In my Illinois hometown, they had a yearly summer carnival. Rides were a few bucks a pop, but you could get a day pass for like $30. In my U.P. town, there's a yearly fall carnival and rides are free.
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In my Illinois hometown, they had a yearly summer carnival. Rides were a few bucks a pop, but you could get a day pass for like $30. In my U.P. town, there's a yearly fall carnival and rides are free.
Reminds me of a story from Yooper Hospitality, so posting it below:
I'm not crying, you're crying.
"Another aspect I felt should be included in this book, one that was actually suggested by my wife, is the number of events here that are put on by people, businesses, churches, or towns and cities. We realize just about every city or town in this country has events geared towards bringing people together and getting crowds out in droves for holidays and other celebrations. What we think makes the U.P. different from most other places, is the fact that there are so many different events that offer freebies.
The South has some of the most impressive 4th of July fireworks displays in the country. Where we are from is no different than other parts of the South. They even have entertainment and tons of booths for vendors to sell hot dogs, drinks, ice cream, and just about everything you could possibly imagine. Notice I said those items are sold. No freebies at the 4th of July festivities in the South.
Before I come off sounding like a beggar, I assure you that's not the case. We don't judge a place based solely on what they will give us for free. It's just very difficult not to notice (and appreciate) a place that does offer things free of charge. Many people truly can't afford to buy every member of their family a burger and fries, but they still want to take the little ones to watch the fireworks. We have had to witness heartbroken kids being told their parents didn't have the money to buy them a burger or soda. Those of you who have had the misfortune of overhearing a conversation like that know firsthand what I'm talking about when I say it's painful to witness.
One of the first big events we attended up here was the U.P. 200 Sled Dog Race in Marquette.
We had been dreaming of going to that since we first started researching a potential move to the U.P. Again, we're from Florida so that was a big deal to us. Upon arriving at the Marquette Welcome Center, we were immediately greeted by one of the people helping with the festivities.
He informed us that they were giving away pizza, sodas, hot chocolate, and other refreshments inside.
It had been our plan to follow up the race by going out to dinner afterward. Needless to say,
when our kids heard there was pizza inside, we decided to forgo the restaurant after the race and we all had pizza instead.
My wife and I were both a little baffled that food from a local pizza place was provided at no cost. Things like that just don't happen down South. The coolest part about the whole situation was that nobody was made to feel like they were a charity case for eating free pizza. After all, how can a person look down their nose at another while they are gorging themselves on free food? We saw people in there from all walks of life and none of them were paying for their pizza and drinks.
That trip to the sled dog race marked nearly a year that we had been living in the U.P. Again, our agreement before coming here was that we would head back to Florida if my wife wasn't happy after one year. On the way home that night I asked her if she had given any more thought to staying up here or if she would rather head back to Florida in less than two months. The look on her face still pains me to this day. It was as if she had just been punched in the stomach. She was worried that I was wanting to move back to Florida. I assured her that was not the case.
As I told her, I just needed to know how to plan for our immediate future. Once again, she assured me that her mind had been made up since our first full day of being here. This is our home. This will always be our home."
I'm not crying, you're crying.
"Another aspect I felt should be included in this book, one that was actually suggested by my wife, is the number of events here that are put on by people, businesses, churches, or towns and cities. We realize just about every city or town in this country has events geared towards bringing people together and getting crowds out in droves for holidays and other celebrations. What we think makes the U.P. different from most other places, is the fact that there are so many different events that offer freebies.
The South has some of the most impressive 4th of July fireworks displays in the country. Where we are from is no different than other parts of the South. They even have entertainment and tons of booths for vendors to sell hot dogs, drinks, ice cream, and just about everything you could possibly imagine. Notice I said those items are sold. No freebies at the 4th of July festivities in the South.
Before I come off sounding like a beggar, I assure you that's not the case. We don't judge a place based solely on what they will give us for free. It's just very difficult not to notice (and appreciate) a place that does offer things free of charge. Many people truly can't afford to buy every member of their family a burger and fries, but they still want to take the little ones to watch the fireworks. We have had to witness heartbroken kids being told their parents didn't have the money to buy them a burger or soda. Those of you who have had the misfortune of overhearing a conversation like that know firsthand what I'm talking about when I say it's painful to witness.
One of the first big events we attended up here was the U.P. 200 Sled Dog Race in Marquette.
We had been dreaming of going to that since we first started researching a potential move to the U.P. Again, we're from Florida so that was a big deal to us. Upon arriving at the Marquette Welcome Center, we were immediately greeted by one of the people helping with the festivities.
He informed us that they were giving away pizza, sodas, hot chocolate, and other refreshments inside.
It had been our plan to follow up the race by going out to dinner afterward. Needless to say,
when our kids heard there was pizza inside, we decided to forgo the restaurant after the race and we all had pizza instead.
My wife and I were both a little baffled that food from a local pizza place was provided at no cost. Things like that just don't happen down South. The coolest part about the whole situation was that nobody was made to feel like they were a charity case for eating free pizza. After all, how can a person look down their nose at another while they are gorging themselves on free food? We saw people in there from all walks of life and none of them were paying for their pizza and drinks.
That trip to the sled dog race marked nearly a year that we had been living in the U.P. Again, our agreement before coming here was that we would head back to Florida if my wife wasn't happy after one year. On the way home that night I asked her if she had given any more thought to staying up here or if she would rather head back to Florida in less than two months. The look on her face still pains me to this day. It was as if she had just been punched in the stomach. She was worried that I was wanting to move back to Florida. I assured her that was not the case.
As I told her, I just needed to know how to plan for our immediate future. Once again, she assured me that her mind had been made up since our first full day of being here. This is our home. This will always be our home."
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Based Yooper Hospitality author praises Christ despite the fact that he'd likely make more money if he refrained.
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we embarked on this life 19 yrs ago
so grateful for every blessing we have
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we embarked on this life 19 yrs ago
so grateful for every blessing we have
thanks for this channel
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Company vehicle for the weekend, siphoned gas to mow. Campfire with one of the prude neighbor's(that calls the cops whenever our dogs out longer than 30min) fell pine trees.
Wife and I date on coupons at a restaurant that's out of our league, making all the Yuppies and RICHard's uncomfortable made it more enjoyable.
Finding a channel for proprietor's of poorness like us made it priceless.
👍🏻 Glad to find ya
Wife and I date on coupons at a restaurant that's out of our league, making all the Yuppies and RICHard's uncomfortable made it more enjoyable.
Finding a channel for proprietor's of poorness like us made it priceless.
👍🏻 Glad to find ya
If anybody needs me, I'll be in the sauna (sow-nuh)
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Alright lads, religious discussion is over for the night. We vibin' about poor things now. I'm just sittin' here waitin' for the sun to go down
Dutchman discovers meters high bailey/fortress wall from around 1700AD while digging a pond in his backyard.
The man is very excited and wants to restore it.
https://nos.nl/artikel/2492554-man-vindt-metershoge-vestingmuur-uit-18e-eeuw-in-zijn-achtertuin
The man is very excited and wants to restore it.
https://nos.nl/artikel/2492554-man-vindt-metershoge-vestingmuur-uit-18e-eeuw-in-zijn-achtertuin