Comments on: Are you a Buckeye?

By: Ann Bartow

Ann Bartow — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:06:49 +0000

I was only a Buckeye for two years, but while my workplace was not great, I unexpectedly loved living there, and have kept in touch with friends there to this day. Only thing I never got used to was the testing of the tornado sirens. How I came to dread the first Tuesday of every month!

By: steveeboy

steveeboy — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:24:06 +0000

buckeye here too…

Grew up in a suburb between cleveland and akron.

my school cafeterias all served buckeyes and haystacks–chocolate covered coconut–many days a week.

I always liked buckeyes better and think they are still the “bomb.”

Left the state to pursue the PhD.

Ended up in Philly pursuing someone that had finished her PhD.

I would never move back, everytime I go home to NEO I get depressed because it is so obviously on a very long downward slope…

I do miss the lake though, and the river…

By: susurro

susurro — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:29:44 +0000

I too am an Enchanter but my partner of 20 years is a Buckeye. I asked her what Buckeye candies were this am and she rolled her eyes at me . . .

By: Indyanna

Indyanna — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 04:57:33 +0000

If Chrissie came back, maybe I’ll come back too, although doubtless not forever. (She’s owns a vegan restaurant in Akron now, and maybe will rebuild the train station on one of those parking lots). I too fondly remember the front porch springs in smalltown Ohio, although not summers. We hired someone out of Gam-Beer, OH last year, and after one year in Bituminosia, ze hightailed it out and is now holed up running a public history program out in Durango. So on that anecdotal evidence, the Hotel Colorado must be filling up quickly with former Buckeyes!

By: Profane

Profane — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 03:29:52 +0000

I am not, nor have I ever been a Buckeye. Moving to Pennsylvania has not helped matters 8-).

By: Liz2

Liz2 — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 03:15:43 +0000

I, too, am a buckeye. I lived there until I was 27 and despite every effort on my part I have not been able to move back. For awhile I was really depressed about it because my family is all still there but frankly I’ve come to love my new home and I don’t think I can ever live through a northern winter again. And anyway, where I live now we have a non-stop party from February through April!

By: Mother of ALL

Mother of ALL — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 02:40:04 +0000

Here’s an original Buckeye State Buckeye recipe.

1 pound of peanut butter, creamy or crunchy
1 1/2 pounds of powdered sugar
2 sticks of butter

Mix all together. I use a heavy spoon. Refrigerate so that mixture can be easily rolled into balls. I put the balls on waxed paper on a cookie sheet and put in them in the freezer for at least an hour.

12 oz chocolate chips
1/2 bar of parafin

Melt together in a double boiler. Use a toothpick to stab the p.b. balls and dip in the hot chocolate. Refrigerate.

This has been a family favorite for years. Enjoy!

By: Historiann

Historiann — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:38:30 +0000

You have to watch out for those native-born Buckeyes like me, Dr. Crazy, and History Maven--all roads lead to Ohio somehow. Fortunately, The Hotel Colorado still has a few vacancies!

By: Rad Readr

Rad Readr — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:22:47 +0000

We gave birth to a Buckeye, born in Hamilton. And my other son considers himself a Buckeye after living there from K-5.

I heard someone once say that Ohio is like the Hotel California. You can check out any time you like, but…Fortunately, I’m back in the actual Hotel California, and I don’t plan on checking out any time soon.

By: Erica

Erica — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:56:29 +0000

I wasn’t born a Buckeye (what’s a person from Pennsylvania called?), but lived there from 2 to 18 and still consider it my home. Plus I’m addicted to chocolate-dipped peanut butter balls NOM NOM NOM!