Comments on: The Rube Factor http://mullentown.com/the-rube-factor/ Home of Heart, Mind and Really Big Issues Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:26:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: gabespop http://mullentown.com/the-rube-factor/#comment-270 Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:18:45 +0000 http://mullentown.com/the-rube-factor/#comment-270 I was about to say about the same thing as That One Guy. A trip to the grocery in Idaho transforms me into instant Gomer. Geezus, Idahoans regard us to be unsophisticated, puritanical rubes! If there's a fact of which Utah should be more ashamed, I'm not sure what it is. I lived in Santa Rosa as a kid and returned to Sonoma County to attend a friend's wedding last fall (I want to say the wedding was in the Viansa winery - something like that). What a wonderful place! And the highway along the coastline (is it 1 or 101? Can't think at the moment) between San Francisco and Bodega Bay hasn't changed much in 30 years. I was about to say about the same thing as That One Guy. A trip to the grocery in Idaho transforms me into instant Gomer. Geezus, Idahoans regard us to be unsophisticated, puritanical rubes! If there’s a fact of which Utah should be more ashamed, I’m not sure what it is.

I lived in Santa Rosa as a kid and returned to Sonoma County to attend a friend’s wedding last fall (I want to say the wedding was in the Viansa winery - something like that). What a wonderful place! And the highway along the coastline (is it 1 or 101? Can’t think at the moment) between San Francisco and Bodega Bay hasn’t changed much in 30 years.

]]> by: larryomiller http://mullentown.com/the-rube-factor/#comment-263 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:17:22 +0000 http://mullentown.com/the-rube-factor/#comment-263 Irony is wonderful. A week ago Sunday I discovered that you couldn't buy so much as a bottle of wine in Utah. We had been invited to an informal dinner party in Ogden Valley where we have a condo and I asked my daughter, Shannon, to pick up a bottle of wine to take with us. Ha! And then last Saturday morning I was on my way to a meeting in Buellton in California while the bike race was heading to Santa Paula. And my meeting place was right next to the new Firestone Winery facility there. No, I'm not LDS, just a recovering alcoholic, marking 20 years of continuous sobriety last January 3rd. There are no bigger pains in the ass as self righteous recovering alcoholics and ex-smokers. Irony is wonderful. A week ago Sunday I discovered that you couldn’t buy so much as a bottle of wine in Utah. We had been invited to an informal dinner party in Ogden Valley where we have a condo and I asked my daughter, Shannon, to pick up a bottle of wine to take with us. Ha! And then last Saturday morning I was on my way to a meeting in Buellton in California while the bike race was heading to Santa Paula. And my meeting place was right next to the new Firestone Winery facility there.

No, I’m not LDS, just a recovering alcoholic, marking 20 years of continuous sobriety last January 3rd. There are no bigger pains in the ass as self righteous recovering alcoholics and ex-smokers.

]]> by: That One Guy http://mullentown.com/the-rube-factor/#comment-254 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 23:54:32 +0000 http://mullentown.com/the-rube-factor/#comment-254 I can count on one hand the number of times I've been to CA... but I can say I get the way you describe even when we drive through IDAHO!! Getting wine shipped to me would sure be NICE!! I wrote to one of my legislative reps a while back about that and he wrote back and said, "You're right, adulthood SHOULD be legal in Utah, but there's not much I can do about it, when we spend 38 of 45 legislative days setting ourselves up to spend a million defending a bad position on Roe v. Wade (again), ruining school clubs, and sending rich kids to private schools..." Geez. I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve been to CA… but I can say I get the way you describe even when we drive through IDAHO!!

Getting wine shipped to me would sure be NICE!!

I wrote to one of my legislative reps a while back about that and he wrote back and said, “You’re right, adulthood SHOULD be legal in Utah, but there’s not much I can do about it, when we spend 38 of 45 legislative days setting ourselves up to spend a million defending a bad position on Roe v. Wade (again), ruining school clubs, and sending rich kids to private schools…”

Geez.

]]> by: chardonnay http://mullentown.com/the-rube-factor/#comment-253 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:08:37 +0000 http://mullentown.com/the-rube-factor/#comment-253 The last time I visited a Utah liquor store was about 1982. They had posted a sign in the front window.."you broke it, you bought it". Warm fuzzy feeling ? Such Bullshit ! This weekend in Sonoma co. is barrel tasting. Entertainment,hors d`oeuvres,the winemaker to explain his/her latest effort(s), about 40 wineries involved. Holly, you were visiting another planet. The last time I visited a Utah liquor store was about 1982. They had posted a sign in the front window..”you broke it, you bought it”. Warm fuzzy feeling ? Such Bullshit !

This weekend in Sonoma co. is barrel tasting. Entertainment,hors d`oeuvres,the winemaker to explain his/her latest effort(s), about 40 wineries involved.

Holly, you were visiting another planet.

]]> by: LisaAllcott http://mullentown.com/the-rube-factor/#comment-251 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 19:55:41 +0000 http://mullentown.com/the-rube-factor/#comment-251 Holly - Your blog today really reminded me how much I miss Sonoma County and Highway 29 in Napa being a 30 minute drive from my home. I really miss it - buying quality wine from the winemaker at a great price, sitting at Gloria Ferrer sharing a bottle of champagne with friends. Sometimes I wonder why I returned to Utah! Holly - Your blog today really reminded me how much I miss Sonoma County and Highway 29 in Napa being a 30 minute drive from my home. I really miss it - buying quality wine from the winemaker at a great price, sitting at Gloria Ferrer sharing a bottle of champagne with friends. Sometimes I wonder why I returned to Utah!

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