Georgia is Weird

[fabrisse]

1) There are drive-through windows at liquor stores.

2) Cocktails are available in go-cups.

3) I need to worry about alligator mating season.

4) The little lizards are really cute. The dogs think them tasty. I never want to see a Sealyham with a tail hanging out of its mouth.

5) Tree frogs get into the house. The dogs forget they aren't tasty, spit them out, and we end up with little frogs in the house.

6) Fire ants. Seriously. Fire ants

I had a run in with the little beggars 30-ish years ago. Apparently, scientists have proven that they emit a pheromone allowing them all to bite pretty much simultaneously. I stopped counting after 300+ bites. The treatment? Onion juice. Blech.

On the plus side, now that I have a Georgia driver's license, I get to vote in the Primary. Unlike DC, as a non-partisan I can vote in one of the primaries. I'm planning to vote in the Republican primary just to try to keep Perdue and Walker -- Trump endorsed -- out of the governor's and lieutenant governor's offices.

For the record, I am NOT in Marjorie Taylor Greene's district so I can't do anything about keeping her off the ballot.

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Glad to hear from you!

[kathmandu]

Your observations of Georgia's drinking culture reminds me how one time at Arisia's historical dance seminar, they said the Charleston Shuffle was a dance specifically designed so you could bring your drink onto the dance floor and *not spill it*. (It was mainly shuffling, very smooth and even on the horizontal plane, just done in time to the music.)

Wow, I would not have thought Georgia would have an alligator problem. Now that I think about it, it is right next to Florida, but I guess they've been really good at tilting their public image toward 'peaches' and away from 'killer wildlife'.

Thank you in advance for voting in the primary. I do the same kind of thing here--open primaries, and often that's the most useful stage to try to influence the final outcome of the election.

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[fabrisse]

Actually, trying not to spill drinks on the dance floor would explain several strange steps I've seen.

Most of Georgia is still gator free, but Savannah is swamp. We're also closer to Jacksonville than Atlanta. Apparently, 6 smallish alligators had to be moved from our suburb last year.

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[siderea]

Savannah is swamp

Where did the name "Savannah" come from anyway? Like, no, it is not. So what gives?

[neotoma]

How is it even legal for cocktails to be available in go-cups?

Have fun getting back into politics! I'll try to give you a call tomorrow night.

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[fabrisse]

Per Wikipedia, it comes from a variant name for the Shawnee tribe. Though, I thought that was the Suwannee (a/k/a Swannee) river, not the Savannah river which gave its name to the city.

What can I say? Georgia is weird.

[fabrisse]

In response to your first question, may I point to this post's title? For what it's worth, I think the assumption is that people are walking, not driving.

Love to talk to you tomorrow.