John Shelton
John Shelton
blow driver mirror pulling rear saw section top truck
After the truck had disconnected from it, the driver was pulling away and he saw in his mirror a manhole gasket blow off of the top rear section of the tank.
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Southern barbecue is the closest thing we have in the U.S. to Europe's wines or cheeses; drive a hundred miles and the barbecue changes.
groups
Southerners are also like ethnic groups in that they have a sense of group identity.
potential
We have the potential for some big problems, but we think right now it's just potential.
call children feet house neighbor owner run secure until water
We had a call from a neighbor that he had to run children out of the house and that there is 3-4 feet of water in the basement. Can't something be done to secure the place until the owner can be found?
wine europe southern
Southern barbecue is the closest thing we have in the US to Europe’s wines or cheeses; drive a hundred miles and the barbecue changes.
hands people black
I can see why many Southerners, black ones in particular, don't like the implication that Southernness and the Confederate heritage are one and the same, because they're not. On the other hand, there are people who want to extirpate that completely and want folks to spit on the graves of their ancestors.
southern historical records
Any Southern nationalist movement, especially one that wraps itself in the Confederate flag, is going to be viewed with suspicion, given the historical record.
north-carolina barbecue rail
Barbecue is the third rail of North Carolina politics.
barbecue hundred miles
Drive a hundred miles and the barbecue changes.
hate trying ends
I've occasionally wished I had Caller ID. Even telemarketers, I hate to hang up on them. I try to explain I'm not interested, but they have all these canned responses so I end up having to hang up on them anyway.
nice successful thinking
I think there's a suspicion in the South of people putting on airs. You see it in most successful Southern politicians, but you also see it in someone like Richard Petty, who may be a multimillionaire stock car driver, but he's also beloved because he has a nice self-deprecatory way about him.
smile-more southerner
Southerners smile more than other Americans.
southern looks stereotype
The nature of the South is changing faster than the stereotypes are. Much of the South now looks like San Jose. Is it still southern?