ghostgotcha Loc: The Florida swamps

I live in a little town way up in the Smokey Mountains.....

Yesterday: (Sunday) I had a reason to stop by my local Sheriffs dept office. (Nice fancy place)

IT WAS ALL CLOSED UP and no one was there. I did see a couple of deputies out on patrol.

Where do you live? Is it safe and sound?

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Docadhoc Loc: Elsewhere

Very confusing.

You live in a little town way up in the Smokey Mountains located in the Florida Everglades?

ghostgotcha Loc: The Florida swamps

Off the topic of this thread, but a reply to satisfy your curiosity.

We are Florida Crackers (Google it) and we also have a summer log cabin up in the mountains. We use our motor coach to travel around between the two. Having bent my knees I am stuck up here with the VA for a year.

In Florida, those who own or work cattle traditionally have been called cowmen. In the late 1800s, they were often called cow hunters, a reference to hunting for cattle scattered over the wooded rangelands during roundups. At times the terms cowman and Cracker have been used interchangeably because of similarities in their folk culture. Today the western term "cowboy" is often used for those who work cattle.

The Florida "cowhunter" or "cracker cowboy" of the 19th and early 20th centuries was distinct from the Spanish vaquero and the Western cowboy. Florida cowboys did not use lassos to herd or capture cattle. Their primary tools were cow whips and dogs. Florida cattle and horses were smaller than the western breeds. The "cracker cow", also known as the "native" or "scrub" cow, averaged about 600 pounds (270 kg) and had large horns and large feet.

Among some Floridians, the term is used as a proud or jocular self-description. Since the huge influx of new residents into Florida in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, from the northern parts of the United States and from Mexico and Latin America, the term "Florida Cracker" is used informally by some Floridians to indicate that their families have lived in the state for many generations. It is considered a source of pride to be descended from "frontier people who did not just live but flourished in a time before air conditioning, mosquito repellent, and Yankee transplants."

Understand now?

Docadhoc Loc: Elsewhere

Yep. I'm up on the cattle thing. I used to run.longhorns in Uvalde, TX.

It was to dual.locations I was ruinous about. That 'splains it.

You say you bent your knees. Blow your PCLs?

out of the woods Loc: to hell and gone New York State

I live In The Adirondacks, at this time of year I always wish I lived Elsewhere as winter won't quit, but apart from that its pretty nice.
We have a tourist economy, hiking and skiing, and I carved my self a niche in rustic furniture. I hike through the woods for materials, with my trusty dogs and work out of my home, doesn't get much better. The only danger I ever encountered was a group of drunken rabbit hunters, that and some expensive run ins with porcupines, my dogs not me. ? Dirty work but it keeps me moving. Then I fall asleep by my fire, coyotes howling in the distance. We have our rednecks but otherwise pretty safe.

ghostgotcha Loc: The Florida swamps

Sounds like a good life to me; if your cupboard is full, plenty of firewood and you have a good woman to help you stay warm on a cold winter night, then all is good!

Carry on friend.

out of the woods Loc: to hell and gone New York State

It is the good life all except for the good woman, which I am. And husband carries up the wood.

Docadhoc Loc: Elsewhere

Curious about. Spellcheck strikes again.

goofball Loc: timbucktoo

Very Interesting, thanks for the info.

Carol Kelly

I fully understand and I'm happy to have this new knowledge. Thanks a lot. I guess I'm a Ms. Cracker. My ancestors settled here before statehood after the Revolution and we're celebrating our 200th Anniversary this year. A lot of the Yankees stopped off here on their way to Florida, I guess. They brag that they got here as fast as they could. Do you ever hear that?