Life in the Cit-tay
Be careful what you wish for dear readers.....you may end up with it......
Well here I am 2 months along in my "adventure in New England" After spending a balmy 8 years haunting the streets of Pikeville, KY, I decided it was time to " go east young man....go east"
I have spend a trillion dollars on gas , been stuck in the most God-awful traffic jams in the history of the automobile and stood in lines that could streach across Pike County......
Still its not a bad place......once you get used to the people. And that is true everywhere you go. I said it in a posting on this very site back in the spring......we are all really alike...we just live in different places......
I have been lucky enough to find a job here but the catch was that it is a long way from where I am currently staying ( about 60 miles each way daily). The good news for me is that my company is moving south of where they are now and I am relocating very close to them in September.....The bad news is....I have to live in Mass.
Rhode Islands sales tax is 7% ( Yikes) Mass. sales tax is 5% ( Better ). Both states are really like big cities. Rhode Island would fit nicely in Pike County.....Just add a few million people to Pike County and there you go.......
I have been on the road since June15th when I said good by to all my friends in Pike County. I came back in late July for a wedding and am returning in late August for a seminar. I consider Pike County to be home now so I will come back as often as I can.
The thing I like least about Cit-Tay life is the rushing around like crazy......Man these people move fast.......and you better not git in there way.....
Oh one more thing.....if you like Italian food you would LOVE it here.......Oh my but the food is very very good....
I know it has been very hot in Eastern KY lately.....I am wearing a jacket as we speak....the high temperature here today was 70.....I am going to be frozen stiff by Halloween.....
Until next time dear Reader......I remain
Your Eastern Kentucky Yankee....
Well here I am 2 months along in my "adventure in New England" After spending a balmy 8 years haunting the streets of Pikeville, KY, I decided it was time to " go east young man....go east"
I have spend a trillion dollars on gas , been stuck in the most God-awful traffic jams in the history of the automobile and stood in lines that could streach across Pike County......
Still its not a bad place......once you get used to the people. And that is true everywhere you go. I said it in a posting on this very site back in the spring......we are all really alike...we just live in different places......
I have been lucky enough to find a job here but the catch was that it is a long way from where I am currently staying ( about 60 miles each way daily). The good news for me is that my company is moving south of where they are now and I am relocating very close to them in September.....The bad news is....I have to live in Mass.
Rhode Islands sales tax is 7% ( Yikes) Mass. sales tax is 5% ( Better ). Both states are really like big cities. Rhode Island would fit nicely in Pike County.....Just add a few million people to Pike County and there you go.......
I have been on the road since June15th when I said good by to all my friends in Pike County. I came back in late July for a wedding and am returning in late August for a seminar. I consider Pike County to be home now so I will come back as often as I can.
The thing I like least about Cit-Tay life is the rushing around like crazy......Man these people move fast.......and you better not git in there way.....
Oh one more thing.....if you like Italian food you would LOVE it here.......Oh my but the food is very very good....
I know it has been very hot in Eastern KY lately.....I am wearing a jacket as we speak....the high temperature here today was 70.....I am going to be frozen stiff by Halloween.....
Until next time dear Reader......I remain
Your Eastern Kentucky Yankee....
posted by Peter Girouard at
4:50 PM
