Texas, explained.
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This article was edited. The deletion of the insecurity of the average Texan was not published. Some examples are reminding people every three minutes you are from Texas even if you have known that person for years. Every other conversation ends don't mess with Texas. Every conversation that does not end with don't mess with Texas will include everything is bigger in Texas. There is no mention of the mandatory conversation tidbit that Texas was once a independent country.
There are many more examples of the insecurity of the average Texan. There is a small difference between pride and insecurity. Your average Texan is proud to be a example of the later.
There are many more examples of the insecurity of the average Texan. There is a small difference between pride and insecurity. Your average Texan is proud to be a example of the later.
I saw plenty of armadillos, all dead, on the highways on my recent trip to the Panhandle. Oddly, too, a turtle trying to work his way across an exit ramp of I-20. He was halfway across to the grass on the other side, and there was very little traffic. So maybe he made it!
Jealous much, Dave? I don't hate the 'Zona! LOL.
I agree with #8
Originally Posted By: dave1251
Every other conversation ends don't mess with Texas. Every conversation that does not end with don't mess with Texas will include everything is bigger in Texas.
Better. You forgot the fact that everything is also BETTER in Texas.
Bigger is true too- Including, unfortunately, the percentage of non-Texans moving here. But that is severely degrading the "better" side of the equation. ;-)
Every other conversation ends don't mess with Texas. Every conversation that does not end with don't mess with Texas will include everything is bigger in Texas.
Better. You forgot the fact that everything is also BETTER in Texas.
Bigger is true too- Including, unfortunately, the percentage of non-Texans moving here. But that is severely degrading the "better" side of the equation. ;-)
The only way a Yankee will ever understand Texas is to drive through it.
I've had the pleasure of passing from Texarkana down through Dallas and then Midland and Odessa.
After that, there's nothing much all the way to New Mexico.
The vastness and emptiness are astonishing.
The warmth in the February that I made the trip was also astonishing for someone from Ohio.
It's kinda like Montana without real mountains and with a warmer climate.
The sky is big and expansive, the vegetation sparse and the speed limits generally ignored.
I've had the pleasure of passing from Texarkana down through Dallas and then Midland and Odessa.
After that, there's nothing much all the way to New Mexico.
The vastness and emptiness are astonishing.
The warmth in the February that I made the trip was also astonishing for someone from Ohio.
It's kinda like Montana without real mountains and with a warmer climate.
The sky is big and expansive, the vegetation sparse and the speed limits generally ignored.
The only good thing that comes out of Texas is I-35.
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I have been there a couple times, it's funny they have to have Texas labeled along with the name of food products that we have also and is exactly the same that we have,and I even saw it on beer cans. Saw it on trucks also. There was a "Texas" version of Chevys, fords, and dodges.
Coming from Boston 48 years ago, my first duty station in the Navy was NAS Kingsville, TX. On the bus ride down from San Antonio, I thought I was on a secret mission in some foreign country. Miles and miles of virtually nothing. Almost 50 years later, I still don't get the greatness, but each to his own.
Stevie Ray Vaughan, ZZ Top, & Pantera are not on the list....
Originally Posted By: Russ300H
Coming from Boston 48 years ago, my first duty station in the Navy was NAS Kingsville, TX. On the bus ride down from San Antonio, I thought I was on a secret mission in some foreign country. Miles and miles of virtually nothing. Almost 50 years later, I still don't get the greatness, but each to his own.
You didn't see much of the state.
Coming from Boston 48 years ago, my first duty station in the Navy was NAS Kingsville, TX. On the bus ride down from San Antonio, I thought I was on a secret mission in some foreign country. Miles and miles of virtually nothing. Almost 50 years later, I still don't get the greatness, but each to his own.
You didn't see much of the state.
I'll take Texas over any northeast, well, let me add any east coast, city anytime!
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Originally Posted By: eljefino
Is it for real that in Texas high schools you get a mandatory 4 years of Texas state history?
I only had it in middle school, US history & World history in high school. Curriculum changes a lot.
Is it for real that in Texas high schools you get a mandatory 4 years of Texas state history?
I only had it in middle school, US history & World history in high school. Curriculum changes a lot.
Texas History in 7th grade, Coach Smith, US History 8th grade Coach Towry
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