# Your location...up there, by your name. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 2, 2005, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-location-up-there-by-your-name/306546 "2005-06-02T13:36:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-location-up-there-by-your-name/306546/81 "2005-06-03T21:30:21Z")
> [@Rich Mann](#): > > I’ll take a **stab** at it. Is it Oakland, CA? Nope, but if you google it as a phrase, it will be obvious. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-location-up-there-by-your-name/306546/82 "2005-06-03T21:56:17Z")
I don’t remember why I decided to be vague. I live in Anderson, which really is not far from Hardscrabble, a tiny town. The nearest tiny town is Florida Station, but that would have been confusing. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-location-up-there-by-your-name/306546/83 "2005-06-03T22:33:11Z")
> [@Wile E](#): > > I just prefer to call it was it is. That incident was over four years ago, can’t we just let it go? Well, I originally set that as my location years ago. But if anybody thinks I need to make it more current, I suppose I could always change it to: **The Persistent Vegetative State** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-location-up-there-by-your-name/306546/84 "2005-06-04T00:47:39Z")
> [@Monstre](#): > > Well, I originally set that as my location years ago. But if anybody thinks I need to make it more current, I suppose I could always change it to: > > **The Persistent Vegetative State** > > 😃 I like it! ---
**Author:** ![bob\_loblaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@bob\_loblaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_loblaw)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-location-up-there-by-your-name/306546/85 "2005-06-04T01:15:51Z")
my location is off by about 3.5 km, as the crow flies. ---
**Author:** ![robotic\_panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed8c4c/32.png) [@robotic\_panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robotic_panda)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-location-up-there-by-your-name/306546/86 "2005-06-04T10:52:21Z")
I tend to make up new words… so I took the literal meaning of my hometown’s name and blended it with the state name. Not too obscure. Figure it out, I dare you! Come and find me… . Won’t somebody?! _looks at clock, continues waiting_ ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-location-up-there-by-your-name/306546/87 "2005-06-04T16:11:58Z")
Got to fit in one of my favorite songs, while still saying that I’m from NY. I change it often, though. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-location-up-there-by-your-name/306546/88 "2005-06-04T19:49:59Z")
Like **Big\_Norse** , I was feeling pretty much invisible when I invented mine. I probably should change it, but it explains more about where I’m from than anything else I can think of. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-location-up-there-by-your-name/306546/89 "2005-06-04T20:01:27Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > I probably should change mine. It’s boring, but I never forget that the Internet is like the Greyhound bus station at 0400. So, I stay vague. > > I would like to be pithy and smart, but nothing springs to mind–maybe Strawberry Fields, but with the name and all, I really don’t want to Beatle myself to death. If there were room, you could put “in a church where a wedding has been” I’d laugh and appreciate. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2005, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-location-up-there-by-your-name/306546/90 "2005-06-04T20:03:49Z")
I doubt anyone knows what my Location refers to. It doesn’t even Google. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-location-up-there-by-your-name/306546/91 "2005-06-04T20:09:22Z")
> [@Una Persson](#): > > I doubt anyone knows what my Location refers to. It doesn’t even Google. One of these close? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-location-up-there-by-your-name/306546/92 "2005-06-04T20:11:32Z")
Er…[these](http://ourwebhome.com/TENP/resultsCityState.asp?exnum=&exname=lexington&city=&state=&sortBy=exname&Submit), I mean… ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-location-up-there-by-your-name/306546/93 "2005-06-04T22:07:47Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > There once was a band named Husker Du > They had an album named Zen Arcade > What kind of games would you find in a Zen Arcade? > The band was from Minneapolis, MN. > I am too. > > So. I guess mine’s obscure. Hey, I got it. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2005, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-location-up-there-by-your-name/306546/94 "2005-06-04T22:13:28Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Er…[these](http://ourwebhome.com/TENP/resultsCityState.asp?exnum=&exname=lexington&city=&state=&sortBy=exname&Submit), I mean… Nope…it’s an obscure reference alright. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-location-up-there-by-your-name/306546/95 "2005-06-04T22:29:49Z")
Mine will get you within 30 meters of my home. For security reasons, thanks mostly to the DHS, I cannot reveal the actual UTM coordinates of my home, being that I am a national strategic asset . . . and all that with a bag of chips. Tripler You could huck a rock at my place if you got to my ‘location’. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-location-up-there-by-your-name/306546/96 "2005-06-04T23:18:48Z")
> [@robotic\_panda](#): > > I tend to make up new words… so I took the literal meaning of my hometown’s name and blended it with the state name. Not too obscure. > > Figure it out, I dare you! Come and find me… . Won’t somebody?! Is [this](http://www.millstadtillinois.com/) it? One of my friends from high school went there every summer to visit his grandparents. Are you of German extraction? Al claimed it was an all-but-official requirement for residents of the city to be Deutschlanders by heritage. I often refer to Lafayette in my posts, and specify the state because there are several towns in the USA that share the name, although not necessarily the pronunciation. ---
**Author:** ![robotic\_panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed8c4c/32.png) [@robotic\_panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robotic_panda)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-location-up-there-by-your-name/306546/97 "2005-06-04T23:27:09Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Is [this](http://www.millstadtillinois.com/) it? One of my friends from high school went there every summer to visit his grandparents. Are you of German extraction? Al claimed it was an all-but-official requirement for residents of the city to be Deutschlanders by heritage. Nope! Not from Millstadt. I do have a German last name, but i’m not THAT into it! 😛 Good guess though. I didn’t even know there was a Millstadt, Illinois. ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-location-up-there-by-your-name/306546/98 "2005-06-04T23:59:11Z")
> [@Case Sensitive](#): > > Hey, I got it. If you add umulats, I get it as well. Obscure my emo, punk. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-location-up-there-by-your-name/306546/99 "2005-06-05T00:44:58Z")
> [@robotic\_panda](#): > > Nope! Not from Millstadt. I do have a German last name, but i’m not THAT into it! 😛 > > Good guess though. I didn’t even know there was a Millstadt, Illinois. Okay, if the language of origin isn’t German, it must be [French.](http://www.moline.il.us/ourcommunity/history.asp) My friend Crystal would envy you – she grew up on a farm, and is a big John Deere fan. ---
**Author:** ![robotic\_panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed8c4c/32.png) [@robotic\_panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robotic_panda)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-location-up-there-by-your-name/306546/100 "2005-06-05T00:57:32Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Okay, if the language of origin isn’t German, it must be [French.](http://www.moline.il.us/ourcommunity/history.asp) My friend Crystal would envy you – she grew up on a farm, and is a big John Deere fan. Bingo! You got it. We are the John Deere capital, yes-indeedy. Your friend should come out to see the John Deere Pavillion, they’ve got the big plows and harvesters outside for all to see. Its pretty cool, if you’re into that sort of thing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-location-up-there-by-your-name/306546.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-location-up-there-by-your-name/306546.md?page=6)