tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37258397.post2130889666759057597..comments2024-02-19T07:30:13.465-05:00Comments on Ramblings from the outside of nowhere: Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17564763971316563540noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37258397.post-43157162777868076582007-08-14T03:23:00.000-04:002007-08-14T03:23:00.000-04:00Very interesting indeed.I have to shamefully admit...Very interesting indeed.<BR/>I have to shamefully admit, that I too, had thought that the term Redneck came from working in the sun.skinnylittleblondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04948889861251533317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37258397.post-1555842726381722592007-08-13T13:13:00.000-04:002007-08-13T13:13:00.000-04:00Welcome, Nick. Glad to see ya.You go Babzy.Welcome, Nick. Glad to see ya.<BR/><BR/>You go Babzy.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17564763971316563540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37258397.post-76744877205456959852007-08-13T12:00:00.000-04:002007-08-13T12:00:00.000-04:00Okay okay... maybe there IS something wrong with m...Okay okay... maybe there IS something wrong with my monitor. I'm going to spend the rest of the day obsessing and compulsiing over this. But I will get to the bottom of it and report back eventually.<BR/><BR/>This colour thing has distracted me from reading this post until now. Deb, you are a wonderful researcher. I had not heard this story before (being a Canuck and all) but our countries share a common history. <BR/><BR/>This line in your post <B>"Hence, part of the legacy of this battle is the near universal eight-hour workday, workers compensation insurance, paid vacation and medical benefits now enjoyed by most full-time American workers."</B> is one that I've been spouting for years. If it wasn't for unions NOBODY would be enjoying the benefits they've fought for. When I hear someone say "I don't believe in unions." or "Greedy unions" or "Lazy union workers." I go ballistic. Would they rather work for minimum wage, no insurance, no vacation, no days off, no nothing? I think I'll do a post on this subject. <BR/><BR/>Deb, Thanks for doing this post for us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37258397.post-43749764596030732512007-08-13T09:55:00.000-04:002007-08-13T09:55:00.000-04:00Interesting. Thanks for your kind words on our bl...Interesting. Thanks for your kind words on our blog friend.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01375592735159666186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37258397.post-23169246984877305342007-08-12T14:32:00.000-04:002007-08-12T14:32:00.000-04:00Bruno was wearing a dark red t-shirt. Both of ya'l...Bruno was wearing a dark red t-shirt. Both of ya'll is color-blind. Or your monitors need adjusting. And the background here is a very faint light green. I might experiment, go with purple neon or some such mess....Seems, roomier for some reason. <BR/><BR/>Actually, the old people, what my parents referred to my great-grandparents as, used you-uns, instead of ya'll. When Virginia succeeded from the Union, a portion of the western part of Virginia succeeded from Virginia, and evidentially became the state of West Virginia, as they did not support the concept of slavery. I guess I'll have to post something about Harper's Ferry, and John Brown here sometime or other. <BR/><BR/>I cannot, for the life of me, see Bruno in hot pink. It just does not compute. It goes together about as well as peanut butter and bologna. ewooooohhhh.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17564763971316563540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37258397.post-47355326495253131622007-08-12T13:01:00.000-04:002007-08-12T13:01:00.000-04:00Green. Like the Red Cross link? And the Technorati...Green. Like the Red Cross link? And the Technorati link? Only green I see. You'd better get your eyes checked. Could be colour blindness. <BR/>No joke here: men do indeed see colors differently than women (that's a gross fact, both meanings apply, to that, too). I'll give you Bruno in hot pink. If he doesn't object. ROFLMAO.Catmoveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13192091477404637971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37258397.post-12880027777910185242007-08-12T12:27:00.000-04:002007-08-12T12:27:00.000-04:00Cat, the green template that you're looking at. H...Cat, the green template that you're looking at. <BR/><BR/>Ha, I just remembered you saw an orange T-shirt on Bruno and I saw it as hot pink. One of us is colour blind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37258397.post-57050022122024193542007-08-12T00:05:00.000-04:002007-08-12T00:05:00.000-04:00What green template? Did you change it again? Aye!...What green template? Did you change it again? Aye!<BR/>About this great education you supplied: thank you, thank you. thank you. Interesting about how the term from red neck came from Scotland and Wales. Does that mean I can't make fun of y'all now?<BR/>Thanks again.Catmoveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13192091477404637971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37258397.post-17464309605004392562007-08-11T12:04:00.000-04:002007-08-11T12:04:00.000-04:00I like this template and now that it's morning my ...I like this template and now that it's morning my eyes don't sizzle and burn. Besides, we need our greens. Actually the more I look at it the better I like it. Let's take a vote .... Everyone if favour of Deb keeping her new template say AYE!<BR/><BR/>If you DO want to keep the template but just change the colours or modify them you can do it. Do you know that? I can show you if you want. If it were my template I would darken the headings such as the date and all that goes with it. I like the white page with blue text. That's good and easy to read. I also like the light green. I think it's just the two greens together that jar my preserves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37258397.post-24730165060232704342007-08-11T11:39:00.000-04:002007-08-11T11:39:00.000-04:00Good to see you Dave. I think what gets me about t...Good to see you Dave. I think what gets me about this true story is how few people know about it. How few people realize what the Company Store really meant to these people, slaving away, then having to purchase everything they needed from the company they worked for at inflated prices so they never got ahead. Never broke even. Until they said no more. And the US government came after them!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17564763971316563540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37258397.post-44655236781490390562007-08-11T10:03:00.000-04:002007-08-11T10:03:00.000-04:00Thanks for the education.Thanks for the education.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17567372758347040220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37258397.post-14915865648222274732007-08-11T08:03:00.000-04:002007-08-11T08:03:00.000-04:00I imagine most Americans think the term "redneck" ...I imagine most Americans think the term "redneck" came from the the sun's affect on a farmer's skin. But if you think about it, someone working in the sun all day long is probably gonna have the good sense to put a HAT on after awhile! This is one of the great great stories from the region, and the more people exposed to it, the better! Thanks for the post.<BR/><BR/>Dave Tabler<BR/>appalachianhistory.netDave Tablerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12607993860730891129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37258397.post-83809137382811582882007-08-11T02:30:00.000-04:002007-08-11T02:30:00.000-04:00Babzy, it is a shocker, isn't it? I don't know if ...Babzy, it is a shocker, isn't it? I don't know if I'll keep it or not.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17564763971316563540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37258397.post-33548782983953643982007-08-11T02:27:00.000-04:002007-08-11T02:27:00.000-04:00Thanks, Anne. Actually, we're just good old Scots-...Thanks, Anne. Actually, we're just good old Scots-Irish, English, Indian mutts who carved a living out of the side of a mountain. Probably started as indentured servants, and then more came after the Irish potatoe famine, and look at us today. I know I don't want to mess with the UMW. But it also brought the roots to bluegrass, and so much flavor and color to the culture we call appalachian.<BR/><BR/>I thought it was a nice touch to see exactly where the term red-neck came from.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17564763971316563540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37258397.post-87632442504152678292007-08-10T22:34:00.000-04:002007-08-10T22:34:00.000-04:00I'm going to read this later after I find my presc...I'm going to read this later after I find my prescription sunglasses. <BR/><BR/>What's come over you? Your blog looks like an avocado salad. tee heeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37258397.post-83007764210147125272007-08-10T21:25:00.000-04:002007-08-10T21:25:00.000-04:00That's really cool. Major thanks to Just Me's peop...That's really cool. Major thanks to Just Me's people! It's awesome that you and a few other people are educating everyone (including me) to counteract prejudice.<BR/><BR/>About the Mexicans...<BR/>Virtually every immigrant group has been misunderstood and mistreated at some point in American history - the Chinese, Japanese, Blacks, Irish, Italians... Native Americans of course didn't need to immigrate to be mistreated. Every time a new group arrived, some people who had already gotten here acted like the newcomers would ruin the country. But that didn't happen, did it? Now it's the Mexicans' turn. Sure, I wish they could file the paperwork and pay the huge fee (about $280 per person, that's an awful lot if you're poor) to be here legally, but still they're not all kinds of evil like some people want you to believe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com