Any Of You Ever Live In Kansas?

[Fosco33]

Re: Any Of You Ever Live In Kansas?

Girlfriend might be moving to kansas in May for a year to work in a hospital before going to Physicians Assistant school ( either UW or Rosaline Something in Chicago most likely ) . Kind of bummed, but happy for her also.

I hear Kansas is really lame. Any thoughts on this matter?

I worked at University of Kansas for a project last summer in KC. I was pleasantly surprised at the quality of the food, bars and women. Don't be bummed.

[Partial]

kansas has got some great BBQ!!

I thought Kansas City was known for its BBQ?

BTW - Partial is in Iowa.

I don't live in IOWA FOOL. WHO DO YOU THINK I AM?!@?#!

[MadtownPacker]

I don't live in IOWA FOOL. WHO DO YOU THINK I AM?!@?#!

I thought you are the ahole that works at Sears? You always mention it.

Then where the hell you live?

[Zool]

I don't live in IOWA FOOL. WHO DO YOU THINK I AM?!@?#!

I thought you are the ahole that works at Sears? You always mention it.

Then where the hell you live?

Partial lives in the Eau C if I remember correctly.

[Partial]

I don't live in IOWA FOOL. WHO DO YOU THINK I AM?!@?#!

I thought you are the ahole that works at Sears? You always mention it.

Then where the hell you live?

I do work in Iowa, I just don't live in Iowa!! At least you knew I worked at Sears. 8)

[Partial]

I don't live in IOWA FOOL. WHO DO YOU THINK I AM?!@?#!

I thought you are the ahole that works at Sears? You always mention it.

Then where the hell you live?

Partial lives in the Eau C if I remember correctly.

I live in Milwaukee. The L is silent.

[the_idle_threat]

Long drives on the interstate are boring anywhere you go. Pretty lame to blame the state for that.

I lived in Eastern Iowa for 4 years whilst in college, and I enjoyed it immensely. Still have very good friends who live there, whom I try to visit when I can.

Yet the drive on I-80 from Iowa City to Des Moines is about as boring as boring can get. It's really no reflection on life in that state.

Some college friends and classmates were from Kansas, including one that we visited a couple of times after she transferred back to U of K. Had a great time while visiting Kansas as well, because we didn't spend all our time looking at it from the highway.

[Little Whiskey]

idle, i have family on the western edge of iowa. i've traveled thru the state many times. it has to be one of the most boring drives in america. take that same drive thru Colorado, Maine, western WI, ect.... not all road trips are created equal.

by the way this has nothing to do with the people or cities in each state, i'm just talking about the "drive"

[the_idle_threat]

idle, i have family on the western edge of iowa. i've traveled thru the state many times. it has to be one of the most boring drives in america. take that same drive thru Colorado, Maine, western WI, ect.... not all road trips are created equal.

by the way this has nothing to do with the people or cities in each state, i'm just talking about the "drive"

I think we agree more than disagree, LW. We agree that the drive through central Iowa is pretty boring. We agree that it has no bearing on whether it's a good place to live.

I was directing that comment at the general tenor of this thread, which seems to be that Kansas sucks because someone drove through it once, or more than once, and found it boring.

I contend that most long interstate rides in the midwest along I 70, I-80 or I-90 are boring to people who don't live in that area.

Eastern Colorado looks like this:




Kansas:



Nebraska:



Iowa:



Illinois:

[the_idle_threat]

Of course, the short drive on I-94 between Chicago and Milwaukee is not so boring, as we have such hilarious landmarks as these to keep it interesting:


Bong Recreation Area


Mars Cheese Castle


Kenosha Military Museum


And of course, the cryptic University of Lawsonomy ... I could find only this one crappy photo on the web:

[BallHawk]

I love cheese castle.

[Iron Mike]

Re: Any Of You Ever Live In Kansas?

Girlfriend might be moving to kansas in May for a year to work in a hospital before going to Physicians Assistant school ( either UW or Rosaline Something in Chicago most likely ) . Kind of bummed, but happy for her also.

I hear Kansas is really lame. Any thoughts on this matter?

Three pages of thread and nobody thought to ask.........................

"and she can't find a hospital in Milwaukee to work at for a year???"

[Partial]

Well, after 8 weekends of cleaning up after an older man who i've so appropriately nicknamed "dukes in his chair", Anna is moving down to Florida for 11 months next week.

She has a job working in a gynocologist's office ("The vagina factory") as a medical aid getting her direct patient care hours needed for physicians assistant school.

It is actually pretty nice because both Madison and UF are in the top 10 schools for that, so by staying in Florida 11 months, if she gets accepted to UF she can stay in town another month and get in-state tuition. If she gets into UW, she can come back here and get in-state tuition as well.

It kind of sucks in a sense, but I am very happy for her because weighing people and taking their blood pressure (as well as getting a reputable recommendation letter) is much better than showering dukes in his chair after he has earned his nickname.

It should work out pretty well because she is getting an apartment right in Gainesville down the street from her cousins and their family, so even though she won't know anyone off the bat, she'll have relatives nearby. Also, we're in the process of acquiring tickets to a few gator games for weekend trips down their. She is literally within 2 miles of the UF campus.

I am very hopeful that she enjoys florida and decides she wants to stay down there. I've mentioned many times that after college we should move somewhere warm because Wisconsin is just too damn cold. She always objects to down south because the air is much more acidic down there and her skin normally has an allergic reaction to it. Hopefully she adjusts quickly and doesn't have too many problems with rashes or anything like that.

Thats all I got. Oh, and Iron Mike, that is an excellent question. We tried to find a job in Milwaukee hospitals but most of them won't interview you unless you're already a trained CNA. She finally got that done last week, and began looking for a job right away in Milwaukee, when she found out about the great opportunity in Florida from her cousin.

[MadtownPacker]

Dont forget all the great parties in Florida!

Too bad you'll be working at the store.

[Partial]

Dont forget all the great parties in Florida!

Too bad you'll be working at the store.

18 bones an hour for a part time job is not bad at all. Why you gotta rip on the Sears?

On the other hand, the Annapimp is gonna find me an internship in Florida in software engineering for next summer. Disney hires lots of interns and that would be an exquisite job, albeit it is kind of far from Gainesville.