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I just remembered something:
That Montana city ⬆ was where @marshallsmyth lived. A few months ago, she mentioned people flocking to Montana earlier this year when Covid-10 was so bad elsewhere. She said that Montanans characteristically talking to each other about how long or how many generations their family had lived in the state - that wasn't a very welcoming thing to do.
I remember Marshall also talking about that form of "political correctness." California boy, he said that he would refer to his grandparents and his uncle having lived there for decades. I have had that sorta thing happen to me here. When the subject comes up, I just try to say that I'm a "damn Californian," mention that I've been in this neck of the woods for over 50 years, and leave it at that. The fact that I'm older than all but a percentage of Americans, numbering in the single digitS', should be enough.
Mom enjoyed having a different response. She would say, "Oh, I was born in Lewiston Idaho. Where are you from." She said people would act rather shy in saying that they weren't born or from any place local. What Mom wouldn't admit to was that her Canadian father looooved the sunshine and could hardly wait to move his young family to southern California. Mom also loved it there - Dad was the one who drug her back north, in a series of moves almost always in the the same direction. For a guy born in the South and growing up within a stone's throw from the Mexican border, his orientation seemed odd to me
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That reminds me of a song. Maybe I will go over to @Marie2020 's thread and post a video.
digitS'
That Montana city ⬆ was where @marshallsmyth lived. A few months ago, she mentioned people flocking to Montana earlier this year when Covid-10 was so bad elsewhere. She said that Montanans characteristically talking to each other about how long or how many generations their family had lived in the state - that wasn't a very welcoming thing to do.
I remember Marshall also talking about that form of "political correctness." California boy, he said that he would refer to his grandparents and his uncle having lived there for decades. I have had that sorta thing happen to me here. When the subject comes up, I just try to say that I'm a "damn Californian," mention that I've been in this neck of the woods for over 50 years, and leave it at that. The fact that I'm older than all but a percentage of Americans, numbering in the single digitS', should be enough.
Mom enjoyed having a different response. She would say, "Oh, I was born in Lewiston Idaho. Where are you from." She said people would act rather shy in saying that they weren't born or from any place local. What Mom wouldn't admit to was that her Canadian father looooved the sunshine and could hardly wait to move his young family to southern California. Mom also loved it there - Dad was the one who drug her back north, in a series of moves almost always in the the same direction. For a guy born in the South and growing up within a stone's throw from the Mexican border, his orientation seemed odd to me
.That reminds me of a song. Maybe I will go over to @Marie2020 's thread and post a video
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