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Start here => Free For ALL => Topic started by: driftingblizzard on November 07, 2010, 07:56:03 PM
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I think, (I know) I've found my home. I wish everyone well, and god speed onto the next chapters of all of your lifes. I2 has been my home, my guide post and helped me sort through things that rattle in my head. THANK YOU ALL! I'm sure I'll check in once in a bit, but the name changing is still hard for me to deal with. I know my girl's name, and that right now is all that matters. My wishes of well and thanksgiving for all. Dreams can really come true. Cliche I know, but it my message to leave with everyone. Cheers! Aaron
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Very happy for you and your girl, hope you drop in occasionally. Onward to new adventures! :viking:
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Good luck. You don't really have to leave, because your account will always be here (I guess).
Hope you find what you're looking for.
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Have fun and stop by when you can, Aaron.
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A Royal Blessing for your future and continued happiness.
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I agree with TCO, you don't have to leave. But I wish you well in whatever you decide to do. :)
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I think, (I know) I've found my home. I wish everyone well, and god speed onto the next chapters of all of your lifes. I2 has been my home, my guide post and helped me sort through things that rattle in my head. THANK YOU ALL! I'm sure I'll check in once in a bit, but the name changing is still hard for me to deal with. I know my girl's name, and that right now is all that matters. My wishes of well and thanksgiving for all. Dreams can really come true. Cliche I know, but it my message to leave with everyone. Cheers! Aaron
It's been fun having you here DB!! You don't have to "leave", drop in anytime and sey hello, you're always welcome here!! :thumbup:
Good luck in life and godspeed!! 8)
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I think, (I know) I've found my home. I wish everyone well, and god speed onto the next chapters of all of your lifes. I2 has been my home, my guide post and helped me sort through things that rattle in my head. THANK YOU ALL! I'm sure I'll check in once in a bit, but the name changing is still hard for me to deal with. I know my girl's name, and that right now is all that matters. My wishes of well and thanksgiving for all. Dreams can really come true. Cliche I know, but it my message to leave with everyone. Cheers! Aaron
Goodluck DB
Good to see you so happy.
This post of yours makes me smile.
Take care and enjoy.
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Funny, I take his comment as a goodbye and he won't be back to read anyone's goodbyes anyway.
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He said he was sure he would check in once in a bit
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Maybe he will check in today. In which case...
:cake: :best: Happy Birthday, driftingblizzard! :best: :cake:
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what in the world? just stay dude. your screename rules!
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Maybe he will check in today. In which case...
:cake: :best: Happy Birthday, driftingblizzard! :best: :cake:
:indeed: :best: :cake: :bdaygrn: :cake: :best: :indeed:
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Happy Birthday.
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Funny, I take his comment as a goodbye and he won't be back to read anyone's goodbyes anyway.
Well, I've just read them!
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Goodbye. Take care.
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Funny, I take his comment as a goodbye and he won't be back to read anyone's goodbyes anyway.
Well, I've just read them!
So, HEY! What's up pal?
Ya gotta fill us in on stuff. Or not.
Good to see you around and on the right side of the snakes, as we say in Texas.
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The right side of the snakes? That's an interesting one.
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The right side of the snakes? That's an interesting one.
Rattlesnakes are quite prolific in west Texas, as are about twenty or so other types. They generally live just underground or in shelter from the sun where they can find it.
Being on the right side of the snakes, meaning above the slippery bastards means you ain't dead yet, which is sometimes all we can hope to maintain for the day.
I think I have also heard about being on the right side of the grass, but you talk about what you know and there is not much grass in west Texas, unless you are growing it for cattle or just to show off that you have water on your land.
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Uuugh! You can have west Texas.
You can have most of the state for that matter.
The only part of Texas I could ever see myself living in is the Hill Country.
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I suppose you'd get used to that sort of thing. :-\
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Uuugh! You can have west Texas.
You can have most of the state for that matter.
The only part of Texas I could ever see myself living in is the Hill Country.
The hill country starts in the west, traveling from New Mexico to Louisiana. The key is to find a place near a river and there are many crossing the land loaded with months long snow melt from the Rockies barreling downhill toward the Gulf of Mexico.
Some of the nicer land is near the gulf where pine wood forests still support a logging industry.
But, central parts of the state have amazing vistas and fertile areas, near Kerrville or Uvalde, San Antonio and San Marcos.
Get within about a hundred miles of the Rio Grande River and you reach flatland, absolutely laser flat for two hundred miles, including the other side of the river. That land is ancient river flood plain or delta area that is VERY fertile and grows anything that can take the heat. Obviously they grow three or four crops every year. Freezing is rare and very short lived, so brassicas or cole crops are grown in cool seasons, but they also plant alliums such as onions and garlic, which will be harvested after full maturity in the late spring.
Desert living is not for everyone, granted, but you learn what to do and they grow crops and cattle. Where I grew up is a light desert and they get way too much rain every year to be an actual desert, but it usually comes at three or four times per year.
That is why, traveling across west Texas, you see these mile long bridges crossing a dry creek bed. That is because when it DOES rain you will need that bridge to cross that creek.
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I suppose you'd get used to that sort of thing. :-\
Yeah, but if I was about to bitch about annoying pests, it would be the scorpions.
The old saying is, Welcome to Texas, but watch out for yourself. Anything you see can hurt you. If it is walking it will shoot you, if it is crawling it will bite you, if it is flowing it will drown you, if it is flying it will sting you, if it is growing in the ground it will stick you.
There it is.
Interestingly, once you cross state lines into the state you start seeing highway signs such as, "Mind Your Manners" or "Help Those In Need" or "Please and Thank You Will Take You Far" or "Don't Mess With Texas" or "Littering Is Illegal And We Take That Seriously" all in an effort to help you succeed in your VISIT (read that again. You are visiting, get it?) to this Great State.
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Uuugh! You can have west Texas.
You can have most of the state for that matter.
The only part of Texas I could ever see myself living in is the Hill Country.
The hill country starts in the west, traveling from New Mexico to Louisiana. The key is to find a place near a river and there are many crossing the land loaded with months long snow melt from the Rockies barreling downhill toward the Gulf of Mexico.
Some of the nicer land is near the gulf where pine wood forests still support a logging industry.
But, central parts of the state have amazing vistas and fertile areas, near Kerrville or Uvalde, San Antonio and San Marcos.
Get within about a hundred miles of the Rio Grande River and you reach flatland, absolutely laser flat for two hundred miles, including the other side of the river. That land is ancient river flood plain or delta area that is VERY fertile and grows anything that can take the heat. Obviously they grow three or four crops every year. Freezing is rare and very short lived, so brassicas or cole crops are grown in cool seasons, but they also plant alliums such as onions and garlic, which will be harvested after full maturity in the late spring.
Desert living is not for everyone, granted, but you learn what to do and they grow crops and cattle. Where I grew up is a light desert and they get way too much rain every year to be an actual desert, but it usually comes at three or four times per year.
That is why, traveling across west Texas, you see these mile long bridges crossing a dry creek bed. That is because when it DOES rain you will need that bridge to cross that creek.
My sister lives in what I call the toenails of the foothills. Just South of College Station in Navasota.
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I suppose you'd get used to that sort of thing. :-\
Yeah, but if I was about to bitch about annoying pests, it would be the scorpions.
The old saying is, Welcome to Texas, but watch out for yourself. Anything you see can hurt you. If it is walking it will shoot you, if it is crawling it will bite you, if it is flowing it will drown you, if it is flying it will sting you, if it is growing in the ground it will stick you.
There it is.
Interestingly, once you cross state lines into the state you start seeing highway signs such as, "Mind Your Manners" or "Help Those In Need" or "Please and Thank You Will Take You Far" or "Don't Mess With Texas" or "Littering Is Illegal And We Take That Seriously" all in an effort to help you succeed in your VISIT (read that again. You are visiting, get it?) to this Great State.
So moving there is not really an option? :laugh:
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I suppose you'd get used to that sort of thing. :-\
Yeah, but if I was about to bitch about annoying pests, it would be the scorpions.
The old saying is, Welcome to Texas, but watch out for yourself. Anything you see can hurt you. If it is walking it will shoot you, if it is crawling it will bite you, if it is flowing it will drown you, if it is flying it will sting you, if it is growing in the ground it will stick you.
There it is.
Interestingly, once you cross state lines into the state you start seeing highway signs such as, "Mind Your Manners" or "Help Those In Need" or "Please and Thank You Will Take You Far" or "Don't Mess With Texas" or "Littering Is Illegal And We Take That Seriously" all in an effort to help you succeed in your VISIT (read that again. You are visiting, get it?) to this Great State.
So moving there is not really an option? :laugh:
Not true, but bring something worthwhile and not in a carpetbag. You will be welcomed.
Most of the big cities are just like all the other big cities. Each have a draw and benefits to living there and even tolerate carpetbaggers.
It is the outlying counties comprising about ninety per cent of the state where some of the warnings like "Mind Your Manners," "Honor Women," "Respect your Elders" and "No Littering" actually begin to have more than a comical implication.
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I'd love to visit some day. :)
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I'd love to visit some day. :)
You would be welcomed. Mostly.
If you plan to leave the city, I recommend a decent pair of boots and a hat if it is summer. Find a way to tie your hat to your head, like a decent latigo strap or at least a length of twine.
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I'd love to visit some day. :)
You would be welcomed. Mostly.
If you plan to leave the city, I recommend a decent pair of boots and a hat if it is summer. Find a way to tie your hat to your head, like a decent latigo strap or at least a length of twine.
I think it's one of those places that is so different from everything I know that it would be really cool.
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(https://www.mynrma.com.au/-/media/open-road/road-trip-broken-hill/broken-hill-open-road-2.jpg?h=400&w=800&la=en&hash=7E048F3057851A0BD4B671B3D09C03121AAEA7C8)
You'd probably like Broken Hill. The world's biggest mining company, BHP, started here. Guess what the "BH" in BHP stands for?
There is virtually nothing for hundreds of kilometres in any direction, and in the middle of all that is a proper town with a population of 17,000 and a thriving tourist industry.
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I'd love to visit some day. :)
You would be welcomed. Mostly.
If you plan to leave the city, I recommend a decent pair of boots and a hat if it is summer. Find a way to tie your hat to your head, like a decent latigo strap or at least a length of twine.
I think it's one of those places that is so different from everything I know that it would be really cool.
Kind of like the feeling I get when watching shows (often cooking shows) filmed in various Swedish locations.
:)
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Uuugh! You can have west Texas.
You can have most of the state for that matter.
The only part of Texas I could ever see myself living in is the Hill Country.
The hill country starts in the west, traveling from New Mexico to Louisiana. The key is to find a place near a river and there are many crossing the land loaded with months long snow melt from the Rockies barreling downhill toward the Gulf of Mexico.
Some of the nicer land is near the gulf where pine wood forests still support a logging industry.
But, central parts of the state have amazing vistas and fertile areas, near Kerrville or Uvalde, San Antonio and San Marcos.
Get within about a hundred miles of the Rio Grande River and you reach flatland, absolutely laser flat for two hundred miles, including the other side of the river. That land is ancient river flood plain or delta area that is VERY fertile and grows anything that can take the heat. Obviously they grow three or four crops every year. Freezing is rare and very short lived, so brassicas or cole crops are grown in cool seasons, but they also plant alliums such as onions and garlic, which will be harvested after full maturity in the late spring.
Desert living is not for everyone, granted, but you learn what to do and they grow crops and cattle. Where I grew up is a light desert and they get way too much rain every year to be an actual desert, but it usually comes at three or four times per year.
That is why, traveling across west Texas, you see these mile long bridges crossing a dry creek bed. That is because when it DOES rain you will need that bridge to cross that creek.
My sister lives in what I call the toenails of the foothills. Just South of College Station in Navasota.
Sorry I missed this before.
I know exactly where Navasota is. One of my dad's brothers used to go to the territory searching for "Olde Timey" things to buy and resell.
It became popular to use old farm stuff to decorate restaurants and literally anything old would sell. Navasota was one of the stops he made on his rounds.
Once he came to realize he could go down into Mexico buy handmade pots for pennies, walk around in the desert and dig up cactus seedlings, pot them up and take them up north and make a small fortune (Twenty bucks for something he had a nickel in and a bit of labor to produce and gas to transport - fun labor) his antique business was done for.
Get out away from all the college areas next county over and the area is beautiful! Kind of like I mentioned earlier, find a place near a river and you are all set. The Brazos and some of it thousands of feeder tributaries are right there.
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I'd love to visit some day. :)
You would be welcomed. Mostly.
If you plan to leave the city, I recommend a decent pair of boots and a hat if it is summer. Find a way to tie your hat to your head, like a decent latigo strap or at least a length of twine.
I think it's one of those places that is so different from everything I know that it would be really cool.
AZ totally felt that way to me.
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Kind of like the feeling I get when watching shows (often cooking shows) filmed in various Swedish locations.
:)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY_Yf4zz-yo
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Kind of like the feeling I get when watching shows (often cooking shows) filmed in various Swedish locations.
:)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY_Yf4zz-yo
My favourite cooking show, right there. :laugh:
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I'm sure it's better when you understand the language
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Oh, he's so far off it hurts, but it's funny.
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Maybe you just aren't really fluent.
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That could explain a thing or two.
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Maybe he will check in today. In which case...
:cake: :best: Happy Birthday, driftingblizzard! :best: :cake:
8 years.... It feels like I've been through a time warp. Peanuts and beer, you need the salt to hyperspace properly.