Southern New Jersey native. Born in Atlantic City, raised in Absecon. Four years in Glassboro, NJ for university, followed by three back in Absecon. Have been in China/Taiwan and Southeast Asia for the past year. Will probably be in Beijing next year, with a few months elsewhere in China or Taiwan. Currently in Thailand.
Born Welwyn Garden City and grew up and went to school in Hertfordshire (county immediately north of London).
Went to Uni at UCC Cardiff, Wales, then lived in Highgate, North London for the next fifteen years or so and where I was when started on the SD.
A couple of expat years in Luanda, Angola (during which I fought a lot of SD ignorance about Africa) and now married to a Scot and living in Edinburgh (I only do capital cities!) for the last five years and hopefully the next forty.
Lovely place Edinburgh. If the weather was any good everyone would live in Scotland and it would be awful…
The weather in Edinburgh’s not so bad right now; I can see blue sky almost breaking through, and the rain has stopped for a bit!
So, yes, I’m in Edinburgh. Live on the Southside (Newington/Salisbury), work in the Old Town.
What’s wrong with the weather in Scotland? I got a tan in Aberdeen in May.
On the other hand, the guide at the Laphroaig distillery claimed that if you can’t see Ireland it’s raining and if you can see Ireland it’s going to rain.
That’s because May is the sunniest month in Scotland.
There have been two maybe three good weeks of weather so far this year, one in April, one in May and one in July. That’s it so far.
Oh, it stopped raining.
From the UK, but I’ve lived in Florida for 15 years last week.
Bostonian by birth, now live in Englewood, New Jersey
i visited both those places during my youngun years, traveling by airstream with the grandparents. beautiful, beautiful country up there, you lucky canadians. 
i’m still parked on the far north side of indianapolis, in central indiana.
San Diego, CA. I’ve been here for my whole Dope tenure except for a few years in Viet Nam.
The Straight Dope Message Board launched in March, 1999. Before that it was on AOL, but I wasn’t an AOL member so I didn’t know about it even though I was a huge fan of Cecil. The original forums here were (IIRC):
About the Message Board
Comments on Cecil’s Columns
General Questions
MPSIMS
BBQ Pit
Back then, it was rare for a thread to get to 100 posts. There was no paging, so if it a thread did get that long, we’d usually open a “part two” thread. We were all amazed when one poster got to 1000 total posts. I think that was Papa Bear. Good times, good times … 
That’s on Islay? I vaguely recall a grey blob through the mist when visiting the rainy North Antrim coast.
Ireland here, born and bred. I’ve never lived abroad, nor outside the environs of Dublin.
I live in Perth so I could be close to Hermette and the rest of the Scottish push.
Except I live in Perth West Australia.
Sunny Glasgow:smack: (Scotland) - North - High flats (18 th floor) with great view of the campsies. Born and bred Glaswegian
Another Scot checking in. Born and brought up in the Highlands, just north of Inverness. Have lived in Dennistoun (Glasgow) for 8 years.
Hi - I stayed in Alness for a year or 2 - way back…
Hey, my mom is from that area - born and raised in Margate. Might I ask how old you are?
Ah, beautiful Alness. Not Milnafua, I hope? 
Dingwall is my hometown and I’ve family in Invergordon. Did you ever climb Fyrish while you were there? Not been up there for years but used to go up often; easy walk but a cracking view from the top.
Yip Milnafua - sis stayed there - was a good few years ago - other sis stayed at the other side of Alness - kirkwall or something. I did go to the Fyrish once - great view as you said. still visit the area from time to time - my mums ashes are scattered up at Nigg - oh the fishing off the pier - really great part of the country. Used to work at Foulis Ferry restraunt as well. Happy times 
Born and raised in Wigan, Greater Manchester but now spend most of my time either in Edinburgh or Bologna, Italy.
Hi, strangers. I live in Switzerland.
Which Canton?