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#I'm back

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#43709From: Paul KudlachMar 22, 1993 7:02 AM
Ed, Kevin is great white north. I'm midwest. I can't appreciate ear rings (except on women), tatoos (on anything) or ponytails (except on women). After all, I do live in a small town, so exotic ideas, far out looks and fancy coffee are not worth the curiosity factor they engender. I'll let you westerners have the tatooed ponytailed ear ring wearing leather jacketed born to be wild motorcycling types. Paul
#43907From: Edward L. WaldorphMar 24, 1993 1:03 AM
>>After all, I do live in a small town, so exotic ideas, far out looks and fancy coffee are not worth the curiosity factor they engender. I'll let you westerners have the tatooed ponytailed ear ring wearing leather jacketed born to be wild motorcycling types.<< Paul: Well, I was born and raised in the biggest little-town in in the North Central States (or possibly anywhere): Detroit. After 33 years I couldn't stand it another minute. Talk about closed-minded blue-collar neanderthal types; they were almost as scary as born again Bible-thumpers. -Ed
#44034From: Paul KudlachMar 25, 1993 4:03 AM
Ed, I'll agree that the other extreme is just as ridiculous. Obviously you believe the theory that neanderthals interbred with the modern human and the result is closed minded blue collar religious fanatics. You westerners can have them too as well as the new agers. (g) Paul
#44138From: Edward L. WaldorphMar 26, 1993 2:11 AM
>>You westerners can have them too as well as the new agers. (g)<< Paul: You are too generous and kind, but thank you, no. We have enough already. -Ed
#44242From: Jack L. ChalkerMar 27, 1993 4:14 AM
Well, Ed, you remember the Chalker Theory of Westward Migration, don't you? That our ancestors were the scum, crooks, losers, and nuts of the Old World who came here and settled the East becoming the new Establishment, forcing the next wave of scum, crooks, losers, and nuts further west, and so on, and so on, until, of course, the waves reached the Pacific where, unable to go any further, they have been stacking up for the last century…. Of course, that doesn't explain Texas, does it?
#44067From: Paul KudlachMar 25, 1993 10:08 AM
Ed, Just a footnote: I thought we were talking about fashion not religion or politics. Gee, I used to have long hair too. I thought about a ponytail but with my big ears I would have looked like Dumbo. Paul
#44139From: Edward L. WaldorphMar 26, 1993 2:11 AM
>>I thought we were talking about fashion not religion or politics.<< Paul: Actually, we were talking about perception and prejudice. -Ed
#44146From: Paul KudlachMar 26, 1993 4:13 AM
Ed, >> Actually, we were talking about perception and prejudice. Maybe you were but I was talking about the style. If you perceived my comments otherwise, I apologize. It seems you have your own perceptions and prejudices to deal with just like the rest of us. Paul