Bigwick70 Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Greetings everyone. I'm Bigwick, and a proud new Gray owner. I'm from a small (VERY SMALL) town in West Virginia, a Coal Miner/ Carpenter by trade, and of corse "Real Hillbilly"... I look forward to making new friends and am an easy person to get along with. If you want to know - just ask. Later Taters PS: any advise on biteing Parrots will be greatly appreciated lmao, <Glances down at the bandaids on my fingers> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmcq Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Thanks for the introduction Bigwick. It's GreYt having you here. We will most likely keep answering on the biting thread you started in regards it to keep everything in it's own place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbersmom Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Hello and welcome Bigwick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvparrots Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Great intro Bigwick. Looking forward to learning more about you and your grey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brat Birds Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Welcome to you and your Grey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray P Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Hi Bigwick70 and welcome to the grey forum to you and your new companion. How about the name of your new friend, how old and we just love pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kizzybird Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Welcome! I am a new grey owner too and you have come to the right place! The members are knowledgable, supportive and very helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Hello Bigwick and welcome to our family. You have a wonderful companion there if you will take it slow and easy to gain his trust for the rewards will be totally worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerial.2000 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 yeahhhh a real hillbilly welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigwick70 Posted August 22, 2013 Author Share Posted August 22, 2013 YEE HAWWW. Nice pic... yeahhhh a real hillbilly welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 I can relate to that since I am from Virginia and live in the country, my son lived in WV for about 15 years but has recently came back to the area though his job is still in WV, he works from home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerial.2000 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 why thank you kindly I reckon if'n you are a hillbilly then Im boarderline redneckishy lol :o nice to meetcha and welcome to you and your grey ...<hands you new box of bandaides> I bet I might have your small town beat with where I live we'll have to compare Tell us more bout your baby .. how old how long have you had them etc the people on the boards here have great advice ... cant wait to hear more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katana600 Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 I just had to go look on a map to see where to find Gilbert WV. Beckley is my half-way marker when driving from Georgia to family in Pennsylvania. My husband's grandparents were from Fairmont. It is just beautiful where you live, I would be a hillbilly any day. Thirty years ago I went to meet family and was taken back a little when someone at church came up to Aunt Midge and asked how she was feeling. From the sweetest proper looking little lady came out "Well, I've been better, I was drunker than a billy goat last night." In church. Have mercy. I hadn't been raised in church but thought they certainly aren't stuffy now are they? LOL. Turns out she was talking about an inner ear balance issue. I learned to love all the colorful language and have delighted in visiting family in WV. Welcome to the forum, glad you could join us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigwick70 Posted August 25, 2013 Author Share Posted August 25, 2013 (edited) Thanks, its great to be here. Everyone here has been so helpful and friendly, like West Virginians lol. Yes I have heard the same colorful slang you speak of. My Grandmother was raised back in the 30's and 40's and boy did she have some stories and sayings. I still crack up thinking what a "Hick" she was. back then these folks we speak of were raised hard and learned to appreciate the simple things like family and respect, and it sure came out in her. You sure didn't sass Granny either or you might get a whoopin with a bible lol. Sadly those folks are slowly leaving us to be replaced by a more modern generation. Don't get me wrong, Progress is good. I read once that the reason we speak with such a hard Appalachian drawl is because this state was so isolated from the rest of the country by the hills that the old English is still present in the language(YEE - YOU). The reason we broke from VA was because of this also. it was hard for the state government to upkeep this part of the state so we broke and formed our own. Anyway didn't mean to give you a history lesson lol. Glad you like it here. I just had to go look on a map to see where to find Gilbert WV. Beckley is my half-way marker when driving from Georgia to family in Pennsylvania. My husband's grandparents were from Fairmont. It is just beautiful where you live, I would be a hillbilly any day. Thirty years ago I went to meet family and was taken back a little when someone at church came up to Aunt Midge and asked how she was feeling. From the sweetest proper looking little lady came out "Well, I've been better, I was drunker than a billy goat last night." In church. Have mercy. I hadn't been raised in church but thought they certainly aren't stuffy now are they? LOL. Turns out she was talking about an inner ear balance issue. I learned to love all the colorful language and have delighted in visiting family in WV. Welcome to the forum, glad you could join us. Edited August 25, 2013 by Bigwick70 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 I haven't seen that sign but I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvparrots Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 [ATTACH]24273[/ATTACH]. I love this sign! I need one for my front yard!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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