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RE: Bruce or Jack ?

by markfawkner 08 May 2012

Wrecking Ball has some great tunes. It is not as coherent an album as his 9-11 album (The Rising), his Iraq war album (Devils and Dust),…
RE: Cross-Country --- NYC to Seattle!

by CascadeBob 29 April 2012

Safest and quickest NY to Seattle? Take Interstate highways all the way. NYC to Philadelphia, then I-70 west to Nebraska, then I-80…
RE: States that are also rivers

by mrpenney 19 April 2012

Nebraska, it turns out, is an Otoe word meaning "flat water." Rather than calling the river the Nebraska, the French chose to translate--it…
RE: How many countries you have visited: how widely can your answer vary?

by homerjhomerj 17 April 2012

My missing states are Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska and Rhode Island. Shit I guess I should learn to…
RE: How many countries you have visited: how widely can your answer vary?

by Boinkity_Boink 17 April 2012

>Has anyone hit all 50 states...I've been to 42. >All of the ones I've missed are mostly in the SE. Not me. My gap is the northwest,…
My Nebraska your Latin/South America, Mexico anywhere warm & costal

by kellygitt 15 April 2012

Hello! We live in the heart of the US in Omaha NE (a clean, safe midwestern city w/hot summers) & are looking to house swap for a week…
RE: My credit score

by Pacta_sunt_servanda 12 April 2012

>I have. In Bumfuck, Nebraska or whatever shithole you're from? Ha. As I said, I've a bridge to sell you.
RE: Driving West to East

by nrclibn 08 April 2012

>Iowa and Nebraska sucks do drive through OTOH, if one wants to get (far) off the well-worn tourist trail, they offer choices for the…
Re: Driving West to East

by alight17 08 April 2012

I might go further north then Denver. Iowa and Nebraska sucks do drive through. Keystone, SD and Mt Rushmore are worth the trip north.…
RE: Its more fun in the Philippines!

by updownallaround7 08 April 2012

I have seen a few foreign couples, mainly elderly (50 years plus anyways) Most of whom I encountered were missionaries from Texas or Nebrask…
RE: Exploring Steam Paddler wrecks at the missisippi?

by Dutch_Uncle 17 March 2012

Bertrand Bend on the Missouri River in Nebraska is named for the steamship Bertrand which wrecked enroute ot the Montana gold fields in…
RE: Tornado Alley

by EM_Guero 06 March 2012

>the US sure cops a battering and when you see the results on buildings of those tornadoes, I'd be thinking of certainly living somewhere…
RE: Melancholy Music

by Winterhawk 21 February 2012

Back to OP: Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen
RE: Colorado & Rockies & South Dakota

by Livingstone 07 February 2012

Thank's again for all the recommendations and ideas. I am getting lean on "seeing a little of Colorado and more of the Black Hills/Custer…
RE: GPS (or Vindication of the Luddites, part 2)

by littlevixen 05 February 2012

I have a GPS on my phone but rarely if ever use it. I have an extremely good sense of direction and a built in GPS in my brain. And…
RE: Visiting the Nebraska sand hills/western Nebraska

by johnsang 27 January 2012

May I suggest a really good book about the people who settled the country and the Indians. "Old Jules" by Mari Sandoz. A classic western…
RE: Visiting the Nebraska sand hills/western Nebraska

by Dutch_Uncle 26 January 2012

The pipeline part was wildly overblown as a threat, but it was sucessful. The sandhills is definitely part of the ranching west as…
RE: Visiting the Nebraska sand hills/western Nebraska

by tiltedflipcurves 26 January 2012

I just remembered that there was a recent "reference thread" on Nebraska: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadID=210946…
Re: Visiting the Nebraska sand hills/western Nebraska

by moongoddess 26 January 2012

Oh, and as for seeing the sand hills, these folks may be able to help you out: [Calamus Outfitters|http://www.calamusoutfitters.com/index…
RE: Visiting the Nebraska sand hills/western Nebraska

by denver_mugwamp 26 January 2012

Although most people would have a hard time believing that there's anything interesting in Nebraska, I recently read the book "The Last…
RE: Visiting the Nebraska sand hills/western Nebraska

by tiltedflipcurves 26 January 2012

That's the time to go -- for the birding, as the sand hill cranes are migrating north in the spring. Late March to April 10, per Nebraska.…
RE: 4 week holiday in Central America

by mrpenney 24 January 2012

>$300 dollars a days sounds mental!!!! It depends on where you are. $300 a day is not at all an unreasonable amount to budget for New…
Re: Alaska

by moongoddess 21 January 2012

> {quote:title=purpletreefrog wrote:}{quote} > This is brilliant. I think the Nebraska tourism board (is there such a thing?) should consid…
RE: Alaska

by purpletreefrog 21 January 2012

+save your money and come to Nebraska instead. You can be just as bored at a much lower total cost!+ This is brilliant. I think the Nebra…
RE: Alaska

by moongoddess 21 January 2012

You're probably right there, laketraveller. But since Nebraska is generally derided (with reason) as a "flyover state" here on these…