I am a North Carolinan now

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After a very long drive with a dog and 2 cats in a Mazda 6 for 25ish hours, my wife and I have safely made it within a few miles of our new home (which we take the keys for tomorrow). I'm posting from the Super8 Motel in Clemmons, NC.

Feels good to be gone (again) from New Mexico, and I think this time its for keeps. Might improve my attitude and overall outlook on life being away from that place for a while. Feels doubly good to be living in the birthplace of aviation (at least in the same state). Might get to go flying a lot more soon.

Hope to meet many of you Easterners soon in person. I plan on doing a lot of travel to keep my wife's mind off Albuquerque (where she was born and raised and never lived away from).

Time to go to sleep and get the road noise out of my head.
 
Stats, in case anyone cares:

Departed: 3246 Calle de Molina, Santa Fe, NM 87507
Arrived: Super 8 Motel, Clemmons, NC
Miles Driven: 1693.4
Number of Speeding Tickets: 1
Max Speed: 106mph
Avg Speed: 33mph (ouch, this includes breaks and being pulled over time)

All in all, not a bad trip.
 
glad you are safe.:thumbsup: those highways are dangerous. time to get yourself into a safe little plane!:wink2: Dave
 
Let the fun begin...

So the IQ of NC just slid up a few points.

With apologies to Mark and Agatha and of course, Brook.
 
Did you switch drivers every mile? 33 mph, wow.

Congrats on the move, welcome to the east coast!
 
Welcome to NC! The Winston Salem /GSO area's are a very nice place to live.

I sent the welcoming committee with a dusting of snow for you and your wife!

You and your wife are invited to Fayetteville anytime you like.
 
woodstock said:
Did you switch drivers every mile? 33 mph, wow.

Congrats on the move, welcome to the east coast!
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This is kind of interesting. I drive 70 miles a day for work and most of it is Interstate. My trip computer on my car is always around 45 mph average no matter when I look at or how many times I reset it, it always ends up around 45.
 
Welcome to the land of low density altitudes, Nick! Hope to meet you in person soon.
 
I haven't been following, Nick. (1) You married her :). (2) You moved :) .

Maseltov!
 
Glad to hear you made it, Nick.

What's the story with the ticket? ;)

P.S. - be sure to try Prissy Polly's bbq in Kernersville. It's right off of business 40, very easy to find. Tasty stuff. :yes:
 
Welcome to the right side of the Mississippi! Glad ya'll made it in before the winter wx hit the mountains - sounds like they got some substantial snow in the Smokies.

Once ya'll get settled in, we'll have to try to plan a PoA - E/SE fly-in somewhere.
 
Oh I have a cousin in Kernersville.

Anyway congrats on the safe move. Now it will be easy for you to get to the FlyBQ :D

By the way is it North Carolinan or North Carolinian?
 
AdamZ said:
Oh I have a cousin in Kernersville.

Anyway congrats on the safe move. Now it will be easy for you to get to the FlyBQ :D

By the way is it North Carolinan or North Carolinian?
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The latter...but being the genteel souls we are here, we wait till new comers unpack before pointing this out....:D
 
Welcome East, Nick! Lotsa nice people & places in NC.
 
AdamZ said:
Oh I have a cousin in Kernersville.

Anyway congrats on the safe move. Now it will be easy for you to get to the FlyBQ :D

By the way is it North Carolinan or North Carolinian?
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I think it's, "Hillbilly." :wink2:
 
welcome,.. and oh,.. the white stuff you may see on your car and new house this week, it's just a welcome gift from Mother Nature and you will learn to hate it like a lot of us.

Congrats on the move :thumbsup:
 
SCCutler said:
I think it's, "Hillbilly." :wink2:
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1st, it not "Hillbilly" it's "Appalachian Americans" now.

2nd, "Appalachian Americans" live in the "mountains". Winston Salem has "Red Necks".

Thank you.
 
bbchien said:
I haven't been following, Nick. (1) You married her :). (2) You moved :) .

Maseltov!
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Danke! Married for just over 6 months now! My old company was eaten by a MUCH larger company, and I was taken along with the new company....but it is a good thing for me and my wife (not so much for the others in my old office).
 
Obi Heed Kenobi said:
Glad to hear you made it, Nick.

What's the story with the ticket? ;)

P.S. - be sure to try Prissy Polly's bbq in Kernersville. It's right off of business 40, very easy to find. Tasty stuff. :yes:
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Ticket is funny. We decided to leave Knoxville just in time to avoid the nasty storm last night. Unfortunately, where I-40 had been 65 the whole way though (so I drove 75), there is a stretch right outside Knoxville where it drops to 55. I was pulled over there, doing nearly 20 over. Cop was nice, bumped it down to 65, and 10 over. Blegh. Dog barking and growling from the kennel in the backseat just made him laugh, thankfully.

Funny enough, I've been to Prissy Polly's already, during a working lunch with a coworker.
 
SkyHog said:
Ticket is funny. We decided to leave Knoxville just in time to avoid the nasty storm last night. Unfortunately, where I-40 had been 65 the whole way though (so I drove 75), there is a stretch right outside Knoxville where it drops to 55. I was pulled over there, doing nearly 20 over. Cop was nice, bumped it down to 65, and 10 over. Blegh. Dog barking and growling from the kennel in the backseat just made him laugh, thankfully.
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Sucks you got it, but at least he knocked it down. You've still got your NM license, right? That might work to your advantage when it comes to reporting points to the DMV and thus to insurance....

Funny enough, I've been to Prissy Polly's already, during a working lunch with a coworker.
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Hopefully it was as glorious as I've suggested. :yes:
 
SkyHog said:
Ticket is funny. We decided to leave Knoxville - - - - - -
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Back in November of 2005 I drove a U-HAUL 24' unit from Scottsdale to Maine.
If I remember correctly it seems to me that coming through Knoxville -- especially at night -- can be tricky(if for the first time). Do I remember correctly that at many times one can look down very steep terrain just off the edge of the thoroughfare? And "protected" only by typical highway barriers; Scary!!I also got a speeding ticket somewhere in the northern outskirts of the city limits. Well, you're still quite a distance from Nashua.

HR
 
Nick,

Congrats on the move east.....looking forward to catching up and seeing you at the FlyBQ!!!

Mary and I love the Carolina's.....we are always looking at property, mainly airparks, but anything near the beach for retirement time will do. We still have some years to go but we sure like looking. Enjoy the great food and nice people...friendly sorts they are and always seem helpful.
 
NC Pilot said:
1st, it not "Hillbilly" it's "Appalachian Americans" now.

2nd, "Appalachian Americans" live in the "mountains". Winston Salem has "Red Necks".

Thank you.
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Thank you for the wonderful clarifications. I was a Charlottean for five or six years before moving to Dallas. Guess I never got to know all the finer points of Carolina life.
There was a nice SC bumper sticker on cars when I was down that-a-way you may have seen: He'll stick 'em, she'll lick 'em, go cocks! :goofy:

Best,

Dave
 
People in NM say the moved raised the average IQ in both states.
Richard said:
Let the fun begin...

So the IQ of NC just slid up a few points.

With apologies to Mark and Agatha and of course, Brook.
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Rather than abuse my post count, I'll combine the next responses into one.

CJones said:
Welcome to the right side of the Mississippi! Glad ya'll made it in before the winter wx hit the mountains - sounds like they got some substantial snow in the Smokies.

Once ya'll get settled in, we'll have to try to plan a PoA - E/SE fly-in somewhere.
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A POA Flyin for the Southeast sounds wonderful. Its been a long time since I've done anything flyinish.

SCCutler said:
I think it's, "Hillbilly." :wink2:
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I resembled a hillbilly long before I came here, except in New Mexico, they call us Rednecks.

Obi Heed Kenobi said:
Hopefully it was as glorious as I've suggested. :yes:
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It was pretty danged good....once you get used to the "BBQ" here.

wabower said:
People in NM say the moved raised the average IQ in both states.
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I'm sure New Mexico gained the most in this move :D
 
Rob Schaffer said:
welcome,.. and oh,.. the white stuff you may see on your car and new house this week, it's just a welcome gift from Mother Nature and you will learn to hate it like a lot of us.

Congrats on the move :thumbsup:
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NOOO Snow is good! If your sking!!! Going to work eh not so much.

Oh I forgot there are actually two east coast flyings you can make now. Wings and Windwood.
 
Dave Siciliano said:
Thank you for the wonderful clarifications. I was a Charlottean for five or six years before moving to Dallas. Guess I never got to know all the finer points of Carolina life.
There was a nice SC bumper sticker on cars when I was down that-a-way you may have seen: He'll stick 'em, she'll lick 'em, go cocks! :goofy:

Best,

Dave
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Dave,
I had a friend who was driving through Texas rather rapidly and had the opportunity to chat with one of Texas's highway patrolmen. The patrolman looked at his NC license and told him that he was going to give him a warning instead of a ticket, but warned him to slow it down because: "I don't want to have to scrape your Yankee Butt off of my highway".

He said it took all his self control to not say or do something that would have resulted in the warning being replaced by a ticket. :incazzato:

Who says highway patrolmen don't have a sense of humor. :D
 
NC Pilot said:
Dave,
I had a friend who was driving through Texas rather rapidly and had the opportunity to chat with one of Texas's highway patrolmen. The patrolman looked at his NC license and told him that he was going to give him a warning instead of a ticket, but warned him to slow it down because: "I don't want to have to scrape your Yankee Butt off of my highway".

He said it took all his self control to not say or do something that would have resulted in the warning being replaced by a ticket. :incazzato:

Who says highway patrolmen don't have a sense of humor. :D
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Wow! Would have been difficult for me to be quiet in his position.

When I married my first wife while in the military, she drew a Davis-Siciliano line we weren't to move north of that seemed to closely parallel one with which you are familiar, and Virgina was questionable (she was an Alabama girl). Guess it's all relative :).

Best,

Dave
 
Let's get one thing out on the table and very clear: You are not, nor will you ever likely be, a North Carolinian. Regardless of what might be printed on your drivers license.
 
Dave Siciliano said:
When I married my first wife while in the military, she drew a Davis-Siciliano line we weren't to move north of that seemed to closely parallel one with which you are familiar, and Virgina was questionable (she was an Alabama girl). Guess it's all relative :).

Best,

Dave
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My wife's from South Carolina. We've always lived north of the Mason-Dixon, but now we're only 18 miles north.

I told her parents I have to keep an eye on her in case she tries to escape.
 
alaskaflyer said:
Let's get one thing out on the table and very clear: You are not, nor will you ever likely be, a North Carolinian. Regardless of what might be printed on your drivers license.
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Yeah -- doesn't that require time served in the confederate Army, running moonshine, and chasing deer at night with dogs?

Oh -- wait -- sorry -- too much time in West Virginia.
 
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Let's get one thing out on the table and very clear: You are not, nor will you ever likely be, a North Carolinian. Regardless of what might be printed on your drivers license.
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Thats unfortunate. I never really was a New Mexican, an Arizonian, a New Englander, an Italian, or a German either.

Will I ever find a home?
 
dmccormack said:
Maybe time to drop the We Are New Mexico logo on your sig? :D
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:thumbsup: The Carolina's are somewhere I hope to retire - with a runway view out the front window and a lake view out of the back window. Welcome to this side of the world.

SkyHog said:
After a very long drive with a dog and 2 cats in a Mazda 6 for 25ish hours, my wife and I have safely made it within a few miles of our new home (which we take the keys for tomorrow). I'm posting from the Super8 Motel in Clemmons, NC.

Feels good to be gone (again) from New Mexico, and I think this time its for keeps. Might improve my attitude and overall outlook on life being away from that place for a while. Feels doubly good to be living in the birthplace of aviation (at least in the same state). Might get to go flying a lot more soon.

Hope to meet many of you Easterners soon in person. I plan on doing a lot of travel to keep my wife's mind off Albuquerque (where she was born and raised and never lived away from).

Time to go to sleep and get the road noise out of my head.
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Richard said:
Let the fun begin...

So the IQ of NC just slid up a few points.

With apologies to Mark and Agatha and of course, Brook.
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Hey! I resemble that remark!

Wells
Elkin, NC
 
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