When I was at the University of Tennessee, Knox County was "dry," that is, no
whiskey for sale legally. But the father of one of my fraternity brothers was
the county's best-known bootlegger. The practice was so open that they actually
ran newspaper advertisements, and his father had two places with drive-up and
take-away windows in the back. The cops didn't care; they were patrons too.
Anyway, the point of all this is, he'd regularly pay a couple of us to make a
run to either Nashville, over the Cumberland Mountains, or to Asheville, over
the Smokies, to get a trunk full of booze. ($100 a run, and a dollar was worth
a lot more in 1960 than it is today.) But the most irritating thing was
hauling ass through the mountains, which I was good at, having grown up and
driven in them since I was about 13, and coming up behind some flatlander,
usually with a Florida tag, who was scared of ups and downs and curves and just
crept along. Caused me almost to resort to gunfire a couple of times.
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Scott Peden" <scotpeden@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> HAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!! Sounds like the directions I give up here in the Santa
> Cruz Mountains..... Turn right at the stop sign and keep on till night, then
> buddy your on your own.
>
> I tell other locals to not confuse the tourists, they might see a house they
> want to buy then well have to wait a year until they have learned how to
> drive the mountain roads though they may always think that "turn out" means
> go vote. Speaking of non understanding of the English language......
>
> Scott
> Tourists, can't live with them, can't live without them.
> <My Grandmother who had a resort in Northern Minnesota>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 6:46 AM
> Subject: [OM] Re: Loving Video Now dialects
>
>
> > Well, of course you couldn't translate directions in Massachusetts into
> > written road signs. But the dialect wouldn't matter since Massachusetts
> > doesn't have any road signs! I was able to get out and get to New York
> > because I've memorized the route. In case the redcoats come back
> > they'll be confused and won't be able to find their way around. It also
> > discourages carpet baggers and other undesirables.
> >
> > Chuck Norcutt
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