[SOC] Boite de Pandore

[W2AGN]

Well, I remember a neighbor I had when I lived in Mississippi. He honestly
had over 20 junk cars in his back yard. His mother lived in a trailer on his
property (she was 65 and looked 90, chewed tobacco). His kid cut school all
the time, but he didn't care. He actually said to me. "I only made it to the
4th grade, but I own all this (gesturing to the junk cars), and someday,
they'll all belong to my boy."

He was the poster boy for "Redneck."

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From: soc@mailman.qth.net
Date: Sunday, February 02, 2003 02:16:40 PM
To: soc@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [SOC] Boite de Pandore

Purely out of curiosity, where does the term 'redeck' orinigate? Or is it so
simple as to describe someone who spends most of the time outside in the hot
sun and gets burnt?

Curious,

Paul :-)

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From: "W2AGN" <w2agn@w2agn.net>
To: <soc@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 7:07 PM
Subject: Re: [SOC] Boite de Pandore


>
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: soc@mailman.qth.net
> Date: Sunday, February 02, 2003 01:50:42 PM
> To: soc@mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [SOC] Boite de Pandore
>
> >Ad hominem remarks add nothing to this discussion and show a lack of
> respect
> >or understanding for different cultures.
> My remarks were not directed at an individual, but at "rednecks" in
general.
> I had never thought of it as a different culture, but perhaps you are
> correct.
> >I own a firearm which is, since I
> >live in a small place, is within arm's reach now and when I am asleep.
> >It is, with two large dogs, not my first line of defense but I would
rather
> >be judged by 12 than carried by six.
> I really find this using "2 large dogs" as a line of defense ludicrous.
You
> are saying they are more mentally equipped deal with an intruder than you
> are? As a alarm, dogs are fine, as a "defense" they are worthless. I would
> not want my life to depend on one who could be bribed with a nice large
> ribeye or T-bone.
>
> >But I still prefer to sleep with both
> >a Ham rig and firearm within arm's lenght.
> Great, until you pick up the firearm, put it to your mouth to call CQ, and
> mistake the trigger for the PTT switch. Or try to shoot that 6'4" mean
> intruder with a rubber ducky.
> >But I only carry a Ham rig in
> >public.
>
> Why in public? Good for picking up chicks?
>
> >And in an emergency my rigs are more of important concern to me
> >than my fiirearm with my two dogs and two cats more important than any
> >inantimate objects
> That's the one thing that you said that makes sense.
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