angliagt Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 Friday was Lee - Jackson Day (celebrated in Virginia),in honor of Robert E. Lee & Stonewall Jackson.A holiday that I hadn't heard of before now. They ought to build statues of these guys! 2 Quote Link to comment
LenRobertson Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 I ended up living in northern VA in the late 1970s. Being from Washington state, when I first saw Lee-Jackson Day on a calendar my eyebrows went up a bit. I'm mildly surprised it is still on the calendars but VA is noted for being really big on history. The joke is "How many Virginians does it take to change a light bulb?" - "Three. One to change the bulb and two to talk about the glories of the departed bulb." I liked living there except for the hideous humidity in the summer. I was living in a single-wide trailer with no air conditioning. I hope you fare better in your accommodations. I remember having tools rust even when kept indoors if they weren't oiled. The lightening bugs in the summer almost make up for the humidity - almost. My wife and I met at the horse farm in VA where we were working. She was born and raised in Leesburg, VA. She has stuck with me all these years which still puzzles and amazes me. Her moving from a beautiful state like VA to desolate eastern WA is something I don't understand quite. I was born here so desolate is what I'm comfortable with. Too many trees make me nervous! Len 2 Quote Link to comment
angliagt Posted January 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 Roanoke seems to be a milder climate than most of Virginia - we had snow one day,but the roads were just wet.The snow plow drivers just drove around,but had no snow to plow. I also find it ironic that Roanoke also has the only real statue of MLK. 1 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted January 17, 2018 Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 I ended up living in northern VA in the late 1970s. Being from Washington state, when I first saw Lee-Jackson Day on a calendar my eyebrows went up a bit. I'm mildly surprised it is still on the calendars but VA is noted for being really big on history. The joke is "How many Virginians does it take to change a light bulb?" - "Three. One to change the bulb and two to talk about the glories of the departed bulb." I liked living there except for the hideous humidity in the summer. I was living in a single-wide trailer with no air conditioning. I hope you fare better in your accommodations. I remember having tools rust even when kept indoors if they weren't oiled. The lightening bugs in the summer almost make up for the humidity - almost. My wife and I met at the horse farm in VA where we were working. She was born and raised in Leesburg, VA. She has stuck with me all these years which still puzzles and amazes me. Her moving from a beautiful state like VA to desolate eastern WA is something I don't understand quite. I was born here so desolate is what I'm comfortable with. Too many trees make me nervous! Len I think we are conditioned to seek out partners from different cultures Len. It's good for mixing our genes. Desolate... a good word for eastern central Washington. I've only seen it in June and it's beautiful and rolling and you can look far off. If it had just a few more trees along the fence lines it would be like south western Ontario. I have trees and mountains and ocean and you can't see more than 4-5 miles on the roads. I love to travel and have crossed Canada from Ontario about a dozen times by road and several times through the northern US. I stayed in Ritzville about 25 years ago when I moved out to BC. I didn't see you. 1 Quote Link to comment
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