tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post4181013598227340846..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: My PeopleAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-23478535115828854002010-10-07T16:15:04.352-04:002010-10-07T16:15:04.352-04:00Whitehall, my sidebar series on Wyrd and Providenc...Whitehall, my sidebar series on Wyrd and Providence treats on that at some length.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-73694552361200245982010-10-07T13:15:26.776-04:002010-10-07T13:15:26.776-04:00An interesting historical questions is how and why...An interesting historical questions is how and why did the Puritans mutate into Yankees?<br /><br />The best answer I've read is money. Business was so good that the secular rewards overshadowed the religous fervor while building on it.<br /><br />I was raised Midwestern Lutheran and yes, we were raised to be quiet and modest too. Of course, the external view called that "dour."Whitehallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-19287150793363305832010-09-29T12:40:18.521-04:002010-09-29T12:40:18.521-04:00Well, to each one's own. I know the type and ...Well, to each one's own. I know the type and appreciate a few such folks from a distance. I'm glad to be from a different tradition, comfortable with our own but warmer and more open to new experiences and people with other traits. And not quite so obsessed about money.<br /><br />Best that we are all different in our own ways, there's room in America for many kinds.Cloydnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-91857246246619865182010-09-29T07:48:43.043-04:002010-09-29T07:48:43.043-04:00My wife and I were raised WASP Congregationalist i...My wife and I were raised WASP Congregationalist in different central MA towns. We are stand-offish, mind-your-own business, ice-cold Yankees. <br /><br />We live in NJ now, where people often kiss for a greeting. Those who know us don't even bother trying any more.Bramnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-36112730786628933012010-09-28T20:02:07.893-04:002010-09-28T20:02:07.893-04:00Anna, in NH we pretend that you're just fine, ...Anna, in NH we pretend that you're just fine, but we don't mean it, and it makes people crazy trying to figure out what's wrong with them.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-19476710420434966092010-09-28T19:37:32.431-04:002010-09-28T19:37:32.431-04:00You have described them to a tee. Although I beli...You have described them to a tee. Although I believe in Maine it is even worse because then you have that whole "from Maine/from away" dynamic going on. Like you are not "from Maine" unless both sides of the family were there for generations, you were born there, and grew up there. Anyone else, nope.<br /><br />So according to them I am not really from Maine, and I am half middle eastern to boot, so you can imagine how great I fit in here...Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05456587175845040114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-57159841320338053362010-09-28T18:41:00.363-04:002010-09-28T18:41:00.363-04:00Sounds familiar...I could always relate to the cha...Sounds familiar...I could always relate to the character of Bilbo in the Hobbit, who is considered rash and flighty, because my WASP relatives have always told me to be more sedate...my spouse still does...Retrieverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09036341287285545932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-72454735122013724022010-09-28T15:07:32.683-04:002010-09-28T15:07:32.683-04:00This amused me! Though I made sure to laugh quiet...This amused me! Though I made sure to laugh quietly and modestly, so as not to upset the WASP's nest!<br /><br />:-)terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12399706958844399216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-4820237685637567032010-09-28T14:20:29.844-04:002010-09-28T14:20:29.844-04:00"Statues should be all one color"...woul..."Statues should be all one color"...would be quite a shock to any of these WASPs transported to ancient Greece...David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-79220916012767580372010-09-27T23:09:54.596-04:002010-09-27T23:09:54.596-04:00It is easy for people at the top or those that are...It is easy for people at the top or those that are going to the top, to want to keep the status quo as it is.<br /><br />Don't rock the boat.<br /><br />Chaos breeds competition and competition upsets the natural balance of things. It might make the rich and powerful, not so rich and powerful. Which would be a shame and a crime against all kinds of stuff.Ymarnoreply@blogger.com