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DC47 wrote:Why is weed so cheap in Michigan? It's not legal, medical marijauna doesn't seem to be widely available, and it's surrounded by high-cost states. Yet an ounce is cheaper than even in Florida, the state of the legendary square tuna washing up on the beaches.
I'm pretty sure it is legal (medically) in Michigan and you can grow up to 5 plants. At least I know my friend grows some awesome weed and always brings a few ounces down when she come back to town to see her mom and her recently passed dad.
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Yeah, there's actually a lot of medical marijuana outlets in Michigan. I was kinda shocked at how many the last time I was in town (last September). Even my goofy small hometown had a few.
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The map isn't quite clear. Is that cost on the street, cheapest you can get it, or what?

Place up the road has an oz for 245 (or more if you wanna go there.) Medical is cheaper, and if you actually find someone that you can buy from it's really cheap.
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Saw this map of the Shetland Islands on Twitter. They may be pulling my leg a bit.

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Leg is being pulled...

However, the real names are pretty hilarious...

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Imagine being from the town of "Whiteness" or "Gloup."
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Baltasound was founded in 1164 and named for its unique church bells, which mimicked a local elder's screams upon being dowsed with crab seasoning in his gunshot wound.
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Ryan wrote:Baltasound was founded in 1164 and named for its unique church bells, which mimicked a local elder's screams upon being dowsed with crab seasoning in his gunshot wound.

I bought that was Yell.
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The world is a better place thanks to people like this Imus guy. An incredible piece of work - 6,000 hours to make changes to something that most people would think was fine the way it was. Just think of the commitment!
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I have it on the wall of my home office. Love it.
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howard wrote:I have it on the wall of my home office. Love it.
Same here. Mrs. Sabo and I are using it to plot our future vacations.
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Who knows? Maybe, you were kidnapped, tied up, taken away and held for ransom.

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This is pretty cool:

http://thetruesize.com/#/aboutModal?bor ... TYyMjk2MDU(NDU1NzczMA

You can take any country or state and drag it around the map to compare its size to other countries. I just wish it would also allow you to rotate them.

I noticed that North Carolina is pretty damn close to the size of England.
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Shirley wrote:This is pretty cool:

http://thetruesize.com/#/aboutModal?bor ... TYyMjk2MDU(NDU1NzczMA

You can take any country or state and drag it around the map to compare its size to other countries. I just wish it would also allow you to rotate them.

I noticed that North Carolina is pretty damn close to the size of England.
That's cool how it scales according to the Mercator projection.
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Shirley wrote:This is pretty cool:

http://thetruesize.com/#/aboutModal?bor ... TYyMjk2MDU(NDU1NzczMA

You can take any country or state and drag it around the map to compare its size to other countries. I just wish it would also allow you to rotate them.

I noticed that North Carolina is pretty damn close to the size of England.
Immediately reminded me of this classic SCTV skit. (From the episode when Soviet TV interfered with the satellite and beamed Russian tv down.)

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This is really cool. An accurate map of San Francisco using only type. Click through to see more pics with detail.

http://store.axismaps.co.uk/product/typ ... -francisco

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Update - it looks like they do other cities too, like NYC, Seattle and London.
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The Boston one is about 6 feet from me. People love it.
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Speaking of which, it's pretty much official that you should be calling the Czech Republic "Czechia" now. It's on Sporcle, so I know it's true
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I must have copy-pasted from a Swampcrash spreadsheet or something because I just printed out a huge conservation lands map for a town and right in the middle, in 12-pt Arial, is the word "chedda"
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Can you back date that for me? Squatting is too time consuming.
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I will fight anyone who says "Pee Pee Township" isn't the best one.
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mister d wrote:I will fight anyone who says "Pee Pee Township" isn't the best one.
Over Sugar Tit? Fuck off.
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See, this map is burying the lede with the Kentucky town. It's next to Big Bone Lick State Park.
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Let's compromise - there's also a Sugartit, KY. And look at one of their main thoroughfares...

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Newfoundland's own!

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Cmon, Climax, MI is much better.
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brian wrote:Cmon, Climax, MI is much better.
They did not want to Climax twice.
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You guys should Urban Dictionary what felching is and then extrapolate an entire 'Ville doing it.
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Johnnie wrote:You guys should Urban Dictionary what felching is and then extrapolate an entire 'Ville doing it.
Yeah, that may be the winner.

Years ago, I worked on a show that was hosted by a young guy named "Jeff Colt." One drunken night he confided in me that his real surname was "Felcher."

Kid made the right choice.
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Johnnie wrote:You guys should Urban Dictionary what felching is and then extrapolate an entire 'Ville doing it.
For some reason necrofelcher became a common insult in junior high. I'm really curious to go back and figure out who brought that term out. If I had a way to travel back in time. Which I totally don't. But if I did...
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degenerasian wrote:
brian wrote:Cmon, Climax, MI is much better.
They did not want to Climax twice.
When I was young, my friend's Little League team was sponsored by a certain company in our town. The company's name, I kid you not, was Climax Uranium.
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The Sybian wrote:
Johnnie wrote:You guys should Urban Dictionary what felching is and then extrapolate an entire 'Ville doing it.
For some reason necrofelcher became a common insult in junior high. I'm really curious to go back and figure out who brought that term out. If I had a way to travel back in time. Which I totally don't. But if I did...
With it having 4 syllables, it's much better than turning the verb 'mung' into a noun.

Also another good word to look up on UD.
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I vote for Mary's Igloo.
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Looks like AB needs to move to Australia.

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Coal isn't a metal or a mineral!
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