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OK! This morning I will have to apologize to all you Michiganders out there! I will eat crow!
Oh well.
jlc
It wasn't even Big Blue...it was the other place........That must be really hard
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OK! This morning I will have to apologize to all you Michiganders out there! I will eat crow!
Oh well.
jlc
It wasn't even Big Blue...it was the other place........That must be really hard
You can't imagine!!
However, I would never have apologized if it had been "that school up north." I would have just crawled out of sight and hoped that no one would remember me.
I will NEVER apologize for attacking "Big Blue." That's what keeps my metabolism in track - hating them and never apologizing for it!!
You nailed it-family! Far exceeds place if talking character,etc., as e.g. amongst important qualities.Agreed on "where we are from shapes us."
Hence the classic "American by birth: southern by the grace of God."
But I think that more than place, it is family that shapes us before we have enough knowledge or judgement to shape ourselves -- or to move elsewhere.
In my life I can remember many more people complaining about where they were, or worked (at the time) than those speaking positively in the same instance.
In my life I can remember many more people complaining about where they were, or worked (at the time) than those speaking positively in the same instance.
It also seems that when most folks are away from "home" they usually speak well of it.
You can't imagine!!
However, I would never have apologized if it had been "that school up north." I would have just crawled out of sight and hoped that no one would remember me.
I will NEVER apologize for attacking "Big Blue." That's what keeps my metabolism in track - hating them and never apologizing for it!!
In my life I can remember many more people complaining about where they were, or worked (at the time) than those speaking positively in the same instance.
It also seems that when most folks are away from "home" they usually speak well of it.
a mediocre job in a soul-less town/area is just depressing.
Now you're just describing me!
While dear Ol'State did look like food processor remnants during and after the OSU game, the team could feel good about beating Big Blue. Beating the cheddar heads was a shock...
Things could have been worse...
BTW - my wife is from the land of Hot Dish and Lafsa. She has these comments about the King's English as spoken in central and western PA;
1) Where did the adjective "slippy" come from? As in .... "the sidewalk is slippy"......
2) How does one "take and do" something? Can't we just do it?
3) If I dust and vacuum, do I still need to read-up the room?
4) When is the beer all gone? When the bottle is empty.
I love South Central PA for many reasons. Among them: excellent motorcycling!, inexpensive to live, mellow lifestyle, 2 hours travel time to either Washington, DC or Philadelphia, 1 & 1/2 hours to Baltimore, 3 hours to NYC. Of course, in the event of a Nuclear Attack, my house would likely be THE target of choice to wipe out most of the major cities in the Mid Atlantic Region...
But HEY! Isn't that what insurance is for? Oh wait- that's another thread!
I've lived in the Boston area for 45 years (in some towns around here that would make me "the new guy" or "he's from away") and in that time I have noticed major changes in language. The well-known but badly imitated Boston accent still exists but is being diluted by the influx of out-of-towners (like me - I brought my Jersey accent). Then there are the local or regional words the exist in many parts of the country. Here we have terms like "frappe" (milk shake), "grinder" (sub sandwich, po'boy), "tonic" (soda), "rotary" (traffic circle), and "woods bike" (dirt bike, enduro) just to name a few. I'm sorry to see them going. Local terms and idioms add so much to the local color and culture.
Tell us a few of yours.
pete
Join the Navy? One son lived on Coronado in LaLaLand when stationed there. i always liked certain parts of OK but it's sure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! not S CA!!! My meat packing employer flew me to Okmulgee,OK long ago & I didn't choose to take the bait there. Actually, I might like it better now.You got your degree, right? Try Solar Turbines / Caterpillar in San Diego. They make some neat stuff.
I lived and worked in York for four years..... I wasn't impressed.
...some people choose to live where they do because of who they are. They find the place where they are the most comfortable.