That Itch You Can't Rant About (The Rant Thread)

[SAT 9,609]

12 minutes ago, N-o-l-a said:

 

 

You choose to live there.

 

 

 

Well I started my career here my dear madam Trophía....

 

The hood was awesome until these 1 billion fooks moved in.

Even at the time I rebuilt this house, the hood was great, that's why I invested the money into rebuilding vs moving. 

 

Whydaya think I'm looking to move now. I hate this hood, this city, this state. And everything it stands for. I'm not giving this state another dime to hand out to everyone that I hate. 

 

In the next few years, I'm packing up my operation, or putting it on the block, and moving! And btw, if you do a little googling, NY is bleeding middle, and upper middle class people. 

 

The original destination was NJ. But now I have to reassess that whole idea. Because NJ may very well be worse. It just got rated the least patriotic state in America, NY is #49, and of course, California is #48. 

[SAT 9,609]

NH is #1, in case you're wondering...

[N-o-l-a 7,167]

7 minutes ago, SAT said:

NH is #1, in case you're wondering...

 

And NH is not a great place to live. I had considered moving there, have lived there, my brothers live there, and I had reconsidered moving there again recently.  It was still a no.  

 

I see Minnesota is #10.

[Russ&Caro 1,549]

Patriotism? Hmm, never would have thought that could be a metric for living.

[cdneh 3,112]

41 minutes ago, SAT said:

NH is #1, in case you're wondering...

I hate to think where we score.

Himself lived in NH, that's where the 50th reunion will be later this year. He says it's ok, at least  it was then.

[SAT 9,609]

13 minutes ago, Russ&Caro said:

Patriotism? Hmm, never would have thought that could be a metric for living.

 

For me, a US Marine, I want to be around neighbors with the same general values. 

Most people on my block have the same ideology, it makes it a little better. 

[SAT 9,609]

6 minutes ago, cdneh said:

I hate to think where we score.

Himself lived in NH, that's where the 50th reunion will be later this year. He says it's ok, at least  it was then.

 

Here's the listing. I don't know how they figure it out. But I'm a conservative person, and I want to live in at least a conservative county. Most counties in NY are actually conservative, as is NJ. 

 

http://wallethub.com/edu/most-patriotic-states/13680/

[SAT 9,609]

<gasp> maybe I'm a...white supremacist...

[SAT 9,609]

I just read it in depth, it's pretty good...

[N-o-l-a 7,167]

16 minutes ago, SAT said:

 

Here's the listing. I don't know how they figure it out. But I'm a conservative person, and I want to live in at least a conservative county. Most counties in NY are actually conservative, as is NJ. 

 

http://wallethub.com/edu/most-patriotic-states/13680/

 

The thing is, except for maybe the NE, conservative is going to mean some other things too.  There is a certain portion of people who are going to lump that in with racism, homophobia, and religious bigotry. I know that is a problem in rural Minnesota.  The racism that is dropped in casual conversation here is endemic.  Not that it wasn't an issue where I grew up in New York too.

Edited June 26, 2019 by N-o-l-a

[cdneh 3,112]

I wonder that as well. Makes me think of the Mass Observation project, during the second world war, trying to quantify "morale". Is it high? Low? Where does it come from?  If you haven't high 'morale', how cab you improve it?   But with self selecting observers, mostly educated and middle class, it wasn't really a true representation I don't think, of a scientifically balanced cross section of the British society at the time. Not really representative than say a  public poll would have been. 

[SAT 9,609]

That survey brings up good questions. 

I'm American, not a global citizen. 

My children are American. 

 

I don't go protest police brutality, because to me, it's not. 

I'm a law abiding citizen who is former law enforcement, and I know what it takes to do the job. 

 

I don't believe in any of this BS that is broadcasted, because I experienced it. 

I don't talk about it, because we don't talk about that stuff here. 

 

I could go on and on. 

And in the end, I'm just a straight-walking hard working proud conservative American veteran trying to raise a family. And I don't give a #### what I get labeled by whoever. 

 

That's who I am. 

 

[Ontarkie 14,227]

45 minutes ago, cdneh said:

I hate to think where we score.

Himself lived in NH, that's where the 50th reunion will be later this year. He says it's ok, at least  it was then.

I'm afraid to look. 

 

 

 

[TBoneTX 45,309]

14 hours ago, N-o-l-a said:

This upcoming year is going to be the oldest one's last before she heads over to the high school. She was Many' tall as of yesterday.

And has ox-like strength via osmosis, probably Nola-B. ma'am.

[TBoneTX 45,309]

7 hours ago, theresaL said:

Hey there's $ in scrap metal.

Hey there's $ in pre-owned toilet seats, also TL ma'am.

7 hours ago, theresaL said:

The Frenchie recycles aluminum cans and bottles. He worked out a deal with a local bar downtown to save all their empties and once a week he goes and collects them.

Smart Frenchie!  Smart, SMART Frenchie!

Marry-welling TL ma'am!  Marry-welling, MARRY-WELLING TL ma'am!

7 hours ago, theresaL said:

It's usually around Many-Many large trash bags full each week which comes in around $Many every month in free pocket money.

Bad P-math-impaired TL ma'am!  Bad, BAD P-math-impaired, P-MATH-IMPAIRED TL ma'am!

7 hours ago, theresaL said:

We almost T-boned

Excuse us, huh TL ma'am?