God Blessed Texas

[melinda]

afternoon, tex. :hug:

[texan_rep]

What's worse than getting your team's schedule jacked around for the benefit of people out west who don't care about anything except the Fakers?


Having your team's schedule jacked around for the benefit of people out west who don't care about anything except the Fakers and having to watch it on an EASTERN time schedule...:((

[melinda]

Morning, Tex. :hug:

[texan_rep]

morning mel...:hug:...welcome from un-Texas...

[melinda]

welcome from un-Texas...

???

[melinda]

Afternoon, Tex! :hug: (its 2:37 pm)


...now I'm back to the bush.

[texan_rep]

:silenced:

;)

:hug:

[texan_rep]

hey hey mel...check out the sig...:mrgreen:

:hug:

[melinda]

hey hey mel...check out the sig...:mrgreen:

:hug:

go Spurs! I do get ESPN here, and considering I am now staying in a house all by myself, I have lots of time to watch tv....
morning, tex! :hug:

[texan_rep]

did you see the game then?

[melinda]

did you see the game then?

no...it came on too late here, and I was actually tired. went to sleep around midnight....up at 4:00am. good night's sleep for me. :))
but it made me miss the game. highlights though.......

[F9thRet]

Pokes head in ...

One day, a man came home and was greeted by his wife dressed in a very Sexy nightie. "Tie me up," she purred, "and you can do anything you want." So he tied her up and went golfing.

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A woman came home, screeching her car into the driveway, and ran into the house. She slammed the door and shouted at the top of her lungs, "Honey, pack your bags. I won the lottery!"
The husband said, "Oh my God! What should I pack, beach stuff or mountain stuff?" "Doesn't matter," she said. "Just get out."


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Marriage is a relationship in which one person is always right, and the other is a husband.

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A Polish immigrant went to the DMV to apply for a driver's license. First, of course, he had to take an eye sight test The optician showed him a card with the letters

'C Z W I X N O S T A C Z.' "Can you read this?" the optician asked. "Read it?" the Polish guy replied, "I know the guy."

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Mother Superior called all the nuns together and said to them, "I must tell you all something. We have a case of gonorrhea in the convent." "Thank God," said an elderly nun at the back. "I'm so tired of chardonay.

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A wife was making a breakfast of fried eggs for her husband.Suddenly, her husband burst into the kitchen. "Careful," he said, "CAREFUL! Put in some more butter! Oh my gosh! You're cooking too many at once. TOO MANY! Turn them! TURN THEM NOW! We need more butter. Oh my gosh! WHERE are we going to get MORE BUTTER? They're going to STICK! Careful. CAREFUL! I said be CAREFUL! You NEVER listen
to me when you're cooking! Never! Turn them! Hurry up! Are you CRAZY? Have you LOST your mind? Don't forget to salt them. You know you always forget to salt them. Use the! salt. USE THE SALT! THE SALT!" The wife stared at him. "What in the world is wrong with you? You think I don't know how to fry a couple of eggs?" The husband calmly replied, "I just wanted to show you what it feels like when I'm driving."

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Fifty-one years ago, Herman James, a North Carolina mountain man, was drafted by the Army. On his first day in basic training, the Army issued him a comb. That afternoon the Army barber sheared off all his hair. On his second day, the Army issued Herman a toothbrush. That afternoon the Army dentist yanked seven of his teeth. On the third day, the Army issued him a jock strap. The Army has been looking for Herman for 51 years.
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Hows everyone been?

Stephen

[Jesso]

Oh so he's still alive I see...

[F9thRet]

Oh so he's still alive I see...

Hey this is the busiest time of year for me, Selling hay, cattle etc. I mean I have to have cash to pay for the after dinner hookers.



what you all don't have after dinner hookers? ;)

Stephen

[Jesso]

Hey this is the busiest time of year for me, Selling hay, cattle etc. I mean I have to have cash to pay for the after dinner hookers.



what you all don't have after dinner hookers? ;)

Stephen
I don't need to pay ;)

[F9thRet]

LOL.

at least you get my sense of humor. :D

Stephen

[Jesso]

LOL.

at least you get my sense of humor. :D

Stephen
I do..and I'm glad you get mine.
:hug:

Less than 2 months til "vacation"

Yay!

[F9thRet]

Can hardly wait.

I got tickled with my wife today, she asked me, Should we have something besides Meat to serve, and I said, what, and ruin my image? :D

Stephen

[Jesso]

:))

Beer and Meat will do just fine.
I know Sallow would agree

[F9thRet]

I'm looking forward to meeting that old fart. We've been talking Rifles back and forth for along time now. hehe, I just hope your ready for the insanity that I call home. :D

Think about A half Cherokee half german who married into a whole Italian family, raising future dead mammals out in the country of Oklahoma. Man the stories we will exchange.

Damn You always lift my spirits Jesso.

Stephen

[Jesso]

I'm looking forward to meeting that old fart. We've been talking Rifles back and forth for along time now. hehe, I just hope your ready for the insanity that I call home. :D

Think about A half Cherokee half german who married into a whole Italian family, raising future dead mammals out in the country of Oklahoma. Man the stories we will exchange.

Damn You always lift my spirits Jesso.

Stephen
:))
I can't wait.

And in regards to the spirit thing.. it's very mutual :D

[F9thRet]

Whoot!!! I just got the call, and I sold 80 acres tonight. Between my sis in law, and me, (we both own the property) I might be able to pay some bills, And have enough left over for a sandwich or two.

Stephen

[Jesso]

Congrats!!

[F9thRet]

Thanks, For this being a day where I had to go to town, It's turning out pretty good.

Stephen

[melinda]

Thanks, For this being a day where I had to go to town, It's turning out pretty good.

Stephen

So happy for you, Stephen, that things are turning out good. Hate not hearing more from you, but glad that you are busy....that's always a good sign!! :hug:

[F9thRet]

Hey Being busy keeps me from causing trouble. But hey, my friends here are never far from my thoughts in my day to day Tractor riding.

Stephen

[texan_rep]

MEL!!!!!!

:hug:

[melinda]

MEL!!!!!!

:hug:

TEX!!!!!!!!!!! :hug: :hug: :hug:




hey, Tex, anything at all on tv tonight? anything?? just wondering.....

[texan_rep]

:razz: :))

You gonna sequester yourself in another room tonight? ;)

[melinda]

:razz: :))

You gonna sequester yourself in another room tonight? ;)

nah...I'll watch. I am always a good sport.
GO SPURS!!!!!!!!!!!

[texan_rep]

where'd you get the avatar?

[melinda]

where'd you get the avatar?

the obvious answer? off the internet.....
do you know who she is?

[texan_rep]

smartass...:lol:

no...I don't...I thought it might be a pic of you...

[melinda]

smartass...:lol:

no...I don't...I thought it might be a pic of you...

nope. it's Sylvia Plath. poet and author of "The Bell Jar".........I really like the picture though.

[texan_rep]

:think: Never heard of it/her...

But it is a cool pic...

[melinda]

:think: Never heard of it/her...

But it is a cool pic...

I thought so too......thanks.
"The Bell Jar" is a book she wrote about a time when she tried to commit suicide...........sadly, she did kill herself later.
she was never diagnosed as a paranoid shizophrenic, but many believe, after reading her works, that she had to have been.

[texan_rep]

I thought so too......thanks.
"The Bell Jar" is a book she wrote about a time when she tried to commit suicide...........sadly, she did kill herself later.
she was never diagnosed as a paranoid shizophrenic, but many believe, after reading her works, that she had to have been.

:eek:

[texan_rep]

1 down...3 to go...

[melinda]

1 down...3 to go...

I have no idea what you are talking about. :))

[melinda]

morning, tex...and I'm assuming it's good. I'm off to run before it gets too hot. back soon. I'm only running about 2.5 miles until I get back into shape. :((

[melinda]

oh, tex...I forgot............


:hug:

[texan_rep]

morning mel...:hug:

and don't lie to me...:naughty: :razz:

"Only" 2.5 miles? :eek:

[melinda]

morning mel...:hug:

and don't lie to me...:naughty: :razz:

"Only" 2.5 miles? :eek:

I'm having a hard time w/ the humidity.....my lungs don't like it. :((





good game. ;)

[texan_rep]

yes it was...

I don't think I could do 2.5 miles right now...not jogging all the way, anyway...

[Arya]

yes it was...

I don't think I could do 2.5 miles right now...not jogging all the way, anyway...

How bout 2.5 miles walking? I just got back from a walk about that amount, and I feel great from the exercise.

BTW-welcome back Mel!

[texan_rep]

Oh I could handle walking that far, sure, no sweat...

[Arya]

Oh I could handle walking that far, sure, no sweat...


LoL-except that there'd be a little bit of sweat involved up here, it's nearly 80 degrees already :D

[Drew2]

morinin texaco

[melinda]

How bout 2.5 miles walking? I just got back from a walk about that amount, and I feel great from the exercise.

BTW-welcome back Mel!

thank you, Arya. :)

[melinda]

Oh I could handle walking that far, sure, no sweat...

you'd be sweating as soon as you walked out your front door.......and you know it. damn humidity. oh wait, that's what keeps the wrinkles away....;)

[Arya]

you'd be sweating as soon as you walked out your front door.......and you know it. damn humidity. oh wait, that's what keeps the wrinkles away....;)


Yepperz, but gotta love the heat and humidity.... well, at least I do.

[melinda]

Yepperz, but gotta love the heat and humidity.... well, at least I do.

I've lived here my whole life...I don't know any different. And I LOVE summer!!

[Arya]

I've lived here my whole life...I don't know any different. And I LOVE summer!!

Woot-summer's my fav season. The hottah the bettah! :cool:

[texan_rep]

all right, all right, so maybe I used a bad choice of phrase...so sue me...:razz:

[texan_rep]

hey mel...remember that flower I was asking you about (that was NOT a phlox)? I think it is a narrow-leaf dayflower...

http://uvalde.tamu.edu/herbarium/coera.htm

[melinda]

hey mel...remember that flower I was asking you about (that was NOT a phlox)? I think it is a narrow-leaf dayflower...

http://uvalde.tamu.edu/herbarium/coera.htm

we still have some wild flowers hanging on around here.........:D

[texan_rep]

it's indian blanket season around here...

[melinda]

it's indian blanket season around here...

wow...not here.

[texan_rep]

I think it's the end of the season, but they are still out...

have yours already come and gone? or are they yet to come?

[melinda]

I think it's the end of the season, but they are still out...

have yours already come and gone? or are they yet to come?

come and gone.........

[texan_rep]

need to move to the hill country...;)

[melinda]

need to move to the hill country...;)

too crowded......lol

[texan_rep]

:(( I know...

[melinda]

:(( I know...

:hug:

[texan_rep]

Just so you know...the AT&T center does get loud...:mrgreen:

[melinda]

Just so you know...the AT&T center does get loud...:mrgreen:

were you there!?
I did watch the game. ;)



morning, tex....:hug:
I went to Galveston this past weekend. I realize it is the dirtiest beach probably in the entire world.......but I just love the beach and I did have a wonederful, wonderful time. Too much beer.............:))

[texan_rep]

morning mel...:hug:

Yep, the DW and I went...first Finals game I've ever been to...

[melinda]

morning mel...:hug:

Yep, the DW and I went...first Finals game I've ever been to...

I am so happy for you!! Wished I would've known it while I was watching...what an awesome experience. and a great night to go.

[Hadassah]

My son and I have been invited to Texas. So, which of you lovely people am I going to be able to meet? :mrgreen:

[melinda]

My son and I have been invited to Texas. So, which of you lovely people am I going to be able to meet? :mrgreen:

where will you be visiting? It's a kind of big state.......
tex doesn't want to meet me. maybe he'll meet you though.

[Winston O'Boogie]

Texas Ex here....San Antonio, Fort Worth. But ha ha - born in Alaska. Got both the big states on my card.....

[melinda]

Texas Ex here....San Antonio, Fort Worth. But ha ha - born in Alaska. Got both the big states on my card.....

never lived anywhere but here. been to all 50 though........

[Hadassah]

where will you be visiting? It's a kind of big state.......
tex doesn't want to meet me. maybe he'll meet you though.

Lubbock, but from what I hear, we'll be going to see San Antonio and Dallas.

[melinda]

Lubbock, but from what I hear, we'll be going to see San Antonio and Dallas.

wow! that's a pretty big area to cover! Go you!!
When will you be visiting!?
um, Tex, did you hear??

[Hadassah]

wow! that's a pretty big area to cover! Go you!!
When will you be visiting!?
um, Tex, did you hear??


I don't know yet. I'm hoping for the end of August.

[Hadassah]

And I'm hoping to go tornado chasing......:whistle: :mrgreen:

[Winston O'Boogie]

never lived anywhere but here. been to all 50 though........

Lived in a bunch of them. Been to all of them, all the Canadian provinces, Most of the states in Mexico. Need to go to French Guyana and that's everything on both continents and the middle. Hit Europe and Asia too.

But Texas....that's someplace special.

CW4

[texan_rep]

that's a huge area...

but you shouldn't be seeing any tornadoes here in August...

[texan_rep]

where will you be visiting? It's a kind of big state.......
tex doesn't want to meet me. maybe he'll meet you though.

Did I say something wrong sometime? :eek: I don't remember ever saying that...:redface:

[chichimama]

...CW4

Is that a new rank? :mrgreen:

[melinda]

Lived in a bunch of them. Been to all of them, all the Canadian provinces, Most of the states in Mexico. Need to go to French Guyana and that's everything on both continents and the middle. Hit Europe and Asia too.

But Texas....that's someplace special.

CW4

absolutely!!!!!!!!!!!

[melinda]

Did I say something wrong sometime? :eek: I don't remember ever saying that...:redface:

short memory?

[melinda]

I don't know yet. I'm hoping for the end of August.

keep us posted....If it all works out, I would love to meet you!!

[Hadassah]

keep us posted....If it all works out, I would love to meet you!!

Most definitely. And I would love to meet you, too. :hug:

[texan_rep]

short memory?


not normally...and I think I would have remembered that...:eek:

[melinda]

not normally...and I think I would have remembered that...:eek:

hmmmm.

[melinda]

Hey Tex........:hug:
never did that yet today.

[texan_rep]

:redface::hug:

[melinda]

would hate to miss it.....;)

[texan_rep]

so would I...

speaking of which...

morning mel :hug:

how 'bout those soon-to-be champs? ;)

[melinda]

so would I...

speaking of which...

morning mel :hug:

how 'bout those soon-to-be champs? ;)

morning, tex. :hug:
nice game. how many points did Ginobili have?? :))
for a moment I thought he was gonna end the game with none...

[texan_rep]

he had 3...

Hey, that's the sign of a great team...the role players stepped up last night...

[melinda]

he had 3...

Hey, that's the sign of a great team...the role players stepped up last night...

believe me...I noticed. a lot of the Spurs were "cold", and they still managed to dominate!!

[texan_rep]

Cold? Frigid! They built a house out there!!!

[melinda]

Cold? Frigid! They built a house out there!!!

and won!! :))

[texan_rep]

:dance:

[texan_rep]

is today the day?

[melinda]

is today the day?

my guess would be "YES"!!!!!!!!!!!

[texan_rep]

morning mel :hug:

[melinda]

morning mel :hug:

morning, tex! :hug:

[texan_rep]

:dance::dance::dance::dance:

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[melinda]

:dance::dance::dance::dance:

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morning tex! :hug:

[texan_rep]

morning mel :hug:

didjawatch didjawatch didjawatch? :mrgreen:

[melinda]

morning mel :hug:

didjawatch didjawatch didjawatch? :mrgreen:
of course I watched.

[texan_rep]

it never gets old, mel...and we'll be down on the river this weekend again...

[melinda]

it never gets old, mel...and we'll be down on the river this weekend again...
I am in Boston for the weekend...but I know you will enjoy the river! Enjoy!

[texan_rep]

that's right, you're leaving today...passing by all those houses on the way...:))

[Blueboy860]

God blessed Texas
with his own Hands
brought them angels from the promised land
Gave 'em a place where they could dance
If you wanna see Heaven, brother, here's your chance
I've been sent to spread the message...
God Blessed Texas





This is for my best girlfriend, Dallas!!!
Texas girls ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And they're cuties too!!

[melinda]

morning, tex. :hug:

[texan_rep]

afternoon mel...:hug:

(I'm not really here...)

[darrkwolff]

Okay, if this has already been posted in here or elsewhere....then tough!! I'm posting it again! :razz::mrgreen:

instructions for NEW Texans:

1. Save all manner of bacon grease. You will be instructed later how to use it.
2. Just because you can drive on snow and ice does not mean we can. Stay home the two days of the year it snows.
3. If you do run your car into a ditch, don't panic. Four men in the cab of a four wheel drive with a 12-pack of beer and a tow chain will be along shortly. Don't try to help them. Just stay out of their way. This is what they live for.
4. Don't be surprised to find movie rentals & bait in the same store.
5. Remember: "Y'all" is singular. "All y'all" is plural. "All y'all's" is plural possessive.
6. Get used to hearing, "You ain't from around here, are you?"
7. If you are yelling at the person driving 15 mph in a 55 mph zone, directly in the middle of the road, remember, many folks learned to drive on a model of vehicle known as John Deere, and this is the proper speed and lane position for that vehicle.
8. If you hear a redneck exclaim, "Hey, y'all, watch this!" Stay out of his way. These are likely the last words he will ever say.
9. Get used to the phrase "It's not the heat, it's the humidity". And the collateral phrase "You call this hot? Wait'll August."
10. There are no delis. Don't ask.
11. In conversation, never put your hand on a man's shoulder when making a point, especially in a bar.
12. Chili does NOT have beans in it.
13. Brisket is not 'cooked' in an oven
14. Don't tell us how you did it up there. Nobody cares.
15. If you think it's too hot, don't worry. It'll cool down in December.
16. We do TOO have 4 Seasons: December, January, February, and Summer!
17. A Mercedes Benz is not a status symbol. A Ford F150 is. (or for some of you an F350) A FORD? TRY A CHEVY Z71
18. If someone tells you "Don't worry, those peppers aren't hot" you can be certain they are.
19. If you fail to heed my warning in #18 above, be sure to have a bowl of guacamole handy. Water won't do it.
20. Rocky Mountain oysters are NOT oysters. Don't ask.
21. If someone says they're "fixin" to do something, that doesn't mean anything's broken.
22. Don't even think of ordering a strawberry daiquiri. What you really mean to say is 'margarita.'
23. If you don't understand our passion for college and high school football just keep your mouth shut.
24. The value of a parking space is not determined by the distance to the door, but the availability of shade.
25. If you see a slower moving vehicle on a two lane road pull on to the shoulder that is called "courtesy".
26. BBQ is a food group. It does NOT mean grilling burgers and hotdogs outdoors.
27. No matter what you've seen on TV, line dancing is not a popular weekend pastime.
28. "Tea" = Iced Tea. There is no other kind.
29. Everything goes better with Ranch dressing.
30. Coca-Cola is no substitute for Dr. Pepper.

When you're from Texas, people that you meet ask you questions like, "Do you have any cows?" "Do you have horses?" "Bet you got a bunch of guns, eh?"

They all want to know if you've been to Southfork. They watched "Dallas"

Have you ever looked at a map of the world? Look at Texas with me just for a second. That picture, with the Panhandle and the Gulf Coast, and the Red River and the Rio Grande is as much a part of you as anything ever will be.. As soon as anyone anywhere in the world looks at it they know what it is. It's Texas. Pick any kid off the street in Japan and draw him a picture of Texas in the dirt and he'll know what it is. What happens if I show you a picture of any other state? You might get it maybe after a second or two, but who else would? And even if you do, does it ever stir any feelings in you?

In every man, woman and child on this planet, there is a person who wishes just once he could be a real live Texan and get up on a horse or ride off in a pickup. There is a little bit of Texas in everyone.

Did you ever hear anyone in a bar go, "Wow...so you're from Iowa? Cool, tell me about it?" Do you know why? Because no one gives a crap about Iowa.

Texas is the Alamo. Texas is 183 men standing in a church, facing thousands of Mexican nationals, fighting for freedom, who had the chance to walk out and save themselves, but stayed instead to fight and die for the cause of freedom.

We send our kids to schools named William B. Travis and James Bowie and Crockett, and do you know why? Because those men saw a line in the sand and they decided to cross it and be heroes. John Wayne paid to do the movie himself. That is the Spirit of Texas.

Texas is Sam Houston capturing Santa Anna at San Jacinto.

Texas is huge forests of Piney Woods like the Davy Crockett National Forest.

Texas is breathtaking mountains in the Big Bend.

Texas is the unparalleled beauty of bluebonnet fields in the Texas Hill Country.

Texas is the beautiful, warm beaches of the Gulf Coast of South Texas.

Texas is the shiny skyscrapers in Houston and Dallas.

Texas is world record bass from places like Lake Fork.

Texas is Mexican food like nowhere else, not even Mexico.

Texas is the Fort Worth Stockyards, Bass Hall, the Ballpark in Arlington and the Astrodome.

Texas is larger-than-life legends like Michael DeBakey, Denton Cooley, Willie Nelson, Buddy Holly, Gene Autry, Audie Murphy, Tommy Lee Jones, Waylon Jennings, Janis Joplin, Kris Kristofferson, Tom Landry, Darrell Royal, ZZ Top, Eric Dickerson, Earl Campbell, Nolan Ryan, Sam Rayburn, Howard Hughes, George H. W.Bush, Lyndon B. Johnson

PANTERA!!!!!!!!!!!!

Texas is great companies like Dell Computer, Texas Instruments and Compaq. Bell Heilocopter And LOCKHEED MARTIN AEROSPACE, Home of the F-16 Jet Fighter and the JSF Fighter.

Texas is NASA.

Texas is huge herds of cattle and miles of crops.

Texas has the 4 time NBA Champions the San Antonio Spurs!!
DONT WORRY THE MAVERICKS WILL ONE DAY HAVE THAT TITLE!

Texas is home to the most amazing sunsets of gold over an empty field.

Texans have pride like no others.

Texas is hundreds of deer running around neighborhoods and fields.

Texas is skies blackened with doves, and fields full of deer.

Texas is a place where towns and cities shut down to watch the local high school football game on Friday nights and for the Cowboys on Monday Night Football, and for the Night In Old San Antonio River Parade in San Antonio.



To drive across Texas is to drive 1/4 the way across the United States

Texas is ocean beaches, deserts, lakes and rivers, mountains and prairies, and modern cities.

If it isn't in Texas, you probably don't need it.

Everything's bigger in Texas!

No one does anything bigger or better than it's done in Texas.

By federal law, Texas is the only state in the U.S. that can fly its flag at the same height as the U.S. flag. Think about that for a second. You fly the Stars and Stripes at 20 feet in Maryland, California, or Maine and your state flag, whatever it is, goes at 17 feet. You fly the Stars and Stripes in front of Klein Oak High or anyplace else at 20 feet, the Lone Star flies at the same height - 20 feet. Do you know why? Because it is the only state that was a republic before it became a state.

Also, being a Texan is as high as being an American down here. Our capitol is the only one in the country that is taller than the capitol building in Washington, D.C. and we can divide our state into five states at any time if we wanted to! We included these things as part of the deal when we came on. That's the best part, right there.

Texas even has its own power grid!!

...and dont even lie to yourself... Texas has the hottest girls in the world!!!

Did I mention Live music capitol of the world?

[melinda]

crap the weather just got bad........where'd that come from???

[csparks]

crap the weather just got bad........where'd that come from???

Didn't come from here...sunny, 82 degrees with a light breeze.......:razz:

[darrkwolff]

crap the weather just got bad........where'd that come from???


You blinked, dincha? :razz:

[pdmike]

God blessed Texas
with his own Hands
brought them angels from the promised land
Gave 'em a place where they could dance
If you wanna see Heaven, brother, here's your chance
I've been sent to spread the message...
God Blessed Texas





This is for my best girlfriend, Dallas!!!
Texas girls ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

First Californian: "How do you get to Texas from here?"

Second Californian: "You go east until you smell it, and south until you STEP IN IT!"

Before you get 'em all in a bunch, know that there are two things on this Board that will trigger an AUTOMATIC response from me. The first one is any thread or post that makes mention of Ann Coulter, for which I will always chime in with "Is she still drinking?" The second one is any thread or post that talks about Texas, which always engenders the above comment from me.

In point of fact, I LOVE Texas. The Horns are my most favorite college football team - it is my lifetime ambition to see them play a home game in Austin. I once tried to get tickets to a home game. HAH! Forget it!

I have spent some time in TX - round Dallas and Houston, mainly. We lived up Lawton way for two years while I was at Sill.

Hook 'em Horns!!!

[EnchantedFrog]

People who are NOT from Texas
do not understand why us native Texans
are proud of the heritage of

THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS

[darrkwolff]

Aw, Mike! Ya still crack me up! :))

So....when ya comin' back ta Texas? ;) :cool:

[george kaplan]

People who are NOT from Texas
do not understand why us native Texans
are proud of the heritage of

THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS


:clap: Hear, hear! :clap:

[melinda]

You blinked, dincha? :razz:

:)) :)) :))

[melinda]

First Californian: "How do you get to Texas from here?"

Second Californian: "You go east until you smell it, and south until you STEP IN IT!"

Before you get 'em all in a bunch, know that there are two things on this Board that will trigger an AUTOMATIC response from me. The first one is any thread or post that makes mention of Ann Coulter, for which I will always chime in with "Is she still drinking?" The second one is any thread or post that talks about Texas, which always engenders the above comment from me.

In point of fact, I LOVE Texas. The Horns are my most favorite college football team - it is my lifetime ambition to see them play a home game in Austin. I once tried to get tickets to a home game. HAH! Forget it!

I have spent some time in TX - round Dallas and Houston, mainly. We lived up Lawton way for two years while I was at Sill.

Hook 'em Horns!!!
I think I love you. :hug:
HOOK 'EM HORNS!!!!!!!!!!
(used to have season tickets to the horns, but gave 'em up...now we just go to a game here or there.)

Next time you're in Texas, let me know. I can be in Houston, Austin or San Antone in a couple of hours...... ;)

[melinda]

People who are NOT from Texas
do not understand why us native Texans
are proud of the heritage of

THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS

;)

[texan_rep]

just spent a week out of Texas...glad to be back...

[melinda]

just spent a week out of Texas...glad to be back...

morning, tex. :hug:



where'd ya go?

[texan_rep]

morning mel :hug:

Florida. Brother just retired from the AF. Went for the ceremonies/festivities.

[melinda]

morning mel :hug:

Florida. Brother just retired from the AF. Went for the ceremonies/festivities.

very nice.

[texan_rep]

didjamissme? ;) :))

[melinda]

didjamissme? ;) :))

of course......:hug:

[texan_rep]

awwwww...it's nice to be missed...:hug:

[texan_rep]

how was YOUR trip?

[melinda]

how was YOUR trip?

wonderful......I absolutely love Boston.
about to go on another one. Vegas!!

[texan_rep]

must be nice to be able to go on all these trips...:razz:

:lol:

[melinda]

must be nice to be able to go on all these trips...:razz:

:lol:

I think my husband doesn't want me home.....:))

[texan_rep]

Sometimes I get that feeling myself...with the wife, of course...:razz:

[Hadassah]

Okay, if this has already been posted in here or elsewhere....then tough!! I'm posting it again! :razz::mrgreen:

instructions for NEW Texans:

1. Save all manner of bacon grease. You will be instructed later how to use it.
2. Just because you can drive on snow and ice does not mean we can. Stay home the two days of the year it snows.
3. If you do run your car into a ditch, don't panic. Four men in the cab of a four wheel drive with a 12-pack of beer and a tow chain will be along shortly. Don't try to help them. Just stay out of their way. This is what they live for.
4. Don't be surprised to find movie rentals & bait in the same store.
5. Remember: "Y'all" is singular. "All y'all" is plural. "All y'all's" is plural possessive.
6. Get used to hearing, "You ain't from around here, are you?"
7. If you are yelling at the person driving 15 mph in a 55 mph zone, directly in the middle of the road, remember, many folks learned to drive on a model of vehicle known as John Deere, and this is the proper speed and lane position for that vehicle.
8. If you hear a redneck exclaim, "Hey, y'all, watch this!" Stay out of his way. These are likely the last words he will ever say.
9. Get used to the phrase "It's not the heat, it's the humidity". And the collateral phrase "You call this hot? Wait'll August."
10. There are no delis. Don't ask.
11. In conversation, never put your hand on a man's shoulder when making a point, especially in a bar.
12. Chili does NOT have beans in it.
13. Brisket is not 'cooked' in an oven
14. Don't tell us how you did it up there. Nobody cares.
15. If you think it's too hot, don't worry. It'll cool down in December.
16. We do TOO have 4 Seasons: December, January, February, and Summer!
17. A Mercedes Benz is not a status symbol. A Ford F150 is. (or for some of you an F350) A FORD? TRY A CHEVY Z71
18. If someone tells you "Don't worry, those peppers aren't hot" you can be certain they are.
19. If you fail to heed my warning in #18 above, be sure to have a bowl of guacamole handy. Water won't do it.
20. Rocky Mountain oysters are NOT oysters. Don't ask.
21. If someone says they're "fixin" to do something, that doesn't mean anything's broken.
22. Don't even think of ordering a strawberry daiquiri. What you really mean to say is 'margarita.'
23. If you don't understand our passion for college and high school football just keep your mouth shut.
24. The value of a parking space is not determined by the distance to the door, but the availability of shade.
25. If you see a slower moving vehicle on a two lane road pull on to the shoulder that is called "courtesy".
26. BBQ is a food group. It does NOT mean grilling burgers and hotdogs outdoors.
27. No matter what you've seen on TV, line dancing is not a popular weekend pastime.
28. "Tea" = Iced Tea. There is no other kind.
29. Everything goes better with Ranch dressing.
30. Coca-Cola is no substitute for Dr. Pepper.

When you're from Texas, people that you meet ask you questions like, "Do you have any cows?" "Do you have horses?" "Bet you got a bunch of guns, eh?"

They all want to know if you've been to Southfork. They watched "Dallas"

Have you ever looked at a map of the world? Look at Texas with me just for a second. That picture, with the Panhandle and the Gulf Coast, and the Red River and the Rio Grande is as much a part of you as anything ever will be.. As soon as anyone anywhere in the world looks at it they know what it is. It's Texas. Pick any kid off the street in Japan and draw him a picture of Texas in the dirt and he'll know what it is. What happens if I show you a picture of any other state? You might get it maybe after a second or two, but who else would? And even if you do, does it ever stir any feelings in you?

In every man, woman and child on this planet, there is a person who wishes just once he could be a real live Texan and get up on a horse or ride off in a pickup. There is a little bit of Texas in everyone.

Did you ever hear anyone in a bar go, "Wow...so you're from Iowa? Cool, tell me about it?" Do you know why? Because no one gives a crap about Iowa.

Texas is the Alamo. Texas is 183 men standing in a church, facing thousands of Mexican nationals, fighting for freedom, who had the chance to walk out and save themselves, but stayed instead to fight and die for the cause of freedom.

We send our kids to schools named William B. Travis and James Bowie and Crockett, and do you know why? Because those men saw a line in the sand and they decided to cross it and be heroes. John Wayne paid to do the movie himself. That is the Spirit of Texas.

Texas is Sam Houston capturing Santa Anna at San Jacinto.

Texas is huge forests of Piney Woods like the Davy Crockett National Forest.

Texas is breathtaking mountains in the Big Bend.

Texas is the unparalleled beauty of bluebonnet fields in the Texas Hill Country.

Texas is the beautiful, warm beaches of the Gulf Coast of South Texas.

Texas is the shiny skyscrapers in Houston and Dallas.

Texas is world record bass from places like Lake Fork.

Texas is Mexican food like nowhere else, not even Mexico.

Texas is the Fort Worth Stockyards, Bass Hall, the Ballpark in Arlington and the Astrodome.

Texas is larger-than-life legends like Michael DeBakey, Denton Cooley, Willie Nelson, Buddy Holly, Gene Autry, Audie Murphy, Tommy Lee Jones, Waylon Jennings, Janis Joplin, Kris Kristofferson, Tom Landry, Darrell Royal, ZZ Top, Eric Dickerson, Earl Campbell, Nolan Ryan, Sam Rayburn, Howard Hughes, George H. W.Bush, Lyndon B. Johnson

PANTERA!!!!!!!!!!!!

Texas is great companies like Dell Computer, Texas Instruments and Compaq. Bell Heilocopter And LOCKHEED MARTIN AEROSPACE, Home of the F-16 Jet Fighter and the JSF Fighter.

Texas is NASA.

Texas is huge herds of cattle and miles of crops.

Texas has the 4 time NBA Champions the San Antonio Spurs!!
DONT WORRY THE MAVERICKS WILL ONE DAY HAVE THAT TITLE!

Texas is home to the most amazing sunsets of gold over an empty field.

Texans have pride like no others.

Texas is hundreds of deer running around neighborhoods and fields.

Texas is skies blackened with doves, and fields full of deer.

Texas is a place where towns and cities shut down to watch the local high school football game on Friday nights and for the Cowboys on Monday Night Football, and for the Night In Old San Antonio River Parade in San Antonio.



To drive across Texas is to drive 1/4 the way across the United States

Texas is ocean beaches, deserts, lakes and rivers, mountains and prairies, and modern cities.

If it isn't in Texas, you probably don't need it.

Everything's bigger in Texas!

No one does anything bigger or better than it's done in Texas.

By federal law, Texas is the only state in the U.S. that can fly its flag at the same height as the U.S. flag. Think about that for a second. You fly the Stars and Stripes at 20 feet in Maryland, California, or Maine and your state flag, whatever it is, goes at 17 feet. You fly the Stars and Stripes in front of Klein Oak High or anyplace else at 20 feet, the Lone Star flies at the same height - 20 feet. Do you know why? Because it is the only state that was a republic before it became a state.

Also, being a Texan is as high as being an American down here. Our capitol is the only one in the country that is taller than the capitol building in Washington, D.C. and we can divide our state into five states at any time if we wanted to! We included these things as part of the deal when we came on. That's the best part, right there.

Texas even has its own power grid!!

...and dont even lie to yourself... Texas has the hottest girls in the world!!!

Did I mention Live music capitol of the world?

I am in L-U-V with Texas! :dance:

[melinda]

I am in L-U-V with Texas! :dance:



it is the best of the fifty!! ;)

[texan_rep]

so when are you moving?

[Hadassah]

so when are you moving?


Soon as I find me a HAWT, Catholic, and single Texas Ranger. ;)

[melinda]

Soon as I find me a HAWT, Catholic, and single Texas Ranger. ;)

you like ball players?? ;)

[texan_rep]

no I don't...where would you get that idea?

:mrgreen:

[Hadassah]

no I don't...where would you get that idea?

:mrgreen:


Silly, she meant me. :lol:

But, no, I am not interested in ball players. I mean the Texas Rangers---the cops. :drool:

[melinda]

Silly, she meant me. :lol:

But, no, I am not interested in ball players. I mean the Texas Rangers---the cops. :drool:

I know one...and he is hawt........but sadly, he is also married. He was in on a big case awhile back too....life is never boring for a Texas Ranger.

[melinda]

Morning, Tex.....:hug:



Morning, Hadassah....:hug:

[Hadassah]

I know one...and he is hawt........but sadly, he is also married. He was in on a big case awhile back too....life is never boring for a Texas Ranger.

*SIGH* The good ones always are unavailable.


Morning, mel. :hug:

[melinda]

*SIGH* The good ones always are unavailable.


Morning, mel. :hug:

or gay......:))

[texan_rep]

we are a rare breed, aren't we? :mrgreen:

morning mell :hug:

[texan_rep]

I guess so rare I killed the thread? :shifty:

[gwhughes]

tumbleweed

[melinda]

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


is it good?

[texan_rep]

morning mel :hug:

'sOK

[melinda]

morning, tex!! :hug:

[texan_rep]

morning mel :hug:

[melinda]

not quite as humid out today as it has been.........my run felt great!! :D

[texan_rep]

well we have rain in the area again...

[melinda]

I'm not sure...when I was running, I noticed it was less humid, but at the same time, it looks like rain......hmmmmmmmm

[texan_rep]

maybe you were already wet?

[melinda]

maybe you were already wet?

nah, but I did get sweaty as I ran........but I could actually breathe easier this morning. kinda how I knew it was less humid. :))

[texan_rep]

just thought I'd ask...:angel:

[melinda]

of course. ;)

[texan_rep]

talking about it maybe raining again today...

[melinda]

rained last night............sunny now though. at least for a while.




morning, Tex. :hug:

[texan_rep]

morning, mel :hug:

[texan_rep]

I have 2 4-day weeks coming up...:dance:

[texan_rep]

my first friday of the week...

[melinda]

wet, wet, wet.............Texas is all wet.
beautiful and green, but wet.
my dirt road is now a mud road.............

[melinda]

morning tex!! :hug:

[Hadassah]

Morning, my wonderful Texan friends. :hug:

[texan_rep]

morning mel :hug:

[texan_rep]

Morning, my wonderful Texan friends. :hug:

ain't we just? ;)
:hug:

[melinda]

Morning Wonderful Hadassah!! :hug:

[texan_rep]

still wet, mel?

[melinda]

still wet, mel?

see my avatar............:rolleyes:

[texan_rep]

oy...:doh:

...need help drying off? :D

[melinda]

oy...:doh:

...need help drying off? :D

I don't think I can dry off today. The rain has stopped (for now), but oh my gosh how humid is it out there? I walk outside and break into a sweat.........
how about where you are?

[texan_rep]

very humid still...

[melinda]

very humid still...

extremely

[texan_rep]

damn...I was going to go to the gym yesterday...didn't make it.

Don't give me any grief though...I got my aerobics in anyway. I had to mow the back yard. :doh:

[melinda]

go you.........I went running yesterday and already this morning!! I feel good.
But dad gum it was so humid again, I could barely peel my clothes off of my sweaty body.............

[Hadassah]

Good morning, my awesome Texas friends! :hug: :hug:

[texan_rep]

Could have used a harvester instead of a lawnmower...

Ummmm...uhhhhh....need some help with that, mel? :D

[texan_rep]

Good morning, my awesome Texas friends! :hug: :hug:

morning :hug:

[texan_rep]

and of course...morning mel :hug:

[Hadassah]

go you.........I went running yesterday and already this morning!! I feel good.
But dad gum it was so humid again, I could barely peel my clothes off of my sweaty body.............


Humid, eh? It's humid here, too, despite the storms we had yesterday....the storms that sent rain in through my son's brand new, closed window. We're talking mini flood here! It's always something, I tell ya! When it rains, it pours! :lol: Pun intended.

[texan_rep]

if it's brand new, it should be covered under some warranty...

[Hadassah]

if it's brand new, it should be covered under some warranty...


Not my worry....my landlord has to cover the window being replaced. I just have to clean up the mess.

[melinda]

Good morning, my awesome Texas friends! :hug: :hug:

:hug: :hug: :hug:
Good Morning, Awesome Hadassah!!

[melinda]

Could have used a harvester instead of a lawnmower...

Ummmm...uhhhhh....need some help with that, mel? :D

made hay did ya!?


probably, but somehow I managed alone. ;)

[melinda]

and of course...morning mel :hug:

morning, tex! :hug:

[texan_rep]

oh yeah...and sweated my ass off...

well next time give me some lead time...;)

[melinda]

Not my worry....my landlord has to cover the window being replaced. I just have to clean up the mess.

which still sucks............

[melinda]

oh yeah...and sweated my ass off...

well next time give me some lead time...;)

just walking outside you sweat your ass off these days.........oh well. it is summer and it is Texas. :))


sure thing. ;)

[texan_rep]

sweat it off or get it eaten off...:eek:

[melinda]

sweat it off or get it eaten off...:eek:

with all this rain, have you been seeing snakes? my MIL saw 2 water mocassins and my son found a coral snake. :eek:

[texan_rep]

no snakes...thank God...I don't know if it's because they don't make it into our neighborhood or because the mosquitos eat them...

[melinda]

no snakes...thank God...I don't know if it's because they don't make it into our neighborhood or because the mosquitos eat them...

Good for you.........I don't have too many mosquitos just yet. Of course mosquitos don't like me too much.................but they love my husband. :))

[texan_rep]

they do seem to like some people more than others...

they don't USUALLY come after me too bad...but the DW gets attacked pretty ferociously...

[melinda]

they do seem to like some people more than others...

they don't USUALLY come after me too bad...but the DW gets attacked pretty ferociously...

Go us!!!!!!! :)) :)) :))
most things that sting and/or bite don't seem to like me. I love it!!

[texan_rep]

don't taste good, eh? ;)

[melinda]

apparently not. :))

[texan_rep]

not that I would know personally...:whistle:

[melinda]

not that I would know personally...:whistle:

*disclaimer* texan_rep has never ever met melinda in the real world!!

[texan_rep]

:))

[melinda]

:))

:))

[texan_rep]

so is mel all sweaty and tired this morning? Inquiring minds want to know.

:mrgreen:

[melinda]

so is mel all sweaty and tired this morning? Inquiring minds want to know.

:mrgreen:

a little bit........but not as bad as yesterday. Don't get me wrong, it was humid out, but just not as thick as yesterday. My run was much more pleasant, and my clothes were not as sweaty. I could peel them off easier today.........I have already had my shower though. ;)




morning, Tex. :hug:

[texan_rep]

shucks...errrr, that's good to hear, mel...:angel:

morning mel :hug:

[Hadassah]

*grumble, grumble* It's too stinking early in the morning to be out of bed.


anyway, good morning my wonderful Texas friends.

[texan_rep]

oh hush...we are an hour behind you and I've been at work for over 2 hours...:razz:

anyway...morning :mrgreen:

[Hadassah]

oh hush...we are an hour behind you and I've been at work for over 2 hours...:razz:

anyway...morning :mrgreen:


Bleh.

[melinda]

Morning, Hadassah! :hug:


and I was out the door and running this morning by 6:00am ;)

[texan_rep]

:))

[melinda]

that's funny? yesterday I was out and running while it was still dark......

[Hadassah]

Morning, Hadassah! :hug:


and I was out the door and running this morning by 6:00am ;)



I was up until 2:30am and got woken up around 8am, so I am very tired.

[texan_rep]

that's funny? yesterday I was out and running while it was still dark......

No, I was laughing at the dig on Hadassah...:lol:

[melinda]

I never sleep......unless I take my tylenol PM's. Which I did do last night. ;)

[melinda]

No, I was laughing at the dig on Hadassah...:lol:

oh. now would I dig on Hadassah?? :angel:









:mrgreen:

[texan_rep]

I was up until 2:30am and got woken up around 8am, so I am very tired.

well, today is my wife's b'day, and tonight she and the girls and I are going to see the midnight opening of HP. I get up at 5. What was I thinking? :wall:

[texan_rep]

oh. now would I dig on Hadassah?? :angel:









:mrgreen:

:whistle:

[Hadassah]

No, I was laughing at the dig on Hadassah...:lol:

if y'all knew why I am so tired....why I was awake so late....you wouldn't be laughing. :frown:

[Hadassah]

I'm not upset about the teasing........really, I'm not. It's what had me awake so late that has me upset. So, please, no apologies.

[melinda]

I'm not upset about the teasing........really, I'm not. It's what had me awake so late that has me upset. So, please, no apologies.

well, tell me what has you so upset.......I'm on YIM or you can PM me. If you want to talk. :hug:

[melinda]

well, today is my wife's b'day, and tonight she and the girls and I are going to see the midnight opening of HP. I get up at 5. What was I thinking? :wall:

what's "HP"??

[Hadassah]

what's "HP"??


Harry Potter.

[melinda]

obviously I am NOT a HP fan. :))

[Hadassah]

obviously I am NOT a HP fan. :))

Me, neither.

[texan_rep]

I admit it...I am hooked. When the first movie came out, the girls wanted to start reading the books, and with all the publicity about them I figured I'd better read them first. So I did. They are very interesting reads, with some quiet humor in there.

Needless to say, as is often the case, the books are better than the movies.

[texan_rep]

ugh

[melinda]

a bit early for you, tex??



morning.......:hug:

[texan_rep]

it is when you go to a midnight movie with the family...

morning mel...:hug:...*zzzzzzzz*

[melinda]

it is when you go to a midnight movie with the family...

morning mel...:hug:...*zzzzzzzz*

did your wife enjoy her birthday??

[texan_rep]

I think so...

[melinda]

good.

[melinda]

morning, tex!! :hug: :hug: :hug:




I have NOT been to Schlitterbahn or S.Padre yet this summer......what is wrong w/ me!? I must go........

[texan_rep]

morning mel :hug::hug::hug:

I have never been to Schlitterbahn...and I haven't been to SPI since I was in junior high...

[melinda]

morning mel :hug::hug::hug:

I have never been to Schlitterbahn...and I haven't been to SPI since I was in junior high...

wow!! I go to both at least once a summer. And I will make it this summer.....just haven't done it yet.
Never been to Schlitterbahn??? wow....I love it!!
I bet SPI has changed quite a bit since you last saw it. ;)
We used to have a condo down there, but we sold it. :(

[texan_rep]

I don't doubt it...and not all for the better, I'd wager...:(

[eremor]

Hi Melinda,

Are you drying out yet? We've had a few days of no rain until just a few minutes ago. Having a good ol' Texas gullywasher pass over as I type. Thanks for the invite.

[melinda]

Hi Melinda,

Are you drying out yet? We've had a few days of no rain until just a few minutes ago. Having a good ol' Texas gullywasher pass over as I type. Thanks for the invite.

We are drying out around here......no gullywasher for us, but the city always does get more rain than we do. :))


Happy to see you here. :hug:

[melinda]

out the door at 5:45am and ran 3 miles. I feel good!! :dance: :dance: :dance:



morning, tex. :hug:

[melinda]

I love Dallas, but I'm a bit mad at her. She pops into and out of Rickalodeon, but she never drops by here........ain't she a Texan??? :((

[melinda]

Not only is it raining here......it is pouring!!!!

[melinda]

3" of rain...not that I have a gauge. don't need one. have a FIL. :))

[melinda]

where's tex????

[texan_rep]

right here, mel :hug:

[melinda]

yay!! :hug: :hug: :hug:
how ya been?

[texan_rep]

busy..:hug::hug::hug:

been around too...just not posting a whole lot...

[melinda]

ah....go you.
you still getting rain? and rain? and rain?

[texan_rep]

got some over the weekend...supposed to maybe get some more this week...

[texan_rep]

rain, that is...;)

[melinda]

got some over the weekend...supposed to maybe get some more this week...

woo hoo!! go you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[melinda]

rain, that is...;)

oh...........rain. oooops. ;)