Now that's being down with the heartland.
I'd think outboard motors would be decidedly more common on either coast than in the heartland.
I have a few responses to that, Mr. Apo. First, I saw and heard a lot more about Evinrudes when I was in the mid-west than I have out here, where it's all about sailing and windsurfing and such. Second, "heartland" isn't necessarily a geographic grouping. And third, suck my grits.
I'd think outboard motors would be decidedly more common on either coast than in the heartland.
I'd think that the typically smaller outboard-powered boat probably does better on lakes than on the open ocean.
Bass boats use those electric motors. On a big lake some people have both, with the Evinrude to take you to the place where you turn on the electric.
As a small-town Pennsylvania native, I'm bitter about anyone who criticizes my Evinrude.
We had an Evinrude on our boat in Michigan.
And third, suck my grits.
If I thought someone from the heartland could make decent grits, I'd consider it.
If I thought someone from the heartland could make decent grits, I'd consider it.
Wait, I thought "heartland" pretty much meant anywhere that wasn't California or the Boston-Washington Corridor?
I'd think outboard motors would be decidedly more common on either coast than in the heartland.
Which state is the Land of 10,000 Lakes again? And which coast are the Great Lakes on?
Plenty of outboards in eastern California.
Plenty of 'em on Cape Cod, too, but that contradicts ogged's point and should be ignored.
"Heartland" is a state of mind, not a state(s) of the union.
And which coast are the Great Lakes on?
The North Coast!
"Heartland" is a state of mind, not a state(s) of the union.
A state of mind which is defined, in no small part, by the conviction that recreational power boating (as distinct from, say, power boating for the purpose of occupational lobster trapping) is an unalloyed good and a noble aspiration for any man.
A state of mind which is defined, in no small part, by the conviction that recreational power boating (as distinct from, say, power boating for the purpose of occupational lobster trapping) is an unalloyed good and a noble aspiration for any man.
Not just powerboating, Knecht. Any loud open motor will do, ie snowmobile, NASCAR, quads, etc.
15: IIRC, David Brooks pinpointed the difference between the Red State and Blue State world views in the fact that the former likes to see the wilderness from a motorized conveyance, while the latter likes to see it under their own muscle power, and both groups consider the other's preference slightly ridiculous. The fact that David Brooks said it does not, BTW, make it automatically wrong.
16: David Brooks said it by way of Edward Albee, among others; to associate a love affair with internal combustion with the down-home just-folks real American and nature in and of itself with crazy, tree-hugging elitist weirdos is not so great an insight.
The North Coast!
I was waiting for that.
David Brooks's new book: Powerboatin' vs. Powerballin': The Two Americas Continue to Exist
One of Abbey's books reproduces an amusing letter - or what is presented as a real letter - from a fan along the lines of "While I've enjoyed your earlier work like Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? I find your more recent books like The Monkeywrench Gang distasteful."
associate a love affair with internal combustion with the down-home just-folks real American
I've never heard of the author or the thesis, but it strikes me as intuitively correct. The internal combustion engine was a life-altering improvement for the down-home folks--relieving them of backbreaking work and making them mobile--while its impact on the urban folk was more ambiguously positive. Electricity was great for both, so appreciation for electricity doesn't distinguish the two world views.
a life-altering improvement for the down-home folks--relieving them of backbreaking work and making them mobile--while its impact on the urban folk was more ambiguously positive
It's not like one can hail a cab when one is in the back 40.
Not Even The Swimmers Will Care
True, but I do wish there was the swimming equivalent of this video of the Men's 100M finals at the Olympics from 1960-2000 played back-to-back. Takeaway: drugs work.