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The Bar => The Lounge => Topic started by: BEG on October 06, 2009, 04:06:16 PM
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I'm seriously jealous of anyone living in Texas. I want to come home so badly. :bawl:
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I'm seriously jealous of anyone living in Texas. I want to come home so badly. :bawl:
Things could be worse, you could've moved to VT. See look up. :)
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I'm seriously jealous of anyone living in Texas. I want to come home so badly. :bawl:
Yeah, I figured by now California would be growing on you.
Like a fungus.
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I never really cared for the LA area. San Diego was pretty nice. I'm not real sure I'm glad I'm back home in Texas, with a couple of exceptions. If my area had more job opportunities, I'd probably be happier.
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Good thing I don't have Texas in my name. Phew!
I moved here when I was in school, and got stuck. Geographically speaking, I am not fond of it, but there are alot worse. And, given the fact that I have over 30 years of friends and support network here, it just seems silly to go.
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Good thing I don't have Texas in my name. Phew!
I moved here when I was in school, and got stuck. Geographically speaking, I am not fond of it, but there are alot worse. And, given the fact that I have over 30 years of friends and support network here, it just seems silly to go.
But you DO have the Texas flag and the state flower as your avatar..........
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Oh how I love living in Texas.
BEG, hang in there guhlfren.
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But you DO have the Texas flag and the state flower as your avatar..........
SSSSHHHHHH!!!!!!! Icksnay on the Vataray.....K?
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SSSSHHHHHH!!!!!!! Icksnay on the Vataray.....K?
:rotf: :rotf: :rotf:
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It is hard on you, BEG, because it wasn't a choice. You had to move. Your freedom to live in Texas was taken from you.
I'm glad I'm not you. :tongue:
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I've been in exile for 22 years.
Just think how you'll feel when you've been on the left coast for 22 years! :evillaugh:
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Things could be worse, you could've moved to VT. See look up. :)
Hey, except for the bitter cold in the winter, the brutal humidity and bugs in the summer, Vermont is way better than California.
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Hey, except for the bitter cold in the winter, the brutal humidity and bugs in the summer, Vermont is way better than California.
You mean the ground stays where God put it and half the state doesn't burn every year?
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Hey, except for the bitter cold in the winter, the brutal humidity and bugs in the summer, Vermont is way better than California.
And the ****ing moonbats in Montpelier, Rutland, Burlington, etc. . . . And those that come over from Noo Yawk!
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I've been in exile for 22 years.
Just think how you'll feel when you've been on the left coast for 22 years! :evillaugh:
She'll be giving the proud2bedumbass and greenbrier a run for their money at DU..................................
Shit I remember my years in Long Beach...........you think it's bad, go down to my old hood...........PCH and Willow were the bordering streets with Santa Fe Ave. as the cross street.
Hang in there BEG :cheersmate:
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Sorry California is still sucking, BEG.
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You mean the ground stays where God put it and half the state doesn't burn every year?
Lord help us. Ain't that the danged truth?
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Bastards....the lot of you (except Flame).
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I'm seriously jealous of anyone living in Texas. I want to come home so badly. :bawl:
I'm going to TX for a week on 11/09... Crossing finger's that I am taken in by a nice family who owns a huge ranch, has lots of gu...er... land and tools and horses and a cot for me to sleep on. :D
I don't know your story, but I would offer this: I'm in MN. At least YOU get nice weather! :drink:
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Bastards....the lot of you (except Flame).
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This is in response to bkg.
I have lived in the Dallas area for the past 15 years. My parents moved there about 12 years ago. My husbands family live just outside of Tulsa which was just 4-5 hours away. My life was complete. We had a house that we could more than afford and we put a lot of work into it. We had a large group of friends who we hung out with frequently. My kids had their friends and we lived in an excellent school district.
I was forced to move to crappy southern California because my husbands work closed the office in Dallas and moved all the designers to CA. Now I am house poor and live in a house that cost three times what it would cost in Texas. While our house in Texas needed no work the house in California that cost three times our house in Texas needs work. We just replaced the carpet in the bedrooms (the rest of the house is wood and tile). It needs to be painted both inside and out, two windows need to be replaced (but they are nice windows), the roof has some cracked tiles that need to be replaced to the tune of about $800, one bathrrom needs remodled (and I want to redo the master bath too), the wood floors need to be refinished....that's all I can think of now.
To top it all off we have taxes and fees coming out our ass. I want my walmart and target stores, the walmart and target's here suck big time. They don't even have a Super Target, can you friggen believe it? Also no DILLARDS. I also used to take my mom with me when ever I went to the store. I miss my mom...sniffle.
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I want everyone to know that I am only half serious about my bitching. I know that there are so many out there who have it really bad and deserve to bitch. I have my family and a roof over my head. I don't normally have anything to bitch about so when I do have something to complain about I usually go a little overboard. :p
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I bet they don't have gun racks in truck windows out there, either.
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I bet they don't have gun racks in truck windows out there, either.
And they aren't civilized enough to give time off from school for hunting season, are they?
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O-kay. Call me a beeotch and not a bastard. To quote our most recent troll/mole: I AM A Girl. And, I live in the Dallas area. The weather is pretty sucky, as usual. And blah blah blah it is all bad here Yada Yada Yada. No seasons, too much rain, not enough rain. You know the story.
At least your weather is better?
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O-kay. Call me a beeotch and not a bastard. To quote our most recent troll/mole: I AM A Girl. And, I live in the Dallas area. The weather is pretty sucky, as usual. And blah blah blah it is all bad here Yada Yada Yada. No seasons, too much rain, not enough rain. You know the story.
At least your weather is better?
all would be better with boobiez picturez.
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all would be better with boobiez picturez.
Maybe for you, but prolly not so much for BEG. :uhsure:
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BEG is woman enough to appreciate a good pair of boobiez.
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BEG is woman enough to appreciate a good pair of boobiez.
:-)
And the CC men have come out to play :p
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This is in response to bkg.
I have lived in the Dallas area for the past 15 years. My parents moved there about 12 years ago. My husbands family live just outside of Tulsa which was just 4-5 hours away. My life was complete. We had a house that we could more than afford and we put a lot of work into it. We had a large group of friends who we hung out with frequently. My kids had their friends and we lived in an excellent school district.
I was forced to move to crappy southern California because my husbands work closed the office in Dallas and moved all the designers to CA. Now I am house poor and live in a house that cost three times what it would cost in Texas. While our house in Texas needed no work the house in California that cost three times our house in Texas needs work. We just replaced the carpet in the bedrooms (the rest of the house is wood and tile). It needs to be painted both inside and out, two windows need to be replaced (but they are nice windows), the roof has some cracked tiles that need to be replaced to the tune of about $800, one bathrrom needs remodled (and I want to redo the master bath too), the wood floors need to be refinished....that's all I can think of now.
To top it all off we have taxes and fees coming out our ass. I want my walmart and target stores, the walmart and target's here suck big time. They don't even have a Super Target, can you friggen believe it? Also no DILLARDS. I also used to take my mom with me when ever I went to the store. I miss my mom...sniffle.
What's wrong with the Target just off Harbor and Orangethorpe? IIRC, that's a Super Target. As far as Wally World goes, can't help you there. The closest one I know of for sure is La Habra, just off Beach. It's not a bad one, as Walmarts go. And I believe there's also one in Brea.
As far as taxes, etc., goes, yeah, I feel your pain. One big reason I left, and one big reason I'll never move back to CA.
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She'll be giving the proud2bedumbass and greenbrier a run for their money at DU..................................
Shit I remember my years in Long Beach...........you think it's bad, go down to my old hood...........PCH and Willow were the bordering streets with Santa Fe Ave. as the cross street.
Hang in there BEG :cheersmate:
And you LIVED? You brave sumbitch. Then again, I spent a good chunk of my childhood in Inglewood and Hawthorne (think Lenox). My mother's old house is on Arlington and 67th (she went to Washington HS--imagine that, even back in the day.)
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And the CC men have come out to play :p
Yes, we have. And how YOU doin? :naughty:
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TexasSchade checking in! :-)
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Yes, we have. And how YOU doin? :naughty:
I'm hanging out waiting for my new California peep to pop on :p Even if she is from SoCal. :tongue:
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This is in response to bkg.
I have lived in the Dallas area for the past 15 years. My parents moved there about 12 years ago. My husbands family live just outside of Tulsa which was just 4-5 hours away. My life was complete. We had a house that we could more than afford and we put a lot of work into it. We had a large group of friends who we hung out with frequently. My kids had their friends and we lived in an excellent school district.
I was forced to move to crappy southern California because my husbands work closed the office in Dallas and moved all the designers to CA. Now I am house poor and live in a house that cost three times what it would cost in Texas. While our house in Texas needed no work the house in California that cost three times our house in Texas needs work. We just replaced the carpet in the bedrooms (the rest of the house is wood and tile). It needs to be painted both inside and out, two windows need to be replaced (but they are nice windows), the roof has some cracked tiles that need to be replaced to the tune of about $800, one bathrrom needs remodled (and I want to redo the master bath too), the wood floors need to be refinished....that's all I can think of now.
To top it all off we have taxes and fees coming out our ass. I want my walmart and target stores, the walmart and target's here suck big time. They don't even have a Super Target, can you friggen believe it? Also no DILLARDS. I also used to take my mom with me when ever I went to the store. I miss my mom...sniffle.
Ahhh... On the same page now... know the feeling in many ways as I had to leave the dream house when the ex decided she would prefer to be married to someone else.
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I'm hanging out waiting for my new California peep to pop on :p Even if she is from SoCal. :tongue:
Shut up and keep sending the water, and we'll keep not giving a crap about you.
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Shut up and keep sending the water, unless you want us to shut off your power.
Whatever. When SHTF, we are going to be so much better off because we will have the water, and you guys will be desert. :tongue:
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Whatever. When SHTF, we are going to be so much better off because we will have the water, and you guys will be desert. :tongue:
Like I said, show me a SoCal who cares, and that'll be one more than I ever found. Oh, and when the SHTF, we might be desert, but you'll be floating out to sea.
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And the CC men have come out to play :p
:lmao:
When the boobiez comez out the menz will always want to play.
KC
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:lmao:
When the boobiez comez out the menz will always want to play.
KC
+1
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I'm hanging out waiting for my new California peep to pop on :p Even if she is from SoCal. :tongue:
I am and never will be FROM SoCal...I am only a temporary resident. :p
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What's wrong with the Target just off Harbor and Orangethorpe? IIRC, that's a Super Target. As far as Wally World goes, can't help you there. The closest one I know of for sure is La Habra, just off Beach. It's not a bad one, as Walmarts go. And I believe there's also one in Brea.
As far as taxes, etc., goes, yeah, I feel your pain. One big reason I left, and one big reason I'll never move back to CA.
You don't know what a Super Target is if you call that Target a Super Target. I have been to about 5 targets so far and they all suck. I'm probably being too hard on CA Targets because I don't want to like them but they are not at the same level as the Super Targets in Dallas. CA Wal-marts are like the old Wal-Marts in Dallas. The Wal-Marts in Dallas have a full grocery store (so do the Super Targets), they are at least half of the store, not just a few food items.
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You don't know what a Super Target is if you call that Target a Super Target. I have been to about 5 targets so far and they all suck. I'm probably being too hard on CA Targets because I don't want to like them but they are not at the same level as the Super Targets in Dallas. CA Wal-marts are like the old Wal-Marts in Dallas. The Wal-Marts in Dallas have a full grocery store (so do the Super Targets), they are at least half of the store, not just a few food items.
That's because CA can't afford the cool shit. It has all migrated to Texas!
KC
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How many HEB Central Markets does CA have?
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That's because CA can't afford the cool shit. It has all migrated to Texas!
KC
Along with their Liberal/ Progressive idiots... :banghead:
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Along with their Liberal/ Progressive idiots... :banghead:
There are a bunch of yankees around Texoma for sure.
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There are a bunch of yankees around Texoma for sure.
Around Texoma ?? :rotf: :rotf: The WHOLE state of Texas is infested !!! (Look at Austin)
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That's because CA can't afford the cool shit. It has all migrated to Texas!
KC
Actually, IIRC, it's because of the (mandated?) unionism in CA. Used to work at TGT - been a while, so I'm fuzzy, but I'm 90% positive it had something to do with unions.
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Around Texoma ?? :rotf: :rotf: The WHOLE state of Texas is infested !!! (Look at Austin)
Is it going to be a problem? You know, like when the SHTF and Texas becomes a republic again?
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Around Texoma ?? :rotf: :rotf: The WHOLE state of Texas is infested !!! (Look at Austin)
I always thought that Texoma would be a stronghold. Austin has always been loco and they like South Texas for the climate. Next thing you know, those SOBs will have permanent residence in Amarillo. :mental:
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Why would I/we shop at walmart, they are terribly over priced, and have a poor selection. Target is alright for some things ( curtains come to mind), But if you are looking for food items, Stater Brothers is the place to go. If you think you found a lower price, go back in 4 days, they will have met it.
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How many HEB Central Markets does CA have?
That wasn't very nice. I have 2 within 10 miles though... :naughty:
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Why would I/we shop at walmart, they are terribly over priced, and have a poor selection. Target is alright for some things ( curtains come to mind), But if you are looking for food items, Stater Brothers is the place to go. If you think you found a lower price, go back in 4 days, they will have met it.
I don't do normal grocery shopping at Target or Wal-Mart but when I need a few items and I'm already there I really like it. Wal-Mart isn't over priced as far as their food goes (Target is), if you want over priced go to Ralphs (Kroger). I went to a Stater Brothers a few weeks ago and didn't even get out of the car. There were some scary people hanging around it. Perhaps I will try another one. Speaking of scary people, the other day I was picking up my daughter from school and there was an old lady walking across the street and the only thing she had on was a pair of pants and a bra. This was definitely a bra. She was obviously homeless. I felt so bad for her.
I think I'm just having a hard time with what I'm used to and then having everywhere I go be so unfamiliar. When we moved from Lake Havasu City to Dallas EVERYTHING was an improvement. We had ONE crappy Wal-Mart in Lake Havasu (This was before the super wal-marts and targets). One nice grocery store and a couple of crappy ones and no where to shop for clothes, We had to drive to Las Vegas or Phoenix to do serious clothes shopping. So I don't remember having the same "culture" shock that I have now. When we moved from Tulsa to Phoenix when we got married I was too young to notice. Brea Mall is nice though and better than the mall that was close to my house in Texas...although it doesn't have a Dillards which is a big negative in my opinion. Dillards have GREAT sales. Ask Schade about their shoe sales, I'm sure she would agree. :p
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I am and never will be FROM SoCal...I am only a temporary resident. :p
That's what I thought 22 years ago about TN. :tongue:
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Around Texoma ?? :rotf: :rotf: The WHOLE state of Texas is infested !!! (Look at Austin)
Eh, somebody just put the drain in the middle.
:-)
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That's what I thought 22 years ago about TN. :tongue:
Seriously, I will cut you.
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Seriously, I will cut you.
BEG, I've just watched and been thinking about you through all this, but when I read this, I laughed literally out loud. That was hilarious! :-* :bow:
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I don't do normal grocery shopping at Target or Wal-Mart but when I need a few items and I'm already there I really like it. Wal-Mart isn't over priced as far as their food goes (Target is), if you want over priced go to Ralphs (Kroger). I went to a Stater Brothers a few weeks ago and didn't even get out of the car. There were some scary people hanging around it. Perhaps I will try another one. Speaking of scary people, the other day I was picking up my daughter from school and there was an old lady walking across the street and the only thing she had on was a pair of pants and a bra. This was definitely a bra. She was obviously homeless. I felt so bad for her.
I think I'm just having a hard time with what I'm used to and then having everywhere I go be so unfamiliar. When we moved from Lake Havasu City to Dallas EVERYTHING was an improvement. We had ONE crappy Wal-Mart in Lake Havasu (This was before the super wal-marts and targets). One nice grocery store and a couple of crappy ones and no where to shop for clothes, We had to drive to Las Vegas or Phoenix to do serious clothes shopping. So I don't remember having the same "culture" shock that I have now. When we moved from Tulsa to Phoenix when we got married I was too young to notice. Brea Mall is nice though and better than the mall that was close to my house in Texas...although it doesn't have a Dillards which is a big negative in my opinion. Dillards have GREAT sales. Ask Schade about their shoe sales, I'm sure she would agree. :p
I had an LA friend who had no idea what the DFW area is like. He assumed it was all rural. I still laugh about it. When he finally came to visit he found he really wasn't so far out of his element after all. He was especially stunned to find the DFW area is about second to only NY for shopping and dining. He was also amazed it is easier to find horses in LA.
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BEG, I've just watched and been thinking about you through all this, but when I read this, I laughed literally out loud. That was hilarious! :-* :bow:
She has been influenced by LA gangs. It will get worse.
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Seriously, I will cut you.
Ok, I'll be careful the next time I'm alllllll the way out to the left coast. :-)
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I had an LA friend who had no idea what the DFW area is like. He assumed it was all rural. I still laugh about it. When he finally came to visit he found he really wasn't so far out of his element after all. He was especially stunned to find the DFW area is about second to only NY for shopping and dining. He was also amazed it is easier to find horses in LA.
I'm ashamed to say before I moved to Phoenix I thought it was a bunch of dude ranches. Sigh. I'll go hide now!
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She has been influenced by LA gangs. It will get worse.
As long as she doesn't start drawing her eyebrows in we should be ok.
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I'm ashamed to say before I moved to Phoenix I thought it was a bunch of dude ranches. Sigh. I'll go hide now!
Ha. When I moved here in 1980, all my friends asked me if I was going to have an oil well and cattle in my back yard. I HATED it for my first 10 years, then it started growing on me. I would love to have four seasons and trees. Oh yeah, and snow, not ice.
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That's what I thought 22 years ago about TN. :tongue:
Me too.....I moved here 26 years ago....as far as I'm concerned.....I'm still temporary :-). People can still tell I'm not from here, because I don't have the E TN accent.
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As long as she doesn't start drawing her eyebrows in we should be ok.
Too late, I shaved my eyebrows last week and had them tattooed on. I look so gangsta.
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Me too.....I moved here 26 years ago....as far as I'm concerned.....I'm still temporary :-). People can still tell I'm not from here, because I don't have the E TN accent.
What??? No twang???
Do you own a "hose pipe"?
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Too late, I shaved my eyebrows last week and had them tattooed on. I look so gangsta.
Such an awesome look on you BEG :rotf:
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Me too.....I moved here 26 years ago....as far as I'm concerned.....I'm still temporary :-). People can still tell I'm not from here, because I don't have the E TN accent.
When I was talking to my new neighbor she commented that I didn't sound like I was from Texas because I didn't have an accent. Then told her that I am originally from Omaha, Nebraska where people are accentless and talk like newscasters. :-)
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As long as she doesn't start drawing her eyebrows in we should be ok.
Draw, hell. How about the REALLY scary ones who have them TATTOOED ON? You know, where they screw them up and they arch so high they have a look of permanent surprise?
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Too late, I shaved my eyebrows last week and had them tattooed on. I look so gangsta.
Not until you wear a black bra with a white tanktop and you develop "ghetto hips". And don't forget the t-bar that goes with it.
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What??? No twang???
Do you own a "hose pipe"?
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:huh?:
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Too late, I shaved my eyebrows last week and had them tattooed on. I look so gangsta.
Did you buy lipliner too? Darker then the shade on your actual lips of course
(http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/903/sharpies6su.jpg) (http://img112.imageshack.us/i/sharpies6su.jpg/) (http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/sharpies6su.jpg/1/w344.png) (http://g.imageshack.us/img112/sharpies6su.jpg/1/)
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Not until you wear a black bra with a white tanktop and you develop "ghetto hips". And don't forget the t-bar that goes with it.
I work out a lot and still have 'ghetto hips' :bawl:
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Oh, that's right--I forgot the used-oil/hairdye look. My bad.
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I work out a lot and still have 'ghetto hips' :bawl:
Ah, but do you have the "muffin top" to go with it?
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Draw, hell. How about the REALLY scary ones who have them TATTOOED ON? You know, where they screw them up and they arch so high they have a look of permanent surprise?
Read above, I had mine tattooed on last week. My tattoo artist is a true artist, he did them perfectly. They look like this:
(http://thedirty.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/sharpie-eyebrows-32.jpg)
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Ah, must be a NSFW website as the work filter only allows the red "X". I'm sure I'll gouge my eyes out when I get home, though.
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:huh?:
"hose pipe" = garden hose for normal folks. :fuelfire: :-)
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Read above, I had mine tattooed on last week. My tattoo artist is a true artist, he did them perfectly. They look like this:
(http://thedirty.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/sharpie-eyebrows-32.jpg)
quickest way to make a cute girl into a circus attraction.
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Ah, but do you have the "muffin top" to go with it?
Most girls do if the low waisted pants are too tight. The idea is to get the correct size and I do. :-)
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"hose pipe" = garden hose for normal folks. :fuelfire: :-)
Thank you. I had no idea. I thought it had something to do with car exhaust.
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Along with their Liberal/ Progressive idiots... :banghead:
Not in my neck 'o the woods. Course .... there are a few gators that don't need to eat for awhile but there are surprisingly few liberals here. LOL
KC
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Actually, IIRC, it's because of the (mandated?) unionism in CA. Used to work at TGT - been a while, so I'm fuzzy, but I'm 90% positive it had something to do with unions.
Twixvoy .... is that you?!
KC
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Thank you. I had no idea. I thought it had something to do with car exhaust.
It does for Emo Kids. :evillaugh:
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Twixvoy .... is that you?!
KC
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Sorry, obscure reference to an obscure DUmmie who claims to have been a supervisor at Target until recently. We know it was actually a stock person or something but it still fools all the other DUmmies with its claims of being a high level executive.
KC
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Sorry, obscure reference to an obscure DUmmie who claims to have been a supervisor at Target until recently. We know it was actually a stock person or something but it still fools all the other DUmmies with its claims of being a high level executive.
KC
Ah.. Left there over 3 yeras ago. Never worked in a store.
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Ah, must be a NSFW website as the work filter only allows the red "X". I'm sure I'll gouge my eyes out when I get home, though.
Well it says "TheDirty.com" so I bet you are right.
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BEG??!!! :bawl: :bawl: :bawl:
(http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s219/ms_triste/CHOLA-2.jpg)
:-) :-*
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I'm seriously jealous of anyone living in Texas. I want to come home so badly. :bawl:
Oh I am sure you can find something good about your location if you look really really really hard.
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Thank you. I had no idea. I thought it had something to do with car exhaust.
...took me several months to figure it out.
....then there's the "spikkit" to which the "hose pipe" is attached. Normal folks refer to it as a faucet, spigot, or hose bib.
Also if you need a ride to a specific destination, you ask someone to "carry you" there. First time that happened, I told them they were too danged big, but they were welcome to ride with me. I got the "deer in the headlights" look in return.
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I'm seriously jealous of anyone living in Texas. I want to come home so badly. :bawl:
You...hate...me? :bawl:
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You...hate...me? :bawl:
Obviously this is all your fault.
:-) :uhsure:
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You...hate...me? :bawl:
Why yes, yes I do.
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You got that smog out there too, right?
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...took me several months to figure it out.
....then there's the "spikkit" to which the "hose pipe" is attached. Normal folks refer to it as a faucet, spigot, or hose bib.
Also if you need a ride to a specific destination, you ask someone to "carry you" there. First time that happened, I told them they were too danged big, but they were welcome to ride with me. I got the "deer in the headlights" look in return.
You're making me miss NC.
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Beg go and have a In and Out Burger for me LOL
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Why yes, yes I do.
How could you possibly hate another fellow displaced Texan? :o
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How could you possibly hate another fellow displaced Texan? :o
I pretty much hate everyone right now, don't take it too seriously.
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You got that smog out there too, right?
Man, are you asking for it or what??
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I was just looking at that Baby Blue's BBQ in Venice's website...damn, decent BBQ is expensive out in CA.
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I was just looking at that Baby Blue's BBQ in Venice's website...damn, decent BBQ is expensive out in CA.
Oh dear. This isn't gonna be pleasant. ::)
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I was just looking at that Baby Blue's BBQ in Venice's website...damn, decent BBQ is expensive out in CA.
I looked at the menu. It's cheaper than my local BBQ place. Plus, the tea or soda is only a dollar. That's 75 cents cheaper than I'm use to. We're getting screwed around here.
OTOH, we don't have a state income tax and buying store bought BBQ is a choice.
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A woman I know that lives in San Francisco always talks about how nice the weather is year round. That would be one plus to living out there.
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I looked at the menu. It's cheaper than my local BBQ place. Plus, the tea or soda is only a dollar. That's 75 cents cheaper than I'm use to. We're getting screwed around here.
OTOH, we don't have a state income tax and buying store bought BBQ is a choice.
Yeah, you are. I can get 2 brisket sandwiches down at Van's Pig Stand for the price of 1 out there. You need to head over to Bodacious. There is one in Canton now, I believe. They are good on prices and taste.
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A woman I know that lives in San Francisco always talks about how nice the weather is year round. That would be one plus to living out there.
She must be on drugs. San Francisco is cool and damp about 80% of the time. You need a light jacket at the beach even in the Summer. It smells bad too. And that stupid bridge is an eyesore.
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I was just looking at that Baby Blue's BBQ in Venice's website...damn, decent BBQ is expensive out in CA.
Decent BBQ is impossible to find in CA. The closest they get is Tony Roma's. Of course, it's even MORE impossible to find decent Mexican food here, so it's all relative.
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A woman I know that lives in San Francisco always talks about how nice the weather is year round. That would be one plus to living out there.
SF weather? Nice? Please tell me you didn't kick her in the head when she said that.
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This is Texas. We have plenty of Mexican food AND good BBQ
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I pretty much hate everyone right now, don't take it too seriously.
I think I shall go get a Shiner and contemplate this.
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She must be on drugs. San Francisco is cool and damp about 80% of the time. You need a light jacket at the beach even in the Summer. It smells bad too. And that stupid bridge is an eyesore.
SF weather? Nice? Please tell me you didn't kick her in the head when she said that.
She says that every time a Cubs game is rained out at Wrigley field. She doesn't like hot weather and says the climate makes for lower utility bills.
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I think I shall go get a Shiner and contemplate this.
I personally prefer St. Arnolds myself. Even if it is brewed in Houston.
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I think we all make decisions that we regret. Some have lifetime repercussions, some are painful for a short while. Keep your chin up and come to the midwest for a meetup. I think Chitown sounds like great fun. :heart:
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I pretty much hate everyone right now, don't take it too seriously.
But you at least still love me right?
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I think we all make decisions that we regret. Some have lifetime repercussions, some are painful for a short while. Keep your chin up and come to the midwest for a meetup. I think Chitown sounds like great fun. :heart:
I was coming there for the Olympics but Obumbler blew that.....
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I was coming there for the Olympics but Obumbler blew that.....
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Epic fail. :loser: What a poof.
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A woman I know that lives in San Francisco always talks about how nice the weather is year round. That would be one plus to living out there.
Damp, Foggy, and almost always cool. Southern California has warm weather year round, but San Francisco definitely does not! I think it was Mark Twain who said "The coldest winter I ever spent was summer in San Francisco"
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Damp, Foggy, and almost always cool. Southern California has warm weather year round, but San Francisco definitely does not! I think it was Mark Twain who said "The coldest winter I ever spent was summer in San Francisco"
I've been to SF about 4 different times for work. Everytime I went, it was in the middle of winter. So I escape a 30 below climate and land in about 60-65 degree weather. I was amazed at all the little peabos running around in stocking caps and mitties and leggings, freezing their little patoots. I couldn't take enough clothes off to get climatized... :uhsure:
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Damp, Foggy, and almost always cool. Southern California has warm weather year round, but San Francisco definitely does not! I think it was Mark Twain who said "The coldest winter I ever spent was summer in San Francisco"
I vaguely remember that quote. I'll have to find it to use on her next time. Thanks.
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But you at least still love me right?
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But of course MNIBF.
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Moving away from Texas is like losing a member of your family. No sane person wants that. You never really get over it, but you do learn to live with it.
When you're from Texas, people who you meet ask you questions like, "Do you have any cows?" It's nice to be able to say yes.
They ask you, "Do you have horses?"
Yup.
Bet you got a bunch of guns, eh?
Of course.
They all want to know if you've been to Southfork. They watched Dallas. Have you ever looked at a map of the world? Why sure you have. Look at Texas for 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'll get it maybe after a second, but who else would? Even if you do, does it ever stir any feelings in you?
In every man, woman and child on this little rock the Good Lord put us on, there is somewhere in them a person who wishes just once he could be a real live Texan and get up on a horse or ride in a pickup. Did you ever hear anyone in a restaurant go, "Wow... so you're from Ok-la-homa. Cool. Tell me about it"? There is some bit of Texas in everyone. Do you know why? Because Texas is Texas.
Texas is the Alamo. Texas is 183 men standing in a church, facing thousands of Mexican soldiers, fighting for freedom, who had the chance to walk out and save themselves but stayed. We send our kids to schools named William B. Travis and Bowie, and do you know why? Because those men saw a line in the sand, and they decided to be heroes. John Wayne paid to do the movie himself. That is Texas.
Texas is Sam Houston capturing Santa Ana at San Jacinto. Texas is Texas Independence Day and Juneteenth. Texas is huge forests of piney woods like the Davy Crockett National Forest. Texas is breathtaking mountains in Big Bend. Texas is shiny skyscrapers in Houston and Dallas. Texas is oak and cedar trees, cactus, Bluebonnets and Indian Paintbrush in the beautiful Texas Hill Country. Texas is world record bass from places like Lake Fork. Texas is Mexican food like nowhere in the world, even Mexico. Texas is larger-than-life legends like Earl Campbell and Nolan Ryan, Denton Cooley and Michael DeBakey, Lyndon Johnson, George Bush, and George W. Bush, Willie Nelson and Buddy Holly. Texas is great companies like Dell Computer and Compaq. Texas is huge herds of cattle and miles of crops. Texas is skies blackened with doves and leases full of deer. Texas is the best Bar-b-que anywhere. Texas is a place where cities shut down for the Cowboys on Monday Night Football and the streets are deserted during church.
Texas is beaches, deserts, lakes and rivers, mountains and prairies.
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, or California, or Maine, and your state flag goes at 17. You fly the Stars and Stripes in front of Pine Tree High in Longview, Texas, at 20 feet, and the Lone Star flies at 20 feet. Our capitol is the only one in the country that is taller than the capitol building in D.C. We signed those in as part of the deal when we came on. Texas was its own country. The Republic of Texas. Every time I think of all these things I tear up. All of them make you proud to be a Texan.
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Right on
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Now that's a keeper.
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I looked at the menu. It's cheaper than my local BBQ place. Plus, the tea or soda is only a dollar. That's 75 cents cheaper than I'm use to. We're getting screwed around here.
OTOH, we don't have a state income tax and buying store bought BBQ is a choice.
Don't tout Texas' lack of state income tax. What Texas loses in state income tax, they make up through their sales taxes and property taxes. Grayson County has some of the highest property taxes in Texas, exceeding 2% of the property value in most cases. Minnesota was around 1% or sometimes less. In MN, the last house I owned cost 0.8% property tax. Where I live now is a little over 2½% (and it's value is far less than the house in MN. Did you know that if a place serves alcohol, they pay a 14% tax?? Then there's the 8.25% tax on everything except some foods. I always thought it was good that Texan didn't have a state income tax, but I was in the military for many years, so I never saw the reality of how Texas screws their citizens. So, folks, while many people think Texas is so great, it's really not. The only good things around here is that property values are about 1/2 of that up in MN, depending on the property and one doesn't have to move snow around.
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Don't tout Texas' lack of state income tax. What Texas loses in state income tax, they make up through their sales taxes and property taxes. Grayson County has some of the highest property taxes in Texas, exceeding 2% of the property value in most cases. Minnesota was around 1% or sometimes less. In MN, the last house I owned cost 0.8% property tax. Where I live now is a little over 2½% (and it's value is far less than the house in MN. Did you know that if a place serves alcohol, they pay a 14% tax?? Then there's the 8.25% tax on everything except some foods. I always thought it was good that Texan didn't have a state income tax, but I was in the military for many years, so I never saw the reality of how Texas screws their citizens. So, folks, while many people think Texas is so great, it's really not. The only good things around here is that property values are about 1/2 of that up in MN, depending on the property and one doesn't have to move snow around.
MN state sales tax is .25 higher than TX. 6.50 % vs. 6.25%.....It sounds like MN does the screwin' three ways from Sunday.
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Cheer up. You could be living in Fresno, CA. That's where I am at. :bawl:
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MN state sales tax is .25 higher than TX. 6.50 % vs. 6.25%.....It sounds like MN does the screwin' three ways from Sunday.
Incorrect, my dear friend... MN sales tax is now ~7% thanks to yet another constitutional amendment dedicating 3/8% increase to the DNR to "save the lakes." I shit you not. Plus, depending on county/city taxes, it can be as high as 11% depending on what is purchased/where.
We're the #3-#6 taxed state, depending on where you look.
Those of you frustrated with high property taxes/sales tax in states that don't have income tax:
1 - YOU get to write off your sales tax. Those of us w/ state income taxes do not get to write off sales tax (violation of 14th?)
2 - Property taxes are a write-off as well. So even if they are 50% higher, that's still better than 8% income tax, is it not?
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Don't tout Texas' lack of state income tax. What Texas loses in state income tax, they make up through their sales taxes and property taxes. Grayson County has some of the highest property taxes in Texas, exceeding 2% of the property value in most cases. Minnesota was around 1% or sometimes less. In MN, the last house I owned cost 0.8% property tax. Where I live now is a little over 2½% (and it's value is far less than the house in MN. Did you know that if a place serves alcohol, they pay a 14% tax?? Then there's the 8.25% tax on everything except some foods. I always thought it was good that Texan didn't have a state income tax, but I was in the military for many years, so I never saw the reality of how Texas screws their citizens. So, folks, while many people think Texas is so great, it's really not. The only good things around here is that property values are about 1/2 of that up in MN, depending on the property and one doesn't have to move snow around.
But Thor ... if I make $10 million a year and choose to live in a hovel I can shelter a LOT of bucks.
KC
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MN state sales tax is .25 higher than TX. 6.50 % vs. 6.25%.....It sounds like MN does the screwin' three ways from Sunday.
Ummm, where I'm at, the sales tax is 8.25%. I guess the county and cities have added some on top of the state sales tax, Undies, I dunno. MN also has some counties that add a per cent or a portion of a per cent to their sales tax.
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But Thor ... if I make $10 million a year and choose to live in a hovel I can shelter a LOT of bucks.
KC
IF you make 10 Million per year, I'm sure that taxes won't bother you!!! :-)
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Cheer up. You could be living in Fresno, CA. That's where I am at. :bawl:
We should have a Northern California meet up :cheersmate:
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Moving away from Texas is like losing a member of your family. No sane person wants that. You never really get over it, but you do learn to live with it.
When you're from Texas, people who you meet ask you questions like, "Do you have any cows?" It's nice to be able to say yes.
They ask you, "Do you have horses?"
Yup.
Bet you got a bunch of guns, eh?
Of course.
They all want to know if you've been to Southfork. They watched Dallas. Have you ever looked at a map of the world? Why sure you have. Look at Texas for 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'll get it maybe after a second, but who else would? Even if you do, does it ever stir any feelings in you?
In every man, woman and child on this little rock the Good Lord put us on, there is somewhere in them a person who wishes just once he could be a real live Texan and get up on a horse or ride in a pickup. Did you ever hear anyone in a restaurant go, "Wow... so you're from Ok-la-homa. Cool. Tell me about it"? There is some bit of Texas in everyone. Do you know why? Because Texas is Texas.
Texas is the Alamo. Texas is 183 men standing in a church, facing thousands of Mexican soldiers, fighting for freedom, who had the chance to walk out and save themselves but stayed. We send our kids to schools named William B. Travis and Bowie, and do you know why? Because those men saw a line in the sand, and they decided to be heroes. John Wayne paid to do the movie himself. That is Texas.
Texas is Sam Houston capturing Santa Ana at San Jacinto. Texas is Texas Independence Day and Juneteenth. Texas is huge forests of piney woods like the Davy Crockett National Forest. Texas is breathtaking mountains in Big Bend. Texas is shiny skyscrapers in Houston and Dallas. Texas is oak and cedar trees, cactus, Bluebonnets and Indian Paintbrush in the beautiful Texas Hill Country. Texas is world record bass from places like Lake Fork. Texas is Mexican food like nowhere in the world, even Mexico. Texas is larger-than-life legends like Earl Campbell and Nolan Ryan, Denton Cooley and Michael DeBakey, Lyndon Johnson, George Bush, and George W. Bush, Willie Nelson and Buddy Holly. Texas is great companies like Dell Computer and Compaq. Texas is huge herds of cattle and miles of crops. Texas is skies blackened with doves and leases full of deer. Texas is the best Bar-b-que anywhere. Texas is a place where cities shut down for the Cowboys on Monday Night Football and the streets are deserted during church.
Texas is beaches, deserts, lakes and rivers, mountains and prairies.
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, or California, or Maine, and your state flag goes at 17. You fly the Stars and Stripes in front of Pine Tree High in Longview, Texas, at 20 feet, and the Lone Star flies at 20 feet. Our capitol is the only one in the country that is taller than the capitol building in D.C. We signed those in as part of the deal when we came on. Texas was its own country. The Republic of Texas. Every time I think of all these things I tear up. All of them make you proud to be a Texan.
Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmmmmmnnnnnnnnnnnnnn, that was good.
Please tell me you wrote this yourself.
God, I love Texas.
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Incorrect, my dear friend... MN sales tax is now ~7% thanks to yet another constitutional amendment dedicating 3/8% increase to the DNR to "save the lakes." I shit you not. Plus, depending on county/city taxes, it can be as high as 11% depending on what is purchased/where.
We're the #3-#6 taxed state, depending on where you look.
Those of you frustrated with high property taxes/sales tax in states that don't have income tax:
1 - YOU get to write off your sales tax. Those of us w/ state income taxes do not get to write off sales tax (violation of 14th?)
2 - Property taxes are a write-off as well. So even if they are 50% higher, that's still better than 8% income tax, is it not?
State income taxes are also deductible off your federal return. Small consolation, but there it is.
Bottom line, there's not a terrible amount of difference whether one is 1st or 50th in terms of state/local tax burden. The state, regardless of which one you live in, is going to get their money SOMEWHERE. New England states are notorious for "neighbor taxes", such as NH's 9 percent meals/rooms tax (was 8 percent). I refer to them as "buddy-f'r" taxes.
And Thor, despite your pontification, ya'll have little to gripe about, comparatively speaking. Texas is 43rd in terms of local/state tax burden.
http://www.taxfoundation.org/taxdata/show/335.html
Pick your state from the drop-down.
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Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmmmmmnnnnnnnnnnnnnn, that was good.
Please tell me you wrote this yourself.
God, I love Texas.
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Nope, don't know who did write it. I can just hear Hank Hill recite it though.
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Remember: if Texas ever left the union: 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 it. If the situation really gets bad, we can always call DPS and ask them to send over a couple Texas Rangers.
Remember if Texas ever left the union: We have enough colleges to keep us going: U.T., Texas A&M, TCU, Texas Tech, Rice, SMU, University of Houston, Baylor, UNT, Texas Women's University, etc. Ivy grows better in the south anyway.
Remember if Texas ever left the union: We have control of the paper industry, plastics, insurance, etc.
Remember if Texas ever left the union: Computer Industry - we currently lead the nation in producing computer chips and communications: Small places like Texas Instruments, Dell Computer, EDS, Raytheon, National Semiconductor, Motorola, Intel, AMD, Atmel, Applied Materials, Ball Semiconductor, Dallas Semiconductor, Delphi, Nortel, Alcatel, Etc, Etc…
Remember if Texas ever left the union: Defense Industry. (We have over 65% of it) The term "Don't mess with Texas," will take on a whole new meaning.
Remember if Texas ever left the union: We are totally self sufficient in beef, poultry, hogs and several types of grain, fruit and vegetables and lets not forget seafood from the Gulf. And everybody down here knows how to cook them so that they taste good.
Remember if Texas ever left the union: We refine over 85% of the gasoline in the United States.
Remember if Texas ever left the union: Health Centers - We have the largest research centers for Cancer research, the best burn centers and the top trauma units in the world and other large health planning centers.
Remember if Texas ever left the union: NASA is just south of Houston, Texas. (We will control the space industry.)
Remember if Texas ever left the union: Natural Gas - Again we have all we need and it's too bad about those northern states.
Remember if Texas ever left the union: Oil - we can supply all the oil that the Republic of Texas will need for the next 300 years. yankee states? Sorry about that.
Remember if Texas ever left the union: since you won't have the refineries to get gas for your cars, 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 your communications. You won't have any natural gas to heat your homes but since we have predicted global warming, you will not need the gas.
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State income taxes are also deductible off your federal return. Small consolation, but there it is.
Bottom line, there's not a terrible amount of difference whether one is 1st or 50th in terms of state/local tax burden. The state, regardless of which one you live in, is going to get their money SOMEWHERE. New England states are notorious for "neighbor taxes", such as NH's 9 percent meals/rooms tax (was 8 percent). I refer to them as "buddy-f'r" taxes.
And Thor, despite your pontification, ya'll have little to gripe about, comparatively speaking. Texas is 43rd in terms of local/state tax burden.
http://www.taxfoundation.org/taxdata/show/335.html
Pick your state from the drop-down.
hTrue, we can deduct state. But I likely spend as much as a texan on sales tax which I can't deduct, so I'm getting hit twice. But it is what it is.
Rental car taxes are 35%+ at the airpoirt. My garbage collection tax is over 30% as well. I kid you not. :( :( :(
At least I have crappy weather!
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TexasSchade checking in! :-)
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What say you TexasRob....would it not drive LABeg nuts?
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What say you TexasRob....would it not drive LABeg nuts?
TexSchade, isn't the weather great today in Texas?
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What say you TexasRob....would it not drive LABeg nuts?
Oh, she hasn't been there long enough. If you've lived behind the Orange Curtain for a while, you learn to hate all things LA.
But, and I will help her out, I DO know where there's a SONIC. Possibly the only one for hundreds of miles.
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TexSchade, isn't the weather great today in Texas?
It's Texasgreat weather TXRobGuy! A TexPerfect TexasKinda TXday!
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Are you people TRYING to drive her to suicide? I wash my hands of the whole sordid affair.
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Oh, she hasn't been there long enough. If you've lived behind the Orange Curtain for a while, you learn to hate all things LA.
But, and I will help her out, I DO know where there's a SONIC. Possibly the only one for hundreds of miles.
I think she is already to the point of hatin.
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Are you people TRYING to drive her to suicide? I wash my hands of the whole sordid affair.
I know her well enought to know this will make her at least smile.
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On a serious note, when it comes to online friends, BEG is the cream of the crop, the best of the best. If she or her family ever needed my help, I would be on a plane to get there right away. The whole situation (having to move, etc) just sucks. I wish there is something that would make it better for her right now.
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Oh, she hasn't been there long enough. If you've lived behind the Orange Curtain for a while, you learn to hate all things LA.
But, and I will help her out, I DO know where there's a SONIC. Possibly the only one for hundreds of miles.
But do you know where a;
Whataburger is?
Texas Burger is?
Texas Roadhouse is?
HEB is?
Brookshire Bros. is?
Statue of Sam Houston is?
Alamo is?
Anyone else want to add to the list? I'm sure there are more. If we can point these things out to BEG in the LA area .... she'll be very happy!
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KC
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But do you know where a;
Whataburger is?
Texas Burger is?
Texas Roadhouse is?
HEB is?
Brookshire Bros. is?
Statue of Sam Houston is?
Alamo is?
Anyone else want to add to the list? I'm sure there are more. If we can point these things out to BEG in the LA area .... she'll be very happy!
:evillaugh:
KC
Having lived in NM, I can safely say I've been to at least half those...
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And just for the record, RANGERS SUCK.
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And just for the record, RANGERS SUCK.
We talking baseball or law enforcement here?
Be very careful how you answer ..... Chuck Norris just lives 60 miles from me!
:-)
KC
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We talking baseball or law enforcement here?
Be very careful how you answer ..... Chuck Norris just lives 60 miles from me!
:-)
KC
I speak as an Angels fan. BTW--RED SOX SUCK WORSE.
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And just for the record, RANGERS SUCK.
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I speak as an Angels fan. BTW--RED SOX SUCK WORSE.
Well .... Living where I do I'm a DisAstros fan. Yeah, they suck too.
KC
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Schadie, there's only ONE "Texas Rob" on this forum and that would be ME!!! :hammer: :hammer: :hammer:
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Schadie, there's only ONE "Texas Rob" on this forum and that would be ME!!! :hammer: :hammer: :hammer:
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