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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Sounds good. Now go away. Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2003 9:20 am
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	"I want to not write someday,'' says Rick Bragg, ''I'm going to build me the best bass lake in Calhoun County, and I'm going to spend my old age walking around the weeds shootin' snakes." (Tennessean)<p>***No time like the present, Rick. Why not get started?***
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jmcg	Post subject: Re: Sounds good. Now go away. Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2003 10:08 am
Joined: Fri Apr 26, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 316 Location: Albany, NY	Hmm. Does Bragg really talk that way -- "build me" and "shootin'." Or do his quotes have a way of getting exaggerated to accentuate his good ol' boy side?
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jjmoney62	Post subject: Re: Sounds good. Now go away. Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2003 10:18 am
Joined: Mon Apr 08, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 3135 Location: Albuquerque, N.M. USA	Maybe someone else said it for him.
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KfitzR	Post subject: Re: Sounds good. Now go away. Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2003 11:25 am
Joined: Thu Apr 18, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 836 Location: New Brunswick, Canada	Build? A lake?
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tommangan	Post subject: Re: Sounds good. Now go away. Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2003 4:07 pm
Joined: Mon Apr 08, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 485 Location: San Jose, CA	Sure, you just train your coon dogs to chase raccoons onto your property; next thing you know they make a dam down by the creek and you got yourself a lake.<p>on edit: well, heck, it's BEAVERS that make dams. never mind.<p>[ August 18, 2003: Message edited by: tom mangan ]</p>
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tim	Post subject: Re: Sounds good. Now go away. Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2003 9:01 pm
Joined: Mon Apr 08, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 151 Location: Gautier, Miss.	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by jmcg: Hmm. Does Bragg really talk that way -- "build me" and "shootin'." Or do his quotes have a way of getting exaggerated to accentuate his good ol' boy side?<hr></blockquote><p>I grew up in the adjacent county to Calhoun in Alabama, 25 miles from Bragg's hometown. He's five years older than me. We went to the same college and got our start at the same newspaper doing the same job. I lived in Calhoun County for a decade. But the way of life he writes about and the one I experienced are so different, I have always had a difficult time believing it. If anyone exaggerates Bragg's good ol' boy side, it's Bragg. It seems to sell books. <p>Still, I have to admit we do say "build me" and "shootin'," at least in casual conversation. And yes, you can "build" a lake in the South.<p>[ August 18, 2003: Message edited by: Tim Hathcock ]</p>
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