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came4U -> Your home town. Who famous (besides yourself ha) comes from your town? (10/13/2007 2:21:10 AM)

Your home town. Who famous (besides yourself ha) comes from your town?

A thread in the Introduction section reminded me I wanted to start about this.

My town was dull:

http://outaouais.quebecheritageweb.com/attractions_details.aspx?attractionId=24

Only famous person I could find that came from there was Polly Shannon http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0788351/
who played Margaret Trudeau, one episide of "doc' with Billy Ray Cirus and one episode of CSI Miami (and other stuff). 

only other close to famous stuff I could find:

Blue Brothers Movie:

"As another piece of BB trivia, Aykroyd wanted to shoot the concert at the Chaudiere Hotel in Aylmer, Quebec.  It's just across the Ottawa River from his home town of Ottawa Ontario.  The Chaudiere Hotel, or Chaud to regulars, began its life as a grand ballroom back in the Forties.  In the late Sixties and Seventies, it became more rundown and
turned into a terrific rock bar.  It had table seating for about 2500 people with a balcony as well.I think the location was just too far and it lost out.  From what I understand, Aykroyd, Belushi and Landis made a couple of trips up to
check the place out. The Chaud' was torn down about 4 years ago and replaced(replaced? NEVER) with a new CP Hotel."

the funniest things from that town??

news: Quebec dentist barred from practising after failing French test

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2007/09/20/ot-dentist-070920.html
ha!

and a recent (feb, 2007)alien sighting:

http://www.hbccufo.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1771
 
(was it Celine Dion, her husband Rene and their baby??) lol


Your turn! Show off your town!



camille65 -> RE: Your home town. Who famous (besides yourself ha) comes from your town? (10/13/2007 3:16:38 AM)

I don't know who was born in my town, but there are a lot of 'famous' people that live there. Interesting question, something I hadn't really ever researched before and I ended up finding some cool links! Now I live about 35 miles north of where I grew up, away from the 'burbs and into the country [:D].
  • Aretha Franklin (Queen of Soul)
  • Lee Iacocca (former Chrysler CEO)
  • Isiah Thomas (former Detroit Piston)
  • Steve Yzerman (Detroit Red Wings)
  • Geoffrey Fieger (Attorney and former gubernatorial candidate)
  • William Davidson (owner of the Detroit Pistons, The Palace of Auburn Hills and Guardian Industries)
  • Roger Smith (former GM Chair)
  • Charles Lindbergh (pilot)
  • Joe Dumars (Detroit Pistons
  • http://activerain.com/blogsview/29509/The-City-of-Bloomfield



    • came4U -> RE: Your home town. Who famous (besides yourself ha) comes from your town? (10/13/2007 3:29:48 AM)

    wow, coolies camille, I didn't even know Michigan had a bloomfield.  I thought of Illinois. I also thought Aretha was a southern gal, from Georgia perhaps. Thats what I get for thinkin'! [:D]



    camille65 -> RE: Your home town. Who famous (besides yourself ha) comes from your town? (10/13/2007 3:33:26 AM)

    I've no idea where Aretha was born but she moved to Bloomfield Hills. I Googled, and all I could find were famous residents, not those necessarily born there. I'm pretty darn confident that none of the basketball players actually grew up there, but now live there. I'm interested to the point where I'm going to do a bit more research on it. Surely someone important was actually born there lol.



    SeeksOnlyOne -> RE: Your home town. Who famous (besides yourself ha) comes from your town? (10/13/2007 3:45:26 AM)

    juila roberts.....her dentist still says he will give every kid in smyrna a toothbrush if she ever wins an oscar........or maybe she already won one and he did it-lol



    came4U -> RE: Your home town. Who famous (besides yourself ha) comes from your town? (10/13/2007 3:46:51 AM)

    wikopedia says "Bob Seger, a rock and roll singer known for such hits as "Old Time Of Rock And Roll" is from Bloomfield.



    camille65 -> RE: Your home town. Who famous (besides yourself ha) comes from your town? (10/13/2007 3:48:36 AM)

    I knew he was a local, but not Bloomfield Hills. Now I'm gonna have to see where the Nuge was born!



    came4U -> RE: Your home town. Who famous (besides yourself ha) comes from your town? (10/13/2007 3:49:21 AM)

    Seeks:

    I found this on the subject:


    Julia Roberts' dentist keeps his promise
    The Associated Press
    SMYRNA, Ga. (March 27, 2001 1:45 p.m. EST) - Twenty-six years before Julia Roberts won an Oscar, her hometown dentist made a pledge to his young patients: If any of them won such a grand prize, he would give every child in Smyrna, Ga., a free tube of toothpaste.
    Now, it's payoff time for Dr. Ted Aspes.
    "I had two families waiting for me in the parking lot when I got here this morning," Aspes said Monday, the day after Roberts won the best actress award for "Erin Brockovich."
    By late afternoon, Aspes had given out hundreds of tubes of mint-flavored Crest.
    The dentist, whose long-ago pledge also covered honors such as the Grammy, Heisman trophy and Rhodes scholarship, was not caught by surprise. He expected Roberts to win.
    "I ordered 10,000 tubes last week," he said. "I usually order a few hundred. My distributor called and said, 'Hey, doc, are you sure there isn't a comma in the wrong place?"



    came4U -> RE: Your home town. Who famous (besides yourself ha) comes from your town? (10/13/2007 3:59:34 AM)

    Robin Williams, actor and comedian (born in Chicago but raised in Bloomfield Hills)

    Adam Steuer, unofficial sixth member of the Jackson 5

    Gordie Howe, former player of the Detroit Red Wings, lives in Bloomfield Hills

    Greg Mathis, Michigan 36th District Court judge and syndicated television show judge, lives in Bloomfield Hills

    Geoffrey Fieger, lawyer for assisted-suicide practitioner Dr. Jack Kevorkian, 1998 Democratic nominee for governor and frequent commentator on television and radio, lives in Bloomfield Hills.

    Bob Seger:



    Birth name
    Robert Clark Seger

    Born
    May 5, 1945 (1945-05-05) (age 62)
    [image]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/25px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png[/image] Dearborn, Michigan, U.S.



    SeeksOnlyOne -> RE: Your home town. Who famous (besides yourself ha) comes from your town? (10/13/2007 4:00:25 AM)

    lol-i thought it was toothbrushes, but i knew it was something....and ted is an awesome dentist...he does pediatric dentistry only and every kid thats ever been to him, my son included, adored him.



    pahunkboy -> RE: Your home town. Who famous (besides yourself ha) comes from your town? (10/13/2007 4:01:59 AM)

    Fort Augusta is a brief walk from here. We did an escavation on the one house. It was quite interesting.

    Per haps the most notable: Chief Shikellamy. Under his rule; 6 nations lived in peace and harmony here.



    came4U -> RE: Your home town. Who famous (besides yourself ha) comes from your town? (10/13/2007 4:04:19 AM)

    Fort Augusta was a stronghold in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, in the upper Susquehanna Valley from the time of the French and Indian War to the close of the American Revolution. The fort was erected by Col. William Clapham in 1756 at a site now within the limits of the city of Sunbury, in an area the Indians called "Shamokin."

    interesting!



    Rumtiger -> RE: Your home town. Who famous (besides yourself ha) comes from your town? (10/13/2007 4:06:08 AM)

    I'm in Vegas, noones been actually born here since the 1800s.



    pahunkboy -> RE: Your home town. Who famous (besides yourself ha) comes from your town? (10/13/2007 4:14:14 AM)

    came thanks...now i noticed this:

    "sediment flowing into the Chesapeake Bay. Pennsylvania may be subject to EPA sanctions if it does not reduce its pollution in the watershed by 2010."

    hmmm.

    i recall a survey company asking me questions. one question was how clean the C-bay should be. one answer was the same condition as when Washington arrived, I laughed.

    as nice as that would be- i doubt it will return to that condition.



    came4U -> RE: Your home town. Who famous (besides yourself ha) comes from your town? (10/13/2007 4:14:19 AM)

    ahhah good try Rumtiger:

    famous persons Born in Vegas:

    Andre Agassi
    Athlete
    4/29/1970
    Unknown
    Tennis Player.

    Kurt Busch
    Athlete
    8/4/1978
    Durango (Las Vegas,NV)
    Nascar race car driver.

    Charisma Carpenter
    Actress
    7/23/1970
    Gorman (Las Vegas,NV)
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Cordelia Chase)

    Veronica Hart
    Adult Actress
    10/27/1956
    Western (Las Vegas,NV)
    Member of the Porn Star hall of fame.



    came4U -> RE: Your home town. Who famous (besides yourself ha) comes from your town? (10/13/2007 4:19:06 AM)

    Pahunkboy:

    quote:

    as nice as that would be- i doubt it will return to that condition  


    sigh, nothing ever is or will be., I think if all keeps up, the damage is done.



    Rumtiger -> RE: Your home town. Who famous (besides yourself ha) comes from your town? (10/13/2007 4:21:01 AM)

    so..a tennis player famous for his head - yawn

    A NASCAR Driver - The West dont equal the South

    An old porn star - aka used crusty tissue

    and the chick who played buffy in the original movie - did any one of us actually see that hunk of shit?

    I stand by my first statement.



    came4U -> RE: Your home town. Who famous (besides yourself ha) comes from your town? (10/13/2007 4:22:05 AM)

    My hometown is also hit by quite a few tornados.

    "Building damage caused by a moderately strong tornado in the Pilon subdivision of Aylmer, Quebec on Thursday, August 4, 1994 is described. Atmospheric Environment Services classified this tornado as "Force 3" (on a scale of 0 to 5) with winds as high as 270 kmlh. The most severe structural damage observed, however, seems to indicate peak speeds in the 150 to 200 km/h range. There were no deaths and few serious injuries, but insurance claims for housing repair alone were expected to reach $10 million. To reduce future tornado losses, recommendations are made for improving quality control of critical connections." http://irc.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/pubs/ir/ir669/



    came4U -> RE: Your home town. Who famous (besides yourself ha) comes from your town? (10/13/2007 4:23:12 AM)

    quote:

    I stand by my first statement.


    hahahaaa



    camille65 -> RE: Your home town. Who famous (besides yourself ha) comes from your town? (10/13/2007 4:24:06 AM)

    Thankies for the additional info came4U. Looking at that stuff kinda makes me feel like I really should have been/done/become something..'I coulda been a contender' lol.



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