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Tuesday, September 20. 2016

A report from the Heartland

A friend returned from a bachelor party weekend in the US heartland. His report:


Fri nite: Cookout at his friend's parents' house, with kegs, a bonfire, and fireworks of course in the back field.
Sat: 6 hours at the shooting range, with unlimited shotgun, handgun, and rifle sports.
Sat nite: They drove a few hrs from Ohio to Pittsburgh for a nice big dinner event, had to wear neat, clean clothes.
Sun: They went to a dirt track race after early church. Box seats! Then everybody drove home to wherever they came from. Nobody flew, cuz firearms are not carry-on.


I have never attended a bachelor party as good as that. This was outside the Beltway for sure. Flyover Country where people change their own oil in their cars and trucks.

Posted by The News Junkie in The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 12:08 | Comments (10) | Trackbacks (0)

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The habits of the deplorable dirt people. They probably prayed and meant it too.

#1 Ken in NH on 2016-09-20 14:14 (Reply)
I don't doubt that the whole church pray thing is more or less adjunct to the lifestyling and pleasure. We tend to get that out of the way as soon as possible so the fun can start like G_d intended.
#1.1 Ten on 2016-09-21 07:32 (Reply)
About half the time we visit relatives in W-PA I hear gunfire before we even get to house. We were there about a month ago. Three blasts before I even got the kids unbuckled.
#2 forest on 2016-09-20 15:24 (Reply)
PA--Ain't that where "Bama said folks cling to their Bibles and firearms?
#3 Sam L. on 2016-09-20 16:40 (Reply)
Good to see that My People are thriving even on the wrong side of the Mason-Dixon line :)
#4 Dangerous Dean on 2016-09-20 16:43 (Reply)
God forbid I do it again, but if I did it would be something like that.
#4.1 Bird Dog on 2016-09-20 17:15 (Reply)
Hear gunshots regularly around our home. Sometimes I'm the guilty party, but only once and a while. We are about 31 miles NE of Philly, according to Ben's mile marker in the neighbors yard. More fly over country than the left would like to admit.
#5 OldPhoto on 2016-09-20 20:27 (Reply)
NW, not NE, that might put me in N.J. heaven forbid.
#6 OldPhoto on 2016-09-20 20:29 (Reply)
Even here in the "heartland" most of us can no longer change our own oil. Most of us know how, its just the cost of doing so is more than the $15(when on sale/deal)-$50 it cost to have someone else do it. I remember my grandfather taking the old oil and spraying it on the driveway to keep the dust down. Do that now and you might have a SWAT team knocking on your door.
#7 JTwig on 2016-09-21 11:16 (Reply)
If it is any comfort, your local government won't be able to afford the SWAT team much longer. State and local govts are going broke faster than rabbits are making baby rabbits these days.
#7.1 Dangerous Dean on 2016-09-22 00:05 (Reply)

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