Alabama: culture shock

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Thanks for the tips on ranges. I seem to recall riding my cycle past that Caterpillar place on 31.

And ROLL TIDE!
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I sure see that a lot. It's almost as bad as Packer stuff in WI. ;)

One thing I noticed down here is that people are extremely friendly, but also quick to use their car horns. Oh, and I do see a lot of Browning stickers in the back windows of trucks. What's the matter with Remington?
 
monkeyleg, welcome to bama! i never lived anywhere but the south. mississippi and north alabama, i pay $15 a year for my permit, the crazy thing to me is you need a permit to have a gun in your car here? again welcome, we should go shooting sometime!
 
Louisville,

That ad would never run in any northern city I know of. Amazing.
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I haven't read through the whole thread yet, so if it hasn't been said... Louisville IS a northern city.:neener:

Anybody north of Tennessee's southern border (with GA, AL, & MS) is a Yankee.:neener: At least that's the way us deep Southerners see it.:neener:

BTW, I don't like grits...
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Give real grits a try. Not those dang instant things.

KodiakBeer
You need a permit?
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Just rub it in, why don't ya!

Wyman
 
I want to hear you say that come late July or August
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on a day when the humidity is 90% plus.

Heck, it was 90 in the shade and 99 in the sun yesterday at the range. Pouring sweat. Had to keep toweling off. Could not lean over anything I did not want to sweat on. Good ol' Bama. :D
 
Chiggers, ticks, or other squiggly crawley critters are detered by an an application of sublimed sulfer powder dusted in the cuffs of your britches, or waistband, or wherever there is hair, sweat, and that location would present an awkward area for you to scratch. The critters know this and make a direct march toward those dark, shadowy, smelly, and discretely inaccessable areas.

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I sure see that a lot. It's almost as bad as Packer stuff in WI.
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I dunno, do people in WI still keep photos of Vince Lombardi on their mantels? Because there are still a heck of a lot of photos of Bear Bryant on display in homes in Alabama!
 
Welcome! I saw the light 7 years ago and got the hell out of Miami. Larry's Pistol and Pawn in Huntsville has it if you need it. Prices are fair most of the time. There is a range in Sharon Johnson park out Winchester road in New Market as well. It is open to the public on weekends, and members during the week.
 
Nice Morgan County shout-out... 'tis where I got my CCW meself. Fine photography. I couldn't imagine the gauntlet that people in NJ go through just to get a concealed permit.
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An NJ....concealed permit?

LOL

Maybe if you're an NFL player, or a "well connected" individual. Otherwise, you can't even legally stop for lunch on the way back from the range with a locked and cased shotgun in the trunk.
 
I want to hear you say that come late July or August.
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We were down here last August scouting places to live. It was hot, but not much hotter than it was today.

The "bless her heart" remark reminds me of a joke. A northern woman and a southern woman meet at an airport and get to chatting. The northern woman is bragging about her husband's wealth, their mansion, his having gone to Harvard, and so on. After each bit of bragging, the southern woman says, "Isn't that special."

The northern woman finally asks the the other woman where she went to school, and the southern woman tells her she went to charm school.

"What did you learn there?" the northern woman asked with obvious disdain."

"To say 'Isn't that special'", the southern woman replied, "instead of 'who gives a s**t'."
 
Another thing about the South you will notice on the radio is the "Dial a Trade" type call in shows where people sell all types of things. One of them is often a gun of some such. Guy or gal will call in and say I have a .45 Caliber Kimber for sale for 550.00 95% and leave their number you can call. No one thinks anything about it. Now can you IMAGINE Mayor DALEY hearing a call in show like that. It might give him the BIG ONE on the spot.
 
BTW, I don't like grits (at least the ones that we could buy up north), but I love biscuits and gravy. <<<

Try them in a local "home-cooking" establishment. BIG difference!

Welcome.
 
Non Carry Locations in Alabama

You may not carry at or within 500 feet of a political rally, on school grounds with the intent to do harm. Those are the only ones covered by state law, some government buildings have security some don't. The federal laws still apply, post office, airport secured areas, federal buildings. Since you are in the area, Redstone and all of the secured areas that it manages are strictly monitored by the Military Police; don't go there with a gun on you or in your car unless you want to lay face down on the asphalt in 90 degree weather.
Open carry, although the State's Att. Gen. has written a letter stating that there is nothing in the law of AL to prevent it, doing so in some counties will shorten your pleasant opinion of the state. In Madison (Huntsville area), the sheriff forbids open carry in the pamphlet that is given to you the first time you get your pistol permit. Check with the sheriff's office before you try it in any given county.

Welcome to Alabama

Larry's range does not allow 223 or above because it damages the range backstop. Anything in a pistol up to 44 mag is ok, just not the 5.7s.
 
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"Welcome to the greatness of the south. See ya in Texas for your next move."

Ha....He ain't gonna wanna leave 'Bama...He's happier 'n a pig 'n slop... lol At least,
as long as he doesn't try that open carry thingy where he lives....
 
If you are in the Birmingham area, check out the FOP Range Inc located in Pleasant Grove. Great place to shoot. You can check it out on internet at FOP RANGE INC.
 
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Quaker grits taste like doody. Albers grits taste good. Try 'em with sorghum and butter. Not sure if it holds true there, but 'Y'all' is singular, and 'All y'all' is plural in some places.
 
Not sure if it holds true there, but 'Y'all' is singular, and 'All y'all' is plural in some places.
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Yep that is how it is. Word of wisdom IF YOU AIN'T A SOUTHERNER DON'T SAY Y'ALL! Anybody else saying it just sounds goofy!
 
I wouldn't try to say "y'all." I'm sure I'd sound foolish.

I do have to make sure I pronounce "insurance" as "IN sur ance", instead of "in SUR ance". People look at me funny otherwise. ;)
 
It was a hard way to learn the singular and plural of y'all, but here's how it happened:

I was in Mo, stuck, working for an auto shop. I was standing next to the boss' son, who was being upbraided as 'Y'all mo$&-#*@!?ers' The boss did not understand why I was busy looking at my toes and acting sheepish and it donned on him I was from Idaho, and he explained the proper tenses of y'all... but I still don't grasp all the tenses of yonder. Oh well, I don't expect Southerners to understand 'off'n' 'less'n' 'cep'n' or 'agin'...(sometimes misunderstood to be 'often' 'lesson' or 'again' but bearing no similarity in meaning)... or anyone not from California to understand the word 'bes'. We keep showin' them English by abusing their language.

Remember... try the grits with sorghum. And eat at Waffle House... we ain't got them here. Oh, and find out if a squirrel gun is still obligatory to be a proper Southerner
 
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