TrainBuff
The New Haven Railroad
Premium
join:2003-05-01
Buffalo, NY
clubs: 
 ·Verizon FIOS
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to Kiwi
Re: Just wondering if the South still exists?
This Yankee was always treated with great southern hospitality every time that I was down south.
The people as far as I'm concerned are more laid back and not rushed like we are up north. And get to know them, they will treat you like family.
--
Train Yourself To Relax...Ride The New Haven Railroad! Weather or No...Go New Haven!
The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co.:1872-1968. Serving New York and the Great Industrial States of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. |
|
MIRV
join:2000-12-01
Louisville, KY | reply to McSummation
I never considered Texas 'the south'. That's more 'the west'. |
|
boognish
Premium
join:2001-09-26
Baton Rouge, LA
clubs:
| reply to Kiwi
Born on a mountain top in Tennessee... greenest state in the land of the free. Raised in the woods so he knew every tree. Killed him a bear when he was only three. Boog... Boognish - king of the wild frontier.
--
don't get 2 close 2 my fantasy |
|
McSummation
Mmmm, Zeebas Are Tastee.
Premium,MVM
join:2003-08-13
Round Rock, TX
 ·AT&T Southwest
| reply to MIRV
said by MIRV  :I never considered Texas 'the south'. That's more 'the west'. Ft. Worth claims it's "Where the West Begins". Dallas is more "Southern". Then, there's West, which is a town on I-35 between Waco and the Metroplex (Dallas/Ft. Worth) and it is Czech. Just east of Round Rock, there are many Swede descendants and, until recently, some of the church services were still in Swedish. |
|
Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
·North State Commun..
| reply to MIRV
said by MIRV :I never considered Texas 'the south'. That's more 'the west'. I would place Texas more in South Central. When people refer to "The South" I think more of South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, parts of North Carolina and Virginia, etc. Definitely not Texas.
Has anyone noticed if you change two letters, Texas becomes Taxes? Funny, funny. |
|
Hookem99
Deep In The Heart
join:2007-07-18
Pflugerville, TX
 ·ViaTalk
·AT&T U-Verse
·Suddenlink
·AT&T Southwest
| reply to keyboard5684
said by keyboard5684 :And never have I had so many people lie to me than when I worked in Texas for 4 years. Those were probably the people that moved to Texas from California who are slowly ruining our southern way of life here in the Lone Star State.
Now don't get me wrong, I have met a few outsiders that are pretty nice, but a fair majority are yahoos that need to stay in California. What gets me is that all these folks move to Texas and then complain, bitch and moan about it. Well get the hell out if you don't like it!
--
Women think they are clever just because they can fake an orgasm for a relationship, whats the big deal a man can fake a whole relationship for an orgasm!!!! |
|
dandelion
Premium,MVM
join:2003-04-29
Germantown, TN
clubs:
·Comcast
| reply to Kiwi
"I would place Texas more in South Central. When people refer to "The South" I think more of South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, parts of North Carolina and Virginia,Tennessee etc."
There, fixed it for you!  |
|
Koil
Premium
join:2002-09-10
West Columbia, SC
clubs:
·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to Kiwi
Texas is still the South, I promise...west of that is where it starts to get weird.
I couldn't be more proud to be from the south, and just so you guys know, a yankee is someone from above the Mason-Dixon, a damn yankee is one who moved down here and won't go back home!
I was born and raised in Kennesaw, GA and currently live in Columbia, SC.
I have a degree from UGA (Go Dawgs, baby)
I lived 2 years in Europe, mainly in Naples, Italy (non military, on my own, still speak Italian relatively well)
I just purchased a house (not a trailer) above the 150k mark
I love sweet tea
I've never liked grits (except w/ maybe catfish)
My favorite meal is fried chicken and mama's mashed potatoes
I say "yall", "sir" and "ma'am"
I open doors for others as well as keep the from closing on them
I always have an open seat at the dinner table for friends and strangers (though I like to chat, so never really met one),
I wave to people I don't know on a regular basis (and they wave back)
I say "Excuse me" when I pass someone in a narrow area or bump into them, or need to leave the dinner table.
I love my front porch and the rockers from Cracker Barrel that adorn it
....and I've never screwed my sister....now, my cousin on the other hand.....
--
Let us so live that when we come to die, even the undertaker will be sorry. -Mark Twain
My Blog - Raising Connor - »raisingconnor.blogspot.com/ - updated 3/11/09 |
|
exocet_cm
In memory of dadkins
Premium
join:2003-03-23
New Orleans, LA
clubs:
·Cox HSI
·Suddenlink
 ·Cingular Wireless
·AT&T Southeast
·Charter Pipeline
1 edit | reply to Matt
said by Matt :said by MIRV :I never considered Texas 'the south'. That's more 'the west'. I would place Texas more in South Central. When people refer to "The South" I think more of South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, parts of North Carolina and Virginia, etc. Definitely not Texas. Aren't you forgettin, ahem, Louisiana? Please don't tell me you threw Louisiana in the "etc." category!
Edit: It's ok though, I was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
quote:
dandelion
The North has dating services, The South has family reunions.
Yes indeed 
--
"I have measured out my life with coffee spoons..." - T.S Eliot
"I have often regretted my speech, never my silence." - Publilius Syrus
Ma blog: »www.johndball.com |
|
Hookem99
Deep In The Heart
join:2007-07-18
Pflugerville, TX
·ViaTalk
·AT&T U-Verse
·Suddenlink
·AT&T Southwest
| reply to Koil
said by Koil :I love my front porch and the rockers from Cracker Barrel that adorn it Me too..... Can't beat Cracker Barrel rockers!!
--
Women think they are clever just because they can fake an orgasm for a relationship, whats the big deal a man can fake a whole relationship for an orgasm!!!! |
|
tvtek
Premium
join:2004-03-07
Concord, CA
·Astound Broadband
·AT&T DSL Service
·magicjack.com
| reply to Kiwi
said by Kiwi :You forgot, they have better looking woman in the South There's nothing wrong with the plastic women in the west!...lol
--
"Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect"
Steven Wright. |
|
NormanS
Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
·Pacific Bell - SBC
3 edits | reply to Hookem99
said by Hookem99 :Now don't get me wrong, I have met a few outsiders that are pretty nice, but a fair majority are yahoos that need to stay in California. What gets me is that all these folks move to Texas and then complain, bitch and moan about it. Well get the hell out if you don't like it! You are kidding, right? Damned near 80% of the people currently living in California (other than "undocumented aliens") either came from somewhere else in the U.S. or were born to people who came from somewhere else in the U.S. Maybe even Texas, for all I know! 
What gets me is that all these folks move to Texas and then complain, bitch and moan about it. Well get the hell out if you don't like it!
Loved my drill sergeant's bumper sticker (Ft. Polk, Louisiana): "If your heart ain't in Dixie, get your ass out." "Heart" and "ass" were iconic representations of the words. I'm just too lazy to doll it up that way.
--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum |
|
RWild
Them Or Us
Premium
join:2003-09-15
Cary, NC | reply to MIRV
To me, the "South" is comprised of the Confederate States (»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederat···_America). They definitely include Texas. |
|
Thespis
I'm not an actor, but I play one on TV.
Premium
join:2004-08-03
Keller, TX
| reply to McSummation
said by McSummation :said by MIRV :I never considered Texas 'the south'. That's more 'the west'. Ft. Worth claims it's "Where the West Begins". Dallas is more "Southern". Then, there's West, which is a town on I-35 between Waco and the Metroplex (Dallas/Ft. Worth) and it is Czech. Just east of Round Rock, there are many Swede descendants and, until recently, some of the church services were still in Swedish. West has the best kolaches north of Waco... |
|
McSummation
Mmmm, Zeebas Are Tastee.
Premium,MVM
join:2003-08-13
Round Rock, TX
·AT&T Southwest
| As many times as I've been through West, I've never stopped and gotten any kolaches. 
BTW, stupid spell check doesn't understand "kolaches". |
|
Thespis
I'm not an actor, but I play one on TV.
Premium
join:2004-08-03
Keller, TX
| That's OK. Most people don't understand kolaches either. When I first moved "up north" to Fort Worth, people here thought a sausage roll was a kolache! I had to explain that a kolache was a pastry with fruit in the middle and what they were dealing with was a pig in a blanket.
Isn't this a fun state? |
|
McSummation
Mmmm, Zeebas Are Tastee.
Premium,MVM
join:2003-08-13
Round Rock, TX | At least Wikipedia knows about them, including West - »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolache. |
|
McSummation
Mmmm, Zeebas Are Tastee.
Premium,MVM
join:2003-08-13
Round Rock, TX | reply to MIRV
Another difference between Texas and other places in the South that are more eastern is BBQ/barbecue/barbque (however you want to spell it). Ours is better than yours. |
|
boognish
Premium
join:2001-09-26
Baton Rouge, LA
clubs: | I don't know. I like the Carolina style of BBQ quite a bit.
--
don't get 2 close 2 my fantasy |
|
Koil
Premium
join:2002-09-10
West Columbia, SC
clubs:
·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to McSummation
said by McSummation :Another difference between Texas and other places in the South that are more eastern is BBQ/barbecue/barbque (however you want to spell it). Ours is better than yours. See...now you've just gone and made this personal.
I prefer tomato based BBQ's above all.
There are actually 2 kinds of carolina style BBQ....here in SC, they prefer a mustard based BBQ sauce, which I find disgusting. Very good way to ruin a good piece of meat.
North Carolina uses a vinegar based spiced BBQ sauce that is pretty damn good.
--
Let us so live that when we come to die, even the undertaker will be sorry. -Mark Twain
My Blog - Raising Connor - »raisingconnor.blogspot.com/ - updated 3/11/09 |
|
