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Anyone on here from T.N.?

I ran a dedicated run out of Bulls Gap, Tn. for over a year and fell in love. The foothills is heaven on earth. I have a best friend, retired NYPD, that purchased 67 acres in Sevierville. He doesn't miss Brooklyn in the least. Now if I can convince the wife to sell the 25 acres in NC, East Tennessee here we come.
 
Ironbuilt said:
I ran a dedicated run out of Bulls Gap, Tn. for over a year and fell in love. The foothills is heaven on earth. I have a best friend, retired NYPD, that purchased 67 acres in Sevierville. He doesn't miss Brooklyn in the least. Now if I can convince the wife to sell the 25 acres in NC, East Tennessee here we come.
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Bulls Gap has been renamed Heifer Junction :rofl:
 
tnfastback, good to know some other mopar folks in the area. I am about 3 months from finishing a 1968 Roadrunner full Rotiserie Resto-Mod. Now 7 years into the Restoration. Many 68 RR parts from suspension-trans-motor. probably taking a trailer of parts to Columbus next year. Want to take the RR to Carlisle next year.
cu latr
PT in Tennessee
 
What is a wheel tax?
tnfastback said:
East TN is ok. No emissions or vehicle inspections as of now. Some places in Middle and West TN are a little different depending on the county. I run a 1965 and 1970 plate on each of my cars so after initial registration/plate fee there are no annual tag fees. Cars are also exempt from wheel tax. Still a lot of 93 octane fuel around is also a bonus. I run quiet mufflers, but the Drag Radials sometimes give you away :)
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After Hurricane Katrina wiped us out we had to go somewhere. We ended up in west Tennessee about 20 miles south of Kentucky and 35 miles east of Missouri. Straight up, if we had had the funds to check it out first instead of relying on others, we would have moved to the east side of the state instead. One "car show" a year (in connection with the Annual Fire Prevention Festival (???) where all the entries are late models), no scrap yards to pick through, no parts cars to be found since steel went up before we got here, etc.

I ended up taking my shop's sign down. Locals could read everything on it except for the hours of operation so they'd show up pounding on my door at 7:00 on Saturday morning, or swinging by after church on Sunday. Some just rolled in wanting to watch -- truly! -- and those seeking quotes generally hung around for a few hours and left, most likely heading straight to the Dollar General for a couple cans of Krylon. Once thirteen Hell's Angels rolled in right past me on a Sunday afternoon, lining up in front of the shop while I was pruning bushes in the front yard. Forty-five minutes of the Powder Coating Price Pop Quiz: "How about this header?" "What about this derby cover?" and on and on ... and none of them came back.

It's pretty and all, and people are generally friendly until they discover you have no interest in attending their church. But we will always be outsiders no matter how long we live here.

I don't know if it's because I use complete sentences or have no accent but have heard "You ain't frumm roun' heahhhh, er ye?" so many times in the last thirteen years I can almost predict it.

Makeup? Pfffttt, who needs that? A scale?? Women don't own them here. No kidding, I had to jump out of the check out line one day at the Dollar Store; the ladies in front of me were chatting, and one tells the other "I just LOVE the dollar store! Ya don't have to get all dressed up like ya do when ya go to WalMart." I couldn't hold back my laughter.

Yeah, I hate it here. LOL!!! I'm a city kid who's lived in five different states in my lifetime and this one is like a whole new universe culture I will never be a part of no matter how hard I try to fit in. It's like living in the 50s. And they like it that way.
 
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Kern Dog said:
I'm a Californian but I too like to strike up conversations with random strangers. Out here, I often get strange responses. In Tennessee, I'd probably fit right in with this behavior.
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You would indeed my friend. It's sorta cool once you get used to not looking for alterior motives in people and just accept that they're being friendly. :thumbsup:
 
CudaChick1968 said:
After Hurricane Katrina wiped us out we had to go somewhere. We ended up in west Tennessee about 20 miles south of Kentucky and 35 miles east of Missouri. Straight up, if we had had the funds to check it out first instead of relying on others, we would have moved to the east side of the state instead. One "car show" a year (in connection with the Annual Fire Prevention Festival (???) where all the entries are late models), no scrap yards to pick through, no parts cars to be found since steel went up before we got here, etc.

I ended up taking my shop's sign down. Locals could read everything on it except for the hours of operation so they'd show up pounding on my door at 7:00 on Saturday morning, or swinging by after church on Sunday. Some just rolled in wanting to watch -- truly! -- and those seeking quotes generally hung around for a few hours and left, most likely heading straight to the Dollar General for a couple cans of Krylon. Once thirteen Hell's Angels rolled in right past me on a Sunday afternoon, lining up in front of the shop while I was pruning bushes in the front yard. Forty-five minutes of the Powder Coating Price Pop Quiz: "How about this header?" "What about this derby cover?" and on and on ... and none of them came back.

It's pretty and all, and people are generally friendly until they discover you have no interest in attending their church. But we will always be outsiders no matter how long we live here.

I don't know if it's because I use complete sentences or have no accent but have heard "You ain't frumm roun' heahhhh, er ye?" so many times in the last thirteen years I can almost predict it.

Makeup? Pfffttt, who needs that? A scale?? Women don't own them here. No kidding, I had to jump out of the check out line one day at the Dollar Store; the ladies in front of me were chatting, and one tells the other "I just LOVE the dollar store! Ya don't have to get all dressed up like ya do when ya go to WalMart." I couldn't hold back my laughter.

Yeah, I hate it here. LOL!!! I'm a city kid who's lived in five different states in my lifetime and this one is like a whole new universe culture I will never be a part of no matter how hard I try to fit in. It's like living in the 50s. And they like it that way.
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Some folks don't need "war paint", too.... :)
Me, they'd have to use a trowel...
Tennessee is such a wide state that we have all manner of geography, ALL the seasons and all types of folks from one end to the other.
Reckon it sounds like maybe you landed in the wrong end of the state - but it also sounds like you sorta LIKE it there, too, no matter the protestations. :)
 
I just try to have a sense of humor and accept the bed I helped make.
 
CudaChick1968 said:
After Hurricane Katrina wiped us out we had to go somewhere. We ended up in west Tennessee about 20 miles south of Kentucky and 35 miles east of Missouri

Yeah, I hate it here. LOL!!! I'm a city kid who's lived in five different states in my lifetime and this one is like a whole new universe culture I will never be a part of no matter how hard I try to fit in. It's like living in the 50s. And they like it that way.
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Hey was it not West Tn. that Sheriff Buford Puser of Walking Tall fame was from!!?? ha

I was raised in SW Ga and moved to NW Missori in '79 at age 31. I had a strong Southern accent. All I ever heard anyone say for 5-6 years was : where ya from boy, you sure talk funny. or, On the phone you sure sound Black, or, what ya say?? or, tell some real Southern stories like Deliverance!!
Only one guy came right out and said, he wanted to kick my *** because he hated Southern people. I called him on it and we just talked. Mo. was a Civil War border state The South end is very Southern. North end half and half.

Back to the N.J guy. Glad you have seen the light. I have been to NY PA NJ etc.... I say, will the last guy to get to thinking and move South,... please turn out the lights!!!! OK so West Tn. might be too "rural" for some. ha
 
Been to Sevierville, pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg. Spent a few Christmas's in the mountains right out of Gatlinburg and several summers too. Beautiful place, but there's no place like Missouri. Come on by and I'll show you how we roll!!
 
Hey-O said:
Been to Sevierville, pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg. Spent a few Christmas's in the mountains right out of Gatlinburg and several summers too. Beautiful place, but there's no place like Missouri. Come on by and I'll show you how we roll!!
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Hey man St. Charles that ain't Missouri!!!!! hahah
 
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