Kentucky.

[RSKY]

One thing you must know about Kentucky!! You can have the air conditioner on in the morning, and the heat on in the afternoon. The weather can make huge swings in temps in a day a couple times a year. Have seen in 70 degrees in the morning and snowing in the afternoon.

RSKY

 

[Streetcar]

Oosik
I will buy lunch if you drop in Cincinnati. We have some good taco restaurants near downtown

 

[orangeandgreen]

I would like to second what RSKY said about Ky weather. If you don't like it just wait a few hours and it will be totally different. We were camping in LBL last spring break (wife is a teacher) and during the coarse of the week, we had 70 deg days, 40 deg days, a tornado warning, and to top it off, 1 inch of snow Saturday morning when we were packing up to head home.
I have been all over the state and it is all nice, I love the small town atmosphere of western Ky.

 

[ProjectKing]

Streetcar - NOT gonna happen. You have NO IDEA how far out of my way I'll go to avoid the big cities. Hey - when riding my motorcycle I bypass Spokane - just like a dirty sock. Last time I Seattle. Thank God I was in my F-150 - its 4WD. I passed the offramp I needed two times - going the other way. Third time - into 4WD - across the grass median - success, right on down the correct offramp. I think all the blaring horns were just congratulating my final success. Whatever..........

Well if you want to see the beautiful farms you gotta go near Lexington, Versailles, Midway, Georgetown, Etc. Take the backroads in those areas and you will be blown away by the farms and their extravagance.

 

[ProjectKing]

Oosik
Lots of beautiful farms in Lexington/ Georgetown area. Have fun as you drive through Cincinnati

Eat lunch at a place called Wallace Station near Midway KY. This is a great local sandwich place and getting there will allow you to see some fine farms.

 

[QRTRHRS]

Oh' yeah, the ground shakes a little every now and then. In 2008 when we first moved here, we got woke up around 3am from an earthquake originating up around Chicago. When Knoxville had that quake a couple of weeks ago, the folks we sold that house to felt that one. Now 25 miles due west of that place, we felt nothing. You may also want to read up about the New Madrid fault.

 

[KYErik]

Southwestern KY- I lived near Hopkinsville for 15 years (1998-2013). Friendly people- life moves a little slower/is more relaxed than here in IL where I grew up/moved back to. I've spent a fair amount of time in Murray and have visited Bowling Green a few times- also both good choices.

 

[RSKY]

ADVICE FOR ANYONE MOVING TO KENTUCKY
1. Save all bacon grease. You will be instructed later how to use it.
2. If you do run your car into a ditch, don't panic. Four men in the cab of a four wheel drive with a 12-pack of beer and a tow chain will be along shortly. Don't try to help them. Just stay out of their way. This is what they live for.
3. Remember: "Y'all" is singular. "All y'all" is plural. "All y'all's" is plural possessive.
4. Get used to the phrase "It's not the heat, it's the humidity". And the collateral phrase "You call this hot? Wait'll August."
5. Don't tell us how you did it up there. Nobody cares.
6. If you think it's too hot, don't worry. It'll cool down-in December (if your lucky)
7. A Mercedes-Benz is not a status symbol, a Chevy, Dodge, or Ford is.
8. If someone says they're "fixin" to do something, that doesn't mean anything's broken.
9. The value of a parking space is not determined by the distance to the door, but the availability of shade.
10. If you see a slower moving vehicle on a two lane road pull onto the shoulder that is called "courtesy".
11. BBQ is a food group. It does NOT mean grilling burgers and hot dogs outdoors.
12. Yes, weddings, funerals, and divorces must take into account for Kentucky basketball games.
13. Everything is better with Ranch dressing.
14. DO NOT honk your horn at us to be obnoxious, we will sit there until we die.
15. We pull over and stop for emergency vehicles to pass.
16. We do wear shoes but prefer boots.
17. "Bless your Heart" is a nice way of saying you're an idiot.
18. No mater what kind : sprite, coke, pepsi, mtn dew Ski, it isn't called soda or pop. Its all called coke. Exsept Al81one it's called Al8 & u must keep bare minimum of a 6pk, ice cold!
19. If you don't like the weather in Kentucky , wait 15 minutes, it will change. 5 minute thunderstorms are a real thing. So is 30 degrees and 70 degrees just a few hours apart.

 

[widefat]

ADVICE FOR ANYONE MOVING TO KENTUCKY
1. Save all bacon grease. You will be instructed later how to use it.
2. If you do run your car into a ditch, don't panic. Four men in the cab of a four wheel drive with a 12-pack of beer and a tow chain will be along shortly. Don't try to help them. Just stay out of their way. This is what they live for.
3. Remember: "Y'all" is singular. "All y'all" is plural. "All y'all's" is plural possessive.
4. Get used to the phrase "It's not the heat, it's the humidity". And the collateral phrase "You call this hot? Wait'll August."
5. Don't tell us how you did it up there. Nobody cares.
6. If you think it's too hot, don't worry. It'll cool down-in December (if your lucky)
7. A Mercedes-Benz is not a status symbol, a Chevy, Dodge, or Ford is.
8. If someone says they're "fixin" to do something, that doesn't mean anything's broken.
9. The value of a parking space is not determined by the distance to the door, but the availability of shade.
10. If you see a slower moving vehicle on a two lane road pull onto the shoulder that is called "courtesy".
11. BBQ is a food group. It does NOT mean grilling burgers and hot dogs outdoors.
12. Yes, weddings, funerals, and divorces must take into account for Kentucky basketball games.
13. Everything is better with Ranch dressing.
14. DO NOT honk your horn at us to be obnoxious, we will sit there until we die.
15. We pull over and stop for emergency vehicles to pass.
16. We do wear shoes but prefer boots.
17. "Bless your Heart" is a nice way of saying you're an idiot.
18. No mater what kind : sprite, coke, pepsi, mtn dew Ski, it isn't called soda or pop. Its all called coke. Exsept Al81one it's called Al8 & u must keep bare minimum of a 6pk, ice cold!
19. If you don't like the weather in Kentucky , wait 15 minutes, it will change. 5 minute thunderstorms are a real thing. So is 30 degrees and 70 degrees just a few hours apart.

AL81!

The state beverage of Kentucky. Well, the non-alcohol state drink.

 

[Oldoak]

Had my pickup truck all loaded up, ready to move to Kentucky. Stopped to read the latest on this thread. Then I came to RSKY's comment and read "13. Everything is better with Ranch dressing."

That brought my plans to a screeching halt. I can't stand Ranch dressing! Oh well, there goes my plans.
I have to start unpacking now.

 

[RSKY]

Had my pickup truck all loaded up, ready to move to Kentucky. Stopped to read the latest on this thread. Then I came to RSKY's comment and read "13. Everything is better with Ranch dressing."

That brought my plans to a screeching halt. I can't stand Ranch dressing! Oh well, there goes my plans.
I have to start unpacking now.

LOL, I am the only one in my family except for one granddaughter that can stand it. So don't let that stop you.


But there is a different way of cooking here. For example, green beans are put on a stove on high heat with a piece of hog's jowl and a tablespoon of bacon grease in the pot. They are 'cooked down' until there is very little water left and the pan is again filled with cold water. This process is repeated four of five times until they are 'about done'. Then small peeled potatoes are thrown in and they are 'finished'. We have thrown away five or six pots with burnt green beans stuck to the bottom. But the end result is delicious. My wife has a certain way everything is cooked. Her aunts are the same way. There is some kind of handed down code the women go by cooking and the meals are wonderful.

RSKY

 

[KYErik]

True story- About 20 years ago, I bought a house and a few acres out in the country in Western Kentucky. My yard adjoined a retired couple's yard- super nice people and they kept their yard well manicured in the summer. The first fall I was there, I was raking leaves in my yard and my neighbor comes out and says "Why are you raking those leaves? Around here, we just let them blow away". After that day, I didn't stress about raking leaves. When in Rome...

 

[Sigarms]

True story- About 20 years ago, I bought a house and a few acres out in the country in Western Kentucky. My yard adjoined a retired couple's yard- super nice people and they kept their yard well manicured in the summer. The first fall I was there, I was raking leaves in my yard and my neighbor comes out and says "Why are you raking those leaves? Around here, we just let them blow away". After that day, I didn't stress about raking leaves. When in Rome...

Funny, first couple of years hear, used a leaf blower or mulching kit to take care of leaves. Then one year I just didn't do anything and after that, never worried aboutt the leaves period. Garden came a couple of years ago now we rake and haul leaves for mulch LOL

 

[muskieken]

Was watching the TV show homestead rescue! And they had an episode on Kentucky And something I never would have thought of is Coal Mining contamination of the land ..This couple had 15 acres And most of it was contaminated Bye coal tailing From Being a previous mine. They thought they had Pasture land And it was all contaminated,,could not grow crops And can't let animals eat off the land.

 

[Diggin It]

so whatever you spend, which for most of us is 95% of our paychecks,

My goal was always to spend less than 50% of my net income including the mortgage. Most months I made that goal, but sometimes went to 60 or 70%. I kept at least 6 months' expenses in the bank untouched.


I can't imagine spending 95% every month.

 

[Alan W.]

LOL, I am the only one in my family except for one granddaughter that can stand it. So don't let that stop you.



But there is a different way of cooking here. For example, green beans are put on a stove on high heat with a piece of hog's jowl and a tablespoon of bacon grease in the pot. They are 'cooked down' until there is very little water left and the pan is again filled with cold water. This process is repeated four of five times until they are 'about done'. Then small peeled potatoes are thrown in and they are 'finished'. We have thrown away five or six pots with burnt green beans stuck to the bottom. But the end result is delicious. My wife has a certain way everything is cooked. Her aunts are the same way. There is some kind of handed down code the women go by cooking and the meals are wonderful.

RSKY

Ok aint never seen nobody cook beans that way. Ya started out right but they are suppose to be cooked low and slow. Ifn ya put them on in the mornin they might be ready by supper but they will be better the next day. And they gotta be an old fashion string bean that has beans actually developed in them. These beanless stringless wonders that have become the rage today will never achieve the color or flavor. Im still growing the beans my Grandfather grew, dont know the variety, I save seeds like he did.

 

[RSKY]

Ok aint never seen nobody cook beans that way. Ya started out right but they are suppose to be cooked low and slow. Ifn ya put them on in the mornin they might be ready by supper but they will be better the next day. And they gotta be an old fashion string bean that has beans actually developed in them. These beanless stringless wonders that have become the rage today will never achieve the color or flavor. Im still growing the beans my Grandfather grew, dont know the variety, I save seeds like he did.

I stand corrected!! The first cook down is done on high heat. After that just high enough for the water to boil. I am not the cook in the house. When I do start cooking something for some reason my wife comes into the kitchen to help and ends up taking over.

RSKY

 

[2LaneCruzer]

ADVICE FOR ANYONE MOVING TO KENTUCKY
1. Save all bacon grease. You will be instructed later how to use it.
2. If you do run your car into a ditch, don't panic. Four men in the cab of a four wheel drive with a 12-pack of beer and a tow chain will be along shortly. Don't try to help them. Just stay out of their way. This is what they live for.
3. Remember: "Y'all" is singular. "All y'all" is plural. "All y'all's" is plural possessive.
4. Get used to the phrase "It's not the heat, it's the humidity". And the collateral phrase "You call this hot? Wait'll August."
5. Don't tell us how you did it up there. Nobody cares.
6. If you think it's too hot, don't worry. It'll cool down-in December (if your lucky)
7. A Mercedes-Benz is not a status symbol, a Chevy, Dodge, or Ford is.
8. If someone says they're "fixin" to do something, that doesn't mean anything's broken.
9. The value of a parking space is not determined by the distance to the door, but the availability of shade.
10. If you see a slower moving vehicle on a two lane road pull onto the shoulder that is called "courtesy".
11. BBQ is a food group. It does NOT mean grilling burgers and hot dogs outdoors.
12. Yes, weddings, funerals, and divorces must take into account for Kentucky basketball games.
13. Everything is better with Ranch dressing.
14. DO NOT honk your horn at us to be obnoxious, we will sit there until we die.
15. We pull over and stop for emergency vehicles to pass.
16. We do wear shoes but prefer boots.
17. "Bless your Heart" is a nice way of saying you're an idiot.
18. No mater what kind : sprite, coke, pepsi, mtn dew Ski, it isn't called soda or pop. Its all called coke. Exsept Al81one it's called Al8 & u must keep bare minimum of a 6pk, ice cold!
19. If you don't like the weather in Kentucky , wait 15 minutes, it will change. 5 minute thunderstorms are a real thing. So is 30 degrees and 70 degrees just a few hours apart.

Last time I was in Kentucky (many years ago), I got on a long, narrow, winding and hilly road...and in front of me was a 1940 Ford pickup with a refrigerator in the back. The fellow drove a breath taking 15 miles per hour for about 15 miles with me right behind him. Can't blame him much, though, as I recall, there wasn't much shoulder for him to pull over.

 

[Oldoak]

Last time I was in Kentucky (many years ago), I got on a long, narrow, winding and hilly road...and in front of me was a 1940 Ford pickup with a refrigerator in the back. The fellow drove a breath taking 15 miles per hour for about 15 miles with me right behind him. Can't blame him much, though, as I recall, there wasn't much shoulder for him to pull over.

Well, you wouldn't have wanted him to spill any of that moonshine, would you?

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Well, you wouldn't have wanted him to spill any of that moonshine, would you?

Heavens no! He could have offered me a snort, but he didn't!