<p>Curmudge, just got back from dropping off DD, and I have to agree about the wilds of NH - there are country folk everywhere. They do have a couple of things on us- the cars on blocks are alive and well, but trash seems to stop at the edge of one’s yard, the roadsides are very neat AND I like the no billboard policy, although it makes it tough to know what’s coming up on the interstate, it is much neater and cleaner.</p>
<p>“It is a given that every smart Hispanic will be told countless times that he COULD end up at Harvard”. </p>
<p>Wow X - racism, elitism, sexism and condescension all in one convenient stereotype.</p>
<p>Cur- I didn’t take any offense at all. The reality is that for a lot of folks (including the liberal elite from NY), a lot of smart kids do go to state schools. Sort of off topic but a plug for SUNY’s ( and other state U’s), my daughter brought home the SUNY Viewbook today. It lists notable alumni from each of its institutions. Not to bore everyone, I’ll just name a few very successful people with SUNY degrees (not HYP)–SUNY Buffalo includes Wolf Blitzer–Terry Gross from NPR ( was friendly with her in high school- she was always really smart)–Edie Falco went to SUNY Purchase and Oswego’s very own Al Roker. SUNY alumni–not too shabby.</p>
<p>H is from upstate New York. His grandparents were House parents at a Hamilton fraternity back in the day. H ended up at USC, his brother ended up at Berkeley, the sisters went to SIU. His friends went to Syracuse (probably the private school of choice for upstate) and James Madison.</p>
<p>Upstate kids are more varied than the diner clerk let on.</p>
<p>btw, There are red-necks everywhere. My best friend from college was there on full scholarship and went on to get her Phd in Philosophy and French (with a definite twang). She was born to, and I quote, “a card carrying schizophrenic”, in an insane asylum in Mobile-- on Halloween, no less. She has her washer and dryer outside and her pole house isn’t exactly finished. She’s married to one of the world’s greatest washboard players and she is an extraordinary painter.</p>
<p>I love my brilliant, leftist redneck. I nicknamed her Mae West after she got implants in 1980.</p>
<p>Cheers - that’s no fair, that’s a Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote, certified Southern original - the Yankees can show some of the salient characteristics, but they can’t rival a born redneck’s eccentricities - now where did I put my whisky glasses?</p>
<p>LOL. Now we’re getting somewhere. Thanks for the chuckle.</p>
<p>I wasn’t trying to rank rednecks on some sort of redneck-o-meter (although I personally feel our well-defined cedar-chopper minority will get on you like a duck on a junebug), the local folks we met on our trip were good folks letting off a little steam on an almost end of summer day and there ain’t nothing wrong with that. It was the Nascar caps on sale right down from the Sugar House that tickled my funny-bone .</p>
<p>And Susan, it was spur of the moment , poorly arranged by me and was really to see Hamilton for a coach visit. But since it was us afterall , it became a Middlebury, Hamilton, Colgate trip. I’m still collecting my thoughts before posting my impressions although I liked all three for different reasons. Middlebury was the prettiest setting. Colgate was the prettiest, best laid out. Hamilton is more D’s style. I think. Maybe. Could be. I’m glad she 's just a junior. LOL. Wait. Oh Holy Crap!!! That was last year. She’s on the gun lap. AAACCCKK.</p>
<p>come up with such utter non-sense? Are you THAT desperate to find avenues to get back at me? Go back a few thousands posts on the new and old boards, and I’m sure you’ll find better lines than this one. Reading some of my old posts may help you understand the extent of the ridicule of your comment. </p>
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<p>well, I did forget presumption, self importance and narcissism on your part, although I guess that is just a “given”. Sorry. But, let me just take a moment to review your last THOUSAND posts and I’ll get back to you.</p>
<p>Hold your breath now…</p>
<p>cur - Since you’ve been to Vt., and didn’t mention my fair state, maybe you’re not headed this way. But if Colby/Bates/Bowdoin are still on your radar screen, I thought I’d put in a plug for Maine’s redneck credentials:
Maine is where :
-folks consider it a sport to gather food by drilling through 8 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim by
- someone in a store offers you assistance, and they don’t work there
-folks have had a lengthy telephone conversations with someone who dialed a wrong number - you know several people who have hit a deer (with their car) more than once.
- you see people wearing camouflage - or blaze orange - at social events (including weddings).
-folks install security lights on theirr house and garage and leave both unlocked - they carry jumper cables in the car and their girlfriend knows how to use them.
- they think “Down South” means New Hampshire</p>
<p>Come on down, it’s wicked friendly here.</p>
<p>No, my friend, you’re dead wrong again! </p>
<p>Presumptuous? You are the one who is taking his own opinion for granted as being true in the absence of proof to the contrary. Isn’t that also a definition of presumption?</p>
<p>The reference to my posts on CC was merely to help you see how silly it was for you to attack me on my comment on hispanics. I have little doubt that you can see a few hispanics from the height of your highrise building in Los Angeles, but I doubt that makes you an expert. Further, you ought to be a bit more careful when accusing someone of racism or elitism despite not knowing anything about the person who hides behind the pixelized persona. Not only do you know absolutely nothing about me, but it is evident that your assumptions are as flawed as your reading comprehension ability. </p>
<p>If you wish to find out a bit more about my views on the plight of hispanics in education, I’d be glad to send you a couple of research papers and essays that helped me secure my scholarships. </p>
<p>Lastly, not too long ago, you advised me to try humor. You may decide to read the prior post from which you extracted my supposedly racial and elitist -and sexist- remark. A small hint: I may have inherited from my parents a small sense of the self-deprecating humor that is mostly seen in places outside the United States.</p>
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<p>I have it on good authority from my Minnesotan BIL, that many of these points would also be applicable in the Midwest.
Perhaps we are all rednecks, except the NYC folks.</p>
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Hee, hee, hee 
And ROFLMAO, too. In France they call their version of NYC folks “le Tout-Paris.” Some things are the same wherever you go.</p>
<p>Xiggy-thanks for proving my point. I guess I don’t have to sift through your 1000’s of posts now. As an aside, I understand that you’re a sophomore at claremont Mckenna. Did you spend the entirety of your freshman year doing nothing but posting on this site?</p>
<p>BTW, I’m not in a high rise -presumption on your part; not interested in learning more about you and your views- further presumption, self importance and narcissism on your part. What is it that you know about me-again presumption and maybe a little projection on your part.</p>
<p>That you know what’s best for everyone from the poor folks in New Orleans to every “smart hispanic male” is enough for me. </p>
<p>You just keep telling yourself how smart you are. It’s very impressive. And duh, I get the hint mi amigo.</p>
<p>Well Xiggy, I guess you’re checking through Encarta to formulate something. Gotta go.
(much) later…</p>
<p>Bullwinkle, I am not sure what your point really is, but you are simply digging deeper and deeper, showing that you have an aversion to READ the contents of posts in vain attempts to criticize. Your comment on my posts about the people of NOLA is very illustrative: your assumptions are as wrong as in this thread. </p>
<p>While I do not have to defend how much or when I post on CC, you should know that I was mostly absent from the boards during my freshman year. Again, you took a quick look at the post count, and jumped to your habitual erroneous conclusions. </p>
<p>Feel free to attack me on the contents of my posts, but at least show a modicum of integrity by trying to understand what is truly written. If you are unable to do so, a better route is to ignore my posts.</p>
<p>Xiggy- try taking your own advice. You are easily one of the most vitriolic posters on this board. </p>
<p>Have the courtesies you suggest been afforded by you to me and to others? It’s not a one way street.</p>
<p>In any event, I am more than happy to follow the “better route” you suggest i.e. to ignore your posts in the future and please afford me that same courtesy. It’s been a slice…</p>
<p>While political posts in the Cafe have been allowed to become, ah, rather spirited in a manner that makes a hockey game look sedate, personal attacks are not allowed. Impugning Xiggi for extensive posting here while being a student is out of bounds. As a poster, Xiggi has been one of the most informative valuable members of this board and the College Confidential community has been fortunate to have his presence.</p>
<p>And it would be a considered a normal courtesy to spell his screen name correctly.</p>
<p>Bullwinkle, please dial it back.</p>
<p>Hey xig, that’s one seriously p’ed off moose. LOL.</p>
<p>Obiwan- you might want to look at the history of this and what was previously directed by Xiggi to me and to others. But, no problem. Happy to “dial it back”.</p>
<p>OOPS. The cops. Scram everybody. I’ll take the squirrel with me.;)</p>