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rwayland
08-20-2008, 03:23 PM
Gary, who put Orcas Island in Alabama?

Richard
Garritan
08-20-2008, 03:44 PM
Gary, who put Orcas Island in Alabama?

RichardHuh?? :confused: Maybe it was some guy with a banjo on his knee?
buckshead
08-20-2008, 04:03 PM
Not that bloke from Scotland again ? http://northernsounds.com/forum/images/icons/icon10.gif
Tony Monaghan
08-20-2008, 04:39 PM
Who me? *()
rwayland
08-20-2008, 04:44 PM
Huh?? :confused: Maybe it was some guy with a banjo on his knee?

Well, perhaps it was Stephen Foster Garritan. Your profile lists location, Orcas Island; province/state, Alabama.

Richard
rwayland
08-21-2008, 02:32 PM
Well, I see that Gary has towed Orcas Island a bit closer to home. It has been moved from Alabama to British Columbia!

Richard
Garritan
08-21-2008, 02:54 PM
Well, I see that Gary has towed Orcas Island a bit closer to home. It has been moved from Alabama to British Columbia!

RichardRichard,

The San Juan Islands (which includes Orcas Island) were originally part of British lands (British Columbia). There was a rather nasty war fought over a pig and the islands then became part of the USA. The pig was the only "casualty" of the war and the incident resulted in a treaty setting the Northwestern boundaries.


http://www.nps.gov/sajh/historyculture/images/areamap_copy_1.jpg
schneb
08-21-2008, 05:24 PM
Yes Orcas Island is a small island...

It's so small, they recently had the whole island carpeted.
80 cents in a cab from one end of the island to the other--I'm talking small
Rhode Island can beat the cr*p out of it in a war. This is NOT a big island.

With thanks to the movie Arthur.
rpearl
08-21-2008, 09:51 PM
The island is so small it actually has hand-rails around the entire coast, so the few residents don't fall into the water. Gary and his wife can walk and hold hands, just so long as there is no one else on the sidewalk - there just isn't enough room to squeeze by.

Towed to Alabama? I'm surprised it didn't just float out into the gulf...

Ok, that last part I made up.
C J Pro
08-21-2008, 10:46 PM
Richard,

The San Juan Islands (which includes Orcas Island) were originally part of British lands (British Columbia). There was a rather nasty war fought over a pig and the islands then became part of the USA. The pig was the only "casualty" of the war and the incident resulted in a treaty setting the Northwestern boundaries.


http://www.nps.gov/sajh/historyculture/images/areamap_copy_1.jpg



Ah, the good old Pig War of 1859.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_War

At least Gary has something like the Pig War to attribute to his area's history. Here, we had our salt industry decimated by the Johnstown Floods of 1889 and 1936.
Garritan
09-10-2008, 01:01 PM
PIG WAR II


There's a new PIG WAR happening:
HOLY SOW! (http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080910/D933S9QG0.html)
OBAMA: 'LIPSTICK ON A PIG, STILL A PIG'... (http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/09/09/obama-attacks-gop-tickets-mantra-of-change/)
BOAR WAR... (http://www.nypost.com/seven/09102008/news/nationalnews/holy_sow__bams_lipstick_bungle_128304.htm)
MCCAIN CAMP ANGRY... (http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D933HUT80&show_article=1)RELEASES 'LIPSTICK AD'... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZd_Y_D-RaA)