'Nuff said...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC16-4fh-Qc&feature=player_embedded (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC16-4fh-Qc&feature=player_embedded)
And that's without even mentioning the assortment of Ren Faires in Texas!
Should be the 10th largest country!
Amen, ya'all
Moved here 20 years ago and never regretted it.
That video made me soooo home sick... moved to California about a year ago, and one of these days I will be going back home....
Pride... that's why we rock
We may be called arrogant fairly often, but none deny that we have reasons for the pride in Texas that we all share
*Rum Toast to the Great State of Texas!*
As every Texan father tells his son "Never ask a man where he's from. If he's from Texas he'll tell you, if he's not there's no need to embarass him."
I would love Texas more if it wasn't so Dadgum HOT in the summer. I really hate having the road stick to my shoes.
We were a nation once, for about 10 years.
Teach, it ain't braggin' if it's true!
Hell yes.
I don't live in Texas and never have. But I visted once long ago and loved it.
In the last few years I've given thought to moving there.
And it's always so nice for a conservative-leaning Libertarian like me to show that Texas, a strongly Republican state, is always doing quite well. Whereas California, a liberal Democrat paradise is one of the states always doing worst, if not the worst when I'm debating with liberals. ;D
Without getting too political.. I sometimes wonder and worry that Texas might be mine and others last bastion of Liberty in this Republic.
I was not born in TX- but got here as fast as I could!
I remember flying to Chicago and missing the flight back to TX. I kissed the ground once I got HOME!
So many faires here- and nice folks too!
Okay..we get it already. Everybody loves Texas. I lived there for ten years and when I finally shook the dust of that place from my boots I was so glad...and still am.Texas does have a lot going for it. The food tends to be cheaper and better down there. The housing prices are cheaper, which is great...unless you are trying to sell your house and get out. There are fewer environmental controls down there, just ask all of the refinery workers with asbestos in their lungs. The population is growing because of all of the illegal aliens crossing the border. Now, thats a booming economy! What a place. My Mother still lives there and she loves it. She can grow tropical plants year round and loves her humming birds. My brother loves it because he can fish year round. And my other brother loves it because with Texas' ever-increasing crime rate, he will never be out of a job as a prosecuting attorney. You see, what makes Texas so great is that it has something for everyone. It didn't have much for me, though...and thats why I live in the Rocky Mountains. Remember the Alamo! Goliad! San Jacinto!...and poor, poor Galveston...one of the prettiest cities in the country, now reduced to garbage. Maybe some of the sky-rocketing growth could get smeared around on Galvez island for a change....huh?
Well I'm not from Texas, and if Texas is so great, then WHY do so many Texans move to Colorado?
If Texas is so great it sounds, then why do so many leave? I like space and not so many people... which seems to not be the case any more in Colorado as so many Texan's have moved into Colorado... Californian's, New Yorks, and Arizonian's make up the rest but most come from Texas.
Yes Texas produces a ton of oil and gas, but Colorado is a far greenier state in more ways than one. Colorado is now home to the largest Wind turbine manufactor in the world and it's also the largest in the US and it's all in Colorado. We want to go green as Oil is killing the world and the US
Colorado is the HIGHEST state in the contintal US and I don't mean drugs. If you actually went by square foot of actual land, Colorado would be the bigger as we have over 50 mountains of 14,000 foot. So you guys may be bigger laying flat, if Colorado was flattened by a huge iron, then it would be bigger. Well in theroy it is believed to be that way.. And once again while you guys produce more oil we produce more water. Try living with out water... I can live with out gas and oil .
Texas time runs on Colorado time... The NIST (National Institute of Science and Technology is in Boulder, CO which is the clock ALL clocks are based on in the US.
So I'm not saying Texas is bad, nor am I saying Colorado is better, but personally I'd never live in Texas unless it was a MUST and I sure would not want to stay there. Visit? Yes as Scarby and TRF are two of the best faires... Colorado isn't bad eaither... actually it's my favorite. I like my mountains, my snow, my summers that aren't in the 100's (it's in the high 90's :) ) I like my space to get away from people and relax and stick my feet in a nice chill mountain river or drop a line into said river to catch a nice trout.
So if Texas is so great, do me a HUGE favor and prove that to all the Texans who migrated into my state and tell them to go back to Texas so I can have yet more peace and space.
Enjoy your Texas
Quote from: Lady de Laney on March 26, 2009, 05:36:18 PM
Oil is killing the world and the US
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAHHAAAAAA!...Oh...oohhh
Love TRF! My favorite Sponge Bob Square Pants episode is when SB and Patrick give Sandy Squirrel so much crap about Texas she whoops their butts! (yeah, I've watched an episode or two :-[).
Used to visit for work quite a bit, love Houston. If Ya'll didn't have June July, and August I'd consider moving there but Woo Doggy!, it sure gets HOT!!!
Oh, can't say a man has lived 'til he experiences his first Texas BBQ. Mountains of meat cooked in a pit. You natives know what I'm talking about!
So ya'll miss'n Texas...?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_ADjpeLg1w&feature=related
So, the best that Colorado has to offer is that it doesn't get as hot, and it'd be bigger if it wasn't so wrinkly? As to "higher", yeah, we'll just leave that one alone (*ahem*), but I don't recall anyone else bringing that up.
In fact, I don't recall the discussion being about Colorado, good or bad. The thread was about Texas. If you'd like to start a thread about Colorado however, please do. I'm sure I can find some very nice things to say about your home.
*rolls up her sleeves and gets ready for a Texas style brawl, complete with a BBQ Beating and a Lone Star Stunner*
WTF?!?!?!? Can someone PLEASE explain to me why people feel the need to post negatively about someone else's home state? I mean DAMN! How RUDE! But you know, now that you mention it...
If you love your Colorado so much, you can keep it. I prefer to stay right here in my home state of Texas, where I can go to all four corners and experience something new and exciting both in culture and environment. There's always something to do here, and it almost never includes chowing trail mix and playing Kumbaya while waiting to die in a snowstorm.
And as for all the people that left, some people just aren't Texas material. I mean, it takes a pretty extraordinary person to call themselves a Texan.
Thank you, that is all :D
Oh, but goodness gracious, they're just so grrreeeeennn. I mean, they use windmills, which cost more, take up much more space, all the while giving less return. Oh, but it's cleaner. Nevermind that the country is hundreds of times cleaner than it was in the industrial revolution and before (and has more trees) and nevermind that it takes fossil fuels to make and maintain these so-called clean means of energy. ::) I mean, there must be a major consumer demand for them... ya know... since they're everywhere across this whole nation and everything, right? Oh, wait. ;)
I guess this must be why the economy is doing so horrible in TX and oh-so-wonderful in CO.
Some people just hear Dan Rather or whatever belch into their ear for half an hour and simply check in with the attitude that "Well, I guess that's the whole of the matter!"
Well, Colorado all right but it an't all that. I've seen days in Denver when you couldn't see the Mt. becuse of all the smog, and having your windshild busted out form hail stones from summer storms. The state is nice BUT I never want to live again in Denver. Oh, and I forgot about all the up tight Lib's in Vale, but we'll stop on that note.
Hey Brier, see you hail from Arkansas, now there is a pretty state! Have not been there for years but hope to visit soon (don't even start me on the Ozarks!). I see "Ugly" claims Georgia as home, Long time since I've been there. Amazing antebellum homes and civil war monuments everywhere. Been to Colorado too, Great Sand Dunes Monument, and Mesa Verde...wow.
Point is, I love all the states in this country, as far as the South goes, you can keep your danged summer! Holy hot as Hades!!! Now I live in Minnesota, prettiest North Shore period! But Winter? Please teach me how to hibernate so I can skip the fridgid hell that is Minnesota in winter!
Guess I'm saying it's good and bad everywhere, hope we can get back to the topic...Texas. Love your toast by the way! ;D
*puts on Moderator hat*
Okay people, let's settle down. Any more arguing and I'll give people time outs if they feel the need to continue to act like children.
*hat off*
That being said...
Texas. My favorite toast. ;D
Quote from: blue66669 on March 26, 2009, 07:33:38 PM
There's always something to do here, and it almost never includes chowing trail mix and playing Kumbaya while waiting to die in a snowstorm.
ROTFLMAO!!
My God, Blue! You made me fall out of my chair!
Just what do you have against trail mix? ;)
Returning to topic, fun stuff about my home state:
Texas is the only state to have the flags of 6 different nations fly over it. They are: Spain, France, Mexico, Republic of Texas, Confederate States, and the United States.
Texas is the only state to enter the United States by treaty instead of territorial annexation.
The state was an independent nation from 1836 to 1845.
Texas boasts the nation's largest herd of whitetail deer.
A coastal live oak located near Fulton is the oldest tree in the state. The tree has an estimated age of more than 1,500 years.
More wool comes from the state of Texas than any other state in the United States.
Texas is home to Dell and Compaq computers and central Texas is often referred to as the Silicon Valley of the south.
The first suspension bridge in the United States was the Waco Bridge. Built in 1870 and still in use today as a pedestrian crossing of the Brazos River.
The capitol in Austin opened May 16, 1888. The dome of the building stands seven feet higher than that of the nation's Capitol in Washington, D.C.
The first word spoken from the moon on July 20, 1969 was Houston.
El Paso is closer to Needles, California than it is to Dallas.
The state's cattle population is estimated to be near 16 million.
More land is farmed in Texas than in any other state (so much for no space!)
More species of bats live in Texas than in any other part of the United States.
Texas is the nation's leading producer of oil, natural gas, beef, sheep, goats, wool, cotton, rice...and, oh yes, watermelons.
Port Lavaca has the world's longest fishing pier. Originally part of the causeway connecting the two sides of Lavaca Bay, the center span of was destroyed by Hurricane Carla in 1961.
The Tyler Municipal Rose Garden is the world's largest rose garden. It contains 38,000 rose bushes representing 500 varieties of roses set in a 22-acre garden.
The world's first rodeo was held in Pecos on July 4, 1883.
The world's largest rodeo is the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. It is also the largest 501(c)3 charity of its kind in the world, operated by over 21,000 volunteers and generating $10 million per year in scholarships.
The Flagship Hotel on Seawall Boulevard in Galveston is the only hotel in North America built entirely over the water.
Brazoria County has more species of birds than any other comparable area in North America.
The Aransas Wildlife Refuge is the winter home of North America's only remaining flock of whooping cranes. (Grew up near there, and heard them flying in for the winter every year. Big birdies!)
The smallest Catholic church in the world still in operation claims to be in Warrenton. Measuring 12 feet by 15 feet, the church seats 15 and is only open once a year. (been there!)
Texas has four national forests – Angelina, Davy Crockett, Sabine and Sam Houston.
A piper, John McGregor, played on the walls of the Alamo during the siege.
Texas is one of the top producers of forest products in the United States, with the second most forested acreage in the South.
The largest military base in the world, Fort Hood, is located in Killeen, in central Texas
Two of the three largest universities in the United States are in Texas; Texas A&M University at College Station and the University of Texas at Austin.
The Breedlove Food Dehydration Plant in Lubbock is the world's first nonprofit dehydration plant dedicated to relieving hunger. The plant makes dehydrated rice dinners, vegetables and soup mixes that are sent to food banks and international charities. Millions of its meals have been delivered to victims of natural disasters in the United States and around the world.
I'm sure every place has things to be proud of! These are just some of ours.
Quote from: Tipsy Gypsy on March 26, 2009, 10:44:44 PM
A piper, John McGregor, played on the walls of the Alamo during the siege.
This could well explain the attack, they just wanted him to stop! ;D
Being a bit of a history buff myself...The first "official" battleship was named the "Texas" harboring a whole new class of warship...
(http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/ships/battleships/texas/texas01bb.gif)
Having lived both in Colorado & Texas - they are both Woot! worthy.
Quote from: Deadbishop on March 26, 2009, 09:38:22 PM
*puts on Moderator hat*
Okay people, let's settle down. Any more arguing and I'll give people time outs if they feel the need to continue to act like children.
*hat off*
That being said...
Texas. My favorite toast. ;D
Oooo, um, can we get the toast AND the time out?!?!? I can needs fewd...
Having been born in Colorado and moved to Texas...I have to say, going home to CO is nice...but Texas is home.
Wouldn't change having been raised in Texas for anything. ;D
Irish by Ancestry, American by Birth, Texan by the Grace of God.....
You can not match the smell of Brisket, Beef Ribs and Lockhart Sausage on the BBQ, along with friends hanging out on the patio and taking dips in the pool before settling down to Christmas Dinner.
I perfer the old title of Texican just sounds bigger. I love going to faire and having people say
oh cool grab instead are you nuts dressed like that and not working this place? Which happen to me in PA and Ohio.
I LOVE the mountains and beauty of the North West, but the damn cold weather I can't handle. I love fall and I do wish their was more of a change of foliage where I live (Brazoria County), but you don't have to drive far to get to it. Our winters are short enough for you to get your cold weather fix and then by time you know it, it's time for the beach again!
Texas has everything you need! The only two complaints I have are the mosquitoes and the humidity, but let's face it... Us Texans know by now to stock up on bug spray and never hope to do anything fancy with your hair because it won't stay!! ;D
Oh and let's not forget how awesome it is that we have TRF AND Scarby.
Quote from: Lairde Guardn MCrack on March 27, 2009, 10:04:49 AM
Irish by Ancestry, American by Birth, Texan by the Grace of God.....
You can not match the smell of Brisket, Beef Ribs and Lockhart Sausage on the BBQ, along with friends hanging out on the patio and taking dips in the pool before settling down to Christmas Dinner.
Love it Lairde! and so true.
Austin, Texas. South-by-Southwest music fest. 'Nuff said.
MMMMM Brisket and Beef Ribs.
Year-round faires and rennie gatherings uninterrupted by snowstorms. (except that one time at Scarby I heard about...)
We have lots of sheep, eh? I wondered why we had so many Scotsmen! ;)
I've lived in Colorado 4 times in the past 16 years. All I could think about was the ocean. And how much I hated scraping, sliding on, and shoveling the white s***.
The humidity here provides us with a more youthful appearance, too. ;D
Quote from: Messyn McCleavage on April 13, 2009, 02:31:27 PMThe humidity here provides us with a more youthful appearance, too. ;D
My summer mantra about the humidity is "It keeps away the wrinkles, it keeps away the wrinkles" - trying to put a positive spin on it.
Reading all the posts make me even more homesick than watching the video... believe me... it will not be too much longer and I will be back home....
And just to throw it out there... Texas is the only state flag that can and should be flown at the same height as the American flag.... has to do with all that us being a nation and stuff...
And also... back to the Wool comment... almost all of that comes from the 9 counties that border San Angelo, TX (lived there once upon a time)
And just one other thing.. Texas has just about anything that you could want from a geographic perspective.. We have mountains, rolling hills, beaches, deserts, plains, etc... And yes it does get a little warm in some area, but we have snow here as well... and Windmills... Texas has had Windmills since they were invented.... they are dotted all over the great state, just about every farm has at least 1...
Texas is the only state where State History is a required subject in middle school.
Texas is the only state with the right to fly its flag at equal height with the U.S. flag.
Dr. Pepper was invented in Waco, Texas in 1885.
Texas is the only state to still have a flock of Whooping Cranes. (Aransas Wildlife Refuge)
Texas has more miles of railroad track than any other state.
Texas has eight viticultural regions and grows a larger variety of wine grape species than any other state.
Root stock from Texas grapes was used to restore the prestigious French wine grapes that the phylloxera root louse was destroying.
===6th generation Texan====
Quote from: DonaCatalina on April 13, 2009, 03:54:49 PM
Texas is the only state with the right to fly its flag at equal height with the U.S. flag.
Whoops! Not quite right!
http://www.snopes.com/history/american/texasflag.asp
Every state has it's pros and cons, that's for sure. I love Western NY where I grew up, but I love my home here in Texas too. Though I could live without the allergies which I never had before I came here! *grin* I do miss the green, and the hills, and the moisture in the air, though.
Either place, I'm home, and that's fine by me!
I love the ENDLESS FIELDS OF BLUEBONNETS!!!
Brisket.
Dear God, that stuff is awesome. Blue 6669 brought some on the last invasion to Tampa, and it was just incredible. I remember it well.....dark, smoky, juicy....and that was just Blue...but I digress. She unwrapped what I thought was a piece of furniture. Contained within was a Flintstones sized hunk o' beef that melted in your mouth, with a slow lingering finish. It fed about a dozen hungry people, and left me wanting more.
I've seen the process for brisket BBQ. It takes about a day, from what I can tell..and I've not even attempted to replicate it. Texas ROCKS!!!
You can keep chicken fried steak, though..... ;)
Oh yeah...good brisket is an art form!
EVERYTHING Blue brought was scrumptious
even Blue
Quote from: lys1022 on April 13, 2009, 05:10:24 PM
Quote from: DonaCatalina on April 13, 2009, 03:54:49 PM
Texas is the only state with the right to fly its flag at equal height with the U.S. flag.
Whoops! Not quite right!
http://www.snopes.com/history/american/texasflag.asp
Every state has it's pros and cons, that's for sure. I love Western NY where I grew up, but I love my home here in Texas too. Though I could live without the allergies which I never had before I came here! *grin* I do miss the green, and the hills, and the moisture in the air, though.
Either place, I'm home, and that's fine by me!
It's not federal law. That's where snopes comes in.
http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/ViewChapter.aspx?key=gv.3100.051
Sec. 3100.055. DISPLAY ON FLAGPOLE OR FLAGSTAFF WITH FLAG OF UNITED STATES.
1) the flags should be displayed on flagpoles or flagstaffs of the same height;
(2) the flags should be of approximately equal size;
(3) the flag of the United States should be, from the perspective of an observer, to the left of the state flag;
Quote from: Count Adolfo on April 13, 2009, 10:33:54 PM
EVERYTHING Blue brought was scrumptious
even Blue
HEY!!! I r not tastey or nutrishis!!!
Quote from: Seamus Ex Machina on April 13, 2009, 06:52:06 PM
... I remember it well.....dark, smoky, juicy....and that was just Blue...but I digress....
ooohhhh...well done! ;)
Quote from: blue66669 on April 14, 2009, 08:28:14 AM
Quote from: Count Adolfo on April 13, 2009, 10:33:54 PM
EVERYTHING Blue brought was scrumptious
even Blue
HEY!!! I r not tastey or nutrishis!!!
*Ahem* I'm sure many here would disagree with you on at least one of those points.
*blushes*
Otay, maybe tastey, but DEFINITELY NOT NOOTRISHIS!
glad I'm not a health nut
FRIENDS VS TEXAS FRIENDS (could also be said of fairemily)
FRIENDS: Never ask for food.
TEXAS FRIENDS: Always bring the food.
FRIENDS: Will say 'hello'.
TEXAS FRIENDS: Will give you a big hug and a kiss.
FRIENDS: Call your parents Mr. and Mrs.
TEXAS FRIENDS: Call your parents Mom and Dad.
FRIENDS: Have never seen you cry.
TEXAS FRIENDS: Cry with you.
FRIENDS: Will eat at your dinner table and leave.
TEXAS FRIENDS: Will spend hours there, talking, laughing, playing dominoes or cards and just being together.
FRIENDS: Know a few things about you.
TEXAS FRIENDS: Could write a book with direct quotes from you.
FRIENDS: Will leave you behind if that's what the crowd is doing.
TEXAS FRIENDS: Will kick the whole crowds' back-ends that left you.
FRIENDS: Would knock on your door.
TEXAS FRIENDS: Walk right in and say, 'I'm home!'.
FRIENDS: will visit you in the hospital when you're sick
TEXAS FRIENDS: will cut your grass and clean your house then come spend the night with you in the hospital and cook for you when you come home
FRIENDS: have you on speed dial
TEXAS FRIENDS: have your number memorized.
FRIENDS: Are for a while.
TEXAS FRIENDS: Are for life.
You know, there are all these reasons...
but truthfully, they're all just details compared to one major reason:
Extremely Hot Women!
Boom!
(http://i44.tinypic.com/2us781j.jpg) Theres El Paso, Oklahoma down near ole Mexico, Houston, Dallas, Austin and San Antone, because people in Texas have ALWAYS made me feeeeel at home.
Oh, and did we forget that Texas RAWKS because there is not one, but THREE monarchs ruling???
Huzzah to my fellow "leading" ladies.... Queen Bonnie and Queen Shauna!!!
And props that they all get along famously....!!!
Another reason Texas rocks- being able to run barefoot in the yard from mid-March to mid-November! And having not one but TWO growing seasons :D .
aw, I am at work and can not see the video. I will watch it when I get home.
I am sadly a half breed. My grandparents and ancestors are from Texas and Oklahoma but I was born in Cali. But I am back now!