Right Coast, Left Coast, In the Middle
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Stetson_CO
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WyldOne...
Lady Stetson is from Mass and when we visit her mom I can never go anywhere alone. I have to take either her or mom-in-law with me as a translator...I dont talk fast enough for them and they talk WAY to fast for me.
It is fun to go to downtown Boston(if you can find a place to park ::mutter:: Big Dig) and look around. Do not ask for directions, it doesnt work the way they say it does. Do not nod or tip your hat, you get funny looks and I was threatened once. Do not wave at anyone on the roads, they think its an insult or something.
However, outside of the city is some pretty country and alot of history.
c):{
Lady Stetson is from Mass and when we visit her mom I can never go anywhere alone. I have to take either her or mom-in-law with me as a translator...I dont talk fast enough for them and they talk WAY to fast for me.
It is fun to go to downtown Boston(if you can find a place to park ::mutter:: Big Dig) and look around. Do not ask for directions, it doesnt work the way they say it does. Do not nod or tip your hat, you get funny looks and I was threatened once. Do not wave at anyone on the roads, they think its an insult or something.
However, outside of the city is some pretty country and alot of history.
c):{
Man, change some of the food to crawfish, shrimp, crabs, gator, or gumbo, and the combine to a sugar cane cutter, and it sounds like South Louisiana...
Mais I promise you dat cher!
Oh yea before I forget our gals are "rice fed" makes certain curves better and more to grab is all!
Mais I promise you dat cher!
Oh yea before I forget our gals are "rice fed" makes certain curves better and more to grab is all!
Mike in VA
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This really struck a chord when I got it. One of my good friends from Chicago was an Iowa farm girl. Her daddy ran about 3000 acres in the NE corner (beautiful country, rolling and wooded), it was always a treat to get outa town and do a long weekend out there.
The crack about doing more before breakfast was soooo true. In town I played requetball 2-3X/week, swam regualrly, etc, thought I was in shape, but her little brother (16) could put me to shame loading hay or most anything else.
The general friendliness is a bit unnerving at first, but once you realize it sincere and just the way it is, it's pretty nice. Mondays back in town were kinda ruce in comparison.
No. VA usta be much more 'Southern' in flavor, now its just as proctologically challenged as the rest of the northeast. Damn shame.
The crack about doing more before breakfast was soooo true. In town I played requetball 2-3X/week, swam regualrly, etc, thought I was in shape, but her little brother (16) could put me to shame loading hay or most anything else.
The general friendliness is a bit unnerving at first, but once you realize it sincere and just the way it is, it's pretty nice. Mondays back in town were kinda ruce in comparison.
No. VA usta be much more 'Southern' in flavor, now its just as proctologically challenged as the rest of the northeast. Damn shame.
D.W. Drang
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OK, for the record, that's the Left Coast and the LEAST Coast! 
Enlisted in 80 cuz thejpob pisture in Detroit then looked a lot like it does in Seattle now...and people STILL act all wierd here because I join in their conversations. I'm trying to figure out if it's the native Washingtonians, like my wife, or all those dad-blasted kalipornian immygrints...
(BTW, you didn't think the song "Californication" was about pornography, did you...?)
Grew up in Detroit. Born, raised, eddicated, and escaped at every opporuntiy "Up North" for huntin' and fishin', or just plain campin' out.
Enlisted in 80 cuz thejpob pisture in Detroit then looked a lot like it does in Seattle now...and people STILL act all wierd here because I join in their conversations. I'm trying to figure out if it's the native Washingtonians, like my wife, or all those dad-blasted kalipornian immygrints...
(BTW, you didn't think the song "Californication" was about pornography, did you...?)
stellarpod
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"Get over it. Don't like it? Interstate 40 goes two ways--Interstate 35 goes the other two. Pick one and use it accordingly."
There's only one place on earth that I-40 crosses I-35 - Oklahoma City. And you didn't even include Oklahoma on the list!
Born and raised in W. Texas, but glad to be an Okie since 1965.
There's only one place on earth that I-40 crosses I-35 - Oklahoma City. And you didn't even include Oklahoma on the list!
Born and raised in W. Texas, but glad to be an Okie since 1965.
LoneStranger
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WyldOne;
To throw in my uneducated opinion on the term "Corn Fed."
Back in the "Good Olde Days" most cattle were run out on pasture, called grass, or fed hay for most of their days. Being ruminants it didn't bother them.
However, if you wished to polish off a steer, means putting some fat on them which makes them look shinier and sleeker you would feed them a ration of corn while restricting their access to grass. Usually they were only fed corn for 30 days.
With horses, while they can live on grass they really like corn, you would feed corn for the same effect of making them look shinier and sleeker. Also increases strength and stamina of the animal.
So if someone wished to say that their women were sleek and shiny looking, with good health, strength, and stamina they would equate them to "Corn Fed". No frail, pale, fainting wimps need apply.
To throw in my uneducated opinion on the term "Corn Fed."
Back in the "Good Olde Days" most cattle were run out on pasture, called grass, or fed hay for most of their days. Being ruminants it didn't bother them.
However, if you wished to polish off a steer, means putting some fat on them which makes them look shinier and sleeker you would feed them a ration of corn while restricting their access to grass. Usually they were only fed corn for 30 days.
With horses, while they can live on grass they really like corn, you would feed corn for the same effect of making them look shinier and sleeker. Also increases strength and stamina of the animal.
So if someone wished to say that their women were sleek and shiny looking, with good health, strength, and stamina they would equate them to "Corn Fed". No frail, pale, fainting wimps need apply.
I grew up just down "The" river from Pittsburgh and across "The" river from West (by god) Virginia. The land where "pumping iron" meant drinking Iron City Beer. It broke my heart the last time I visted my parents and the guy in the grocery store said, "You ain't from around here are ya ?". It might have been the fact that I owned a pair of sunglasses or maybe he noticed I wasn't waving enough. Either way, I would like to think I have more in common with where I grew up than where I now work. I remember when I moved out of the house, the first night I made myself dinner. I bought some canned vegtables. I took one bite and got up to look at the can to see what I was supposed to be eating. I never had vegtables other than the ones my dad grew and that canned stuff didn't even taste like the same plant. The last time I was back there, I ate nothing for the first two days except fresh corn on the cob. I go back there every couple years to hunt. It takes some of the fun out of it when you have to try to make it a challenge. You have to scatter the deer and turkey out of the road to leave the house. Every time I go, I don't want to leave.
I always understood the term corn fed to mean someone who was big and stocky, obviously healthy, rosy cheeks, someone who obviously ate well and was in good shape from hard work. I never considered it to mean someone that was fat. The term for that is.......fat. AKA Table Muscle
I always understood the term corn fed to mean someone who was big and stocky, obviously healthy, rosy cheeks, someone who obviously ate well and was in good shape from hard work. I never considered it to mean someone that was fat. The term for that is.......fat. AKA Table Muscle
Sidetracker
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Conservative midwest?
It's interesting that 6 of the 12 states named, are the only states that prohibit any form of concealed carry. 2 of the others only allow limited carry. With the coasts being so liberal why is it they have more liberal gun laws than the "conserative" midwest? I hope this will change but I think Illinois will probably be the last to adopt ccw, if it ever does.
It's interesting that 6 of the 12 states named, are the only states that prohibit any form of concealed carry. 2 of the others only allow limited carry. With the coasts being so liberal why is it they have more liberal gun laws than the "conserative" midwest? I hope this will change but I think Illinois will probably be the last to adopt ccw, if it ever does.
All the reasons listed are the same ones that made me BUY a home in my tiny hometown up north, (and only "rent space" in Detroit)
and keep me driving north "to home" every weekend,
and made me find a suitable SO from up there (around my home)
and that make it feel SO good to head north EVERY friday...
I like a place where I can step out my front door and shoot whenever I want to, NOT a place where I ahve to shoot just to get to my truck!
Nuther one for ya... down here (Detroit) I lock the doors wether I'm in the truck or not...
up north, I leave the doors unlocked, with the keys in it... never know when someone might want to leave me a homebaked pie or loaf of bread, or a note... and they need to get into the truck to leave it!
and keep me driving north "to home" every weekend,
and made me find a suitable SO from up there (around my home)
and that make it feel SO good to head north EVERY friday...
I like a place where I can step out my front door and shoot whenever I want to, NOT a place where I ahve to shoot just to get to my truck!
Nuther one for ya... down here (Detroit) I lock the doors wether I'm in the truck or not...
up north, I leave the doors unlocked, with the keys in it... never know when someone might want to leave me a homebaked pie or loaf of bread, or a note... and they need to get into the truck to leave it!
Man can I relate to this one. I live in the middle between the very rural Indiana farm country and the "big" city of Louisville, my parents come from a part of KY that is still mostly dirt and gravel roads. When I was growing up at least half of our yard had a garden in it.
There are several u-pick farms out in the county, and on the weekends you can sit and watch the long lines of "city" cars heading out for a taste of the country. One of the farms has a restaurant serving literally "farm fresh" menu items. Expect a long wait, but it is soooo worth it.
The definition of corn fed, at least among my buddies and I, is not fat but buxom. No waif-ish super models here. These girls definitely have a figure
There are several u-pick farms out in the county, and on the weekends you can sit and watch the long lines of "city" cars heading out for a taste of the country. One of the farms has a restaurant serving literally "farm fresh" menu items. Expect a long wait, but it is soooo worth it.
The definition of corn fed, at least among my buddies and I, is not fat but buxom. No waif-ish super models here. These girls definitely have a figure
Sidetracker
We are talking about the RURAL midwest. As you are well aware all those states mentioned also have a least a few large cities whose politics seem to dominate the political landscape. For you, Chicago. Where I grew up we had to live with the laws enacted in Columbus, Cinncinati, and Cleveland. I really have no idea why it is that big city dwellers tend to be more liberal than the rural people. You would think it would be just the opposite since most rural areas have very little if any crime and the cities are seething with it. I guess that shows a couple things. Where most people are armed, there is little crime. And of course the presence of guns doesn't cause crime. Many of the rural people grew up with guns. I know where I lived pretty much everybody had guns. Many people never touched them, but they had them. Many were passed down through the family. Another factor to consider is that many of those states have a long history of being democrat from back in the days when that party represented the views of the common working man. A lot of those states are also heavily union from the steel and auto industries. A lot of the time when you vote for the union candidates you are voting for a liberal democrat.
We are talking about the RURAL midwest. As you are well aware all those states mentioned also have a least a few large cities whose politics seem to dominate the political landscape. For you, Chicago. Where I grew up we had to live with the laws enacted in Columbus, Cinncinati, and Cleveland. I really have no idea why it is that big city dwellers tend to be more liberal than the rural people. You would think it would be just the opposite since most rural areas have very little if any crime and the cities are seething with it. I guess that shows a couple things. Where most people are armed, there is little crime. And of course the presence of guns doesn't cause crime. Many of the rural people grew up with guns. I know where I lived pretty much everybody had guns. Many people never touched them, but they had them. Many were passed down through the family. Another factor to consider is that many of those states have a long history of being democrat from back in the days when that party represented the views of the common working man. A lot of those states are also heavily union from the steel and auto industries. A lot of the time when you vote for the union candidates you are voting for a liberal democrat.