What To Buy? Jamis XLT, Specialized Enduro, nothing? - Page 2

"****" <kanotspell.dontspamme@ameritech.net> wrote in message
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> Stephen Baker wrote:
>
> > TacomaBoy asks:
> >
> >
> >>What other Austins are there?
> >
> >
> > A quick search revelas there are towns called Austin in:
> >
> > Minnesota Manitoba Colorado Indiana Kentucky Mississippi Nevada New Yoick North Carolina Ohio
> > Tennessee Arkansas Montana Oregon Utah
> >
> > to name a few (I'm sure there are more......)
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > Steve - no, not Steve Austin ;-P
>
> I once heard that there is one city name that exists in all the states but I can never recall
> what it is.
>

Springfield? Maybe thats why teh Simpsons use it.. not sure though.

"Sultan" <crasspam@charter.net> wrote in message news:wNCcndmD1uRsjVSjXTWcrg@giganews.com...
> >>Really? I only know of Austin, TX.. maybe I need to get out more? What
> other Austins are there?<<
>
> Austin,Nevada Austin,PA Austin,IN Austin, MN Austin,CO Austin,AZ
>
> Sultan
>

Wow, sad I never heard of any of em... are they towns or cities? Do you just know geography really
well or did you have to research. I never doubted there were more Austins, just never heard em
referred to.. except maybe the one in PA...

Jon Bond wrote:

> "TacomaBoy" <jdiaz@NOSPAM.rr.com.ISAIDNOSPAM> wrote in message
> news:bab5q9$cpi$1@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu...
>
>>"****" <kanotspell.dontspamme@ameritech.net> wrote in message
>>news:bab5h8$b0s$2@grandcanyon.binc.net...
>>
>>>Stephen Baker wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>TacomaBoy asks:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>What other Austins are there?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>A quick search revelas there are towns called Austin in:
>>>>
>>>>Minnesota Manitoba Colorado Indiana Kentucky Mississippi Nevada New Yoick North Carolina Ohio
>>>>Tennessee Arkansas Montana Oregon Utah
>>>>
>>>>to name a few (I'm sure there are more......)
>>>>
>>>>HTH
>>>>
>>>>Steve - no, not Steve Austin ;-P
>>>
>>>I once heard that there is one city name that exists in all the states but I can never recall
>>>what it is.
>>>
>>
>>Springfield? Maybe thats why teh Simpsons use it.. not sure though.
>
>
> 24 states, but yeah, thats the one people say is in every state.
>
> http://www.weather.com/search/search...swe=springfie-
> ld&lswa=WeatherLocalUndeclared&whatprefs=
>
> Jon Bond
>
>

Ok, supposedly Fairview is the most common name though weather.com does not agree.
Weatherunderground.com puts the two neck & neck. Also, it appears as though Matt Groening did choose
springfield because of it's commonness. There are quite a few dicussions between simpson geeks out
there about which springfield is springfield.

On 19 May 2003 11:14:27 -0700, CKAGMD@webtv.net (JD) wrote:

>From: "TacomaBoy" <jdiaz@NOSPAM.rr.com.ISAIDNOSPAM> Newsgroups: alt.mountain-bike Subject: Re: What
>To Buy? Jamis XLT, Specialized Enduro, nothing? Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 11:31:48 -0500
>
>> Really? I only know of Austin, TX.. maybe I need to get out more? What other Austins are there?
>
>I live close to Austin, Colorado, have been through Austin, North Carolina, but grew up in the only
>"Cypress", which is in California.

...and Austin, NV on the Loneliest Highway in the US.

They even have mountain biking there, although I've never stopped for anything other than their
really expensive gas.

http://home.pacbell.net/psf0/austin_gas.jpg (not expensive by today's standards but expensive a few
year's ago)

http://www.scs.unr.edu/~sulli_t/ponyexp.html

http://www.mountainsage.org/biking.htm

P e t e F a g e r l i n <pete@petefagerlin.com> wrote in message
news:<ma8icv8s2nuasikr5224nm4tsfq9b8p2br@4ax.com>...
> On 19 May 2003 11:14:27 -0700, CKAGMD@webtv.net (JD) wrote:
>
> >From: "TacomaBoy" <jdiaz@NOSPAM.rr.com.ISAIDNOSPAM> Newsgroups: alt.mountain-bike Subject: Re:
> >What To Buy? Jamis XLT, Specialized Enduro, nothing? Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 11:31:48 -0500
> >
> >> Really? I only know of Austin, TX.. maybe I need to get out more? What other Austins are there?
> >
> >I live close to Austin, Colorado, have been through Austin, North Carolina, but grew up in the
> >only "Cypress", which is in California.
>
> ...and Austin, NV on the Loneliest Highway in the US.

DOH! I knew there was at least one more I had passed through. I've been through many times, but have
yet to ride there. You can see their "DH" course right from Hwy 50, it looks kinda sucky. If they
have something stashed in the pinyon/juniper forest above town, I can probably see some good
Fruitian style trails back in there.

JD

There is a "Shelbyville" in 28 different states. All of them, of course, are named in honor of Kentucky's first governor Isaac Shelby.