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In reply to the discussion: Please allow me to introduce myself, DU members [View all]Amsterdammer
(130 posts)and thank you for your welcome!!
Got harrassed quite frequently about my wife's decision to attend FSU while we still were living in Palm Beach, mostly from my old fraternity brothers from FAU (Florida Atlantic) in Boca. They were maybe 70/30 in favor of the Gators. She would point out to them that 1. She had no allegiance; didn't even know what a "Nole Girl" was, 2. U of F didn't offer the (online) graduate program in Information Services, and 3. FSU's program routinely ranks 1st or 2nd in the nation. That'd usually shut them up. We attended her graduation in Tallahassee. Her parents flew in from the Czech Republic...neither of them speak much English...I could see how proud they were. BTW, FSU campus is quite impressive.
Thanks for your kind words re: my mom. She remains sharp as a tack with her mental faculties, it's her body that's beginning to fail her...A lot of auto immune disorders.
Most of the Czech beers I enjoy are from smaller breweries (Svijany is my fave) and they don't export, so I resort to drinking the old stand-by Pilsner Urquell or the occasional Staropramen that I can source stateside. Got in trouble with USPS long ago when a beer-soaked package was delivered from a friend in Europe...the cans had popped open and some glass bottles broke...Got a finger wag but I just said "I wasn't expecting this".
You didn't mention it, but whereabouts do you live now? Tallahassee is/has always been uber conservative. I know it frustrates those in the blue or blue-leaning counties in South FL, where most of the tax revenues are collected but then Tallahassee delegates where/how those monies are appropriated.