Rusty,
I went through most of that area on highway 98
(not a great road in some parts), got to Pensacola and headed North on
the back roads to see some of the Country and experience the Southern
Hospitality - bad mistake!
Although should have seen the writing on the
wall, a couple of nights before a young lady ( Southern Bell) tried to pick me
up in a bar at some place before Fort Walton beach. Being a married man I had
to decline the offer, however the missing teeth and hairy legs weren't an
incentive.
I was talking to the barman there and asked what
the local industry was and to my surprise he said Ostrich and they actually
exported most of them. I was surprised as I said we have the same sort of
thing in Australia, but their called EMU, but their tough eating
and I couldn't see how they could makes an industry out of them -10
minutes later after discussing this further, it turned out he was talking
about oysters.
I've got a thousand of these stories - why I ask,
does everything happen to me?
George
Where do you live
Rusty?
I've been in the Greenville Jail, but got
out of Alabama as soon as I could after that, I only relaxed after I found I
was in Kentucky.
Hi George,
If you escaped from the Greenville Jail, and
headed about 190 degrees, you'd be over the Gulf of Mexico
in 100 miles. I'm about 4 miles before you get to the
water. At that point, it's Florida, not Alabama.
I haven't visited the Greenville Jail, but I do
know that they have a long history of speed traps along I-65. If I
hadn't sold my FD, I'd probably be in a jail somewhere now, and I'm not
kidding.
Nice people but couldn't understand English
- well, except for their version of it. I'm not saying I couldn't
understand them - it's just they couldn't understand me. Having said that
most Americans can't distinguish between the Aussie accent and the English
accent.
One of the lads (Southerner) wanted to
know what part of the East Coast I came from and I told him I was from down
south - God D... he said - how far south?
LOL! That's hilarious. Not much I can add
to that... :-)
Rusty