No balls, no brains
 

On 2/14/15 4:44 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 13:38:00 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:



I have seen far more racism in Maryland and DC than I ever have in
Florida but I have not spent much time up in the south Georgia part.
My daughter went to school up in the pan handle and she says that
whole I-10 corridor is unreconstructed southerners.
Perhaps that is what Harry is referring to. He is a Jacksonville fan.


The "whole I-10 corridor" of Florida is very sparsely populated. There
are no substantial towns along it from Jacksonville to Tallahassee and
not much in the way of population from Tallahassee to Alabama. The
Jacksonville area is populated with over-religious, conservative and
backwards people, but Tallahassee is hardly that way. Even in
Jacksonville, though, the huge Baptist churches were integrated.
Catholics were the ones discriminated against...and I suspect the Jax
area was far too backwards to appeal to very many Jews.


I doubt you have actually spent much time in Tallahassee and I know
you don't know much about Pensacola from what you said.
There are also plenty of small towns if you get a few miles off of
I-10. It is still pretty much Baja Alabama tho.

There you go again. You have no idea how much time I spent in
Tallahassee. And I didn't say the corridor was unpopulated...I said it
was sparsely populated. That there are small towns some miles away from
I-10 doesn't change the validity of my posit.



I liked the seasonality of NE Florida, compared to southern Florida, and
I also liked the uncrowded beaches, the flora, the boating and the
fishing. But it was pretty much a cultural and intellectual wasteland,
otherwise.

If I were going to move back to Florida, I'd go for Fernandina in far NE
Florida, or somewhere around Ft. Lauderdale. Both are great for boating
and fishing and Ft. Lauderdale is not a cultural, intellectual and
overly religious wasteland.

I suppose if you like the North East US you would be right at home in
that whole SE area of Florida, You even have the old familiar I-95
grid lock. My office was in Ft Lauderdale and the kids lived there for
4 years but I did all I could do to avoid the place. Miami is even
worse.


We were in the Hollywood and Ft. Lauderdale area for two weeks last year
and never once got even close to getting on I-95. Never ran into
"gridlock," even on Route 1/Biscayne Boulevard. My wife's grandma lived
in your neck of the Florida woods and we often visited her. Didn't much
like the Gulf side of the state.




--
Proud to be a Liberal.

No balls, no brains
 

On 2/14/15 4:46 PM, Abit Loco wrote:
On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 15:47:47 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 2/14/15 2:39 PM, Abit Loco wrote:
On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 13:38:00 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 2/14/15 12:46 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 08:40:48 -0500, Abit Loco
wrote:

Why would a kid growing up in New Haven and history and culturally rich
New England be thinking about Maryland? We did think some about Florida,
Mississippi, Alabama, et cetera, because that's where black people were
denied education and rights, and were beaten and sometimes lynched.

When it comes to race relations, Maryland is a leader of the pack, eh?

http://tinyurl.com/d4ee4vv

"A national report by the same organization found that Maryland was the
sixth-most-segregated state in the country for black students."

I suppose you included Maryland in the 'et cetera', eh?

Perhaps you should spend a bit of time looking in your own back yard.
--

I have seen far more racism in Maryland and DC than I ever have in
Florida but I have not spent much time up in the south Georgia part.
My daughter went to school up in the pan handle and she says that
whole I-10 corridor is unreconstructed southerners.
Perhaps that is what Harry is referring to. He is a Jacksonville fan.


The "whole I-10 corridor" of Florida is very sparsely populated. There
are no substantial towns along it from Jacksonville to Tallahassee and
not much in the way of population from Tallahassee to Alabama. The
Jacksonville area is populated with over-religious, conservative and
backwards people, but Tallahassee is hardly that way. Even in
Jacksonville, though, the huge Baptist churches were integrated.
Catholics were the ones discriminated against...and I suspect the Jax
area was far too backwards to appeal to very many Jews.

I liked the seasonality of NE Florida, compared to southern Florida, and
I also liked the uncrowded beaches, the flora, the boating and the
fishing. But it was pretty much a cultural and intellectual wasteland,
otherwise.

If I were going to move back to Florida, I'd go for Fernandina in far NE
Florida, or somewhere around Ft. Lauderdale. Both are great for boating
and fishing and Ft. Lauderdale is not a cultural, intellectual and
overly religious wasteland.

Looks like you've gotten off the 'racism' kick and are now on the cultural and
intellectual kick. Well, southern MD is not your basic intellectual and cultural
hotbed, is it Krause?


We moved to southern Maryland because we wanted to enjoy the quiet and
lighter traffic of a semi-rural area. Even in rush hour, though, the
commuter bus gets us to downtown DC in an hour or less for $3.75, and DC
certainly is a cultural and intellectual center but one, if memory
serves, you are afraid to visit. All those dark-skinned people, you once
alluded to here, "scare" you.

Harry, you are the one carrying your gun downtown. Why?


On weekends, I can drive to "museum alley" in DC in about 45-50 minutes.
We usually take the Metro to Washington Nationals games...our Metro line
stops right at the baseball park.

You, on the other hand, live in an overly congested part of Fairfax
County, Virginia, and what, less than a mile as the crow flies from the
most heavily traveled and smelliest part of the Beltway?

You've gone around and given the beltway the sniff test, eh?

WAFJ!


I'll bet when you go outside in the morning, you can smell the gasoline
and diesel vapors blowing south off the Beltway. The traffic there is
relentless.

--
Proud to be a Liberal.

No balls, no brains
 

On 2/14/15 4:57 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 15:47:47 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:


We moved to southern Maryland because we wanted to enjoy the quiet and
lighter traffic of a semi-rural area. Even in rush hour, though, the
commuter bus gets us to downtown DC in an hour or less for $3.75, and DC
certainly is a cultural and intellectual center but one, if memory
serves, you are afraid to visit. All those dark-skinned people, you once
alluded to here, "scare" you.

On weekends, I can drive to "museum alley" in DC in about 45-50 minutes.
We usually take the Metro to Washington Nationals games...our Metro line
stops right at the baseball park.

You, on the other hand, live in an overly congested part of Fairfax
County, Virginia, and what, less than a mile as the crow flies from the
most heavily traveled and smelliest part of the Beltway?


I guess it is what you grew up with. I liked Maryland when it was
rural and I moved away when it started to be just a suburb of DC

I agree the Smithsonian is a thing worth doing but that is really the
m,ost attractive thing in the whole town. I was a member for many
years.
I guess when you grow up there, when you have seen one monument, you
have seen them all. The rest is just another big city.

I would have a hard time saying which is the worst part of the beltway
and I was on it almost every day for 15 years, some days looping the
whole thing. From Rt 5 or 210 to 270, it is "6 of one" which direction
will be best. A lot of times, straight through town was best.
When I worked midnights I would go downtown, visit the Smith and maybe
have lunch with a government friend or two.



There's lots of things to do and see in DC in addition to the many
museums. We love the Shakespeare Theater Company, for example, and have
seen many terrific productions there and also at the Kennedy Center,
plus an endless variety of great restaurants.

The only time I'm on the Beltway these days is to get over to see my
dentist in Annandale.

I don't commute to see clients in DC...I take the commuter bus...$3.75
each way and about an hour. Good snooze time on the way in...

--
Proud to be a Liberal.

No balls, no brains
 

On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 17:15:07 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 2/14/15 4:46 PM, Abit Loco wrote:
On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 15:47:47 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 2/14/15 2:39 PM, Abit Loco wrote:
On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 13:38:00 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 2/14/15 12:46 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 08:40:48 -0500, Abit Loco
wrote:

Why would a kid growing up in New Haven and history and culturally rich
New England be thinking about Maryland? We did think some about Florida,
Mississippi, Alabama, et cetera, because that's where black people were
denied education and rights, and were beaten and sometimes lynched.

When it comes to race relations, Maryland is a leader of the pack, eh?

http://tinyurl.com/d4ee4vv

"A national report by the same organization found that Maryland was the
sixth-most-segregated state in the country for black students."

I suppose you included Maryland in the 'et cetera', eh?

Perhaps you should spend a bit of time looking in your own back yard.
--

I have seen far more racism in Maryland and DC than I ever have in
Florida but I have not spent much time up in the south Georgia part.
My daughter went to school up in the pan handle and she says that
whole I-10 corridor is unreconstructed southerners.
Perhaps that is what Harry is referring to. He is a Jacksonville fan.


The "whole I-10 corridor" of Florida is very sparsely populated. There
are no substantial towns along it from Jacksonville to Tallahassee and
not much in the way of population from Tallahassee to Alabama. The
Jacksonville area is populated with over-religious, conservative and
backwards people, but Tallahassee is hardly that way. Even in
Jacksonville, though, the huge Baptist churches were integrated.
Catholics were the ones discriminated against...and I suspect the Jax
area was far too backwards to appeal to very many Jews.

I liked the seasonality of NE Florida, compared to southern Florida, and
I also liked the uncrowded beaches, the flora, the boating and the
fishing. But it was pretty much a cultural and intellectual wasteland,
otherwise.

If I were going to move back to Florida, I'd go for Fernandina in far NE
Florida, or somewhere around Ft. Lauderdale. Both are great for boating
and fishing and Ft. Lauderdale is not a cultural, intellectual and
overly religious wasteland.

Looks like you've gotten off the 'racism' kick and are now on the cultural and
intellectual kick. Well, southern MD is not your basic intellectual and cultural
hotbed, is it Krause?


We moved to southern Maryland because we wanted to enjoy the quiet and
lighter traffic of a semi-rural area. Even in rush hour, though, the
commuter bus gets us to downtown DC in an hour or less for $3.75, and DC
certainly is a cultural and intellectual center but one, if memory
serves, you are afraid to visit. All those dark-skinned people, you once
alluded to here, "scare" you.

Harry, you are the one carrying your gun downtown. Why?


On weekends, I can drive to "museum alley" in DC in about 45-50 minutes.
We usually take the Metro to Washington Nationals games...our Metro line
stops right at the baseball park.

You, on the other hand, live in an overly congested part of Fairfax
County, Virginia, and what, less than a mile as the crow flies from the
most heavily traveled and smelliest part of the Beltway?

You've gone around and given the beltway the sniff test, eh?

WAFJ!


I'll bet when you go outside in the morning, you can smell the gasoline
and diesel vapors blowing south off the Beltway. The traffic there is
relentless.

Now you're 'betting' your absurdities. A moment ago you said 'smelliest' part of the
beltway. Do you stick your nose out the window while circling the beltway?
--

Guns don't cause problems. The behavior
of certain gun owners causes problems.

No balls, no brains
 

On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 17:03:10 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 2/14/15 4:42 PM, Abit Loco wrote:
On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 12:02:22 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Saturday, February 14, 2015 at 2:39:26 PM UTC-5, John H. wrote:
On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 13:38:00 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 2/14/15 12:46 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 08:40:48 -0500, Abit Loco
wrote:

Why would a kid growing up in New Haven and history and culturally rich
New England be thinking about Maryland? We did think some about Florida,
Mississippi, Alabama, et cetera, because that's where black people were
denied education and rights, and were beaten and sometimes lynched.

When it comes to race relations, Maryland is a leader of the pack, eh?

http://tinyurl.com/d4ee4vv

"A national report by the same organization found that Maryland was the
sixth-most-segregated state in the country for black students."

I suppose you included Maryland in the 'et cetera', eh?

Perhaps you should spend a bit of time looking in your own back yard.
--

I have seen far more racism in Maryland and DC than I ever have in
Florida but I have not spent much time up in the south Georgia part.
My daughter went to school up in the pan handle and she says that
whole I-10 corridor is unreconstructed southerners.
Perhaps that is what Harry is referring to. He is a Jacksonville fan.


The "whole I-10 corridor" of Florida is very sparsely populated. There
are no substantial towns along it from Jacksonville to Tallahassee and
not much in the way of population from Tallahassee to Alabama. The
Jacksonville area is populated with over-religious, conservative and
backwards people, but Tallahassee is hardly that way. Even in
Jacksonville, though, the huge Baptist churches were integrated.
Catholics were the ones discriminated against...and I suspect the Jax
area was far too backwards to appeal to very many Jews.

I liked the seasonality of NE Florida, compared to southern Florida, and
I also liked the uncrowded beaches, the flora, the boating and the
fishing. But it was pretty much a cultural and intellectual wasteland,
otherwise.

If I were going to move back to Florida, I'd go for Fernandina in far NE
Florida, or somewhere around Ft. Lauderdale. Both are great for boating
and fishing and Ft. Lauderdale is not a cultural, intellectual and
overly religious wasteland.

Looks like you've gotten off the 'racism' kick and are now on the cultural and
intellectual kick. Well, southern MD is not your basic intellectual and cultural
hotbed, is it Krause?
--

Guns don't cause problems. The behavior
of certain gun owners causes problems.

I was wondering about that. If one wants intellectual and cultural stimulation, one doesn't move to Podunk, MD.

Hell, the *only* things MD have going for it are Annapolis and Box Hill Pizzeria crab cakes. :)

Well, the Calvert Marine Museum is pretty close to Huntingtown. And there's probably
an adult book store around there somewhere. So he's probably kept pretty well
stimulated. He does say he thinks about sex a lot.


I think about sex because I'm still having it. You seem to think a lot
about model airplanes, probably because you are not having sex.

Do you never stop bragging? I'll bet you were getting laid constantly during your
trip around the Horn, eh? Do you keep that Maryland Red barn shaking?
--

Guns don't cause problems. The behavior
of certain gun owners causes problems.

No balls, no brains
 

On 2/14/2015 4:57 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 15:47:47 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:


We moved to southern Maryland because we wanted to enjoy the quiet and
lighter traffic of a semi-rural area. Even in rush hour, though, the
commuter bus gets us to downtown DC in an hour or less for $3.75, and DC
certainly is a cultural and intellectual center but one, if memory
serves, you are afraid to visit. All those dark-skinned people, you once
alluded to here, "scare" you.

On weekends, I can drive to "museum alley" in DC in about 45-50 minutes.
We usually take the Metro to Washington Nationals games...our Metro line
stops right at the baseball park.

You, on the other hand, live in an overly congested part of Fairfax
County, Virginia, and what, less than a mile as the crow flies from the
most heavily traveled and smelliest part of the Beltway?


I guess it is what you grew up with. I liked Maryland when it was
rural and I moved away when it started to be just a suburb of DC

I agree the Smithsonian is a thing worth doing but that is really the
m,ost attractive thing in the whole town. I was a member for many
years.
I guess when you grow up there, when you have seen one monument, you
have seen them all. The rest is just another big city.

I would have a hard time saying which is the worst part of the beltway
and I was on it almost every day for 15 years, some days looping the
whole thing. From Rt 5 or 210 to 270, it is "6 of one" which direction
will be best. A lot of times, straight through town was best.
When I worked midnights I would go downtown, visit the Smith and maybe
have lunch with a government friend or two.



Is the Space Museum still down there across from the Smithsonian? I
thought it was pretty cools but that was back in the late 70's.

No balls, no brains
 

On 2/14/15 5:31 PM, Abit Loco wrote:
On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 17:03:10 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 2/14/15 4:42 PM, Abit Loco wrote:
On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 12:02:22 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Saturday, February 14, 2015 at 2:39:26 PM UTC-5, John H. wrote:
On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 13:38:00 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 2/14/15 12:46 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 08:40:48 -0500, Abit Loco
wrote:

Why would a kid growing up in New Haven and history and culturally rich
New England be thinking about Maryland? We did think some about Florida,
Mississippi, Alabama, et cetera, because that's where black people were
denied education and rights, and were beaten and sometimes lynched.

When it comes to race relations, Maryland is a leader of the pack, eh?

http://tinyurl.com/d4ee4vv

"A national report by the same organization found that Maryland was the
sixth-most-segregated state in the country for black students."

I suppose you included Maryland in the 'et cetera', eh?

Perhaps you should spend a bit of time looking in your own back yard.
--

I have seen far more racism in Maryland and DC than I ever have in
Florida but I have not spent much time up in the south Georgia part.
My daughter went to school up in the pan handle and she says that
whole I-10 corridor is unreconstructed southerners.
Perhaps that is what Harry is referring to. He is a Jacksonville fan.


The "whole I-10 corridor" of Florida is very sparsely populated. There
are no substantial towns along it from Jacksonville to Tallahassee and
not much in the way of population from Tallahassee to Alabama. The
Jacksonville area is populated with over-religious, conservative and
backwards people, but Tallahassee is hardly that way. Even in
Jacksonville, though, the huge Baptist churches were integrated.
Catholics were the ones discriminated against...and I suspect the Jax
area was far too backwards to appeal to very many Jews.

I liked the seasonality of NE Florida, compared to southern Florida, and
I also liked the uncrowded beaches, the flora, the boating and the
fishing. But it was pretty much a cultural and intellectual wasteland,
otherwise.

If I were going to move back to Florida, I'd go for Fernandina in far NE
Florida, or somewhere around Ft. Lauderdale. Both are great for boating
and fishing and Ft. Lauderdale is not a cultural, intellectual and
overly religious wasteland.

Looks like you've gotten off the 'racism' kick and are now on the cultural and
intellectual kick. Well, southern MD is not your basic intellectual and cultural
hotbed, is it Krause?
--

Guns don't cause problems. The behavior
of certain gun owners causes problems.

I was wondering about that. If one wants intellectual and cultural stimulation, one doesn't move to Podunk, MD.

Hell, the *only* things MD have going for it are Annapolis and Box Hill Pizzeria crab cakes. :)

Well, the Calvert Marine Museum is pretty close to Huntingtown. And there's probably
an adult book store around there somewhere. So he's probably kept pretty well
stimulated. He does say he thinks about sex a lot.


I think about sex because I'm still having it. You seem to think a lot
about model airplanes, probably because you are not having sex.

Do you never stop bragging? I'll bet you were getting laid constantly during your
trip around the Horn, eh? Do you keep that Maryland Red barn shaking?


I'm sorry you've had to sublimate what little sex drive you have left
into so many hobbies.

--
Proud to be a Liberal.

No balls, no brains
 

On 2/14/15 5:35 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/14/2015 4:57 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 15:47:47 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:


We moved to southern Maryland because we wanted to enjoy the quiet and
lighter traffic of a semi-rural area. Even in rush hour, though, the
commuter bus gets us to downtown DC in an hour or less for $3.75, and DC
certainly is a cultural and intellectual center but one, if memory
serves, you are afraid to visit. All those dark-skinned people, you once
alluded to here, "scare" you.

On weekends, I can drive to "museum alley" in DC in about 45-50 minutes.
We usually take the Metro to Washington Nationals games...our Metro line
stops right at the baseball park.

You, on the other hand, live in an overly congested part of Fairfax
County, Virginia, and what, less than a mile as the crow flies from the
most heavily traveled and smelliest part of the Beltway?


I guess it is what you grew up with. I liked Maryland when it was
rural and I moved away when it started to be just a suburb of DC

I agree the Smithsonian is a thing worth doing but that is really the
m,ost attractive thing in the whole town. I was a member for many
years.
I guess when you grow up there, when you have seen one monument, you
have seen them all. The rest is just another big city.

I would have a hard time saying which is the worst part of the beltway
and I was on it almost every day for 15 years, some days looping the
whole thing. From Rt 5 or 210 to 270, it is "6 of one" which direction
will be best. A lot of times, straight through town was best.
When I worked midnights I would go downtown, visit the Smith and maybe
have lunch with a government friend or two.



Is the Space Museum still down there across from the Smithsonian? I
thought it was pretty cools but that was back in the late 70's.



There's still an aerospace musuem, and there is a larger "annex"
facility out by Dulles Airport.

--
Proud to be a Liberal.

No balls, no brains
 

On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 17:37:53 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 2/14/15 5:31 PM, Abit Loco wrote:
On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 17:03:10 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 2/14/15 4:42 PM, Abit Loco wrote:
On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 12:02:22 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Saturday, February 14, 2015 at 2:39:26 PM UTC-5, John H. wrote:
On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 13:38:00 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 2/14/15 12:46 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 08:40:48 -0500, Abit Loco
wrote:

Why would a kid growing up in New Haven and history and culturally rich
New England be thinking about Maryland? We did think some about Florida,
Mississippi, Alabama, et cetera, because that's where black people were
denied education and rights, and were beaten and sometimes lynched.

When it comes to race relations, Maryland is a leader of the pack, eh?

http://tinyurl.com/d4ee4vv

"A national report by the same organization found that Maryland was the
sixth-most-segregated state in the country for black students."

I suppose you included Maryland in the 'et cetera', eh?

Perhaps you should spend a bit of time looking in your own back yard.
--

I have seen far more racism in Maryland and DC than I ever have in
Florida but I have not spent much time up in the south Georgia part.
My daughter went to school up in the pan handle and she says that
whole I-10 corridor is unreconstructed southerners.
Perhaps that is what Harry is referring to. He is a Jacksonville fan.


The "whole I-10 corridor" of Florida is very sparsely populated. There
are no substantial towns along it from Jacksonville to Tallahassee and
not much in the way of population from Tallahassee to Alabama. The
Jacksonville area is populated with over-religious, conservative and
backwards people, but Tallahassee is hardly that way. Even in
Jacksonville, though, the huge Baptist churches were integrated.
Catholics were the ones discriminated against...and I suspect the Jax
area was far too backwards to appeal to very many Jews.

I liked the seasonality of NE Florida, compared to southern Florida, and
I also liked the uncrowded beaches, the flora, the boating and the
fishing. But it was pretty much a cultural and intellectual wasteland,
otherwise.

If I were going to move back to Florida, I'd go for Fernandina in far NE
Florida, or somewhere around Ft. Lauderdale. Both are great for boating
and fishing and Ft. Lauderdale is not a cultural, intellectual and
overly religious wasteland.

Looks like you've gotten off the 'racism' kick and are now on the cultural and
intellectual kick. Well, southern MD is not your basic intellectual and cultural
hotbed, is it Krause?
--

Guns don't cause problems. The behavior
of certain gun owners causes problems.

I was wondering about that. If one wants intellectual and cultural stimulation, one doesn't move to Podunk, MD.

Hell, the *only* things MD have going for it are Annapolis and Box Hill Pizzeria crab cakes. :)

Well, the Calvert Marine Museum is pretty close to Huntingtown. And there's probably
an adult book store around there somewhere. So he's probably kept pretty well
stimulated. He does say he thinks about sex a lot.


I think about sex because I'm still having it. You seem to think a lot
about model airplanes, probably because you are not having sex.

Do you never stop bragging? I'll bet you were getting laid constantly during your
trip around the Horn, eh? Do you keep that Maryland Red barn shaking?


I'm sorry you've had to sublimate what little sex drive you have left
into so many hobbies.

Good to know you're so concerned with my sex life.

I wish I were half the manly man you are.

Harry, it's come to my attention that you are not very well liked hereabouts. I have
an idea for you: Try saying something nice about folks other than yourself. Who
knows, it may show good results.
--

Guns don't cause problems. The behavior
of certain gun owners causes problems.

No balls, no brains
 

On 2/14/15 5:59 PM, Abit Loco wrote:
On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 17:37:53 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 2/14/15 5:31 PM, Abit Loco wrote:
On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 17:03:10 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 2/14/15 4:42 PM, Abit Loco wrote:
On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 12:02:22 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Saturday, February 14, 2015 at 2:39:26 PM UTC-5, John H. wrote:
On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 13:38:00 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 2/14/15 12:46 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 08:40:48 -0500, Abit Loco
wrote:

Why would a kid growing up in New Haven and history and culturally rich
New England be thinking about Maryland? We did think some about Florida,
Mississippi, Alabama, et cetera, because that's where black people were
denied education and rights, and were beaten and sometimes lynched.

When it comes to race relations, Maryland is a leader of the pack, eh?

http://tinyurl.com/d4ee4vv

"A national report by the same organization found that Maryland was the
sixth-most-segregated state in the country for black students."

I suppose you included Maryland in the 'et cetera', eh?

Perhaps you should spend a bit of time looking in your own back yard.
--

I have seen far more racism in Maryland and DC than I ever have in
Florida but I have not spent much time up in the south Georgia part.
My daughter went to school up in the pan handle and she says that
whole I-10 corridor is unreconstructed southerners.
Perhaps that is what Harry is referring to. He is a Jacksonville fan.


The "whole I-10 corridor" of Florida is very sparsely populated. There
are no substantial towns along it from Jacksonville to Tallahassee and
not much in the way of population from Tallahassee to Alabama. The
Jacksonville area is populated with over-religious, conservative and
backwards people, but Tallahassee is hardly that way. Even in
Jacksonville, though, the huge Baptist churches were integrated.
Catholics were the ones discriminated against...and I suspect the Jax
area was far too backwards to appeal to very many Jews.

I liked the seasonality of NE Florida, compared to southern Florida, and
I also liked the uncrowded beaches, the flora, the boating and the
fishing. But it was pretty much a cultural and intellectual wasteland,
otherwise.

If I were going to move back to Florida, I'd go for Fernandina in far NE
Florida, or somewhere around Ft. Lauderdale. Both are great for boating
and fishing and Ft. Lauderdale is not a cultural, intellectual and
overly religious wasteland.

Looks like you've gotten off the 'racism' kick and are now on the cultural and
intellectual kick. Well, southern MD is not your basic intellectual and cultural
hotbed, is it Krause?
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Guns don't cause problems. The behavior
of certain gun owners causes problems.

I was wondering about that. If one wants intellectual and cultural stimulation, one doesn't move to Podunk, MD.

Hell, the *only* things MD have going for it are Annapolis and Box Hill Pizzeria crab cakes. :)

Well, the Calvert Marine Museum is pretty close to Huntingtown. And there's probably
an adult book store around there somewhere. So he's probably kept pretty well
stimulated. He does say he thinks about sex a lot.


I think about sex because I'm still having it. You seem to think a lot
about model airplanes, probably because you are not having sex.

Do you never stop bragging? I'll bet you were getting laid constantly during your
trip around the Horn, eh? Do you keep that Maryland Red barn shaking?


I'm sorry you've had to sublimate what little sex drive you have left
into so many hobbies.

Good to know you're so concerned with my sex life.

I wish I were half the manly man you are.

Harry, it's come to my attention that you are not very well liked hereabouts. I have
an idea for you: Try saying something nice about folks other than yourself. Who
knows, it may show good results.


I've complimented your very nice wife many times. I haven't seen "good"
results. I've complimented Skipper a few times for his writing
abilities, and pointed out that he was the only real rightie here who
could write, but, alas, he apparently died. No good came of that, either.

What do you have in mind?


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Proud to be a Liberal.