God Blessed Texas

[Hadassah]

I read something today about a city in Texas and dang, I cannot remember what it was.



Oh, wait! I think I remember. I think it had something to do with your state capitol.......Is your state capitol building rumnored to be haunted?

[Hadassah]

And mel had another birthday? Dang, girl, you don't look a day over 21! I bet you still get carded. :mrgreen:




Happy birthday, sweetie!!!! :hug:

[Wireline]

I read something today about a city in Texas and dang, I cannot remember what it was.



Oh, wait! I think I remember. I think it had something to do with your state capitol.......Is your state capitol building rumnored to be haunted?

It is...the ghosts of morons...

[melinda]

tex?
Wire?
anyone here?

[mojo]

hey melinda! i'm here.:)

[melinda]

hey, mojo.....how are you?

[mojo]

alright, how about yourself?...ready for some football? if the skins win tonight mccain is more likely to win so, at least for tonight, be a skins fan!:D

[melinda]

alright, how about yourself?...ready for some football? if the skins win tonight mccain is more likely to win so, at least for tonight, be a skins fan!:D

will do. :)

[RWSutt33]

Ok but jsut this once..... Go Skins. I'm glad I didn't have to say that outloud where anyone could hear me.

[mojo]

your secret is safe with me...this is why i like texans. they are kind people! btw - skins are winning!:D

[Wireline]

Change I can believe in is Texas independence....I used to think those guys were whack jobs (they still are...but a lot of what they said is really starting to make sense...)

[texan_rep]

morning all...been really busy...still am...

[melinda]

morning, tex....:hug: :hug: :hug:

morning, Wire....:hug: :hug: :hug:

morning all....:)

[RWSutt33]

Good morning all. Let the battle begin. My heart is saddend by the prospect of what our country will face the next four years. Made me realize that by the time the next election is here my daughter will be in her second year in college and old enough to vote.

[Wireline]

Morning folks...:hug::hug: Ms Mel :hug::hug:

i am pretty well still blown away by the events of last night...no time to wallow in in though...

The space between Alpine and Mexico is REALLY starting to look more and more appealing....

[melinda]

come on.....chins up. we lived thru Carter and Clinton. God-willing we will live thru Obama.
and perhaps we will be all the stronger for it in the end.
as someone in WP posted, "out of the ruins of Carter....came Reagan!!" :)

[RWSutt33]

As someone once told me, "what don't kill you makes you stronger."
But they may have been drinking at the time...lol

[Wireline]

come on.....chins up. we lived thru Carter and Clinton. God-willing we will live thru Obama.
and perhaps we will be all the stronger for it in the end.
as someone in WP posted, "out of the ruins of Carter....came Reagan!!" :)

true...but any further discussion needs to be elsewhere...

Hey - WE survived Ann Richards and Mark White...no small feat.

[melinda]

true...but any further discussion needs to be elsewhere...

Hey - WE survived Ann Richards and Mark White...no small feat.

I should kick you out of this thread for mentioning that first name..... :))

[Wireline]

sorry...I thought the nasty mouth filters would pick it up....

[quidam65]

come on.....chins up. we lived thru Carter and Clinton. God-willing we will live thru Obama.
and perhaps we will be all the stronger for it in the end.
as someone in WP posted, "out of the ruins of Carter....came Reagan!!" :)

Reagan was a once in a generation figure. Unfortunately we are still in the Reagan generation. There is no Reagan in waiting (the closest we have is Sarah) but even if there were, America wants socialism and will never again vote for a true conservative.

Maybe Texas needs to think about pulling out of the US. God knows if we did the US would be in deep trouble economically, and besides we have most of the large military bases here.

[melinda]

morning, tex.....:hug: :hug: :hug:


morning, Wire....:hug: :hug: :hug:

[Wireline]

:hug::hug: Ms Mel :hug::hug:

<nod> Tex...

I love global warming...mid November, and we are still in the 70s in the day and above 38 at the wee hours of the morning..

[free2B]

morning, tex.....:hug: :hug: :hug:


morning, Wire....:hug: :hug: :hug:

morning melinda:hug: and y'all

[melinda]

morning, free. :hug:

[texan_rep]

hi

[free2B]

hey tex wazzup?

[melinda]

hello. :)

:hug: :hug: :hug:

[texan_rep]

mel :hug::hug::hug:

morning free

[Wireline]

:hug::hug: Ms Mel... ::hug::hug:

The rest of ya...morning.

Been a very strange day already, and its not even 8AM yet

[free2B]

hello. :)

:hug: :hug: :hug:

good morning melinda:hug: and all the rest of y'all!

[texan_rep]

damn, am I the only one who keeps this thing going?

[melinda]

yep...and you haven't been around.

morning, tex. :hug: :hug: :hug:

[texan_rep]

mel :hug::hug::hug:

[texan_rep]

*sigh*

[Hadassah]

Morning, texxie.

Morning mel.

Morning wire.

Morning everyone else.

:hug: :hug:

[texan_rep]

morning hadassah :hug:

[melinda]

morning, tex....:hug: :hug: :hug:
(texxie???)



morning, Hadassah :hug:

[free2B]

Morning, texxie.

Morning mel.

Morning wire.

Morning everyone else.

:hug: :hug:

good morning hadassah;) mel:hug: and all of y'all!

[melinda]

Good Morning, free....:hug:

[free2B]

Good Morning, free....:hug:

have a great day melinda:hug: it is real chilly here this morning, I am hoping it doesn't frost anytime soon, I still have the houseplants outside

[melinda]

have a great day melinda:hug: it is real chilly here this morning, I am hoping it doesn't frost anytime soon, I still have the houseplants outside

it's been a bit chilly here in the mornings and evenings, too....at least for this little Texas gal. I do love it though.
well, I'm out of here for a while. I haven't been running down my old dirt road since my little Lucy died, but I'm gonna go today. I think I'm ready.......

[free2B]

it's been a bit chilly here in the mornings and evenings, too....at least for this little Texas gal. I do love it though.
well, I'm out of here for a while. I haven't been running down my old dirt road since my little Lucy died, but I'm gonna go today. I think I'm ready.......

have a nice jog melinda:hug: Lucy is still running beside you:D it is wonderful to watch the seasons and the weather change, we live in a glorious world created for us by the loving touch of God:pray:

[melinda]

have a nice jog melinda:hug: Lucy is still running beside you:D it is wonderful to watch the seasons and the weather change, we live in a glorious world created for us by the loving touch of God:pray:

I teared up a few times when I hit a few of Lucy's favorite spots....I was thinking about how life is constantly changing and we are just trying to keep up and do the best we can with what we are given in this life.

[texan_rep]

morning, tex....:hug: :hug: :hug:
(texxie???)



morning, Hadassah :hug:

mel :hug::hug::hug:

Someone else's nick for me...

[texan_rep]

I teared up a few times when I hit a few of Lucy's favorite spots....I was thinking about how life is constantly changing and we are just trying to keep up and do the best we can with what we are given in this life.

:hug::hug::hug:

[melinda]

mel :hug::hug::hug:

Someone else's nick for me...

I kinda got that..... ;)

[texan_rep]

Well, I do recall you are blonde...had to make sure...;)

[melinda]

Well, I do recall you are blonde...had to make sure...;)

I'm a smart blonde, an oxymoron. :)

[texan_rep]

you can spell, too...

[texan_rep]

oxymoron...oxy+moron...

bleached blonde? :think:

[melinda]

bleached? :confused:

[texan_rep]

no no no...not directed personally...merely working through the etymology of the word...

[RWSutt33]

Hello all, sorry it's been so long. We started pheasant season here and I have gotten to go twice with the boys so far this year... We had some friends from Texas and Oklahoma up to hunt since their season doesn't start until December. Sure wish it would snow hope the weather suites ya'll down in the warm country watchout for the crazy deer. They're in heat and running every where.:eek::)

[texan_rep]

Not in heat where I hunt just yet...still have a few weeks.

[Wireline]

Not in heat where I hunt just yet...still have a few weeks.

we are still talking deer, right?

[texan_rep]

Uhhhhh...yeah, that's it...

[RWSutt33]

Good morning all. Getting close to turkey day thank god for who ever invented the turkey frier. Makes a turkey edible. :))

[texan_rep]

never had a fried one...heard it's great...

[RWSutt33]

Fried turkey is the best. I never liked turkey untill I had fried turkey.

[texan_rep]

I'm tempted to ask if the fried turkey looked like mel with a sunburn...but I won't...:whistle:

[Wireline]

I'm tempted to ask if the fried turkey looked like mel with a sunburn...but I won't...:whistle:

That would be a good decision. She is the only left who can stand to be in the same room with you anymore, and annoying her like that would cause the persona non gratis syndrome - everyone on the internet would have you on ignore...

Note I came out of lurk mode just to say that...

:hug::hug: Ms Mel :hug::hug:

[RWSutt33]

Good Morning all. All this turkey talk has got me planning thanksgiving dinner. Since the wife is taking college classes on line I've become the head cook and pot washer.

[texan_rep]

That would be a good decision. She is the only left who can stand to be in the same room with you anymore, and annoying her like that would cause the persona non gratis syndrome - everyone on the internet would have you on ignore...

Note I came out of lurk mode just to say that...

:hug::hug: Ms Mel :hug::hug:

I'm not convinced that's not a good idea...

[Wireline]

I'm not convinced that's not a good idea...

That what's not a good idea? i am having an outbreak of forum alzheimers

[texan_rep]

being on everyone's ignore list...

outbreak? how can you call a chronic condition an outbreak?

[melinda]

windy and cold today.... :)


morning, tex. :hug: :hug: :hug:

morning, Wire. :hug: :hug: :hug:

morning, Sutt. :hug: :hug: :hug:

[drylok]

Morning to all on this rather crisp morning!

[RWSutt33]

Morning all. I was down loading some music on the internet last night, some old Statler Brothers songs that I remember form my youth, and found this song "Name on a Wall". I cryed like a little girl. Amazing that it's been probably 20 years since I heard that song, but after spending time in the service, it sure hit hard. Maybe one of the best patriot songs I've ever heard.

[melinda]

my son is on his way home from South Texas where he got a nice 10 pointer. He said what makes this deer so nice is the fact that he is so symetrical. I haven't seen the pics or the head yet.....

[RWSutt33]

my son is on his way home from South Texas where he got a nice 10 pointer. He said what makes this deer so nice is the fact that he is so symetrical. I haven't seen the pics or the head yet.....

I want to see if you get a chance to post some pics:D

[texan_rep]

short week coming...

[melinda]

what are you doing for Thanksgiving, tex?


morning...:hug: :hug: :hug:

[Wireline]

Not Tex (I am much better looking, smarter, and just an overall superior being)...but Mrs Wire is already in Kentucky, and I am flying out Wednesday to spend the holiday with her family...have a friend staying at the house while we are gone.

Bad part: having to fly out there
Good part: no luggage to carry, really looking forward to the 2 day drive back, spending time with her relatives (the ones who could make parole, anyway), getting out of town for a bit....and of course, giving thanks for all of the blessings that have been bestowed upon us...

:hug::hug: Ms Mel :hug::hug:

[melinda]

Not Tex (I am much better looking, smarter, and just an overall superior being)...but Mrs Wire is already in Kentucky, and I am flying out Wednesday to spend the holiday with her family...have a friend staying at the house while we are gone.

Bad part: having to fly out there
Good part: no luggage to carry, really looking forward to the 2 day drive back, spending time with her relatives (the ones who could make parole, anyway), getting out of town for a bit....and of course, giving thanks for all of the blessings that have been bestowed upon us...

:hug::hug: Ms Mel :hug::hug:

hey, Wire....:hug: :hug: :hug:
sounds like a great Thanksgiving, except for the flying at Thanksgiving part....but otherwise, sounds great.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving. :hug:

[texan_rep]

what are you doing for Thanksgiving, tex?


morning...:hug: :hug: :hug:

Am tex (and obviously not delusional)...

Spending the day making stuffing with my mom, eating and my in-laws, eating at my sisters...

Gonna be a full day...

:hug::hug::hug:

[texan_rep]

I just realized that I made a funny with my last post without meaning to.

[free2B]

I just realized that I made a funny with my last post without meaning to.

hey tex is this true I saw it on a coffee mug- Texas where farting is considered a competitive sport

[blazer]

hey tex is this true I saw it on a coffee mug- Texas where farting is considered a competitive sport

oh you said the f word.........:))

[texan_rep]

hey tex is this true I saw it on a coffee mug- Texas where farting is considered a competitive sport

Oh, absolutely. Several categories too!

[free2B]

Oh, absolutely. Several categories too!

:)):))

[Wireline]

Texas where farting is considered a competitive sport

I think Tex is the 3 time state champ...in the senior's division.

But that streak has ended...

[texan_rep]

If you use Clorox and hot water, your streak will end too...:whistle:

[Wireline]

If you use Clorox and hot water, your streak will end too...:whistle:


just flip em inside out...on those rare occassions when commando style is not optional...

i bet you wear tighty-whiteys, doncha Tex? The question is, on the inside or the outside of yer jeans? I've tried both, and found the results really are about the same

[texan_rep]

So what's wrong with tighty-whiteys? If you are as significantly blessed as I am, you need some support or you'll hurt yourself.

[Wireline]

So what's wrong with tighty-whiteys? If you are as significantly blessed as I am, you need some support or you'll hurt yourself.

Please...unless you are R2D2, then you are fibbing...

Me - I need ropers just for the directional control and storage. Things get a bit antsy when I set down, but other than that....:whistle:

[texan_rep]

Ropers?

[texan_rep]

happy december...

[drylok]

Morn'n Tex, where's our beloved Mel?

[Wireline]

Morning, Y'all....

We drove thru Metroplex on Saturday....scared me 3/4 to death (and I was the passenger at the time)...WTH have you people done to Dallas? I remember it was a big city, not a New York or Philadelphia with a drawl...

:mad:

[melinda]

happy December, tex ... :hug: :hug: :hug:

glad you saved that last 1/4 Wire....:hug: :hug: :hug:

"beloved"? I like that, Drylok. how are you? ... :hug: :hug: :hug:

[texan_rep]

Morning, Y'all....

We drove thru Metroplex on Saturday....scared me 3/4 to death (and I was the passenger at the time)...WTH have you people done to Dallas? I remember it was a big city, not a New York or Philadelphia with a drawl...

:mad:

hey, don't look at me...I avoid that area too...

[texan_rep]

happy December, tex ... :hug: :hug: :hug:


mel :hug::hug::hug:

[texan_rep]

mell :hug::hug::hug: mel :hug::hug::hug:

[melinda]

hey, don't look at me...I avoid that area too...

that's what she said..... :))



:)

[melinda]

mell :hug::hug:mel :hug::hug:

tex........:hug: :hug: :hug:

texie....:hug: :hug: :hug:

[Wireline]

What the heck?

[free2B]

good morning mel:hug: tex, line and all of y'all!

[melinda]

What the heck?

??? que?




Good Morning, Wire. :hug: :hug: :hug:
and I posted a "youtube" in my "ME" thread for you, Roger and ME!!

[melinda]

good morning mel:hug: tex, line and all of y'all!

good morning, free....:hug:
how are you today?
have you Christmas shopped? Christmas decorated? getting ready?

[Wireline]

[QUOTE=melinda;43780091]??? que?




Good Morning, Wire. :hug: :hug: :hug:
and I posted a "youtube" in my "ME" thread for you, Roger and yewtoob....

[texan_rep]

that's what she said..... :))



:)

:((:((

[free2B]

good morning, free....:hug:
how are you today?
have you Christmas shopped? Christmas decorated? getting ready?

good morning melinda:hug: I have done some of my Christmas shopping:D gonna get down the decorations today:idea: so I can get started outdoors

[free2B]

hey tex! and all of y'all Texans:razz: is everything really bigger in Texas?

[melinda]

morning, tex....:hug: :hug: :hug:

morning, Wire....:hug: :hug: :hug:

morning, free....:hug:

[free2B]

hey tex! and all of y'all Texans:razz: is everything really bigger in Texas?

mebbe I shoulda asked melinda:redface:

[melinda]

mebbe I shoulda asked melinda:redface:

everything is bigger in Texas, except me. :)

[free2B]

everything is bigger in Texas, except me. :)

:))

[Wireline]

Morning good people...:hug::hug: Mel :hug::hug:

Yew Two, Tex

[texan_rep]

mel :hug::hug::hug:

Wire...*nod*

[texan_rep]

it's cold out there

[Wireline]

it's cold out there


yup...I hate winter time...actually have to wear a shirt to go to DQ....:boohoo:

[Hadassah]

awwww, are you boys a little cold?



try being here. it's freezing. :))

[Wireline]

awwww, are you boys a little cold?



try being here. it's freezing. :))

Where is "here," why are you "there" and not really "here," and yes, we are....cold enough to make my stipples nick out

[melinda]

it's cold out there

yes, yes it is....but I have a fire in here. :)
morning, tex. :hug: :hug: :hug:

[melinda]

yup...I hate winter time...actually have to wear a shirt to go to DQ....:boohoo:

not always....;)


morning, Wire....:hug: :hug: :hug:

[melinda]

awwww, are you boys a little cold?



try being here. it's freezing. :))

try to stay warm, Haddie. :hug: :hug: :hug:

[texan_rep]

mel :hug::hug::hug:

hadassah :hug:

[melinda]

tex....did you know it was 38 degrees when I went out this morning?
have no idea what it was while I was in, but it was 38 when I went out.

(I'm actually kinda liking it....:) )

[texan_rep]

well, yeah, I would imagine that some of you liked it...;)

[Hadassah]

Where is "here," why are you "there" and not really "here," and yes, we are....cold enough to make my stipples nick out

"Here" is Syracuse, NY. I am "here" basically because I have to be, for the time being.

[Hadassah]

try to stay warm, Haddie. :hug: :hug: :hug:

thanks, mel.

My apartment, now that the furnace is working, is actually quite warm. Since I live on the 2nd floor, the heat from the apartment rises up to my place and helps keep it warm. In the summer, though......it gets too warm.

[Wireline]

"Here" is Syracuse, NY. I am "here" basically because I have to be, for the time being.

Mercy! There is no way to wash off the New York sufficiently...we will have to stop you at the border...

:mrgreen:

[free2B]

Mercy! There is no way to wash off the New York sufficiently...we will have to stop you at the border...

:mrgreen:

thats probably gonna have to be a Texas size stop sign line, I'm from NY too:dance: although I still like to sing this one in honor of my mom and her 2 great uncles who were lost in the sadness

Version 1:

O, I wish I was in the land of cotton
Old times there are not forgotten
Look away! Look away!
Look away! Dixie Land.

In Dixie Land where I was born in
Early on one frosty mornin'
Look away! Look away!
Look away! Dixie Land.

Chorus:
O, I wish I was in Dixie!
Hooray! Hooray!
In Dixie Land I'll take my stand
To live and die in Dixie
Away, away,
Away down south in Dixie!

[bayoubill]

thats probably gonna have to be a Texas size stop sign line, I'm from NY too:dance: although I still like to sing this one in honor of my mom and her 2 great uncles who were lost in the sadness

Version 1:

O, I wish I was in the land of cotton
Old times there are not forgotten
Look away! Look away!
Look away! Dixie Land.

In Dixie Land where I was born in
Early on one frosty mornin'
Look away! Look away!
Look away! Dixie Land.

Chorus:
O, I wish I was in Dixie!
Hooray! Hooray!
In Dixie Land I'll take my stand
To live and die in Dixie
Away, away,
Away down south in Dixie!


For you free, dear friend:


"An American Trilogy" by Mickey Newbury

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiTjElq5Xjs&feature=related


I've loved this tune by this artist since I first heard it back in the early 70's.

Elvis later made it into something it wasn't meant to be.

[free2B]

For you free, dear friend:


"An American Trilogy" by Mickey Newbury

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiTjElq5Xjs&feature=related


I've loved this tune by this artist since I first heard it back in the early 70's.

Elvis later made it into something it wasn't meant to be.

listenin to it again bayou it is a soothing melody

[blazer]

For you free, dear friend:


"An American Trilogy" by Mickey Newbury

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiTjElq5Xjs&feature=related


I've loved this tune by this artist since I first heard it back in the early 70's.

Elvis later made it into something it wasn't meant to be.

Love it Bill! :hug:

[Wireline]

Elvis later made it into something it wasn't meant to be.

Later in his career, he did this to a LOT of things...

That aside, we do have a grandfather clause in Texas border control...so you folks MAY be OK...further investigations will be needed.

[texan_rep]

Or in your case, a great-grandfather clause?

[texan_rep]

still got that fire inside, mel? :whistle:

[Wireline]

Or in your case, a great-grandfather clause?

Even a so-so grandfather clause....of course, my family was here right after the Civil War,,,some of them left, then came back...

Seriously....late 1800s...my GGgrandmother came back to Texas with a black man and a blind mule to rejoin the family that stayed here (in a place now known as Washington on the Brazos)

They had a child that was cast off back to Virginia for being a Yellow Rose...the rest, as they say, is irrelevant history.

So there...nyah!

[Wireline]

still got that fire inside, mel? :whistle:

What the HELL kind of question is that to ask a lady?:eek:

[melinda]

thanks, mel.

My apartment, now that the furnace is working, is actually quite warm. Since I live on the 2nd floor, the heat from the apartment rises up to my place and helps keep it warm. In the summer, though......it gets too warm.

in the summer it gets too warm around here too. :))

[melinda]

still got that fire inside, mel? :whistle:

yes. yes, I do. :)

[melinda]

Even a so-so grandfather clause....of course, my family was here right after the Civil War,,,some of them left, then came back...

Seriously....late 1800s...my GGgrandmother came back to Texas with a black man and a blind mule to rejoin the family that stayed here (in a place now known as Washington on the Brazos)

They had a child that was cast off back to Virginia for being a Yellow Rose...the rest, as they say, is irrelevant history.

So there...nyah!


my family is all Yankees....:eek:
I'm the first generation Texan. Even my sister was born up north. Moved here when she was three-weeks old, but I never let her forget she was not born here. :)
My husband's paternal family has been here for awhile, but his mom was born and raised in Mississippi. Still much better than being a Yankee.

[melinda]

What the HELL kind of question is that to ask a lady?:eek:

He knew exactly what the HELL kind of question he was asking. :))

[melinda]

Morning, tex. :hug: :hug: :hug:

Morning, Wire. :hug: :hug: :hug:

Morning, Haddie :hug:

Morning, free :hug:

Morning, blazer :hug:

Morning, bayoubill :hug:

[Wireline]

:hug::hug: Ms Mel :hug::hug:

Do you have an F-function key assigned to all those hugs? macro, perhaps? :mrgreen:

[melinda]

:hug::hug: Ms Mel :hug::hug:

Do you have an F-function key assigned to all those hugs? macro, perhaps? :mrgreen:

I love hugs....I'm a very huggy person.
my cousin Martin used to give the absolute best big old bear hugs....damn, I miss him and his hugs.

[Wireline]

I love hugs....I'm a very huggy person.
my cousin Martin used to give the absolute best big old bear hugs....damn, I miss him and his hugs.

Remember who you are talking to...there are TWO kinds of bears...

:mrgreen:

[melinda]

What the HELL kind of question is that to ask a lady?:eek:

oh snap....it was early.
the correct answer to this post should have been...


"Who you calling a lady?" ;)

[Wireline]

LOL

Seriously

[melinda]

LOL

Seriously

:)

[free2B]

Morning, tex. :hug: :hug: :hug:

Morning, Wire. :hug:

Morning, Haddie :hug:

Morning, free :hug:

Morning, blazer :hug:

Morning, bayoubill :hug:

Morning melinda:hug: and all of y'all:exclaim:

[blazer]

Morning melinda:hug: and all of y'all:exclaim:

Morning everyone! I must be special to be included in Melinda's list! :hug:

[melinda]

Morning everyone! I must be special to be included in Melinda's list! :hug:

you, blaze, you are the most special of all. :hug:

(just don't tell the others. :shhh:)

[blazer]

you, blaze, you are the most special of all. :hug:

(just don't tell the others. :shhh:)

aww, that just melts my heart! :hug: ty Mel!

[Sidestreamer]

Morning, Y'all....

We drove thru Metroplex on Saturday....scared me 3/4 to death (and I was the passenger at the time)...WTH have you people done to Dallas? I remember it was a big city, not a New York or Philadelphia with a drawl...

:mad:
It ain't no Philly or New York. I know, I've been to both of 'em... that said, the drivers in Ft. Worth are crazy! I was there last Monday and two of them were swerving around me on I-30 going what must have been 130mph. Nearly clipped me too!

[Wireline]

It ain't no Philly or New York. I know, I've been to both of 'em... that said, the drivers in Ft. Worth are crazy! I was there last Monday and two of them were swerving around me on I-30 going what must have been 130mph. Nearly clipped me too!

Exactly. Wasn't that long ago Ft Worth was a pretty hep place. to be ...now its just a really good place to be far from.

[melinda]

morning, tex. :hug: :hug: :hug:

morning, Wire. :hug: :hug: :hug:

morning, everyone else!! :)

[blazer]

morning, tex. :hug: :hug: :hug:

morning, Wire. :hug: :hug: :hug:

morning, everyone else!! :)

Mornin! :hug:

[melinda]

Mornin' blazer....:hug: :hug: :hug:

[blazer]

Mornin' blazer....:hug: :hug: :hug:

How r you sis? :hug: :hug:

[melinda]

I'm doing wonderfully!! thanks for asking.
how are you doing this morning?

[Wireline]

:hug: :hug: Mel :hug::hug:

:hug: Blazer :hug:

It is cold and raining, with a 60% chance of rain/snow, and a 100% chance of me not wanting to leave the house to go to work

[melinda]

it's still hot here today, supposed to change tonight or tomorrow....

I'm betting you went to work even though you didn't want to. :hug:

[free2B]

it's still hot here today, supposed to change tonight or tomorrow....

I'm betting you went to work even though you didn't want to. :hug:

good morning melinda:hug: line, and blaze:hug: and all of y'all! it's warm enough here to walk the dawg:D without a jacket:cool: but it was real cold :whistle:windy and rainy:neutral: the last few days

[blazer]

good morning melinda:hug: line, and blaze:hug: and all of y'all! it's warm enough here to walk the dawg:D without a jacket:cool: but it was real cold :whistle:windy and rainy:neutral: the last few days

:hug:

[Wireline]

it's still hot here today, supposed to change tonight or tomorrow....

I'm betting you went to work even though you didn't want to. :hug:


yup...back for a quick sammich, then back to the salt mines...you know how I hate my job! :mrgreen:

[melinda]

yup...back for a quick sammich, then back to the salt mines...you know how I hate my job! :mrgreen:

yeah, about as much as I hate mine. :))

[blazer]

I'm doing wonderfully!! thanks for asking.
how are you doing this morning?

I was doing great! :D

[blazer]

:hug: :hug: Mel :hug::hug:

:hug: Blazer :hug:

It is cold and raining, with a 60% chance of rain/snow, and a 100% chance of me not wanting to leave the house to go to work

Back atcha line!

[melinda]

I was doing great! :D

well....now I hope for you a great evening as well! :hug:

[blazer]

well....now I hope for you a great evening as well! :hug:

You too sis! :hug: I'm drooling over your avatar.

[melinda]

You too sis! :hug: I'm drooling over your avatar.

:)

[blazer]

:)
and the candy gives me satisfaction without running my blood sugar up.

[Hadassah]

OK, all you Texans. I need a shotgun. I'm fixin to kill a mouse that has invaded my house.

[melinda]

we got plenty of guns, come and borrow one.

[Sidestreamer]

So I was picking something up from the post office in downtown Odessa and I noticed this white stuff falling from the sky. It resembled... snow. But then it melted the moment it touched the ground and I was all bah humbug again.

[free2B]

OK, all you Texans. I need a shotgun. I'm fixin to kill a mouse that has invaded my house.

here borry my double barrel 12 guage have fun!

[Wireline]

So I was picking something up from the post office in downtown Odessa and I noticed this white stuff falling from the sky. It resembled... snow. But then it melted the moment it touched the ground and I was all bah humbug again.


we are due for a Colorado blast any day now...about 12-14 years ago, we got 2 feet of the frozen albino brain chiggers dumped on Midland-Odessa in a matter of hours - Dec 23 I think...messed up a lot of travel plans, etc...and you know the nearest snowplow (last I heard) is in either Lubbock or Amarillo, depending on who you ask....

Me - I HATE the stuff when I have to get out in it...otherwise I merely despise it.

[texan_rep]

damn it's cold...

[Wireline]

eeh....yup

[Hadassah]

It's not cold here.:mrgreen:

















At least compared to what the temp usually is this time of the year. :shifty:

[Wireline]

It's not cold here.:mrgreen:


at least compared to what the temp usually is this time of the year. :shifty:

true dat...things have been almost balmy on your home planet lately, haven;t they?

In the meantime, us folks with really thin blood are dying down here. I actually had to put on a sweatshirt over my t shirt...oh! the humanity

[Hadassah]

true dat...things have been almost balmy on your home planet lately, haven;t they?

In the meantime, us folks with really thin blood are dying down here. I actually had to put on a sweatshirt over my t shirt...oh! the humanity


I wouldn't say "balmy". Sunday we had a nasty snowstorm. After I left work I ended up being the first responder at a car accident caused by the icy roads and white out conditions. The girl driving the car had a head and hip injury. Oh, the humanity! :razz:

[Wireline]

At least its not Florida, where we would have to say....

Oh! the Hugh-manatee

[free2B]

It's not cold here.:mrgreen:

















At least compared to what the temp usually is this time of the year. :shifty:

its 63* here now and rainy

[Hadassah]

OK, now it's cold here.


It started out in the 50's early this morning and it dropped into the 30's by midmorning.

[melinda]

damn it's cold...

did you get snow??
it was snowing here!! not sticking or anything, but it was snowing.
and it was fun....

[Sidestreamer]

at least its not florida, where we would have to say....

Oh! The hugh-manatee
lame!

[melinda]

snow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[blazer]

snow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

it's snowing there?

[texan_rep]

it wouldn't surprise me...we had mixed rain/little sleet when the front came through, other areas had snow. If it picked up steam between here and there, it could very well have tossed some snow...

[texan_rep]

and I'm cold

[Wireline]

and I'm cold


put yer pants back on...

[free2B]

put yer pants back on...

thanks for sayin it line! Howdy ya'll!

[melinda]

it wouldn't surprise me...we had mixed rain/little sleet when the front came through, other areas had snow. If it picked up steam between here and there, it could very well have tossed some snow...

:hug: :hug: :hug:
I'm sorry all you got was rain/sleet........we got snow!!!
started in the afternoon and continued into the evening.
It was wonderful and beautiful!!!

[Wireline]

Wait...if a cold front picked up steam, wouldn't it be too warm to snow?

:hug::hug: Mel! :hug::hug:

Mel, I gotta send you a copy of a song coming out of here early 09..."Texas Girls are Mighty Pretty"... western swing to die for...

[melinda]

Wait...if a cold front picked up steam, wouldn't it be too warm to snow?

:hug::hug: Mel! :hug::hug:

Mel, I gotta send you a copy of a song coming out of here early 09..."Texas Girls are Mighty Pretty"... western swing to die for...

hey Wire....:hug: :hug: :hug:

I'd love a great Western Swing song!!! nice title too. :cool:

[melinda]

I added a family pic from our trip to Germany in my profile album.....

[Wireline]

hey Wire....:hug: :hug: :hug:

I'd love a great Western Swing song!!! nice title too. :cool:

Check for PM...any more details could be seen by those with an axe to grind as promotional....

[melinda]

how could anyone ever have an axe to grind with you, Wire?? :hug:

[texan_rep]

mel :hug::hug::hug:

[Wireline]

/\ /\

You know how he is...

how could anyone ever have an axe to grind with you, Wire?? :hug:

[texan_rep]

yes she does :cool:

[blazer]

Mornin Texans! how r ya?

[texan_rep]

morning blazer

[Wireline]

:hug: Blazer :hug:

Tex...has snugglums warmed up yet? :boohoo:

[Hadassah]

Y'all want snow? Come my way for a while. We got blasted last night. Now we're getting icy rain on top of the several inches of snow we got during the night, so you know the roads are going to get worse than they were when I drove into work. Not complaining, mind you, just letting y'all know I'm willing to share. :mrgreen:






I just looked out the window again and it has turned back to snow.

[Wireline]

:hug: haddie :hug:

Quit sharing, and quit looking out the window....:mrgreen:

Here;s my weather....dernit


Mostly Sunny

Partly Cloudy/Wind

Sunny/Wind

Partly Cloudy

Partly Cloudy
Extended Forecast
High: 61°
Low: 42°
High: 67°
Low: 46°
High: 72°
Low: 40°
High: 54°
Low: 32°
High: 61°
Low: 45°

[blazer]

:hug: Blazer :hug:

Tex...has snugglums warmed up yet? :boohoo:

:hug: :hug:

[Hadassah]

:hug: haddie :hug:

Quit sharing, and quit looking out the window....:mrgreen:

Here;s my weather....dernit

:hug: wire :hug:



You don't want me to share my snow with you? :snooty: :razz: Fine, maybe mel would like some snow. :mrgreen:


Mel, would you like to share some of my snow?

[melinda]

:hug: wire :hug:



You don't want me to share my snow? :snooty: :razz: Fine, maybe mel would like some snow. :mrgreen:


Mel, would you like to share some of my snow?

of course!!! but remember, we Texans do NOT know how to drive in snow!!! :)

[melinda]

morning, tex. :hug: :hug: :hug:

morning, Wire :hug: :hug: :hug:

morning, Haddie :hug:

morning, blazer :hug:

[Wireline]

of course!!! but remember, we Texans do NOT know how to drive in snow!!! :)


What's this 'we' ****, Kimosabe?

:hug::hug::hug::hug:

[free2B]

:hug: wire :hug:



You don't want me to share my snow with you? :snooty: :razz: Fine, maybe mel would like some snow. :mrgreen:


Mel, would you like to share some of my snow?

send some to me hadassah:exclaim:

[free2B]

morning, tex. :hug: :hug: :hug:

morning, Wire :hug: :hug: :hug:

morning, Haddie :hug:

morning, blazer :hug:

morning, melinda:hug:

[blazer]

send some to me hadassah:exclaim:

me too! I want some!

[blazer]

morning, tex. :hug: :hug: :hug:

morning, Wire :hug: :hug: :hug:

morning, Haddie :hug:

morning, blazer :hug:

Mornin Mel! :hug:

[melinda]

What's this 'we' ****, Kimosabe?

:hug::hug::hug::hug:

OK, the majority of "we".... is that better? :))

[texan_rep]

mel :hug::hug::hug:

and I know how to drive in snow...doesn't mean I choose to do it...got my fill of that crap when I lived in Ohio...

[melinda]

mel :hug::hug::hug:

and I know how to drive in snow...doesn't mean I choose to do it...got my fill of that crap when I lived in Ohio...

I've only ever lived in Texas.
visited other places, but never lived anywhere else. :)

[texan_rep]

it's a dog-nose morning...

[Wireline]

doncha know dat's raight....its twenty friggin three degrees outside...

[blazer]

Good mornin Texans! :hug:

[melinda]

morning, tex....:hug: :hug: :hug:

morning, Wire....:hug: :hug: :hug:


morning, blazer....:hug:


...and the important thing is............THE COWBOYS WON!!!!!

[Sidestreamer]

I need to step out side and feel that cool air. 20-something in the Oil Patch. I grew a beard just to resist this.

[Wireline]

I need to step out side and feel that cool air. 20-something in the Oil Patch. I grew a beard just to resist this.

Don't get too used to the weather now, Doug...it will warm up in a day or so....so don't get too anxious to the the "Grizzley Adams Whoops Ass in the Patch" routine....:D

:hug::hug: Mel :hug::hug:

[melinda]

exactly....welcome to Texas, if you don't like the weather, wait a few minutes. :)


tomorrow: highs in the 40's
Thursday: back to the 80's

[blazer]

morning, tex....:hug: :hug: :hug:

morning, Wire....:hug: :hug: :hug:


morning, blazer....:hug:


...and the important thing is............THE COWBOYS WON!!!!!

Yay for your cowboys!

[free2B]

morning, tex....:hug: :hug: :hug:

morning, Wire....:hug: :hug: :hug:


morning, blazer....:hug:


...and the important thing is............THE COWBOYS WON!!!!!

morning melinda:hug: blazer:hug: tex, line, and all of y'all!

Boooooo!

[free2B]

doncha know dat's raight....its twenty friggin three degrees outside...

it's like 63* degrees here today:D hate to rub it in but just sayin:rolleyes:

[texan_rep]

mel :hug::hug::hug:

morning allarestaya...

[USMCmom]

exactly....welcome to Texas, if you don't like the weather, wait a few minutes. :)


tomorrow: highs in the 40's
Thursday: back to the 80's

That sounds like a heat wave compared to here...
18 degrees, with wind chill -3!!!
Think that it is time to dig out the Carhartt gear!

[texan_rep]

brrrrrrrrrrrr........

[Wireline]

brrrrrrrrrrrr........

as in Aaron?

[Sidestreamer]

Don't get too used to the weather now, Doug...it will warm up in a day or so....so don't get too anxious to the the "Grizzley Adams Whoops Ass in the Patch" routine....:D

:hug::hug: Mel :hug::hug:
Come to think of it, it was 75 Sunday. Now, it feels like 30. Yesterday, 20.

[texan_rep]

no, raymond...I'm not as old as you are...

[Wireline]

no, raymond...I'm not as old as you are...

Please...we all know you are older than the internets inself...didn't you invent fire?

[texan_rep]

if I invented fire, you must have invented dirt...

[Wireline]

if I invented fire, you must have invented dirt...

Nah...but I went to school with the guy who did.

[texan_rep]

well ladies and germs, this is my last work day of the year...:dance:

[Sidestreamer]

Lucky bastard. I just found out I pulled the short straw... I am working Christmas :((

[Wireline]

well ladies and germs, this is my last work day of the year...:dance:

Bite me.

We are shutting down Christmas eve, Day, and the day after...getting back to it the next...taking off new years eve and day....then back to it.

[texan_rep]

Oh, the office will be open (except Christmas and New Years)...I just won't be in it...:mrgreen:

[texan_rep]

We Texans love y'all, but we'll probably have to take action since B. Hussein Obama won the election. We'll miss you too.



Here is what can happen:



#1: Barack Hussein Obama becomes President of the United States; Texas immediately secedes from the Union.



#2: George W. Bush will become the President of the Republic of Texas.



So what does Texas have to do to survive as a Republic?



1. NASA is just south of Houston, Texas. We will control the space industry.

2. We refine over 85% of the gasoline in the United States .

3. Defense Industry--we have over 65% of it. The term "Don't mess with Texas ," will take on a whole new meaning.

4. Oil - we can supply all the oil that the Republic of Texas will need for the next 300 years. Yankee states? Sorry about that.

5. Natural Gas - again we have all we need and it's too bad about those Northern States. John Kerry will have to figure out a way to keep them warm....

6. Computer Industry - we currently lead the nation in producing computer chips and communications--small companies like Texas Instruments, Dell Computer, EDS, Raytheon, National Semiconductor, Motorola, Intel, AMD, Atmel, Applied Materials, Ball Miconductor, Dallas Semiconductor, Delphi, Nortel, Alcatel, etc, etc. The list goes on and on.

7. Medical Care - We have the largest research centers for cancer research, the best burn centers and the top trauma units in the world, as well as other large health centers. Dallas has some of the best hospitals in the United States .

8. We have enough colleges to keep us going: University of Texas , Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Rice, SMU, University of Houston , Baylor, UNT ( University of North Texas ), Texas Women's University, etc. Ivy grows better in the South anyway.

9. We have a ready supply of workers. We could just open the border when we need some more.

10. We have essential control of the paper industry, plastics, insurance, etc.

11. In case of a foreign invasion, we have the Texas National Guard and the Texas Air National Guard. We don't have an Army, but since everybody down here has at least six rifles and a pile of ammo, we can raise an Army in 24 hours if we need one. If the situation really gets bad, we can always call the Department of Public Safety and ask them to send over Chuck Norris and a couple of Texas Rangers.

12. We are totally self-sufficient in beef, poultry, hogs, and several types of grain, fruit and vegetables, and let's not forget seafood from the Gulf. Also, everybody down here knows how to cook them so that they taste good. Don't need any food.

This just names a few of the items that will keep the Republic of Texas in good shape. There isn't a thing out there that we need and don't have.

Now to the rest of the United States under President Obama:

Since you won't have the refineries to get gas for your cars, only President Obama will be able to drive around in his big 9 mpg SUV. The rest of the United States will have to walk or ride bikes.

You won't have any TV as the Space Center in Houston will cut off satellite communications.

You won't have any natural gas to heat your homes, but since Mr. Obama has predicted global warming, you will not need the gas as long as you survive the 2000 years it will take to get enough heat from Global Warming.

Signed, The People of Texas

[Sidestreamer]

But Florida has Cape Canaveral. How will Houston launch its satellites?

[RWSutt33]

If Texas does secede I'm moving back as fast as I can. I love my job but Kansas just aint home.

[Wireline]

If Texas does secede I'm moving back as fast as I can. I love my job but Kansas just aint home.


nope...nuh=uh....too late.

If you are not here on TRID (Texas Re-Independance Day) you will have to go thru re-indoctrination and immigration...

Sorry, but that's the rules Tex, Melinda, and I just made up

[Sidestreamer]

If Texas was to secede... I'd have to mull it over.

[free2B]

nope...nuh=uh....too late.

If you are not here on TRID (Texas Re-Independance Day) you will have to go thru re-indoctrination and immigration...

Sorry, but that's the rules Tex, Melinda, and I just made up

if you 3 are makin' up the rules for Texas I'm appealin' to W:boohoo:

[RWSutt33]

Wire, just give me a 3 hour heads up so I can get across the boarder. I can come back and get my stuff later.:D

[melinda]

I'll let ya know, Sutt....:)
I hope you have a wonderful and very Merry Christmas, Sutt. :hug:

[melinda]

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i58/lmelindalm/fun%20pics/Texas1-1.gif

[Wireline]

takes a lot of balls to decorate a Texas sized Christmas tree....

[free2B]

takes a lot of balls to decorate a Texas sized Christmas tree....

:)) not if ya got Texas size balls

[Hadassah]

We Texans love y'all, but we'll probably have to take action since B. Hussein Obama won the election. We'll miss you too.



Here is what can happen:



#1: Barack Hussein Obama becomes President of the United States; Texas immediately secedes from the Union.



#2: George W. Bush will become the President of the Republic of Texas.



So what does Texas have to do to survive as a Republic?



1. NASA is just south of Houston, Texas. We will control the space industry.

2. We refine over 85% of the gasoline in the United States .

3. Defense Industry--we have over 65% of it. The term "Don't mess with Texas ," will take on a whole new meaning.

4. Oil - we can supply all the oil that the Republic of Texas will need for the next 300 years. Yankee states? Sorry about that.

5. Natural Gas - again we have all we need and it's too bad about those Northern States. John Kerry will have to figure out a way to keep them warm....

6. Computer Industry - we currently lead the nation in producing computer chips and communications--small companies like Texas Instruments, Dell Computer, EDS, Raytheon, National Semiconductor, Motorola, Intel, AMD, Atmel, Applied Materials, Ball Miconductor, Dallas Semiconductor, Delphi, Nortel, Alcatel, etc, etc. The list goes on and on.

7. Medical Care - We have the largest research centers for cancer research, the best burn centers and the top trauma units in the world, as well as other large health centers. Dallas has some of the best hospitals in the United States .

8. We have enough colleges to keep us going: University of Texas , Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Rice, SMU, University of Houston , Baylor, UNT ( University of North Texas ), Texas Women's University, etc. Ivy grows better in the South anyway.

9. We have a ready supply of workers. We could just open the border when we need some more.

10. We have essential control of the paper industry, plastics, insurance, etc.

11. In case of a foreign invasion, we have the Texas National Guard and the Texas Air National Guard. We don't have an Army, but since everybody down here has at least six rifles and a pile of ammo, we can raise an Army in 24 hours if we need one. If the situation really gets bad, we can always call the Department of Public Safety and ask them to send over Chuck Norris and a couple of Texas Rangers.

12. We are totally self-sufficient in beef, poultry, hogs, and several types of grain, fruit and vegetables, and let's not forget seafood from the Gulf. Also, everybody down here knows how to cook them so that they taste good. Don't need any food.

This just names a few of the items that will keep the Republic of Texas in good shape. There isn't a thing out there that we need and don't have.

Now to the rest of the United States under President Obama:

Since you won't have the refineries to get gas for your cars, only President Obama will be able to drive around in his big 9 mpg SUV. The rest of the United States will have to walk or ride bikes.

You won't have any TV as the Space Center in Houston will cut off satellite communications.

You won't have any natural gas to heat your homes, but since Mr. Obama has predicted global warming, you will not need the gas as long as you survive the 2000 years it will take to get enough heat from Global Warming.

Signed, The People of Texas



YAY!!!! I am definitely moving to Texas now. The blizzard that we're getting, again, (3rd time in 4 days) and this post have made up my mind for me.


Save a place for me, y'all. :hug:

[melinda]

YAY!!!! I am definitely moving to Texas now. The blizzard that we're getting, again, (3rd time in 4 days) and this post have made up my mind for me.


Save a place for me, y'all. :hug:

OK...but don't tell anyone else.
we're not just letting anybody in.... ;)

[Hadassah]

OK...but don't tell anyone else.
we're not just letting anybody in.... ;)

OK. I'll keep it vewy, vewy qwiet. :shhh: ;)



And thank yew vewy, vewy much. :hug: