11 Comments on Three years ago today

Snowflakes in Hell » Blog Archive » Congratulations on Fri, 26th Dec 2008 10:23 pm


[...] The Newbie Shooter is now officially southern. [...]

Cemetery's Gun Blob on Fri, 26th Dec 2008 11:11 pm


I don’t know.

Aren’t you officially Southern once you build your own smoke house out back?

Xrlq on Fri, 26th Dec 2008 11:54 pm


Hmm, trying to figure out whether I’m officially Southern myself or not. On the one hand, my three year anniversary is right around the corner. On the other, I got my gun safe at Costco, my wine at Trader Joe’s, and my ammo from … well … just about anywhere but Wal-Mart. And back on the original hand, I moved here not from the North but from Southern California, which ain’t the South but is nevertheless well south of the Triad.

George on Sat, 27th Dec 2008 8:22 am


I don’t know, Cemetery…isn’t that the 5-year anniversary?

I hear you re ammo, Xrlq. I read that entry when originally published, and as I general rule I don’t buy ammo at Wal-Mart. It was an impulse buy. And Costco didn’t have the safe I wanted.

Kahr40 on Sat, 27th Dec 2008 8:34 am


My ex-wife was from New Jersey. We use to joke she’d been down hers so long she was a naturalized southerner. We never did figure out at what defining point she stopped being a damn Yankee. Buying wine, ammo, and a gun safe work as well as other defining moment. Concrats.

Steve in TN on Sat, 27th Dec 2008 9:39 am


Welcome, Y’all.

You know, you ain’t truly southern unless you’ve had grits and chitlins… Preferably in the same meal. With buttermilk.

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farm.dad on Sat, 27th Dec 2008 3:04 pm


ROFLMAO Well good on ya is all i can say

Dod on Sat, 27th Dec 2008 4:59 pm


Just don’t let me catch you flying the stars and bars, rebel.

Shannon on Wed, 31st Dec 2008 12:01 am


I usually lurk and just enjoy reading, but thought I’d toss in my 2 cents on this one…

I was born in Georgia and raised in Alabama. My Mother use to joke, “You poor thing – you’re double southern.”

Having married a soldier many moons ago and left the deep south for duty stations across the country, my very southern family swears I’ve lost my southern accent. Apparently out here in the Midwest where we currently reside, I haven’t lost much of it. I’m asked at least a few times a month where I’m from lol.

Anyhow, welcome to being a southerner…y’all are definitely in great company. Having been on the other side of the Mason-Dixon line for so long, I can say without reservation that some of the best folks in the country are southerners and I’m damn proud of where I come from. No matter where I live, those I consider to be “my people” are southern. I guess you can take the gal out of the south, but you can never take the south out of the gal .

Hope you and your family have a great New Year!

Tom on Thu, 1st Jan 2009 11:44 pm


You are well on your way having gone to Wal-Mart! If you really want to nail it, before you make your next trip there, just tell a few people that you are “,strong.fixin’ to go to Wal-Mart. You’ll also be purchasing a truck soon. So people know you are not a poseur, be sure to back it into all parking spaces.

Just trying to be helpful!

damnum absque injuria » This Blog is Going South on Sat, 21st Feb 2009 8:37 am


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