quote:There is always a ******* in every barrel!
Exactly, you couldn't answer because you're not from the Shoals. Thanks for proving my theory correct.
quote:There is always a ******* in every barrel!
quote:Originally posted by bluesmann:
Taylor street remember some about it, I went to elementary school at Browns near the old Chicago staidum. I remember Madison St. and it was not a good place to be around. These people who live here don't know how lucky they are. Little children up there back then had to belong to a gang if they were going to survive. And it was not these so called make up gangs that some think we have here
quote:Originally posted by pba:quote:Originally posted by Southern Patriot:
I'll try to keep this short. Grew up in Marion county. Coming to Florence was going to the big town. Have lived in Killen, Greenhill, Tuscumbia and Iron City. Also lived in MS, TN and am now stuck in purgatory in NJ. The one good thing about NJ is realizing how much beeter off folks are in AL. The average homeowner pays about $3000 dollars in property taxes alone each year (some as much as 20k). The cost of living here is obscene!! My wife and I gross about 85k and are struggling to get by. A one bedroom apartment (about 700sqft) cost $1000 a month. Can't wait to get back to the South were your money goes much farther.
well, hurry back here,I will buy you a cup of coffee so we can agree and disagree. lol
quote:Originally posted by NashBama:quote:quote:
Yep, I be in Florence,Al me and family went to spring park in Tuscumbia last weekend and cooked out with friends while the kids rode the rides. we all had a great time! The man that is over the rides at spring park say they will be open every weekend Saturday and Sunday til December of 2008.
Rides? I know of one, what rides are you talking about?
Interesting, no answer to the question.
quote:Originally posted by pba:quote:Originally posted by Southern Patriot:
I'll try to keep this short. Grew up in Marion county. Coming to Florence was going to the big town. Have lived in Killen, Greenhill, Tuscumbia and Iron City. Also lived in MS, TN and am now stuck in purgatory in NJ. The one good thing about NJ is realizing how much beeter off folks are in AL. The average homeowner pays about $3000 dollars in property taxes alone each year (some as much as 20k). The cost of living here is obscene!! My wife and I gross about 85k and are struggling to get by. A one bedroom apartment (about 700sqft) cost $1000 a month. Can't wait to get back to the South were your money goes much farther.
well, hurry back here,I will buy you a cup of coffee so we can agree and disagree. lol
quote:Originally posted by mlholt:
Its a relative thing, actually. I've lived here all my life so far, except for a year or two that was job related. I'm 46 years old. I have a friend that blows my mind. His mom and dad moved back to Florence in 1969. He was born in 1970 in Florence. If you ask him where he's from he says Detroit. I don't get it. He's never lived a day there but that's his home. Go figure.
quote:Originally posted by that smart chick:
I was born in NJ and moved to Greenhill right before I started kindergarten. Stayed in Greenhill until I was 18 then lived in Hillsboro, Trinity, Courtland, Florence, Center Star, Greenhill, and then off to Atlanta to work for three years. I'm back in Bama now, living on the verge of Madison. I miss the entertainment, culture, education, and employment opportunities in Georgia but I do not miss the cost of the living and the long drive to see my mama.
quote:Originally posted by allysmom:
[QUOTE] Have lived in Killen, Greenhill, Tuscumbia and Iron City.
Southern Patriot,
Hope you don't mind me asking, but when and where did you live in Iron City?
quote:Originally posted by mkirk:
Born in Colbert County Hospital, spent the first 23 years in Sheffield, moved to Birmingham for 3-4 months and then headed to Atlanta. Almost 21 years later still in Atlanta area. Will probably be moving to South Georgia in 3-4 years.
quote:Originally posted by budsfarm:
My folks settled in northwest Alabama before statehood, but I was born in the lowcountry of SC. I lived there until I retired in 2001 with intentions of moving to Alabama and live on family land. However, within an hour after the second plane hit the tower, I was called to active duty and plans were put on hold for two years. Since retiring from my “second” job, finally “my home’s in Alabama.”
quote:Originally posted by mkirk:
KS-
The Atlanta Journal forums are designed more like blogs.
Here's one for Gwinnett County:
http://www.topix.net/forum/county/gwinnett-ga
quote:Originally posted by Phoenix Rising:
Born and raised in Sheffield, AL until it came time to earn a living. I'm down by Auburn now but come home quite a lot to visit with friends and family. I'd move back in a heartbeat if there was employment and would take a 20% pay cut to do it.
quote:Originally posted by Phoenix Rising:
Thats right, only they spell it Phenix City for some odd reason.
We did have storms but almost all the damage was across the river in Columbus. I did visit one of the neighborhoods that sustained damage and saw was a span of about 6 or 8 houses on top of a hill that were destroyed. They were nice 2 story brick houses in one of the better parts of town. The top floor of one house was resting in pieces across the street in their neighbor's front yard. The miracle was there were no deaths which might not surprise you but if you saw the pictures you would be shocked that no one was killed. One house completely imploded. There is a frame and walls but no insides.
quote:Originally posted by Kindred_Spirit:quote:Originally posted by Bamafnatk:
Kindred_Spriit , we may have gone to school together in some of thoses places ,lol I was the little short red head boy chaseing you in grade school , but i would think am a few years older, My Granddad & Uncle were carpenters worked on the Dams , bridges & Steam Plants all up & down the Tenn Vally , my dad was a Millwright as are two of my brothers, I am a lol or was a Pipefitter welder "Retired " now our son was a Pipe Fitter he & I worked on Nuclear Plants & Steam Plants. oh wow !! Plants up & down the river have maid jobs for so many familys thru the last 50 years or more .
You probably have NO idea how much you and I have in common just by reading your answer here!!! How WELL I know about all the Steam, Gas Combustion, Hydro, Nuclear Plants across our Lovely Tennessee Valley Region!!!! Only thing is, most of the time they do NOT locate them in lovely places, or populated either, LOL!!!
quote:My Dad's family has been in North Al since the revolutionary war.
quote:Originally posted by Phoenix Rising:quote:My Dad's family has been in North Al since the revolutionary war.
You might want to double check that. There were no white settlers in Alabama until about 1800-01.
quote:It is most assuridely in North Alabama where he was given land for his service to the country during the war
quote:The local cemetary where some of my family are buried is named for Thomas Grisham, a revolutionary war solder. I think his grave is dated aroud 1799. His brother is also there, both have dauthers of the revolutionary war memorial placs there. I havent found why they was here but exelman has a good posible reason.
"some dont like me, but I am one I would be proud to know"
quote:I will look into this. I've looked at local cemeterys and this is the oldest I've found. I'm not absolute about the dates right now.
"some dont like me, but I am one I would be proud to know"