From A Detroiter to Southern Brethren

[JJIII]

Originally Posted by d-ray657

One thing that the South has to offer is some fine writers. The one that immediately comes to mind is Roy Blount, Jr.

Of course, the South also gave us Jimmy Carter.


Regards,

D-Ray

Another good writer from the South is Robert Ruark. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ruark)
If you haven't read any of his books I would suggest starting with "The Old Man and The Boy".

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by JJIII

Another good writer from the South is Robert Ruark. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ruark)
If you haven't read any of his books I would suggest starting with "The Old Man and The Boy".

No love for Harper Lee or Tennessee Williams?

[JJIII]

Originally Posted by bobabode

No love for Harper Lee or Tennessee Williams?

If you want to sit down and make a list of every writer from the South, go ahead. I wanted to mention one.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by JJIII

If you want to sit down and make a list of every writer from the South, go ahead. I wanted to mention one.

An interesting one, old man. Kinda Hemingway-esque? I might have to read me some. I guess those southern writers had to suffer a bit, to sing the blues. Conrack was a decent writer.

Sorry for the threadcrappin', Ed.

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by bobabode

No love for Harper Lee or Tennessee Williams?

Tennessee Williams: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF

Loved the movie with Elizabeth Taylor, Burl Ives and Paul Newman.

Burl Ives surprised here. Especially loved his discourse on "Mendacity".

Tennessee did not like the movie because it excised the homosexual references.

[merrylander]

The Canadian Maritimes are where the word hospitality was coined. Had good times in Bavaria but when I married Florence I also acquired a Bavarian sister-in-law, what a b***h. Spent a month in Dallas one week. Enjoyed many southern places, other's not so much

[ebacon]

I was just reminiscing about the good old days, such as the early 1980s when Detroit was still at least halfway glued together right. Then I thought about Nashville and how much it changed after GM built the Spring Hill plant. They were on pins and needles a few years ago when GM was deciding whether to close the plant.

Big business is like a drug. When you are in it it feels good, but the withdrawal is a bitch when the drug dealer moves to another town.

It's best to just not get wrapped up in it in the first place IMO. I have deep respect for agriculturual communities and hope they hold onto them as long as they can.

[d-ray657]

Originally Posted by ebacon

I was just reminiscing about the good old days, such as the early 1980s when Detroit was still at least halfway glued together right. Then I thought about Nashville and how much it changed after GM built the Spring Hill plant. They were on pins and needles a few years ago when GM was deciding whether to close the plant.

Big business is like a drug. When you are in it it feels good, but the withdrawal is a bitch when the drug dealer moves to another town.

It's best to just not get wrapped up in it in the first place IMO. I have deep respect for agriculturual communities and hope they hold onto them as long as they can.

Good analogy.

Regards,

D-Ray

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by ebacon

I was just reminiscing about the good old days, such as the early 1980s when Detroit was still at least halfway glued together right. Then I thought about Nashville and how much it changed after GM built the Spring Hill plant. They were on pins and needles a few years ago when GM was deciding whether to close the plant.

Big business is like a drug. When you are in it it feels good, but the withdrawal is a bitch when the drug dealer moves to another town.

It's best to just not get wrapped up in it in the first place IMO. I have deep respect for agriculturual communities and hope they hold onto them as long as they can.

It is a double edged sword. When I think of the early '80s, I still hear the line, ".....United States Steel has announced that it will cease all operations in the Youngstown district over the next three years. By 1984, this will bring the total loss of steel jobs in the valley since Black Friday* to 27,000."

After hearing that, I went straight to the recruiters office and joined the Navy.

The eighties were hard times for some parts of this country. Very hard.

(*Black Friday was in 1977, when Youngstown Sheet & Tube declared bankruptcy and laid off 4,600.)

Dave

[ebacon]

The 80s were tough in Detroit too, particularly the early 1980s. But nothing like the conundrum it is in now.