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104. Heh. I once went to a redneck bar DEEEEP in Georgia. Savannah was the closest big city

Fri Feb 19, 2016, 02:53 AM

Feb 2016

for miles. I was the only little brown thing up in there. Big old tabacco chewing, motorcylce driving dudes and the women who love them were the clientèle.

By the time I'd left, my older white female friend who I'd gone with said that half the men in that bar had come up to her asking who I was and if I was "really black" because I was the "prettiest thing there." That tells you I was in redneck town, where the folks are racist as shit even when they are COMPLIMENTING you.

Maybe that is a lesson I should apply here. When the street lights come on, it's time to go home...

I've been doing that more and more lately. Spending less and less time here and when I am here spending easily 80% of my time in this forum only. It has been so good for my spirit.

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Well ... ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #68

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Have they lost their minds? Digital Puppy Feb 2016 #79

Heh. I once went to a redneck bar DEEEEP in Georgia. Savannah was the closest big city Number23 Feb 2016 #104

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