Redneck Riviera??

HA BWHAAAAAA HA!!!!!!!!

You may be correct; that, or to send another truck full of Bud light and sun screen; looks like he'll be there a while!!!!!

Oh Biff that's scary and it appears they are out of TP. Perhaps that is what the phone call is about.

I disagree...redneck does not "aka" southern. I have observed redneck characters above the mason dixie line. :clap_1:

You are so right about that!

HA BWHAAAAAA HA!!!!!!!!

You may be correct; that, or to send another truck full of Bud light and sun screen; looks like he'll be there a while!!!!!

Yes the Bud makes sense. From the looks of his tan lines he doesn't use sun screen.

Maybe this photo from Crab Island will help explain the name a little bit.

Oh, I just remembered that St Joe changed the name to Florida's Great NorthWest. Didn't you get the memo?

Most excellant SJ!!! Imagine he would be quite the interesting professor.!

Maybe this photo from Crab Island will help explain the name a little bit.

Yes, I hear it called "Redneck Riviera" here in North Country. It's ok with me, but wonder why Northerner's like to call the area NorthWest FL. & not the Panhandle???

Tom (MI - Great Lakes Area)

Yes, I hear it called "Redneck Riviera" here in North Country. It's ok with me, but wonder why Northerner's like to call the area NorthWest FL. & not the Panhandle???

Tom (MI - Great Lakes Area)

I'm in the Chicago area and when you say panhandle they look confused. Then as soon as you say NW Fla, they understand. And then when you say Redneck Riviera, they REALLY understand!

SJ - that pix of Carb Island could be of Party Cove in the Ozarks - or even Petite Lake in the Chain of Lakes just North of Chicago.

I don't really care what it is called - just a long as I am lucky enough to own a piece of it.


In Illinois we call Wisocnsin people Cheeseheads and they call is FIBS

F***ing Illinois Bast****s

I have been dropping off Grayton Kid every morning at Bay Elementary in Pt. Washington.....I have seen no rednecks there! It is really weird. Prepy, white shirts coming out of the wood work. Watercolor, Rosemary, Seaside and Alys Beach... a whole different world for sure. I like to think that most of us are somehwere in between redneck and elite snobs. Let's just stay down home, friendly AND educated!

I have lived in Walton County, Atlanta, Austin TX, Denver CO, Newport Beach CA, Scottsdale AZ, and for the last 18 years in the Napa Valley...every single place had rednecks. They are universal. When I was an undergrad at FSU, a sorority girl with a crush on my cousin loved making fun of my Panhandle accent and referred to me as a "redneck." Well, this is a young woman whose father was a tomato farmer in South Florida and who actually wore a leopard-skin coat to classes in the winter months. I might have been a redneck (might still be...heck!), but I know lack of breeding and poor taste when I encounter it.

Are khaki pants part of his school attire? They have gone to school uniforms here over the past couple of years. White shirts and khaki or navy blue pants for boys and girls. Every city has what people refer to as rednecks. Some just more redneck than others.

I have been dropping off Grayton Kid every morning at Bay Elementary in Pt. Washington.....I have seen no rednecks there! It is really weird. Prepy, white shirts coming out of the wood work. Watercolor, Rosemary, Seaside and Alys Beach... a whole different world for sure. I like to think that most of us are somehwere in between redneck and elite snobs. Let's just stay down home, friendly AND educated!

AMEN to that, Sister! Times have certainly changed since the time that #2 Sibling and I attended Pt. Washington School!!! Now, that was quite an experience for us city slicker kids. We both actually had shoes and wore them to school. The hot lunches were quite tasty if I remember correctly. Van Butler was the principal and may have even taught my grade (grades 5-8 in one classroom). We rode the school bus from Grayton Beach. :roll:

I have been dropping off Grayton Kid every morning at Bay Elementary in Pt. Washington.....I have seen no rednecks there! It is really weird. Prepy, white shirts coming out of the wood work. Watercolor, Rosemary, Seaside and Alys Beach... a whole different world for sure. I like to think that most of us are somehwere in between redneck and elite snobs. Let's just stay down home, friendly AND educated!

Maybe that is because Rosemary, Seaside, Alys Beach, etc were not developed when the name, Redneck Riveria, stuck. ;-) Heck, Destin was not even Destin as we know it, when the name came around. There was Panty Maw City Beach and Ft Walton, and not much in between known to people from the South Eastern US.

I'm not really sure what a redneck looks like. I lived in the Chicago area for 39 years, and when we first moved down here we lived in Crestview for a year until we could get down to south walton. That was quite the culture shock for me!! I wasn't used to how they push the sale of tobacco and beer. And the drinking and driving was quite a shocker. Don't they have laws about that down here? Cigarette in one hand beer in the other driving down the street. There is also a real shortage of teeth in Crestview. I grew up with the no shirt, no shoes no service laws, but they don't seem to have that down here either. I've seen people with no shoes, no shirt, no teeth, carrying a puppy, shopping for groceries. I guess compared to what I grew up with, I felt like I had moved to a third world country. I never knew grandma's chewed snuff! And what is stump grinding? There are signs on all the street corners for stump grinding. Is that like an all night "rave" dance party?

Stump grinding. Hmmm. I woud like to hear from a few people on this one- 30 gAy, Triple B, RO, Darlene, J-funn. Sounds like a kind of dance, though.

"Let's go see the WaCo Ramblers and do some big time stump grindin'!"

me, age 11

Deliverance!!! I just watched the re-run a couple of months ago. That little hillbilly can sure strum that banjo!

I'm not really sure what a redneck looks like. I lived in the Chicago area for 39 years, and when we first moved down here we lived in Crestview for a year until we could get down to south walton. That was quite the culture shock for me!! I wasn't used to how they push the sale of tobacco and beer. And the drinking and driving was quite a shocker. Don't they have laws about that down here? Cigarette in one hand beer in the other driving down the street. There is also a real shortage of teeth in Crestview. I grew up with the no shirt, no shoes no service laws, but they don't seem to have that down here either. I've seen people with no shoes, no shirt, no teeth, carrying a puppy, shopping for groceries. I guess compared to what I grew up with, I felt like I had moved to a third world country. I never knew grandma's chewed snuff! And what is stump grinding? There are signs on all the street corners for stump grinding. Is that like an all night "rave" dance party?

Here is something about stump grinders.

Use of Stump Grinders

Large stump grinders that are pulled behind trucks are used by many professionals for stump removal. Those machines can grind a stump quickly and efficiently and are generally safe if used correctly and carefully.

Several models of small, less expensive walk-behind stump grinders are aimed at homeowners, rental use and smaller professional operations. Most are reasonably safe if used carefully, but a few are not safe no matter how they are used.

Types of Small Stump Grinders
Most small walk-behind stump grinders have an elongated frame with wheels and an engine near the center, a handle for the operator at one end and a cutting wheel at the other end. The cutting wheel can be mounted in a horizontal or vertical orientation, but vertical is more common. The cutting wheel is usually belt-driven from the engine. A typical cutting wheel is comprised of a heavy wheel with replaceable tungsten carbide teeth that do the actual work. The cutting wheel does not saw the stump; it grinds the stump. A sharp cutting wheel will reduce a stump to chips.

How a Stump Grinder Is Used
Most stump grinders are designed to be operated in a back-and-forth mode. Moving the handle left to right moves the cutting wheel right to left. As you move the handle back and forth, the cutting wheel will move back and forth across the stump, gradually grinding it down. After each pass across the stump, you either lower the cutting wheel (by raising the handle) or move the whole machine forward an inch or so. Some machines have a brake on one wheel so the machine can more easily be pivoted about that wheel.
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One thing I never could get straight....what is the difference between a redneck and a hoosier?

When I was growing up in Panama City, Redneck Riviera referred to the visitors, who were primarily from Alabama and Georgia, and the honky-tonk atmosphere of Panama City Beach with its plethora of t-shirt shacks and all you can eat buffets.

We made fun of both, but didn't appreciate it when "outsiders" did the same. Or opined about the need for class.

The Great Northwest just makes me ill.

Barefoot guy - thats exactly what I'm talking about. In my hometown you wouldn't DARE go to the store with anything other that a polo shirt, expensive shoes, jewerly, and your hair done... I guess I should be happy that I can relax a bit!

a funny southern saying I've heard that make me giggle:

'fixin' to do something. I dont know why but when I hear that, I imagine Hee Haw music.

Also, I wish the Destin seafood festival was a little classier. They need something other than country music. at least they had Black eyed blonde last year. they were good.

One thing I never could get straight....what is the difference between a redneck and a hoosier?

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hoosier


Definition of a redneck actually has two definitions
1.Used as a disparaging term for a member of the white rural laboring class, especially in the southern United States.
2.A white person regarded as having a provincial, conservative, often bigoted attitude.

Info about the term Hoosier:
Word History: The first recorded instance of Hoosier meaning ?Indiana resident? is dated 1826; however, it seems possible that senses of the word recorded later in the Dictionary of Americanisms, including ?a big, burly, uncouth specimen or individual; a frontiersman, countryman, rustic,? reflect the kind of use this word had before it settled down in Indiana. As a nickname, Hoosier was but one of a variety of disparaging terms for the inhabitants of particular states arising in the early 19th century.

This last point is interesting!
Texans were called Beetheads, for example; Alabamans were Lizards; Nebraskans were Bug-eaters; South Carolinians were Weasels, and Pennsylvanians were Leatherheads. People in Missouri might have had it worst of all, they were called Pukes. Originally, these names were probably taken up by people living in neighboring states, but belittled residents adopted them in a spirit of defiant pride, much as American colonists turned the derisive term Yankee into a moniker for their spirit of rebellion.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hoosier


This last point is interesting!
Texans were called Beetheads, for example; Alabamans were Lizards; Nebraskans were Bug-eaters; South Carolinians were Weasels, and Pennsylvanians were Leatherheads. People in Missouri might have had it worst of all, they were called Pukes. Originally, these names were probably taken up by people living in neighboring states, but belittled residents adopted them in a spirit of defiant pride, much as American colonists turned the derisive term Yankee into a moniker for their spirit of rebellion.

I've lived in Missouri all my life and have never heard of Missourians being called Pukes! :shock:

A damn Yankee was someone from up north who came to visit. A goddamn Yankee was someone who moved here.