Posted on 10/14/2005 3:43:58 PM PDT by phatoldphart
No what I was pointing out is that we have been pulling your chain for years and enjoy it.
The reference to Long Island was to place me in your area, and not have you wonder why a Texan would be in your state so much. Given that we are such a problem to you, perhaps you would be happier, and I know I would, if you took your sour observations elsewhere.
So you are in the Sherman area? I have close family in McKinney which made Austin a very attractive choice to me in terms of having relatives nearby if she needed help. You are right that Baylor is a big school, and SWU is even smaller than my daughter's high school. I love the student/professor ratio at Austin, Trinity and SWU. They aren't just a number in the professor's grade book in a huge lecture hall. She knows Baylor is a good school, but she really wanted the away from home experience and the opportunity to meet new people. Baylor is such familiar territory from years of attending extended education seminars, athletic events, cultural events, etc. that it held no allure to her. Georgetown is so close to Austin that she has big city amenities nearby, but lives in a small town atmosphere.
It does snow more often in Jerusalem and Bethlehem than it does in San Antoinio. But just a little more up into the Texas Hill Country would be a pretty good approximation. San Antonio is at 29:46 N latitude, while Jerusalem is at 31.47 N. Jerusalem is also higher at 300 meters ASL than San Antonio, which is only around 700 feet, so the difference in elevation in not so great. And two degrees of latitude is only about 120 nautical miles so Somewhere around Ft. Hood would be very similar, if drier because of being farther from the water, and because of other geographic factors.
Haven't seen anyone comment on this yet, but it's true. There's (basically) West of the Rockies, East of the Rockies, and Texas. It's the law, Texas law that is. To keep electricity from being generated with Texas Oil or Texas Gas and then being shipped out of state without paying the State of Texas. :) IIRC we are tied to both the other grids, and they are tied to each other, but very lightly through links that can't handle much power. They are only tied to keep them all in synch. Thus, in the old days, clocks would run at the same speed everywhere in the country. And the entire country has the same frequency of power... on the average anyway.
I noticed that but didn't comment on it mainly cuz I thought everybody already knew it.......
And here I thought you were pulling something else to be enjoying yourself so much.
Been there, done that, got over it a long time ago...
Sorry to bust your bubble, but it's not as special as you make it sound.
The flag thing is cool, the state by treaty thing is cool, the fact that they have their own grid, their own standing army and the fact that corporate law is special in Texas is all cool stuff.
But what have you done with those cool legal differences lately? I think the last hurrah was when Connally and the Hunt family planned to secede and make the currency of Texas backed by silver and issued by First Republic Bank of Texas. They were stomped on by the powers that be and high points in Texas history are just that now, history.
Texas is just one more state in the union these days. It's big yeah... so what?
I lived there for over ten years. Worked construction for a while, worked on an operating nuclear plant for a while and owned a business there for a while. It's nothing special and most (nearly all) of the "cowboys" I met there were as fake as a three dollar bill.
Sorry, it just ain't that special anymore.
... and here you show your true self. Not only are you humorless, you are ill mannered.
Lloyd227, Just curious as to what part of the country you live in now? Also, if you had the opportunity to live anywhere you wished in our beautiful America, where would it be?
TX ping
We were all talking just the other day about how glad we were that you had gone.
Where would I choose to live, if employment were not a factor? That's a tough one... seen a lot of nice areas and met a lot of great people along the way. Have to categorize things a bit:
For the people? - North or South Carolina, or maybe Tennessee
The state political climate, governance? - Arizona, maybe Texas
The Climate? Southern Californa, or possibly the Carolinas and Tennessee would make it back on the list again.
Family ties? - All of mine and my wife's family are in central Missouri where we both grew up. Odds are, I'll end up back in that area to spend time with them all before we're gone.
I've got two kids in college and one in high school headed for college though... it will be a while before I get to choose where I live without concern for a steady income :-)
Cheers, Lloyd
That sure is a purdy pic, energy capitol/capital of the world.
I'm sorry, I didn't recognize you as having been among those "cowboys" I mentioned above :-)
All Ya'll have a good day and don't take every little bitty thing so serious.
Cheers,
Lloyd
It's jealousy or misunderstanding, no worries.
I've been to some others states too from time to time over the years
Me too, and I couldn't wait to get back home to Texas.
I otally agree. They are the other side of the blue bells.
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