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Re: Creators of carbon credit scheme cashing in on scam [duke23] by larsb
Nov 05, 2008 (6:28 am)
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Replying to: duke23 (Nov 04, 2008 6:23 pm)

duke23 says, "As an actual deep southerner, geographically at least, I insist you stop using colloquialisms that denigrate the southern citizen."
 
I'm a born and raised TEXAN. Y'all is my middle name.
 
I never even heard the term "you guys" until I got into the Marines at age 18 and started mingling with Yankees.
 
And "guvmint" is my own personal take on that word. As far as I know, I invented the word.
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Re: Creators of carbon credit scheme cashing in on scam [larsb] by steve_ HOST
Nov 05, 2008 (8:54 am)
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Replying to: larsb (Nov 05, 2008 6:28 am)

I don't know how old you are but I think Snuffy Smith and the moonshiners might of beat you to "guvmint," at least from the 1920's.
 
I'd make some comment about Texas being about as southern as South Florida but that would just get me started on real BBQ vs grilled beef ribs and y'all don't want to go there. Where I grew up, Arkansas was a border state. Texas is a wonderful state and all, but we considered it Western back in the Deep South.
 
I think GW is one reason it's so hard to find authentic pulled pork shoulder these days. They make BBQ at a joint in Venice California that gets wonderful reviews, but it has the flavor of stainless steel smokeless cookers to me. The local guy here must inject liquid smoke into his shoulders with a hypodermic.
 
Some air pollution gets the juices flowing.
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Re: Creators of carbon credit scheme cashing in on scam [steve_] by ruking1
Nov 05, 2008 (9:11 am)
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Replying to: steve_ (Nov 05, 2008 8:54 am)

Indeed Maryland is considered in "the South". Great BBQ and all, there!! To state the obvious, some parts of DEEP southern Florida are considered northern Havana.
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Re: Creators of carbon credit scheme cashing in on scam [steve_] by gagrice
Nov 05, 2008 (9:37 am)
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Replying to: steve_ (Nov 05, 2008 8:54 am)

I thought some restaurant in Kansas won the BBQ contest?
 
I think that Hickory smoke needs to be taken off the list of GHG polluters. It smells much better than most of the cities in the USA. Right about now I would be for eliminating all the major cities in the USA. Start with all the ones over a million people and see how much better the air is.
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Re: Creators of carbon credit scheme cashing in on scam [steve_] by larsb
Nov 05, 2008 (9:46 am)
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Replying to: steve_ (Nov 05, 2008 8:54 am)

To me, "y'all" is more associated with "hick" than it is "South" per se.
 
Even people not from the South use y'all, as long as they live in Hicksville.
 
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Re: Creators of carbon credit scheme cashing in on scam [steve_] by kernick
Nov 05, 2008 (9:54 am)
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Replying to: steve_ (Nov 05, 2008 8:54 am)

Texas is a wonderful state and all, but we considered it Western back in the Deep South.
 
Ah give him a break! I think I remember him saying he's got a General Lee Rebel flag on that Civic Hybrid's hood. He's proud to be a Southern Texan Arizonian, fighting alongside the best system (in Washington) to prevent the GW - from driving y'all Southerners up north, to cool down with us Yankees.
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Re: Creators of carbon credit scheme cashing in on scam [kernick] by ruking1
Nov 05, 2008 (10:25 am)
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Indeed I do not understand what the fascination is with global cooling !!! A couple of winters of - MINUS 50 degrees F and GREATER/LESSER depending on your perspective (wind chill and otherwise) ought to cure em!! Think of all the Penquins who DIE because of it !!!! "Homeless" seals seem to do well in the SF bay area. Perhaps Glide Memorial can do a feed the seals outreach.
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It does make me wonder what all of those by iluvmysephia1
Nov 05, 2008 (10:57 am)
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Emperor Penguins eat to keep warm in those nasty temp's. And the women are swimming, according to a Tragically Hip song penned by none other than their illustrious leader, Gordon Downie, from half an ocean away. These Emperor's are toughskins, really strong creatures. Think of that, the men penguins stay behind while the women Emperor's go looking for food. The men keep the eggs warm and then the women return with Chow for the babies. What a wonderful story, and it is the best song off of their 1998 release called 'Phantom Power.' But they must have a wonderful layer of flubber under the bird skin to insulate them for those temperatures.
 
I went to Respiratory Therapy college training in mid-Missouri(Rolla), and the guy teacher always said "You guys." He must be from a long line off descendants that were pro-North if that indeed is a Yankee thing to say. Missouri, as most of you probably already know, was a dividing line state in the Civil War. Jesse James sided with the South, because, for one thing, the North would just pull up and rob the farmers in Missouri and Kansas of their crops and load them on trains! Yikes! Kind of grabby-butt, don't y'all think? Missouri was a wonderful state to live in, I loved my time there, except for the chance of tornadoes. My wife and I also procured a Pomeranian that is tougher than your average Pom. Got him from a breeder living near tiny Freeburg, MO. That dog can go toe-to-toe with our Chow-Chow, who is now 6 month old, when playfighting. He holds his own pretty well, although the Chow-Chow, if she was taught to be Michael-Vickish, could really hurt him if she really wanted to. I think. That Missouri Pom is tough as nails. The Chow-Chow also has the thick double coat and the tail that lays neatly down on their backs.
 
But I digress. 15 minutes and you could save $300 off your car insurance by switching to Geico. I'm actually considering getting a quote from Geico. My car insurance provider is doing the slow-inch up in price every year thing without giving me anything in return. I'm thinkin' Geico, my car-crazy friends. Anyone like them in here? Never used them for car insurance.
 
Ahhh...word games and such. Wonder what's the latest GW thing? Is Obama on that particular bandwagon like Al Gore? 1/4 penny for your'alls thoughts.
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Re: It does make me wonder what all of those [iluvmysephia1] by steve_ HOST
Nov 05, 2008 (11:18 am)
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Replying to: iluvmysephia1 (Nov 05, 2008 10:57 am)

Is Obama on that particular bandwagon like Al Gore?
 
"For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime -- two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century."
 
That's from his speech last night in Chicago. The planet in peril stuff has to be code for GW doesn't it?
 
Al Gore stumped for Obama a few days ago in Florida so the bandwagon hasn't lost many wheels.
 
Michael Crichton died yesterday so the GW crowd lost a worthy adversary. In case you missed it, Aliens Cause Global Warming
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But steve... by iluvmysephia1
Nov 05, 2008 (11:21 am)
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I don't recall Obama saying much during the campaign about GW. Maybe I missed it, though.

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