BW Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 We've recently had a new poster from Cyprus. I know we have a loyal group from the U.K. and certainly a prime poster or two from France. We have one for sure from Scotland... Which other countries do people hail from? Link to comment
Alexandra Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 Great question! I don't mean to spoil the fun - and I hope all of the people who are from these countries will say "Canada here!" or whatever, but I just checked our stats for September, and here's who was here. The order is the number of "pages served." Canada United Kingdom Finland Australia Japan France Uruguay Singapore Netherlands Belgium Germany Denmark US Military Russian Federation Sweden New Zealand (Aotearoa) South Africa Austria Italy Brazil Greece Israel Cyprus I haven't checked the stats in about six months -- this is just for the message board, not the main site, but we had 18,000"unique visitors" last month. That's not one person sitting here clicking 18,000 times; that's 18,000 PEOPLE. Gosh. Probably half were checking up on Volochkova, but hey. Not bad. So who here is from Austria, Germany, Brazil, Israel, France, Russia, etc? Link to comment
floss Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 I'm a fair dinkum, true-blue, dinky-di, you bewt, no flies on me, Aussie. Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 I think several of us here are actually from Middle-Earth. Link to comment
perky Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 Well I lived in India for a while a few years ago, does that count? Is there anybody out there in India, Pakistan, or there abouts? Link to comment
Funny Face Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 Ummmm, the bumper stickers on the cars in my city read "Third World and Proud of It." :shrug: Link to comment
Funny Face Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 silvy, that is very cool. I'm fascinated by your geography and am curious about the South American perspective on ballet. Link to comment
Marjolein Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 Belgium here!!! I used to live in the US, near Seattle as an exchange student, but now I'm back in Belgium. Link to comment
skip Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 The Netherlands overhere :party: :bouncing: !!! I might be going to austria though, during winter..... :secret:.....the job-interview is coming tuesday....right after nightshift :sleeping: !!! ~SKIP~ Link to comment
Pamela Moberg Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 Covering Scandinavia - strictly geographically speaking, that means Norway and Sweden. Artistically not much to cover. Link to comment
diane Posted October 4, 2003 Share Posted October 4, 2003 American living in central Europe (Austria/Germany) for a looong time... -d- Link to comment
aspirant Posted October 4, 2003 Share Posted October 4, 2003 New Yawker, but in Denmark for the time being. Link to comment
Adrienne Posted October 4, 2003 Share Posted October 4, 2003 Well, this makes me feel boring. I'm Canadian, and currently living in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Although the hurricane this week was anything but boring... Link to comment
BW Posted October 5, 2003 Author Share Posted October 5, 2003 Oh, Adrienne - please neither you nor where you live are boring!! :rolleyes: If you want to know what boring is - try a suburb of New York City. :yawn: :yawn: Link to comment
Funny Face Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 Adrienne, you live in an area dear to my heart. 1. It's Anne of Green Gables country (after she grew older and moved from PWI). 2. It's the original site of the Acadians, an incredible group of people in terms of keeping their traditions alive against the odds (of colonialism). 3. Halifax may well be the most environmentally conscientious community in the world, banning public use of fragrance and phasing out the use of commercial pesticides on lawns. 4. My dearest ever ballet teacher founded Halifax's ballet company many years ago. Beautiful country you hail from. Link to comment
Caro Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 Hi, Im a South African, born and bred, and lived all my life in beautiful Cape Town! Link to comment
Guest Eve27 Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 US over here, i'm not sure if i'm boring or not. How can any place be boring if u havent seen it yet? To me, every place has something to show you; something u can learn. i'll have to visit cananda someday (and i probably will cause i wanna see the aurora borealis) oh and good old new jersey east coast!! so i got sea gulls. they could be interesting. Link to comment
Guest kleighfer Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 Currently USA. However, did some singing in Italy...Roma to be exact for a long stint. Itching to get back!! Link to comment
Adrienne Posted October 15, 2003 Share Posted October 15, 2003 Adrienne, you live in an area dear to my heart. 1. It's Anne of Green Gables country (after she grew older and moved from PWI). 2. It's the original site of the Acadians, an incredible group of people in terms of keeping their traditions alive against the odds (of colonialism). 3. Halifax may well be the most environmentally conscientious community in the world, banning public use of fragrance and phasing out the use of commercial pesticides on lawns. 4. My dearest ever ballet teacher founded Halifax's ballet company many years ago. Beautiful country you hail from. Awww, thanks. I'm actually from Cape Breton, which is dear to my heart, but going to school in Halifax. I'm currently a student at Dalhousie University, which is where Lucy Maud Montgomery graduated from, and Redmond College from Anne of the Island is based on it. (Oh, yeah, and Anne was actually born in Bolingbroke, Nova Scotia. As far as I know it's a fictional town. I'm obviously a big Anne of Green Gables fan-- this happens when you are a strange, precocious red-haired girl-child, whether you want it to or not.) Link to comment
balletbooster Posted October 15, 2003 Share Posted October 15, 2003 I was neither red-headed or freckled, but I loved Anne of Green Gables and still do. I have always wanted to visit the area where the story is set. But, for now, my vacations are always around wherever my daughter goes for an SI. However, maybe one day... By the way, being from Oklahoma, all the places that the international posters are from sound very exciting to me! (No, I don't know anyone who lives in a teepee. Yes, I've been in a tornado. And yes, I do have a few native americans in my family tree!) :grinning: Link to comment
temple_dancer Posted October 16, 2003 Share Posted October 16, 2003 Hello, I'm from Australia. If I'm not mistaken, there are other Aussies on this forum but they're mostly hiding right? ;) Link to comment
floss Posted October 16, 2003 Share Posted October 16, 2003 Not always hiding, just reading and posting sometimes. You will find out that there a few of us Aussies here, sometimes quiet sometimes not. Link to comment
Guest ivy'smama Posted October 16, 2003 Share Posted October 16, 2003 Hi, I'm from middle Georgia and that's really exciting, I can tell you! By the way, I love Anne of Green Gables, too. I even gave my third daughter Anne as a middle name- with an "e" of course. It's more distinguished that way! Link to comment
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