[Vision2020] National perception of the Palouse

[Ted Moffett]

All:

I've ordered merchandise over the phone from out of state businesses and had 
the item shipped by mistake to Iowa rather than Idaho.  I'm not sure how to 
interpret this, but Idaho's small population just does not give it much 
exposure, despite the large sq. mi. size.

Of course this could also be an example of American's horrific knowledge of 
geography.  We are about to go to war in Iraq and a recent test showed the 
MAJORITY of Americans could not locate Iraq on a world map.  Scary or what?

Ted






>From: "Melynda Huskey" <mghuskey@hotmail.com>
>To: eevans@moscow.com, vision2020@moscow.com
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] National perception of the Palouse
>Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 10:13:20 -0800
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>Some years ago, when I lived in another big football town--Columbus, 
>Ohio--someone asked me where I was from.
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>"Idaho," I said.
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>"Oh,"  she said.  "You know, out here we pronounce that 'Iowa.'"
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>Melynda Huskey
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>"The things that make us happy make us wise."  John Crowley
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>>From: eevans@moscow.com
>>To: vision2020@moscow.com
>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] National perception of the Palouse
>>Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 18:20:25 GMT
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>>I think this perception of the palouse is unique to football/sports 
>>circles.
>>Outside that, there is no particular perception at all. Rather, the 
>>western
>>side of the US (those states west of New Hampshire) is seen as a blurry 
>>area
>>full of bears, trees, and Republicans, terminated by Seattle and 
>>California on
>>the far edge.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>-Ed Evans
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>> > Let 'em think it, Carl.  That way fewer of them will
>>want>  to move here, with them pesky indian attacks and all.
>> >
>>Don't forget that last cholera outbreak we had a couple
>> > years ago, and those settlers that had to cannibalize
>>eac> h other because they got cut off by that big blizzard.
>> >
>>tongue in cheek-ily
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>>Dan Carscallen
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>>-----Original
>>M> essage-----
>>From: Carl Westberg
>><carlwestberg846@hotmail> .com>
>>To: vision2020@moscow.com <vision2020@moscow.com>
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>>Date: Thursday, December 19, 2002 8:44 AM
>>Subject:
>>[Vis> ion2020] National perception of the Palouse
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>>I've
>>b> een reading some national sport web sites, and even
>>visit> ed the
>>Tuscaloosa, Alabama newspaper to gauge
>>reactions>  to Mike Price going to
>>Alabama.  It seems the
>>majority>  of the country believes that we poor Palouse
>>residents>  are completely cut off from the rest of the civilized
>>wo> rld.
>>We're still waiting for electricity, rotary
>>phone>  service, and face a week
>>long horse ride through 17
>>fo> ot snow drifts to reach Seattle, the nearest
>>civilized
>> > outpost.  And we have those pesky Indian attacks to deal
>> > with.
>>I'm not sure if this is a good or bad thing.
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>> >                            Carl Westberg Jr.
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