Well folks, I reckon I'm going to take my leave, I personally do not have my full heart in the venture and I think it for the best to step away and focus on the self. Mods/Admins. feel free to deactivate my account or whatever is necessary.
Good luck with everything folks.
Shame to see you go, hope you do redecide and return one day.Originally Posted by Reeder
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And back!Good luck with everything folks.
-In kalte Schatten versunken... /Germaniens Volk erstarrt / Gefroren von Lügen / In denen die Welt verharrt-
-Die alte Seele trauernd und verlassen / Verblassend in einer erklärbaren Welt / Schwebend in einem Dunst der Wehmut / Ein Schrei der nur unmerklich gellt-
-Auch ich verspüre Demut / Vor dem alten Geiste der Ahnen / Wird es mir vergönnt sein / Gen Walhalla aufzufahren?-
(Heimdalls Wacht, In kalte Schatten versunken, stanzas 4-6)
Farewell!
Yeah, focusing on ones self is probably wise. Internet shouldn't be an addiction, it can take too much of a part of people's life. It's a good thing, but I spend a little too much time on it which does not give me alot in return. But Skadi is good!
Yes I know the feeling, Meldmir
Sorry your going though, Reeder, and all the best to you!
Reeder, I thought I would not see this from you. Please reconsider your leave, I for one will miss your post and your humour. If you have any questions please feel to PM me and say goodbye.
If you decide to leave this truly is a sad thread.
Sincerely, G Baughman
Life is like a fire hydrant- sometimes you help people put out their fires, but most of the time you just get peed on by every dog in the neighborhood.
„Friend of Germanics”
I'm sorry you didnt fully enjoy Skadi, but I hope you will return some day. Good luck with everything. I liked your funny pictures of yourself you posted.
I figured I'd check up for an elaboration on my logic.
Basically as an Appalachian or Cohee, I seem to have an identity that is neither Germanic, neither Celtic, not quite European, it's Appalachian plain and simple, I am aware what my roots are derived from but I feel that the Atlantic Ocean and hundreds of years had the ultimate say on this matter. I've never set foot in Europe, I only have had limited connections to Europe via an aunt and uncle in the U.K. that I don't see much of, it's just alien.
All I know is the Cumberland Plateau and the farm townships in Ohio. I've never been farther south than Georgia, no farther west than Ohio, no farther east than Pennsylvania, no farther north than Michigan and I don't plan on going that far in either direction again.
I am also unable to fully align with other folks from the U.S. as those outside the Appalachian region and the Midwest are just alien to me. I met some folks from other places in the U.S. and they are just "queer" in the original sense of the word and I cannot see myself unifying myself in a common cause with anyone outside of Appalachia, I would be pushing it by including the Midwest.
I am wanting to solely focus on what is mine.
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I see your point in this and I do not accept it.
As I have posted in some thread( I can't remember) I love The Foxfire Books. For those of you that do not know what they are they are a series of books by high school students in Appalachia. They describe in detail the isolated culture of the Appalachian folk and their ways of living.
Without the Appalachian folk many of our early ways of life would have been lost in the last 200 years.
The folk of the Appalachian Mountains are of Germanic origin and have remained so since before the US was founded. I read once that they were called Hillbillies because they supported King William of England.
To say you are not connected to the rest of us is just false. In fact you should be proud to be part of such a unique and Germanic culture.
Now if you don't feel you fit in after that than you should check your own history which I do believe you already have. Besides I think there are other members here who have a background from your part of the country. You could create threads and have discussions just as well as those of us that do not come from your region. I know you are a good poster and have a way with words.
Never quit or give up you are one of us
Life is like a fire hydrant- sometimes you help people put out their fires, but most of the time you just get peed on by every dog in the neighborhood.
That does make sense. I reckon I'll stick around in that regard. Especially this part:I see your point in this and I do not accept it.
As I have posted in some thread( I can't remember) I love The Foxfire Books. For those of you that do not know what they are they are a series of books by high school students in Appalachia. They describe in detail the isolated culture of the Appalachian folk and their ways of living.
Without the Appalachian folk many of our early ways of life would have been lost in the last 200 years.
The folk of the Appalachian Mountains are of Germanic origin and have remained so since before the US was founded. I read once that they were called Hillbillies because they supported King William of England.
To say you are not connected to the rest of us is just false. In fact you should be proud to be part of such a unique and Germanic culture.
Now if you don't feel you fit in after that than you should check your own history which I do believe you already have. Besides I think there are other members here who have a background from your part of the country. You could create threads and have discussions just as well as those of us that do not come from your region. I know you are a good poster and have a way with words.
Never quit or give up you are one of us
I never thought of it that way before. I will note my posting will be limited for a while though due to a busy semester at uni.To say you are not connected to the rest of us is just false. In fact you should be proud to be part of such a unique and Germanic culture.
Reeder,
If it makes you feel better. I'm Appalachian myself 'bout 10 miles from the Tennessee line, mountain born and bred, so your not alone
As Mr. Baughman notes we are a thouroughly Germanic culture and alot of the phrases and accents that have made us the butt of so many jokes are pure "old school" "Anglish"....Like "wrastlin' " Did you know fencing master George Silver used the term "wrastlin'" to describe grappling? The phrase "looky yonder" = Look ye yonder. This and other examples proves *WE* speak normal English everyone else in this country talks funny
My Grandfather used to carry his hunting horn with him to work in the fields on the mountain above his house, if he saw someone coming up the road he would wind his horn to let Granny know and be watching...A security system unchanged since Anglo-Saxon England.
I'll grant folk outside our region can be "differnt"but we got our place in this Germanic family too. An' we got as much right to claim our kin as anybody...Maybe more.. Did you know in 1923 an Englishman boarded with a few families here? You want to know why? He was wanting to learn English folk ballads that had been lost to history in England
Many people dont realize it but the general mountain attitude and lifestyle is very similar to that of the typical 16th century Northumbrian or Scots borderer, still Anglo-Saxon/Scandinavian but not the same as the Southerly Saxons or the Highland Gaels. My own families Ancestral region in Yorkshire is alot like this area without the trees
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