Texas, Florida, Humidity, Guns, Rust, Comfort

[Hutch]

Was born in Alabama, and have lived here most of my 47 yrs. I STILL hate summer. You get used to it, but you're not likely to ever enjoy it. As far as the wife goes, point out that (usually) 4 or 5 of the 10 finalists for Miss America are from the Deep South. It obviously ain't botherin' THEM, is it?

Just take care of your guns. All the advice you're getting here is sound.

Be prepared, tho'. People wave to each other down here while in their cars. On foot, they make eye contact, often smile, usually nod an acknowledgement. "Sir" and "Ma'am" from the children. No feigned familiarity displayed to new aquaintances. Words weighed before spoken. There is much to be overcome, but much to be admired.

 

[sm]

skeeters

Being as the Rice Capital of the World is close...we grow 'em big.
<how big>
big enough to stand flat footed and french kiss a chicken.

With 1911 in hand...

I missed the skeeter -trying to give that poor chicken some relief...
we had mashed taters/gravy/biscuits green beans,and fried pies to go with the chicken that night.

 

[Kentucky Rifle]

Re1973...

Fogged glasses are a problem alright. I'm afraid to use alcohol or just about anything but Ivory Soap because my glasses are supposed to be coated with this "Crizal" stuff. No glare and amazingly, NO scratches. Really--Two years and *NO* scratches!

KR

 

[Pendragon]

Well, I got enough health problems already so I am probably going to get my eyes laserblasted when I sell the house.

Contacts have to many problems - especially outside and glasses are even worse. My 17 month old has about wore out my hi-tech titanium flexi frames - he just yells "GLA!" and rips them off my face - cute but these used to be nice spectacles.

 

[Feanaro]

My glasses(needed 'em all my life) never fog up. Maybe it's just me.

BTW, Hutch is right. Whenever I pass someone on my infrequent morning walks I wave and say "g'mornin' " and they respond in kind. And I don't know them. "Ma'am" and "Sir" are common, though not enough. It's hard to understand us sometimes. But just remember we can't understand plain English either.

Few tips if you move to the Southeast(Southwestern people are a whole 'nother ballpark ). It isn't soda, it's Coke. Even if it's a Pepsi you ask for a Coke. And hushpuppies ARE cornbread. Too many people have eaten them in front of me whilst denouncing cornbread.

Down the road is one mile, twenty or somewhere inbetween. And don't be suprised if there are twenty churches on an eight mile stretch of road.

 

[tonerguy]

Watch out for the "tea." In parts of the south it ain't iced tea, it's "tea." Yes, it's iced and already loaded with sugar in some places. If you want unsweetened tea you often have to ask for it.

 

[Feanaro]

Right, forgot that one. And if you ask for hot tea people stare at you. Rightly so, I think. Hot tea sucks.

 

[synoptic]

glasses generally fog up on a warm day after a rain, usually between the cool inside and the humid outside... The south is great, lived here for the majority of my life, be careful though, once you get here you won't want to leave...

 

[sm]

Glasses:
Well my eye DR and I conversed today since this thread came up.
My glasses have a coating also. He said I probably can get by with the alcohol swabs, suggested I not. Since he does surgery, he said the "Fred's Fogger" the solution used inthe OR is the sterile version of what one buys, or can make up at home. Basically its "mild"dishwashing liquid (like Ivory) water and a bit of alcohol. Always use a soft cloth, never any wood products (paper towels etc.)

Some leave a soap film to alleviate, but that really doesn't work. The cloths have a silicone type impregnation, this wears off quickly and some times all one ends up doing is reapplying dirt back onto the lens , taking a chance on scratching.

He said to put a small mix of soap and water in one of my empty Naphcon A eye drop bottles and use my hankerchief to clean as need. Label of course, soap would really give my allergic eyes a fit. Fogging is well part of wearing glasses, to work around it. If I run into a door because I was watching a girl on campus, and not where I was going..."my glasses fogged".

Southern born and bred, I drink unsweetened tea . Drink coffee black. I rarely use sugar...bought a 3# bag 4 years ago, I finally gave to a neighbor.

Unsweet tea...yeah well been called a rebel most my life.

 

[TheFrontRange]

Bonuses in the South

A hearty "amen" to all these remarks about politeness and courtesy in the land of the South...I've never seen such anywhere else.

...and another good thing about the Southland...the food! Like barbecue (my personal favorite being from The Golden Rule in Hoover, though Bob Sykes' BBQ in Bessemer is darn good, too) and burgers from none other than Milo's!

To keep this gun-related...I pack either a 1911 or a SIG P239 in all those places, plus just about anywhere else I go. I "made" my first CCW'er in The Golden Rule a few years back...fella sitting at the counter was inadvertently displaying a snub-nosed revolver in an ankle rig as the hem of his jeans leg rode up just a bit too high.

 

[mummac]

I think the sweet tea and BBQ makes up for the humidity. If you move to FL, expect heavy rain everyday for 15 minutes at 5:00PM from June to Sept. I live in a house without central AC and my guns don't rust so long as I whipe them down with oil every month or two. People in TX and AL are WAY more polite than people in FL but the fishing is much better here. You'll get used to the humidity.

 

[CatsDieNow]

When I moved to DFW from Northern Indiana, everyone down here told me about how bad the humidity was. They misled me. Northern Indiana is a swampy marshland. The 110 degree days here feel like 90 degree days back home. It is far more dry here than in say, Houston. Of course, these are the same people who told me that it snows in Fort Worth.

Him: "Oh sure, we can get about an inch of snow or so."

Me: "Is that per hour or your yearly cumulative total?"

What S.A. said about the wind is definitly true. I seem to recall that the highest recorded wind speed in the U.S. was right here in Fort Worth, I think it's in New Hampshire now.

 

[Silver Bullet]

All the good gun states are plagued with humidity

Say what ?

 

[Jack19]

I live in North Carolina, and yes it's hot an humid in the summer, and, well, most of the spring, and pretty much a good part of the fall. I've learned two things.....

1. Buy CLP or RemOil
2. Use CLP or RemOil