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KJ
| | Posted on Friday, July 26, 2002 - 10:42 pm: | 
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Hey y'all (G), we country bumpkins went to the big city today, and WOW, was it ever a shocker! Now, you Virginians don't laugh, we didn't EXACTLY go to the city, but we could see it on the way to Leesburg. Still, I got some of your jokes! I finally saw the infamous soccer ball magnetic things stuck to cars, which do not seem to be the thing in my cow town (despite the very real presence of soccer down here). Nearly everyone was driving with a deathwish and a cell phone glued to their heads. Not one Disco or Rangie waved : ( We choked as we read signs at neighborhoods stating the homes "Start in the $800's"...and each looked exactly like the one on the lot next to it. Between the HUGE houses and all the Mercedes SUVs, I came away thinking all the dollars go to Virginia to die (G). Then we got to experience Friday night rush hour. In all, we were glad to be home on the farm, walking into our modest ranch house, just in time to feed the stock and get back in our well-worn groove. You know how it is, travel broadens the mind (G), but now we're tucked into our Hobbit hole again, and it's just a story to tell. No offense to more civilized dwellers, I just think I've lived down the holler too long....
Karen  |
Leslie N. Bright (Leslie)
| | Posted on Friday, July 26, 2002 - 10:57 pm: |
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Karen,
Don't you know that when heading west, Virginia ends with Roanoke? Except that Virginia Tech is an hour past, most of the rest of the state would forget about anything out here..... Unless, of course, it's someone into NASCAR, lol.....
FWIW, I'm MUCH happier here than I was in a bigger town, I KNOW how you feel....
-L |
Al Oliveira (Offroaddisco)
| | Posted on Friday, July 26, 2002 - 11:07 pm: |
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Wow, Leesburg huh?
Well... I'm not in Leesburg but very near it and there isn't a Benz in my driveway but there are a couple of BMW's along with the Disco with all the trail pin stripes. There are two ML's down the street. And $800 for a house?! What a deal!
If I see a Rover on the road I do wave. And I will wave to any SUV in the area that looks like it's seen more than the mall and sometimes even get waves back. Funny that in this area the most Rovers I see on the road is when it snows and they all seem to wave. But it takes a little snow for that to happen.
As for the "City" life, I've been trying to get my brother to move into the area and he said he couldn't that it was too much in the country. |
KJ
| | Posted on Saturday, July 27, 2002 - 06:56 pm: |
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LOL, Al! Quite right, I should clarify. Those "homes for sale" signs said, "Starting in the $800,000.00's"! Now, WHERE does your bro live that he could possibly think NOVA was too far out in the "country"????? Back in the day we used to go to Leesburg to horse shows and it WAS in Sticksville. Not any more! We knew it wasn't like that anymore, but still the development was stunning.
Leslie, I thought Roanoke WAS in Tenn, LOL! Really, the division in Virginia is amazing, with Northern VA really being unto itself. Source of endless hassles for a lot of folks I expect. Me, I'm more small-town all the time. When we left city life (and we only worked there!), we REALLY left it. My farm is feeling too small these days, too surrounded by development, which most people would laugh at me about. I see the rising tide, and I don't have to like it.
Karen |
M. K. Watson (Lrover94)
| | Posted on Saturday, July 27, 2002 - 07:57 pm: |
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a Virgiinyan for sure!
mike w |
Al Oliveira (Offroaddisco)
| | Posted on Saturday, July 27, 2002 - 08:55 pm: |
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Karen, He has been going between NYC and Miami for the past two years. He can't seem to make up his mind. The Metro DC area is just to "small" for him. I think it just has to do with the lack of models since that seems to be who he's been dating.
Nice photo Mike but I think that may be the "other" Virginia <g> |
Eric N (Grnrvr)
| | Posted on Saturday, July 27, 2002 - 09:24 pm: |
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Actually KJ my favorite for sale signs are the ones that always state " New single family homes starting in the LOW $899,000's " Like that is a low price.. What gets me is they all sell before they even break ground on the damn things. I want to know what the hell they do for a living. However, I am happy that I can sell my house for $305,000 when I only paid $150,000 for it 5 years or so ago. Not happy that I can't afford anything else in the area if I do sell though. Oh well.. I'm just poor little white trash anyways.
By the way M.K. least you could have done was waited till I was off the phone before you took my picture. |
M. K. Watson (Lrover94)
| | Posted on Saturday, July 27, 2002 - 09:29 pm: |
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is that really you?
mike w |
Paul D. Morgan (V22guy)
| | Posted on Saturday, July 27, 2002 - 10:03 pm: |
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Sweet picture, reminds me of the south.
Paul
sweatin it out in NC |
Virginian
| | Posted on Saturday, July 27, 2002 - 10:24 pm: |
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you know when you're in virginia when.... |
Eric N (Grnrvr)
| | Posted on Saturday, July 27, 2002 - 11:03 pm: |
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Ya, that's me M.K... I finally did get a new screen door for my double wide. Damn racoons kept getting into my pork rhinds and beer. It took a while for my neighbors to get used to me but, now I think the little lady kind a likes me. |
Al Oliveira (Offroaddisco)
| | Posted on Saturday, July 27, 2002 - 11:05 pm: |
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lol... here we go
you know when you're in virginia when... You drive by cooters place
http://www.cootersplace.com/ |
Eric N (Grnrvr)
| | Posted on Saturday, July 27, 2002 - 11:10 pm: |
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Or Boss Hoggs Bar-B-Q place in McLean, VA.. Which by the way has some good sandwiches and some good tater salad. |
KJ
| | Posted on Sunday, July 28, 2002 - 03:30 pm: |
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Hey Eric, I can't wait for you to hit the Lottery and buy one of them honkin' huge-ass houses. Make sure you take your "throne" with you, eh? Go ahead, spoil the neighborhood! A few plastic pink flamingos would look nice, too.....
Karen |
Eric N (Grnrvr)
| | Posted on Sunday, July 28, 2002 - 08:23 pm: |
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I already got the flamingos on the side of the house. Check it out. my house I'll never win the lottery though cause I don't want to dip into my beer fund to buy lotto tickets. |
M. K. Watson (Lrover94)
| | Posted on Sunday, July 28, 2002 - 10:10 pm: |
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geez eric lives so far on the hill his sat dish has to point down to get a signal. those most be some high altitude flamingos! hehehehe
mike w
ps dude the truth be known my family is from Cobb Hill, Kentucky, and i grew up along the big river down in Georgia, cant get more TP than me. |
Eric N (Grnrvr)
| | Posted on Sunday, July 28, 2002 - 10:31 pm: |
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Actually, I only got the dish so that I could make my neighbors think I was more "well to do" then I actually am. Truth be told it's not hooked up and I found it in the trash one day while I was working. My TV only gets channels 4, 5, and 9. I would probably get better reception if I had a bigger coat hanger. I tried using foil but, it just didn't work as good.
I was born in Boonsboro, MD back in 71 when there was a whole 4 houses there. Can't get any more boony then Boonsboro. If it wasn't for the sign on the highway you'd drive right by and not even know it. |
KJ
| | Posted on Monday, July 29, 2002 - 12:31 am: |
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HAHAHAHA, those are some most excellent painted rocks! Hey, laugh if you like, but before we built our house we lived here in a doublewide trailer! One Christmas I asked for plastic pink flamingos and was THRILLED to get them! We kept them displayed proudly until WELL past their throw away date, or whenever they turned completely white, whichever came first. I DO live by the credo, "Go ahead, ruin the neighborhood!"
Karen |
KJ
| | Posted on Monday, July 29, 2002 - 12:33 am: |
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Oh, and Eric, I think the "town" of Flintstone, MD trumps Boonesboro as "more boony". Bet y'all had some vicious battles in the local football league, eh?
Karen |
Eric N (Grnrvr)
| | Posted on Monday, July 29, 2002 - 07:09 am: |
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Um, I wouldn't know KJ, I moved out of Boonesboro when I was 3 to Northern VA and have been lowering neighbors property values ever since. |
Sus (Susannah)
| | Posted on Monday, July 29, 2002 - 11:12 am: |
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Karen, where do you live? Having been raised in the Shenandoah Valley of VA and now residing in the grand metropolis of Lynchburg, life is shore different! I laugh everytime I head back into the little towns in the Valley...and my business travels take me away enough to make home seem like heaven. DC is too much for me, and Raleigh, NC isn't far behind. Those huge neighborhoods with 1.5 acre houses on .5 acre lots really bother me! I need some space for the Rover and all the dogs, even for another horse or two! |
SOLO
| | Posted on Monday, July 29, 2002 - 01:15 pm: |
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Eric
Nice pink flamingos, my parents used to have two out in front of my house when I was growing up, I hated them so much I use to shoot at them with my pellet gun. Mind if I drop by, I need some practice. LOL
Larry |
Eric N (Grnrvr)
| | Posted on Monday, July 29, 2002 - 01:28 pm: |
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Sure feel free. I'll let you use something a little better then a pellet gun though.. However, it's a bit of a drive to shoot at the flamingos since the picture that I took is of a house in Alaska.
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KJ
| | Posted on Monday, July 29, 2002 - 01:34 pm: |
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Sus,
We live in Southern Maryland, across the river from Kyle and Heather who also live in SoMd. I own one of about four Discos in my county. I saw a stray Rangie one time, but I think it lives in Va and was just passing through. Not big LR country down here. My husband just came back from points North, to include Nantucket, and he said LRs were like leaf litter up there. All stockers from the sound of it, so I guess more of a fashion accessory up there. Of course, I'm stock, too, but I *feel* like my LR means more to me than something passingly fashionable
Karen |
Todd XD
| | Posted on Monday, July 29, 2002 - 06:07 pm: |
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I would like to chime in here with a similar topic. I live in the north coastal region of San Diego, CA. There are more discos and RR here than you can count, they are almost all "grocery getters". The average home price in this area is about $800K also. I have seen a few with all the necessary mods. I have recently seen at least 4 2003 RR,s and 2 Discos in the last week, all of them were black too. Guess what, nobody in this area ever waives to another LR owner! I drive a 97 XD, this obviously stands out, and all I get are wierd looks from the other Disco owners. I have waived or gave a clear nod to passing Discos and have never seen anyone acknolwedge the gesture.
I sold a very well modified Jeep Cherokee to buy the XD, it has got to be one of the most capable and comfortable vehicles I have ever driven off-road. However, every time a passed another "Jeeper" on the road, There was always an exchange of friendly waives.
If anyone in San Diego reads this, take some time to extend a hand next time you see a bright yellow XD driving around. |
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