Southern States Of America?

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Neesy

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stevegane

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The recoil isn't as bad as you might think it would be. It has a kick but I was expecting it to jump out of my hand, so I had a two handed death grip the first time I shot one. I put about four magazines thru the weapon. About $60.00 worth of ammo in about five or ten minutes....lol I did feel it in my wrists the next morning, especially my right wrist (right handed), it was somewhat sore. Fun as hell to shoot. 7 rounds per mag of .325 grain ammo. I took great pleasure in knowing I was shooting a round that used to be used to fire at aircraft...lol not the actual round, the .50 pistol round is shorter but it's still a .50:)

I so envy you. The gun laws in The UK are so tight it is almost impossible to own a pistol. I Live in Italy now and you can own a shot gun but not much else. I do miss shooting...
 

stevegane

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Y'all - tonight for dinner - fried (and then slathered with BBQ sauce) chicken thighs AND homemade cole slaw (well, I bought the pre-shredded slaw mix, but the dressing is my own), mash potatoes and gravy, and sweet tea (house wine of the south).

There's lots of southerners on this board - staro's right about the writing, I think. Oxford MS is literary paradise. Faulkner, Tennessee Williams, Capote, Flannery O'Connor, Eudora Welty, Carson McCullers, Fannie Flagg, Harper Lee - I could elaborate on this forever.

We swelter in the summer - bare legs and open-toed shoes from March - October - we think is insufferable 30 F in the winter. We're all great bar dancers - Sunny can even cut a rug to Sweet Home Alabama. I think we use terms of endearment blackberries than many other cultures: honey, baby, darlin ', luv, sweetheart, precious. Honey BooBoo Gives us a bad wrap. I do not know if you can find a better tomato in the world than what we get here in July. And please for the love of God, do not put your tomatoes in the fridge.

Memphis is my town. This guy
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.made His home (though he was from Tupelo).

I love living in the south.

The best tomatoes I have eaten and Italian, as you say it's a sin to keep them in the fridge... Do they line dance much in the south? there are quite a few line dancers in Italy...
 

blunthead

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The best tomatoes I have eaten and Italian, as you say it's a sin to keep them in the fridge... Do they line dance much in the south? there are quite a few line dancers in Italy...
No, the tomatoes here just sit there. =D I don't know how popular line dancing is and where, but I know they do it in and around Atlanta Georgia. My niece does it or used to.
 

ghost19

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I so envy you. The gun laws in The UK are so tight it is almost impossible to own a pistol. I Live in Italy now and you can own a shot gun but not much else. I do miss shooting...
Italy, home of the Beretta Firearms Company. I've owned a Beretta 92FS 9mm since about 1992. I have to say, truly a magnificent handgun in all respects. Have a good week sir.
 

Sundrop

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Y'all - tonight for dinner - fried (and then slathered with BBQ sauce) chicken thighs AND homemade cole slaw (well, I bought the pre-shredded slaw mix, but the dressing is my own), mash potatoes and gravy, and sweet tea (house wine of the south).

There's lots of southerners on this board - staro's right about the writing, I think. Oxford MS is literary paradise. Faulkner, Tennessee Williams, Capote, Flannery O'Connor, Eudora Welty, Carson McCullers, Fannie Flagg, Harper Lee - I could elaborate on this forever.

We swelter in the summer - bare legs and open toed shoes from March - October - we think 30 F is insufferable in the winter. We're all great bar dancers - Sunny can even cut a rug to Sweet Home Alabama. I think we use more terms of endearment than many other cultures: honey, baby, darlin', luv, sweetheart, precious. Honey BooBoo gives us a bad wrap. I don't know if you can find a better tomato in the world than what we get here in July. And please for the love of God, don't put your tomatoes in the fridge.

Memphis is my town. This guy
4dce0bfdd490af07c4fae0c277855253.jpg
.made it his home (though he was from Tupelo).

I love living in the south.

There's nothing like a tomato sandwich and a tall glass of sweet iced tea in the summer.
 

Walter Oobleck

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One thing that struck me as hilarious during my sojourn in the south was listening to grown men talk about their daddy. Whose your daddy? My daddy told me it's better than snuff an not half as dusty. Oh, my daddy now, he'd tell you right quick he would. Imagine a bunch of grown men standing around in their cowboy boots, blue jeans...they're faded they don't wear them no more...fingertips in pockets...every one of them chewing and spitting. Ball caps all around. Piiittttooo! My daddy
used to say if it don't take the first go round it might not, ever. I'd be standing there with them...sneakers...faded jeans with holes in them...big grin...knee-slapping when one let on about their daddy.
 

Out of Order

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One thing that struck me as hilarious during my sojourn in the south was listening to grown men talk about their daddy. Whose your daddy? My daddy told me it's better than snuff an not half as dusty. Oh, my daddy now, he'd tell you right quick he would. Imagine a bunch of grown men standing around in their cowboy boots, blue jeans...they're faded they don't wear them no more...fingertips in pockets...every one of them chewing and spitting. Ball caps all around. Piiittttooo! My daddy
used to say if it don't take the first go round it might not, ever. I'd be standing there with them...sneakers...faded jeans with holes in them...big grin...knee-slapping when one let on about their daddy.

Don't you mean Paw? :D