What do you like best about where you live.

[hillbilly]

Originally Posted by noonereal

Brown people?

god bless

God bless who?

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by noonereal

Brown people?

god bless

I chose that phrase because the word my brother uses, ad nauseum, is far more offensive.

I can go back and change it to "African/American" if you like. But that wouldn't quite cut it, because my brother doesn't like anyone who isn't white.
Unless it's an attractive female of course. That's different. His opinion, not mine. Whatever.

Dave

[noonereal]

believe it or not, I had to look it up.

I had never heard folks referred to as such

live and learn

[Writewing]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

I chose that phrase because the word my brother uses, ad nauseum, is far more offensive.

I can go back and change it to "African/American" if you like. But that wouldn't quite cut it, because my brother doesn't like anyone who isn't white.
Unless it's an attractive female of course. That's different. His opinion, not mine. Whatever.

Dave

I put it in quotes cause they were your words but I saw you noted it was not your word but somebody else's term. I didnt bother me, just was related to my reply but I will say part of me used the quotes to show how stupid I thought that term was.
Something tells me the poster who wrote "God Bless" was taking issue with me but what else is new?

[noonereal]

Originally Posted by Writewing

I put it in quotes cause they were your words but I saw you noted it was not your word but somebody else's term. I didnt bother me, just was related to my reply but I will say part of me used the quotes to show how stupid I thought that term was.
Something tells me the poster who wrote "God Bless" was taking issue with me but what else is new?

My first post was a serious question as to what was meant by brown people.
My second post was after I looked it up.

Still it's better than the term "half porch" which I learned a few months ago on this board.

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by Boreas

Yeah, Rouse hired "The Name Lady" to name all those streets. One person was responsible for all that.

One of my faves is Pale Orchis Court. Orchis can mean either "orchid" or "testicle".

Columbia was the first place I moved to after I got out of the Army. It was still quite young at the time and it was interesting to watch it grow.

John

Florence moved there when it was quite new, when I met her she was living on "Melting Shadows Lane" which was actually a closed court.

[piece-itpete]

It just seems that we here are really lucky and blessed.

I complain about my little house but love my neighbors (which of course makes the neighborhood) and my 'big' yard. Which is smallish but a darn sight better than 30 x 100! (inner ring suburb size). I can no longer smell my neighbors farts

I'm out far enough to have wild turkeys fox coyotes big woodpeckers hawks etc. And the white tailed rats

One of the reasons my neighbors suit me is they all come from the old neighborhoods, 'real' people.

I still love the city, and I used to love driving through the old steel mills (can't anymore ). Reminds me of 'fool for the city'.

And winter, I could do without the grey 99% of the time but the beautiful blue mornings are another matter. I don't think I'd be happy in warmer climes.

Originally Posted by merrylander

but Congress could convince me otherwise.

They're sure got me thinking about it!

Pete

[merrylander]

Yeah, we are blessed but on the other hand I do not imagine any of what we all have was handed to us on a plate. I feel quite certain that we all worked our butts off.

[piece-itpete]

Originally Posted by merrylander

Yeah, we are blessed but on the other hand I do not imagine any of what we all have was handed to us on a plate. I feel quite certain that we all worked our butts off.

That's my take too, to some degree. But who said, 'when I say I have plans, God smiles?'

Pete

[merrylander]

I don't know but Robbie said "The best laid plans o' mice and men gang aft aglee"