"Adam C. Lipscomb" wrote:
> 
> Jeffrey Miller wrote:
> > There's a good reason why I don't live down there - its.. well, I have
> > strong feelings about life down there, and I've very little good to say
> > about the south.
> >
> > Yes, I've lived there - and no, there ain't much outside a few beacons
> > of civilization and culture scattered around.. and when you're there,
> > there's a wonderful siege mentallity that people have being surrounded
> > by.. well, there I go again - Mr Hyperbole. :/
> 
> Well, I can say we're well rid of you, then.  I've lived in the South all my
> life, and I doubt it's any more or less lacking in culture than any other
> region in the US.  Yes, there are uneducated folks down here.  So what?
> There are also universities, art museums, theatres, and gourmet restaurants.

Yup - and some of the best in the country, too.. its the brutal nature
of the surrounding environs that I take issue with.

Oh yeah, and the heat.  My people are cold weather folks - we're made
for cold, wet seasons, not year-round heat.  Dont even get me started on
the giant bugs.. ;)

> So, with all due respect, go soak your head.  Snotty yankee.  ;-)

*grin*  as long as you say it with a smile - its when the "snotty
yankee" comment is followed by an uppercut and a couple kicks to the
ribs that it bugs me. :(

-jeffrey "what do you mean its not broken? it HURTS, Doc!" miller-

-- 
"O! for a Muse of fire, that would ascend, 
The brightest heaven of invention!"

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