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Anyone come from the good state?

I haven't seen any of our members who have Louisiana listed as their geographic location. Why do you ask?

I’m working at Belle Rose right now, staying in Gonzales. Great people to work with and the food is pretty great.

In spite of not having enough distance from the Spandex Guru...I like it in Zydeco land.

Tomorrow morning is Zydeco music blended into real country on Gumbo 94.9 out of Houma.

Guessing the sun is just getting fully up in Louisiana, so they'll be up and about soon. With their racial demographics you really don't want to be up and about while it is dark so between sunset and sunrise they generally have to lock up and cut all the lights to minimize their target signature.

Very spooky part of the country.

They eat crawdads.

LA is certainly one of the most oddball states in the Union and the northern and southern portions are almost like two different states. While it has its drawbacks (5 months of summer being one), an upside is there is always something in season to hunt, trap, or hook.

Paul Barnard comes from LA. Problem is, he comes to Colorado, he comes to Tennessee...........

Born and raised in SW La
I'm just a Tx transplant for the last 15 or so yrs.

You know what the difference between a Coonass and a horse's ass is?

Born and raised in South La. Living in La. is like everywhere else I've been. Has it's good and bad.

Nice folks, but the most uncomfortable state I’ve ever been to. The heat and humidity is insane! The Gulf dumps a ton of rain on the place in the winter, making it a complete mud hole.

Another "Wabi starts a parody of a Wabi thread" thread......

Somehow I manage moving about the New Orleans area in the dark without being "spooked."

I spent Christmas holidays in Morgan City LA with my wife’s family. I’m from the mountains of Virginia and in a strange twist of life I found myself in South Louisiana right out of college. I was lucky enough to marry a Louisiana girl. They are special people with deep family connections and values. I love the way they live, except too much alcohol!

Mackey.

Taste?

Nope. The Sabine River.


You know how to tell the difference between an oral thermometer and an anal thermometer?

Spent 18 months in Myrtle Grove. LA at the Gulf/Alliance plant.
We used to tease the locals that we (Texans) had to come to Louisiana to show them how to build a refinery! LOL!
Nice folks.

Now to your question!
The difference between a Coonass and a horse's ass?
The Sabine River!

Any sawmills?

When I get south of Columbia La. my stomach aches!

Nope. They build their houses out of driftwood and tar paper.

BOOM. Winner, winner,....

State flower?

Jack pump.

I worked down there my whole life. Most of my coworkers were from there. Most were good people.

Yes, unfortunately I'm from Louisiana.

Born and lived my entire life here in south Louisiana. It’s like any other place. We have our good and bad.

My dad's Army buddy and best friend for life was an authentic Cajun.
Henry married a girl from up here after the war and stayed.
I met his family once, and they were the nicest group of people ever.
But they couldn't wait to get back home and I don't blame them!

Strangely enough we are in an exceptional drought right now in Natchitoches and surrounding parishes (counties). Got over an inch of rain yesterday but that barely makes a dent.Lots of them. Pine timber is big business in the NW Louisiana hills.There is a solution. We are losing population.

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Bob F.

Born and raised about 20 miles north of Baton Rouge. I left in 1985, moving to Wyoming.

Once a pretty darn place to live, however in many places is rapidly becoming a 3rd world nation. Baton Rouge, a relatively small city (about 310,000), as yesterday already had 4 or 5 murders.

I have a lot of family and a few friends there. I wish that my kids, grandkids, and great grandkids would leave and perhaps have a better future for themselves. memtb

Timbermaster, You left me off of your list! 😉 memtb

Spent one of my very early times living in Lake Charles. Dad was stationed at Chennault AFB and we lived not far from there. It is where I learned to climb a chest of drawers and make it tip over onto the bed. And I learned to fall out of bed whilst sleeping. Exciting place it was. Lived in Riverside, CA and Frostproof, FL before that, and Columbus, OH afterwards.

Spent a week in New Iberia and Morgan City. I was
happy to get back on the plane. The visit was nice.

You don't HAVE to swallow...


LOL

Have lived in South Louisiana all my life. My family has been here since being pushed out of Nova Scotia.

Timbermaster, you forgot the Coon Ass of all Coon Asses Oldman 03

Stay out of the big cities and you will be fine.

The Sabine River?

Not from there, but we always cut thru there on the way home from visiting Houston, TX

Go the The Best Stop in Scott, LA and get cracklins and boudin balls.

I went to college and grad school in Louisiana and lived and worked there for several years. North and south Louisiana.

I was a Captain in the Army ARNG and taught at the state military academy for a few years. Never really considered Louisiana "spooky" but I guess there are places that would scare some down there. I used to run on Highway 61 between Reserve and La Place in the dark and never thought twice about it.

I was born in the middle bedroom of a house my grandparents built in 1930 which is 300' from me as I type this. My family has been on this piece of real estate since 1832. I started an aviation business in this community in 1969; the hangar I'm looking at right now is 350 yards away. Everything that I accomplished in my endeavor to care for and provide for my family is a direct result of the type of individuals that came into my business over a period of 40 years. God fearing folks that believed in Jesus Christ they were...and are today and I thank them from the bottom of this old country boys heart! In my opinion....the best people in this world today! The type of individuals that you'd want in a foxhole with you on a bad day! My hats off to all of them!! GOD SPEED!

I had some delicious food while there…..

The Tabasco plant was kinda neat…..

Garlic Tabasco is my absolute favorite blend of
Tabasco and in the top five of favorites.

They eat crawdads down there I've heard.

Them Tigahs of Red Stick have pure hate for us on the 2nd saturday of November Roll Tide! But the good people of LA are the most friendly kind caring folk you'll run into. Stay out of the big cities carry an extra mag or 6. You'll be alright.

The Louisiana Hayride?

Is that where them duck dynasty boys are from?

I looked for them but no luck…..

Also didn’t see a gator but ate some.

Some great entertainers got their start there! memtb

North Louisiana! memtb

Been there a couple times and got to see a decent amount of the southern half of the state. Like most rural areas in this country whether north, south, east or west most of the people I’ve met were great folks. We enjoyed our time there a lot and I wouldn’t hesitate to go back. I will say that based on the weather and geography that I’ve never felt further from home, that’s not an insult to Louisiana in any way. I’m a son of the PNW which means that I’m part Frosty the Snowman and I start melting at 75*…..it was 102* with 90* humidity in July……but it wasn’t a dry heat. 😂
The, food in my opinion, is wonderful and the amount of pride that goes into cooking is definitely evident. I don’t think we have the generational pride in cooking like other parts of the country have, like the South. Up here we have a lot of different ethnicities represented in food and the blending of complimentary regional food dishes in “Fusion” but I appreciate the old tried and true.

Good people, good food and good fun, what’s not to like about rural Louisiana?

My dog's from Looziana actually but I've never been there I'd like to some day.

Drove to Baton Rouge and back one day and seen a few people dancing a jig along the road

We drove into New Orleans one day to visit the WWII museum and as soon as I got off the freeway and onto a city street I was forced to hit my brakes and swerve because 2 female jigs were involved in mutual combat…..’fro pulling and unintelligible verbalizations were being grunted but I didn’t stick around to find out the root of their issue, no translator was available anyway. 😀

I worked in Baton Rouge one summer, and was responsible for a business on Avery Island 2000-2012. So I traveled to La several times a year. Great people, great food, but I’m not sure I’d like living there.

Bobby Richard tomorrow morning popping a top

A native Mississippian but I have lived in Southern Louisiana for a long time. Our people are great, give you anything and help you out if you need it. Louisianans are a proud people with a great culture and joy of life.
Now the politicians here are a bunch of dumbasses.

Spent an interesting evening in NO once about 35 years ago. Spent a week in Baton Rouge for work about 6 years ago. Baton Rouge reminded me of some 3rd world schitholes I’ve spent time in.

The drive on 90 headed west from NOLA is pretty cool!
I love the cypress trees and moss hanging from them.
It reminded me of a spooky Scooby Doo episode! So cool.

Spent a lot of time in Louisiana and the wife and I visit friends down the bayou on a regular basis.

With the exception of Senator John Kennedy....in my opinion!

Was that one with the haunted abandoned amusement park? With Mr Jenkins posing the Cackling Skeleton?

I lived in Shreveport for a few years back in 1984/5. I called on 18 military bases from Shreveport up to Blytheville, AR down to Pensacola and back to NOLA.

I went to college with a guy who grew up in Shreveport so I walked into a very nice social group. I found it a great place to live and actually started my deer hunting then. Those people where very nice to me and I appreciated it.

It is one of the places I have lived that I would have moved back to if the right circumstance came about.

I have an ad blocker and your site does not like me. I'll bet it's fun music.

kwg

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Just a suggestion if you want to hear some of the music.

Cheers! Bob F.

I went to school with John Kennedy, he graduated a year before me.

I knew him as a very intelligent kid…..he didn’t know me from Adam! 😁 memtb

It was all of them ya maroon.

Magnolia

Born on Sorrento, live in Saint Amant now……..I’m four miles from Gonzales………the Jambalaya Capital of the WORLD!

Entire area south of I-12 was largely built around the timber industry, Cypress once had a huge demand. The myriad of bayous, rivers and tranaches, allowed the timber to be floated to many mills without having a huge infrastructure.

Only state with “parishes” over counties.

I think we are the only state that has Napoleonic Law.

And for the love of all things cajun………..IT’s CRAWFISH, not crawdads or crawdaddys or crayfish.