Bob Wills is still the king!
I was born in San Antonio (Dad was an AF NCO stationed at Randolph). Years later, I went to pilot training in Lubbock (and met and married my wife of 27+ years there). Then, a few years later, was stationed at Dyess AFB in Abilene. I left the AF at that time, stayed in Abilene for a while, then moved to Austin and lived there for a couple of absolutely incredible years.
San Antonio.......Lubbock.........Abilene.........Austin.........
I may now live in the truly great state of North Carolina, and I may have lived here for ten + years......but I still feel more like a Texan than a North Carolinian.
WHAT I LIKE ABOUT TEXAS
You ask me what I like about Texas
I tell you it's the wide open spaces!
It's everything between the Sabine and the Rio Grande.
It's the Llano Estacado,
It's the Brazos and the Colorado;
Spirit of the people down here who share this land!
It's another burrito, it's a cold Lone Star in my hand
It's a quarter for the jukebox, boys,
Play some songs by your favorite Austin Texas band!
You ask me what I like about Texas
It's the big timber roundneck Nacadoches
It's driving El Camino Real into San Antone
It's the Riverwalk and Mi Tierra
Dancing to the Cotton-eyed Joe
It's stories of the Menger Hotel and the Alamo!
(You remember the Alamo!)
It's another burrito, it's a cold Lone Star in my hand!
It's a quarter for the jukebox, boys,
Play some songs by your favorite Austin Texas band!
Hey, you ask me what I like about Texas
It's Blue Bonnet and Indian paint brushes
Swimming in the sacred waters of Barton Springs
It's body surfing at Frio
It's Saturday night in Del Rio!
Driving across the border for some cultural exchange!
It's another burrito, it's a cold Lone Star in my hand!
It's a quarter for the jukebox, boys,
Play some songs by your favorite Austin Texas band!
It's another burrito, it's a cold Lone Star in my hand!
It's a quarter for the jukebox, boys,
Play some songs by your favorite Austin Texas band!
Yee-Hoo! That's what I like about Texas! Yehaw!
I wasn't born here, but as they say, I got here as fast as I could. I hold no malace against my mom and dad for not moving to Texas before I was born so I could be born here, but just damn...they could have! The good thing is that I have been in Texas more years than most people have been alive, and my children and their children are all native born....in Austin, Dallas and Plano.
bump for the Lone Star
TEXAS is my Heaven. There are no better people on earth than those in TEXAS. If it is possible to love dirt, I do...G-d Bless my beautiful TEXAS!
No, actually, she probably believed it... her grandparents were born there...
Texas will be annexed my Mexico in the year 2013.
bttt for sometime next year when I can find this bump somewhere in 'my bumps' to go back and actually read this
No, No, and most definitely YES.
I have horses, when I was a kid, but that was in Nebraska. We've also got an oil well a couple of blocks up the street, and several more within 1/2 to 3/4 of a mile, so I guess that means we're sitting atop a bunch of oil. Both sides of the Red River hereabouts have lots of oil wells. Old ones, but many are pumping these days, and serveral have been redrilled in the past few years. Only bad thing, we don't own the mineral rights. :(, although one of my wife's friends does, which she inherited from two of her three husbands. (She only ditched one of them, the one without any oil :), the other two died on her, #1 and #3 were brothers, with oil).
After such a crazy week, a nice fun thread has been a breath of fresh air. Thanks!
Having lived in San Antonio for well over 40 years I must say Viva, Mi Tierra!!
The following was sent to me a year or so ago and I'm just passing it along for fun. Yes I know about Texas v. White and I'm not posting it to argue over. It's just for a good hearted chuckle. (Now if you want to argue about something, it should be Chili!!, LOL)
"Please note that Texas is the only state with a legal right to secede from the Union (please refer to the Texas-American Annexation Treaty of 1848).
We Texans love y'all, but we'll miss you too.
Texas has given all those complainers plenty of time to get used to the election results. After seeing the whiners along the campaign route, the folks from Texas are considering taking matters into our hands.
Here is our solution:
#1: In 2008, let Hilldabeast become President of the United States. (all 49 other states.)
#2: George W. Bush becomes the President of the Republic Of Texas.
So what does Texas have to do to survive as a Republic?
1. NASA is just south of Houston, Texas. (we will control the space industry.)
2. We refine over 85% of the gasoline in the United States.
3. Defense Industry. (we have over 65% of it) The term "Don't mess with Texas," will take on a whole new meaning.
4. Oil - we can supply all the oil that the Republic of Texas will need for the next 300 years. Yankee states? Sorry about that.
5. Natural Gas - Again we have all we need and it's too bad about those northern states. Billery will figure a way to keep them warm....
6. Computer Industry - we currently lead the nation in producing computer chips and communications: Small places like Texas Instruments, Dell Computer, EDS, Raytheon, National Semiconductor, Motorola, Intel, AMD, Atmel, Applied Materials, Ball Semiconductor, Dallas Semiconductor, Delphi, Nortel, Alcatel, Etc, Etc. The list goes on and on.
7. Health Centers - We have the largest research centers for Cancer research, the best burn centers and the top trauma units in the world and other large health planning centers.
8. We have enough colleges to keep us going: UT Texas, A&M, Texas Tech, Rice, SMU, University of Houston, Baylor, UNT, Texas Women's University, Ivy grows better in the south anyway
9. We have a ready supply of workers. (just open the border when we need some more)
10. We have control of the paper industry, plastics, insurance, etc.
11. In case of a foreign invasion, we have the Texas National Guard and the Texas Air National Guard. We don't have an army but since everybody down here has at least six rifles and a pile of ammo, we can raise an army in 24 hours if we need it. If the situation really gets bad, we can always call Department of Public Safety and ask them to send over a couple Texas Rangers.
12. We are totally self sufficient in beef, poultry, hogs and several types of grain, fruit and vegetables and lets not forget seafood from the gulf. And everybody down here knows how to cook them so that they taste good. Don't need any food.
This just names a few of the items that will keep the Republic Of Texas in good shape. There isn't a thing out there that we need and don't have.
Now to the rest of the United States under President Billery:
Since you won't have the refineries to get gas for your cars, only President Billery will be able to drive around in her 9 mile per gallon Limo. The rest of the United States will have to walk or ride bikes.
You won't have any TV as the space center in Houston will cut off your communications. You won't have any natural gas to heat your homes but since all of the DemocRATS have predicted global warming, you will not need the gas.
Signed, The People in Texas."
Cowboy Up!
Texans share a national identity in a way that the people's of most other states do not. However, things are changing. Most of the people now live in three huge urban areas.
King Ranch is bigger than the State of Rhode Island
Texas is the only state to enter the United States by treaty instead of territorial annexation
El Paso is closer to Needles, California than it is to Dallas.
The Heisman trophy is named for John William Heisman the first full-time coach and athletic director at Rice University in Houston.
With more than 267,000 square miles, Texas is as large as all of New England, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois combined.
The largest military base in the world, Fort Hood, is located in Killeen, in central Texas
Texas has more churches than any state in the union, with 16,969
Texas ranks number one in the United States in production of oil, natural gas, cattle, sheep, wool, rice, watermelon, and cotton
The hamburger was invented in Athens, Texas
The first word spoken from the moon, July 20, 1969, was "Houston"
The area around Abilene TX is so rich with oil that when the city put up a demonstration oil-drilling rig on the county fairgrounds, just to illustrate the techniques of "making a hole," it struck oil
Texas is the only state to enter the U.S. by treaty, instead of annexation. It was a sovereign nation and is the only state under the flag code that can fly the state flag at the same height as the U.S. flag.
Texas is the largest petroleum producing state in the US. If Texas was an independent nation, it would rank as the world*s fifth largest petroleum producing country.
Texas has the nation*s largest State Capitol building. The dome of the Capitol stands seven feet higher than that of the nation*s Capitol.
The Texas Medical Center in Houston is the world's largest medical complex.
"Never ask a man where he's from! If he's from Texas, you won't have to ask, he'll tell you! And if he isn't from Texas, you shouldn't embarrass him by calling attention to it!"
My answer was "We got all the allies we need right here, we got Texas."
I live in Texas, have plenty of guns, but no horses or cows :( ....yet!
Turkey Peak, Enchanted Rock State Park
One of my favorite spots in all of Texas
HEY! Don't disrespect Iowa.
Iowa has great public schools, for public schools.
Iowa has incredible corn, ham, watermelon and porkchops. The milk is fresh. The eggs are always local.
If you want to work hard, you'll have a job in Iowa.
If you want to relax, there are streams everywhere where fish will bite a bare hook, just to make you happy.
You can take your best dog and go hunting for cornfed pheasant in a farmers dormant field.
The snow in November is beautiful. In December it gaurantees a white Christmas. In January, it tests your manhood. In February, it helps you appreciate the summer that much more. In March, it gives you something to look for...the spring in April.
The mid-July two-week long heatwave gives you an excuse to get off work early and go swimming. It also helps you long for the cooler days of November.
The tornados keep you close to God. The beautiful surroundings let you know He is close by.
Wow, I think I will copy this to my blog, after I get over being homesick.