North or South

[bettingpython]

Ok Cal I have a question for you. I have heard it said that the surest way to start a fight on St. Patricks day is to wear the color orange. Is this true?

I am of course referring to William of Orange's bloody defeat of the Irish in 1690.

[Cal Price]

Unfortunatly that may well be true, a lot of people in Ireland talk about the battle of the Boyne like it was last Tuesday. 

Hopefully for the future the "Orange marches" and the nationalists ritualistic parades and celebrations will not die out but become part of a historic tradition and heritage shared by all, that could take a while but a good start has been made. 

The hottest political issue in the north of Ireland at the moment is probably water charges and and, mercifully, it is hard to see a sectarian divide over water charges yet alone one side of the argument shooting those on the other. 

It's not often that I can praise politicians but a lot of people from all over put in a lot of effort to stop the slaughter. Tony Blair stands out but a lot of others too.

[heatherg11]

CAL: I forgot to tell you one important thing.  Here in the U.S. we drink Iced Tea, as opposed to the tea you drink.  If you order an Iced Tea in the U.S. and it comes out to you sweetened, you are in the south.  If it is Unsweetened, you are in the North.  Doesn't really matter what side of the Mason Dixon you're on.  

haha...I agree.

[pandy]

North Carolina by birth, but Californian is what I consider myself (I've been here since I was around 3).

Northern and southern California could be two different states...heck, it could be two different countries!  Having just returned from Los Angeles, I can confirm that the drivers there are INDEED crazier (crazIER..the drivers here in n. Cali are crazy, too). The most grumbling I've heard recently is how s. Cali steals all of n. Cali's water. 

I was raised in s. Cali, but I live in n. Cali now, so I have loyalty to both the n. and the s. here. 

P.S. And another vote here for UNsweetened tea! 

[heatherg11]

North Carolina by birth, but Californian is what I consider myself (I've been here since I was around 3).

Northern and southern California could be two different states...heck, it could be two different countries!  Having just returned from Los Angeles, I can confirm that the drivers there are INDEED crazier (crazIER..the drivers here in n. Cali are crazy, too). The most grumbling I've heard recently is how s. Cali steals all of n. Cali's water. 

I was raised in s. Cali, but I live in n. Cali now, so I have loyalty to both the n. and the s. here. 

P.S. And another vote here for UNsweetened tea! 

wow...something I didn't know about pandy....born in good ole North Carolina....same here, you should've stayed-it's great.

[RVertigo]

Birthplace doesn't count for much if you don't stay there...  Born in Tucson, AZ.   

[scratch]

I consider myself a Northerner, mostly because the women down south want a man to woo them and the women up north want to take things into their own hands.  Just an observation from personal experience, other's may differ.