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   Yukoner said, 3 months ago

   I bet he’s in a state about the state of his state.

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   Johanan Rakkav said, 3 months ago

   And is stating his state about the state of his state in a statement, before he’s stateless.

   (Update: I used to live in Northern California for 14 years, and about 7 years in Southern California before that.)

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   GrinsToYa said, 3 months ago

   I’m in no state to be put into a state of not wanting to hear about a states state.

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   Richard said, 3 months ago

   Here on the left coast it long ago ceased to be a joke.

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   CogentModality said, 3 months ago

   Here on the southeast coast, your coast has always been a joke.

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   FishStix said, 3 months ago

   I’ve lived in The People’s Republic of California for 65 years - and it’s certainly a joke - but not a funny joke! Oh to live in a southern state, but Wifey isn’t budging.

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   Dry said, 3 months ago

   Or PA. Rendell got his paycheck, though!

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   fritzoid said, 3 months ago

   OldHipster, I could have sworn you were planning to move to Montana…

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   BC13 said, 3 months ago

   I moved to Texas from the great white north about 7 years ago. I have no regrets…and I don’t miss the 6 months of white stuff.

   A

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    aerwalt said, 3 months ago

    South sounds good, too bad we can’t stand very hot weather.

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    Rmom said, 3 months ago

    Hear about the woman who sold t-shirts to the state of California, and got an IOU? Then they insisted she pay sales tax on those shirts. So she took one of their IOUs and sent it as payment for the sales tax. They won’t take their own IOU’s!!! (And neither will the banks.)

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    AKHenderson said, 3 months ago

    Do crunkbot and OldHipster realize it’s not 1962 any more?

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    Ushindi said, 3 months ago

    One thing I definitely remember about driving through Texas (and before the indignation starts, this was years ago, and I believe the laws have been changed) was you could legally drive while drinking. There was no law against having a beer as you were zipping down the road, as long as you didn’t get drunk. DRUNK driving was still a crime. There were drive-in bars - you pulled up, sat in your car, ordered whatever, and drank. As I remember, a number of the gulf states were this way - you could drive for a thousand mile sipping some suds. Obviously, this would not play today.

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    whmIII said, 3 months ago

    I live in California….everything they say is true…and then some!

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    FishStix said, 3 months ago

    I’m amazed by the prejudice and ignorance of those who blow hot air about the south’s supposed prejudice and ignorance. It is a beautiful, friendly place to visit. I never got to live there, but I would in a heartbeat if Wifey wasn’t so rooted here in California.

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    crunkbot said, 3 months ago

    AKHenderson & FishStix

    I’m also amazed by the prejudice and ignorance that still exists in shocking amounts here in the deep south WHERE I HAVE LIVED MY WHOLE LIFE.

    I’m not saying there aren’t lots of lovely and thoughtful people here, but in the aggressively rural parts which are by far the majority in area and aggregate population, it’s not 1962… it’s still 1957.

    I live it. I fight it.

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    fritzoid said, 3 months ago

    If they’re still romanticizing the Great Southern Treason of the 1860’s, flying the Dixie Swastika, and glorifying those who took arms against their own country, then I’ve got no use for ‘em.

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    pbarnrob said, 3 months ago

    I’m wondering if we’ll ever get back to ‘real’ unemployment figures. Under Reagan (not as Gov., but as Prez) the Labor Dept. stopped counting anybody still out after 6 months (which is when U.Ins. runs out). I’ve been out (outside of a month here, two months there) 4-1/2 years now, and we’ve found ways to keep it together. SS sure helps. Medicare next year, unless they screw it up with this halfway bill. Let’s have Medicare for all!