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Welcome from NH in Ho, NO!

(NH = Nordhordland, Ho = Hordaland, NO = Norway. Although at the moment I'm on 35/11-B, on board drilling rig "Bideford Dolphin"). :smile:
 

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Janet,

Welcome. I'm new to this forum too, and have found it to be an awesome community of people. However, be careful! I find myself spending more time than I should here. :smile:

-Shawn
 

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janet--saying hey from a fellow tar heel down east in the Old North State, Land of the Long Leaf Pine...

Tar heel? Old North State?? Land of the Long Leaf Pine??? Is there an on-line translation service that can convert this into English? :wink:
 
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>>>Tar heel? Old North State?? Land of the Long Leaf Pine??? Is there an on-line translation service that can convert this into English?<<<

Well-l-l, probably. But not me. We moved here from the coast in Florida and while I've been here a while I'm still learning my way around. I know North Carolinians are called "tar heels", and the U of NC's athletic teams are known as "the Tar Heels" .

Ahh... I just found this and now I can say I've learned something this morning:

http://www.50states.com/bio/nickname4.htm

North Carolina

In 1629, King Charles I of England "erected into a province," all the land from Albemarle Sound on the north to the St. John's River on the south, which he directed should be called Carolina. The word Carolina is from the word Carolus, the Latin form of Charles.

When Carolina was divided in 1710, the southern part was called South Carolina and the northern, or older settlement, North Carolina. From this came the nickname the “Old North State.” Historians have recorded that the principle products during the early history of North Carolina were "tar, pitch, and turpentine." It was during one of the fiercest battles of the War Between the States, so the story goes, that the column supporting the North Carolina troops was driven from the field. After the battle the North Carolinians, who had successfully fought it out alone, were greeted from the passing derelict regiment with the question: "Any more tar down in the Old North State, boys?" Quick as a flash came the answer: "No, not a bit, old Jeff's bought it all up." "Is that so; what is he going to do with it?" was asked. "He's going to put on you-un's heels to make you stick better in the next fight." Creecy relates that General Lee, upon hearing of the incident, said: "God bless the “Tar Heel” boys," and from that they took the name.

(Adapted from Grandfather Tales of North Carolina by R.B. Creecy and Histories of North Carolina Regiments, Vol. III, by Walter Clark).
source: http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/nc/symbols/symbols.htm
 

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Welcome to Apug, Janet. Maybe we'll meet when my wife and I venture north from Atlanta for a getaway. Have you been to Hunting Island yet?
 
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Hi Gary. I've never heard of Hunting Island. I'm in the western part of the state; n of Hickory, nw of Statesville. I'm about 45 min. from Blowing Rock, an hour from Boone.

I'd sure enjoy meeting another photographer - maybe show ya'll around. There's lots to see and experience here, for sure.
 

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I misremembered where that place was, its an hour north of Savannah in South Carolina. I see by the map you are way north in an area we've been interested in seeing. Near Taylorsville? I'll have to remember to PM you next time we plan on roving north.
 

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Welcome from IW - That's Isle of Wight (the original one in England!).

I don't like printing on old paper, which I have *lots* of (from a supposed good deal. It was not!)

I got some excellent old paper from ebay recently. Each sheet was pre-exposed with a fine image titled 'Blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there".


Steve.
 

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Welcome to APUG, Janet! I'm sure you'll find that this is a great place to have your questions answered (and possibly even seel that old paper)! :wink: It's great to have another lady on board!!
 

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>>> North Carolinians are called "tar heels", and the U of NC's athletic teams are known as "the Tar Heels"<<<< .


Janet--you're off to a good start--the correct term is Tar Heel, as two words, not one. UNC--Chapel Hill are known as the Tar Heels, the rest of the system have their own names etc. Appalachin State (boone) are the Mountaineers for example. I work in the system that has the state library-- as their entry stated, the term comes from the production of "naval stores"--turpentine gotten from the long leaf pine in the eastern NC--uh, North Carolina---region, down through SC, uh--South Carolina, to GA--Georgia--and then the panhandle region of FL-Florida. My family history goes back to turpentine. They started in eastern NC and migrated down to GA as the production moved further South, as the forests were depleted more or less--they wound up in FL when it was all said & done. The Long Leaf Pine is sorta scarce in terms of forests in these times..

fwiw--there are a couple of good books about NC for the armchair reader. Look at Dr. William Powell's, "NC Gazetteer":

http://uncpress.unc.edu/chapters/powell_gazetteer.html

As well as the revised edition of the NC Encyclopedia which he edited:

http://uncpress.unc.edu/nc_encyclopedia/index.html

The flag on the cover of that, was shot by us (film) where I work, along with many other photos within that book. I also did a lot of work for a book about NC women by Peggy Smith, and a book about the NC mountains called "The Carolina Mountains" by Margaret Morley. This is a historic reprint by Bright Mountain books in Asheville--originally published in 1914 by Houghton Mifflin--Morley was a biologist who came down to Tryon NC, and spent several years there photographing & documenting mountain life, and the changing landscape of the environment with the coming of tourism from the railroads...we have a photo exhibit of some of her work from our collection right now, and it will soon travel to our museum in Old Fort if you're interested.I recommend the Morley book though--it was for decades found in every room of the Grove Park Inn in Asheville as a primer on western NC. It had a distinctive blue cloth bound cover that was woven at Biltmore industries...it's written in a very flowery sort of prose, but it's still used a lot as a source and is sort of timeless in that aspect.

A couple of good photo books--If you can find (out of print) a copy of Jock Lauterer's "Running On Rims", and Tim Barnwell's "On Earth's Furrowed Brow" (came out last year--he's got a traveling show for this as well)--we had both of these photographers as speakers for programming for the Morley exhibit and they're both great and willing to share insights as photographers as well. Jock Lauterer is outstanding as a documentary photographer and community journalist--if you want to learn about western NC, these books are the place to start, along with Rob Amberg--Sodom Laurel & Corridor of Change--we had the last one as a photo exhibit a while back, he does some good work along the lines of Tim Barnwell showing how the region is changing.

so--welcome to the state, the mountains are very cool (literally & figuratively), rich with photo opportunities and quite different than the eastern half of the state--which is neat as well, just very different--the dialect, bbq etc. It is an old state in terms of US history...

Kent from NC
 

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Welcome from Richmond, Va. My family is from Greenville, NC so I've spent a good portion of my life in Eastern NC. There's nothing like good Carolina BBQ
 

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.... There's nothing like good Carolina BBQ

Travis,

Although I'm a Yankee, I'm married to a Memphis gal. And she might well dispute you on what is good BBQ!

You chop, Memphians pull!

Now, as to Brunswick Stew - you can eat all the squirrel you want - won't get any quarrel from most other folk! :wink:
 

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George, I'll be honest with you. I don't think there is such a thing as bad bbq, but I have to stick with what I was raised on. If I were on death row, my final meal would be a plate of Parker's BBQ with Brunswick Stew.

By the way, real Brunswick Stew is more than just squirrel, it's also rabbit and the occasional possum ;-)
 
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Welcome from the Sooner State, that would be Oklahoma. I once lived in Fayetteville, NC, actually Ft. Bragg, my Dad was career military. Anyway I have very fond memories of North Carolina. Glad to have another woman among us.
 

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Welcome Janet from Helsinki. I'm one of a couple Scandos active here, holding up the top-edge-of-nowhere end. Hope you like it, post pics -- new, old and mummified.
 

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By the way, real Brunswick Stew is more than just squirrel, it's also rabbit and the occasional possum ;-)

The ball cap I've wanted for years has the slogan "EAT MORE POSSUM" on the front above the brim.
 

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Welcome to the APUG jungle!:wink::smile:
HFW swears by squirrel BTW:smile:
 
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>>>post pics -- new, old and mummified.<<<

Will do.

I've had bbq'd rabbit my mtn-man neighbor fixed. It was really good! No squirrel or possum for me, thanks. When we were getting ready for the move here, a friend told us Carolina bbq was the best but I have to say I like Bono's better from home. There's plenty else I love here, though.

Thanks again for the welcomes. You're a friendly bunch!
 

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Welcome!

Writing from Charlotte (home base); darkroom in Hickory; photographer at UNC-Asheville. You can tell it's easy to get everyone going at this site. A lot of good advice here, as well.
 
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"...Writing from Charlotte"

I'm just about 45 minutes up the road! Small world, yes? And Hickory is where we go "to town". I'm in Alexander County - in the one-blinking-light town (?) of Stony Point, to be exact.

Janet
 

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Hi Janet, welcome from the Scottish Border country although I do live in Northumberland in Northern England just 6 miles from the border. Don't be put off by the few testy replies and responses here, just about everyone on APUG has a heart of gold.
 
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