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KY_EnviroGuy

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15. You have to be from the country to love it.

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Sun Jun 16, 2019, 02:49 AM

Jun 2019

Having been raised in a small farm town in the South (TN - 50s/60s), this post in a small southern town newspaper from years ago made me roll in the floor, and I paraphrase it here (spoken in a sweet little 'ole lady voice):

"I'll be so proud when the new Dollar Store opens here in town so I won't have to dress up like I'm going to Walmart"

KY......

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10:57 p.m. Someone was driving around town "hooting and hollering." [View all] Ptah Jun 2019 OP

I love the Flathead Beacon! The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2019 #1

Seriously??? Bev54 Jun 2019 #2

Ptah post these items for humor. Geez this is the lounge, not GD. Lighten up. Fla Dem Jun 2019 #5

12:35 a.m. Someone was blowing up stuff down by the river. Ptah Jun 2019 #7

The Flathead Beacon is a newspaper in Kalispell, Montana. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2019 #8

Montana Man? ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #3

My dad was from Ely, Nevada. Nothing to do for the teens. (Early 30's) panader0 Jun 2019 #4

two utes Skittles Jun 2019 #6

Sounds like a typical Friday or Saturday night in Howards Grove. Archae Jun 2019 #9

9:06 a.m. Some youths were blasting music and disrupting the peace of the neighborhood. Iggo Jun 2019 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author rurallib Jun 2019 #13

they were hooting and hollering Kali Jun 2019 #11

If they were hooting and hollering AND carrying on I would have been concerned Ptah Jun 2019 #12

I hoot and holler all the time. Solly Mack Jun 2019 #14

You have to be from the country to love it. KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2019 #15

I loved that! zanana1 Jun 2019 #16