Tennessee was beautiful, some areas we were to late for peak leaf color, but most was very nice. Stayed with friends on the outskirts of Charlotte, 7 acres of steep hills and dense tall woods, it was so relaxing. We had a really good time playing canasta and walking around in the woods. Trader Joe's had some amazing wine, cheap, good, not excellent, but good, did I say cheap. Drank a few bottles with friends, brought a case home.
Along I40 in East Tennessee in the country on a farm pasture hillside we saw workers installing maybe 60 acres of solar PV, that was kind of cool.
The friends daughter lives in NYC, she has been going to a few of the occupy protests, she went to bank of amerika a few days ago, after the action date to close bank accounts, and even on that day a loud group was outside waiting to close, the bank manager refused to let them in except two at a time. Cool they said, we will raise hell while we wait, so they had a good ole time singing and blocking the door until she got in, the process was extremely slow and rude, and she was even told they were fine with her decision, they want only to work with good people.
Way to go BofA, that pissed off her parents, who we were staying with, they are interviewing credit unions in Charlotte and local owned banks, they are very methodical and live by self set deadlines, they will have a new bank by mid Dec. Our friend has a super duper job, not the kind of account BofA wants to lose, I guarantee it.
Last I heard, the first week of Nov. credit unions signed 1.2 million new accounts, and small local banks about the same. Not much really in the banking overall, but this is what has to be done, consumers must punish big corporations for greed in business, disregard for customers, and for buying politicians, they have to be driven from ownership of our governments, local or national.
Then we heard from our daughter-in-law, they have a busy Nov and Dec, but plan to get out of BofA by Feb. 1. Like I said, punish big corps.
Glad you enjoyed your trip to my state....LOL....like it's all mine right !!!! but damn canasta ???? did not know people still played it with the advent of Texas Holdum.....LOL.....Sorry you missed the peak colors they were awesome (mid October) this year on the Blue Ridge.......
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ReplyDeleteTennessee is awesome whatever the season. I think Clarksville, Tn is closer to Ft Campbell than Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Indiana has just about gone grey - soon, white and grey. Depressing isn't the word.
IU-UE tonight.
Bests,
Sarge
Fringe:
ReplyDeleteWas that wine you bought at Trader Joe's called Charles Shaw wine, commonly called Two Buck Chuck?
Two Buck Chuck's Chardonnay won First Place in a blind wine tasting test at the California State Fair a few year's ago. Most of my friends and I like it.
And you are right! North Carolina is a beautiful state.
TAB, Sarge, Whit:
ReplyDeleteSometimes blogger pisses me off, I made comments yesterday, but they were never posted. Not the first time either. OK it was briefly, a good trip, don't get depressed, and 2bucchuck it is.
This is strange...I can view your blog by clicking on the link from the email I got on your comment but I cant view my own blog....when I try to sign on I get the warning page for about 4 seconds and then it just gives me a blank white screen....??????????
ReplyDeletewill check tomorrow...see if the trolls are gone