Parallax wrote:

... Unfortunately, my piece of paradise is being ruint by rich yankees ...

T'aint just yankees, it's addle-brained (sub)urbanites in general. They
move to get away from a culture they hate, then bust ass to impose it on
us. Too much crime? Find a place where there isn't any then whine for
city type gun laws. Tired of gummymint interference? Move to the country
and lobby for zoning laws. No privacy? Build a nice secluded home but
call the sheriff every time they hear a gunshot 'cuz it might be a
neighbor killing (sob) Bambi. Buy a "ranch" (anything over a half acre),
fence it and post "No Trespassing" signs, then wonder why the natives
shun them. Finally, fear of being 'alone in the woods' drives them into
"neighborhoods" exactly like the ones they just fled; there to demand
laws to 'protect the children' from learning where meat comes from and
privacy fences around farms to keep them from seeing animals having sex!
Might turn them into perverts y'know. ....

My theory is that (sub)urban folks breath so much carbon monoxide as
kids that it ruins their brains. Why else would *anyone* think that
living cheek to jowl in a tenement, condo or neighborhood is *better*
than a doublewide on 100 acres? But the real problem is they think gotta
"save" sane happy people like us from having to live like we do!! That's
why so many of them voted for Al Gore. )c:|

Vito and Larry,
This was so funny to read because you described most of my neighbors to a
tee!! I moved to NC from NH two years ago because I love boating and hated
to see the boat laid up on the hard for 6 months and
snow,,,,,,,well,,,,,snow just sucks!
I bought into a "boating community" and I am the only one that ever uses my
boat! All that my neighbors do are bitch about rules and regulations and sit
their fat asses on their lawnmowers circling their "half acre" for four
days!
I really did screw up moving into a development and think about it every
time I walk out the front door and hear the guy yell from accross the street
telling me what time my shades went up in my house. I can't fart without
breaking a rule!
Screw it. In three weeks we will be off for a month or two on the boat. Just
us and the cat......I can't wait.

Phil

"Vito" wrote in message
...
Parallax wrote:

... Unfortunately, my piece of paradise is being ruint by rich yankees
....

T'aint just yankees, it's addle-brained (sub)urbanites in general. They
move to get away from a culture they hate, then bust ass to impose it on
us. Too much crime? Find a place where there isn't any then whine for
city type gun laws. Tired of gummymint interference? Move to the country
and lobby for zoning laws. No privacy? Build a nice secluded home but
call the sheriff every time they hear a gunshot 'cuz it might be a
neighbor killing (sob) Bambi. Buy a "ranch" (anything over a half acre),
fence it and post "No Trespassing" signs, then wonder why the natives
shun them. Finally, fear of being 'alone in the woods' drives them into
"neighborhoods" exactly like the ones they just fled; there to demand
laws to 'protect the children' from learning where meat comes from and
privacy fences around farms to keep them from seeing animals having sex!
Might turn them into perverts y'know. ....

My theory is that (sub)urban folks breath so much carbon monoxide as
kids that it ruins their brains. Why else would *anyone* think that
living cheek to jowl in a tenement, condo or neighborhood is *better*
than a doublewide on 100 acres? But the real problem is they think gotta
"save" sane happy people like us from having to live like we do!! That's
why so many of them voted for Al Gore. )c:|

On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 13:14:47 GMT, "Phil" wrote (with
possible editing):

Vito and Larry,
This was so funny to read because you described most of my neighbors to a
tee!! I moved to NC from NH two years ago because I love boating and hated
to see the boat laid up on the hard for 6 months and
snow,,,,,,,well,,,,,snow just sucks!
I bought into a "boating community" and I am the only one that ever uses my
boat! All that my neighbors do are bitch about rules and regulations and sit
their fat asses on their lawnmowers circling their "half acre" for four
days!
I really did screw up moving into a development and think about it every
time I walk out the front door and hear the guy yell from accross the street
telling me what time my shades went up in my house. I can't fart without
breaking a rule!
Screw it. In three weeks we will be off for a month or two on the boat. Just
us and the cat......I can't wait.

Phil

Phil,

You oughta move up to the REAL New Hampshire! Unfortunately
we get a lot more snow, but we don't have many rules, no condo
associations, none of that crap! Of course there isn't any salt water
up here, but there are plenty of lakes and there aren't many boats on
them.

Best,
--

Larry
Email to rapp at lmr dot com

You hit the nail on the head. No salt water and the trawler just doesn't
look right on a lake! I moved from Goffstown and before that was Bennington
NH. That was about as close to the "Real NH" as I wanted to be. 2 hrs from
the ocean, millions of black fly's and lots of snow. I love it here in NC
and the ((local)) people are some of the friendliest I have ever met. NH
will soon become part of Massachusetts :-( Just look at Derry.

"L. M. Rappaport" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 13:14:47 GMT, "Phil" wrote (with
possible editing):


Phil,

You oughta move up to the REAL New Hampshire! Unfortunately
we get a lot more snow, but we don't have many rules, no condo
associations, none of that crap! Of course there isn't any salt water
up here, but there are plenty of lakes and there aren't many boats on
them.

Best,
--

Larry
Email to rapp at lmr dot com

On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 15:45:02 GMT, "Phil" wrote (with
possible editing):

You hit the nail on the head. No salt water and the trawler just doesn't
look right on a lake!

Whoops! Yeah, and I'll bet it's a bitch to tow on a trailer!

I moved from Goffstown and before that was Bennington
NH. That was about as close to the "Real NH" as I wanted to be. 2 hrs from
the ocean, millions of black fly's and lots of snow. I love it here in NC
and the ((local)) people are some of the friendliest I have ever met. NH
will soon become part of Massachusetts :-( Just look at Derry.

Not up here, it won't. We don't recognize anything south of Franconia
Notch! Also, you can control the black flies quite well with Mosquito
Magnets and their knockoffs. I have to agree about NC, though - used
to do a bit of consulting for Lucent in Greensboro - great folks and
nice country.

Best,
--

Larry
Email to rapp at lmr dot com


"L. M. Rappaport" wrote in message
.. .
On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 13:14:47 GMT, "Phil" wrote (with
possible editing):


Phil,

You oughta move up to the REAL New Hampshire! Unfortunately
we get a lot more snow, but we don't have many rules, no condo
associations, none of that crap! Of course there isn't any salt water
up here, but there are plenty of lakes and there aren't many boats on
them.

Best,
--

Larry
Email to rapp at lmr dot com