re: Official Howdy/Aggy board check in thread

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Because my work requires me to be, I'm currently a resident of the Mitten State, but in the upper part of the Lower Peninsula (not to be mistaken for the Upper Peninsula)

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Howdy, random

My mom and my grandparents hail from the Wolverine state (and my mom IS a Wolverine ). They (grandparents) live in the tiny town of Covert in the southwestern portion of the state, near Benton Harbor and South Haven not far from the Lake.

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the people are as close to Southern in nature as you'll find in the northern wastelands.

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They have some bumpkins up where you are and, of course, in the UP

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Well, it's nice to have a thread to introduce myself in. A bit ol' Vandy howdy to y'all fine folks of Texas A&M. I'm randomways (obviously) because my actual nickname in real life is -- or, rather, was -- Random. Because my work requires me to be, I'm currently a resident of the Mitten State, but in the upper part of the Lower Peninsula (not to be mistaken for the Upper Peninsula), where the people are as close to Southern in nature as you'll find in the northern wastelands. Can't get decent barbecue to save your life, unless you count Mongolian barbecue, but the folks are friendly and the rednecks are plentiful and coated in plaid as they dance merrily across the snowy landscape.

Thanks for granting me access to your board and I hope to have many fine conversations with my fellow Shorthorn punchers.

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I used to travel to Michigan on business quite often and could never get a decent meal. I remember one place that looked decent and they put ice cubes in my red wine. I would ask residents, "So what type of food is famous around here?" and they would look at me with a blank stare. One time I asked that and they took me to their favorite place which was a Texas themed steakhouse kind of like Texas Land & Cattle. I just did my best to smile.

Never forget my last trip there before I left the company that required the travel. I was standing at a gas station filling up my rental in -10 degree weather as a 30 mile per hour wind was blowing through me and thinking about how much I hated that they wouldn't put "stoppers" on the fuel pumps so you could fill up your car without holding the damn nozzle the entire time.

T&P.