Ohio's Buckeye Chat (Cincinnati, Toledo, Kent: shop, friendly, retired)

[rrtechno]

Originally Posted by Traveler87

Does anyone know when Cincinnati's Tall Stacks Festival will begin again? I know it is one of the largest festivals in the nation. It was awesome when I went in 2006. There were like 700,000 people there. It was crazy fun.

It looks like possibly in 2009????

When and where are the cincinnati tall stacks 2008 ? - Yahoo! Answers

[fuzzymystic]

Here's a little Ohio joke. A few years back I heard a weatherman say this on his morning broadcast: Where is Engagement Ohio? Halfway between Dayton and Marion!

[LASam]

Originally Posted by fuzzymystic

Here's a little Ohio joke. A few years back I heard a weatherman say this on his morning broadcast: Where is Engagement Ohio? Halfway between Dayton and Marion!

That's definately rep point worthy.

[Traveler87]

I know a festival just happened recently in Cincinnati, around 600,000 people attended!

It was Riverfest.

Great shots here:

Cincinnati: 2008 Cincinnati Bell/WEBN Riverfest Fireworks (Including Sunset)

[Ohiogirl81]

Originally Posted by fuzzymystic

Here's a little Ohio joke. A few years back I heard a weatherman say this on his morning broadcast: Where is Engagement Ohio? Halfway between Dayton and Marion!

*snort* Can't believe I've never heard that one before. Thanks!

[WinterWolf]

Originally Posted by Alaskapat528

Wow, Let's get this board going LOL. Skyline Chili...oh I love that stuff. When I was in Cleveland this past July I made sure I stopped there; I went to the one in Brooklyn, and it was as good as I remembered it.

I am returning to the Mother Land of Ohio. We leave August 31st. Should take us a week to get down there (driving). We'll be heading into Southeastern Ohio area. I'll miss Alaska of course, the mountains which are so beautiful they sometimes don't look real. But, the beauty doesn't compare to missing your family. And Ohio has some absolutely beautiful parts. My husband and I both feel it's time to move on (and in my case, it's moving back). He is from NY originally.

The Canadian Rockies are another beautiful place. I'll be taking pictures (again), took lots when we drove down in June and came back in July. Somebody please just give me instructions on how to post pics. Everytime I try it, it doesn't work. Thanks!

I wouldn't want to leave Alaska if I lived there. I hate OH.

[LASam]

Originally Posted by LASam

Oh, and another thing. OSU better beat USC or I'm never going to hear the end of it out here!

Oh OSU... why do you torment me so?

[zonababe]

Hey I hear 500,000 people are without power in Ohio. Bad wind storms.

[yayoi]

Originally Posted by zonababe

Hey I hear 500,000 people are without power in Ohio. Bad wind storms.

I've been without power for about 2 days now. Duke energy said it could take up to a week for some people to get their power turned back on. There are still about 538,000 people without power in SW Ohio, 281,000 of those in Hamilton county. Three people were killed by trees and a child is in critical condition. I've also heard conflicting reports about looting. A lot of the stores are closed because of the power outage. Meijer and Kroger are the only grocery/department stores that are open near my home. Even Wallyworld is closed. Some of the gas stations are running out of gas because people are panicking. Gov. Strickland declared a state of emergency.


On a lighter note, I actually look forward to going to work. I've even been early for the last two days. Oh, and Oktoberfest is this weekend. At least there will be a nice end to a dark and boring week for some.

[Crew Chief]

Yayoi, thanks for shopping at Meijer! We got our power back on Tuesday but STILL don't have cable and internet (Do you know how hard that is on a C-D Junkie???) It was a good week at work, though. Kept those Meijer stores stocked up and powered up! Our neighborhood had only minor damage and no trees or limbs damaged houses...we were lucky. Just North of us in Kettering and Oakwood, they got hit pretty bad. Some up that way STILL don't have power. They have lots of beautiful old-growth trees, though...

All in all, though, I think it could've been MUCH worse. Mild temps and no rain really helped out a lot! And the stories of neighbor helping neighbor are heart-warming!