k sideways at folks who
(in their admittedly bigoted opinion) don't belong.
Don Snook
-Original Message-
From: Curt Raymond [mailto:curtlud...@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 7, 2018 2:05 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Mississippi
Ahh the "good o
Ok, thanks. As a trained scientist, I am always skeptical, so I will
check Snopes later on.
On Jun 7, 2018 4:22 PM, "Dwight Giles" wrote:
> No Andrew,
> All too common & true.
>
> Dwight Giles Jr.
> Wickford RI
>
>
> On Jun 7, 2018 3:27 PM, "Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes" <
>
No Andrew,
All too common & true.
Dwight Giles Jr.
Wickford RI
On Jun 7, 2018 3:27 PM, "Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes" <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
However entertaining a tale, I suspect that to be an urban myth.
On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 3:05 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
However entertaining a tale, I suspect that to be an urban myth.
On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 3:05 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Ahh the "good old days"
>
> -Curt
>
> On Thursday, June 7, 2018, 2:55:07 PM EDT, Meade Dillon via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Ahh the "good old days"
-Curt
On Thursday, June 7, 2018, 2:55:07 PM EDT, Meade Dillon via Mercedes
wrote:
When I was young and living in WI, I was told two stories that I'll never
forget.
One of my grade school teachers, a WI native, who had been a medic /
ambulance driver in the
When I was young and living in WI, I was told two stories that I'll never
forget.
One of my grade school teachers, a WI native, who had been a medic /
ambulance driver in the Korean war, was touring around the country at one
point (I think in late 50's or early 60's) in an old decrepit Ford
Do you have one? My brother just bought a 1976 Eldorado Convertible. It is
GREEN and has 45,000 miles.
Don Snook
-Original Message-
From: Floyd Thursby [mailto:buggeredbenzm...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 7, 2018 12:54 PM
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT
WRONG! That's my 76 Eldo convertible
--F
On 6/7/18 1:31 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:
But whoever drives a pre-2000 Mercedes diesel is Salt of the Earth and a
True Homie, regardless of skin color, ethnicity (or lack thereof), age,
cultural background, or political persuasion.
But whoever drives a pre-2000 Mercedes diesel is Salt of the Earth and a
True Homie, regardless of skin color, ethnicity (or lack thereof), age,
cultural background, or political persuasion.
On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 12:44 PM, Dan--- via Mercedes
wrote:
> I would say that the issues I saw in MS
I would say that the issues I saw in MS were racism, truly the black vs. white
thing. The Boston situation sounds far more like a cultural thing than racism.
I’ve seen the cultural thing play out in places like South Florida, where the
Cubans have been displaced by the Haitians, the Haitians
What I think still exists is the Old Yankee upper class/crust, which of
course is WHITE, Protestant & Anglo. And then there is HAHVAHD.
Dwight Giles Jr.
Wickford RI
On Jun 7, 2018 12:10 PM, "Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes" <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Yes they were. I hope things have
--R wrote:
> Musings...
WOW - a summary treatise for a tome about culture in america.
The story that set my interest to MS years ago featured the MS river
edge where it was too thick/impassable to traverse to the river until
a utility company carved the path. Culture seemed to be mentioned in
Yes they were. I hope things have improved. It has been 19 years since I lived
there so I guess that provides a blip in the long history of the area.
I recall a drive through Mississippi years ago seeing a beat up old pickup
driven by what could only be described as a PhD nuclear physicist, or
I think things have changed a lot since Floyd lived there. I have worked
there the past
16 years. Certainly the Louise Hicks anti-busing days were very nasty.
Dwight Giles Jr.
Wickford RI
On Jun 7, 2018 11:38 AM, "Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes" <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> I'm not going
I'm not going to cast aspersions but that has NOT been my experience
visiting the Boston area on numerous occasions over the past 5 years.
On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 11:25 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Interestingly enough, I found the most racist/ethnicist place I
Interestingly enough, I found the most racist/ethnicist place I have
ever lived to be liberal Massachusetts. The "race" aspect was sorta
secondary to the ethnic aspect, kinda as in you don't look like me, you
aren't like me, your family did not come from the same place as mine,
you're a
Mountain Man wrote:
"That is what I want - nice country area, no racism, but "boys" that are people
to be with, that are people to teach how life is. Life is more than what the
city stifles us to be. Does anyone know if this is possible? - or is this a
mere city slicker dream?"
I'm not
-D wrote:
> Yeah, one of the things that really put us off of Jackson was how racist it
> was. Not even the slightest effort to conceal it, either. My potential
> business partner had two “boys” (his words) that kept the shop clean and ran
> parts. This is how he referred to them in forum.
Yeah, one of the things that really put us off of Jackson was how racist it
was. Not even the slightest effort to conceal it, either. My potential
business partner had two “boys” (his words) that kept the shop clean and ran
parts. This is how he referred to them in forum. Yikes!
And that was
My father lives there. He has lived there for 30 years and loves it. But, he
lives on the Coast. I lived there for a while and there are a lot of great
things about the south. There are also some negative things. North
Mississippi in the old Cotton areas is still pretty backwards. It is
There are a great many African-American people in that area, if that’s what
you’re alluding to. However, the races are pretty evenly divided as I recall,
so if you’re worried about “sticking out” I don’t see that as a problem.
I had an offer to become a principal in a very profitable business
That's not an ethnicity - it's a privilege.
On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 5:06 PM, Dwight Giles wrote:
> I was told once in East TN that I was the wrong ethnicity... Yankee
>
> Dwight Giles Jr.
> Wickford RI
>
> On Jun 6, 2018 4:57 PM, "Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes" <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com>
I was told once in East TN that I was the wrong ethnicity... Yankee
Dwight Giles Jr.
Wickford RI
On Jun 6, 2018 4:57 PM, "Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes" <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> What's wrong with your ethnicity? Too ethnic? Not ethnic enough?
>
> On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 4:20 PM,
What's wrong with your ethnicity? Too ethnic? Not ethnic enough?
On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 4:20 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> I know the Jackson area, which I would consider mid state.
>
> Why?
>
> -D
>
>
> > On Jun 6, 2018, at 4:17 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes <
I know the Jackson area, which I would consider mid state.
Why?
-D
> On Jun 6, 2018, at 4:17 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Does anyone have ideas about Mississippi? Somehow mid-state seems
> fascinating to me. I am probably wrong ethnicity?
> Thanks
> mao
>
>
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