Claims to Fame!!!

well look at your lists, surely u didnt know all that off hand... I want to cheat... I should revise mine with google?

well we do 1,700+ islands to show off ^_^ specially boracay,puerto galera, palawan, etc etc.

Oh, I went to the same junior school as the son of the drummer from Def Leopard, and the fastest person in the north of England at under-15's was in my PE class :p

As far as area and city history goes, I think mine tops all of you, with a quite a few famous people from around this way too (I don't think you yanks will know most of them :P, but some are internationally known).

Anyway, I cba to paste the famous people bit, so I'll just give you a little knowledge.

I live in Portsmouth, England. As a site, it is the oldest naval base in Britain, the UK's only island city. 13th most densely populated area in Europe, 2nd in the UK. The most fortified city in Europe, due to it's naval significance. Home to Charles ****ens, H.G. Wells, Sir Isambaard Kingdom Brunel, Arthur Conan Doyle, Rudyard Kipling and Peter Sellers.

If you have a spare half hour, read the wiki :P, It's quite an important and well known town. And it's also a ****hole. :)

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

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Originally Posted by The Midnight Walker

As far as area and city history goes, I think mine tops all of you, with a quite a few famous people from around this way too (I don't think you yanks will know most of them :P, but some are internationally known).

Anyway, I cba to paste the famous people bit, so I'll just give you a little knowledge.

I live in Portsmouth, England. As a site, it is the oldest naval base in Britain, the UK's only island city. 13th most densely populated area in Europe, 2nd in the UK. The most fortified city in Europe, due to it's naval significance. Home to Charles ****ens, H.G. Wells, Sir Isambaard Kingdom Brunel, Arthur Conan Doyle, Rudyard Kipling and Peter Sellers.

If you have a spare half hour, read the wiki :P, It's quite an important and well known town. And it's also a ****hole. :)

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

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And you are smart not to refer to that football team there. :D

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Originally Posted by EduLeics I

And you are smart not to refer to that football team there. :D

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That's what I was going to say!

At least they're the best team on the south coast...Like the Blades in Sheffield, eh? ;)

What's my quiet wee fishin' village famous for?
Billy Connolly ofc.

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What's my quiet wee fishin' village famous for?
Billy Connolly ofc.

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http://www.castlebar.ie/artman2/uplo...onnolly400.jpg

Where's that then?

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And you are smart not to refer to that football team there. :D

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No, I know what not to talk about lol. Besides, I can't stand football, so i'm alright in any case :)

I went to the same high school as both Belinda Carlisle and Heather Locklear (although they are both older than I am and I never knew them), and before that I went to school about 15 km from the world's largest particle accelerator.

Currently, all I got is the stuff Abracax already posted. Still pretty cool, though. Oh, and we have our own Ghosthunters group here, and they have LOTS of stuff to check out in the area. It's one of those areas where if you start a talk about hauntings, everyone says "Oh yeah, my house is haunted. So what?" lol