willshak wrote:
HeyBub wrote the following:
harry wrote:
Best post yet heybub. I take it you are fromTexas?

Yep. For many generations. I had a great-grandfather who fought on
the Confederate side during the recent unplesantness.

That's not to say I'm parochial; I've been all over the world and
parts of south Georgia. I'm continually surprised at local customs:
* In Milwaukee, the serve beer chasers with cocktails
* In New York, distance is measured in minutes of travel at a fast
walk ("It's three minutes that way").


Ummm, that would be in New York City. In the rest of NY State it is
measured in miles or by some physical item.
"You go down this road until you come to Bob Jones' house, turn left
there and go until you come to a pole with a big transformer on the
pole. It's across the street from it".


You are absolutely right. I meant New York the country - everything to the
near east of the Hudson.

Last March, I spent a month in Cheektowaga (near Akron which is near
Buffalo). During the week I was there, I found it differed little from my
part of the country, save it was populated by liberals.

I have lasting memories.

Five days after returning, I suffered a pulmonary embolism, most likely
generated by a deep vein thrombosis resulting from sitting in an airplane
for five hours. It took $91,000 to get it fixed.

Aside:
Less than 4 minutes after we called 911, I had FIVE fit, tall, muscular
paramedics and EMTs in my bedroom with enough stuff to equip a small
emergency room! Had I been a woman, I'd have fallen hoplessly in love on the
spot! As it was, even I.... well, never mind.