 "2004-01-08T21:54:03Z")
So there’s gonna be a last-ditch, blowout, going away party, right? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-official-ohio-here-i-come/223479/29 "2004-01-08T22:21:36Z")
**Priam** , are you in Kentucky or Indiana? What part? And what is Article XII? Neither **Rue** nor I are in Cincinnati, proper, but **FisherQueen** is, I think, so take it up with her. And for the last time, I’m not a Buckeye. I just move around a lot and keep ending up here for some darned reason. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-official-ohio-here-i-come/223479/30 "2004-01-08T22:23:48Z")
Oh yeah: Once you’re up there, go find some decent Cincinatti-style chili. You’ll never want to eat any other kind again. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-official-ohio-here-i-come/223479/31 "2004-01-08T23:00:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ShibbOleth \* > \*\*Hey, **vunderbob** , I think you can call **MeanJoe** an Ohioan and he’d take it as a compliment. Not sure what **Priam** is on about. If you were in Cincinnati at least you’d have **Rue** and me to kick around. And there’s the snow (at least today). \*\* I didn’t say Ohio was bad, just that as a former Hoosier it was my right and responsibility to pick on y’all. Besides, all my good material is about Kentucky…😛 ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-official-ohio-here-i-come/223479/32 "2004-01-08T23:18:48Z")
Dude, I looked at the map. That’s not Ohio, that’s West Virgina on the other side of the river. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2004, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-official-ohio-here-i-come/223479/33 "2004-01-09T00:14:10Z")
Yeah, the map is wrong. We’ll be in Ohio on the river. We’re looking at a place on the Muskingam River. [www.realtor.com](http://www.realtor.com) Take a look. It’s MLS# 207970. Tell me what you think. And you college boys? I did my grad school at the University of Iowa. GO HAWKEYES!!! ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2004, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-official-ohio-here-i-come/223479/34 "2004-01-09T00:30:39Z")
Sheesh, is that the most expensive place in town? 5 Beds, 2 baths, under $150k. I don’t know what the prices are out in your neck, but it’s got to be a bargain for that place. I’d take it. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2004, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-official-ohio-here-i-come/223479/35 "2004-01-09T01:38:32Z")
No, there are more expensive places. But that’s pretty good. Hell, some of the 4 bedroom places we’re looking at are under 100K. Fear me. ---
**Author:** ![TelcontarStorm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@TelcontarStorm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TelcontarStorm)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2004, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-official-ohio-here-i-come/223479/36 "2004-01-09T01:59:24Z")
Welcome to the Buckeye State. A few more things before you get here. Only in Ohio do you have to use the heat and the AC both on the car in a single day. The 4 Seasons in Ohio are as follows, Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter and Road Construction. A great vacation consists of visiting Kings Island, Cedar Point and Six Flags in one Construction season. The State Motto, is “Construction ahead, expect long delays” The Stare tree is not the buckeye, but can only be decribed as bright orange in colour, the words vary, and it grows frequenly near construction sites. Breeds such as “left lane closed ahead’ and 'Fines doubled”. And lastly, Friends don’t let friends drive in Michigan.😛 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2004, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-official-ohio-here-i-come/223479/37 "2004-01-09T02:38:38Z")
So when is this happening, **JC**? Do we have time to give you a rousing sendoff? ---
**Author:** ![Vanyel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@Vanyel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vanyel)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2004, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-official-ohio-here-i-come/223479/38 "2004-01-09T02:47:11Z")
Hey, welcome to the Buckeye State! Enjoy your stay here, watch the step, and tip your waitresses! ---
**Author:** ![Priam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/77aa72/32.png) [@Priam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Priam)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2004, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-official-ohio-here-i-come/223479/39 "2004-01-09T03:10:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ShibbOleth \* > \*\ ***Priam** , are you in Kentucky or Indiana? What part? And what is Article XII? Neither **Rue** nor I are in Cincinnati, proper, but **FisherQueen** is, I think, so take it up with her. And for the last time, I’m not a Buckeye. I just move around a lot and keep ending up here for some darned reason. \*\* I’m in the VERY VERY VERY northern part of Kentucky. I can literally walk up my hill and see all of the skyline of Cincinnati(which is very pretty and great for fireworks-watching). You’re a buckeye for constantly returning to Ohio, so don’t try to worm your way out of it. And Article XII is an amendment to the city charter of Cincinnati which bans the passage of any anti-discrimination laws which include sexual orientation as a protected class. Its really preposterous, offensive, and is hurting the city big time economically. See [Citizens to Restore Fairness](http://www.citizenstorestorefairness.org/), the people trying to repeal the amendment, for more info on it. (There! Got my plug in for said group.) ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2004, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-official-ohio-here-i-come/223479/40 "2004-01-09T06:39:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > \*\*Anyone want to buy a place in the Blue Ridge? Theios? Ulterfilter? > > Someone? \*\* How much you selling for? Yes, this is a serious question. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-official-ohio-here-i-come/223479.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-official-ohio-here-i-come/223479.md?page=3)