After reading the comment about my last post from ChiefMommyOwl and her last post about the Dukes, I felt that I should make a few comments concerning my redneck Southern heritage of which I am proud of.
My family were Dukes of Hazzard fans and I was in love with Daisy Duke. The best looking legs and but on television at the time.
In my opinion, the issue of the Confederate Flag has been blow out of proportions and I will let it go at that.
Have you, for any reason, looked up the word redneck in Wikipedia?
With the exceptions of the muscle car, gun rack, "wifebeater" shirt, and pinch tobacco, they wrote my life. Redman, Chesterfields, Jack Daniels, Smirnoff, and Budweiser were my vices at the time. I drove a hot lime green Mustang fastback and a 56 Chevrolet pickup.
We were not unclean with bad teeth or prone to inbreeding as the outsiders implicated.
We came from a rural area and drove a car or truck until it was worn out.
We hunted for squirrels and rabbits in the winter evenings and fished in farm ponds in the summer.
I have plowed a tractor and even picked cotton.
Team or pickup baseball games was my life for a long time until I discovered what women were all about. Wearing the cap followed me for years.
Skynard, Marshall Tucker, and CDB was the music of the day, no rock except Southern Rock.
Clemson was the college of choice but it took me a whole year to figure out that Animal Husbandry didn't have anything to do with sheep. This is not the reason that I dropped out and went back later.
Yes, I'm from the South and from all indications a redneck. Boy it was fun back then. My hair is mostly grey now and long enough to cover up my red neck. A lot of great memories.
I love my heritage as much as anyone else. God bless the USA. ChiefMommy Owl, I know that you do to.
C. Oxford
GetawayCrafts
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
A Couple Short Thoughts
I can't really get motivated to write very much lately on the blogs because I have been spending a lot of time writing information for the website.
I did read an interesting article tonight at Yahoo. It was concerning the fact that so many NASCAR fans still fly the Confederate flag on race day.
This was referencing the Talladega, Alabama race.It more or less indicated the NASCAR is still full of "good old boys" from the South.
It spoke freely of CEO Brian France' dislike for the flag or maybe his dislike of loosing any possible incoming family riches.
I will not comment either way on this subject but I felt that the article was written in an interesting manner.
I do have one subject that I would like to comment on. This is the fact that if I come back to life as something or someone else, I want to come back as a game show host.
Have you ever watched Pat Sajak closely if he has a good looking woman on his show Jeopardy and she wins a round?
C. Oxford's Thoughts
Getaway Crafts
I did read an interesting article tonight at Yahoo. It was concerning the fact that so many NASCAR fans still fly the Confederate flag on race day.
This was referencing the Talladega, Alabama race.It more or less indicated the NASCAR is still full of "good old boys" from the South.
It spoke freely of CEO Brian France' dislike for the flag or maybe his dislike of loosing any possible incoming family riches.
I will not comment either way on this subject but I felt that the article was written in an interesting manner.
I do have one subject that I would like to comment on. This is the fact that if I come back to life as something or someone else, I want to come back as a game show host.
Have you ever watched Pat Sajak closely if he has a good looking woman on his show Jeopardy and she wins a round?
C. Oxford's Thoughts
Getaway Crafts
Sunday, October 01, 2006
Just Rambling, Again
I know that I haven't posted in a long time, but I'm back.
I just wrote a lot about my wife painting our kitchen and how much work that it was for me and how much of my time that it took up. HP was downloading updates and I lost the whole mess.
If they spent half as much time designing and making printers as they do on other updates, they could make a printer that was worth a **** .
I lived by myself for 8 years and didn't have to paint or move anything except to clean. My place was always neat and well arranged and clean. My philosophy is "if it aint broke, don't fix it". Women don't know about this philosophy. Believe it or not, I'm a neat freak.
I've also been trying to raise the Google rank of one of my websites by writing worthwhile articles and getting meaningful reciprocal links. I feel real positive about what I've accomplished so far.
We love to hear from all of our Cyber friends.
Please keep JBWritergirl and her father in your thoughts and prayers.
Sincerely,
C. Oxford
GetawayCrafts
I just wrote a lot about my wife painting our kitchen and how much work that it was for me and how much of my time that it took up. HP was downloading updates and I lost the whole mess.
If they spent half as much time designing and making printers as they do on other updates, they could make a printer that was worth a **** .
I lived by myself for 8 years and didn't have to paint or move anything except to clean. My place was always neat and well arranged and clean. My philosophy is "if it aint broke, don't fix it". Women don't know about this philosophy. Believe it or not, I'm a neat freak.
I've also been trying to raise the Google rank of one of my websites by writing worthwhile articles and getting meaningful reciprocal links. I feel real positive about what I've accomplished so far.
We love to hear from all of our Cyber friends.
Please keep JBWritergirl and her father in your thoughts and prayers.
Sincerely,
C. Oxford
GetawayCrafts
Thursday, September 07, 2006
Profiling
Do any of you ever do any profiling while driving. This morning while driving on the interstate going to work, I realized that I do this most of the time. Sometimes this is a defense mechanism and sometimes it is used as entertainment.
I'm not speaking of racial profiling but mostly state tag profiling or car profiling. Have you ever looked at a tag on a car and know how the driver will react to certain situations?
Weve get a lot of comuters from South Carolina coming into North Carolina to work and I have most of them figured out. If they are running 55 mph in the fast lane, they are determined that you are not going to pass. They will either speed up to keep you from passing or they will not move over and let you by. Dont ever make the mistake of trying to pass them in the lane to the left of them. They will blow their car up before they let you get by. Its like a game with them.
Georgia drivers are used to driving on better roads than the SC drivers. They are usually "moving on" in the left lane and will still move over and let you pass if you so desire. Most Georgians are considerate drivers.
Another car to watch is the ones with NY state tags on them. They drive like they think that the Civil War is still going on. They want to drive reckless and fast. They drive like no one in the South at the time should be on the road besides them. Weve had so many move in and stay that the roads are over populated with them. You can tell if they have been down here any length of time and have bought a NC tag because they all have a I Luv NY sticker somewhere on their car.
Another driver that you can pretty well anticipate their actions are the cowboys driving the dual wheel pickups better know as doolies. Must be that Napoleon complex. They pretty much act like they are driving an 18 wheeler. The road is theirs. I have a lot of them flying by me in the mornings. They are about like the SC drivers. It is an insult for them to get passed. Watch out if they have a number 3 anywhere on their truck.
If you get behind a car running 80 one minute and 60 the next staying in the left lane the whole time, you have come upon a professional cell phone user. Be careful, their mind is wherever the call is coming from.
There is a lot more that I could mention, but I will stop with this for now.
Just having a little fun. Am I the only one that "traffic profiles"?
C. Oxford
GetawayCrafts.com
I'm not speaking of racial profiling but mostly state tag profiling or car profiling. Have you ever looked at a tag on a car and know how the driver will react to certain situations?
Weve get a lot of comuters from South Carolina coming into North Carolina to work and I have most of them figured out. If they are running 55 mph in the fast lane, they are determined that you are not going to pass. They will either speed up to keep you from passing or they will not move over and let you by. Dont ever make the mistake of trying to pass them in the lane to the left of them. They will blow their car up before they let you get by. Its like a game with them.
Georgia drivers are used to driving on better roads than the SC drivers. They are usually "moving on" in the left lane and will still move over and let you pass if you so desire. Most Georgians are considerate drivers.
Another car to watch is the ones with NY state tags on them. They drive like they think that the Civil War is still going on. They want to drive reckless and fast. They drive like no one in the South at the time should be on the road besides them. Weve had so many move in and stay that the roads are over populated with them. You can tell if they have been down here any length of time and have bought a NC tag because they all have a I Luv NY sticker somewhere on their car.
Another driver that you can pretty well anticipate their actions are the cowboys driving the dual wheel pickups better know as doolies. Must be that Napoleon complex. They pretty much act like they are driving an 18 wheeler. The road is theirs. I have a lot of them flying by me in the mornings. They are about like the SC drivers. It is an insult for them to get passed. Watch out if they have a number 3 anywhere on their truck.
If you get behind a car running 80 one minute and 60 the next staying in the left lane the whole time, you have come upon a professional cell phone user. Be careful, their mind is wherever the call is coming from.
There is a lot more that I could mention, but I will stop with this for now.
Just having a little fun. Am I the only one that "traffic profiles"?
C. Oxford
GetawayCrafts.com
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