Born in a Virginia Naval hospital, raised in a 1 stoplight WV town, started chewin' Red Man when Grandaddy handed over the pouch when we were squirrel huntin' (I was 12). Love night fishing (jitterbuggin') for bass.
Went away to college for a couple years, then decided to "turn the page" and moved to FL for 17 years. My favorite haunts during those years were Everglades Nat'l Park and Big Cypress National Preserve.
Became a licensed Airframe and Powerplant Tech during a 10 year aviation career. I was half-way through the program when AlQuaida started using aircraft as weapons of mass destruction, and sent the industry into the toilet. Don't ask what I'd like to personally "discuss" with ole Osama. On the day it happened, our school closed. I went home, turned on the TV, and sat through the day with a loaded FN FAL.
Now live "last back" in a holler, which has a bigger population of coon dogs than humans. In North Carolina, 15 miles outta a county seat population about 9000 (has more stoplights than where I grew up). Made a livin' for a year and a half driving an old Ford tractor. I cut and plant a garden every year, make extra cash pushing a chainsaw and splitting firewood. My wife bitches when we don't go fishin' on weekends off (a Peruvian-American redneck btw).
I too voted twice for Dubya. Least of all evils, at least in some regards.
I all too often am the one who gets called to put down/euthanize animals 'round here, but...I always say a prayer before I do.
I drive a 7 year old F150 lifted 4x4 "straight drive." I keep an old No.4 MkI behind the seat as a truck gun. I'm NEVER without a shavin' sharp knife. My CCW pistol is a Glock 27 (Trijicons) with a factory .357 Sig barrel sometimes installed, I don't even own a single revolver anymore. I REALLY like my Series 1 Kimber Custom Classic, and I'm on my third Browning HiPower. I enjoy handloading very accurate ammunition, and my favorite rifle caliber is ".30" closely followed by ".50"
I listen to Johnny Cash, Hank Jr., Lynrd Skynrd, Molly Hatchet, bluegrass, reggae, and my Daughter when she sings at church and at recitals.
And, along with much more,
My 2 FAL's have stickers on the receivers that say: "FARM USE"
We have a herd of Dachshunds, a terrier mutt, and a cat that goes with me everywhere when I take off in the woods. I have a 100 meter target range just downhill from my front yard.
I'm not prejudiced against anything but ignorance. But, in the Civil War, I would have fought and died for States' Rights.
Am I a Redneck? Well, yeah. -FNR.