On Sun, 13 May 2007 14:22:56 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:


We also put chili, slaw, and onions on our hot dogs and hamburgers....
yeah, two meats. Don't even ask how many different kinds of meats go
into properly prepared Brunswick Stew.

I'm not much on stew, but sometimes my wife make bigos, or so-called
hunter's stew. Throw any meat you want in there.
But I love chili dogs if the chili is thick enough to spread.

And, yes, Bar-B-Q is pork.

I never could understand why anybody would waste good bar-b-q
sauce on beef. But some rib joints up here have the temerity
to ask, when you order ribs, "beef or pork?"
Gimme a break.


Shrimp and fish are served with grits.... sometimes for breakfast.

I used to fry up grit fritters and smother them with good syrup.
Didn't have the makings for anything else and didn't want to drink the
good syrup straight up. That was and is my only use for grits.

Brains and eggs can still be found at the finer eateries and you need
to understand Country ham, collard greens, cracklins, chitlins, souse
meat, and.... mountain oysters.

Best I know, I never had brains or cracklins, or country ham, and the
rest I don't care for. They call souse meat head cheese here.
Wouldn't mind trying country ham since I never met a ham
I couldn't get along with somehow.
My FIL work at Adjustable Clamp in Chicago and one year their
Christmas gift was a West Virginia smoked ham. That was by far the
best ham I ever had.
In Chicago there used to be a lot of southern folks and native
Americans (commonly known as hillbillies and Injuns) in Uptown,
so all that southern fare is known to anybody who got around.
Not to even mention all the black chitlin shops.
Besides, my ma was an Ozark ridgerunner and my grandma chewed twist
tobacco. Used to draw water and wipe with Sears catalog pages
when I spent summers with the grandfolks. Listened to Red Foley
talk on the radio at night over the din of the crickets. Yee Haw!

--Vic

Don White wrote:
"Dan" wrote in message
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Don White wrote:
"Vic Smith" wrote in message
...
On 11 May 2007 19:08:55 -0700, wrote:


I told her we'd settled on a price and had gotten a realtor to draw up
a contract. I thought she knew I was totally serious. In the past,
she had few qualms about taking risks,in fact I married her because
she was a risk taker. This sudden bout of the "what ifs" completely
puzzles me. But you know, its just like the saying, "Women marry
hoping to change their men, men marry hoping their women do not
change."
Now she says, "I dont want to do anything that might jeapordize our
home in any way" which baffles the hell outta me. Whats the use of
having equity if you arent going to use it as leverage. I think that
having my own business for years has made me very casual about large
sums of money and about risk in general. Her profession of being a
public school teacher has emphasized low risk behaviour and covering
her ass at all costs (I am not sure we want this type of people
teaching our kids).
I feel like I got blindsided on this and am too embarassed to call the
seller back right now. Even though it was my wifes issues, I should
take blame for not reading her correctly. Sometimes the buyer has
problems they did not consider.
Yep, you had a communication failure. Lots of women don't like liens
on their home. Men too, and I'm one of them. Age has a lot to do
with it too. What younger people call leverage older people call just
plain debt. A lienless home is a real ace in the hole, but it's hard
to play it except on a real good hand. For many that hand can only be
replacing or improving the house.

--Vic

After paying a mortgage bi-weekly year after year, I was happy as hell to
retire the mortgage about seven years ago. That's also why I keep my old
low mileage mini-van... it was paid for 8 years ago. You can always go
back into debt when the mood strikes you.
You bought into that bi-weekly game? What did they charge for the
"service"? It's well known that you can add $100, $500, $1000, or
whatever you want to your principal payment every month for no charge and
accomplish the same goal without fees. These bi-weekly payment "services"
charge a fee based on their creative advertising when the simple reality
is that you can do it yourself.

As for remaining debt-free, do you expect to outlive your minivan? Chances
are that you will have to replace it.


I don't recall any 'fee' for the priviledge of paying bi-weekly. That must
be an American thing.
As for my vehicles, when my 3 year lease is up on the 2006 Ford Ranger in
March 2009 I hope to have enough loonies & toonies saved to put a good down
payment on a Toyota Highlander.



It's a scam from 3rd parties and your own mortgage company. I get a few
"offers" each year. They illustrate the huge savings if you pay
bi-weekly - which ultimately results in one additional principal payment
every year. For that "service" they charge a fee. Here's one example...

http://www.realestateabc.com/loanguide/biweekly.htm

If you did this on your own, as anyone can, you accomplished the same
thing for no additional charge. Most people will add an additional
principal payment to their monthly mortgage check with the same results
and fewer checks.

The Highlander is nice. Also check out the Acura MDX or the Honda
Pilot. They are made in Canada and have a decent tow rating.

Gene Kearns wrote:
On Sun, 13 May 2007 12:37:26 -0500, Vic Smith penned the following
well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

On Sun, 13 May 2007 12:58:41 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Sun, 13 May 2007 11:25:49 -0500, Vic Smith penned the following
well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:


No different in many respects than folks not wanting a nuke power
plant down the street.
Trust me, you don't want one. We have one, here, and besides (with
current technology) being a dirty source of energy, it is just plain
expensive.

What's dirty about it, besides fuel disposal?
Dirty is..... nobody wanting the spent fuel to go through their city
or state, so...... now, they are stockpiling it on site.

So, now I am living next to a toxic waste dump, which is next to the
largest ammunition port in the nation, which is about 2 miles from an
airport and is adjacent to a deep water shipping lane.

(Wyoming might be a good repository of spent fuel.)
If you could get Scotty to beam it there, we're good!

Is it releasing as much radiation as a coal-fired plant?
100% of everything "released" from a nuclear plant is radioactive.

I've read coal is anywhere from 3 to 100 times worse than nuke plants
in releasing radiation to the atmosphere.
A specious argument from the "figures don't lie, but liars can figure"
crowd. So what, nuclear plants deposit 100 times less radioactivity
into the atmosphere than coal plants..... BUT *everything* that a
nuclear plant releases is radioactive. Marie Currie started sweeping
radioactivity under the rug in about 1894... nothing has changed,
since.



I believe all toxic waste should be shipped to Texas, where it belongs.
Anything leftover, ship it to Wyoming.

"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 13 May 2007 12:40:23 -0500, Vic Smith penned the following
well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

On Sun, 13 May 2007 13:14:53 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On 13 May 2007 09:27:41 -0700, penned the
following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:


Well Vic, go in on this property with me then.
If you come on down to North Fl, we'll give ya cheese grits,
hushpuppies and fried mullet with a large iced tea to wash it down.

Better warn him about the sugar in the tea....

But I always sugar my tea. Hope there isn't some "special" Florida
sugar I haven't head about.

Most visitors from north of Virginia usually have something to say
about the tea being too sweet.

We also put chili, slaw, and onions on our hot dogs and hamburgers....
yeah, two meats. Don't even ask how many different kinds of meats go
into properly prepared Brunswick Stew.

And, yes, Bar-B-Q is pork.


We had a feast tonight with BBQ babyback pork ribs with a homemade rub, cole
slaw with a homemade sauce and fries.

We have a full slab left over and you are welcome to
it................although it will be a long drive to taste how ribs are
made to perfection. ;-)

On Sun, 13 May 2007 21:30:15 -0400, "JimH"
wrote:

babyback pork ribs with a homemade rub

~~ snicker ~~

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 13 May 2007 21:30:15 -0400, "JimH"
wrote:

babyback pork ribs with a homemade rub

~~ snicker ~~

Get your wide ass over here to taste them and tell me they are not the best
you ever had. I will even give you a boa ride after the dinner ;-)

On Sun, 13 May 2007 21:45:32 -0400, "JimH"
wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
.. .
On Sun, 13 May 2007 21:30:15 -0400, "JimH"
wrote:

babyback pork ribs with a homemade rub

~~ snicker ~~

Get your wide ass over here to taste them and tell me they are not the best
you ever had.

I don't eat pork - seriously.

I have my reasons none of which are religious but medically sound and
relevant only to me.

I will even give you a boa ride after the dinner ;-)

A boa ride?

What the hell kind of snake do you own anyway? :)

I'll pass on the mtn oysters thank you....

Certainly not to be confused with "pass me the mtn oysters."

--Mike

"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 13 May 2007 12:40:23 -0500, Vic Smith penned the following
well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

On Sun, 13 May 2007 13:14:53 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On 13 May 2007 09:27:41 -0700, penned the
following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:


Well Vic, go in on this property with me then.
If you come on down to North Fl, we'll give ya cheese grits,
hushpuppies and fried mullet with a large iced tea to wash it down.

Better warn him about the sugar in the tea....

But I always sugar my tea. Hope there isn't some "special" Florida
sugar I haven't head about.

Most visitors from north of Virginia usually have something to say
about the tea being too sweet.

We also put chili, slaw, and onions on our hot dogs and hamburgers....
yeah, two meats. Don't even ask how many different kinds of meats go
into properly prepared Brunswick Stew.

And, yes, Bar-B-Q is pork.

Shrimp and fish are served with grits.... sometimes for breakfast.

Brains and eggs can still be found at the finer eateries and you need
to understand Country ham, collard greens, cracklins, chitlins, souse
meat, and.... mountain oysters.

--

Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.

Homepage
http://pamandgene.idleplay.net/

Rec.boats at Lee Yeaton's Bayguide
http://www.thebayguide.com/rec.boats


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Gene Kearns wrote:

On Sun, 13 May 2007 12:40:23 -0500, Vic Smith penned the following
well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:


On Sun, 13 May 2007 13:14:53 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:


On 13 May 2007 09:27:41 -0700, penned the
following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:


Well Vic, go in on this property with me then.
If you come on down to North Fl, we'll give ya cheese grits,
hushpuppies and fried mullet with a large iced tea to wash it down.

Better warn him about the sugar in the tea....

But I always sugar my tea. Hope there isn't some "special" Florida
sugar I haven't head about.


Most visitors from north of Virginia usually have something to say
about the tea being too sweet.

Had a friend in Altanta that would order sweet tea, then add sugar until
it would not disolve, then adda packet of sweet n lo........that would
be too sweet. :-)



We also put chili, slaw, and onions on our hot dogs and hamburgers....
yeah, two meats. Don't even ask how many different kinds of meats go
into properly prepared Brunswick Stew.

And, yes, Bar-B-Q is pork.

Shrimp and fish are served with grits.... sometimes for breakfast.

Brains and eggs can still be found at the finer eateries and you need
to understand Country ham, collard greens, cracklins, chitlins, souse
meat, and.... mountain oysters.

"Don White" wrote in message
...

"Dan" wrote in message
...
Don White wrote:
"Vic Smith" wrote in message
...
On 11 May 2007 19:08:55 -0700, wrote:


I told her we'd settled on a price and had gotten a realtor to draw up
a contract. I thought she knew I was totally serious. In the past,
she had few qualms about taking risks,in fact I married her because
she was a risk taker. This sudden bout of the "what ifs" completely
puzzles me. But you know, its just like the saying, "Women marry
hoping to change their men, men marry hoping their women do not
change."
Now she says, "I dont want to do anything that might jeapordize our
home in any way" which baffles the hell outta me. Whats the use of
having equity if you arent going to use it as leverage. I think that
having my own business for years has made me very casual about large
sums of money and about risk in general. Her profession of being a
public school teacher has emphasized low risk behaviour and covering
her ass at all costs (I am not sure we want this type of people
teaching our kids).
I feel like I got blindsided on this and am too embarassed to call the
seller back right now. Even though it was my wifes issues, I should
take blame for not reading her correctly. Sometimes the buyer has
problems they did not consider.
Yep, you had a communication failure. Lots of women don't like liens
on their home. Men too, and I'm one of them. Age has a lot to do
with it too. What younger people call leverage older people call just
plain debt. A lienless home is a real ace in the hole, but it's hard
to play it except on a real good hand. For many that hand can only be
replacing or improving the house.

--Vic


After paying a mortgage bi-weekly year after year, I was happy as hell
to retire the mortgage about seven years ago. That's also why I keep my
old low mileage mini-van... it was paid for 8 years ago. You can always
go back into debt when the mood strikes you.

You bought into that bi-weekly game? What did they charge for the
"service"? It's well known that you can add $100, $500, $1000, or
whatever you want to your principal payment every month for no charge and
accomplish the same goal without fees. These bi-weekly payment
"services" charge a fee based on their creative advertising when the
simple reality is that you can do it yourself.

As for remaining debt-free, do you expect to outlive your minivan?
Chances are that you will have to replace it.


I don't recall any 'fee' for the priviledge of paying bi-weekly. That
must be an American thing.
As for my vehicles, when my 3 year lease is up on the 2006 Ford Ranger in
March 2009 I hope to have enough loonies & toonies saved to put a good
down payment on a Toyota Highlander.


If you paid off the house, you should have kept sending the same amount of
money to the savings account or brokerage house and you can then pay cash
for a vehicle in a couple of years. You were used to not having the money,
so instead of increasing the lifestyle, keep paying the mortgage, but to
yourself.