Southern drivers
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In a message dated 8/28/02 9:00:24 PM Central Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
<< And guess what?........we don't want to live in a big city either!! Thank
you very much.
I've almost been killed on my bike by many drivers down here and the fact
that they don't know how to use the freeway makes me extremely frustrated
with southern drivers. Having lived in several areas, I can honestly say that
the drivers are worse in this area.
It wasn't meant to reflect on you, nor on people that don't want to live in
the big city.
A person should know how to drive on freeways if they're going to use them.
Idiots don't belong on the road, they'll kill you.
Ren
[email protected] writes:
<< And guess what?........we don't want to live in a big city either!! Thank
you very much.
>>sheesh. No offense intended.
I've almost been killed on my bike by many drivers down here and the fact
that they don't know how to use the freeway makes me extremely frustrated
with southern drivers. Having lived in several areas, I can honestly say that
the drivers are worse in this area.
It wasn't meant to reflect on you, nor on people that don't want to live in
the big city.
A person should know how to drive on freeways if they're going to use them.
Idiots don't belong on the road, they'll kill you.
Ren
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Sorry, bad reaction on my part, shouldn't have been so offensive. :( I
miss home.
miss home.
gruvystarchild
"Sorry, bad reaction on my part"
Don't apologize...I felt bad for over generalizing.
There just seems to be a monopoly on bad driving here and I'm a bit
cynical as of late. Dh was hit on his bike, hit and run situation. He
didn't get the license number since he's near sighted...really sucks.
Thankfully he wasn't hurt and his bike got hit on the pedal which
probably damaged the car more than his bike.
We regularly get cut off by drivers, stuck behind people that don't
know how to merge and read bumper stickers that say "Time to Kick
some Ass" with a big American flag on it.
(I suppose there are other lamo's in other cities with those )
And then there is the confederate flag thing.....I see enough of
those in windows of cars to make me ill.
I really do understand the pride in region thing, but that old
confederate flag seems to imply a hell-uva-lot more down here, YK?
Anyway, sorry to upset ya! I love a lot of things about the South.
And if you're homesick, come on down. Pensacola isn't far from Mobile
and there are fab beaches to hang at.
Ren
Don't apologize...I felt bad for over generalizing.
There just seems to be a monopoly on bad driving here and I'm a bit
cynical as of late. Dh was hit on his bike, hit and run situation. He
didn't get the license number since he's near sighted...really sucks.
Thankfully he wasn't hurt and his bike got hit on the pedal which
probably damaged the car more than his bike.
We regularly get cut off by drivers, stuck behind people that don't
know how to merge and read bumper stickers that say "Time to Kick
some Ass" with a big American flag on it.
(I suppose there are other lamo's in other cities with those )
And then there is the confederate flag thing.....I see enough of
those in windows of cars to make me ill.
I really do understand the pride in region thing, but that old
confederate flag seems to imply a hell-uva-lot more down here, YK?
Anyway, sorry to upset ya! I love a lot of things about the South.
And if you're homesick, come on down. Pensacola isn't far from Mobile
and there are fab beaches to hang at.
Ren
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In a message dated 8/29/02 1:02:03 PM, starsuncloud@... writes:
<< bumper stickers that say "Time to Kick
some Ass" with a big American flag on it.
(I suppose there are other lamo's in other cities with those )
And then there is the confederate flag thing..... >>
I don't see Time to Kick some Ass stuff or confederate flags.
New Mexico must not have ANY good stuff. Except that smell of roasting green
chile and then a summer rain, like we had yesterday, coming down while
there's bread in the oven, like there was at my house yesterday.
EAT YOUR HEARTS OUT WITHOUT GREEN CHILE!
I'm lucky to love living where I live. I realize it's partly luck, and
partly whining and being stubborn about offers to move.
Sandra
<< bumper stickers that say "Time to Kick
some Ass" with a big American flag on it.
(I suppose there are other lamo's in other cities with those )
And then there is the confederate flag thing..... >>
I don't see Time to Kick some Ass stuff or confederate flags.
New Mexico must not have ANY good stuff. Except that smell of roasting green
chile and then a summer rain, like we had yesterday, coming down while
there's bread in the oven, like there was at my house yesterday.
EAT YOUR HEARTS OUT WITHOUT GREEN CHILE!
I'm lucky to love living where I live. I realize it's partly luck, and
partly whining and being stubborn about offers to move.
Sandra
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In a message dated 8/29/02 2:18:49 PM Central Daylight Time,
SandraDodd@... writes:
destroyed overnight...." and then there is a big Marine Corps emblem. (a take
off on that old UPS commercial.) Put there by my dh and df who are both
(were) Marines, and who both have that annoying Kick Ass attitude sometimes.
~Nancy
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SandraDodd@... writes:
> In a message dated 8/29/02 1:02:03 PM, starsuncloud@... writes:On my car is a sticker that says "If it absolutely, positively, has to be
>
> << bumper stickers that say "Time to Kick
> some Ass" with a big American flag on it.
> (I suppose there are other lamo's in other cities with those )
> And then there is the confederate flag thing..... >>
>
> I don't see Time to Kick some Ass stuff or confederate flags.
>
destroyed overnight...." and then there is a big Marine Corps emblem. (a take
off on that old UPS commercial.) Put there by my dh and df who are both
(were) Marines, and who both have that annoying Kick Ass attitude sometimes.
~Nancy
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In a message dated 8/29/02 2:21:23 PM, Dnowens@... writes:
<< On my car is a sticker that says "If it absolutely, positively, has to be
destroyed overnight...." and then there is a big Marine Corps emblem. (a take
off on that old UPS commercial.) >>
That's funny!
I like that one.
https://www.mysticarmynavy.com/item1.cfm?ID=1130
Does it look like that one?
If not there's more than one design out there.
When I went to google, though, just glancing showed it's pretty popular and
some people were saying they loved it, or it was their favorite ever.
Sandra
<< On my car is a sticker that says "If it absolutely, positively, has to be
destroyed overnight...." and then there is a big Marine Corps emblem. (a take
off on that old UPS commercial.) >>
That's funny!
I like that one.
https://www.mysticarmynavy.com/item1.cfm?ID=1130
Does it look like that one?
If not there's more than one design out there.
When I went to google, though, just glancing showed it's pretty popular and
some people were saying they loved it, or it was their favorite ever.
Sandra
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A friend of mine with whom I just shared this wrote
-=-...technically, it's the Navy who delivers the Marines to whatever
needs to be destroyed. So, the Navy is the UPS for the Marines.-=-
-=-...technically, it's the Navy who delivers the Marines to whatever
needs to be destroyed. So, the Navy is the UPS for the Marines.-=-
[email protected]
In a message dated 8/29/02 3:53:50 PM Central Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
<< New Mexico must not have ANY good stuff. Except that smell of roasting
green
chile and then a summer rain, like we had yesterday, coming down while
there's bread in the oven, like there was at my house yesterday. >>
Oh thanks, rub it in then!! Hmmmmphf...
I really, really liked the parts of New Mexico we saw while on a road trip
four years ago. But the main problem is lots and lots of beach without the
acompanying OCEAN! lol
We mainly moved here for the beaches and the weather.
If it weren't for that, we'd be living elsewhere.
Pensacola is a pretty cool town, it's just when you start getting away from
the downtown area it gets more and more Southern (in a redneck kinda way) and
less and less eclectic and artsy and interesting.
So we live in town and research other areas of the world, and talk to all of
you to keep sane!! :)
I'm finding some cool people here in the South though, really.
Ren
[email protected] writes:
<< New Mexico must not have ANY good stuff. Except that smell of roasting
green
chile and then a summer rain, like we had yesterday, coming down while
there's bread in the oven, like there was at my house yesterday. >>
Oh thanks, rub it in then!! Hmmmmphf...
I really, really liked the parts of New Mexico we saw while on a road trip
four years ago. But the main problem is lots and lots of beach without the
acompanying OCEAN! lol
We mainly moved here for the beaches and the weather.
If it weren't for that, we'd be living elsewhere.
Pensacola is a pretty cool town, it's just when you start getting away from
the downtown area it gets more and more Southern (in a redneck kinda way) and
less and less eclectic and artsy and interesting.
So we live in town and research other areas of the world, and talk to all of
you to keep sane!! :)
I'm finding some cool people here in the South though, really.
Ren
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In a message dated 8/29/02 4:06:27 PM Central Daylight Time,
SandraDodd@... writes:
*think* the emblem is to the right as opposed to the left. <g>
~Nancy
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SandraDodd@... writes:
> https://www.mysticarmynavy.com/item1.cfm?ID=1130Yep! Ours looks just like that, except it is in blue instead of black and I
>
> Does it look like that one?
> If not there's more than one design out there.
> When I went to google, though, just glancing showed it's pretty popular and
> some people were saying they loved it, or it was their favorite ever.
>
> Sandra
*think* the emblem is to the right as opposed to the left. <g>
~Nancy
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[email protected]
In a message dated 8/29/02 4:19:42 PM Central Daylight Time,
SandraDodd@... writes:
Alaska, I met him coming off a FedEx plane.
~Nancy
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SandraDodd@... writes:
> A friend of mine with whom I just shared this wrote<G> That isn't always true! When Darin flew back from the Philippines to
>
> -=-...technically, it's the Navy who delivers the Marines to whatever
> needs to be destroyed. So, the Navy is the UPS for the Marines.-=-
>
Alaska, I met him coming off a FedEx plane.
~Nancy
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[email protected]
In a message dated 8/29/2002 2:01:17 PM Central Daylight Time,
starsuncloud@... writes:
<< Pensacola isn't far from Mobile
and there are fab beaches to hang at. >>
Hi Ren,
We used to love and camp at Big Lagoon State Park and my all time favorite,
can't be beat beach in my opinion, is at Perdido Key, the second part coming
from the "FloraBama".
Joy
starsuncloud@... writes:
<< Pensacola isn't far from Mobile
and there are fab beaches to hang at. >>
Hi Ren,
We used to love and camp at Big Lagoon State Park and my all time favorite,
can't be beat beach in my opinion, is at Perdido Key, the second part coming
from the "FloraBama".
Joy
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In a message dated 8/29/2002 2:19:32 PM Central Daylight Time,
SandraDodd@... writes:
<< I'm lucky to love living where I live. I realize it's partly luck, and
partly whining and being stubborn about offers to move >>
I wish whining and being stubborn worked in my situation. We just have to
decide to do something entirely different to make money if we move out of
this area. DH isn't willing.
Joy
SandraDodd@... writes:
<< I'm lucky to love living where I live. I realize it's partly luck, and
partly whining and being stubborn about offers to move >>
I wish whining and being stubborn worked in my situation. We just have to
decide to do something entirely different to make money if we move out of
this area. DH isn't willing.
Joy
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In a message dated 8/29/2002 7:58:16 PM Central Daylight Time,
starsuncloud@... writes:
<< So we live in town and research other areas of the world, and talk to all
of
you to keep sane!! :)
I'm finding some cool people here in the South though, really.
Ever been to Fairhope, AL? That's my hometown.
Joy
starsuncloud@... writes:
<< So we live in town and research other areas of the world, and talk to all
of
you to keep sane!! :)
I'm finding some cool people here in the South though, really.
>>Ren,
Ever been to Fairhope, AL? That's my hometown.
Joy
Sharon Rudd
when you
neck...farming) is uninteresting and non-artsy. Have
you looked at the Foxfire books? listened to
blue-grass music? done any contra or square or clog
dancing? made a basket, woven a coverlet, stitched a
rag doll, made a truck garden, built a house from
scratch from the materials on your land, midwifed,
harvested your own gensing, made your own shine (for
all sorts of uses), sawed your own lumber, made split
shakes for roofs, divined for water, hunted
alligators, coons, and everything else, had all of the
same for pets, and on and on.....if you can get around
the bad ideas, lots of "rednecks" have good hearts and
some good ideas, too. And lots of really good stories
to tell. Some of the stories are even true.
Sharon of the Swamp
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> start getting away fromNot all that is "redneck" (sunburned back of the
> the downtown area it gets more and more Southern (in
> a redneck kinda way) and
neck...farming) is uninteresting and non-artsy. Have
you looked at the Foxfire books? listened to
blue-grass music? done any contra or square or clog
dancing? made a basket, woven a coverlet, stitched a
rag doll, made a truck garden, built a house from
scratch from the materials on your land, midwifed,
harvested your own gensing, made your own shine (for
all sorts of uses), sawed your own lumber, made split
shakes for roofs, divined for water, hunted
alligators, coons, and everything else, had all of the
same for pets, and on and on.....if you can get around
the bad ideas, lots of "rednecks" have good hearts and
some good ideas, too. And lots of really good stories
to tell. Some of the stories are even true.
Sharon of the Swamp
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In a message dated 8/30/02 8:23:18 AM, bearspawprint@... writes:
<< made a basket, woven a coverlet, stitched a
rag doll, >>
WOVEN?
There's anyone weaving in the SE?
I figured quilting out of already-made cloth, fine; crocheting afghans, okay.
But really, weaving?
<< made a basket, woven a coverlet, stitched a
rag doll, >>
WOVEN?
There's anyone weaving in the SE?
I figured quilting out of already-made cloth, fine; crocheting afghans, okay.
But really, weaving?
kayb85
> I really do understand the pride in region thing, but that oldDoesn't the confederate flag stand for a desire for more state rights
> confederate flag seems to imply a hell-uva-lot more down here, YK?
as opposed to big federal gov't?
Sheila
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In a message dated 8/30/02 8:27:09 PM Central Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
<< Have
you looked at the Foxfire books? >>
I have the entire set.
Don't have any problem with down home or country folk. Redneck to me is more
than just that......whether it originally meant that or not.
It's the guys and gals with noisy trucks that have confederate flags in their
window and say rude things about how blacks and whites shouldn't marry.
Or shirts that say incredibly horrible things like "100% cotton, handpicked
by yo Momma"
No, redneckishness down here implies a whole lot more than just simple
country folk.
I have good friends that are that.
But I can't tolerate biggotry or the unwillingness to be kind to anyone from
a different culture, religion or sexual preference.
Ren
[email protected] writes:
<< Have
you looked at the Foxfire books? >>
I have the entire set.
Don't have any problem with down home or country folk. Redneck to me is more
than just that......whether it originally meant that or not.
It's the guys and gals with noisy trucks that have confederate flags in their
window and say rude things about how blacks and whites shouldn't marry.
Or shirts that say incredibly horrible things like "100% cotton, handpicked
by yo Momma"
No, redneckishness down here implies a whole lot more than just simple
country folk.
I have good friends that are that.
But I can't tolerate biggotry or the unwillingness to be kind to anyone from
a different culture, religion or sexual preference.
Ren
[email protected]
In a message dated 8/30/02 8:27:09 PM Central Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
<< Doesn't the confederate flag stand for a desire for more state rights
as opposed to big federal gov't? >>
It should.
It does for some people.
But for many it's a very in your face way to say "we hate yankees, blacks and
anyone that doesn't belong in the South" (which is anyone not of their
liking).
Ren
[email protected] writes:
<< Doesn't the confederate flag stand for a desire for more state rights
as opposed to big federal gov't? >>
It should.
It does for some people.
But for many it's a very in your face way to say "we hate yankees, blacks and
anyone that doesn't belong in the South" (which is anyone not of their
liking).
Ren
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In a message dated 8/30/2002 10:41:32 PM Central Daylight Time,
starsuncloud@... writes:
<< It should.
It does for some people.
But for many it's a very in your face way to say "we hate yankees, blacks
and
anyone that doesn't belong in the South" (which is anyone not of their
liking).
starsuncloud@... writes:
<< It should.
It does for some people.
But for many it's a very in your face way to say "we hate yankees, blacks
and
anyone that doesn't belong in the South" (which is anyone not of their
liking).
>>Yes, sad but true.
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In a message dated 8/30/2002 10:42:24 PM Central Daylight Time,
starsuncloud@... writes:
<< But I can't tolerate biggotry or the unwillingness to be kind to anyone
from
a different culture, religion or sexual preference.
Houston and saw a couple (one Caucasian, the other African American) walk
into the store and I was waiting to here a comment, see a look,
something........but no one even blinked an eye at them.
That's how I know Houston IS NOT the South. And it is one of the only
things I like about this place. When you grow up in an area and live there
all your life you think certain things are just "normal" or you know they
aren't right but you're not sure how to respond to those not so "tolerant"
individuals. Am I making any sense. If you've ever grown up in what I call
an "undercurrent" maybe this makes sense.
Joy
starsuncloud@... writes:
<< But I can't tolerate biggotry or the unwillingness to be kind to anyone
from
a different culture, religion or sexual preference.
>>I remember being in the line at the grocery store when we first moved to
Houston and saw a couple (one Caucasian, the other African American) walk
into the store and I was waiting to here a comment, see a look,
something........but no one even blinked an eye at them.
That's how I know Houston IS NOT the South. And it is one of the only
things I like about this place. When you grow up in an area and live there
all your life you think certain things are just "normal" or you know they
aren't right but you're not sure how to respond to those not so "tolerant"
individuals. Am I making any sense. If you've ever grown up in what I call
an "undercurrent" maybe this makes sense.
Joy
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Doesn't the confederate flag stand for a desire for more state rights
as opposed to big federal gov't?
Sheila
Maybe to a few but in West Virginia, most of those who sport them on their
vehicle of flying above their front door are not that concerned about
politics.
The nazi swastika was originally a native american symbol, would it make it
okay today to fly a flag like that?
~Elissa Cleaveland
An unlesson'd girl, unschool'd, unpractic'd;
Happy in this, she is not so old
But she may learn.
W.S. The Merchant of Venice III, ii, 160
as opposed to big federal gov't?
Sheila
Maybe to a few but in West Virginia, most of those who sport them on their
vehicle of flying above their front door are not that concerned about
politics.
The nazi swastika was originally a native american symbol, would it make it
okay today to fly a flag like that?
~Elissa Cleaveland
An unlesson'd girl, unschool'd, unpractic'd;
Happy in this, she is not so old
But she may learn.
W.S. The Merchant of Venice III, ii, 160
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I agree with Ren that there is a huge difference between "country" and
"redneck" one can be country with out being a redneck just as one can be a
redneck and live in a city (even way up north here!)
~Elissa Cleaveland
An unlesson'd girl, unschool'd, unpractic'd;
Happy in this, she is not so old
But she may learn.
W.S. The Merchant of Venice III, ii, 160
"redneck" one can be country with out being a redneck just as one can be a
redneck and live in a city (even way up north here!)
~Elissa Cleaveland
An unlesson'd girl, unschool'd, unpractic'd;
Happy in this, she is not so old
But she may learn.
W.S. The Merchant of Venice III, ii, 160
Nancy Wooton
on 9/3/02 6:06 AM, ElissaJC@... at ElissaJC@... wrote:
dates back to the Byzantine empire, as does the double-headed eagle, another
symbol Germany adopted. You can see swastikas woven into liturgical
garments from 1,000 years ago.
Nancy
> The nazi swastika was originally a native american symbol, would it make itThe same shape symbol may have been used in Native American art, but it also
> okay today to fly a flag like that?
dates back to the Byzantine empire, as does the double-headed eagle, another
symbol Germany adopted. You can see swastikas woven into liturgical
garments from 1,000 years ago.
Nancy
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Oops, I should have used "once" rather than "originally"!
<<You can see swastikas woven into liturgical
garments from 1,000 years ago.
Nancy>>>
I doubt that they are still worn today, or woven into new fabrics.
~Elissa Cleaveland
An unlesson'd girl, unschool'd, unpractic'd;
Happy in this, she is not so old
But she may learn.
W.S. The Merchant of Venice III, ii, 160
<<You can see swastikas woven into liturgical
garments from 1,000 years ago.
Nancy>>>
I doubt that they are still worn today, or woven into new fabrics.
~Elissa Cleaveland
An unlesson'd girl, unschool'd, unpractic'd;
Happy in this, she is not so old
But she may learn.
W.S. The Merchant of Venice III, ii, 160
Shyrley
On 3 Sep 02, at 9:06, ElissaJC@... wrote:
The Swastika is way older than the nazi's. It can be found in
sumerian documents form 4000 years ago, in India adorning the
temples. The nazi's pinched it. I used to know why but can't
remeber right this second.
Shyrley
"You laugh at me because I'm different. I laugh at you because you are all the same."
> Doesn't the confederate flag stand for a desire for more state rightsMight be time to reclaim it.
> as opposed to big federal gov't? Sheila
>
>
> Maybe to a few but in West Virginia, most of those who sport them on
> their vehicle of flying above their front door are not that concerned
> about politics. The nazi swastika was originally a native american
> symbol, would it make it okay today to fly a flag like that? ~Elissa
The Swastika is way older than the nazi's. It can be found in
sumerian documents form 4000 years ago, in India adorning the
temples. The nazi's pinched it. I used to know why but can't
remeber right this second.
Shyrley
"You laugh at me because I'm different. I laugh at you because you are all the same."
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In a message dated 9/3/02 11:04:27 AM, shyrley.williams@... writes:
<< Might be time to reclaim it. >>
The white supremists haven't let it get cold yet.
<< Might be time to reclaim it. >>
The white supremists haven't let it get cold yet.