Rhode Island is on TV!!!

[Freedom]

OK, the other diplaced Rhodie checking in...

I was an Aquidneck Island girl.

First line: LOL, love it!

Oh, the Island folks are a society all unto themselves!

[pomtzu]

Oh, the Island folks are a society all unto themselves!

Oh Maggie----------are you going to let her get away with that???

Sandie - my folks built a house on Jamestown, after I was on my own, so I never resided there - just visited. I guess you'd call Jamestown "a poor man's Aquidneck"??

[Grace]

Oh Maggie----------are you going to let her get away with that???

Sandie - my folks built a house on Jamestown, after I was on my own, so I never resided there - just visited. I guess you'd call Jamestown "a poor man's Aquidneck"??

Actually, Jamestown is nobody's poor man. Have you ever checked the price of houses there?

I lived on Aquidneck Island for two years, when my first husband was stationed on the USS Gearing. My formative years were spent in Warwick - just like you, Ellie

[Pinot's Mom]

Oh Maggie----------are you going to let her get away with that???

Why, we always knew we were...ahem...cut from a different type of cloth...

Now, who's going to let me get away with THAT one??

[pomtzu]

Actually, Jamestown is nobody's poor man. Have you ever checked the price of houses there?

I lived on Aquidneck Island for two years, when my first husband was stationed on the USS Gearing. My formative years were spent in Warwick - just like you, Ellie

Oh yeah - Jamestown definitely is no Shantytown. My folks built a nice rancher - cedar shake shingles - in keeping with the look of the area. My cousin had built a gorgeous "mansion" there too - all natural stone excavated on the island. Now that was no cheap undertaking! I wish I knew the address - I'd check it out - price-wise. I tried to find him thru whitepages, but no listing in Jamestown under his name. I don't even know if he's still alive, since he was a good 10 years older than I am.

And just a bit of useless info for people who don't know.........Gretchen and I grew up just a few miles from each other and went to the same schools, etc. We didn't know each other back then tho - since she is (cough,cough,cough) OLDER than I am.

Why, we always knew we were...ahem...cut from a different type of cloth...

Now, who's going to let me get away with THAT one??

Ummm - I'm speechless on this one, so you win this round.

[Freedom]

He heeee, love this thread!

Just as I joke that I 'think' I need a passport to "cross the bridge" (Washington Bridge, to the other 80% of the state on the other side), folks on Aquidneck often comment similarly re the rest of us on the main land.

I have to be careful though, as I am a "transplant," only lived here 16 years. Do you know, I don't think I've ever BEEN in Jamestown, yet? As Dad's house - where I grew up - is north, I just gravitate up that way most of the time.

[pomtzu]

Hey Sandie - you don't know what you've missed till you've hob-nobbed with the islanders!

I heard rumors that Maggie's address was Cliff Walk, too.

[Karen]

It's fun to know where it is the show was really filmed, we knew it wasn't Philadelphia - well, Paul knew, as he's been there a few times, but didn't know where it really was!

[Grace]

He heeee, love this thread!

Just as I joke that I 'think' I need a passport to "cross the bridge" (Washington Bridge, to the other 80% of the state on the other side), folks on Aquidneck often comment similarly re the rest of us on the main land.

I have to be careful though, as I am a "transplant," only lived here 16 years. Do you know, I don't think I've ever BEEN in Jamestown, yet? As Dad's house - where I grew up - is north, I just gravitate up that way most of the time.

Where did you live before Rhode Island?

I have lived in Michigan more than half my life - but when I am asked where I am from, I always answer Rhode Island.

The Michigan license plate on my car reads 1QUAHOG.

[pomtzu]

The Michigan license plate on my car reads 1QUAHOG.

Do people in MI even know what a quahog is??