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In 80 I was living in AZ for a summer, and my then freshly WW were headinfg back to homestate after the A, and we needed a car to make the trip. We purchased a buick from someone, with Texas plates.
Somewhere in Col, I had been sporting a straw hat, and I was in the cashiers line paying with a credit card, at a diner/truckstop. Back then they asked the plate number and state. I said "Texas".
Well the gentleman next to me, who seemed like an average Joe, or maybe a trucker, sprung to life. He took a step towards me and with a smile said,"Are you from Texas?".
I said "Accually no, I'm from Mass, and am..." Well his countanance fell, the smile left his face, and he said in disapointment, "Oh", and took a step back.
TWC & I were on vacation there, and we were in a diner one morning. I ordered a coffee to go along with my blueberry pancakes, and the waitress asked me "Lajjus moll?"
Wha? I looked at her with probably the same bewildered expression that you see on the old RCA logo, where the dog is looking into an old phonograph speaker.
Somehow, my wife (who is also not from there) was able to translate for me:
"Large or small?"
Y'all from 'round them thar other parts get us in the Northwest lost pretty dang quick.
You got;
The people from New Yawk, or New Joisey, or from Bawston.
I worked a trade show with some fellas from Bawston when I was 17, gettin the shoes off da truck, and crushin da codbod.
How is it, that most of the Eastern seabord has lost the letter "R?" Did they shed the use of it when they shed reliance on the English crown? Or did they just export it in Western expansion, never to be heard from again?
(agin? uh-gay-n? Canadian English teachers hate it when you say uh-gin, eh? What's that all aboot?)
"An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field." - Niels Bohr
"Smart people believe weird things because they are skilled at defending beliefs they arrived at for non-smart reasons." - Michael Shermer
"Fair speech may hide a foul heart." - Samwise Gamgee LOTR
(agin? uh-gay-n? Canadian English teachers hate it when you say uh-gin, eh? What's that all aboot?)
English please.
Widowed 11/10/12 after 35 years of marriage ********************* “In a sense now, I am homeless. For the home, the place of refuge, solitude, love-where my husband lived-no longer exists.” Joyce Carolyn Oates, A Widow's Story
Here's a rant - these last few posts have nothing to do with marriage and the lazy old mods haven't even once said:
"Let's stick to Marriage Building Folks"
Drinking coke has everything to do with marriage. I think it's a deal breaker.
In fact, isn't this an actual exception to the Policy of Joint Agreement?
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Married to my radiant trophy wife, Prisca, 19 years. Father of 8. Attended Marriage Builders weekend in May 2010
In 2001, at least one Canadian border guard gave us a big laugh. No...NOT because he was short, but because his bulb seemed to be a little bit dim.
We went across the border to see Niagara Falls. It was raining and cold...just a miserable day, so we stayed a few hours and came back across the border.
Of course, he asked all the usual questions that he probably knew all the answers to, considering that they had most likely already checked our license plates.
So, he asked where we were from, and we told him our state in the Deep South. Then, he wanted to know why we had come to Canada and why we only stayed 4 hours. We replied, "To see the Falls." He then said, "You mean you drove all the way to Canada just to spend only 4 hours at Niagara Falls?"
UMMMM, I dunno how to tell you this, THAT was an AMERICAN border guard if you were going back to the States. We don't care when you're leaving, only when you are coming into the country.
Why do so MANY attorneys advise clients to NOT change the locks on their own houses when one spouse has moved out?
Why do so MANY people even ASK the attorney whether is it ok to change the locks or not? If it is your house, you are living in it, just change the locks and be done with it.
Rant off, but I am still feeling rantful.
AM
BW - 70 WH - 65 M - 35 years D-day - 17 Apr 08 H broke contact 11/1/09 Back in love after the worst thing that every happened to us.
