Newbie Camping Gear List

[dfandrews]

Originally Posted by gbaglo

Oh no!
Now, we're going to be exchanging pig recipes.

We could talk about banjo tunes, instead.

[Jim Bennett]

My signature on a canoeing forum is "Paddle faster, I hear banjos."

[dfandrews]

Originally Posted by Jim Bennett

My signature on a canoeing forum is "Paddle faster, I hear banjos."

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH............


Edit: OK then, well, I guess you could tear the strings off,
turn it over, and use it for a one-handled poutine container.

[rbryan4]

Originally Posted by Jim Bennett

Was Deliverance by chance set in this area? Great movie!

On the very southern end of it, yes. Northern Georgia.

And no Glenn, no pig recipes from me.

[Jim Bennett]

I cook pig.

[rbryan4]

Originally Posted by Jim Bennett

I cook pig.

What a co-inky-dink. I eat pig. (As Glenn gives himself a concussion in the background....)

[Jim Bennett]

Originally Posted by rbryan4

What a co-inky-dink. I eat pig. (As Glenn gives himself a concussion in the background....)

Poor, poor baglo. Don't you feel sorry for him? This is good for honing his thread splitting skills.

[gbaglo]

I hope you know that the kid "playing the banjo" in Deliverance isn't actually playing. There was an accomplished banjo player hidden behind him with arms extended so it looked like the kid was playing.

see wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Redden

[Jim Bennett]

Kewl, never knew that.

[Brian B-P]

Originally Posted by Jim Bennett

I just assumed hillbilly was a term used generically, just as redneck is.

I had no idea of the origin of "hillbilly" or "redneck" until I recently saw a TV show about the origin of words. Both are used derisively, but both historically meant a particular ethnic group (originally Scottish in both cases), so equating either with stupidity could be considered an insult (accidental, in this case) to a group of people. In both cases, these are people whose ancestors immigrated to the U.S. under difficult conditions, and successfully settled a challenging area.

Since my ancestry is half Scottish, I would be insulted... if I thought the insult was deliberate, but of course it was not!

Hillbillies and Rednecks

RVs... expanding our knowledge of other cultures, sometimes without even actually hooking up the trailer and going anywhere!

[Jim Bennett]

Though those may be the origins, it certainly is not the common description, especially that of redneck. I proudly consider myself to be part redneck.

[Dave Walter]

Deliverance did have some fun paddling scenes, classic movie.

Deliverance Theatrical Trailer - YouTube

[Oregonian]

Originally Posted by rbryan4

I think one of the greatest abilities a person can have is the ability to laugh at themselves. Our society is far too PC for it's own good. Most folks I know from Appalachia, or the Ozarks, or any other so-called "hillbilly" area would laugh right along.

If I ever get offended at a cultural pun directed at me, I might as well hang it up.

I concur, 'Political Correctness' and the seeming evaporation of common sense in our society is driving me nuts!

[C&G in FL]

Originally Posted by ice-breaker

Deliverance did have some fun paddling scenes, classic movie.

Deliverance Theatrical Trailer - YouTube

So did 50 Shades of Grey. Oh wait, that was a different kind of paddling!

[Jim Bennett]

Originally Posted by C&G in FL

So did 50 Shades of Grey. Oh wait, that was a different kind of paddling!

[LarryandLiz]

Originally Posted by LarryandLiz

Items I hope never find thier way onto a Escape Camping List ...... Plastic tumblers to be used for wine, plastic wine glasses.....

With feeling of great guilt since I have expressed disdain for plastic wine glasses on this forum I must now confess to having just purchased: two plastic wine glasses, two plastic cooler glasses and a plastic beer mug.

In my defense at least I didn't buy plastic tumblers!

My excuse: My kids wanted me to come along to the hot tub store where they had just purchased a hot tuband I spotted some plastic glassware the store had on displayed. So I bought them a few plastic glasses. And they didn't seem half bad so I bought some for our Escape.

So I have proudly joined my fellow Escape plastic glass wine bibbers.

[Fox hunt]

On my last camping trip I took a fall in the dark with a glass of wine in my hand I was glad it wasn't glass!

[Jim Bennett]

Originally Posted by LarryandLiz

So I have proudly joined my fellow Escape plastic glass wine bibbers.

Please turn in your wine drinkers card when you exit this forum.

[gbaglo]

Check out this old thread on polycarbonate wine glasses ( I have the Duraclear beer mugs ). Not cheap, but not plastic.
http://www.escapeforum.org/forums/f7...sses-3315.html

[Jill]

Since wine glasses are a crucial issue for so many on the forum ... this is what we use at home and will probably use in the trailer as well. They are lightweight, crystal yet almost unbreakable, and because they are stemless, are much less likely to break. The only problem for some is that the red wine glasses might be a bit large for smaller hands. And perhaps the fact that it holds a lot of wine might be an issue for others .

Schott Zwiesel Stemless Wine Glasses, Set of 6 | Pottery Barn