Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]LOL... And true, 'back in the day' the vast majority of cotton pickers were neither free, nor white, though many were under 21. ;-) On 3/10/06 9:18 AM, "Walt Johnson" <walt@waltjohnson.com> wrote: > Don: > > Been there, done that. El Paso is pretty far west and if I remember > correctly the only minerals there were dust. As far as mosquitoes go my > intent was to compare them favorably to some northern visitors. > Nathan's comment about us picking cotton is neither original or > accurate. If you recall from history 101 when cotton was king, cotton > pickers were plenty. Don, one other thing which puzzles me more than > some of those Texas suicides. It seems as these Yankees can't wait to > get here so they can tell us rednecks how great it is back home. Figure > that one out for me. > > Walt > > p.s. Don't think I mentioned voter fraud but will gloat about sending > Kathleen Harris your way. As far as the wets go my last experience along > those lines was very interesting. Him: (with rusty sawed off 12 ga in > his hand.)"Gimme money M****F****". Me; "yes sir, amigo, and could I > enlist your support for Gov. Bush in November"? > > > >> You may have to move to West Texas then. Beautiflut country, wonderful >> citizens, no income tax, lots of room at cheap land prices(you will have >> no >> mineral or water rights however) so that you can acquire a few hundred >> acres >> at a nominal price so that you can never feel crowded. You can choose >> your >> climate by moving north or south, that also changes the humidity as well. >> And, if you like mosquitoes, the coastal regions will have a large >> population of the critters as well. >> >> I am only saying this with a small part of my tongue in my cheek. Texas >> is >> very un-Yankee like; where else can someone commit suicide by shooting >> themselves in the back five times with a bolt action rifle? If you think >> voting fraud started in Chicago then I have a ballot box for you, for a >> long >> time there were more votes cast in some of the Big Bend counties than >> there >> were registered Democrats, it must have been all those illegal aliens >> coming >> over to vote for Johnson. :) >> >> Don >> don.dory@gmail.com >> >> >> On 3/10/06, Walt Johnson <walt@waltjohnson.com> wrote: >> >> >>> And without malice aforethought I said: >>> >>> Nathan: >>> >>> Having lived in bug-infested swamps and overcrowded Yankee cesspits the >>> choice is clear. Mosquitoes have more personality and they don't talk as >>> funny, Y'all knowhatImean? >>> >>> Walt >>> >>> >>> >>> Nathan Wajsman wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Don Dory wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> As to the overpopulation in Florida, impose an income tax for the >>>>> first ten >>>>> years of residence and I believe the snow birds will go elsewhere. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Having lived in Florida for 6 years, and still visiting my family >>>> there occasionally, I am always amused how the good old boys complain >>>> about the "damn northerners" while not recognizing that without those >>>> people and their money Florida would still be a bug-infested swamp. >>>> >>>> Imposing an income tax would indeed be a good idea, not to chase >>>> people away but to provide additional money for the state to improve >>>> schools and other public services, which are among the worst in the >>>> country. >>>> >>>> Nathan >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information