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[TerryP]

95% of Alabama coronavirus deaths among people with underlying conditions

A look at Alabama's coronavirus data.

www.al.com

 

[BamaFan334]

@BamaBoyJosh

I had no clue he was an Alabama fan.

 

[planomateo]

I don't really consider Texas the south @TerryP

When people ask me where I'm from I always say " Alabama, but live in Texas".

Not sure Montana is Yankee, Missoula is definitely liberal.

 

[TerryP]

@planomateo you're an antisnowbirdite now, Matt. Yankee.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

I don't really consider Texas the south @TerryP

When people ask me where I'm from I always say " Alabama, but live in Texas".

Not sure Montana is Yankee, Missoula is definitely liberal.

My wife gets a kick out of me always saying, "...but I'm originally from Alabama." She said no one else does that, but a few months ago she had an architect for Chick-fil-A who was looking to revamp one of her stores and gave the exact same line. Found out he grew up about ten miles from me.

There are yankees everywhere, and there are good ole boys everywhere. When I was hiking the Maine portion of the Appalachian Trail, I ended up spending two consecutive nights in the small town of Andover. It had a quirky feel to it, but I think if I'd spent one more night there I wouldn't have left. If you ever watched the show Northern Exposure about an oddball town in Alaska, that's probably the best way I could explain it. I was at the country store and struck up a conversation with an old guy, lifelong resident, and he asked, "son, do you know what's wrong with Maine?" As politely as I could, I offered that in my time there I'd found nothing wrong with it. He responded, "there's too many damn yankees up here!". There are parts of the country that, if you were to fold a map over itself, you wouldn't be able to tell each other apart, spare the accent. I think Maine and Alabama are like that. I think much of South Carolina and Alabama are like that, too. Alabama was the frontier when the farmland in SC played out.

RTR,

Tim

 

[TerryP]

@It Takes Eleven great story.

 

[TerryP]

And just to let everyone know...in Charleston, tourist season means different things to residents.

1) Go away.
2) It conflicts with other seasons, like deer, but it's worth it.

 

[planomateo]

My wife gets a kick out of me always saying, "...but I'm originally from Alabama." She said no one else does that, but a few months ago she had an architect for Chick-fil-A who was looking to revamp one of her stores and gave the exact same line. Found out he grew up about ten miles from me.

There are yankees everywhere, and there are good ole boys everywhere. When I was hiking the Maine portion of the Appalachian Trail, I ended up spending two consecutive nights in the small town of Andover. It had a quirky feel to it, but I think if I'd spent one more night there I wouldn't have left. If you ever watched the show Northern Exposure about an oddball town in Alaska, that's probably the best way I could explain it. I was at the country store and struck up a conversation with an old guy, lifelong resident, and he asked, "son, do you know what's wrong with Maine?" As politely as I could, I offered that in my time there I'd found nothing wrong with it. He responded, "there's too many damn yankees up here!". There are parts of the country that, if you were to fold a map over itself, you wouldn't be able to tell each other apart, spare the accent. I think Maine and Alabama are like that. I think much of South Carolina and Alabama are like that, too. Alabama was the frontier when the farmland in SC played out.

RTR,

Tim

I'm from Alabama and proud to say it. People ask where I'm from, but most of the time they mean where do you live. Big difference, which is why I answer it that way.

 

[#80]

I'm from Alabama and proud to say it. People ask where I'm from, but most of the time they mean where do you live. Big difference, which is why I answer it that way.

Hey Matt where did you grow up? Just curious.

 

[planomateo]

Hey Matt where did you grow up? Just curious.

Graduated from Trussville. Huffman, Centerpoint, Grayson Valley is where I spent my childhood years.

 

[BamaFan334]

Graduated from Trussville. Huffman, Centerpoint, Grayson Valley is where I spent my childhood years.

I always say where I was born, Decatur, Georgia.

 

[#80]

I'm from Alabama and proud to say it. People ask where I'm from, but most of the time they mean where do you live. Big difference, which is why I answer it that way.

I answer in a similar way when asked I say I'm from God's country they say where is that and I tell them Alabama.

 

[planomateo]

My mom graduated from Banks, dad from Tarrant. My grandparents lived a few blocks away from thrill hill...what a treat that was with a new driver

 

[bama alum]

Graduated from Trussville. Huffman, Centerpoint, Grayson Valley is where I spent my childhood years.

I grew up in Center Point, which is now a DMZ, and graduated from Huffman.

 

[planomateo]

Can't hold a garage sale or an estate sale. You'll get a fine if caught, no idea what the fine is.

Really sucks when your trying to sell shit you just don't need anymore. Doing this item by item via FB, nextdoor, CL, etc is going to be interesting.

#DownsizingProblemsCOVID19

 

[planomateo]

I grew up in Center Point, which is now a DMZ, and graduated from Huffman.

Luckily my dad lived in Trussville school district, mom lived off Edward's Lake Road near the first pond. I went to Going elementary K-5

I went to school with the mom from this video, what a great video!

 

[LeGarrette]

Not true. There are certain places you HAVE to go. You HAVE to go to the grocery store to buy groceries. You HAVE to go to the court house if you have a court date, jury duty, whatever. You HAVE to go to work if you want a paycheck. You can say "well its your choice whether you starve to death" too but that is not logical nor reasonable.

Do you wear a mask/gloves when shopping?

 

[TerryP]

Illinois State Health Director.

If you were in hospice and only given a few weeks to live and then you were also found to have COVID you'd be counted as a COVID death.

...even if you died of a clear alternate cause but you had COVID at the same time it's still listed as a COVID death.

And people continue to point to numbers which are clearly inaccurate. The CDC, health departments per state, all falsifying numbers here and people question why these very numbers are questioned?

 

[mando]

Follow the money @TerryP ...

 

[It Takes Eleven]

I will have to disagree with you. China pays a premium, now we will pay a higher premium. The Chicoms should have been cut off. Don’t compound our issues. Then again, I’m a fan of a few years of isolationism to straighten out our mess.

@XXL TideFan , here is an example of the issues facing pig farmers.

Thousands of Pigs Rot in Compost as U.S. Faces Meat Shortage

(Bloomberg) -- There is perhaps no more dramatic an example of the destruction plaguing America’s food supply chain than this: Thousands of pigs are rotting on compost heaps as grocers run out of meat.Covid-19 outbreaks at slaughterhouses have led to the largest pig culling effort the U.S. has...

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