Originally Posted by moonwork42029

Living in the south, it is a kinder way of referring to someone slightly off kilter in their common sense and desire to do something...at least that's the way I've always taken it. I haven't heard that saying for a good many years come to think of it. I know my Grandmother use to say it about some folks down the road. Kinda like not having any gumption. "He could fix that porch but he has no wheretoall to do it".