Thursday, November 17, 2005
Steel Town
I posted a bunch of pictures from Pittsburgh over at Flickr.You know Pittsburgh was named for Pitt the Elder: the British Prime Minister who along with George III pretty much created the American Revolution. (Note I refuse to use the British received term for that war "The American War of Independence." It was a revolution in terms of who gets to be in charge of government. It just took a while for it to be spread out to the people.) I note that because Pittsburgh was the frontier back in the 1700's. I sense a bit of frontiership here still, along with a lot of East Coast issues that, no doubt, permeate the country. ¶ 4:51 PM
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What do you think, over all, of Pittsburg?
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posted by Cordelia :
6:48 PM
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I thought only men in Utah were called Elder.
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posted by middlebrow :
12:33 AM
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I had a Pittsburghian detractor over at Flickr who I eventually banned. He thought my pictures rather banal. Mundane this, Mr. Rude Pittsburgherite.
PittsbugH. With a H, for hogshit.
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posted by theorris :
11:44 AM
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