> From: Simon Levy <http://www.wlu.edu/~levys> > Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2002 23:48:01 -0400 > > >What ever happened to Arif? > > > http://www.captionmachine.com/index.php?p=74&c=1 Very funny. > >What's life like down there in Lexington? > > > The town is pretty hip and modern, with lots of arts galleries, > home-made ice cream, really good coffee shop, feminist vegetarian cafe, > well-stocked bookstore, etc. Once you venture out of town, it's very > much what you'd expect in the rural South. Wal Mart and pickups. > People are extremely friendly all over though, so I wouldn't call them > "rednecks." Wow, that sounds cool. An island of culture. I remember when I drove across the country (and I drove several times), people would always start up conversations at the gas stations. I was always blown away at that -- that Americans can actually be friendly. I guess you just have to venture from the coasts every so often... > -- Simon