RE: Visiting the south...... im worried.
When I moved to Fl. from the midwest back in the 70's, I went fishing with my father-in-law. When we got back to the house and were asked how we did, he said "we caught us a fine mess o fish". I asked him what or how much is a mess. He replied that in all of his 51 years no one had asked him that question before. After thinking for awhile, he said that a mess was "just enough". I guess thats good enough for me. To this day I do wonder what the difference between a mess and a "fine" mess is. Even though the definition is whatever you want it to be, I use that expression with no misunderstanding.