Quote about hell and Ohio

[thatbrunettegirl]

I'm trying to find an old SK quote about the gate of hell being in Ohio, or outside Columbus or something. I think it comes from a motorcycle trip he took through the state. Does anyone know what it is?

[tenngolfer]

I read The Regulators in the last year, it takes place in Wentworth, Ohio. I do not remember in particular quotes but there was a character that was a writer that seemed disenchanted with Ohio and may have said something to that affect.

[GNTLGNT]

...I remember the quote "The road to Hell is paved with adverbs", but nothing in that relation to Ohio...the only reference I can quickly recall to my home state was in The Talisman as young Jack is "travelin'".....

[PatInTheHat]

You ever drive from Cincinnati zzzzzzzzzzz:sleepy:...oh sorry, um, to Cleveland :oops:?
It's just about the worst most boring drive there is in the entire lower 48, it's pert near kilt me every time I've driven it, well, after the first time, when even then the expectations weren't really all that high to begin with:biggrin2:.

[Lily Sawyer]

You ever drive from Cincinnati zzzzzzzzzzz:sleepy:...oh sorry, um, to Cleveland :oops:?
It's just about the worst most boring drive there is in the entire lower 48, it's pert near kilt me every time I've driven it, well, after the first time, when even then the expectations weren't really all that high to begin with:biggrin2:.

Omigod, the drive from Bloomington, IN to Parkersburg, WV was only five hours but I thought I'd lose my mind, it was so boring. I guess that part of 70 E goes through the most generic land known to mankind.

But I was three miles from Hell on a lone stretch of I-40 in eastern Arizona, between Sanders and Chambers. It's one of those stretches where you see signs that say "NO GAS FOR 47 MILES". It wasn't the end of the Earth but I could see it from there.

[thatbrunettegirl]

Wentworth, Ohio and paved with adverbs are what I keep getting when I search google. I believe what I am seeking is from an interview, not something written, although I could be wrong.

[Moderator]

Sounds like the drive north from Bangor to the Canadian border near Presque Isle/Fort Kent--nothing much more to see than trees and moose for six hours.

[Bev Vincent]

Desperation: "I’ll tell you one thing, young man: it doesn’t surprise me at all that the Land of the Dead should turn out to be located in the suburbs of Columbus, Ohio."

[Moderator]

Wentworth, Ohio and paved with adverbs are what I keep getting when I search google. I believe what I am seeking is from an interview, not something written, although I could be wrong.

The book tour he did on motorcycle was for the release of Insomnia in 1994. He did a signing at Little Professor book store in Worthington, OH on October 8, 1994.

[Moderator]

It was that tour and traveling through a town in Oregon on a later trip that were the seed of the idea for Desperation (http://www.stephenking.com/library/novel/desperation_inspiration.html) and The Regulators.

[Bev Vincent]

Sounds like the drive north from Bangor to the Canadian border near Presque Isle/Fort Kent--nothing much more to see than trees and moose for six hours.

But at the end of the drive you get Canada, so there's that!

[Moderator]

But at the end of the drive you get Canada, so there's that!

No offense, Bev, but I'm not sure it's worth the 6 hours of boredom to get there! ;-D

[kingricefan]

No offense, Bev, but I'm not sure it's worth the 6 hours of boredom to get there! ;-D

And you have to change over from 'Ayuh.' to 'Eh.' :hahahahaha:

[Moderator]

And you have to change over from 'Ayuh.' to 'Eh.' :hahahahaha:

No problem there. I use "eh" a lot more than I do "ayuh" anyway. ;-D

[jchanic]

You ever drive from Cincinnati zzzzzzzzzzz:sleepy:...oh sorry, um, to Cleveland :oops:?
It's just about the worst most boring drive there is in the entire lower 48, it's pert near kilt me every time I've driven it, well, after the first time, when even then the expectations weren't really all that high to begin with:biggrin2:.

I drove that round trip almost every week for four years. That's where I really became addicted to audiobooks!

John

[PatInTheHat]

I drove that round trip almost every week for four years. That's where I really became addicted to audiobooks!

John

:eek2:
Four years:eyebrow:??...round trip:oops:???...http://www.bsabantamclub.com/wp-content/sp-resources/forum-smileys/bow.gif

[GNTLGNT]

No problem there. I use "eh" a lot more than I do "ayuh" anyway. ;-D

...especially when addressing aforementioned moose..."Hey dere Mr. Moose-guy, you wanna get off da road eh?....

http://stwot.motortrend.com/files/2012/07/Volvo-wild-animal-detection-testing-with-moose-in-road-623x389.jpg

[thatbrunettegirl]

Desperation: "I’ll tell you one thing, young man: it doesn’t surprise me at all that the Land of the Dead should turn out to be located in the suburbs of Columbus, Ohio."


I think that's the one. Thank you!

[Moderator]

...especially when addressing aforementioned moose..."Hey dere Mr. Moose-guy, you wanna get off da road eh?....

http://stwot.motortrend.com/files/2012/07/Volvo-wild-animal-detection-testing-with-moose-in-road-623x389.jpg


As long as I've lived in Maine, I STILL have never seen a moose other than in a zoo! Have seen deer, black bears, fox, and other wildlife right in my back yard, and I've seen moose tracks in my garden so know they're around but never been in the right place at the right time to see one up close and personal. Still hoping to someday. :smile2:

[Bev Vincent]

I remember one afternoon a moose and two calves came into our back yard and right up to the door. If I'd been standing on the back steps, I would have been able to touch them.

Then there was the time I was down at the waterfront (Bay of Chaleur, a mile from our house) and I saw a moose come out of the woods and go into the water and start swimming! That was a memorable sight.

[GNTLGNT]

I saw a moose come out of the woods and go into the water and start swimming!


...SO, that was YOU peerin' at me enjoyin' me morning dunk eh?....

[Spideyman]

As long as I've lived in Maine, I STILL have never seen a moose other than in a zoo! Have seen deer, black bears, fox, and other wildlife right in my back yard, and I've seen moose tracks in my garden so know they're around but never been in the right place at the right time to see one up close and personal. Still hoping to someday. :smile2:

you need to put up one of these signs. I hear it "attracts" them.:announce:

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[Moderator]

:rofl:

[Bev Vincent]

I heard a woman on a call-in radio show not that long ago who was irate about the moose crossing signs on the highway. "Why not put the signs up in a place where there isn't as much traffic?" she argued. "We don't want the moose to be crossing the roads there. It's not safe."

[GNTLGNT]

I heard a woman on a call-in radio show not that long ago who was irate about the moose crossing signs on the highway. "Why not put the signs up in a place where there isn't as much traffic?" she argued. "We don't want the moose to be crossing the roads there. It's not safe."

...yeah, that was about white tail deer, and sadly-she was serious.....all I can figure is, years of sprinkling lead paint chips on her cereal instead of sugar...

[Lily Sawyer]

...Or you could put out the Moose Munch to attract them, Ms. Mod...

http://amgfundraising.com/images/mmmilkchoc.jpg