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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: jdbecks on May 13, 2009, 11:32:11 AM
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hey guys!
Im flying to America tomorrow for my business for three weeks, hopefully I can get time and can join in on some of the events that are normaly to late for me to join in on due to the time difference! so people of texas...watch out! here I come :lol
im staying in this area South Frwy. Manvel...if I have much time off..is there anywhere good to go to?
see you round
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Welcome to Texas jdbecks!
First thing to wrap your brain around. England is about 50,352 square miles in size. Texas is 268,601 square miles. That is not a dig. Just preparation. Yes, there are a number of things to do and places to see in Texas, but not all will be within your grasp.
Next, we all talk funny here. We have what is called a Texas drawl. Not quite a Southern accent and with our own unique vocabulary. ya'll is most prominent, for "you all". Used even when talking to a single person. "Ya'
ll come back now, ya hear?".
Next, if you are in Manvel, TX, that is South of Houston. Lots of things to do in that area. I'll let the Houstonites chime in here though.
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If you decide to bring your gun make sure you have a permit to carry..
:devil
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JD's english, pretty sure you dont need a permit to concealed carry a cap gun (if indeed he managed toi get on the plane with it) - :rofl
Have fun JD, and hope the business side of your trip goes well fella.
Wurzel
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cheers guys,
can I go to a shooting range near me? Ive not fired a rifle since I was in the army, I use to be a good shot :D
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Howdy! Welcome to Texas! There are a lot of shooting ranges in the area. A nice place to visit is the Air Museum in Galveston.
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how far away is that? I will have a car so will be able to drive
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Next, we all talk funny here. We have what is called a Texas drawl. Not quite a Southern accent and with our own unique vocabulary. ya'll is most prominent, for "you all". Used even when talking to a single person. "Ya'
ll come back now, ya hear?".
:rofl :rofl :rofl LOL! I love explaining our southern vocabulary to yankees too! :rofl :rofl :rofl no offence Jdbecks ;)
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can I go to a shooting range near me? Ive not fired a rifle since I was in the army, I use to be a good shot :D
LOL! come to southern Mississippi, we don't use shooting ranges, :devil just pull off the road and start shooting at whatever you see :devil
opposum
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Lone star Air museum (Galveston) is about 40 miles from Manvel. Also, USS Texas is about 40 miles East of Manvel.
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hey guys!
Im flying to America tomorrow for my business for three weeks, hopefully I can get time and can join in on some of the events that are normaly to late for me to join in on due to the time difference! so people of texas...watch out! here I come :lol
im staying in this area South Frwy. Manvel...if I have much time off..is there anywhere good to go to?
see you round
:salute
watch out for the things in this thread too.
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,264685.0.html
they'll eat your brains!!!!!!!
welcome dude!
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here is you a map so as ya'll don't get lost while here!! :aok
(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg229/WWhiskey/a-texans-map-of-the-united-states-m.jpg)
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how far away is that? I will have a car so will be able to drive
About 40 miles...... close in Texas terms.
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When you land and go through immigration they will ask you if you have any firearms. If you say no they will issue you one and ask you to turn it in before flying back home.
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Welcome to Texas! I live in North texas but we have quite a few squad members around Houston. I'll see if one or more of them can hook up with you and get you a texas sized hangover. :aok
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Don't judge the rest of the U.S. by what happens in Texas ;)
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Welcome to Texas! I live in North texas but we have quite a few squad members around Houston. I'll see if one or more of them can hook up with you and get you a texas sized hangover. :aok
:lol Nice! sounds good! :aok
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I was born an raised in s.e. texas.It is a great state.If ya got time go to Galveston.Really nice town.Lotta honeys out this time of year on the beach.Possibly take a fishing trip
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One good thing: everyone in TX drinks sweet tea ~ you don't have to stir in the sugar. :)
One bad thing: on some of the Farm to Market roads, the shoulder is as wide as a driving lane. If you're moving slow, you slide onto the shoulder & let the faster guy past, then you slide back onto the road. My husband didn't tell me about that whole bit (going about 120 km/hr) and I almost had a heart attack when he started sliding onto the shoulder.
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where your going watch plenty of the weather channel................. :rofl
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One good thing: everyone in TX drinks sweet tea ~ you don't have to stir in the sugar. :)<snip>
Uh, no they don't. Maybe that is a North Texas thing. Born and raised in South Texas and was taught putting sugar in tea is a crime.
And do not get me started on "flavored" tea.
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Mmmm peach tea...
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Mmmm peach tea...
<<<<<<<<<likes wawa's raspberry iced tea
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studmuffins
:D
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The Farm to Market roads (known as FM) in Texas are nicer than a lot of states highways. It is considered a friendly gesture to move aside for faster traffic. On highways the slower traffic should keep right.
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Couple of points,
JDBecks, being British, will drink any American under the table whilst merely warming up. No one does binge drinking like the Brits.
Secondly, being British, he'll like his tea warm with milk. I'd guess what you guys have in mind may be rather repulsive to him.
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I ain't sqeezin' no teets for my tea.
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Couple of points,
JDBecks, being British, will drink any American under the table whilst merely warming up. No one does binge drinking like the Brits.
You have not been to a Cowboys or NASCAR tailgate party. :)
Of course, the beer/ale is weak here, as compared to anywhere in Europe. So more of it has to be consumed to get where you want to be.
Secondly, being British, he'll like his tea warm with milk. I'd guess what you guys have in mind may be rather repulsive to him.
American tea will never placate a British citizen, if the British citizen is expecting British tea. But, there are places in Texas where the Brits can get whatever they want to remind them of home. Even in Grapevine, there is the British Emporium. Nothing but British food stuffs. You can also get a proper British tea there as well.
It depends on the person. When I have traveled to Europe, I eat what they eat, and drink what they drink. It is all different, but all-in-all it is good. I even enjoyed the British tea. It's not American tea, it is just different.
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The Farm to Market roads (known as FM) in Texas are nicer than a lot of states highways. It is considered a friendly gesture to move aside for faster traffic. On highways the slower traffic should keep right.
Then how come Texas drivers don't do it while on Arkansas highways? :huh
Here, Interstate 30 is solid Lone Star State plates in the expresslane---with usually 5 to 7 locals racked up waiting to get by. :(
ROX
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Couple of points,
JDBecks, being British, will drink any American under the table whilst merely warming up. No one does binge drinking like the Brits.
Secondly, being British, he'll like his tea warm with milk. I'd guess what you guys have in mind may be rather repulsive to him.
i would have to sober up just to make it a fair fight! lol
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The Farm to Market roads (known as FM) in Texas are nicer than a lot of states highways. It is considered a friendly gesture to move aside for faster traffic. On highways the slower traffic should keep right.
Yep, and I didn't make that remark as a suggestion that you do so while visiting, especially if it's not clear where it is or isn't appropriate to do so. Just didn't want it to be a heart-attack surprise if your driver pulled off the road to let others pass :)
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Then how come Texas drivers don't do it while on Arkansas highways? :huh
Here, Interstate 30 is solid Lone Star State plates in the expresslane---with usually 5 to 7 locals racked up waiting to get by. :(
ROX
Most of the numpties, driving like that, are transplants from other states. We have a significant number of transplants and it takes them a long while to get used to being in Texas. Unfortunately, us natives are slowly being outnumbered by transplants.
Toss a bowling ball through a crowd and you will be lucky to hit a native Texan.
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Might be nice if some of the SE TX AH locals started listing some nice LOCAL restaraunts for him to try while in the Land of The Lone Star. Forget the chain stuff--places with AUTHENTIC TX BBQ, Cajun Blackend Fish, gumbo, etc, that makes the locals fill the parking lots.
Authentic Mexican might be a nice try too.
ROX
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So you're going to Houston. Take a closepin for your nose and a plunger because the place is a toilet. :rofl
Just kidding.
In all seriousness, beware of people who claim to be Aggies. If you let these guys show you around, you'll end up waking up late this fall next to a sheep with a smile on her face. Also, you'll find yourself doing lots of ghey cheers. If you aren't totally brainwashed by them you may find yourself wondering why all of the cheerleaders are Male. :huh
If cancer is your thing, be sure to check out Orange, Texas.
Viva la Houston! :aok
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The only place in TX I have needed a closepin was on I-40 W of Amarillo....HUGE ranching country, and with ranching, there is the enivitable poo.
I have some friends from the Houston/Galveston suburbs who love it.
They just don't love hurricane season.
ROX
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Most of the numpties, driving like that, are transplants from other states. We have a significant number of transplants and it takes them a long while to get used to being in Texas. Unfortunately, us natives are slowly being outnumbered by transplants.
Toss a bowling ball through a crowd and you will be lucky to hit a native Texan.
Awe, don't be too sore. Us transplants stay once we get here because we love Texas & Texans so much :)
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TEXAS!! Holy dog@#$%! Only two things come from Texas, steers and ^&*%$@, and you don't look like a steer so that kinda narrows it down!!
:D
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Making fun of the transplants? Careful, some of them might be from your state. Course, it takes a ^&*%$@ to recognize a ^&*%$@.
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Some are for sure. I was a transplant in NC for 4 years. I loved it there, but we moved back to be close to family because my mom has been battling cancer for over 10 years. I can sympathize with transplants. I used to love to introduce myself to a local and tell them I was from WV and have them respond "Is that near Richmond?" :furious
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Too many people in Texas.
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Lot of good food and fun in Texas.What is the cancer remark about Orange.I was raised in Vidor an have fiends that live in Orange.You can find alot of real good restaraunts.Get to the coast for good seafood.Aint like the Brit fish an chip.Try the barbeque crab.At least try some alligator and crawfish while your there.There are alligator and crawfish farms east of houston so it is fresh
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Then how come Texas drivers don't do it while on Arkansas highways? :huh
Here, Interstate 30 is solid Lone Star State plates in the expresslane---with usually 5 to 7 locals racked up waiting to get by. :(
ROX
Irritating I know. Possible some wannabes going to visit their relatives up north.
lol I head about a driving class where the teacher asked if anyone had ever been driving in the left lane of the highway at the speed limit and had someone come get on their back bumper. One lady raised her hand and said she has had that happen several times. She asked what she should do about it.... the teacher said.."well, get out of the way".
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Making fun of the transplants? Careful, some of them might be from your state. Course, it takes a ^&*%$@ to recognize a ^&*%$@.
Old joke <ON>
Yankees are like hemroids.... they come down and go back up they are ok. If they come down and stay down, they are a pain in the arse.
Old joke <OFF>
:D
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The only place in TX I have needed a closepin was on I-40 W of Amarillo....HUGE ranching country, and with ranching, there is the enivitable poo.
I have some friends from the Houston/Galveston suburbs who love it.
They just don't love hurricane season.
ROX
i used to deliver feed to that feedlot, and a lot of others, always wondered why they thought building those next to the highway was a good idea!
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In the eastern part of Texas, it is very flat. Very flat. As in, you could stick a level on the ground and it would say that it was level. However, Missouri is a wonderful place to visit, just North enough to have trees that aren't in suburbs, while South enough to not be cold all year round.
But in all seriousness, Texas is a great place, especially around San Antonio. Best authentic Mexican/Hispanic food state in the country. Order the enchiladas or carne asada unless you know that the chef is the mother of the restaurant's owner. :salute
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just about to go to bed now, damn its hot even at midnight lol :eek: yeah Ive noticed american beer is quite week, but still a beer is a beer, I also Like drinking Whiskey, Rum and cognoc, Shifty hopefully I will have a vehicle for the weekend and will then be able to take you up on the texas style hang over :aok.
cheers for the advice guys, Ill let you know how it geos...thats if I dont melt from the heat.
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If you think it is hot now, be glad it is not August.
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just about to go to bed now, damn its hot even at midnight lol :eek: yeah Ive noticed american beer is quite week, but still a beer is a beer, I also Like drinking Whiskey, Rum and cognoc, Shifty hopefully I will have a vehicle for the weekend and will then be able to take you up on the texas style hang over :aok.
cheers for the advice guys, Ill let you know how it geos...thats if I dont melt from the heat.
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I talked to Tex01 "Whiteman" on the BBS last night about you. Hopefully he'll contact you on the BBS.
I don't advocate drinking and driving especially when you're used to driving on the other side of the road.
Be careful ;)
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Howdy! Welcome to Texas! There are a lot of shooting ranges in the area. A nice place to visit is the Air Museum in Galveston.
I love that place!! I always make sure to pop by there every time I go back home to visit my Dad. Awesome museum, especially with being able to go out on the tarmac and walk around the planes, watch them takeoff and land and talk to the pilots. Very easy to spend an entire day there. I saw where they got hit pretty hard by Ike, anyone know how well they're bouncing back?
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I drive through Manvel all the time on my way to San Luis Pass, one of the largest natural passes in the United States. The fishing is excellent and this is the best time of year to be fishing there. Hire yourself a fishing guide and let them take you to the fish and show you how to catch them. PM me and I can recommend a guide for you. This would be my first stop if I were coming here, but I love fishing.
Other than the Air Museum in Galveston and shooting ranges (lots of them, just get a phone book), there are other interesting things to do in the area. One that almost all tourists hit is the Johnson Space Center (NASA) in Clear Lake which is about an hour from where you will be. Most people aren't super impressed with it when they go but it is still cool when you consider the history of the place. If I were you, I would visit. Another big one is the Alamo in San Antonio, also another place that is interesting when you consider the history and fun to say you've seen, but not all that impressive, really. I would go anyway, the trip from Houston to San Antonio is very scenic and will take you about 4 hours.
Those are the two big ones (other than the fishing) but there are all kinds of things to do. Get on the internet and poke around some. Oh, and the food is great. Eat yourself a great big steak from a proper steak house and enjoy some Texas beef. Go to the Strip House in Downtown Houston http://www.striphouse.com/ (http://www.striphouse.com/) you won't be disappointed.
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I drive through Manvel all the time on my way to San Luis Pass, one of the largest natural passes in the United States. The fishing is excellent and this is the best time of year to be fishing there. Hire yourself a fishing guide and let them take you to the fish and show you how to catch them. PM me and I can recommend a guide for you. This would be my first stop if I were coming here, but I love fishing.
Man, we used to have a bay house in the Titlum Tatlum cut of the San Luis pass bay there, I loved that place! We used to spend every weekend there fishing and listening to Strohs games on the radio we brought with us. No power, no running water, nothing but cots and Off! and a dock and our boat. The fishing was always outstanding and the sunsets and sunrises beautiful. Once we got caught anchored just on the gulf side of the pass bridge when the current went from slack to running out, it swung us around and almost drove us into that sand bar that runs out by the fishing pier there. The surf was pounding the boat so hard the motor was having trouble starting. I was hauling on the rope with everything I had and just couldn't move against the current. My little brother was bailing water and my dad was working on the starter. We finally got it started, but it was a real scare, and we really almost went down in that severe current. We just laugh about it now though.
I miss living down there.
Sorry about the hijack.
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ONLY TWO THINGS COME FROM TEXAS! STEERS AND @$##$#!!!!! :D
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Man, we used to have a bay house in the Titlum Tatlum cut of the San Luis pass bay there, I loved that place! We used to spend every weekend there fishing and listening to Strohs games on the radio we brought with us. No power, no running water, nothing but cots and Off! and a dock and our boat. The fishing was always outstanding and the sunsets and sunrises beautiful. Once we got caught anchored just on the gulf side of the pass bridge when the current went from slack to running out, it swung us around and almost drove us into that sand bar that runs out by the fishing pier there. The surf was pounding the boat so hard the motor was having trouble starting. I was hauling on the rope with everything I had and just couldn't move against the current. My little brother was bailing water and my dad was working on the starter. We finally got it started, but it was a real scare, and we really almost went down in that severe current. We just laugh about it now though.
I miss living down there.
Sorry about the hijack.
Very cool about the house and I have had some of those bad experiences too. Don't want to say too much and get this thing jacked, but it does remind me to tell our English buddy not to swim in the pass if he finds himself down there. Deadly stuff when the tide is rippin'.
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Well it does say in very very large letters " warning extremely hazardous current do not wade or swim " right on the side of the bridge. He'd have to see it if he went down there. Just look for the guys wade fishing, and stay out of the water where they are. If I recall corrctly about 10-12 people a year drown there. Just stay out of the pass and it'll be ok. I've had that current there crush everything in my bait bucket to death against the bottom of the bucket before. It's a very very fast and nasty current. The fishing however is excellent. Catch just one bull redfish and you'll always have a great fishing story to tell.