thank you WI for having such wonderful people!

goofycow · 04-06-2006, 06:03 PM

Hi

Some of you may or may not know that I am a disabled veteran. I made contact with a veteran advocate person today in your state because I was responding to a message posted on a WAVE bulletin board asking for help with a very unpleasant incident that happened one of his clients while in boot camp in boot camp 35 yrs ago. because I had basically the same thing happen to me a year later, he wondered if I could help her in some way. I agreed & he was soooo nice to me. I am not used to being treated in such a kind, compassionate and professional manner. I know I will have to come baclk to earth soon & live in the reality of living in Arkansas again. But I just wanted to take your state for having at least one kind person. I just wish I could talk my husband into moving up there. It would be like coming home to me.

Liz

CarGuy · 04-14-2006, 12:35 PM

I have a lot of family in the arkansas area... It is a little differant way of life down there!! Most of them are in the Ashdown, or little rock areas. Man taxes there are Cheap!!! :wink:

**keith** · 04-16-2006, 09:04 AM

Glad you like us!

We actually have a few nice people here.

Actually, we have quite a few ~ and they're all on theBubbler!

You're more than welcome here, anytime. Hope you'll visit, if not move here.

Regards,
Keith

p.s.: Sounds to me like Arkansas has some nice people, too. 'Specially anyone with the sense of humor to call themselves goofycow! :lol: :roll:

**MrKhay** · 05-14-2006, 04:45 PM

It's the water!
Wisconsin folk are proud of their state.
"We Like It Here"
8)

**MrKhay** · 05-14-2006, 04:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brain

It's the water!
Wisconsin folk are proud of their state.
"We Like It Here"
8)

DON'T STEP IN THAT
-My Dad-

ToesInTheSand · 05-20-2006, 06:40 PM

A friend of mine from down here in Florida had to spend 2 months up in Madison earlier this year. She had never been anywhere north of the Mason-Dixon line........she LOVED WI! Her only complaint was: No grits or Sweet Tea! And she said everyone talked funny.

She was well received with her southern accent and she said everyone she ran across was so friendly. It cracked her up that everywhere she went there were Packer Football things for sale!

**MrKhay** · 09-05-2006, 08:11 PM

Bucky Badger Welcomes you.

pk · 11-18-2006, 01:20 PM

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No grits or Sweet Tea!

The only place I know where to get decent sweet tea in Kenosha, WI, is the Cracker Barrel..and you know that is NOT like the real stuff.

I would love to have some real grits too...love the stuff!

ToesInTheSand · 11-19-2006, 12:24 AM

I didn't know they had Cracker Barrels up there! Our favorite "greasy spoon" down South is Waffle House. They're everywhere! The best Cheese Grits, and get your Hash Browns Scattered/Smothered & Covered!
I refused to eat "Suthin' Food" when I first moved down South. Grits? Collards Greans? No way! This was more than 20 years ago. Now I say: BRING IT ON! (once in a while, not a huge fan of fattening food overall) But OMG! I could never give up grits now! Just don't put sugar on them if you're down here! They'll know you're a "Yankee"

(yes, they still call you that here) Butter and S&P!
And there's nothing like country ham and red eye gravy!

Now I must make breakfast, I'm hungry.

pk · 11-19-2006, 01:59 PM

oh..now you have me hungry too!

I grew up in a small town just south of the Wisconsin border in Illinois. Back when I was a child alot of folks moved to our town from the South thinking they could make alot more money here and then retire back down south. So I grew up with quite a few really good friends from the south so I was like a northern/southern type of person I guess! lol

I love real southern fried chicken, and sweet tea, grits are sooo good, and southern pecan pie too!

The funny thing is the farthest south I have been is Memphis,TN and that was just last Spring.

A few years before that we went to Virginia Beach and drove through Kentucky

..and my closest friend from Mississippi now lives up by Wausau Wisconsin! Just don't call her a yankee just because she is up here!

goofycow · 11-25-2006, 01:45 PM

i never tasted collard greens until I met my husband. I still can't stand them!! Don't like sweetened iced tea either. However, I have aquired a taste for grits....but only if they are cheese grits. It is funny that I was never exposed to a lot of these southern dishes while growing up in northern Arkansas. It was only after I married that my husband insisted I fix this stuff for him. He was from FL.

Liz

Scarberry2003 · 12-12-2006, 03:08 PM

Just got an idea,,, I can open a SOUTHERN resturant here in WI,,,,, as a native of good ole West bygod Virginny,,, been in the Badger state a little over a year now,,

I know how to make sweet tea, fried chicken, corn bread, any kinda greens,, collard, kale ,, you name it,, even grits,,,, heck,,I even have some good ole groudhog (woodchuck) recipes,,,, yes you can eat them,,,, and not to mention squirrel, deer, bear,,,,,,,,,,, anything but possum,,, there are just some things too UGLY to eat LOL

Sodium7 · 12-13-2006, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Scarberry2003

Just got an idea,,, I can open a SOUTHERN restaurant here in WI,,,,, as a native of good ole West bygod Virginny,,, been in the Badger state a little over a year now,,

I know how to make sweet tea, fried chicken, corn bread, any kinda greens,, collard, kale ,, you name it,, even grits,,,, heck,,I even have some good ole groundhog (woodchuck) recipes,,,, yes you can eat them,,,, and not to mention squirrel, deer, bear,,,,,,,,,,, anything but possum,,, there are just some things too UGLY to eat LOL

You can have all my groundhogs!!! I don't think I could stomach an opossum either!

My hubby would love all that southern food! He's a southern boy at heart.

pk · 12-14-2006, 10:49 AM

We have a restaurant close by us that serves wild game omelets for breakfast. You have a choice of bear, ostrich, boar, kangaroo, elk, venison, and a few others. I've only been there twice and ordered the boar each time since it was the closest to ham. Could not even think of eating a kangaroo.

And a groundhog? That doesn't appeal to me either. lol

But to have a down home southern style restaurant with all the trimmings would really be interesting to go to. Hopefully if you open a place up it will be no more than 20 miles from Kenosha! If so, we will be there to eat.

Love that southern fried chicken and sweet tea. (grits too) yum