Fire ants? Huge cockroaches? Pre-sweetened ice tea? And you Southerners get all snotty because we have SNOW? Sheesh!!!
Poor larc. Those hobby horses can be real nasty if you don't treat them right. LOL
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larc
RHW,
I'm glad you finally found the truth according to Larc. Could you share the truth according to RHW from your part of the world? You're right about those snooty Southern Belle's, but they let the truth out. AND, most of the south got more snow than we did in Ohio. Hey, Waiting, Nah, Nana, Nah, Nah!
I know Waiting like quotes, and I'm still pulling them out of my head or some other part of my anatomy, since she never did send me a quote book for Christmas. Here's one from Frank Zappa: "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a prefrontal labotomy."
Well, I must be off.
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mommy
Grandmommy,
Sorry WHAT was I thinking? I know that but my brain didn't register:) NOW, I know why larc made that comments about swimmers:)
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RedhorseWoman
I'm sure you all know this already....and are all properly jealous because I live here and you don't.....but Money magazine rated Providence, RI, as the second best city in the country in which to live.
We have affordable housing, many top-notch universities, a lot of cultural events.....and, of course....ME!!! ME! ME! ME!
Not that I'm puffed up with pride or anything.
RI is also fairly well-known as the only place that ever had top members of the Mafia working out of the back room of a laundromat.
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waiting
Hey Red,
Providence, RI, as the second best city in the country in which to live.
Who's the first?
Huge cockroaches?
Ever hear of the affectionate term of Palmetto Bugs? Take a look at your husband's (or any convenient man's) thumb. That's the size; fast buggers too. Thankfully, they usually stay outside - liking our incredibly humid summers. Like a cross between a big waterbug & cockroach. If one comes in the house, and I'm really fast - I'll throw a phonebook on it (while it's on the floor), and just leave it - for weeks (give it drying out time.) My kids knew this neat trick of mine - and whoever was dumb enough to pick up the phone book had to clean the bug up. This game could last for months if we were careful.
My incredibly long suffering husband, however, wasn't. I'd been walking around the phonebook on the kitchen floor for about a week. He picked it up, as I was saying "there's a ........." He just gave me this confused look. To his credit, he took it really well.
waiting
Edited by - waiting on 3 January 2001 14:49:43
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larc
RHW,
Can you believe Waiting? You talk about your nice place and she's still bragging about her bugs. You know, Waiting, your little essays are going to hurt tourism. BTW, I didn't know this til we lived in Miami, that people there took their summer vacations in the Carolinas to get out of the Miami heat.
Football footnote: the day after the humiliation of the Buckeyes by the Gamecocks. The OSU coach was fired. I used the nicknames of the teams because it gets Waiting all excited.) -
larc
RHW,
When Money magazine was voting your city the second in the country, they put Flint Michigan, where I lived, at the very bottom out of 300. The city had a public ceremony where they burned a stack of Money magazines. It really didn't change anything, but they felt better. Now, Dayton may not be tip top but it's a pretty good place. By the way, Waiting never did tell us the city or town where she lives. What's wrong with that girl anyway. Would you set her aside and have a private talk with her? You know, how can you make fun of somebody if they don't trust you enough to provide the details you need to make fun of them. Don't tell her I said this, cause then she won't tell us a blessed thing.
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waiting
Hey y'all,
While I was in CA while back, a sister told me that she had gone to NC during the summer and "just couldn't bare the heat and humidity." I told her that's where people from SC go on the weekends to cool off.
True, about 10 degrees cooler "up there." In general, inland NC people have much more of a southern accent than SC. We have so many military that our accent is almost, well, normal. But in case of a nuclear war, it has been pointed out that all of SC will be first to go - again, the military posts are numerous.
I live by Columbia, SC. Inland - no ocean breeze; we don't get the "tourists" however. Same bugs, worse humidity. I told my husband I told y'all about our bugs - he said I didn't do them justice. He said I hadn't talked about the 'squitas yet.
But the South has the prettiest flowers - that I'm sure of. We go through umpteen cans of Off during the summer so we can go outside. Gol durn 'squitas!
waiting
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ZazuWitts
Waiting,
Can always count on you for a laugh.
Thanks, I needed it today. Now RHW
you 'Shaddup' - it's not because I'm the oldest - just a little melancholy over other 'thangs.'Waiting have been to Columbia - loved it and the mustard-based BQ too - quite sassy - like you, eh. He, heeee.
RHW - I need something herbal today -
yes, I'm very much an adherant to natural remedies. I just can't figure out my mood today. I keep looking at my vast natural pharmacy and then closing the door. Our youngest daughter owns a health food store in Yellow Springs, OH. Yellow Springs, the town of eternal hippies! Quite the place. Her store was voted #1 in a recent local survey. Makes a mommy proud. -
larc
Waiting,
My mother's family was from the Piedmont area of NC, near Greenville. I thought their accent was soft and pleasant. My grandfather lost his accent up north but his three sisters kept theirs to maintain that Southern Belle aura.
I used to vist Columbia SC when I worked for NCR. They had a plant their. Didn't get to see much of the area though. One time I was wandering through the NCR facility and came across a bulliton board with a sunday editorial on it with the title "How to spot a Yankee" .... Interesting.