I didn't know Yankees were allowed in Texas??? I thought they all came to Florida, was I mistaken?
I didn't know Yankees were allowed in Texas??? I thought they all came to Florida, was I mistaken?
I've been to FLA twice. I do not like it. In fact, I look forward to the colder days when all the Snowbird Yankees leave for FLA.
I'm looking forward to visiting Texas. I've read every Louis L'Amour novel twice, seen every John Wayne movie, Lonesome Dove, etc and I'm curious about the Texas places with intriguing names. Maybe I should bring my repro Colt Walker as an ice breaker.
I gotta say, my favorite place that I visited, so far, is the Badlands in SD.
Every place changes as time moves on. There has been changes in Texas, but the core remains. I am a 6th. Gen Texan, my kids are 7th Gen and Grandkids are 8th. Gen. We have all married Texans did not interbred with non-Texans. Some of us have sojourned in other places, but have all come home untainted.
Disclaimer: The above is not holy writ. It is just my opinion based on my experience and knowledge. Your mileage may vary.
Britons shall never be slaves.
The refugees from there and Calif. have scattered out all over.
As long as they stay in the big cities, I'm OK with it.
Years ago, there was a letter to the editor of the Dallas paper.
It was from an out of state refugee. He said he noticed the drivers on the Dallas free ways were incredibly rude.
He talked to several of his neighbors, also from out of state and they agreed with him.
Somebody wrote back and asked-- "If you and your neighbors are from out of state,
what does that tell you about the people on the free way"?
In school: We learn lessons, and are given tests.
In life: We are given tests, and learn lessons.
OK People. Enough of this idle chit-chat.
This ain't your Grandma's sewing circle.
EVERYONE!
Back to your oars. The Captain wants to waterski.
One thing about big D traffic, I always felt I was in a Nascar qualifying race. And I never resented the traffic leaving DFW after coming home.
Bumper to Bumper but always moving at 80MPH..........
“You should tell someone what you know. There should be a history, so that men can learn from it.
He smiled. “Men do not learn from history. Each generation believes itself brighter than the last, each believes it can survive the mistakes of the older ones. Each discovers each old thing and they throw up their hands and say ‘See! Look what I have found! Look upon what I know!’ And each believes it is something new.
Louis L’Amour
The Californios
In school: We learn lessons, and are given tests.
In life: We are given tests, and learn lessons.
OK People. Enough of this idle chit-chat.
This ain't your Grandma's sewing circle.
EVERYONE!
Back to your oars. The Captain wants to waterski.
“Try to get there first- you’ll fit right in”was always my advice to anyone driving in Houston or Dallas. Otherwise you’ll get run over.
Fort Worth is only 30 miles from Dallas but way less urgent traffic wise.
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In Alaska, driving on unsanded ice, when the light turns green,
we wait for the people sliding through the red light.
In Tucson on wide perfect roads, when the light turns green,
we wait for the people flying through the red light.
Seriously look both ways.
In both places the intersections are glittering with Ford bits.
In both places car insurance is expensive.
But of all the places I have lived, Florida is the worst for driving. They crazy.
Be careful what you believe from reading cowboy novels. 5 of the top 10 cattle production operations are in Florida currently. for a long time Florida was in the in the top 5 producers in the nation. Most of the range wars that so many of the westerns feature happened in Florida. I don't like the heat here either.
1st time we went to FLA was 1980, in a Chevy Chevette with no AC (drove from MA). Not a fun ride. We camped right in Disney World (before Epcot). Not bad, but...
2nd time we went to Pensacola (Navy base). Nice place but even more humid than New England.
I have a sister in FLA and I've never been to her house. Another sister in AZ that we visited. Hot and humid vs hot and dry.
Don’t forget many of us yankees are just like you; we’re conservative and politically persecuted by citidiots and politicians.
We’re fighting hard but at some point we may have to go somewhere with like minds and sensibilities.
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Kilgore, they have the East Texas Oil Museum out there and it is really cool.
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Been there. Great place.
Well that explains everything I would hate Florida also if one of only two experiences was Disney World. The most miserable place in the state, and slap full of Yankees.
Naw, I don't hate FLA, just can't stand the heat. We camped in Disney World at a nice campsite. I'm just not into theme parks. Canobie Lake in NH is my limit. Pensacola was good, except for the swampy humidity. We stayed on the base (or part of it), saw a great air show, but we didn't travel around much. We just finished off a "heat advisory" in most of New England, but I'm sure hot parts of the country laughed at it.
Our problem is folks from the north trying to change things to the way they had it up north.
We got a town next to Raleigh named Cary. It stands for Confinement Area for Relocated Yankees. But like any infestation, you can't keep it confined. The whole county is infested and with the increased roadways they've started in on the surrounding counties. And they breed like rats,
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In school: We learn lessons, and are given tests.
In life: We are given tests, and learn lessons.
OK People. Enough of this idle chit-chat.
This ain't your Grandma's sewing circle.
EVERYONE!
Back to your oars. The Captain wants to waterski.
Keep 'em. Attract as many as you can. If you can't take the winters up here, you're not a Yankee.It stands for Confinement Area for Relocated Yankees
In school: We learn lessons, and are given tests.
In life: We are given tests, and learn lessons.
OK People. Enough of this idle chit-chat.
This ain't your Grandma's sewing circle.
EVERYONE!
Back to your oars. The Captain wants to waterski.
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