Comments on: In Praise of Flyover Country http://pjmedia.com/blog/in-praise-of-flyover-country/ Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:50:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Pajamas Media » Is Ohio McCain Country? http://pjmedia.com/blog/in-praise-of-flyover-country/#comment-70633 Pajamas Media » Is Ohio McCain Country? Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:11:59 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/in-praise-of-flyover-country/#comment-70633 [...] for president, but as this “small town scene” played out again, I realized that the wonderful clichés are surely true. And here we were just miles from Ohio’s fourth largest [...] [...] for president, but as this “small town scene” played out again, I realized that the wonderful clichés are surely true. And here we were just miles from Ohio’s fourth largest [...]

]]> By: Burt Prelutsky http://pjmedia.com/blog/in-praise-of-flyover-country/#comment-58712 Burt Prelutsky Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:48:41 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/in-praise-of-flyover-country/#comment-58712 Dear Katherine Berry: Just keep in mind that your kids are the ones who'll be picking out your rest home. Best, Burt Dear Katherine Berry: Just keep in mind that your kids are the ones who’ll be picking out your rest home.

Best, Burt

]]> By: Katherine Berry http://pjmedia.com/blog/in-praise-of-flyover-country/#comment-58318 Katherine Berry Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:48:24 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/in-praise-of-flyover-country/#comment-58318 As a small town gal in Kansas, I love the same thing: you never run into a stranger in a small town. Unfortunately, you can't ever really let your hair down, either. Thanks for the idea about making salmon patties for dinner tonight. My kids are a bit too spoiled having a mother with mad culinary skills. Think I'll whip up some salmon patties -- with too much egg, naturally -- just to give them something to complain about. As a small town gal in Kansas, I love the same thing: you never run into a stranger in a small town. Unfortunately, you can’t ever really let your hair down, either.

Thanks for the idea about making salmon patties for dinner tonight. My kids are a bit too spoiled having a mother with mad culinary skills. Think I’ll whip up some salmon patties — with too much egg, naturally — just to give them something to complain about.

]]> By: Paul Gross http://pjmedia.com/blog/in-praise-of-flyover-country/#comment-58063 Paul Gross Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:53:16 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/in-praise-of-flyover-country/#comment-58063 Dead on about the best and worst things. a quote on the subject I always liked; “One of the good things about living in a small community, your character is judged every day” Cal Turner sr. founder of Dollar General, life long resident of Scottville, KY. I have lived in both large and small towns. I moved to Princeton, KY in 1987 a town of a few thousand and the largest town for many miles. the first day on the job, I walked to the local bank to open an account and was immediately asked if i was the new guy at the mill. I asked if i was wearing a sign, and the clerk said she knew there was a new VP at the mill and since I was wearing a suit and was the only one she didnt know by name, I had to be it. Dead on about the best and worst things. a quote on the subject I always liked; “One of the good things about living in a small community, your character is judged every day” Cal Turner sr. founder of Dollar General, life long resident of Scottville, KY.
I have lived in both large and small towns. I moved to Princeton, KY in 1987 a town of a few thousand and the largest town for many miles. the first day on the job, I walked to the local bank to open an account and was immediately asked if i was the new guy at the mill. I asked if i was wearing a sign, and the clerk said she knew there was a new VP at the mill and since I was wearing a suit and was the only one she didnt know by name, I had to be it.

]]> By: Believer http://pjmedia.com/blog/in-praise-of-flyover-country/#comment-58026 Believer Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:38:22 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/in-praise-of-flyover-country/#comment-58026 Oh, my gosh, Burt. I wish I'd seen your answer sooner. I've been laughing hysterically ever since. You can give us more laughs in fewer sentences than anyone I can remember. Please - keep regaling us with your tales of tortured youth! Or anything, for that matter. We love it all. Oh, my gosh, Burt. I wish I’d seen your answer sooner.

I’ve been laughing hysterically ever since. You can give us more laughs in fewer sentences than anyone I can remember.

Please – keep regaling us with your tales of tortured youth! Or anything, for that matter. We love it all.

]]> By: Dogwood http://pjmedia.com/blog/in-praise-of-flyover-country/#comment-58017 Dogwood Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:22:08 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/in-praise-of-flyover-country/#comment-58017 Oops, sorry for the double post. Oops, sorry for the double post.

]]> By: Dogwood http://pjmedia.com/blog/in-praise-of-flyover-country/#comment-58016 Dogwood Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:21:14 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/in-praise-of-flyover-country/#comment-58016 Hey, what's wrong with salmon patties? I loved those things while growing up! My wife and I are raising our two daughters in a small Indiana town with a population of about 1,500. Best place ever for kids because everyone watches out for everyone else. My wife grew up in Grand Rapids, Mich., and returns several times a year to visit family, but she now hates the traffic, the stop lights, and the pollution. There is a lot to be said for living in a town where the kids can walk to school, walk to the library, walk to friend's house, and play outside without fear. In short, life is good here. Hey, what’s wrong with salmon patties? I loved those things while growing up!

My wife and I are raising our two daughters in a small Indiana town with a population of about 1,500. Best place ever for kids because everyone watches out for everyone else.

My wife grew up in Grand Rapids, Mich., and returns several times a year to visit family, but she now hates the traffic, the stop lights, and the pollution.

There is a lot to be said for living in a town where the kids can walk to school, walk to the library, walk to friend’s house, and play outside without fear.

In short, life is good here.

]]> By: Dogwood http://pjmedia.com/blog/in-praise-of-flyover-country/#comment-58014 Dogwood Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:19:08 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/in-praise-of-flyover-country/#comment-58014 Hey, what's wrong with salmon patties? I loved those things while growing up! My wife and I are raising our two daughters in a small Indiana town with a population of about 1,500. Best place ever for kids because everyone watches out for everyone else. My wife grew up in Grand Rapids, Mich., and returns several times a year to visit family, but she now hates the traffic, the stop lights, and the pollution. There is a lot to be said for living in a town where the kids can walk to school, walk to the library, walk to friend's house, and play outside without fear. Life is good here. Hey, what’s wrong with salmon patties? I loved those things while growing up!

My wife and I are raising our two daughters in a small Indiana town with a population of about 1,500. Best place ever for kids because everyone watches out for everyone else.

My wife grew up in Grand Rapids, Mich., and returns several times a year to visit family, but she now hates the traffic, the stop lights, and the pollution.

There is a lot to be said for living in a town where the kids can walk to school, walk to the library, walk to friend’s house, and play outside without fear.

Life is good here.

]]> By: Philip W. http://pjmedia.com/blog/in-praise-of-flyover-country/#comment-57291 Philip W. Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:30:21 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/in-praise-of-flyover-country/#comment-57291 It was a breath of fresh air to read such a neat story after checking all the stuff in the political columns. My kind of writing. Thanks for the break. It was a breath of fresh air to read such a neat story after checking all the stuff in the political columns. My kind of writing. Thanks for the break.

]]> By: AJ http://pjmedia.com/blog/in-praise-of-flyover-country/#comment-57152 AJ Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:18:00 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/in-praise-of-flyover-country/#comment-57152 Great stuff. I was born in DC, raised in San Diego, but now live in Indiana and love it. We'll never go back to the big liberal cities where no one cares about anything but $ and themselves. I have been in all 48 lower states and most major cities. Small towns are the best, though I still do live in the biggest city in Indiana, but cannot wait to move to a more rural locale at the end of this summer. As to this: "There were two elderly women in the car. They offered us a lift. When I asked them if they weren’t the least bit nervous about picking up strangers in the dead of night, the driver said, “We saw your car, so we knew you’d broken down, and we knew we’d come across you sooner or later.” I sat there thinking, “Toto, we’re not in California anymore.”" Yep. When my fiancee and I almost hit a deer and ended up in a ditch in SE Kansas last winter, the FIRST car by helped us get out and took us toward the nearest shop. That is typical. In LA, or Hartford as we aw last week, the yuppies would have done nothing. Thankfully, there are enough of these "bitter" folks to not only produce our brave soldiers but to make sure Barack Hussein Obama is never America's leader. Great stuff. I was born in DC, raised in San Diego, but now live in Indiana and love it. We’ll never go back to the big liberal cities where no one cares about anything but $ and themselves.

I have been in all 48 lower states and most major cities. Small towns are the best, though I still do live in the biggest city in Indiana, but cannot wait to move to a more rural locale at the end of this summer.

As to this:

“There were two elderly women in the car. They offered us a lift. When I asked them if they weren’t the least bit nervous about picking up strangers in the dead of night, the driver said, “We saw your car, so we knew you’d broken down, and we knew we’d come across you sooner or later.” I sat there thinking, “Toto, we’re not in California anymore.””

Yep. When my fiancee and I almost hit a deer and ended up in a ditch in SE Kansas last winter, the FIRST car by helped us get out and took us toward the nearest shop. That is typical. In LA, or Hartford as we aw last week, the yuppies would have done nothing. Thankfully, there are enough of these “bitter” folks to not only produce our brave soldiers but to make sure Barack Hussein Obama is never America’s leader.

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