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Never had the urge to do the R&R hall. Really, only did the country hall of fame to fill out a week in Nashville, but incredibly glad I did. One of the better things I've done in the States in the last decade. Only regret is we had to cut it a bit short because we were going to a Predators game that night (which was right across the street, which was very cool)
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How is the country HOF if you're just kinda meh on most county music in general? Still fun?
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Flikken posted:Did you tour the WWII sub right next door? The USS Cod is currently in a shipyard getting some maintenance done, unfortunately. I mean, it's good that they're doing maintenance, but you can't visit it right now. And yeah, the Rock Hall is a neat thing to visit if you happen to be in Cleveland, but I definitely wouldn't make a trip specifically for it unless you're a huge music fan. I'm struggling to think of anything that's really bucket-list worthy or world-class in Cleveland that would justify a trip in and of itself... plenty of stuff that's "nice enough" and fun to do, but nothing really unique that you can't get elsewhere.
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That Works posted:How is the country HOF if you're just kinda meh on most county music in general? Still fun? Yes, very much. I'm about the same way as you, a few artists I like, a bit of knowledge about the history of it, but there was a huge variety of exhibits and people who didn't know poo poo about country could get as much out of it as super-fans. It was just a really well-designed museum with a lot of really cool memorabilia. Lot of crossover with rock and roll artists you'd recognize, too. Thing that blew me away most was Kris Kristofferson's old Army uniform. I knew he was a vet, but didn't realize he was a) a Captain, and b) loving tiny There's also a working sign shop in there that you can tour: https://hatchshowprint.com/?_ga=2.267625294.1307287422.1627151950-1891358218.1627151950 That uses old-time wood block sets, and decades-old print and spindle machines that are, to put it mildly, OSHA as gently caress. I was watching a woman do a run of signs and nervous the whole time.
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GD_American posted:Yes, very much. I'm about the same way as you, a few artists I like, a bit of knowledge about the history of it, but there was a huge variety of exhibits and people who didn't know poo poo about country could get as much out of it as super-fans. It was just a really well-designed museum with a lot of really cool memorabilia. Lot of crossover with rock and roll artists you'd recognize, too. Good to know next time I'm in Nashville then, thanks. Kristofferson tearing into Toby Keith still makes me smile.
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Wingnut Ninja posted:I definitely wouldn't make a trip specifically for it unless you're a huge music fan. They also have surpsingly little support from artists. The Country HOF is where its at, and its kind of embarrassing for the Rock Hall how much better it is.
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Wingnut Ninja posted:The USS Cod is currently in a shipyard getting some maintenance done, unfortunately. I mean, it's good that they're doing maintenance, but you can't visit it right now. It wasn’t even worth the hour drive it took to get there.
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boop the snoot posted:It wasn’t even worth the hour drive it took to get there. Where are you at? Wooster? Mansfield? Canton? Youngstown? Sandusky?
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Flikken posted:Where are you at? Wooster? Mansfield? Canton? Youngstown? Sandusky? Sandusky area. I’ll be here til tomorrow evening. I’m considering Cedar Point but it’s not something that I absolutely have to do.
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boop the snoot posted:Sandusky area. I’ll be here til tomorrow evening. If you feel the need to party you can always take a ferry to Put in Bay. NRA matches are probably going on over at Port Clinton if that strikes your fancy but yeah not much to do in Sandusky.
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Recommendation: don't get a 3mm and 6mm kidney stone with urine backup into the right kidney. It kinda hurts and everyone lies about morphene/dilaudid getting you high, versus just just letting you lie flat without wanting to die. And to make it topical, I'd rather be in Ohio.
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drat, only time I had Dilaudid they were little knockout pills that put me out for 4 hours at a time o7
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Wingnut Ninja posted:The USS Cod is currently in a shipyard getting some maintenance done, unfortunately. I mean, it's good that they're doing maintenance, but you can't visit it right now. Yeah, I can't really think of anything worth visiting in Cleveland if you had no other reason to go there. My sister-in-law lives there so we visit from time to time, and there are some cool things to do if you're there already. I went to the R&R HOF once and found it incredibly boring. I haven't been to see the USS Cod unfortunately. The Cleveland Art Museum is quite nice, as is the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Go to Little Italy and get some pastries from Presti's. Taza is pretty good downtown. Happy Dog is good, as is Mitchell's Ice Cream. There are a bunch of good brunch/breakfast places. If you're in town in March/April the Cleveland International Film Fest can be fun (if that's your thing). Just thinking about Ohio in general I'd say the most noteworthy things to travel there for are probably the National Museum of the USAF in Dayton, and Cedar Point.
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For what it’s worth I’m only here as a favor to someone, not because I wanted to come to Ohio. You have a better chance of me joining the army again than me coming to Ohio by my own choice. Ok that’s a little too strong of a statement. gently caress you if you’re still in.
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Now that a lot of good suggestions have been posted: If you're going to Ohio see the fabulous Ohio-Pennsylvania Turnpike to get you to other, better places
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There's no direction you can go in Ohio that won't put you someplace better, and I'm including walking into the lake
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Jul 24, 2021 21:40
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Ohio: Slightly Better than Kansas.
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bulletsponge13 posted:Ohio: Slightly Better than Kansas. I drove through flat plain farmland Kansas once. Ohio gives me very similar vibes. Kansas was just a little more flat and vast with a few less houses.
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It still boggles my mind how a rock and roll hall of fame can be lame as poo poo. Have wax models of rock stars next to the piles of drugs that Experts(tm) estimate it would take to actually kill them. Have gear, smashed hotel room furniture, stained sheets. Whatever. "A Day in the Life of" movies running in the theaters.
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Kind of interesting. I definitely empathize with this, ie "why do I give a poo poo about keeping this street clean / etc if it's just rich renters" https://twitter.com/BostonDotCom/status/1418638426220503040
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boop the snoot posted:Sandusky area. I’ll be here til tomorrow evening. It's been a long time since I've been but I remember Cameo Pizza and Cedar Point being the only things worthwhile. Fun fact look at the street layout on Google maps and you'll see some clues that the place was designed by Freemasons.
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That Works posted:Kind of interesting. I definitely empathize with this, ie "why do I give a poo poo about keeping this street clean / etc if it's just rich renters" Cities should get aggressive with vacancy taxes.
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Violence also goes up with ice cream sales
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Tyro posted:It's been a long time since I've been but I remember Cameo Pizza and Cedar Point being the only things worthwhile. Had Cameo pizza today. It was p good. Also, kind of unrelated but kinda related Donald Trump makes so much more sense when you’re tripping balls on mushrooms.
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Fallom posted:Violence also goes up with ice cream sales https://twistedfood.co.uk/the-unbelievable-true-story-behind-glasgows-ice-cream-wars
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bulletsponge13 posted:Ohio: Slightly Better than Kansas. Sincerely doubting this.
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There's a reason Ohio has so many astronauts.
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I've been both places. Kansas looks like a terraformed planet.
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I was born in and still live in Ohio. It has some cool stuff like Amish baked goods and the National Museum of the Air Force and uhhh my family and dogs..
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If you're heading towards Cedar Point anyway, consider the Sunrise Thrills Tour. It's a bit on the pricey side at $200 but it's a different experience from a regular park visit because it includes a bunch of behind the scenes tech and operations stuff if you're into hearing about that sort of thing.
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rifles posted:I was born in and still live in Ohio. It has some cool stuff like Amish baked goods and the National Museum of the Air Force and uhhh my family and dogs.. Don’t forget rollercoasters!
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boop the snoot posted:Had Cameo pizza today. It was p good. DeMore's Fish Den and get the lake perch
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Ohio doesn't have wildfires or hurricanes or (many) earthquakes or tsunamis or whatever. It's a pretty chill place with some nice lakes and some mountains down south and a lot of forests and farm land. It's the vanilla ice cream of states; nothing exciting, blandly comfortable, and very white. The USAF museum is arguably the best aviation museum in the country and probably in the world. That's one thing in the state that I would consider a bucket list item for anyone interested in airplanes.
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Wingnut Ninja posted:Ohio doesn't have wildfires or hurricanes or (many) earthquakes or tsunamis or whatever. It's a pretty chill place with some nice lakes and some mountains down south and a lot of forests and farm land. It's the vanilla ice cream of states; nothing exciting, blandly comfortable, and very white. It's got the XB-70
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:Sincerely doubting this. Ohio is noticeably better than Kansas.
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Flikken posted:It's got the XB-70 And a much cleaner B-36 than Pima's. *AND* the Memphis Belle. *AND* the only static B-2A on display (even though it's a test article that never flew). *AND* the only YF-23 near-ish to the East Coast. *AND* Culvers, Swenson's, Steak & Shake, and White Castle all in the same state. EDIT: Oh, and Bockscar. AND an Me-262 with the giant fuckoff  cannon.
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There's only two things I know about Ohio Cincinnati Chili and Electric Six's "Escape from Ohio", neither of which paint Ohio favorably in my eyes.
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BIG HEADLINE posted:And a much cleaner B-36 than Pima's. *AND* the Memphis Belle. *AND* the only static B-2A on display (even though it's a test article that never flew). *AND* the only YF-23 near-ish to the East Coast. And Dayton is an extremely short drive out of the state! Then its only what 90 minutes through Ohio-2 to an actual city!
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