I live in a place that when you drive down the road you must have patience for the many tractors, you first learn to drive in a big ole' rusty truck (trying not to run into the pond) at probably around 10 years old, theirs generally at least 3 old cars up on cement blocks in everybody's yard, every body goes to granny's house after church on Sunday, every where you look their are horses (or cows, or tobacco, or chickens!), everyone is conservative and pretty religious(bible belt baby), you see confederate flags allot (though not a sign of racism now, though some may think that. But more of a sign of the “old ways” and rednecks). A Saturday consists of a day at the pond listening to the Allman Brothers (who cares if you scare off the fish?) and the night time is drinking Jack Daniels (from a bootlegger no less considering we are a dry county) while playin' all the Rolling Stones songs you know. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and ALWAYS consists of these things: grits, fried apples, biscuits, bacon, sausage, eggs, gravy....and more added on. We run our words together often (i.e. ya'll, you'ns,) and say things like “well I reckon that there is a trout and not no bass“ or ”do what?“ instead of just ”what“. We value morals very deeply though don't always abide by them until we are older (sorry but that's the truth or else their wouldn't be no business for the bootleggers!), and when the fair comes to town everything closes (from businesses to the schools) because everyone goes.....and I guess that's all I'll tell you, even though that doesn't even sum it up.
2006-09-20 16:15:15 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
sorry about taking up all that room
2006-09-20 16:15:41 · update #1
cappii0....nope, not TN but good ole' Kentucky :) (about 30 minutes from the border of TN though)
2006-09-20 16:24:29 · update #2
wow /\ its like a novel!
i grew up in the very same surroundings as you are now in....
moved away at a young age.....military days.
i have lived in almost every major city in the US,,,, and everywhere in between.........including hawaii
still miss the country in many ways,,,, but also miss the city in many ways when i get back to the country.......
they both have there pros and cons,,,, goods and bads.....ups and downs......... a nice middle ground would be ok.....just have not found it yet.
heading to the UK soon,,,,,, gonna stay awile, and get a fresh look on things.
have a shot of jack ,,,, put on green grass and high tides,,,,
and enjoy the ride.
2006-09-20 18:12:34 · answer #1 · answered by steelmadison 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I live in a city, 50 miles from the Gulf of Mexico. there are still blue roofs from "Hurricaine Rita" a year ago. but many things are getting back to normal. WalMart still hasn't gone back to 24hr yet and there are still a lot of help wanted signs.
Today for the first time we saw a rabbit in our backyard! I guess it is someone's pet. We see squirrels all the time. My sister has one trained to come for pecans when she goes outside. She calls him Junior. Kinda goofy!
But not far from here there are wild rabbits that live in overgrown fields. I like to look for them while I am driving at night. I enjoy nature.
This week I ate hot smoked boudin. It was good, I want some more. And my sister tried to make a gumbo, but it turned into a stew, it was good.
I love to go to the Chinese restraunt for snow crablegs, I try to go at least once a week.
I go to church twice a week. I really love the Lord.
People here are friendly, strangers will smile at you easily. And the last time I had a flat on the side of the road, a very nice man and his cousin did all they could to help, even making a trip to his home to get a jack that would fit my car and working forever to get a stripped lug nut off. Nice people, God is good.
2006-09-21 00:45:25 · answer #2 · answered by snowcrablegs 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Where I live, beer is cheaper than water, people steal the mail, one of the main roads in the capitl city closes on sundays from 6 AM to 1 PM so everybody would be able to do sports there, it's dangerous to walk there at night and when a policeman stops you he usually wants your watch or cash.... sad...
2006-09-20 23:23:00 · answer #3 · answered by yafit k 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's chilly and breezy and mainly everyone keeps a nice yard. I have to plant my spring bulbs soon, as it looks like we'll have an early winter here. It's snowed on Halloween for the last 3 years. And in 97 it snowed clear thru the first week in June.
2006-09-20 23:19:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds nice. I live in a beautiful place with tons of nature and wildlife. (Not so nice if you are driving and a big ol' elk is sitting in the middle of the road)
Right now, however, it's cold and rainy. Although we need the rain to put out the fires, I'm not ready for the cold.
2006-09-20 23:29:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey I'm about 20 minutes from tn. And I live in Ky. Are you my neighbor 4 miles down the road? If you are come up here and get this cow that came to my bull. She's already bred.
2006-09-20 23:48:50 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i love the south <3
2006-09-20 23:24:25 · answer #7 · answered by dixiegirl687 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds nice and peaceful. It's really loud and noisy here in the city.
2006-09-20 23:16:53 · answer #8 · answered by couchP56 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow.. Tennessee, huh? I lived there. I moved away. Answer your question?
2006-09-20 23:17:15 · answer #9 · answered by Jamie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you had your cholestrol checked lately? If that's really what you eat, I hope you get it tested soon!
2006-09-20 23:29:17 · answer #10 · answered by pinkrosegreeneyes bluerose 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋