[RetiredArmy]

Then my fine Patriotic friend, you need to pack your family and come on down. We will be glad to have you and you will become family. My wife is originally from Wisconsin. She grew up in socialist Seattle. When we got married and I brought her here to Alabama the first time, we went to my brother's house. He lives right on the Coosa River. I took my wife down on his dock, and turned to her and said, “honey, I baptize you a southern girl,” and promptly pushed her into the river!! She actually came up laughing. I told her she was now no longer a yankee. She was a baptized Southern Girl! She couldn't be happier. That what we'd do too you guys. Just baptize you in a southern river and you are one of us. Come on down. You WILL NOT regret it.

[Daffynition]

Thank you for the very kind and hospitable offer. I doubt if I could survive the first summer with the audacious heat y’all have to endure. I have found in my travels that the men of the south are the most *gentlemanly* of anywhere on this planet and the women most hospitable and charming. :)