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11-30-2008, 09:58 AM
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When I saw this thread, two things popped into my head - 1) the opening sequence and theme song to Laverne and Shirley, and 2) the scene in Wayne's World where Alice Cooper was explaining the origin of the word Milwaukee to Wayne and Garth.
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11-30-2008, 09:59 AM
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Come to Philly for the crack...heads.
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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Pete: Hey, isn't "Milwaukee" an Indian name?
Alice Cooper: Yes, Pete, it is. In fact , it's pronounced "mill-e-wah-que" which is Algonquin for "the good land."
Wayne Campbell: I was not aware of that.
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11-30-2008, 10:02 AM
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The Chief of Grief
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: On the Texican Border
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Beer. Schlitz beer. The beer that made Milwaukee famous. Look, I drank Schlitz when I was a young man, it was good beer.
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11-30-2008, 10:46 AM
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Milwaukee is a great city, much overlooked. I would rather live there than Chicago to be honest. It has a great lakefront, decent transit and it is affordable.
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11-30-2008, 10:48 AM
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When you say Milwaukee I think of Milwaukee..... does that make any sense?
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11-30-2008, 10:57 AM
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Location: Illinois, for now...
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Summerfest, the beautiful lakefront, beer, cheese curds, and FUN!  |
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11-30-2008, 12:27 PM
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Beer and fat chicks. Good ol Milwaukee.
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11-30-2008, 01:28 PM
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Location: Milwaukee
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mariok689
I would like to hear more about Milwaukee though. It sounds a similar to Pittsburgh in some ways.
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Yeah, blue collar, rust belt towns. I think there is a much larger black population in Milwaukee though (something like 40 %).
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Originally Posted by desert sun
I think of the Brewers but other than that I never ever hear anything about it. When I hear Marquette I also think about it and I think Jeffrey Dahmer did some killings there but I could be wrong.
Milwaukee does deserve some respect and I couldnt even pick its skyline out even though I could many smaller cities.
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Yeah Jeffrey Dahmer is from Milwaukee, and that's where is killings were.
As for it's skyline, Milwaukee doesn't really have any skyscrapers (it's tallest building is just under half the size of the Sears Tower). |
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11-30-2008, 01:33 PM
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Location: Houston
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cold weather and beer. it also seems like one of those cities that still resembles the 80s, maybe early 90s.
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11-30-2008, 01:37 PM
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Beer, Lake Michigan, Chicago, and cheese, in that order.
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