Shoot, shovel and shut up, eh?
:)
Earl
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On 12/31/2003 at 8:29 PM Gordon J. Ross wrote:
>Yee-Haw
>
>Calgary can be pretty red-neck, eg. Our social welfare office had a program
>in place to help rid the streets of vagrants. Vagrants were given in
>addition to their welfare cheque a one way bus ticket to Vancouver (it is
>warmer on the coast) and instructions as to where Stanley Park is and how
>to
>apply for British Columbia welfare!!
>
>Happy New Year
>Gord
>
>--- Original Message -----
>From: "Walt Wayman" <hiwayman@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 6:29 PM
>Subject: Re: [OM] Welcome Gordon
>
>
>> I have been recklessly and slanderously accused of many things
>> during my long years, but sophistication ain't been one of them.
>> And though I am sometimes taken for a redneck, I'm actually a
>> hillbilly, having grown up in the foothills of the Smokies in East
>> Tennessee. It takes a keen eye and knowledge of Southern mores to
>> tell one from the other. Being either, if one can turn it off
>> when appropriate, is more fun than someone who has never been
>> either can imagine. Tonight, I'm being a hillbilly till
>> midnight. Then if I'm still awake, I'll be a redneck till I fall
>> down.
>>
>> Happy new year, y'all! :-)
>>
>> Walt
>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> GUNPOWDER, n. An agency employed by civilized nations for the
>> settlement of disputes which might become troublesome if left
>> unadjusted. --Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>> From: ll.clark@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 16:13:49 -0500
>>
>> >In <LNBBIEAKDAHFMCGMJPIIGEBNGKAA.jnmcbr@xxxxxxx>, on 12/31/03
>> > at 12:05 PM, "James N. McBride" <jnmcbr@xxxxxxx> said:
>> >
>> >>I wouldn't want to say that Walt in an unsavory character, but,
>> >>he has probably spent more time in court before a judge, than
>> >>all the rest of us put together. /jim
>> >
>> >Not to pour salt in the wound, Walt, but a southern comedian I
>> >happened to flilp to one evening said that a redneck was a
>> >Southerner without sophistication. Wouldn't that drum you out of
>> >the corps?
>> >
>> >-
>> >-----------------------------------------------------------
>> >les clark / edgewater, nj / usa
>> >-----------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
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