Comments on: Signs of the times

By: al bundy

al bundy — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:22:45 +0000

i live around indianapolis, we have all of the chains and mom and pops. i eat waffle houses almost every sunday with my golfing buddies. yuppies all, and we are treated just like everyone else. my daughter however will not eat at waffle house and insists on bob evans or cracker barrel. my buddies and i know much better than she does. the waffle houses are better than the fancy ones and the mom and pops are being fazed out. when we can we will try a mom and pop since we do try out a lot of courses.

By: bud

bud — Fri, 02 May 2008 21:09:13 +0000

Bob L;

Watch out for when someone says, “It’s all yur’an.”

Probably not in Tennessee, though. I ran into that once in West-by-gawd-Virginee.

By: David Walton

David Walton — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:08:58 +0000

I love the South.

By: Shecky

Shecky — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:39:40 +0000

rjhend, it’s a bit prejudiced to assume that a chain restaurant serves only “Reconstituted glop and thawed entrees, trucked a thousand miles across country, heated up and plopped on a paper plate by some highschool kid who forgot to wash his hands”. The Waffle Houses I’ve known do this no more than the mom-and-pop greasy-spoon places I’ve loved.

Waffle House is pretty much a bare-bones diner with no pretentions to vanity – you just get grub, not cuisine. Homestyle cooking.

By: MySpace Codes

MySpace Codes — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:05:57 +0000

I didnt even know that Shoneys existed. And WATCH out for all those waffle houses!!! They can spell disaster!

By: Rod Smith

Rod Smith — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:03:23 +0000

The ‘best’ sign I have ever seen outside a business wasn’t in the South at all. Years ago I was driving through East St Louis on the way to Scott, AFB and passed a burger joint with a sign that read “Burgers 14 cents each – or 7 for a dollar.”

By: rjhend

rjhend — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:01:17 +0000

Sad that in all those pics there are only chain restaurants. Reconstituted glop and thawed entrees, trucked a thousand miles across country, heated up and plopped on a paper plate by some highschool kid who forgot to wash his hands, for your eating enjoyment. I avoid these ‘better living through chemicals’ places whenever I can. Give me a good ol’ mom and pop greasy spoon anyday over any of these sorry excuses for food.

By: kum dollison

kum dollison — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:23:02 +0000

So, I assume you have done a LOT of research on ethanol, and no. 2 Dent Field Corn, eh?

By: Ric Werme

Ric Werme — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:01:33 +0000

No Stuckey’s? In my few trips to the southeast I was always amazed by the number of billboards advertising the next one. Perhaps you weren’t quite far enough south.

By: Bob_L

Bob_L — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:57:03 +0000

Very interesting Steve,

I have relocated in the last 18 months from Metro Atlanta to Knoxville and that 200 mile move is huge. Gone is the agressive driving and traffic of I-285 and life runs a much slower pace. The number of small nuances and phrasing that vary around the country is facinating. My family agreed that we would have to “embrace our inner hillbilly” when we moved. The people here are fantastic though my 10 yo daughter still complains that her teacher calls the first president “George Warshington, and hearing someone say us’ans and yall’ans is still weird.

By: jeez

jeez — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:36:40 +0000

Steve S and Bob_L.

What’s the difference between and Californian and a New Yorker?

When a Californian says hello, he means F(*&^ you.

When a New Yorker says F(*&^ you, he means hello.

I’ve lived in California all my life. Californians in general are rude, stupid, and primarily oblivious to what goes on around them. If you want to say I’ve hoisted myself on my own petard, well I walked into that one.

By: mercurior

mercurior — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:06:59 +0000

As someone, who lives in the UK, $4 a gallon is nothing, its $10 a gallon in the UK, and only going up. 58% goes on tax, for petrol here.

I once saw a church with the words GOD is NOW HERE, ok.. unfortunatly the space between the now and hear was covered by a wooden frame.. so it became, god is nowhere.

By: SteveSadlov

SteveSadlov — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:55:43 +0000

RE: Bob_L (06:41:54) :

California was not always like that. I did not realize it growing up but know it now. During the CW, California was actually somewhat of a “border state” in that there was a mix of pro Union and pro Confederate folks. Outside of SF proper, prior to about the late 70s, most of the state, especially the central and southern areas, was sort of a Dixie west. I used to wear cowboy boots to elementary school and it was not considered out of place. You’d even see the odd stars and bars on bumpers or even flying. Well, now take a look at it. Warning – this may happen to your state too.

By: Gerald Ingle

Gerald Ingle — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:43:27 +0000

YeeHaw! Welcome to the south, Anthony…..home of Cracker Barrel, Waffle House, Shoney’s, smalltown churches, and badly-located temperature stations. Hopefully, only the latter will be changing…..

By: McGrats

McGrats — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:59:40 +0000

Richard Wright said : “I live in the Chicago area and have no choice but to buy gasoline mixed with Ethanol because it’s mandated. An added benefit is we also get to pay more for our special city blend. ”

If you live in the northern burbs, try the two Mobils at the intersection of Half Day Rd (Route 22) and Edens (Route 41). Neither uses Ethanol… as least not yet. But when they do, I’ll find someone else… I hope.

Jack Koenig, Editor
The Mysterious Climate Project
http://www.climateclinic.com