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Re: Attention Texans...
« Reply #25 on: November 11, 2009, 11:38:09 AM »
Quote from: Thor on November 11, 2009, 11:28:02 AM
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Texans have their own colloquialisms. Texas ain't Kansas, Vesta.......

Sorry, I was fixen dinner and when the subject of carbonated drinks comes up I got back to MY roots.   Strange but there are few of us left up here that still call the drink tonic. 

Is there anyone out there that has ever had the experience of drinking a MOXIE ?   Anyone who does will never forget it.

Now Brother Johns Elixir, did that noxious stuff ever hit the rest of the country.?
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Re: Attention Texans...
« Reply #26 on: November 11, 2009, 11:43:30 AM »
Quote from: vesta111 on November 11, 2009, 11:38:09 AM
Sorry, I was fixen dinner and when the subject of carbonated drinks comes up I got back to MY roots.   Strange but there are few of us left up here that still call the drink tonic. 

Is there anyone out there that has ever had the experience of drinking a MOXIE ?   Anyone who does will never forget it.

Now Brother Johns Elixir, did that noxious stuff ever hit the rest of the country.?

Ya know, this thread WAS about Texas and Texans.... NOT some ancient history. Perhaps you would be better off starting your own thread and staying out of this one??  :hammer: :hammer: :hammer: :hammer:
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Re: Attention Texans...
« Reply #27 on: November 11, 2009, 11:46:34 AM »
Quote from: IassaFTots on November 11, 2009, 11:12:15 AM
I was gonna say "the smell."

Well...that too AND the rat-sized cockroaches.
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Re: Attention Texans...
« Reply #28 on: November 11, 2009, 01:23:34 PM »
Quote from: IassaFTots on November 11, 2009, 11:12:15 AM
I was gonna say "the smell."

I was gonna say "class."
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Re: Attention Texans...
« Reply #29 on: November 11, 2009, 01:27:31 PM »
Quote from: Mike220 on November 11, 2009, 01:23:34 PM
I was gonna say "class."

And THAT, my friend, is the Number one Answer! 
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Re: Attention Texans...
« Reply #30 on: November 11, 2009, 01:38:19 PM »
Quote from: IassaFTots on November 11, 2009, 01:27:31 PM
And THAT, my friend, is the Number one Answer! 

I was going to hyphenate "white-trash" but my coworker is from Houston and didn't go for it. :-)

no answers on the battles or the lakes. been in meetings and asmit I don't know the answers.
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Re: Attention Texans...
« Reply #31 on: November 11, 2009, 01:40:51 PM »
Which state has MORE lakes?? MN or Texas ??  :evillaugh:
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Re: Attention Texans...
« Reply #32 on: November 11, 2009, 01:49:05 PM »
Quote from: IassaFTots on November 11, 2009, 01:27:31 PM
And THAT, my friend, is the Number one Answer! 

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Re: Attention Texans...
« Reply #33 on: November 11, 2009, 02:49:19 PM »
Quote from: bkg on November 11, 2009, 01:38:19 PM
I was going to hyphenate "white-trash" but my coworker is from Houston and didn't go for it. :-)

no answers on the battles or the lakes. been in meetings and asmit I don't know the answers.

They didn't know what the only natural lake in the state is?  Really??

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Re: Attention Texans...
« Reply #34 on: November 11, 2009, 03:08:47 PM »
Quote from: Texacon on November 11, 2009, 02:49:19 PM
They didn't know what the only natural lake in the state is?  Really??

KC

Gee whiz.  Even I know that, and I only been here for 30 years. 
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Re: Attention Texans...
« Reply #35 on: November 11, 2009, 04:33:17 PM »
Quote from: Thor on November 11, 2009, 01:40:51 PM
Which state has MORE lakes?? MN or Texas ??  :evillaugh:

depends on how you define lakes. MN will call a small pond a lake.
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Re: Attention Texans...
« Reply #36 on: November 11, 2009, 04:36:07 PM »
Quote from: Texacon on November 11, 2009, 02:49:19 PM
They didn't know what the only natural lake in the state is?  Really??

KC

Said *I* don't know the answers. The other three guys I'm with are 1 - from NJ, 2 - Spain (in Austin for 5 years), 3 - Houston by way of Cedar Rapids.

I didn't really ask - I was focused on my short-stack at iHOP.  :rotf:
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Re: Attention Texans...
« Reply #37 on: November 11, 2009, 04:37:08 PM »
Quote from: Texacon on November 11, 2009, 02:49:19 PM
They didn't know what the only natural lake in the state is?  Really??

KC

It's Caddo Lake and we have to share it with Louisiana. 
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Re: Attention Texans...
« Reply #38 on: November 11, 2009, 05:11:27 PM »
Quote from: bkg on November 11, 2009, 04:33:17 PM
depends on how you define lakes. MN will call a small pond a lake.

Well, that's besides the point....  :rotf: :rotf:
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Re: Attention Texans...
« Reply #39 on: November 12, 2009, 07:24:24 AM »
Quote from: Thor on November 11, 2009, 05:11:27 PM
Well, that's besides the point....  :rotf: :rotf:

i'm pretty sure it's TX.... but I admit I'm not positive.
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Re: Attention Texans...
« Reply #40 on: November 12, 2009, 08:35:26 AM »
Quote from: bkg on November 12, 2009, 07:24:24 AM
i'm pretty sure it's TX.... but I admit I'm not positive.

Texas does have more lakes than Minnesota, HOWEVER, Texas' lakes are man-made whereas Minnesota's are mostly natural. Too bad we didn't know you were coming to Dallas in advance. WE could have had a mini get-together.
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Re: Attention Texans...
« Reply #41 on: November 12, 2009, 11:04:01 AM »
Quote from: Thor on November 12, 2009, 08:35:26 AM
Texas does have more lakes than Minnesota, HOWEVER, Texas' lakes are man-made whereas Minnesota's are mostly natural. Too bad we didn't know you were coming to Dallas in advance. WE could have had a mini get-together.

Yeah, what Thor said.   ::)
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Re: Attention Texans...
« Reply #42 on: November 12, 2009, 11:27:07 AM »
Quote from: Lord Undies on November 11, 2009, 09:18:11 AM
In one word, what is the biggest difference between Houston and Dallas?

Attitude.

I've always thought Dallas treats Houston like we're they're red headed step child.    There's an arrogance towards us.   Doesn't mean I don't like Dallas or people from there.
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Re: Attention Texans...
« Reply #43 on: November 12, 2009, 11:30:20 AM »
Quote from: THA HOUSTON PIMP IS IN DA HOUZ! on November 12, 2009, 11:27:07 AM
Attitude.

I've always thought Dallas treats Houston like we're they're red headed step child.    There's an arrogance towards us.   Doesn't mean I don't like Dallas or people from there.

I like Houston people too, and your easy access to gulf shrimp.  What I don't like is your humidity, and your traffic, and the smell. (On the LaPorte side, to be specific.)
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Re: Attention Texans...
« Reply #44 on: November 12, 2009, 11:30:51 AM »
Quote from: IassaFTots on November 11, 2009, 01:27:31 PM
And THAT, my friend, is the Number one Answer! 

come on now, we got a lot of class here in Houston.

don't be like the NY times and call Houston a smelly bayou cesspool like they did in 1994 when the Rockets beat their precious New York Knicks.  

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Re: Attention Texans...
« Reply #45 on: November 12, 2009, 11:37:01 AM »
Quote from: THA HOUSTON PIMP IS IN DA HOUZ! on November 12, 2009, 11:30:51 AM
come on now, we got a lot of class here in Houston.

don't be like the NY times and call Houston a smelly bayou cesspool like they did in 1994 when the Rockets beat their precious New York Knicks.  

 :-)

Nah, that was just a little neener-neenering on my part.  Now if we were talking about Austin, however......  Why does such a pretty place have to be so daggum crazy?
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Re: Attention Texans...
« Reply #46 on: November 12, 2009, 11:39:19 AM »
Quote from: IassaFTots on November 12, 2009, 11:30:20 AM
I like Houston people too, and your easy access to gulf shrimp.  What I don't like is your humidity, and your traffic, and the smell. (On the LaPorte side, to be specific.)


That's why I live in the far far NW area of Houston; as far away from Stinkadena as possible.   lol

I'll give you the humidity and traffic; I guess living here almost my whole life I have just gotten used to it.   Actually, the humidity is something that I've never gotten used to; it is brutal especially in August.    But I like being close to Louisiana for gambling; close to Galveston, close to Austin, close to San Antonio.
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Re: Attention Texans...
« Reply #47 on: November 12, 2009, 11:42:16 AM »
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That's why I live in the far far NW area of Houston; as far away from Stinkadena as possible.   lol

I'll give you the humidity and traffic; I guess living here almost my whole life I have just gotten used to it.   Actually, the humidity is something that I've never gotten used to; it is brutal especially in August.    But I like being close to Louisiana for gambling; close to Galveston, close to Austin, close to San Antonio.

I went to LaPorte for business one year.  Went to go visit friends in Sugarland.  Dude!  It took me TWO FREAKING HOURS one way and something like $5.  Heck.  I coulda flown home and back.  Crazy. 
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Re: Attention Texans...
« Reply #48 on: November 12, 2009, 11:52:28 AM »
I can't dog too much on Houston. UH is on my short list for grad school, so I may be living there before too long.
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Re: Attention Texans...
« Reply #49 on: November 12, 2009, 11:54:48 AM »
1/2 of my family was from Houston.  1/2 of my family was from Dallas.  My heart belongs to Dallas, but I am certainly at home in Houston too.  

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