WHAT IS TEXAS

A couple of years before I retired I was working out of Houston. I had two colleagues in the office who were from the Northeast. I took them on a driving trip to introduce them to our agents in Austin and Waco. As we were driving through the country on US290 we passed a ranch house flying a giant Texas flag in the front yard.

One of them commented "I never saw anyone fly the New Jersey flag in their yard."
 
armadillo said:
A couple of years before I retired I was working out of Houston. I had two colleagues in the office who were from the Northeast. I took them on a driving trip to introduce them to our agents in Austin and Waco. As we were driving through the country on US290 we passed a ranch house flying a giant Texas flag in the front yard.

One of them commented "I never saw anyone fly the New Jersey flag in their yard."
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And he probably never will.
 
Texas is a state that wants to make it easy for its law-abiding citizens to carry. Here's how easy: After submitting my application online, taking a short, interesting class, and passing the easy written and shooting tests (see Rastoff's Challenge II for the shooting test), all I had left to do was submit my fingerprints for the background check. Apparently, I have no fingerprints, because both sets that were submitted were rejected by the Department of Public Safety as unreadable. When I called DPS to inquire about what I could do to get my license in the absence of fingerprints, the friendly young woman I talked to said, "Your license is in the mail." I got it a couple of days later.

You gotta love a friendly handgun licensing bureaucracy that says, "We don't need no stinkin' fingerprints!"
 
East Texians squabble and cuss at West Texians---but nobody else is allowed too.
NE Texas is a strange place. Dallas claims it is in NE Texas but most in that area scoff and deny.
Speaking of Dallas--which is a strange conversation amongst Texans--it seems to think that it speaks for Texans. Folks there are pretty self contained and have the attitude that if you don't live in Dallas you are some kind of Hick.
I speak of that attitude from a job interview I had up there when I was fresh out of school. I don't think that ol boy appreciated my answers when he questioned me about my political beliefs. Dallas has always been super conservative to the point of being akward about anybody elses opinions. If you don't act like a Dallasonian you are backwards.
Ft Worth is just about as opposite as Europeans and Asians from Dallas.
Where I grew up--in the 40's--there was an attitude you could only find in the old South. I never really understood that attitude.
What I would like is a place about a tankfull of gas from my closest neighbor . That is tongue-in-cheek. perhaps it would be better to say that my neighbors wish that. :D
I knew an ol boy once--he was a Cowboy and managed ranches for rich folks--he said that a working man only has one right--to quit a job whenever he wanted too--and--he aught to do that on a fairly regular basis.
I like heat and humidity and have a great disdain for any season that gets below 70 degrees. I'll take the Texas Gulf Coast, the bugs and the skeeters.
Beer didn't originate in Texas but we got some as soon as we could.
Blessings
 
Just wondering but, is there any other state that awards a Medal of Honor? Not to be confused with the other Medal of Honor.
 
Old TexMex said:
Or Order of the Eastern Star, mebbe.;)
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Lil brother, that would be very true around here too... the few ladies that were non gun lovers switched, when I asked my mother in law how she would protect her new grand daughters if she ever had a home invasion... she was at our farm , within several days, mastered a Ruger .22 auto pistol, a Rem 1100 20 ga, a Colt Python in .357 & a CAR 15 .223 (AR15 carbine back in 1987), she got to stay with her new grand daughter for near 6 weeks & shot every day... she convinced her friends.... using the same logic.... pistols that fit in purses started being common around here........
 
TEXAS:
My Wife's Grandfather E.B. Coon was a Constable/Deputy in Marshall, Texas who was shot with His own service revolver on duty by two African-Americans in 1923. His Widow was left destitute and His seven children were sent to a orphanage. My Wife and Her family was unable to have His name added to the Texas Memorial to Texas Officers killed in the line of duty. I have always wondered why ?
 
I am a Texan, thru and thru, there is a wide and interesting land here.
Mountains, lakes, desert, forest so thick a snake has to go around, sea shores...big skys, big hearts.... strong families, strong belief's in God, Country...our State. We work hard, play hard, love without limits, loyal to a fault. Fiercely independent, proud, strong and we believe in Freedom. We have our faults just as anywhere else... but I would live no where else. I have in my life lived and worked in the Carolinas, California, Missouri, Arizona and Louisiana. They all have their charm, however, there is no place like my home... Texas. Davy Crockett once said..." You may all go to Hell and... I.. will go to Texas".
 
What I struggle with is those attitudes that new residents bring to Texas.
How many times do I have to hear "Well, you people who've been here are going to have to realize that things just aren't the way they used to be, we're moving on, we have to have progress....bla bla bla"
Yeah, progress...like in the places you moved from? Why'd you move?
Why didn't they stay in NYNY,Chicago,L.A.,Atlantic City, Baltimore or any of the other places where "they know how to do it right"?

Austin has a traffic jam 24/7,half the cars have out of state plates and "keep Austin wierd" bumper stickers.:rolleyes:

Some one said they came to Texas for the climate! I had to ask 'em "which one?"
 
Whenever I hear this song--which is fairly often 'cuz I like it--I think about Old Tex Mex and Keith44spl and the other Texans on the forum.

But for some reason I think OTM and K44spl might have lived this one:

"Lone Star Hotel", by Guy Clark

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Cooter Brown said:
Whenever I hear this song--which is fairly often 'cuz I like it--I think about Old Tex Mex and Keith44spl and the other Texans on the forum.

But for some reason I think OTM and K44spl might have lived this one:

"Lone Star Hotel", by Guy Clark
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Geez, Cooter, I'm not that old....and I think Dave is younger than me ;) (right Dave?):D
I'm Just "high mileage":D
 
Cooter Brown said:
Whenever I hear this song--which is fairly often 'cuz I like it--I think about Old Tex Mex and Keith44spl and the other Texans on the forum.

But for some reason I think OTM and K44spl might have lived this one:
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Cooter,

Man, I'm taken the 5th on that one right thar!!! ;)

And as Jimmy sed, It ain't the years...It's the miles! :D


Su Amigo,
Dave
 
Well after reading all the posts above about Texas, I have enjoyed all of them. I was born in Texas and lived here all of my life and made many trips to California each summer which was required when I was young because my granny moved there to take care of her brothers. Back before Alaska and Hawaii were states, Texas was the biggest state, but you know this. In my teenage years and even before then, when we would stop for gas it seems when the people saw our Texas license plates they always expected us to be wearing western hats and cowboy boots. My Dad wore fedora style hats in felt and straw but not western type hats. He never wore boots. Everybody talked about how big Texas was and still is and had all kinds of questions about our state.We always obliged the people by bragging just a little. I still brag about Texas all the time and don't mind the climate where I live because we definitely have the 4 seasons of change here.

Enough said.-----Hoooray for Texas
 
Old TexMex said:
Geez, Cooter, I'm not that old....and I think Dave is younger than me ;) (right Dave?):D
I'm Just "high mileage":D
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Change the date from '56 to '76 and it's you and old Dave right down the line.

Poetic license and all...

You can't tell me there's not a Florence Smith in your past!
 
I always assert dual citizenship because I was born in Austin when the State Capitol was still the tallest building in town. (Yes, one foot taller than the UT Tower, whose height was constrained by pride in the pre-existing government building, not to mention state law.) But I was forced to leave when my parents emigrated to the United States because that's where my father got a job. What a sorry reason to leave a place, but I don't blame them because Rule No. One in the big game is, "Take your opportunities when they present themselves."

I still go back now and again, not that there are many relatives left to visit. It's simply a hard place to miss if you are driving to anyplace else, and I always feel like I'm home as soon as I cross the state line. You could blindfold me and walk me across at midnight, and I'd still known the exact moment when "Not yet" changed to "Yup, I'm here."

You can take the boy out of Texas, but you can't take...
 
I know this is long but a fellow S/W collector sent to me so enjoy.




This is a must read for all Texans, used-to-be Texans, adopted Texans or wanna-be Texans,

JUST TEXAS
Pep , Texas 79353
Smiley , Texas 78159
Paradise , Texas 76073
Rainbow , Texas 76077
Sweet Home , Texas 77987
Comfort , Texas 78013
Friendship, Texas 76530

Love the Sun?
Sun City , Texas 78628
Sunrise , Texas 76661
Sunset, Texas 76270
Sundown, Texas 79372
Sunray , Texas 79086
Sunny Side , Texas 77423

Want something to eat?
Bacon , Texas 76301
Noodle , Texas 79536
Oatmeal , Texas 78605
Turkey , Texas 79261
Trout , Texas 75789
Sugar Land , Texas 77479
Salty, Texas 76567
Rice , Texas 75155
Pearland , Texas 77581
Orange , Texas 77630
And top it off with:
Sweetwater , Texas 79556

Why travel to other cities? Texas has them all!
Detroit , Texas 75436
Cleveland , Texas 75436
Colorado City , Texas 79512
Denver City , Texas 79323
Klondike , Texas 75448
Nevada , Texas 75173
Memphis , Texas 79245
Miami , Texas 79059
Boston , Texas 75570
Santa Fe , Texas 77517
Tennessee Colony , Texas 75861
Reno , Texas 75462
Pasadena , Texas 77506
Columbus , Texas 78934
Feel like traveling outside the country?
Athens , Texas 75751
Canadian, Texas 79014
China , Texas 77613
Egypt , Texas 77436
Ireland , Texas 76538
Italy , Texas 76538
Turkey , Texas 79261
London , Texas 76854
New London , Texas 75682
Paris , Texas 75460
Palestine , Texas 75801

No need to travel to Washington D.C.
Whitehouse , Texas 75791

We even have a city named after our planet!



Earth , Texas 79031
We have a city named after our state
Texas City , Texas 77590

Exhausted?
Energy , Texas 76452

Cold?
Blanket , Texas 76432
Winters, Texas

Like to read about History?
Santa Anna , Texas
Goliad , Texas
Alamo , Texas
Gun Barrel City , Texas
Robert Lee , Texas

Need Office Supplies?
Staples, Texas 78670

Want to go into outer space?
Venus , Texas 76084
Mars , Texas 79062

You guessed it. It's on the state line.
Texline , Texas 79087

For the kids...
Kermit , Texas 79745
Elmo , Texas 75118
Nemo , Texas 76070
Tarzan , Texas 79783
Winnie , Texas 77665
Sylvester , Texas 79560

Other city names in Texas , to make you smile......
Frognot , Texas 75424
Bigfoot , Texas 78005
Hogeye , Texas 75423
Cactus , Texas 79013
Notrees , Texas 79759
Best, Texas 76932
Veribest , Texas 76886
Kickapoo , Texas 75763
Dime Box , Texas 77853
Old Dime Box , Texas 77853
Telephone , Texas 75488
Telegraph , Texas 76883
Whiteface , Texas 79379
Twitty, Texas 79079

And last but not least, the Anti-Al Gore City
Kilgore , Texas 75662

And our favorites...
Cut n Shoot, Texas
Gun Barrell City , Texas
Hoop And Holler, Texas
Ding Dong, Texas and, of course,
Muleshoe , Texas

Here is what Jeff Foxworthy has to say about folks from Texas ...

If someone in a Lowe's store offers you assistance and they don't work there, you may live in Texas ;

If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you may live in Texas ;

If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you may live in Texas ;

If 'Vacation' means going anywhere south of Dallas for the weekend, you may live in Texas ;

If you measure distance in hours, you may live in Texas ;

If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once, you may live in Texas ;
If you install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both unlocked, you may live in Texas ;

If you carry jumper cables in your car and your wife knows how to use them, you may live in Texas

If the speed limit on the highway is 55 mph --you're going 80 and everybody's passing you, you may live in Texas ;

If you find 60 degrees 'a little chilly,' you may live in Texas ;

If you actually understand these jokes, and share them with all your Texas friends, you definitely live in Texas ..





Here are some little known, very interesting facts about Texas .
1. Beaumont to El Paso : 742 miles
2.. Beaumont to Chicago : 770 miles
3.... El Paso is closer to California than to Dallas
4. World's first rodeo was in Pecos , July 4, 1883.
5. The Flagship Hotel in Galveston is the only hotel in North America built over water. Destroyed by Hurricane Ike -2008!
6. The Heisman Trophy was named after John William Heisman who was the first full-time coach at Rice University in Houston .
7. Brazoria County has more species of birds than any other area in North America
8. Aransas Wildlife Refuge is the winter home of North America 's only remaining flock of whooping cranes.
9. Jalapeno jelly originated in Lake Jackson in 1978.
10. The worst natural disaster in U.S. history was in 1900, caused by a hurricane, in which over 8,000 lives were lost on Galveston Island .
11. The first word spoken from the moon, July 20,1969, was " Houston ," but the space center was actually in Clear Lake City at the time.
12. King Ranch in South Texas is larger than Rhode Island ..
13. Tropical Storm Claudette brought a U.S. rainfall record of 43'' in 24 hours in and around Alvin in July of 1979...
14. Texas is the only state to enter the U.S. by TREATY, (known as the Constitution of 1845 by the Republic of Texas to enter the Union ) instead of by annexation. This allows the Texas Flag to fly at the same height as the U.S. Flag, and may divide into 5 states.
15. A Live Oak tree near Fulton is estimated to be 1500 years old.
16. Caddo Lake is the only natural lake in the state.
17. Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. There is no period in Dr Pepper..
18. Texas has had six capital cities:
Washington -on- the Brazos, Harrisburg , Galveston ,Velasco, West Columbia and Austin ..
19. The Capitol Dome in Austin is the only dome in the U.S. which is taller than the Capitol Building in Washington DC (by 7 feet).
20. The San Jacinto Monument is the tallest free standing monument in the world and it is taller than the Washington monument.
21. The name ' Texas ' comes from the Hasini Indian word 'tejas' meaning friends. Tejas is not Spanish for Texas ..
22. The State Mascot is the Armadillo (an interesting bit of trivia about the armadillo is they always have four babies. They have one egg, which splits into four, and they either have four males or four females...).
23. The first domed stadium in the U.S. was the Astrodome in Houston .






Cowboy's Ten Commandments

posted on the wall at Cross Trails Church in Fairlie , Texas :
(1) Just one God.
(2) Honor yer Ma & Pa.
(3) No telling tales or gossipin'.
(4) Git yourself to Sunday meeting.
(5) Put nothin' before God.
(6) No foolin' around with another fellow's gal..
(7) No killin'.
(8) Watch yer mouth.
(9) Don't take what ain't yers.
(10) Don't be hankerin' for yer buddy's stuff.

Y'all git all that?
 
Depending on where in the state you find yourself you'll find something for everyone. Beaches, desert, mountains, plains, wooded lands or barren oil country. Varied landscapes but one thing universal no matter north south east or west Texas, is a helping hand if you are in need. Until proven different you'll be treated with respect and kindness. Oh yeah, we can also be a bit obnoxious.
 
Texas...home of the hamburger

Athens, Texas claims to be the home of the hamburger. In 1904, at the St. Louis World's Fair, a gentleman by the name of Fletcher Davis originated the hamburger. In the late 1800s, Fletcher had a café on the downtown square in Athens which served a sandwich consisting of ground meat, a thick slice of Bermuda onion, and a mustard mixture that he put between two homemade buns. The citizens of Athens were so impressed with his sandwich they decided to send him to the World's Fair in St. Louis. It was there Fletcher Davis introduced his sandwich to the world and it became known as the hamburger.

There is a historical marker on the site of Fletcher's café on the downtown square in Athens, Texas.
 
Jinglebob said:
This is a fact most people don't realize. The western border of Texas is closer to the Pacific than to Port Arthur. The eastern border is closer to the Atlantic than it is to El Paso.
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I once rode in an old Willys jeep/truck thang from El Paso to Houston.
I think it must have held about 8 gallons of gas, as we had to stop
a few times to fill it up. And being it was 1975, I'm pretty sure it
was still a 55 speed limit at that time. But even worse, I think the
top speed of the vehicle must have been about 49 mph, as I think
most birds and the faster tarantulas were outrunning us.

Left El Paso at around 6 AM or so, and didn't roll into Houston until
about 1:30-2:00 in the next AM. So nearly 20 hours, and that's not
even across the whole state. Still a ways to go before Louisiana.
I guess you can do about 80 mph or so on a large part of that I-10
trip now, which would sure help eat the miles a bit quicker.
 
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