Would you stand with these folks?

[Rex E.]

Originally Posted by noonereal

Interesting. I am gonna make it a point to get down there where my daughter plays VT in Blacksburg, should be next year. I was one of those city hippies. Getting back to nature was way important to me as well but a hike in the woods once a month was very aggressive "getting back" for a city kid.
I sleep in the woods exactly 3 nights my whole life and one of those times I slept in the car.

Three nights only....that is sad to hear. I miss my "once a month, every month" float trips on the rivers of southeastern Missouri. Winter in the snow and ice was the best as you had the river to yourself......

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

Having had an in-person Finnbow sighting, I'd say that's pretty close.

It was either that one from Tombstone or the one from Roadhouse.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by noonereal

Interesting. I am gonna make it a point to get down there where my daughter plays VT in Blacksburg, should be next year. I was one of those city hippies. Getting back to nature was way important to me as well but a hike in the woods once a month was very aggressive "getting back" for a city kid.
I sleep in the woods exactly 3 nights my whole life and one of those times I slept in the car.

Drop me a line and I'll give you some tips. My youngest son will still be down there should you want some more local info. There's a justly famous bluegrass venue in Floyd, VA well worth a visit on Friday nights.

[piece-itpete]

Originally Posted by Charles

Well, that flag waving, racist son of a bitch!!!

I hope Elmer Fudd DOES pop a cap in his sorry ass!!!

Chas

PS: This political correctness stuff IS a hoot. I already feel better about myself.

My karma feels your correctness. All is well. People are validated. Wrongs are righted from diversity radiating from our properly angled brains.

Originally Posted by bobabode

Oh, great. Now you're taking your cues from a cartoon character?

I strive to be more like Bugs every day.

Pete

[Wasillaguy]

Originally Posted by Rex E.

Three nights only....that is sad to hear. I miss my "once a month, every month" float trips on the rivers of southeastern Missouri. Winter in the snow and ice was the best as you had the river to yourself......

In my circle, float trips became a dare. Late on a Friday night, usually a keg party of course, someone would blurt out "Black River" or "Jack's Fork", and anyone who was not a wimp would file out the door.
Canoes and coolers were loaded and we were off on a 100 mile or more drive.

One particular trip, a buddy decided he wanted one of the "curves ahead" road signs that look like a snake, so we pull over at the next one we see and spin the nuts off the back and pull it down. Headlights are coming around the corner, so the sign is quickly tossed in the ditch and we all act like we're finishing up taking a good whiz.
It's none other than Iron County Sheriff C.W. "Cub" Rubell, with the county judge in the back seat (I shit you not, total Dukes of Hazard stuff).
So they want to know what we're up to, because farmer Smith had some guns stolen earlier in the evening. Searched our car and took about 2.5 cases of beer since none of us were 21. They never even noticed the sign post had no sign on it, and when they drove off, we retrieved our curvy arrow sign from the ditch and headed for camp.
We went back in to Lesterville about 6 a.m. and bought 3 cases from the local store through the back door before the place was even open, with the promise that we'd never tell where we got it.
Ah, memories!

Earlier in my youth, my parents took us camping all the time. Family of 5 and tent and dining fly and all our gear in a Plymouth Valiant. Dad knew how to pack. We saw every state in the union and a couple trips to Canada before we were teenagers.
One summer, when our home burned down, we camped in that tent for 3 months. As Bill Cosby says, "How can you not know you are poor?"

[BlueStreak]

I remember my dad being laid off for a few months, back in the '70s. We were down to sharing bathwater.

Dave

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

As to the OP.

As a veteran, I have given this some consideration.

Yesterday, I heard Senator Bachmann say they are holding this event to protest the "...politicians in Washington using these veterans as political pawns." As SHE, a POLITICIAN IN WASHINGTON, uses them as political pawns.

No thanks. I will not be standing with them.

Dave

Seeing as how this thread has wandered far and wide and no one seemed to notice this post when I first posted it, here is the re-posting.

[hillbilly]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

I remember my dad being laid off for a few months, back in the '70s. We were down to sharing bathwater.

Dave

At least y'all had water. We hauled ours in jugs from the spring. Didn't have electricity to run a pump for quite a while when we moved to TN without a pot to piss in.

[BlueStreak]

So, you deliberately moved to a remote location that has no electricity, running water or decent jobs.

It's kind of hard for me to sympathize with self imposed poverty.

Dave

[hillbilly]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

So, you deliberately moved to a remote location that has no electricity, running water or decent jobs.

It's kind of hard for me to sympathize with self imposed poverty.

Dave

Wasn't my choice. Mom left dad when I was a kid and my dad already bought land in TN before hand. Mom wasn't exactly interested in raising a child so dad had to start from scratch. I remember the first year we only had the land to tent on and then he found an old rotten trailer and had it pulled on the land. We lived in it another year before affording to have electric poles put on the property. When it was cold, my only pair of pants had to be washed in the creek, and they would freeze as we had no heat. I would put them on frozen and when I got on the buss they would start thawing and would be wet until about luchtime when they would dry. Yeah, the kids had a field day and I hated it. A teacher felt bad about it and bought me some clothes and sent me home with them. My dad got in his car and drove them to the teachers house and said he didn't take handouts and left the clothes with her. But today I'm happy to have a dry roof over my head and I'm not picky about keeping up with the Jones. Just happy to have raised my own kids in a better situation, man. I see peoples kids fuss about not having the latest phone or game, and think to myself...they have no idea.