Author Topic: Kentucky... One man's paradise (Read 811 times)

beet1e · « **Reply #30 on:** March 11, 2005, 09:40:16 AM »

BoxBoy - yes, the Great Smoky Mts. I drove that road (441?) right through that park. Very interesting area.

boxboy28 · « **Reply #31 on:** March 11, 2005, 10:07:18 AM »

Actually Beetle down where im at they are called THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTIANS (end of the smokies)!

Im not sure what road you were on as there are several. There is the BLUE RIDGE PARK way which is a senic drive then I-40 the runs east-west thru the smokies between Asheville NC and Knoxville TN.

Siaf__csf · « **Reply #32 on:** March 11, 2005, 11:07:19 AM »

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I think every state has one Paris

<<<<35 miles from Paris Texas

Just stay far away from Paris Hilton.

Halo · « **Reply #33 on:** March 11, 2005, 03:01:13 PM »

Heh, wtg Siaf, monster morph avatar.

Siaf__csf · « **Reply #34 on:** March 11, 2005, 03:03:52 PM »

Originally the mouth grew to cover over the whole picture as it imploded or something..

But I thought it would have looked too confusing.

GrimCO · « **Reply #35 on:** March 12, 2005, 10:49:24 AM »

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Originally posted by beet1e
Hey Grimco! Believe it or not, I spent Thanksgiving '79 in KY. (a beet1e-length story) Must have driven right by your town on the way (I-64) and arrived in Frankfort. I was with a friend, and we went into a restaurant for dinner, and I remember that every table had an old fashioned telephone on it, and you could pick up the earpiece and make a call to any other table in the place. Great for pick-ups! Do you know of this place? Is it still there?

I liked KY. I'd been on assignment in Springfield,IL and when I saw Frankfort I thought "Hmmm, brick buildings - reminds me of jollie olde..."

Hey there Beetle!

I live about 15 miles from Frankfort. Never been to a restaurant with phones on the tables, but it sure sounds like something you'd see in good 'ole Kentucky... LOL

The people here are somewhat different, but in a good way. I was riding my motorcycle and ran out of gas about two miles from my house. I pulled off to the side of the road across from some house in the middle of nowhere to see if I could use their phone to call my wife. Before I could get my helmet off I heard some lady yelling from the porch "You need a ride?" She went in the house, got her husband, and he drove me home to get my gas can. In Florida, they would have ran inside their house and locked the door.

GrimCO · « **Reply #36 on:** March 12, 2005, 11:00:22 AM »

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Originally posted by stiehl
Kentucky, N. Texas...*shudders
Alabama...(just threw up in my mouth)

Hmmm... New Yorkers invading Florida is part of the reason I left the God forsaken place. I guess I'd vomit too if I had to choke down the Big Apple on a daily basis.

Gunslinger · « **Reply #37 on:** March 12, 2005, 01:45:22 PM »

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Originally posted by rpm
Kentucky is pretty country, but I'll take North Texas over it any day of the week. Milder winters, better economy, prettier women.

Not to mention the bigger lesser mixed gene pool

SunTracker · « **Reply #38 on:** March 12, 2005, 01:50:33 PM »

Kentucky starts getting warm in May, and cold in November.

GrimCO · « **Reply #39 on:** March 12, 2005, 03:51:04 PM »

Yeah, but it's only snowed here 4 times this winter, and it sure is purdy