Are You "Open-Minded" Or Not?

Warrigal said:
A person who is open minded is educatable. They can unlearn some things learnt long ago, such as racist attitudes and bad manners. They can learn to appreciate new foods, new forms of music or art that they once would have rejected. Open minded people are capable of personal growth.
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It just came to me, thanks to this post!!!

My lady is a wonderful cook
fishermen's stew was her introductory meal our first few days together
then other things from things not found in grocery stores
...wasted on this meat and taters ogre

until a very few years ago

my palate is now as eager as my mouth is open

....and my mind, well, its probably not open, but it is ajar
 

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Warrigal said:
A person who is open minded is educatable. They can unlearn some things learnt long ago, such as racist attitudes and bad manners. They can learn to appreciate new foods, new forms of music or art that they once would have rejected. Open minded people are capable of personal growth.
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Well, perhaps there are those that don’t want to learn new things or try new foods. Our stomachs aren’t made of iron like they were years ago. Many Seniors are exactly like that.
And, many Seniors will say “I don’t need any kind of growth. I’m fine just the way I am.”
Seniors do become much more “hard headed” when they become Seniors.
 

Gary O' said:
It just came to me, thanks to this post!!!

My lady is a wonderful cook
fishermen's stew was her introductory meal our first few days together
then other things from things not found in grocery stores
...wasted on this meat and taters ogre

until a very few years ago

my palate is now as eager as my mouth is open

....and my mind, well, its probably not open, but it is ajar
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That sounds similar. When I first met my guy I introduced him to avocados which he thought were disgusting. Now he eats them as well as other healthy foods. He’s a meat and potatoes man too.

Not sure about the jar thing though ;)
 
I doubt that anyone is completely one or the other. I believe there are degrees of open-mindedness. I place myself at the more "open" end. I'm a pretty firm believer in "live and let live" - with a few exceptions (actions, etc. that might be harmful to someone else).
 
Dragonlady said:
I doubt that anyone is completely one or the other. I believe there are degrees of open-mindedness. I place myself at the more "open" end. I'm a pretty firm believer in "live and let live" - with a few exceptions (actions, etc. that might be harmful to someone else).
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exactly ! I’m more of a ‘live and let live’ person. My philosophy is that if it’s not hurting anyone else, then it’s nobody else’s business what anybody else does and I prefer others to be the same. If I’m doing something and it’s not hurting ‘you’ or anybody else, then it’s nobody else’s concern.
 
Keesha said:
exactly ! I’m more of a ‘live and let live’ person. My philosophy is that if it’s not hurting anyone else, then it’s nobody else’s business what anybody else does and I prefer others to be the same. If I’m doing something and it’s not hurting ‘you’ or anybody else, then it’s nobody else’s concern.
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Have never, and basically will never be, a “live and let live” person. Am always wondering, and sometimes verbal with the “wondering”, why people do or say whatever.

A lot of people like being around a “live and let live” type person so they can do, say or look however they want without any wondering or looking at them being done.

Young folks displaying numerous tattoos definitely make wife and I wonder about them. The big “WHY??” comes into our minds.
 
ClassicRockr said:
Have never, and basically will never be, a “live and let live” person. Am always wondering, and sometimes verbal with the “wondering”, why people do or say whatever.

A lot of people like being around a “live and let live” type person so they can do, say or look however they want without any wondering or looking at them being done.

Young folks displaying numerous tattoos definitely make wife and I wonder about them. The big “WHY??” comes into our minds.
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Well...I too ask why at times but....really , what does it matter in the long run? So long as it doesn't affect me directly ? So what? Not talking 'law-breakers' and such, but lesser things , I just choose not to let them bother me.

There used to be a guy at the local post office. He was 'tatted' to the max, & pierced, ears,lips...two-tone hair....LOL...the whole bit. He was the friendliest , hardest working guy in the joint. Carried things out for those that needed help, yes mam / sir etc....

Yes he 'looked' horrible....but trust me, we tax payers are getting our dollars worth from that young man.

I heard he 'promoted' ? and was farther back in the building now....glad for him but..sort of a shame, because he worked the counter very well.
 
Well, wife and I just simply don't care for the "look" of numerous tattoos and/or body piercings.......no matter how nice the person is.

When a person lives or frequents a small town that is very nice with very nice people living in it, THEN "big city" folks start moving in and trying to change a lot of things about the town, there is no such thing as being "open minded" for the residents of that small town. We actually seen this happen and the town became local news due to the residents fighting back to keep the town looking like a "small town". It was a small "horse town" and 99% of the newcomers didn't like horses or their smell, but moved there anyway due to the lower cost of living there. There were folks showing up at a local breakfast café with body piercings, numerous tattoos, colored hair........everything the "big city" was about, but nothing what this small horse town was about. I frequented the local horse tack store there and heard quite a bit of rumbling from locals shopping there. "They want to get rid of our horse trails and horses. How dare them!" I totally agreed with the people. Heck, the newcomers even wanted to get rid of a major professional rodeo that was held there yearly.
 
ClassicRockr said:
Well, wife and I just simply don't care for the "look" of numerous tattoos and/or body piercings.......no matter how nice the person is.

When a person lives or frequents a small town that is very nice with very nice people living in it, THEN "big city" folks start moving in and trying to change a lot of things about the town, there is no such thing as being "open minded" for the residents of that small town. We actually seen this happen and the town became local news due to the residents fighting back to keep the town looking like a "small town". It was a small "horse town" and 99% of the newcomers didn't like horses or their smell, but moved there anyway due to the lower cost of living there. There were folks showing up at a local breakfast café with body piercings, numerous tattoos, colored hair........everything the "big city" was about, but nothing what this small horse town was about. I frequented the local horse tack store there and heard quite a bit of rumbling from locals shopping there. "They want to get rid of our horse trails and horses. How dare them!" I totally agreed with the people. Heck, the newcomers even wanted to get rid of a major professional rodeo that was held there yearly.
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Well, all things considered...this is apples & oranges...Upsetting your town & trying to change what it is about is entirely different . They are directly effecting you. That is way beyond just a different look. That said though...I've known of non tattooed people that would move there & try to change things as well.

Had experience with a neighbor that tried to stop all outdoor fires including grills, and all use of fireplaces. She felt it was air pollution . She lost her bid for it but still..........

Control freaks come in all manner of appearance.
 
Rocker , you bout a silly sumna bic! You want to live where there is monothink and everyone can be comfortable in their own little screwed up world.
As far as that city dwellers not liking horses, that is easily remedied.
Even here in NY, certainly not the free open lands of the most gloried hi plains that seems to be the only place good enough for you, we have what are called "Right to Farm Laws". Anyone purchasing real estate in an "Agricultural Zone" needs to read acknowledge and understand. Any and all reasonable,customary,and historical ag practices are protected.

We have a number of pierced, tattooed colored hair folks in town. These are not interlopers moving in on us provincials but people who have been part of the towns fabric for generations.


For instance there is Sue, pink hair, double sleeve tattoo, she took over her grandfathers barber shop

Ronnie, Tattooed sports a Mohawk runs a body shop, employs 5 or 6 other locals

Then we have Elkie, a one armed lesbian who raises beef with her tattooed girlfriend.
Wonderful law abiding taxpaying contributors to the local state and national economy. Too bad they couldn't live in your utopia.
As this thread continues to grow, I think that you have answered the question that with out a doubt, you are an extremely close minded person

If the newcomers that you were talking about were successful in getting rid of horse trails then your beef is with the local government who obviously felt the new tax dollars had more value than a horse trail.
 
rgp said:
Well, all things considered...this is apples & oranges...Upsetting your town & trying to change what it is about is entirely different . They are directly effecting you. That is way beyond just a different look. That said though...I've known of non tattooed people that would move there & try to change things as well.

Had experience with a neighbor that tried to stop all outdoor fires including grills, and all use of fireplaces. She felt it was air pollution . She lost her bid for it but still..........

Control freaks come in all manner of appearance.
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Well, no matter. We just don't like the "look" at all, not at all.

Just like we don't like the look of the young guys with their baseball caps turn around backwards. Looks stupid to us. Sure wouldn't see a young guy showing livestock at a Fair looking like that. And, I've never seen any rodeo cowboys wear their baseball cap that way either. Gee, wonder how it would look, during the National Anthem if a NASCAR driver wore their baseball cap that way. That would definitely make NASCAR headlines.

Actually, I did know a young dude, a Steer Wrestler in pro-rodeo, who had his ears and nipples pierced and had a number of tattoos. The entire rodeo industry, including the rodeo announcer teased him about it. He looked totally weird, because none, absolutely none, of the other pro-rodeo cowboys looked that way. They looked normal, but he sure didn't. He got lucky and won a World Championship, but then quit the sport. Many were glad he did.
 
Robusta said:
Rocker , you bout a silly sumna bic! You want to live where there is monothink and everyone can be comfortable in their own little screwed up world.
As far as that city dwellers not liking horses, that is easily remedied.
Even here in NY, certainly not the free open lands of the most gloried hi plains that seems to be the only place good enough for you, we have what are called "Right to Farm Laws". Anyone purchasing real estate in an "Agricultural Zone" needs to read acknowledge and understand. Any and all reasonable,customary,and historical ag practices are protected.

We have a number of pierced, tattooed colored hair folks in town. These are not interlopers moving in on us provincials but people who have been part of the towns fabric for generations.


For instance there is Sue, pink hair, double sleeve tattoo, she took over her grandfathers barber shop

Ronnie, Tattooed sports a Mohawk runs a body shop, employs 5 or 6 other locals

Then we have Elkie, a one armed lesbian who raises beef with her tattooed girlfriend.
Wonderful law abiding taxpaying contributors to the local state and national economy. Too bad they couldn't live in your utopia.
As this thread continues to grow, I think that you have answered the question that with out a doubt, you are an extremely close minded person

If the newcomers that you were talking about were successful in getting rid of horse trails then your beef is with the local government who obviously felt the new tax dollars had more value than a horse trail.
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Guess you've never been to parts of Colorado, anywhere in Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, the Dakota's, or parts of the Western Plains. But, then again, like the people here from your State, they don't even know where those States that I just mentioned are even at.

I would totally expect to see someone like Elkie living there! One thing for sure, don't ask folks in those mentioned States what they think of New York State and don't ask the folks there what they think of those Rock Mountain and Plains States. I've been all through those States and have never once seen a person like "Elkie". Perhaps those cowboys/ranchers just don't allow people like that up there.

Another thing I learned, people in So California pretty much dislike people from Southern States with a Southern accent. They don't like hearing the word "Ya'all" period.

Yes, both wife and I are "extremely closed minded" and like it that way. That is one reason we want to move to an area that is much like how we are.
 
There are people who are different all over the United States and their opinions on different things can be totally different. I've lived in the "big city" where many are definitely open minded aka "whatever, doesn't bother me", but then again, I've lived in much smaller areas were people definitely didn't think that way. A small café in a small town was just that, a small café in a small town, with nothing resembling a "big city". If a person was to walk into the café wearing a cowboy hat or baseball cap (worn the right way----not turned around), the person would look "normal" to other people in the café. Now, if the person walks in with numerous tattoos on, body piercings sporting a Mohawk haircut.........they would definitely be looked at. It all just depends on what part of the U.S. a person is in to what they could see.

There have been young adults that have been almost entirely disowned by their parents and family due to what they wanted to look like.

I had an old girlfriend, fairly short lived relationship due to what I'm going to say: Her and I were going to this restaurant in Newport Beach, California. I had a baseball cap on (don't remember what it said or whatever) and she asked me to take it off before we went in to eat. Her words were "it would draw to much attention". Apparently she had never been to this restaurant with a guy who wore a baseball cap. I took it off, but that was the last day I seen her. "Go get yourself a Los Angeles boy!" I thought.
 
Robusta said:
Just what do you know about NY Rocker? Please answer because I am really curious. I would suspect that most folks you are referring to know nothing at all about NY.
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I know that NY isn't like Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, the Dakota's..........get my drift? The folks I've talked to here came from NY and say "we're darn glad were no longer there." Yep, that's what they said. NY is fine, for those that like living there, but like Florida, not everyone likes Florida and moves out. There are those that have never been in Florida and still don't like it.

We like Western/cowboy/rodeo type States. Like the ones I've mentioned.
 
ClassicRockr said:
I know that NY isn't like Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, the Dakota's..........get my drift? The folks I've talked to here came from NY and say "we're darn glad were no longer there." Yep, that's what they said. NY is fine, for those that like living there, but like Florida, not everyone likes Florida and moves out. There are those that have never been in Florida and still don't like it.

We like Western/cowboy/rodeo type States. Like the ones I've mentioned.
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No I don't get your drift? What first hand knowledge do you have of NY? I would wager, NONE but you sure can talk shit!
 
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Robusta said:
No I don't get your drift? What first hand knowledge do you have of NY? I would wager, NONE but you sure can talk shit!
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Now, now, now, let's not get pi**ed off and get banned from here.

Like most States, there are tv programs on about them all the time. One thing for sure, there are those that think NY is not the best state in the U.S. just like there are those that think California is all bad. One thing people here relate NY with..........snow and ice!! Two things most folks here absolutely hate.

Dude, there's nothing wrong with NY, but the people there are different, and in some ways, very different, than in those Rocky Mountain and Plains States. Just the way it is. There are those that live in NY that have no idea and don't want to know, what any of the Western States are like. Nobody here cares. All they know is they no longer have to shovel snow anymore.
 
ClassicRockr said:
Perhaps I'd better go back to my Farm and Ranch Forum...........where people understand me.:)
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Well don't go anywhere on my account. I am rude crude and in your face. (in other words frank direct and honest) A typical New Yorker if you will.
I don't know any ranchers, but most of my acquaintances and family are farmers. I have family in Utah, Nevada and New Mexico. Not a single person that I know is as judgmental as you seem to be about people that do not mirror you.


Do you remember the movie, "Bad Day at Black Rock" with Spencer Tracy? I think that you would be mayor of Black Rock.
 

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