Born in Ft. Worth (dad in USAF), got out by the time I was 2, but had to go to speech therapy in NYC schools, too much of an accent. Only passed through there a few times since.

Now in the biggest state and if we divided it in half, Texas would be the 3rd largest.

I took 3 days to cross Texas going east.. a LARGE state. The people there are friendly. I have friends who live in Amarillo. when they get tired of RV'ing they moved back to Amarillo and have a ranch there. God Bless Texas

Back in '99, I went to Corpus and Houston for a Coastie couple's wedding. Had an awesome time in Texas!

Don

Texas-----Never drove so far and saw so little in my life!

They say the only thing between a coonazz and a dumbazz ... is the Sabine River.

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Texas-----Never drove so far and saw so little in my life!

Ain't that the truth... I was in Corpus.. you are 3 hours from anywhere.. I did have fun racing my corvette in San Antonio, Houston & Dallas, but it was a weekend venture..

Texans love to make jokes about others, but tell a Texan joke & be ready to fight....

I have no desire to return there...

Wray...

Following my retirement, my job gave me the oppertunity to more or less live anywhere.....I chose Texes for the following reason;

No state tax
No real winter weather
Realistic real estate prices
Easy to find good Mexican food

How do you like it so far? Texas is so big it is bigger than most Europeon countries. Different people live in different areas, and they're proud of where they live.

Sac, where are ya, in the Galveston/Houston area? Know Tony Ball?

I will give ya the "good Mexican food" one, but other than that, I have all that right here in FL... As for the realistic real estate prices, now days they are getting realistic everywhere.. The craziness has worn off.. Fortunately I bought before things went wild.. Unfortunately I didn't sell my Mothers townhouse.. it is handy to have a second house...& garage

Wray...

"we do act like Texas is the king of all states... cause it is. "

I'd say that most people feel that way about their home state.

I think there's something for everyone in any state one goes to. As has been stated already, Texas is huge, so it's a little silly to judge the state on a few bad experiences at the airport (every time I've had a layover in DFW airport, weather shuts down the ramp...).

If one does not like or care for something, one should avoid exposing themselves to that irritant.

Texans in Heaven

Gabriel came to the Lord and said " I have to talk to you. We have some

Texans up here in Heaven who are causing problems. They're swinging on

the pearly gates, my horn is missing, barbecue sauce is all over their

robes, their dogs are riding in the chariots, and they're wearing

baseball caps and cowboy hats instead of their halos. They refuse to

keep the stairway to Heaven clean. There are watermelon seeds and pig

feet bones all over the place. Some of them are walking around with just one wing."

The Lord said, "I made them special, Gabriel. Heaven is Home to all my

children. If you really want to know about real problems, let's call the Devil."

The Devil answered the phone, " Hello? Damn, hold on a minute."

The Devil returned to the phone, "O.K., I'm back. What can I do for you?"

The Lord replied, "I just want to know what kind of problems you're having down there."

The Devil said, "Hold on again. I need to check on something."

After about 5 minutes the Devil returned to the phone and said, "I'm

back. Now what was the question?"

The Lord said, "What kind of problems are you having down there?"

The Devil said, "Man, I don't believe this....Hold on, Lord."

This time the Devil was gone 15 minutes. The Devil returned and said ,

"I'm sorry Lord, I can't talk right now. Them damn Texans done put out

the fire and are trying to install air conditioning."

www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24620246/

There supposedly shutting down the space launching here and moving them all to texas suppose those crazy ants will love that. sc

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Originally posted by SigNuCoastie:
Lokie was right... we do act like Texas is the king of all states... cause it is.

That title belongs to Iowa and DON'T YOU FORGET IT!

When I was on my second tour in Juneau (Alaska to yall), I volunteered at the local radio station (PBS but I did the country music slot).

One of the volunteers moved to Texas and mentioned in a letter that all they did in Texas was brag about how big the state was. They offered this volunteer from Juneau a free T-shirt if he could prove them wrong.

Volunteer: If yall don't stop bragging about how big Texas is, we're going to cut Alaska in half and make Texas the THIRD largest state in America.

He got 2 free t-shirts.

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Originally posted by spacecowboy1:
I left a crap in texas once...I believe i might still be there..

No, it moved to DC.

So that's what that smell is.

Went through Dallas in the 70's and never saw so many big beautiful blond girls in one place in my life as I did and enjoyed while passing through Texas.
Peace,
Dick

Now that is funny!