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· 3mo ago

So, I make jokes about "What is happening to the South" about not being able to buy real grits, or find butter beans in the grocery store. But, in all seriousness, when the hell did so many white, Southern men become bootlickers? I'm not talking about just being racist - I'm well aware of that history. I mean the idea that cops can do no wrong. I remember a family doing fireworks for some event for our church youth group. At the time fireworks like that were illegal in Georgia. Cops came out, asked the guy for ID, he said "no get off my land." AT A SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH EVENT Miners shooting at scabs. Rent strikes. Sharecroppers fighting land owners. On and on. But now? I literally just read someone comment "If ICE arrested them they're not here legally." Seriously? #Southern 1/5

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· 3mo ago

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Far be it from me to put forward The Dukes of Hazzard as quality role models. But they were just good ol boys, never meaning no harm. "Been in trouble with the law since the day they was born..." "Someday the mountain might get 'em, but the law never will." Yes, I know, they had a traitor's flag on their damn "General Lee" car, but the cops were lazy, corrupt, laughable, and not to be bothered with. Uncle Jessie wasn't no damn lickspittle looking to rat out the Duke Boys. #Southern 2/5

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· 3mo ago

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Hank Williams, Sr. sang how "I got a shotgun, a rifle, and a 4-wheel drive, and a country boy can survive." His friend was killed by a mugger, so he wants to shoot him with his "old .45."

Grow our own food, make our own wine, even have our own tobacco. "And we can skin a buck; we can run a trotline." *

Yes, macho - again, not holding it as an ideal. Just, WTF happened?

#Southern

I cannot, in fact, skin a buck. Sorry, Hank.

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· 3mo ago

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Some time after my dad died, my mom was telling me that she wasn't even sure if my dad's rifle was loaded. I went to the house, got it out of the case, confirmed it was unloaded. I knew it would be - Dad never would have put it away loaded. But best to be safe. I remember mom saying, "I didn't know you knew how to check it." Yeah, Mom, I learned as a kid. I grew up around guns, I know how to safely handle them. It was just part of life, so natural to us my mother didn't even see it. Same as cleaning a fish. Dad never really hunted as an adult, so I never did any of that, either. But I can build a house, quite literally. I was taught to work hard, and be a good person, and that Southerners take care of their own. You help people who need help. And cops... well, I wasn't taught to exactly avoid them, but neither was I told they were necessarily heroes, either. #Southern 4/5

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· 3mo ago

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So yes, it's sad and a bit sickening to me. People so far removed from their own heritage, from their own history, and from the experiences of our ancestors that they just bow down to billionaires and turn own their own. If you had told me in my childhood that, one day, most Southern men would worship a rich man from New York, I would have laughed. #Southern 5/5

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· 4mo ago

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· 5mo ago

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22nd April: An awful journey in. No info #Reading train was going to be that late. Due to that lateness, I missed Bus & only scraped getting in on time by getting train instead: 2V38 07:39 #Reigate to #DorkingDeepdene: 29 minutes late: Signal failure between #Redhill & #Reigate. 1D18 08:32 #Dorking (Main) to #Leatherhead: On time. 1O80 18:31 #DorkingDeepdene to #Reigate: On time. #GWR delays: 1 hour & 45 minutes. #Southern delays: 13 minutes. #GreatNorthern delays: 3 minutes #Thameslink delays: 2 minutes. #SouthEastern delays: 3 minutes. #SWR delays: 3 minutes. Total delays: 2 hours & 9 minutes. #GWR On time: 11. #Thameslink On time: 3. #GreatNorthern On time: 1. #Southern On time: 3. #LondonOverground On time: 2. #SWR On time: 1. #GWR Cancellations: 4 (2 full Cancellation, 1 skipped later stops, 2 Part Cancelled). Total On time: 21 / 49 trains. 2025 Stats: https://mastodonapp.uk/@RailAndy/113798558464526915 2024 stats: https://mastodonapp.uk/@RailAndy/113186014538727241 2023 stats: https://mastodonapp.uk/@RailAndy/111244666219790724 2022 stats:

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27th April: 1R31 13:32 #Reigate to #Redhill: On time. 9R36 13:48 #Redhill to #LondonStPancrasInternational: On time. 1F52 15:31 #LondonStPancrasInternational to #Sheffield: 3 minutes. #GWR delays: 1 hour & 45 minutes. #Southern delays: 13 minutes. #GreatNorthern delays: 3 minutes #Thameslink delays: 2 minutes. #SouthEastern delays: 3 minutes. #SWR delays: 3 minutes. #EMR delays: 3 minutes. Total delays: 2 hours & 12 minutes. #GWR On time: 11. #Thameslink On time: 4. #GreatNorthern On time: 1. #Southern On time: 4. #LondonOverground On time: 2. #SWR On time: 1. #GWR Cancellations: 4 (2 full Cancellation, 1 skipped later stops, 2 Part Cancelled). Total On time: 23 / 52 trains. 2025 Stats: https://mastodonapp.uk/@RailAndy/113798558464526915 2024 stats: https://mastodonapp.uk/@RailAndy/113186014538727241 2023 stats: https://mastodonapp.uk/@RailAndy/111244666219790724 2022 stats: https://mastodonapp.uk/@RailAndy/109496100182749726 2021 stats: https://twitter.com/rail_andy/status/1478805066882682881

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· 21mo ago

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11th January: 1R23 11:32 #Reigate to #ClaphamJunction: On time. https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:W37420/2025-01-11/detailed 1A33 12:18 #ClaphamJunction to #Weybridge: On time. https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:Y20486/2025-01-11/detailed#allox_id=0 1st attempt: 2S38 1303 #Weybridge to #Chertsey: Cancelled: multiple points failures earlier. https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:Y21222/2025-01-11/detailed 2nd attempt: 2S40 1333 #Weybridge to #Chertsey: 3 minutes late: late turnaround as delay on previous service from multiple points failure earlier. https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:Y21215/2025-01-11/detailed#allox_id=0 2U60 19:08 #Staines to #claphamjunction 1 minute late. https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:W37508/2025-01-11/detailed 1R58 19:45 #ClaphamJunction to #Reigate: On time. https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:Y16452/2025-01-11/detailed#allox_id=0 Daily delay (#SWR): 4 minutes. 2 #Southern On time. 1 #SWR On time. 3 / 8 trains On time. #GWR delays: 5 minutes. #SWR delays: 4 minutes. Total delays: 9 minutes. 1 #SWR Cancellation (1 full Cancellation). 2024 stats: https://mastodonapp.uk/@RailAndy/113186014538727241 2023 stats: https://mastodonapp.uk/@RailAndy/111244666219790724 2022 stats: https://mastodonapp.uk/@RailAndy/109496100182749726 2021 stats: https://twitter.com/rail_andy/status/1478805066882682881

Andy Rail (@rail_andy) on X

31st December: Work: 07:21 Reigate to Dorking Deepdene: On time. 18:39 Dorking Deepdene to Reigate: On time. 67 (Southern) on time 76 (GWR) on time 22 (Thameslink) on time 9 (SWR) on time 7 (Southeastern) On time Overall (on time): 179. Overall delay (Southern): 1 hour & 21

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· 21mo ago

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13th January: Appointment:: 1R27 12:32 #Reigate to #claphamjunction: On time. https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:W37429/2025-01-13/detailed 1R38 14:45 #ClaphamJunction to #Reigate: On time. https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:W37457/2025-01-13/detailed 4 #Southern On time. 1 #SWR On time. 5 / 10 trains On time. #GWR delays: 5 minutes. #SWR delays: 4 minutes. Total delays: 9 minutes. 1 #SWR Cancellation (1 full Cancellation). 2024 stats: https://mastodonapp.uk/@RailAndy/113186014538727241 2023 stats: https://mastodonapp.uk/@RailAndy/111244666219790724 2022 stats: https://mastodonapp.uk/@RailAndy/109496100182749726 2021 stats: https://twitter.com/rail_andy/status/1478805066882682881

Andy Rail (@rail_andy) on X

31st December: Work: 07:21 Reigate to Dorking Deepdene: On time. 18:39 Dorking Deepdene to Reigate: On time. 67 (Southern) on time 76 (GWR) on time 22 (Thameslink) on time 9 (SWR) on time 7 (Southeastern) On time Overall (on time): 179. Overall delay (Southern): 1 hour & 21

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· 21mo ago

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15th January: Work: 2V38 07:39 #Reigate to #DorkingDeepdene: On time. https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:Y23567/2025-01-15/detailed#allox_id=0 1O81 18:55 #DorkingDeepdene to #reigate 2 minutes late. https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:Y22267/2025-01-15/detailed#allox_id=0 Daily delay (#GWR): 2 minutes. 4 #Southern On time. 1 #SWR On time. 1 #GWR On time 6 / 12 trains On time. #GWR delays: 7 minutes. #SWR delays: 4 minutes. Total delays: 11 minutes. 1 #SWR Cancellation (1 full Cancellation). 2024 stats: https://mastodonapp.uk/@RailAndy/113186014538727241 2023 stats: https://mastodonapp.uk/@RailAndy/111244666219790724 2022 stats: https://mastodonapp.uk/@RailAndy/109496100182749726 2021 stats: https://twitter.com/rail_andy/status/1478805066882682881

Andy Rail (@rail_andy) on X

31st December: Work: 07:21 Reigate to Dorking Deepdene: On time. 18:39 Dorking Deepdene to Reigate: On time. 67 (Southern) on time 76 (GWR) on time 22 (Thameslink) on time 9 (SWR) on time 7 (Southeastern) On time Overall (on time): 179. Overall delay (Southern): 1 hour & 21

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· 21mo ago

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22nd January: Work: 2V38 07:39 #Reigate to #DorkingDeepdene: 12 minutes late: Signal failure & Level crossing issues between #Reigate & #DorkingDeepdene. https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:Y23567/2025-01-22/detailed#allox_id=0 1O81 18:55 #DorkingDeepdene to #reigate 2 minutes late. https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:Y22267/2025-01-22/detailed#allox_id=0 Daily delay (#GWR): 14 minutes. 4 #Southern On time. 1 #SWR On time. 1 #GWR On time 8 / 12 trains On time. #GWR delays: 21 minutes. #SWR delays: 4 minutes. Total delays: 25 minutes. 1 #SWR Cancellation (1 full Cancellation). 2024 stats: https://mastodonapp.uk/@RailAndy/113186014538727241 2023 stats: https://mastodonapp.uk/@RailAndy/111244666219790724 2022 stats: https://mastodonapp.uk/@RailAndy/109496100182749726 2021 stats: https://twitter.com/rail_andy/status/1478805066882682881

Andy Rail (@rail_andy) on X

31st December: Work: 07:21 Reigate to Dorking Deepdene: On time. 18:39 Dorking Deepdene to Reigate: On time. 67 (Southern) on time 76 (GWR) on time 22 (Thameslink) on time 9 (SWR) on time 7 (Southeastern) On time Overall (on time): 179. Overall delay (Southern): 1 hour & 21

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· 20mo ago

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29th January: Work: 1V39 08:17 #Reigate to #DorkingDeepdene: On time. https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:Y22330/2025-01-29/detailed#allox_id=0 1D18 08:31 #Dorking to #Leatherhead: On time. https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:Y17746/2025-01-29/detailed#allox_id=0 1O80 18:29 #DorkingDeepdene to #Reigate: 1 minute late. https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:Y22266/2025-01-29/detailed#allox_id=0 Daily delay (#GWR): 1 minute. 4 #Southern On time. 2 #SWR On time. 2 #GWR On time 10 / 15 trains On time. #GWR delays: 22 minutes. #SWR delays: 4 minutes. Total delays: 26 minutes. 1 #SWR Cancellation (1 full Cancellation). 2024 stats: https://mastodonapp.uk/@RailAndy/113186014538727241 2023 stats: https://mastodonapp.uk/@RailAndy/111244666219790724 2022 stats: https://mastodonapp.uk/@RailAndy/109496100182749726 2021 stats: https://twitter.com/rail_andy/status/1478805066882682881

Andy Rail (@rail_andy) on X

31st December: Work: 07:21 Reigate to Dorking Deepdene: On time. 18:39 Dorking Deepdene to Reigate: On time. 67 (Southern) on time 76 (GWR) on time 22 (Thameslink) on time 9 (SWR) on time 7 (Southeastern) On time Overall (on time): 179. Overall delay (Southern): 1 hour & 21

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· 20mo ago

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5th February: Work: 1D18 08:31 #Dorking to #Leatherhead: On time. https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:Y17746/2025-02-05/detailed#allox_id=0 4 #Southern On time. 3 #SWR On time. 2 #GWR On time 11 / 16 trains On time. #GWR delays: 22 minutes. #SWR delays: 4 minutes. Total delays: 26 minutes. 1 #SWR Cancellation (1 full Cancellation). 2024 stats: https://mastodonapp.uk/@RailAndy/113186014538727241 2023 stats: https://mastodonapp.uk/@RailAndy/111244666219790724 2022 stats: https://mastodonapp.uk/@RailAndy/109496100182749726 2021 stats: https://twitter.com/rail_andy/status/1478805066882682881

Andy Rail (@rail_andy) on X

31st December: Work: 07:21 Reigate to Dorking Deepdene: On time. 18:39 Dorking Deepdene to Reigate: On time. 67 (Southern) on time 76 (GWR) on time 22 (Thameslink) on time 9 (SWR) on time 7 (Southeastern) On time Overall (on time): 179. Overall delay (Southern): 1 hour & 21

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· 20mo ago

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12th February: Work: 1D18 08:31 #Dorking to #Leatherhead: On time. https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:Y17746/2025-02-12/detailed#allox_id=0 4 #Southern On time. 4 #SWR On time. 2 #GWR On time 12 / 17 trains On time. #GWR delays: 22 minutes. #SWR delays: 4 minutes. Total delays: 26 minutes. 1 #SWR Cancellation (1 full Cancellation). 2024 stats: https://mastodonapp.uk/@RailAndy/113186014538727241 2023 stats: https://mastodonapp.uk/@RailAndy/111244666219790724 2022 stats: https://mastodonapp.uk/@RailAndy/109496100182749726 2021 stats: https://twitter.com/rail_andy/status/1478805066882682881

Andy Rail (@rail_andy) on X

31st December: Work: 07:21 Reigate to Dorking Deepdene: On time. 18:39 Dorking Deepdene to Reigate: On time. 67 (Southern) on time 76 (GWR) on time 22 (Thameslink) on time 9 (SWR) on time 7 (Southeastern) On time Overall (on time): 179. Overall delay (Southern): 1 hour & 21

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· 19mo ago

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18th February: Work: 2V38 07:39 #Reigate to #DorkingDeepdene: 1 minute late. https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:Y23567/2025-02-18/detailed 2I48 18:32 #Leatherhead to #Dorking (Main): 9 minutes late: Passenger taken ill. https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:W39730/2025-02-18/detailed 1O81 18:55 #DorkingDeepdene to #Reigate: 4 minutes late. https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:Y22267/2025-02-18/detailed#allox_id=0 #GWR daily delays: 5 minutes. #Southern daily delays: 9 minutes. 4 #Southern On time. 4 #SWR On time. 2 #GWR On time 12 / 20 trains On time. #GWR delays: 27 minutes. #SWR delays: 4 minutes. #Southern delays: 9 minutes. Total delays: 40 minutes. 1 #SWR Cancellation (1 full Cancellation). 2024 stats: https://mastodonapp.uk/@RailAndy/113186014538727241 2023 stats: https://mastodonapp.uk/@RailAndy/111244666219790724 2022 stats: https://mastodonapp.uk/@RailAndy/109496100182749726 2021 stats: https://twitter.com/rail_andy/status/1478805066882682881

Andy Rail (@rail_andy) on X

31st December: Work: 07:21 Reigate to Dorking Deepdene: On time. 18:39 Dorking Deepdene to Reigate: On time. 67 (Southern) on time 76 (GWR) on time 22 (Thameslink) on time 9 (SWR) on time 7 (Southeastern) On time Overall (on time): 179. Overall delay (Southern): 1 hour & 21

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· 19mo ago

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22nd February: Walk: 1R21 11:02 #Reigate to #EastCroydon: On time. 9S22 11:31 #EastCroydon to #Farringdon: On time. First attempt: 9H40 12:00 #Farringdon to #Southall: Cancelled: Shortage of staff. 2nd attempt: 9R42 12:08 #Farringdon to #Southall: On time. 9T49 17:24 #Farringdon to #EastCroydon: 2 minutes late: waited a few minutes outside #EastCroydon. 1R50 17:56 #EastCroydon to #Reigate: On time. #Thameslink daily delays: 2 minutes. 6 #Southern On time. 4 #SWR On time. 2 #GWR On time 1 #ElizabethLine On time 1 #Thameslink On time. 16 / 26 trains On time. #GWR delays: 27 minutes. #SWR delays: 4 minutes. #Southern delays: 9 minutes. #Thameslink delays: 2 minutes. Total delays: 42 minutes. 1 #SWR Cancellation (1 full Cancellation). 1 #ElizabethLine Cancellation (1 full Cancellation). 2024 stats: https://mastodonapp.uk/@RailAndy/113186014538727241 2023 stats: https://mastodonapp.uk/@RailAndy/111244666219790724 2022 stats: https://mastodonapp.uk/@RailAndy/109496100182749726 2021 stats: https://twitter.com/rail_andy/status/1478805066882682881