This guy lives down the street from me!
Posted on 03/25/2011 7:49:03 AM PDT by evets
Another tree goes into the ground in Killeen.
It's not uncommon as spring planting season gets into full bloom.
However for Central Texas Lawn Care and Landscaping's Larry and LW Robison, each of the trees they sell are extra special.
Larry said, "These trees...come from President Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas."
The former president has a tree farm on his ranch.
All native Texas trees and only three companies in the state can sell them.
LW said, "It's hard to believe that out of three people in the state we're one of them."
And if that isn't special enough...
"My son and I went up [to Bush's Crawford ranch last Friday], we had a meeting with the President for 45 minutes. It was incredible. It was a highlight of my life," Larry said.
That's right, the Robisons got to meet George W Bush while picking up trees at the ranch.
"He just came flying down in that Polaris four wheeler thing with the dogs and 'how's it going' and just went from there," LW said.
About the meeting, Larry adds, "And he said he was GW. He said Hi Larry, Hi LW, I'm GW, and I was speechless, which is hard for me, for about 20 minutes of the 45 minutes."
The Robison's only expected a few minutes with Bush, so it really made an impact that he spent so much time with them.
"If he wasn't president and you never met him before, you wouldn't have known he's president, because he's just a good ol' country boy," LW said.
(Video at link.)
Do they employ illegals? Would G.W. care?
How can I get one of those trees?
Hunh. Sounds exactly like something a tool would say.
I wonder what W does all day now. He’s certainly earned a well deserved break. Probably clearing brush, reading, biking...
I sure wish several D former Presidents would take a page out of his book and STFU.
Thats Cool
Highlight of my day so far!
thanks for posting.
Right off the bat you have to make a nasty comment on a nice story. We need more grown-ups around here...
I miss Pres. Bush. You could disagree with some of his policies, but you always knew two things for sure: his love for this country, and his faith in the American people.
Ah! Great picture! Thanks for sharing it.
GW looks wonderful, happy and well rested! He served his country very well and I wish thier beautiful family all the best.
I sure envy those guys. It would be great to have G.W. as a neighbor.
I’ll stop by the store, and see if he has any for sale!
Central Texas Lawn Care & Landscaping (254) 698-1133 2300 Indian Trail Dr, Harker Heights, TX 76548 GPS 31.053948 -97.636374 Welcome to Central Texas Lawn Care & Landscaping!
Riiight. No one would ever think about illegals when thinking of G.W. Bush and landscapers. Sure. Forgive me, I made the mistake of watching him on C-SPAN (SMU event) last night saying how those who oppose "comprehensive immigration reform" are "xenophobes" and that "hate is not the answer". I thought I was watching a Dick Durbin floor speech.
We want...a shrubbery!
But tools won't accepth facts.
W fan here, and I’ve finally refined my one Q I’d ask him: Did you let Zero happen so America could learn a valuable lesson?
Having been on this forum for 12 yrs I hardly need a lecture from the likes of you. And are you saying that it is "hard" to hire illegal alien laborers to do landscaping? That is rich!
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