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04-25-2009, 06:19 PM
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Shut up and Fish
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Northern Schwarzenegger
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Hey wait a minute...
I think it should be Curmudgeon in the Majorette uniform wearing high heels, after all it is Rolla's First annual Gay Pride Parade... All us, no you, Californians are going to have to Show-them Show-Me Staters how to have a good Gay Day Parade or else they'll shurley mess it up with pretty girls (that like boys) tractors, combines, horses, and American Flags (Maybe a few Reb Flags too) Me I think I'm going to move to Harrison, Arkansas..They'll never allow a gay parade there....
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04-25-2009, 07:32 PM
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proud Missourian in exile
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Slocala, Florida
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Originally Posted by Cali BassMan
Hey wait a minute...
I think it should be Curmudgeon in the Majorette uniform wearing high heels, after all it is Rolla's First annual Gay Pride Parade... All us, no you, Californians are going to have to Show-them Show-Me Staters how to have a good Gay Day Parade or else they'll shurley mess it up with pretty girls (that like boys) tractors, combines, horses, and American Flags (Maybe a few Reb Flags too) Me I think I'm going to move to Harrison, Arkansas..They'll never allow a gay parade there....
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damn, thats right, I do like boys, forgot about that small point.......... 
Ok, how about this..... Curmudgeon and I could both wear majorette uniforms, cuz all them new drag queens needs a drag mama  , and Lord knows I wear enough makeup!  |
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04-25-2009, 07:39 PM
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In the Ozarks
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Table Rock Lake, Blue Eye, Missouri
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Originally Posted by kshe95girl
damn, thats right, I do like boys, forgot about that small point..........
Ok, how about this..... Curmudgeon and I could both wear majorette uniforms, cuz all them new drag queens needs a drag mama , and Lord knows I wear enough makeup! |
Then you're gonna have to have Cali BassMan be your parade partner 'cause he's from the Bay Area and they're experts on those types of things. Bein' a former SoCal surfer and ocean sailor and now an inlander I don't have a clue!
And here I was gonna buy you that glass of wine! |
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04-25-2009, 07:50 PM
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In the Ozarks
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Table Rock Lake, Blue Eye, Missouri
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Originally Posted by Cali BassMan
Me I think I'm going to move to Harrison, Arkansas..They'll never allow a gay parade there....
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You're gonna get awful homesick then! |
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04-25-2009, 09:08 PM
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proud Missourian in exile
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Slocala, Florida
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Originally Posted by Curmudgeon
And here I was gonna buy you that glass of wine!
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LOL, I was gonna turn you on to a vintner from Ste Genevieve, who is a lifelong friend of mine! |
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04-29-2009, 11:58 AM
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Junior Member
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Join Date: Apr 2009
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As one who plans a move back to Missouri after many years in California, I will add my two cents to the warning... it's not about Avocados and yes, they are a metaphor. Make sure you are ready for the cultural change -- it's the woods and there are hills, etc, but this won't be Mendocino or any other Northern California lifestyle.
Be ready to have your politics given to you by church "welcome" signs. Don't expect to find like-minds in the diner if you voted the liberal left ticket last November, though Missouri seems to have mellowed a bit over the past 20 yrs.
It's hot -- no micro-climates. Lattes can be found, but they are NOT endemic to the area, unlike California. There will likely be more proselytizing, appreciated or not. iPods are not the norm.
But the trade-off can be rewarding! The lifestyle is slower - and the tomatoes in your garden can grow to 12ft. tall! There are less people telling you how to build and maintain your property (maybe not in the big cities, but in the country). The water is cleaner. The storms are bigger. There are fewer people per square mile...
I cannot wait. I'm planning to move back in a month to the Ava area. I'm originally from Texas, but have spent many years in Forsyth, Mo... my kids were born in Branson at Skaggs.
I'm an artist (clay and watercolor, mixed media, too) and a musician (guitar, singing) and work as a web designer/developer via the internet. I can live anywhere because my work comes online (telecommuter) from Chicago. I'm moving back because I love the state, the Ozarks and want to live near my own kids and my grandkids. And I want to live a slower lifestyle in a state that I can afford.
I can't wait. I hear Ava is a wonderful little town.
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04-29-2009, 04:45 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: In God's Hands
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Originally Posted by Bugl3t
As one who plans a move back to Missouri after many years in California, I will add my two cents to the warning... it's not about Avocados and yes, they are a metaphor. Make sure you are ready for the cultural change -- it's the woods and there are hills, etc, but this won't be Mendocino or any other Northern California lifestyle.
Be ready to have your politics given to you by church "welcome" signs. Don't expect to find like-minds in the diner if you voted the liberal left ticket last November, though Missouri seems to have mellowed a bit over the past 20 yrs.
It's hot -- no micro-climates. Lattes can be found, but they are NOT endemic to the area, unlike California. There will likely be more proselytizing, appreciated or not. iPods are not the norm.
But the trade-off can be rewarding! The lifestyle is slower - and the tomatoes in your garden can grow to 12ft. tall! There are less people telling you how to build and maintain your property (maybe not in the big cities, but in the country). The water is cleaner. The storms are bigger. There are fewer people per square mile...
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This is exactly why I am in love with Southern MO and I have no doubt we would be perfectly content there. We'll leave our little rural CA town, and never look back! 
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05-02-2009, 05:27 AM
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Just one big happy family...:)
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Branson-Hollister-Kimberling City
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Boy...you kids have really been workin' this thread! I'm gonna have to check in more often... 
You'ns gonna post the parade in Missouri Events...right?
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05-02-2009, 11:29 AM
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In the Ozarks
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Table Rock Lake, Blue Eye, Missouri
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Originally Posted by Lake Junkie
Boy...you kids have really been workin' this thread! I'm gonna have to check in more often...
You'ns gonna post the parade in Missouri Events...right?
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But of course. And in OB's The Ozarks Almanac. We wouldn't want to deprive anyone of the ability to participate. |
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08-15-2009, 08:27 AM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Rolla, Phelps County, Ozarks, Missouri
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Originally Posted by Curmudgeon
Oh, and OB, we're gonna be 18-22 miles from anywhere and the nearest town, which also houses our post office, is nine miles away and has 141 souls. Is that rural and small town enough for you?  I mean, my goodness, you live in a "town" of about 18,500 with a state university and not 1, not 2 but 3 zip codes and your own hospital, bless your heart. Our closest one is about 14 miles away in Arkansas. I wouldn't trade with you! |
We'll be looking down our progressive and sophisticated noses up here in metropolitan Rolla at you backwards hillbillies down there in Blue Eye. |
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