Let's Talk BBQ
General => General Discussion & Topics => General Discussion => Topic started by: sparky on July 19, 2017, 06:56:45 PM
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We are in Alabama for 4 days on a preview trip. We might move here ( huntville area). We are sitting in a bar and the ppl are way, way more friendlier than in cali. Im loving this place so far. It took us 14 hours to get here. Im on my 2nd beer and 3rd crown. Having a great time so far.
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Glad you are having a good time in Bama Sparky :thumbup:
People are leaving California left and right these days.........even Tri Tip isn't keeping us here ;)
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They say we have Minnesota nice. But the south has us beat by a million miles. Everytime I am there the people are awesome.
No offense to CA, but I could never live there.... Not even for cheap tri-tip.
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we moved to Alabama 11 years ago from the Cincinnati area. Every time we go back to visit family we're stunned by how rude we notice the people are. Alabama has beautiful beaches in one end and the foothills of the smokey mountains in the other. The only regret we have is that we didn't make the move 20 years earlier.
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Congrats Sparky!
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While I am not in Alabama, I live in neighboring Georgia and I DO hate the heat and humidity but I love the scenery that we have and I like the mild Winter and 4 seasons. Granted Spring is "Summer Jr." but it's still wonderful. Fall is excellent in the South. Leaves changing colors in the Smokies is a near religious experience.
It's not all bubblegum and gumdrops though. There are still plenty of A-HOLES down here but I reckon they're just the people that move here from elsewhere, lol! :)
In reality, jerks are everywhere but there really is Southern Hospitality, I just don't see it as much as I used to. Ironically enough, my Wife and Daughter took a trip to Bob's home state of Ohio, in the Columbus area, and LOVED it! She said people were very nice and she loved the town. She said she was amazed at the lack of hills, mostly flat land and no suburbs. She said it's just land, lots of land and then BOOM! You're in the big city, lol.
Back on track, good luck with the move should you make it. I think you'll enjoy the new start in a beautiful part of the country. I am biased of course :)
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Yep, Huntsville is a great place! Sure the heat can be a little rough (been here all my life) so not sure how to judge against other states.
Really, though it is a great city to live in.
Housing is affordible compaired to other places, food and gas ain't bad either :thumbup:
It would be great if y'all moved here ;)
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Moved to Huntsville from Los Angeles in 2000 and never regretted a minute. Can't overstate the difference in hospitality, politeness, etc. And if they are rude (seldom) it is usually a Damn Yankee. ( for those that don't know - A yankee is someone other than a southerner, a damn yankee is a yankee that moved to the south. -like me)
Welcome Sparky - you'll enjoy.
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Moved to Huntsville from Los Angeles in 2000 and never regretted a minute. Can't overstate the difference in hospitality, politeness, etc. And if they are rude (seldom) it is usually a Damn Yankee. ( for those that don't know - A yankee is someone other than a southerner, a damn yankee is a yankee that moved to the south. -like me)
Welcome Sparky - you'll enjoy.
Actually, a damn yankee is a person who moves South and refuses to go back north ;)
My late father fit that one.. I myself was born and raised here :D :D :D
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LOL! I know plenty of Damn Yankees! I have a buddy of mine from Chicago and I, at one point, thought he was moving back. I had misunderstood a Facebook post of his. When I asked him about it he said "Hell no I'm not going back to Chicago! Why would I want to live through those miserable winters and go back to shoveling snow?" LOL!
It's okay to be a Damn Yankee in my book :) I can't blame them!
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LOL! I know plenty of Damn Yankees! I have a buddy of mine from Chicago and I, at one point, thought he was moving back. I had misunderstood a Facebook post of his. When I asked him about it he said "Hell no I'm not going back to Chicago! Why would I want to live through those miserable winters and go back to shoveling snow?" LOL!
It's okay to be a Damn Yankee in my book :) I can't blame them!
I don't blame them just wish some of them would take the northern additude out of their brain cells and replace it with Southern thoughts ;)
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Took a tour of Huntsville today. Love it. No trash on the side of the roads, no homeless ppl that I seen (lots of them in sacramento), ppl are super friendly here. Went to big bob Gibson's for lunch today. What a treat for me. It was on my bucket list. I had the spares, brisket and pulled pork. For all the ribs I have cooked in my life these ones at big Bob's were 10 times better than mine. Brisket was fantastic. Pulled pork was ok at best. The ribs. Oh man they were good. They had this pie there called lemon ice box. I had piece and brought two more pieces back to the hotel (also brought ribs back too). Having a great time. I went down to the bar in the hotel and some guy I never met asked if he could sit down next to me. Sure why not. Next thing I know he bought me two crowns royal. My wife had to come down and get me. Lol. This whole move is up to my wife but it's looking good. Going to Whitts for lunch tomorrow then to the greenbrier with Tommy for dinner. The humidity sucks. This is a great place.
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Took a tour of Huntsville today. Love it. No trash on the side of the roads, no homeless ppl that I seen (lots of them in sacramento), ppl are super friendly here. Went to big bob Gibson's for lunch today. What a treat for me. It was on my bucket list. I had the spares, brisket and pulled pork. For all the ribs I have cooked in my life these ones at big Bob's were 10 times better than mine. Brisket was fantastic. Pulled pork was ok at best. The ribs. Oh man they were good. They had this pie there called lemon ice box. I had piece and brought two more pieces back to the hotel (also brought ribs back too). Having a great time. I went down to the bar in the hotel and done guy I never met asked if he could sit down next to me. Sure why not. Next thing I know he bought me two crowns royal. My wife had to come down and get me. Lol. This whole move is up to my wife but it's looking good. Going to Whitts for lunch tomorrow then to the greenbrier with Tommy for dinner. The humidity sucks. This is a great place.
Can't wait Sparky! been looking forward to this for sometime now...
Can't wait till you come out to the Bomm-A Rossa then yopu will see the best part of Madison county :D :D :D :D :D :D
Did I mention beer? We have Kimmie's fridge full!
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I will take the heat and humidity in the South over the 10 month summers we have here in Cali.
Hey Spark, have you been to any stores yet? Just wondering if you can notice the lower cost of living the South has to offer????
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I think sparky needs to post some pics on this road trip
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I'm a damn Yankee, but after 11 years I think I'm finally being accepted as a Southerner. Cooking briskets and butts and sharing I think did the trick. :D
Sparky, which Bob Gibson's did you go to? I've been to the original in Decatur, I have to agree the best ribs I've ever had. I had thought mine were good but i don't know what it is there was something special about Chris Lily's. I haven't been satisfied with my ribs ever since though I have gotten better. I had the brisket and butt also, wasn't so impressed with them, tasted like they were reheated from the day before.
The first few years we were here the humidity was almost non-existant because of drought. Always a breeze blowing. But this year is extreme due to all the rain. I don't miss shoveling snow and falling on my ass at 5:00 in the morning cleaning the driveway and scraping windows. I live in a city of 8000 in a county of 20,000, a sleepy farm town. Not too many a-holes but as RG says they are everywhere, just fewer and far between here.
You won't have any regrets Sparky, Huntsville is a great area.
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Don't forget to get some of those wonderful Mobile oysters and shrimp, awesome good stuff.
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We went to the big bob Gibson's in Decatur. Ribs were the best I have every had.
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A major benefit of making the move to Huntsville is that you will be only 5 hours drive from Backyard Jack's BBQ in Byron, GA...home of the Cookout with Bremer in October.
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A major benefit of making the move to Huntsville is that you will be only 5 hours drive from Backyard Jack's BBQ in Byron, GA...home of the Cookout with Bremer in October.
That sounds great.
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... a damn yankee is a yankee that moved to the south.
Actually, a damn yankee is a person who moves South and refuses to go back north
I grew up thinking "yankee" and "damn yankee" were pretty much synonymous. We called the ones who moved to the South "carpetbaggers" (so named for the yankees who moved south to take advantage of political and economic upheaval after the Civil War and typically carried their belongings in a carpetbag).