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Across the Fence:  The country wave  |
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magnoliakathy
True Blue Farmgirl
453 Posts
Kathryn
Magnolia
Texas
USA
453 Posts |
 Posted - Oct 15 2009 : 4:26:16 PM
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When we first got married, and were headed down the back roads to my parent's house, someone waved at me and I waved back. My then city slicker husband, asked "do you know them?" I said no and when it happened again, he said "Why are you waving at people you don't know?" I explained it is the polite country thing to do. Now, 25 years of waving later, he gets a bit onery when he waves and the other person doesn't wave back, he usual comment is "I wish those city slickers would move back to Houston or learn how to be polite. I just smile
When you free your mind your heart can fly. Farmgirl # 714, |
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catgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
72 Posts
Denise
New Market
AL
USA
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Posted - Oct 15 2009 : 4:38:49 PM
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I think it depends on what part of the country you are from too not just whether you are from the country or city and what kind of vehicle you have as well. I noticed that if its a beat up old pickup that the person will wave more readily than someone in a brand new four door.
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Betty J.
True Blue Farmgirl
1403 Posts
Betty
Pasco
WA
USA
1403 Posts |
Posted - Oct 15 2009 : 4:49:07 PM
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My son used to do that and expected a return wave. We live in SE Washington state. He was especially thrilled when the person was talking on a cell phone and had both hands off the wheel to wave back. Really exasperating if you really know the person and know they should know better than, not only talk on the cell while driving, but also to drive with no hands on the wheel.
Betty in Pasco |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Oct 15 2009 : 5:11:10 PM
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The town I grew up in the wave was common in town and out of town. It's so funny- I had a friend that moved to town in middle school and even after a few years of living in town she wasn't used to it. When we were in 9th or 10th grade we went for a country bike ride and I was waving at all the cars that went by. She said, "You sure know a lot of people!" I said, "Oh I don't know them, but you just wave nonetheless!"
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
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Diane B Carter
True Blue Farmgirl
1270 Posts
Diane
Blasdell
N.Y.
USA
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Posted - Oct 15 2009 : 5:29:36 PM
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I always wave at others and when I pass someone on the street I always say hi. It drives my DH crazy and his daughters just look at me funny. But I won't ever stop. I think it's just polite to say hi.
Hope all your days are Sunnydays.
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lilwing
True Blue Farmgirl
1403 Posts
Brooke
Fulshear
Texas
USA
1403 Posts |
Posted - Oct 15 2009 : 5:31:31 PM
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LOL! Kathy, I know what you are talking about. Up in East Texas where my husband's family live, everyone waves... If he and I stay up there for a while, and come back down to Houston.. I almost naturally want to wave at people here in town. They'd think I was crazy, but we don't think twice about it up there, or even towards Angleton where my mom's property (Butterfly Hill) is.
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Hosanna
True Blue Farmgirl
466 Posts
Hosanna
Alton
Virginia
466 Posts |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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lilwing
True Blue Farmgirl
1403 Posts
Brooke
Fulshear
Texas
USA
1403 Posts |
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
2199 Posts |
Posted - Oct 16 2009 : 10:27:40 AM
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I think the country wave has been around since the beginning of time, and I hope its still here at the end.
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
4687 Posts
Heather
Texas
USA
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Posted - Oct 16 2009 : 10:49:37 AM
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I love the WAVE!!! HA.. I do it here and people hesitate at first and then slyly wave!! TEE HEE HEE!!! I did it all the time in Texas...it's just the way it is!!! : ) YEE HAW!!!
Heather
"Hitch your wagon to a star"
http://somewheredownintexas-heather.blogspot.com |
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
6418 Posts |
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Merry
True Blue Farmgirl
765 Posts
Merry
Ankeny
Iowa
USA
765 Posts |
Posted - Oct 16 2009 : 1:46:12 PM
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In eastern Oklahoma you get the two finger steering wheel wave with a head bob :)
Merry
Farmgirl #536
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13641 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13641 Posts |
Posted - Oct 16 2009 : 3:07:12 PM
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We wave here in SW rural Colorado . . . I am "wogging" (power walk/job) on the road a lot and there's a lot of waving then as well.
Yup . . . gotta keep the "country wave" alive and well!!
CJ
...from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665 |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
13055 Posts |
Posted - Oct 16 2009 : 7:08:46 PM
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I'm a waver, too. LOL
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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acairnsmom
True Blue Farmgirl
1319 Posts
audrey
cheyenne
wy
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Posted - Oct 16 2009 : 9:09:48 PM
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I learned the 2 finger steering wheel/head bob wave from my daddy. We don't do it here in town (that would be the "one" finger while screaming and honking wave-LOL). Anytime I'm out in the country the wave is a must. It is a big disappointment when it's not reciprocated!
Audrey
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - Oct 17 2009 : 09:36:03 AM
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I love waving. We have lots of walkers here, and I wave at all of them. There is an old black man who lives down the road, and I often pass him as I drive by - he is always walking. He does a subtle little raising of his hand, leaving his arm straight down. But everytime I pass him, I look to see if he raises his hand out. It makes me feel good. I always wave at him, even if my car has passed, I put my hand out the window.
Farmgirl Sister # 31
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junkjunkie
True Blue Farmgirl
1306 Posts
Judy
Lawrenceville
NJ
USA
1306 Posts |
Posted - Oct 17 2009 : 10:28:41 AM
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Where I live, people tend not to like to make eye contact when you approach them walking down the street. So...the waving of the hand doesn't exist. It's a snooty area. There's another beautiful area that I always like to drive through because the country homes are so gorgeous and I pine for them! It's a very high end area, but the people always wave at you. I would drive along, and anyone who is walking on the side of the road waves or nods their head like you're their neighbor. I wave back....I wish I was their neighbor!
"To have life in focus, we must have death in our field of vision." Benedictine monk John Main |
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Windsong
True Blue Farmgirl
309 Posts
LaVonna
Decatur
Tx
309 Posts |
Posted - Oct 17 2009 : 10:32:32 AM
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Oh, I have to tell this...when we first moved to the country the people do the raised pointer finger on the steering wheel. My nephew was little when we came here. One day he said "Aunt LaVonna, it is only a little bit different living in the country and living in the city. They just wave with a different finger. The pointer finger is the country wave the middle finger is the city wave."
Sometimes you just do not have a come back line.
LaVonna
Farmgirl Sister #758
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junkjunkie
True Blue Farmgirl
1306 Posts
Judy
Lawrenceville
NJ
USA
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Posted - Oct 17 2009 : 10:40:08 AM
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Very cute, LaVonna! He said it perfectly.
"To have life in focus, we must have death in our field of vision." Benedictine monk John Main |
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vtstevens
True Blue Farmgirl
88 Posts
Virginia
Woodinville
WA
USA
88 Posts |
Posted - Oct 17 2009 : 5:40:11 PM
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We learned the country wave living on my in-laws farm in Sulphur, Oklahoma. It is just the thing to give you that cozy, country, "I'm a member" feeling. We do it here in rural Washington, new folks don't have a clue what it's about, old timers do. We'll never stop doing it, it's Americana.
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
11303 Posts |
Posted - Oct 17 2009 : 6:07:41 PM
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We have finger wavers here. And head nodders. But it's mostly guys in trucks. Hardly ever women unless we know each other.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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maggie14
True Blue Farmgirl
6784 Posts
Hannah
Washington
USA
6784 Posts |
Posted - Oct 18 2009 : 08:21:04 AM
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If someone waves at me or I know them then I wave back. :)
Maggie
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Oct 18 2009 : 09:37:27 AM
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TRUE!
It's the guys in trucks doin' the waving!
I also drive a truck...a Toyota, so it kind of takes me aback when the 'good 'ole boys wave even though I'm driving a foreign truck.
We get the full out wave, head nod and 2 finger thingy.
Folks in their yards also wave. It's mostly on the back country roads.
I wave too
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