This fall, I'll be starting classes at Andover Newton Theological Seminary in Newton, MA. My resignation at Millry has been accepted by the board, and the moving truck is booked for May 10. We're very excited to be getting back to the Northeast, and I hope to be meeting plenty of my fellow NazNetters, even that cranky ol' Jim Chabot
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Ah, that's the answer. I noticed your "in transition" location and wondered what the story was. Thanks for sharing. Hope all goes well with the move and new adventure. What happens between May and August?Originally Posted by Shea Zellweger
This fall, I'll be starting classes at Andover Newton Theological Seminary in Newton, MA. My resignation at Millry has been accepted by the board, and the moving truck is booked for May 10. We're very excited to be getting back to the Northeast, and I hope to be meeting plenty of my fellow NazNetters, even that cranky ol' Jim Chabot
We (my wife and I) start work. A friend has offered us temporary positions in his company until we can find something a bit more permanent.
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Bet we can guess which "friend" this is, since posts about employment aren't usually considered, "Funny," Dennis!
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Especially since I didn't even offer him any complimentsBet we can guess which "friend" this is, since posts about employment aren't usually considered, "Funny," Dennis!
From Alabama to Massachusetts....yeah, that should be an easy transition....
Far, Far easier than the other way around. at least for us. It's pretty much a home coming for us.From Alabama to Massachusetts....yeah, that should be an easy transition....
Now, what will NOT be easy is doing it with an almost 2 year old who is quite precocious (read: has entered the "terrible twos" early)
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Cranky? Who says I'm cranky?This fall, I'll be starting classes at Andover Newton Theological Seminary in Newton, MA. My resignation at Millry has been accepted by the board, and the moving truck is booked for May 10. We're very excited to be getting back to the Northeast, and I hope to be meeting plenty of my fellow NazNetters, even that cranky ol' Jim Chabot
Wait a minute here, did YOU say I was cranky?
No, no, no, you musta said yankee. Yea thats it yankee, spell check must have missed it sense cranky is a word. Ok now I get it. No problem!
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Of course it is, we like everybody up here. Just ask anybody!From Alabama to Massachusetts....yeah, that should be an easy transition....
That's 'cuz it's TAXachusetts!
I would do that, if I didn't expect to receive answers unprintable on NazNet. Good ol' rude Northeast.
Uh, shall we ask the guy who totally ignored me when I was asking for something years ago in the good old Northeast, just b/c I used the wrong [midwestern] name for it? Yeah, it was like he could not even hear me, tho' I repeated myself a couple of times with just a wee bit more volume than the time before, in case he'd not heard me. Then suddenly when I recalled a friend who lived there telling me that it's not "pop" as we were used to in Michigan, but "soda," he suddenly heard reeeeeeeally well, and put his newspaper down that he'd been hiding behind as I asked him a few times where the "pop" was located in his little store. [rarely drink the stuff now, but I did a bit more back then, and it was a hot day ....]
Right ... "good ol' rude Northeast." [see my note of explanation just before yours, Shea]I would do that, if I didn't expect to receive answers unprintable on NazNet
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Actually my experience here in the northeast has been different. When we were getting ready to move from the Pittsburgh area to here over 4 years ago, I had people tell me to watch out for those "cold, New Englanders." Well I have found New Englanders to be friendlier than many of the people in my old area (no offense meant towards anyone there). I am not just referring to Nazarene Christians but to store clerks, bank tellers, etc. I love it here!
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Hhhuuummmm ....... Shea's relocation to Massachusetts ..... That's New England District ..... are they not looking for a new District Superintendent? Coincidence or has it been predestined? Just musing.
I usually respond to statements about the northeast like this by saying, "At least I know what people really think about me up here!"I would do that, if I didn't expect to receive answers unprintable on NazNet
While I say it somewhat jokingly, I also mean it. When we first moved to Kansas City in the Midwest, I was amazed at the smiles and politeness of the people. But after a few months it began to feel very plasticky. So while New Englanders may not be as polite or socially courteous as many, I find them to at least be more real without the pretension. And the flipside is true, too - those New Englanders who are good friends, are really, really good friends.
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If I'd only been ordained...
I agree with this assessment. New Englanders are generally less afraid to be honest/genuine. It would be nice if their honesty came with a little bit of tact, but I do like the honesty.
Boston is sorta the apex of "northeastness", I enjoyed my years there and came to appreciate the finer points of the angry stare. I find PA to be a kinder gentler north east, that may be because it is not technically the north east (mid-atlantic). I think most of us from PA would self identify as from the north east though.
And people from Virginia self-identify with the south, but real Southerners don't want them. Get your Pennsylvania out of my Northeast, Creely!
Is "northeast" synonymous with "New England"? If so, then PA and NY are both out. Only Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island make the cut.
Just because they like you doesn't mean they have to speak to you!!
No, the line is generally drawn below New York. So Eastern PA and NJ are Mid-Atlantic. Western PA according to some is Mid-Atlantic, while others seem to think it's a part of the midwest. That depends more on how you classify WV.
Hmm.... I did a little more Googling... and it appears that the US Census Bureau includes PA and NJ in the "Northeast."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeastern_United_States
congrats dude,
i know you will do well
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If you scroll down to the list of Geographic regions, it appears that their classification of "Northeast" is grouped along with "West," "Midwest," and "South," each with two or three subdivisions (or you can go here). It looks like each of their four major divisions, as well as most of the subdivisions, include states that would object to being classified as such. Last I knew, Texas didn't really want to be considered "the South," so much as they wanted to be Texas (dang texans), and the friends I have in both Colorado and Wisconsin have objected pretty strongly to the "Midwest" label.
How can Wisconsin object to the "Midwest" label? I've been there. I have family there. It's midwest.
I don't know "how," I just know they do. Something about being "the North."
I think Shea's making it up. My wife's whole family is from Wisconsin, and still lives there. I've never heard any of them object to Wisconsin being considered part of the Midwest.
Maybe my wife is just weird then.
Edited to add: As is her family.
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Way to go Shea! Your going to fit right back in again, no practice needed!
A pastor friend of mine took a church in Columbus, GA a dozen or so years back. He said that the southerners would drive him half crazy with their polite conversation. He said that a conversation that would take five minutes up here would use up an hour down there. He told me that people would come to him and spend nearly a half an hour in pleasantries before getting to the point that he already knew brought them there. He said that there were many occasions when he suppressed the urge to shout "spit it out".
I will take rude and truthful any day of the week! Although I do try my best not to be rude. I'm trying honest, I am.
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A quick Google search of "Wisconsin midwest" (without the quotes) shows that plenty of businesses and groups located in Wisconsin have "midwest" in their names. Shea must have weird friends.
Edited to add: I didn't realize Shea was talking about his wife. I don't want to call her weird.
(but if the shoe fits....)
I'm with you Shea. The Wisconsin "cheeseheads" are either in East Minnesota, or Southern Ontario! Don't cha know!
Well, she DID marry me.
Edited to add: I didn't realize Shea was talking about his wife. I don't want to call her weird.
(but if the shoe fits....)
Still, you can't deny that Texas is not really a part of "the South," so there's still at least one indictment against the USCB.
Texas isn't part of anything, it is it's own area!
Actually doesn't the south consist of Bama, Sippy, Loosianna, and West Tennesee?
The Bamer's are willing to take GA, SC, northern FL, and sometimes NC as well. Arkansas gets to join Texas, New Mexico, and others as the "southwest."
And then it seems many Americans call the Dutch rude. Kind of wonder if we're simply at the New England level or even worse
"No scripture can mean that God is not love, or that his mercy is not over all his works" (John Wesley - Free Grace, 26)
My dad is from Maine and when he answers the phone and hears my voice he is always so happy to talk to me.... I know how special that is because my dad is never happy to talk to anyone on the phone!
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Surely you really meant to say that you may be at the New England level or even Better!And then it seems many Americans call the Dutch rude. Kind of wonder if we're simply at the New England level or even worse
I can see western Georgia and the Florida panhandle. I plum forgot about South Carolina, anyone who has ever heard someone from SC speak would definitely place them firmly in the south!
People from the south don't get a choice in whether they get us or not. They can't be the south without us. We were the capital for crying out loud.
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