Southern Directions

[Mike CHS]

Do they do everything behind schedule and in slow motion in East Tennessee?

They are like that here and we find ourselves getting into that mode. I have gotten to the point that if I have to hurry to get somewhere, I don't go.

 

[dejavoodoo114]

@babsbag, we moved here for my husbands work. He works in the nuc industry and Oak Ridge is a hot spot for that! (pun intended)

@Mike CHS, Yes, oh yes, everything is very slow here as well! We have also found ourselves slowing to the pace around here. Makes it hard to get things done. The heat sure doesn't help for those of us not used to it. I confess, I delayed making dinner tonight... Then realized I would have to rush to get it done at a decent hour.... So I just finished ordering pizza delivery.... I don't like being in a hurry anymore either! It is far to easy to become lazy here!
ETA: Makes it almost impossible to hire workers as well...

 

[Mike CHS]

I have a teen that does a lot of work for us and he's a keeper. We arranged for new siding for our home two months ago and 3 of the 4 sides is now finished but we know that at some point they will getooit since they will want to get paid..

 

[dejavoodoo114]

they will getooit since they will want to get paid..

So very true! I have that problem with "professionals" as well!

I have tried to find some teens that are willing to work but no luck. The ones who know how to work are working on their parents/grandparents farms already... I have even had a hard time finding an adult who understands what square means... My whole family is in construction. Makes me really hate being crippled sometimes! I want to stop them and do the work myself!

 

[Southern by choice]

Oh I so get this.... Love when some we get...
turn BEFORE you get to the old Johnson's house. Mind you the Johnson's been gone for 30 years now

Or past the brick house with the green shutters- well you can't really see the house it's back in the woods but right after that.

Past the mill left at the old silo.... UM WHICH SILO? There are 20 Silo's!
"We're the dirt road with the green farm pipe gate"

There is a saying here... if you don't know where you are going... then you don't belong... go back home Yankee! I somewhat agree

 

[dejavoodoo114]

I was really frustrated about it when we first moved here 6 years ago. Now I kind of enjoy it! It can be hilarious trying to get directions that I will actually be able to follow sometimes! Love that saying. I haven't heard it here but that may be because I am still not considered a local... We actually did a fair amount of research on the civil war so that we could riposte when someone tries to call us Yankees. We are from the NW not the NE! It actually works and they accept us. Go figure.

 

[Mike CHS]

Rural folks know you even when they don't know you.

I posted a story before but years ago that we didn't have a mail box at our place because we were only here a few days a month while renovating. For some serious miscommunication we got a refund check mailed to us to our home address and the envelope obviously contained a check. Two months later we called the Post Office to arrange for a PO Box since we were starting to have mail go to us there. The Post Master said I'm glad you called. I have been holding a check for you for a couple of months but didn't know how to contact you. We had never been in there but they knew who we were.

 

[goatgurl]

I used to work as a home health nurse in the arklahoma area and have gotten some directions like you wouldn't believe and been to some places that I swear I heard "the banjos" play. was in a place where the supervisor said if you hear gunfire in the leaving room just jump out grannys bedroom window. never had to jump thank God. might have taken me a while but I always found who I was looking. every day was an adventure. and time and slowness, shoot I live between the hill folk and the Indians. ain't no one here in a hurry and I like it that way