Country Kids , City Kids , Kids who climb on rocks....

I am from a town with a population of around 50-70. The closest large town center of more than 5000 people , is a half hour away.  You drive about 10 minutes to the store for groceries. A taxi is not a large company , but it's a retired man who makes a killing driving his old Ford Taurus to bush parties to pick up drunk kids and drive them home which is usually twenty minutes away. The other kids who don't take the taxi have "quads" and sleds and big jacked up trucks. The city is a contrast like i wouldn't believe. 

For starters, you couldn't drive through a small hick-town near me without seeing the "Big Three".

1) A grizzly old farmer sipping a coffee out of a white Styrofoam cup . He stands by his new 2010 or his baby 1980 half tonne pick up truck with a Pioneer Feed Hat on and is either chewing Skoal or a toothpick. He also is dressed in overalls he bought when he was 30 coupled with work boots from the same year , or a plaid long sleeve work shirt that has seen better days. Usually , these types travel in packs to curse the weather , the crops, the markets and to rag on the youth of today so seeing a group of these magnificent creatures is not rare.



2) A tractor. Whether it be John Deere, Case, Deutz or New Holland , you see one sitting somewhere. It can have a loader on the front, grain buggys or just as is. 


3)A big jacked up truck, always with large unnecessary tires and 9 times out of 10 , its covered in mud to show how "bad-ass" the owner is. Why do it? Who cares that your truck can put out 500 horse power? I don't. I hope you like paying for gas or diesel. Are you that insecure or are you just a tool? My truck is basic and i love it that way . Maybe raising your truck to the heavens and putting tires on it that could match those of a monster truck , and leaving hunks of mud from a "mud run" with your buddies on the weekend is for you, but not for me. 


Now , in contrast , driving through a city  (ex-Kingston) , you see these "Big 3"


1)Man or women with crazy hair. Dyed red , purple mohawk or dread locks are three i have seen. They fly in the city , but in the country , hair is made simpler


2)A car that hugs the ground , blasts bass music from Japan, huge spoiler , large , loud and silly sounding exhaust, totally tinted windows, dumb paint job  and has rims shinier than the shield of Hercules. They also are a territorial creature and tend to think they own the road with crazy driving.


3)People living in there own bubble. These stealthy critters have the ipod in 24-7 , walk briskly to a destination that they appear to be late for , are not aware of there surroundings and are completely off-base with the fact of common courtesy. Holding doors , saying thank you, smiling and being a generally nice person seem to have been left out of the genes. These pests , unlike the farmer , do not travel in packs because they are about as friendly as the Mumps.


But with all the differences .. are there similarities?


Take a closer look Terry and Deaner