Posted by IsoM on February 3, 2003, at 13:59:52
In reply to Re: The meaning has changed » shar, posted by Ritch on February 3, 2003, at 13:42:02
Ah, Mitch, I love your view of life. And what's wrong with those huge spools? A little work on them & they make wonderful low coffee tables or sitting-around-eating-sushi type tables. I hate to see all that wood wasted. I'm the stereotypical "don't throw that out - I'll find a use for it" person. If no use of it's made in a year, then I get strict with myself & throw it out or pass it to the next person who'll find a use for it. I like the eclectic look & believe it or not, it's very tasteful when I'm finished with it.
I *LOATHE* country & western music. Maybe that's why I never knew any rednecks. But I love the old Marty Robbins songs like Cool Water & El Paso. I was around 9-11 when they came out & my parents listened to them on their old vacuum tube radio. I'm not what you'd ever classify as a redneck, but I was 12 before we had a flush toilet. It was the old outhouse in the back. I just grew up very, very poor. I couldn't wait to be old/tall enough to haul water out of the well like my older brothers, but my father put a old fashioned pump in the kitchen sink before I got tall enough for that. But I sure did my share of chopping wood for the cook stove. It must've been hell for my Mom back then - canning winter supplies in the heat of summer over a wood cook stove. But I had the happiest childhood memories (minus my very harsh father).
P.S. Ever heard of the Leningrad Cowboys? I saw a documentary/entertainment show on them once. They're Scandinavian guys who spoke no English & played old rock & country songs & polkas. They had the most exaggerated pompadour hairstyles I'd ever seen. They're hilarious. Sort of a mostly unknown cult status in North America. They've gotten a little flashier & added a couple women to the band but they're still very funny & entertaining.
Here's a link to the band members (just in case you're crazy enough to check them out)!
http://www.leningradcowboys.fi/frameset_band.html
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