Originally posted by beet1e
...and your point is - ?
Well, I sorta thought it was self evident. We were talking about the size of Texas. You are quoting from distances in two countries.( I dpn`t` think anyone knows why because it doesn`t pertain to Texas) Texas, ya know ...the big ole state across the pond.
Look at it this way, Jack. You have a 268,000 sq. mile area which you consider as your "back yard". Fine, and it just so happens that every sq. mile within this piece of real estate is known collectively by a single name - Texas. Well, I consider places like France/Spain as my back yard. That particular back yard is 400,000+ sq. miles.
Yea, that`s nice Beet. Thanks for sharing.
You will notice that you have once again refered to multiple countries. What we are talking about here is Texas. One state. I could start in Canada I guess and travel through Mexico , down to passable reachs of S.A. and it would be a pretty good drive I suspect. You know what? It still doesn`t have beans to do with the size of Texas?
Travelling from home to central Spain, I would encounter four different languages - English, French, Spanish and Catalan.
Wow! For real? I can travel from my home to the local post office and encounter a great number of different languages on the earth. Very annoying. In Texas we only reckonize one language...Texican. "Maureen what the hell is escargot?" "Luke it is a French dish made with snails." "Snails?? The dang French put em on the menu and we pour salt on em to keep em out of the garden. Dang silly furners."
Our man CyranoAH speaks all four, and speaks them well!
He from Texas? )
I'm sure TX is very nice, but please don't tell me that it's the only place in the world where you can go for a long drive. Because it isn't.
OK Beet. Settle down. I promise we won`t tell you that.
Someone might wanna keep a little thorazine handy just in case this condition worsens.
A 6 hour ferry journey, then two overnight stops - Chartres and Carcasonne, rolling into Spain on Day3. Total round trip mileage ~2400.
All that roaming around and you still didn`t make it to Texas. I`ll send ya a map if you promise not to use it.
The point is that some people are gasping about the size of Texas, and how long it takes to drive across, but hey - my back yard is more diverse.
I haven`t seen anyone "gasping" about the size of Texas. I have seen a few loosely veiled whines and jealousies popping out here and ther, but hey, they are not from Texas so it don`t matter.
I do see people in this thread talking about the size of Texas and it`s vastness and yes it is a huge state. See, we are talking ONE state here...Texas. I`m not sure exactly what you are calling diverse , but one thing Texas definetly has is diversity.
And now, I must rest my head.
Yea, that seems like a good idea. And once again , I promise we will not tell you that Texas is the only place you can go for a long drive. Really. I promise, but if you ever want to go on a long drive in Texas...Man you picked the right state. This place is fricken HUGE.
