November 8, 2006
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Southern Accent
I took that test yesterday (and posted it) and I think there was alot of thought behind that one. So many of the little tests are fun, but just lack something.
In a past life (it just seems that way since it was so long ago), I did alot of training. I was training others on some computer systems. I did alot of traveling and spent alot of time away from home. I've been in about every east coast state from Maine to Florida and from Minnesota down to Texas. I didn't get to spend much time in the West, but did get some time in Colorado and Wyoming (I loved it in Wyoming).
Anyway, with all that traveling, people would try to guess where I was from. Most of them said the southern states. I didn't think that my accent was that bad, if that's really bad. The closest anyone ever got was Virginia. When I told them West Virginia, it was like, "Western Virginia?" Geemyknee! I want all Stonewall Jackson on 'em and said, "That's West by God Virginia!" I was really surprised by some Americans of their lack of knowledge of the states. But sometimes that was fun.
If I had been a single man on those trips, I might have had several dates. I think some of the ladies liked the southern accent and the gentlemanly-like actions (like opening doors and saying "yes ma'am" and such. Or maybe they felt they would be "safe" with someone like that. I know, it was my "rugged" good looks. LoL! But anyway, I wasn't single and I wasn't looking for trouble ('cause my Hunni sure would have given me trouble when I got back home - you know she's broken my nose, split my lip and broken several of my fingers!).
Rugged good lucks, hehe, that's my way of putting that my looks have been known to make women go into menopause early and has stunted the growth of children. LoL!
Edit: It took some searching, but I stole this from Cliopatra! The test in the post before this one, I mean!
ArcheryI still like the archery and the bow hunting. And ElevenStones made me thing about the shoulder problems. With the shoulder problems I'm having, it hasn't affected the shooting too much. The position of holding the bow doesn't aggrevate my shoulder as long as I don't shoot alot in one day. With the hunting, I might not shoot for lots of days. Matter of fact, I haven't shot my bow hunting this season, only shot it keeping in practice and that may be 6 to 10 shots in a day.
The numbness in my fingers causes me not to grip my bow, but I don't grip my bow when shooting. If you're an archer, you probably don't grip your bow either since that can cause misalignment and bad groups. For carrying my bow around, I have a little sling that the string fits in to hang it around my shoulders. Neat, huh!
That means that I want to stay away from any surgery until after the frist of next year....so I can get the rest of deer season in. I'd like to harvest a big racked buck, but I haven't seen any so far this year. I've seen plenty of does, spikes, and a little basket buck. I know, "you can't eat the antlers" but I have a few wall hangers and it seems harder to find those, so I'm raising the difficulty level. And as I told one person, "antlers give you the big glory...more bragging rights!" Of course, in my opinion, anyone that gets a deer with a bow and arrow has already beat the odds. I think in this state last year, it was estimated that 1 out of every 25 bowhunters got a deer. That's 24 that never brought one home!
It's raining now, but this Friday and Saturday are supposed to be really nice, and have some unseasonably high temps. So I'll head back out to the woods this weekend and see what I can see. Those warm days make it easy to fall asleep in the tree stand (I always have on a safety harness and have never slipped).
The FogWalker gets ready for breakfast....the good cooks are here today....ummm.....
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My dad was really into archery - he was on archery leagues and went bow hunting every year (he never went rifle hunting). I took archery class in 10th grade and it was fun having my dad help me learn to hold the bow and learn to aim and shoot. You're right. No gripping allowed. I think I was using a 25-pound bow. We had a two bales of hay stacked in the back yard with a target. I never hit the target, but it was still a fun time with my dad I'll never forget.
I'll have to check out the whole angst thing.
I'll let you know what I find.
That test is pretty acurate. It said mine is from the West. This part was funny to me, "Your accent is the lowest common denominator of American speech. Unless you're a SoCal surfer, no one thinks you have an accent." My husband IS a SoCal surfer, but people have asked him what part of the South he's from his entire life. That's because his Mom grew up in WV! He moved to WV in his late 20's and raised a family with his first wife. After several years they moved back to SoCal but 2 of their kids had married, so they stayed in WV. So now I have step children & grandchildren from the same family with entirely opposite accents! There IS something about that Southern twang.
That was a funny story about the Canadian geese you once shared lunch with. I wonder if you'll be sharing any sandwiches this weekend with a deer?
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