[tdadams]

on our radio this morning Armstrong and Getty were degrading and mocking Tenneseeans

Heck, I am a Tennessean and I find a lot about Tennessean that merits a little derision.

[tinacart]

I must admit I'm spoiled now - living in a dwelling that has an inside toilet instead of an outhouse, running water instead of drinking spring water out of a metal dipper, and hot water instead of having to heat water on top of a coal stove (almost burned our shack down a few times!). But all in all, I wouldn't trade being born there for anything. I received certain teachings and beliefs that never left me, no matter what kind of brainwashing I was subjected to here in Cali. I'm being blessed to take my mom back to see her mom in a couple of weeks - my grandma is 95 and the neighbors still have to call my uncle when they catch her climbing up on the roof to make repairs! That's what being Tennesseean is all about, strong stock, hard working and ornery!