a 360 degree spinning jump from, and landing in, a left back stance. I did this once when I was being chased by a cotton mouth down a dirt road in Arkansas. That was when I ran on air - hence gailr's term "Air Huny" :wink: BTW- has anyone ever seen/heard of a six legged spider-thing that ...

I once worked in the Bureau of Data Management and Strategy (No, I did NOT pick the name.). WordPerfect's spell checker did not recognize BDMS so it suggested "bums." I could not have agreed more. No reflection on me, of course, but some of the others in that organization . . . ;-) I know...

Mamawsandy , for those of us who in the heat of the moment tend to reply directly and forget to compose first in, say, Word™, it's good to know that Google Toolbar provides an orthographic control (spellcheck) that works perfectly well on, e g, draughts of postings to the Agora . Personally I use F...

When I go for a calk, I get dry and crumbly. When I do my set-ups, I'm not as lumber as I would like to be. On the other hand, when I contemplate the here rafter, I realize that I am joist fine.... Those two boards are history. Now I am a brown belt, recommended, testing for brown belt, decided lat...

Could be a hard sell...

I'm afraid that a hard sell could leave one feeling like they came from the school of (portable) hard (drive) knocks, which is never good.

Huny- worried by every noise that comes out of my tower and hoping that it's solid enough to last.

Time to retire "This is a free country, and I have the permits, licenses, stamps, authorizations, stickers, passes, endorsements, and tax receipts to prove it."--Unknown Sometimes opportunity knocks. Other times, you have to roam the streets until you find it, beat it over the head, and d...

Should have dropped this in earlier but... who can remove my own stitches without so much as a flinch, - - Suture-self! :lol: sluggo, good one, you had me in stitches!! If I had the right stuff to stitch my own finger, I would have done it myself. I was very disappointed to see I went all the way t...

Yeah, and us half-breeds ? (or in the modern term, hybrids (hmm, maybe that one belongs up in the Wurds of the Year thread) ) While "up north" on business about 10 years ago, this was said to me..."You're from the south? You must know a lot of ignorant people!" Another good resp...

Ok, Perry, now you did it. Now all the world knows I'm an "us'n". Get this. Today I called what I thought to be a local cable company to make some changes to my service. The lady I spoke with was obviously a northerner. Anyway, we were chatting away nicely until she asked me to verify my n...

Huny, don't worry. You are already an us'n (not a you'un).

I"ve found living in other parts of the US with a southern accent to be, well, interesting. Some people hear the accent and automatically deduct IQ points without waiting to see if that's deserved or not or they assume you're prejudiced and uneducated. While "up north" on business ab...

Huny, was this before or after you cut your finger off or was the glue For your fimnger? lol sorry you are a real Calamity Jane here's sompin for you to laugh at to forget your troubles A sheriff walks into a saloon and shouts for everyone's attention. "Has anyone seen Brown Paper Jake?" ...

Avoiding injury requiring sutures sounds like a good plan, Huny! BTW, a friend whose father is a doctor says that super glue was used as a battlefield surgical adhesive in the 60's. [tappety tappety in google returns this ] -gailr Great info in the link, gailr. Now I have put two and two together w...

I'm sure you do as I, PW, and suddenly gain the accent of your homeland back when talking with your countrymen

I do. Though I try hard to avoid talking to them at all.

-- PW

Allrightythen! Then we won't go there.

So how many Southerners here are tired (or tarred) of being treated like ignorant bumpkins by sophisticated Northerners, simply based on dialect? Hm? Of course, the same phenomenon exists everywhere. Northern Brits are goofy; folks from the Southwest (like Gonzo) are slow and rather dimwitted; don'...