L,TOWM is moving to Texas

March 19, 2005 | Me

[L,TOWM]

With apologies to Doug From Upland -- (Sung to the tune of "The Beverley Hillbillies" theme)

Let me tell 'ya a little story
'bout a Freeper named Bob
Could'nt buy a house
though he had a good job
then one day he asked his wife
"Do we have to stay here for the rest of our lives?"

"No" she said
"Let's go"
"LA sucks"

Well the next thing you know
'Ol Bob is on the net
Scoutin' out a place
that would be a good bet
His company said "If some one else quits,
than to our Dallas office, you can then split."

Texas that is,
Bush Voters
Swimming Pools

NO MOVIE STARS!

[L,TOWM]

Thursday the 24th, my stuff gets loaded up and sent east. I am a California Native, but this is not the same State I grew up in. Time to find my place in the sun, by my pool, at my house. That place is Allen, TX.

Any North Dallas/Collin County people pinged to this thread -- My first priority is to find a Bible Thumping, Spirit Filled Jesus Freak style church. If that church has an active homeschool ministry and a Choir that has room for an average (at best) bass singer, that would be great. Any suggestions on churches would be great. Also, suggestions on the utilities situation, things to help my family get settled in, and particulars on the community would be welcome.

To the CA crew, it was fun shooting at Burro Canyon and Freeping the antiwar wackjobs in September 2001. I'll miss CA, but I am already a home owner in Texas. Which is something that some one in CA will not be able to say for quite some time, unless they already are one. Keep up the good fight, and hold Ahhhnold's feet to the fire. I'm outta here.

[L,TOWM]

C'ya!

[Finger Monkey]

My best friend and her husband live in Allen, and I hope you move in next to them, because you will bug the hell out of them -- they're libs.

[No Truce With Kings]

Good choice, Texas. Allen is a good place, although I prefer the East Texas-Piney Woods, myself. (Of course, right now I live on the Gulf Coast.)

Moved to Texas from Michigan in '79. Have not regretted the move. You won't either.

[L,TOWM]

How y'all doin, neighbors?

[L,TOWM]

I have a feeling I'll like it. I had a good feeling about Dallas when we visited a couple of months ago.

[bonfire]

If your wife is a shopper; she will be in hog heaven!! (hide the checkbook and the credit cards!)

[SouthTexas]

Welcome to Texas!

[sinkspur]

Welcome! I live near Fort Worth, on the other side of DFW Airport. Little place called Euless.

Allen's a great place. I hope you work on the North side of Dallas; that commute down Central Expressway is a bear.

[texaspirate]

Welcome to Texas. However, regarding your tagline line about being an official Texan next week...well we need to talk. Official Texan can have many different meanings, I had to live here for over 10 years before I qualified for the Bubba label. Just kidding of course, being a Texan is a state of mind.

[Dan from Michigan]

I think 1/2 of Michigan followed you. The other half went to Florida's gulf coast.

[TXBubba]

Darn. At first I thought it said Austin. We need more conservatives here. Allen is nice though. We used to live in North Dallas/Garland area. If a job doesn't develop here soon we may join you up in Allen. Enjoy Texas!

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

Dog Gone is a former Californian and now a born again Texan. Petroni is a yankee. Together they may have some hints on the cultural shock and language problems.

Welcome home brother.

[Spktyr]

FRmail me when you get here, I live in North Dallas.

We have many such churches in the area that meet that description. I don't think you'll have to look far. Some of these churches are enormous. There's one in particular in Plano that is literally larger than some stadiums. And on the other end of the spectrum, we have little storefront churches with only a few dozen members.

Get used to seeing the "CHURCH" yellow diamond warning signs. There's a lot of them here.

[L,TOWM]

635 and 75 -- about a 20 mile commute for me. If its the same as the 110 here in LA, I can deal. If its not as bad, than that is gravy.

Please keep me posted on any local events, if you'd be so kind.

[L,TOWM]

I have felt out of place in CA for a while. I really enjoyed Dallas when I visited.

Thank you for your welcome.

[tuffydoodle]

I used to work at the phone company office off of Pipeline in Hurst. I was raised on the west side of Fort Worth.

[AZ_Cowboy]

Best of luck in the Great State of Texas. I may have went to Arizona, but I greatly enjoy the time I spend in Texas. I can completely relate to getting out of where you are currently at, because it sounds like the place our family left. Actually, to this day we don't say we left the area...the area left us.

Once again, best of luck.

[Flyer]

"I'm from Texas, ya'll"

Say it.


Feels good, doesn't it?

[sangoo]

There is not much better in life than getting out of California. My magic moment was 10/10/03 at 7:03am ...crossed the state line on my way out and never looked back.

[geedee]

Welcome to THE Republic of Texas. Now . . . uhhh . . . change your homepage affiliation pardner. LOL.

[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

Can I ride your coattails and ask other FReepers about moving back east? I'm a California native (San Francisco), and I need to get outta here! I was thinking somewhere on the east coast, maybe Chesapeake Bay, or some other coastal town in Virginia. Anybody have any ideas for a fun city with things to do? The weather would be a major factor - as little rain and snow as possible. And definitely no hurricanes. What coastal city on the east coast sounds like that? Thanks in advance!

[M Kehoe]

Good evening. The best of luck to you.

If we couldn't live in FL, we would live in TX.

5.56mm

[dfwgator]

Howdy from Flower Mound (about 15 minutes north of DFW airport)

[Humidston]

"Feels good, doesn't it?"

No no no, Flyer.You got it wrong... It's "Feels good, don't it?"

Thanks for the ping, HC.
And to L, Towm - WELCOME HOME!

[Flyer]

No no no, Flyer.You got it wrong

Looks like you're fixin' to cause trouble!

Batten your hatches. Looks like we're in for another round of storms.

[RebelTex]

"I'll miss CA, but I am already a home owner in Texas."

HOWDY, Y'ALL!

WELCOME TO TEXAS - YEEEEEHHHAAAAAAWWW!

Here's some lingo y'all need to learn:

• fixin' to - getting ready to do it rat now.
  
• rat now - sooner rather than later.
  
• mosey on down - come on over.
  
• mess of chitlin's - if you ain't never had chitlin's, you'll swear they're a mess.
• heap o' trouble - bad day in Black Rock
  
• howdy - good to see ya, neighbor.
  
• y'all - all of you folks.
• gitar - a big fiddle.
• far - that's what burns you, if you git too close to the flames.
  
• git - move 'em out.
  
• hitch in your git-along - bum leg (or sore backside)
  
• reckon - thought process.
  
• tar - them things on a car that go flat when ya ain't got a spare.
  
• britches - what ya put on 1 leg at a time to be decent in public.
• fur - as in 'What'd ya do that fur?'

There's lots more, but I reckon that'll do fur a start.

FReegards,

RebelTex

[RedWhiteBlue]

C'mon in, the water's fine.

To quote the Lyle Lovett song:

That's right, you're not from Texas,
That's right, you're not from Texas,
That's right, you're not from Texas,
But Texas wants you anyway!

[brushcop]

It's a state of mind okay but you "immigrants" leave your CA attitudes right there where you started from, don't want any part of that c**p, no welfare cradle to grave BS, we have enough of that.

BTW, you ought to move to the Rio Grande Valley (where I was born and raised) first and put in your time so that you'll know how to deal with Texas blue county types, corruption and malfeasance. Welcome pilgrim but if your used to "touchy-feely" silliness then it's best you stay where you are.

[rstrahan]

We're one of the few,nowdays, native born Texans. Live in Denton, about 30 miles west. FWIW, learn to love the tollways, get used to hotter temps, and learn to set back and chill with a Shiner beer.

Welcome to Texas. Can't recommend a church, but there's a bunch around. Just open the yellow pages and start visiting.

[L,TOWM]

You don't even need to worry about ANY of that crap from me! Another few years in this state and I probably would have had all of "ugly, nasty" guns taken from me and a taxpayer paid trip to a re education camp.

I want to live in a Red State for a change...

[L,TOWM]

You have my sympathy--I was born in San Diego and used to be proud of being one of the few native Californians. Sorry to invade your state, but it is so nice there and with great homes I can actually afford to buy...

FWIW, the guy that sold me his house is relocating to North Carolina, so I won't actually be adding to the population, just replacing.

[HangFire]

LOL Good Luck!

[Lancey Howard]

Congratulations!

[Thinkin' Gal]

I am a California Native, but this is not the same State I grew up in.

I vacated in '88 and never looked back.

Blessings for a safe journey. Good thing you're not moving to Tyler TX. The latest story outta there is that a whole house was stolen, stick by stick. Picked clean, like a Fiat left unattended on a Sicilian roadway.

[PAR35]

In what part of town is your job? I'll be happy to suggest the best way to get there. If you want a large church, you'll need to commute to Frisco or Plano. I don't think there are any larger than 5000 members in Allen. What brand are you looking for/what flavor of theology? I'll be happy to give specifics tomorrow or Monday.

[Lancey Howard]

We have relatives who have lived in North Dallas for decades (my brother-in-law is a native from Silverton) and we visit from time to time - - usually stay a few weeks. I really like the place and the roadwork there is beyond belief. If you are from the Los Angeles area, you won't know what to do with all the time you are NOT crawling along in your car.

[BlueLancer]

Howdy, pardner ... welcome to Texas ...

From Fort Hood, Texas ...

Samauri Court Reporter

[rmmcdaniell]

The weather would be a major factor - as little rain and snow as possible. And definitely no hurricanes. What coastal city on the east coast sounds like that? Thanks in advance!

Umm none! You gotta like rain if you want to live on the East coast.

[Texas_Jarhead]

LOL!

[DoughtyOne]

Hey, best of luck to you. Glad to here you're going to own your own in Texas. Good for you.

[Tall_Texan]

Just pretend you're Ronald Reagan and you'll make a good transition. Ask yourself "WWRRD?" and you'll blend right in before you know it.

Welcome, and remember that being a Texan is a privelege, not a right.

[dennisw]

Funny. I liked your new verses to "Beverly Hillbillies"

[jocon307]

YEEEEEEE HAAAAAAAWWWWW!

Good luck to you and your family!

Good parody too!

[MeekOneGOP]

LOL! Loved the parody song. :^)

Welcome to Texas! :^D

L,TOWM is moving to Texas

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Thursday the 24th, my stuff gets loaded up and sent east. I am a California Native, but this is not the same State I grew up in. Time to find my place in the sun, by my pool, at my house. That place is Allen, TX.

Any North Dallas/Collin County people pinged to this thread -- My first priority is to find a Bible Thumping, Spirit Filled Jesus Freak style church. If that church has an active homeschool ministry and a Choir that has room for an average (at best) bass singer, that would be great. Any suggestions on churches would be great. Also, suggestions on the utilities situation, things to help my family get settled in, and particulars on the community would be welcome.

To the CA crew, it was fun shooting at Burro Canyon and Freeping the antiwar wackjobs in September 2001. I'll miss CA, but I am already a home owner in Texas. Which is something that some one in CA will not be able to say for quite some time, unless they already are one. Keep up the good fight, and hold Ahhhnold's feet to the fire. I'm outta here.

Please let me know if you want ON or OFF my Texas ping list!. . .don't be shy.
No, you don't HAVE to be a Texan to get on this list!

[Rightly Biased]

Welcome,
Since your comming anyway I wont give ya any flack about being in California ;^)

Texas in the Springtime is beautiful. Enjoy it!

'Cause summer will be here in about a week and last till December.

[MeekOneGOP]

LOL! That's a great story! Thanks.

[MeekOneGOP]

Well, since you're from Kalifornee, you're probably used to the sun.
Plenty of it here!

And when we get rain, we sometimes get rainbows. Like THIS one
that appeared last November 23rd in my back yard!:

Had I got home five minutes earlier - and 5 minutes earlier grabbin'
my camera - I'd have caught that rainbow in its' full bloom and glory.