>This may amuse you. The rental car I have this week has TN / Shelby County plates. Don't ask me why; someone must have felt like renting a car in Memphis and following the Mississippi River south. After lunch I pulled back into the company lot and a lady getting out of a nearby car at the same time said, in the most pleasing drawl you ever heard, "Oh, are you from Tinnissee?" What I wouldn't have given for your voice! LOL As it was I said no in my normal voice and that was pretty much the end of that.
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>Some of the women really dress to kill down here, don't they? The client is running a serious business, very profitable, but I can't help noticing it never seems too serious. The old adage about ducks paddling? The office ambiance almost seems like Club Med, languid conversations going on everywhere. A northern boy could probably be here quite a long time without quite grokking it, am I right?


Oh, I don't know. I am attracted to "southern" women, but then again, my wife and my mom are southern women! Like you, I am also attracted to women from almost anywhere too though.<g> They all have their pluses and minuses, just as we do. I'm sure you'll do fine. You may find one who is fascinated by the funny way you talk!<g>