Things You Need To Know If You Move To The South

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69conv said:
BTW moved from a Detriot (not misspelled)suburb to a rural area, just like stepping back in time 30 years. Strangers say hi, I know all my neighbors and have helped many of them, and they return the favor. When I smoke a big brisket I share, when they put up some jam they share. We actually let cars in infront of us and yes if you are driving down my street I wave to you.
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That's my neighbourhood even though I live in a big city. But then there are neighbourhoods you just don't go into especially at night.
I had a guy ask me how far a walk is it to the downtown? I said it's 10 blocks but nobody has made it yet. LOL
 
Tooljunkie said:
Damn northerner here. None o youse have no idear what you are missin!
Parkas
Thermal underwear
Insulated boots
Touques
Block heaters
Snow shovels
And best of all
Frostbite with a touch of hypothermia

anybody got a spare room??
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Miss my snow shovel living in the South? Never! We’ve had one since we moved to the South in 95, bringing the one we bought from Blains Farm & Fleet. When it broke I got another one on a trip back up. (Blains again of course)
When you see your neighbors out picking at the snow with their shovels......it’s humorous and quaint, poor souls, they don’t know any better! :rofl:

Southerner snow shovel:

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Northerner snow shovel:

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The one thing I miss is the Union suits I used to wear doing construction years ago up there. Liked wearing them like pajamas too (wish they had the covered feet with the white soles though!)

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I love the phrases used in the south. Kind of like saying whatever comes to mind that will get the point across. One of my favorites was a woman yelling at her teenage son," I'll slap you so hard you won't see next week for a month!" Makes no sense whatsoever, but you knew EXACTLY what she meant!
 
grampyjay said:
I love the phrases used in the south. Kind of like saying whatever comes to mind that will get the point across. One of my favorites was a woman yelling at her teenage son," I'll slap you so hard you won't see next week for a month!" Makes no sense whatsoever, but you knew EXACTLY what she meant!
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i heard a southern preacher once say that his mommas favorite threat was "i"ll whoop the black right ofa your skin"

yes, he was black
 
Okay, onto more serious matters, saw s Law and Order episode a few days ago with an elegant southern actress in it. First name Jane, last name eludes me.
 
Negative, Jane Alexander, you can see her in Brubaker, when she and Robert Redford were much younger
 
12many said:
Miss my snow shovel living in the South? Never! We’ve had one since we moved to the South in 95, bringing the one we bought from Blains Farm & Fleet. When it broke I got another one on a trip back up. (Blains again of course)
When you see your neighbors out picking at the snow with their shovels......it’s humorous and quaint, poor souls, they don’t know any better! :rofl:

Southerner snow shovel:

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Northerner snow shovel:

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The one thing I miss is the Union suits I used to wear doing construction years ago up there. Liked wearing them like pajamas too (wish they had the covered feet with the white soles though!)

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Not to mention trying to plow snow with road graders
 
My uncle grew up in san antonio and moved to georgia. His favorite phrase was "whale owl swar"
 
Here there are no roads with medians.
It is called The Neutral Ground.
If they expect a hard rain or flood the New Orleans TV News states.
You can on a temporary basis park your cars on the Neutral Ground instead if the street.
They also state if streets are flooded do not drive in an underpass.
But someone always does.

Oh and is is normal for someone to say to you it is Gumbo Weather instead of Winter as soon as we get a cold snap.
 
Wife read today that the last tornado in Tennessee they found a painting that landed 40 miles away from the owners house. Unbelievable!!!
 
340six said:
Here there are no roads with medians.
It is called The Neutral Ground.
If they expect a hard rain or flood the New Orleans TV News states.
You can on a temporary basis park your cars on the Neutral Ground instead if the street.
They also state if streets are flooded do not drive in an underpass.
But someone always does.

Oh and is is normal for someone to say to you it is Gumbo Weather instead of Winter as soon as we get a cold snap.
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First time in New Orleans I was training a guy. Driving down the road I asked "what are those pipes?"

Ohhh, that's where the water goes that is pumped from the roads.... wait, what?? "Yeah, the city is under sea level and it would fill up with water if they didn't pump it"

And people still want to live there, lol.

Seriously though, years later we moved to Biloxi and visited NOLA often. We even went to the Endymion Mardi Gras parade....damn, what a rush!!
 
Golly Gee
Gomer Pyle made the South famous.
learned a lot from Barney Fife too.
 
DustyDuster said:
Not to mention trying to plow snow with road graders
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Here they use a wing and cruise about 18 mph. Really chucks the snow. Keeps from building high banks.
Its snowing and blowing right now, neighbour is using his leaf blower to blow the snow away. Why oh why? Wait until it stops.
 
And heres me wednesday…
I get to do it again tomorrow.
 
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