Moving Out Of CA To MO Or IA

Wife, sister, cousin. What's the diff?

I think Con-way is based out of Joplin, MO ...not that I'm partial to Con-way or anything ...

-mountain girl

Just read my reply again, and meant TMC, not TNT. No Iowa jokes please. But here's one for the next time you come across a Nebraska Cornhuskers fan:

What's the "N" on their helmets stand for?

Knowledge.

Bwahahahah!!!

good one!

You know your in Iowa when you hear "Hey, I'm headed over to the truck warsh"

or " Just gonna go change my oal "

Iowa has been my home for many a year, cant imagine being anywhere else

I've heard "oal" coming from Texans, too. LOL.

-mountain girl

Lol I think the funniest one I heard was Iripdmybritches

I had to ask him a few times what that meant. He said " I tore my pants" Ohhhhhhh ok.

I love it in Iowa and I can't imagine living anywhere else. But I grew up here so I guess I'm biased. I stay the heck out of Missouri and Arkansas if I can help it, too many places remind me of Deliverance. Cue the banjo...

I love it in Iowa and I can't imagine living anywhere else. But I grew up here so I guess I'm biased. I stay the heck out of Missouri and Arkansas if I can help it, too many places remind me of Deliverance. Cue the banjo...

I was talking with my wife the other night and told her, "now all i need is my straw hat, piece of grass to chew on and I'll be right at home" lol

Its the accents that get me....

I was born in Iowa, lived there 15 years and then we moved to a resort lake in Arkansas. I went to high school a couple of years in Arkansas. The schools in Arkansas left a lot to be desired, but it was a better place to live as far as fishing and the people were nicer. I also attended colleges in Missouri and graduated from Central Mo State in Warrensburg and Moberly Area Community college. Of all three states I'd live in Missouri. It's hillbilly but not as bad as Arkansas, and not as uptight as small town Iowa, where if you're family wasn't traced back to the founding fathers of the town, you were considered an outsider. Missouri is a nice mix of the two states, quite a coincidence considering the location, right? I'd suggest you get your KC Chiefs fanhood upto speed and live in Lexington, which is a nice river town not far from KC. If you happen to be a Raider fan, get plenty of life insurance..(ok Chiefs fans aren't that bad, but they are pretty hardcore at times). There is a lot of great historical culture in the KC area from the Civil War era to the history of the 30's and all of the shenanigans that went on during that time. KC is a big small town, so you have everything you need, but not a pain like Los Angeles or San Fran. In those small towns you can buy a house for under 50 grand and put a lot of money away.

Good luck and congrats for escaping Californication, we have a lot of refugees from there living here in AZ. It's a great state to drive through but I wouldn't want to live there.

Its the accents that get me....

Accents!? Iowans don't have accents! Everyone else does!!

...not as uptight as small town Iowa, where if you're family wasn't traced back to the founding fathers of the town, you were considered an outsider.

Truer words were never spoken. I know... I'm one of those uptight Iowans. I was born there in one little town, and we moved to another little town when I was two years old. We were still "the new people" when we moved away over ten years later lol.

Btw, my original comment about not making jokes because I'm so nice was a little fun I was having with myself. A lot of Iowans are some of the most self-righteous people you'll ever meet...myself included. I have spent a lot of years unlearning that. (But I haven't unlearned it all the way; for example, I want to say that Minnesotans are even more self-righteous than Iowans. But that's just because I have cousins there lol.)

Well the days are getting shorter... Im actually looking at leaving a few days earler. Once the appartment is empty here, and cleaned, I'll be leaving to odessa, mo to start.. looking forward to this change.