From: masonco_911@charter.net   
      
   I realize that the post was before the mine incident and my original post   
   was not directed toward Helen thinking she was insensitive about that   
   particular event. I have never in my bluegrass tenure heard any other   
   bluegrasser try to take that approach about a culture and a group of people,   
   in order to make a "funny". West Virginia is rich in bluegrass. The   
   contributions of West Virginians to bluegrass cannot be measured. Having   
   said that, I would also like to retract my statements posted earlier and   
   say,"As person very proud of my roots, the people and culture, I can tell   
   you we are more than what the original post  suggest".   
      
   Come visit us. Summerville and many more great bluegrass events take place   
   in our great state each year. And before I forget, "GO ERRRRRS............"   
   2005 Sugar Bowl Champs.   
      
   Happy in WV   
   Chuck   
   "kateh"  wrote in message   
   news:ZTRuf.86$5D3.58@fe07.lga...   
   > Chuck, Helen posted this before most of us had heard about the miners.  It   
   > made me smile after a rough and rocky holiday when I'd lost a dear family   
   > member of my own....and I thank her for that.  For the record I've got   
   > some pretty serious WVA roots, myself....including a couple of miners.   
   > KateH   
   >   
   > "sf"  wrote in message   
   > news:lDRuf.83$5D3.14@fe07.lga...   
   >> Helen I certainly hope your post was for entertainment only. If that is   
   >> the case then you missed your mark. Also, you did not indicate if you was   
   >> from West Virginia or another state. No matter where you live, you should   
   >> understand this group is Bluegrass related. Your attempt to draw   
   >> attention to yourself is unforgiving. At this time West Virginia is in   
   >> the nations spot light with regard to the mine tragedy. Nobody in their   
   >> right mind would think of enjoy jokes about a state that suffering losses   
   >> as great as ours. I will close in saying that you are "one sick   
   >> individual".   
   >>   
   >> Chuck   
   >> From West Virginia and Proud of it..................   
   >> "Helen" <@abuse.roman.gov> wrote in message   
   >> news:ZAStf.29482$dZ1.28925@bignews2.bellsouth.net...   
   >>> Things I've learned about West Virginia   
   >>>   
   >>> Possums sleep in the middle of the road with their feet in the air.   
   >>>   
   >>> There are 5,000 types of snakes, and 4,998 live in West Virginia.   
   >>>   
   >>> There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in West Virginia,   
   >>> plus a couple that nobody   
   >>> has seen before.   
   >>>   
   >>> Squirrels will eat anything.   
   >>>   
   >>> Unknown critters love to dig holes under tomato plants.   
   >>>   
   >>> Raccoons will test your crop of melons and let you know when they are   
   >>> ripe.   
   >>>   
   >>> If it grows, it sticks; if it crawls, it bites.   
   >>>   
   >>> A tractor is NOT an all-terrain vehicle. They do get stuck.   
   >>>   
   >>> Onced and Twiced are words.   
   >>>   
   >>> It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy.   
   >>>   
   >>> Fire ants consider your flesh as a picnic.   
   >>>   
   >>> People actually grow and eat okra.   
   >>>   
   >>> "Fixinto" is one word.   
   >>>   
   >>> There ain't no such thing as "lunch." There's "dinner" and then there's   
   >>> "supper."   
   >>>   
   >>> Sweet tea is appropriate for all meals, and you start drinking it when   
   >>> you're two.   
   >>>   
   >>> "Backards and forwards" means, "I know everything about you."   
   >>>   
   >>> "Jeet?" is actually a phrase meaning "Did you eat?"   
   >>>   
   >>> You don't have to wear a watch because it doesn't matter what time it   
   >>> is, you work until you're   
   >>> done or it's too dark to see.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> More about West Virginia....   
   >>>   
   >>> You know you're from West Virginia if...   
   >>>   
   >>> 1. You measure distance in minutes   
   >>>   
   >>> 2. You've ever had to switch from heat to air conditioning in the same   
   >>> day.   
   >>>   
   >>> 3. You see a car running in a store parking lot with no one in it no   
   >>> matter what time of the   
   >>> year.   
   >>>   
   >>> 4. You use "fix" as a verb. Example: I am fixing to go to the store.   
   >>>   
   >>> 5. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit,   
   >>> vegetable, grain, insect or   
   >>> animal.   
   >>>   
   >>> 6. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both   
   >>> unlocked.   
   >>>   
   >>> 7. You carry jumper cables in your car...for your OWN car.   
   >>>   
   >>> 8. You know what "cow tipping" is.   
   >>>   
   >>> 9. You only own four spices: salt, pepper, Texas Pete and catsup.   
   >>>   
   >>> 10. The local papers cover national and international news on one page   
   >>> and six pages for local   
   >>> gossip and sports.   
   >>>   
   >>> 11. You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.   
   >>> ( we had the whole week   
   >>> off)   
   >>>   
   >>> 12. You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit "a little warm."   
   >>>   
   >>> 13 Going to WalMart is a favorite past time known as "Goin' wal-martin"   
   >>> or "Off to Wally   
   >>> World'."   
   >>>   
   >>> 14 You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good   
   >>> pinto-bean weather.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> --   
   >>> It has always been the policy of the   
   >>> advocates of error, when unable to   
   >>> sustain themselves by sophistry, specious   
   >>> reasoning and false logic, to stigmatize   
   >>> the advocates of truth.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>   
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