Residents of CT are getting a tax shock today

[Bi11Hudson]

We're drifting way off course, myself included, of the original post. But these last few posts reminded me of a "situation" I had to deal with some time back. (30+ yrs) As is well known, Alabama is slower than most of the country. Birmingham is not so much, but is still generally "behind the times" in many respects. This is well known to people from outside or that have traveled widely. (Me in both respects) In the late '80s, I had just returned from overseas (Pacific Rim) and had this associate that was from Vincennes, Indiana. His general attitude was that if we didn't do things the way they were done in Vincennes we were just doing them wrong. Period, no culterial adjustments, nothing, we were just wrong.

As a rule, I do not partake of alcohol. Not a "Teetotaler", I just don't like the taste of most booze, nor do I like what it does to me. There arose a time when Mr Vincennes was looking for a club remote from town but within the county to attend with a "new" date. I sent him to a club just inside the county line from a "dry" county where all the "good ole boys" from the dry county came to get loaded. It was a drunks paradise and a strip bar where when you entered you were asked if you had a weapon. If the answer was in the negative, one was issued to you while there. It certainly wouldn't rate the term tavern, or even a dive. Mr Vincennes wouldn't speak to me after, much to my relief. He relocated to a different area.

That is the sort of situation found in any "closed" community. I think my solution was most appropriate for the time and place. Perhaps it would work with city folks coming to Montana. . .

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[Ischgl99]

If you haven't already, come visit. Check with a lawyer first .

My wife got a kick out of that comment! Montana is one of the few states I haven’t visited yet, with or without the lawyer, I think I will come for a visit soon

 

[Ischgl99]

We're drifting way off course, myself included, of the original post.

No problem with that on my threads, that usually makes them more interesting!

I’ve been looking at your profile picture for a while thinking you look familiar, and recall you mentioning you are an electrician. I worked with an electrician that was from Alabama on a project in NJ at Passaic Valley wastewater plant in 2001, was that by chance you?

 

[Gnpenning]

My wife got a kick out of that comment! Montana is one of the few states I haven’t visited yet, with or without the lawyer, I think I will come for a visit soon

The Going to the Sun road in Glacier national Park is opening soon. While you need reservations there are a couple work arounds. Lmk if you are coming to this part of the state.

Glad your wife has a sense of humor. Makes life easier.

 

[mmcmdl]

Funny part is there are some rural parts of NY that he wouldn't fit in either.

I'm in one . We keep people out with these !

 

[Ischgl99]

The Going to the Sun road in Glacier national Park is opening soon. While you need reservations there are a couple work arounds. Lmk if you are coming to this part of the state.

Glad your wife has a sense of humor. Makes life easier.

Yes, definitely makes life easier with a wife with a good sense of humor. I will let you know when I make it out that way, Glacier is at the top of my list to visit.

 

[Bi11Hudson]

No problem with that on my threads, that usually makes them more interesting!

I’ve been looking at your profile picture for a while thinking you look familiar, and recall you mentioning you are an electrician. I worked with an electrician that was from Alabama on a project in NJ at Passaic Valley wastewater plant in 2001, was that by chance you?

Afraid it wasn't me. I visited New Jersey when I was in school in New York in '68 and '69. Haven't been back since. Don't like it, it snows there. In 2001 I was a "wage rate foreman" in a steel mill in Alabama. So much time at work I didn't even leave the county. I have been told that if we share the surname, we are related. But that gets into geneology and is a deep subject I don't usually pursue.

As far as a thread "drifting", it often is amusing, as stated. This one had some political overtones which are taboo. I usually stay away from any such, this one showed up differences from state to state so was worth following until we all get sandblasted.

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