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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: skribetm on March 02, 2009, 04:11:59 PM
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In case you didn't know, it's today!
Texas Independence (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Independence_Day)
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It's my 28th Birthday today and I live in Tx. :D
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RATTFINK! HAPPY 28th!
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GOD BLESS TEXAS!!!!!
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:rock Texas :rock
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TY!
Shiner turns 100 this year
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:salute
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Happy birthday Home!!!!!!
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Happy birthday Home!!!!!!
:lol
:rock Shiner
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WHY TEXAS IS SO GREAT
Below is some interesting trivia about Texas.
Beaumont to El Paso: 742 miles
Beaumont to Chicago: 770 miles
El Paso is closer to California than to Dallas
World's first rodeo was in Pecos... July 4, 1883.
The Flagship Hotel in Galveston is the only hotel in North America built over water.
The Heisman Trophy was named after John William Heisman who was the first full time coach for Rice University in Houston.
Brazoria County has more species of birds than any other area in North America.
Aransas Wildlife Refuge is the winter home of North America's only remaining flock of whooping cranes.
Jalapeno jelly originated in Lake Jackson in 1978.
The worst natural disaster in U.S. history was in 1900 caused by a hurricane in which over 8000 lives were lost on Galveston Island.
The first word spoken from the moon, July 20, 1969, was "Houston..."
King Ranch is larger than Rhode Island.
Tropical Storm Claudette brought a U.S. rainfall record of 43" in 24 hours, in and around Alvin, in July of 1979.
Texas is the only state to enter the U.S. by TREATY, instead of by annexation (This allows the Texas flag to fly at the same height as the US flag).
A Live Oak tree near Fulton is estimated to be 1500 years old.
Caddo Lake is the only natural lake in the state.
Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. There is no period after Dr in Dr Pepper.
Texas has had six capital cities:
1. Washington-on-the-Brazos
2. Harrisburg
3. Galveston
4. Velasco
5. West Columbia
6. Austin
The Capitol Dome in Austin is the only dome in the U.S. which is taller than the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. (by 7 feet).
The name Texas comes from the Hasini Indian word "tejas" meaning friends.
Tejas is not Spanish for Texas.
The State animal is the Armadillo (An interesting bit of trivia about the armadillo is they always have four babies! They have one egg which splits into four and they either have four males or four females).
The first domed stadium in the U.S. was the Astrodome in Houston.
The population of Texas is 21 million, not including the 16 million cattle.
70% the population of Texas lives within 200 miles of Austin.
Texas possesses three of the Top Ten most populous cities in the U.S. -Houston, Dallas and San Antonio.
Texas' most populous county is Harris county with 3.4 million residents in Houston. The least populated county is Loving county with 67 residents.
Texas has 215 cities with a population of 10,000 or more.
The Dallas-Fort Worth area has more residents - 5,221,801 - than 31 U.S. states. For example, Arizona has about 5.1 million residents.
Texas' largest county is Brewster with 6,208 square miles. Connecticut (5,544 Sq Mi), Delaware (2,489 Sq Mi) and Rhode Island (1,545 Sq Mi)can fit inside this county.
Average yearly rainfall totals in West Texas are less than 8 inches while in East Texas totals exceed 56 inches.
The average January temperature for Amarillo is 36.7 degrees while in Brownsville the average is 61.4. On March 27, 1984, the temperature in Brownsville was 106 degrees while Amarillo reported snow and 35 degrees.
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS -- TEXAS STYLE
People here in Texas have trouble with all those "shalts" and "shalt nots" in the Ten Commandments. Folks here just aren't used to talking in those terms. So, some folks out in West Texas got together and translated the "King James" version into "King Ranch" version: Ten Commandments, cowboy style. Cowboy's Ten Commandments posted on the wall at Cross Trails Church in Fairlie, Texas:
(1) Just one God.
(2) Honor yer Ma & Pa.
(3) No telling tales or gossipin'.
(4) Git yourself to Sunday meeting.
(5) Put nothin' before God.
(6) No foolin' around with another feller's gal.
(7) No killin'.
(8) Watch yer mouth.
(9) Don't take what ain't yers.
(10) Don't be hankerin' for yer buddy's stuff.
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:rock Shiner!
One of my fav Beers.. Drank it pretty much exclusively in college.. :devil
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Worst decision by Texas ever was not keeping Mexico after kicking Antonio López de Santa Anna's prettythang.
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TY!
Shiner turns 100 this year
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just for you from the inside looking out
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WHY TEXAS IS SO GREAT
Below is some interesting trivia about Texas.
Beaumont to El Paso: 742 miles
Beaumont to Chicago: 770 miles
El Paso is closer to California than to Dallas
World's first rodeo was in Pecos... July 4, 1883.
The Flagship Hotel in Galveston is the only hotel in North America built over water.
The Heisman Trophy was named after John William Heisman who was the first full time coach for Rice University in Houston.
Brazoria County has more species of birds than any other area in North America.
Aransas Wildlife Refuge is the winter home of North America's only remaining flock of whooping cranes.
Jalapeno jelly originated in Lake Jackson in 1978.
The worst natural disaster in U.S. history was in 1900 caused by a hurricane in which over 8000 lives were lost on Galveston Island.
The first word spoken from the moon, July 20, 1969, was "Houston..."
King Ranch is larger than Rhode Island.
Tropical Storm Claudette brought a U.S. rainfall record of 43" in 24 hours, in and around Alvin, in July of 1979.
Texas is the only state to enter the U.S. by TREATY, instead of by annexation (This allows the Texas flag to fly at the same height as the US flag).
A Live Oak tree near Fulton is estimated to be 1500 years old.
Caddo Lake is the only natural lake in the state.
Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. There is no period after Dr in Dr Pepper.
Texas has had six capital cities:
1. Washington-on-the-Brazos
2. Harrisburg
3. Galveston
4. Velasco
5. West Columbia
6. Austin
The Capitol Dome in Austin is the only dome in the U.S. which is taller than the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. (by 7 feet).
The name Texas comes from the Hasini Indian word "tejas" meaning friends.
Tejas is not Spanish for Texas.
The State animal is the Armadillo (An interesting bit of trivia about the armadillo is they always have four babies! They have one egg which splits into four and they either have four males or four females).
The first domed stadium in the U.S. was the Astrodome in Houston.
The population of Texas is 21 million, not including the 16 million cattle.
70% the population of Texas lives within 200 miles of Austin.
Texas possesses three of the Top Ten most populous cities in the U.S. -Houston, Dallas and San Antonio.
Texas' most populous county is Harris county with 3.4 million residents in Houston. The least populated county is Loving county with 67 residents.
Texas has 215 cities with a population of 10,000 or more.
The Dallas-Fort Worth area has more residents - 5,221,801 - than 31 U.S. states. For example, Arizona has about 5.1 million residents.
Texas' largest county is Brewster with 6,208 square miles. Connecticut (5,544 Sq Mi), Delaware (2,489 Sq Mi) and Rhode Island (1,545 Sq Mi)can fit inside this county.
Average yearly rainfall totals in West Texas are less than 8 inches while in East Texas totals exceed 56 inches.
The average January temperature for Amarillo is 36.7 degrees while in Brownsville the average is 61.4. On March 27, 1984, the temperature in Brownsville was 106 degrees while Amarillo reported snow and 35 degrees.
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS -- TEXAS STYLE
People here in Texas have trouble with all those "shalts" and "shalt nots" in the Ten Commandments. Folks here just aren't used to talking in those terms. So, some folks out in West Texas got together and translated the "King James" version into "King Ranch" version: Ten Commandments, cowboy style. Cowboy's Ten Commandments posted on the wall at Cross Trails Church in Fairlie, Texas:
(1) Just one God.
(2) Honor yer Ma & Pa.
(3) No telling tales or gossipin'.
(4) Git yourself to Sunday meeting.
(5) Put nothin' before God.
(6) No foolin' around with another feller's gal.
(7) No killin'.
(8) Watch yer mouth.
(9) Don't take what ain't yers.
(10) Don't be hankerin' for yer buddy's stuff.
I like that one. :aok
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here is an interesting fact..
here in Victoria shiner beer is still considered an "import" if you order it in a bar, even though its made less than 50 miles away :huh
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here is an interesting fact..
here in Victoria shiner beer is still considered an "import" if you order it in a bar, even though its made less than 50 miles away :huh
victoria is a country unto itself? hehehe!
another reason why i love texas,
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In 1950, fifty-two full-scale replicas of the original Liberty Bell in Independence Hall, Philadelphia, were built for the Treasury Department and given to each state, where they are displayed in each ones Capitol building or grounds, except Texas' bell. It is displayed in a small copy of the Texas Capitol building on the grounds of Texas A&M University.
http://www.libertybellmuseum.com/exhibits/statebells/index.htm (http://www.libertybellmuseum.com/exhibits/statebells/index.htm)
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victoria is a country unto itself? hehehe!
another reason why i love texas,
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BEST.. ICE CREAM.. EVER.. :aok
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Blue Bell.... man I miss that . I can get Shiner here in Yankee land but not the Bell.
I hope they refurbish the Flagship, in the early 80s it was a nice place to stay, by the late 90s it was getting a bit seedy.
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Blue Bell.... man I miss that . I can get Shiner here in Yankee land but not the Bell.
I hope they refurbish the Flagship, in the early 80s it was a nice place to stay, by the late 90s it was getting a bit seedy.
It is being renovated since heavy damage by hurricane ike.
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In its heyday...
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First ice cream in space. :aok
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If I go to Galveston, I surf at the Flagship Hotel. Nice swells.
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Rocky Road :)
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From Humble Beginnings
.. barely being able to survive and sustain itself in the early years of the Republic. Hard to believe how far Texas has come from those humble beginnings.
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The Texas Medical Center is the largest medical district in the world with one of the highest densities of clinical facilities for patient care, basic science, and translational research.[1] Located in Houston, the center contains 45 medicine-related institutions, including 13 hospitals and two specialty institutions, two medical schools, four nursing schools, and schools of dentistry, public health, pharmacy, and other health-related practices. All 45 institutions are not-for-profit. The center is where one of the first and largest air ambulance services was created and where a successful inter-institutional transplant program was developed. According to the Texas Medical Center, more heart surgeries are performed here than anywhere else in the world.[2]
Texas Medical Center (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Medical_Center)
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now THAT'S cool.
Do you live in Texas Skribe?
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now THAT'S cool.
Do you live in Texas Skribe?
is there anywhere else better? hawaii sounds a very close second. =) tex01 lives right next county, fort bend.
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is there anywhere else better? hawaii sounds a very close second. =) tex01 lives right next county, fort bend.
Well hell, when we were in the 40th, you never told me you lived in Texas.
Plus, Hawaii is just an expensive Texas... minus the name and people...
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Well hell, when we were in the 40th, you never told me you lived in Texas.
Plus, Hawaii is just an expensive Texas... minus the name and people...
;)
south padre's beaches comes close to hawaii's on a good day. however on a personal preference, i find the cool blue waters of the pacific more satisfying than the emerald green of the gulf/caribbean. though it isn't even emerald green at galveston/surfside. its dirrty brown! lol!
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south padre's beaches comes close to hawaii's on a good day. however on a personal preference, i find the cool blue waters of the pacific more satisfying than the emerald green of the gulf/caribbean. though it isn't even emerald green at galveston/surfside. its dirrty brown! lol!
on good days, it'll be the emerald green. Last time I was there, I was like "wtf, Al Gore did something GOOD for once" then, next day, brown water. :lol
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south padre's beaches comes close to hawaii's on a good day. however on a personal preference, i find the cool blue waters of the pacific more satisfying than the emerald green of the gulf/caribbean. though it isn't even emerald green at galveston/surfside. its dirrty brown! lol!
Only right at the coast. Go a couple miles out and it is mostly clear. At the coast the sandy water is caused partially by the Mississippi river believe it or not.
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now THAT'S cool.
Do you live in Texas Skribe?
only two kinds of people,,Texans, and tourists
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Only right at the coast. Go a couple miles out and it is mostly clear. At the coast the sandy water is caused partially by the Mississippi river believe it or not.
never ventured far enough off the coast. afraid i might end up in mexico, or worse cuba. but isn't alligator gar bow fishing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXfyJBnC0dw)(200lb fish inland!!!) in austin just as fun as deep water fishing!!?