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Aberdeen
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Named as one of "10 Great Small Towns for Retirement" by Travel 50 and Beyond magazine, Aberdeen is a historic town filled with friendly faces. The natural setting of Aberdeen contributes to its charm almost as much as the people. The town is famous for its median of magnolia trees, and visitors will attest to the fact that there is nothing quite as soothing as the scent and shade from a row of magnolias. The local yards are filled with crepe myrtles and in spring the dogwood and azaleas brighten the entire town.
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Aberdeen is a modern, raw, pitch-black comedy, driven by deadly wit and heightened dramatic dialogue. Central to the film's appeal is director Hans Petter Moland's ability to see both sides of his characters' behavior. Both Kaisa and Tomas prefer to judge one another than examine themselves. Moland's balanced approach gives the film a captivating, abrasive edge. No one is a victim; no one is simply an opportunist. Everyone is suspect.
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Aberdeen had its beginnings with the arrival of Samuel Benn in 1859. Several years later, in 1865, he acquired the property that would become the town of Aberdeen and brought the rest of his family up from San Francisco. When, in 1873, one George Hume arrived in search of a cannery site, Benn seized the opportunity and provided the required site. After the town site was platted in 1884, it was named Aberdeen, after the hometown of some of the cannery’s Scottish investors.
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For the 1904–05 season, Aberdeen adopted a black and gold striped shirt, which led to the team being nicknamed 'Wasps'. This strip, with only minor variations, was worn until just before the start of the Second World War. The blue shorts lasted until 1911, and then were replaced with white ones. Socks (or, in the language of the time, 'stockings') were black with gold trim, either as stripes or as a solid bar at the turndown.
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Aberdeen's 'King Street' is acknowledged by the 'Department of Large and Pointless Things' as the longest road in the local universe. To walk along King Street is not difficult, in fact it is fairly easy, but to cross to the other pavement is certain death! The IRA (Insane Roadsters of Aberdeen) disagree entirely with the international road safety regulations and will swerve INTO you, if seen attempting to correct which side of the road you wish to be on. It is said, that if one walks down King Street they actually travel back in time! And if one were to walk up, time would pass as if normal (just more dangerously). "To get off King Street, one must take a right turn." ... spoke God, which is in itself a cruel joke as King Street is EVERYWHERE and has no rights!
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Aberdeen is located at the confluence of the Chehalis and Wishkah rivers at the head of Grays Harbor, at the southern end of the Olympic Peninsula. The region’s rich fisheries and abundant timber supported a significant Native American presence and served to attract European settlement in the mid-nineteenth century. During the latter half of the nineteenth century a number of small communities were established on Grays Harbor, but Aberdeen quickly grew to dominate as the commercial and cultural hub. Lumber, fisheries, and shipbuilding proved to be the mainstays of the local economy for much of the region’s history, but the most recent decades have witnessed a decline in the traditional industries and an increase in tourism and commercial retail.
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