Things learned in Texas

[Marilyn]

Things learned in Texas
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Armadillos sleep in the middle of the road with all four feet in the
air.
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There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 live in Texas.
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There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in Texas, plus a few
no one has ever seen before.
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Raccoons will test your melon crop, and let you know when they are ripe.
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If it grows, it will stick you. If it crawls, it will bite you!
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Nothing will kill a mesquite tree.
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There are valid reasons some people put razor wire around their house.
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A tractor is NOT an all terrain vehicle. They do get stuck.
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The wind blows at 90 mph from Oct 2 till June 25; then it stops totally
until October 2.
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Onced and twiced are words.
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Coldbeer is one word.
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People actually grow and eat okra.
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Green grass DOES burn.
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When you live in the country you don't have to buy a dog. City people
drop them off at your front gate in the middle of the night.
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The sound of coyotes howling at night only sounds good for the first few
weeks.
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When a buzzard sits on the fence and stares at you, it's time to see a
doctor.
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Fix-in-to is one word.
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There ain't no such thing as "lunch". There is only breakfast, dinner
and then there's supper.
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"Sweetened ice tea" is appropriate for all meals, and you start drinking
it when you are two.
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"Backwards and forwards" means I know everything about you.
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"Jeet?" is actually a phrase meaning, "Did you eat?"
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You don't have to wear a watch because it doesn't matter what time it
is. You work until you're done, or it's too dark to see.
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You measure distance in minutes or hours.
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You can switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
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Stores don't have bags. They have sacks.
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You see cars with the engine running in the Wal-mart parking lot with no
one in them, no matter what time of the year.
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All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit or a
vegetable.
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You install security lights on your house and garage, and leave both
unlocked.
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You carry jumper cables for your own car.
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You know what "cow tipping" and "snipe hunting" are.
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You only have four spices in your kitchen: Salt, Pepper, Ketchup, and
Tabasco.
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You think everyone from north of Dallas has an accent.
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The local papers cover national and international news on one page, but
require six pages to cover Friday night high school football.
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The first day of deer season is a state holiday.
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You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
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You find 100 degrees a "tad" warm.
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The four seasons are: Almost summer, summer, still summer and Christmas.
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You know whether another Texan is from East, West, North, or South Texas
as soon as he opens his mouth.
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Going to Wal-mart is a favorite past-time known as "goin Wal-Martin" or
"off to Wally-world."
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You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good chili-eatin'
weather.
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A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola, or pop....It's a Coke
regardless of brand or flavor.
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Texans understand these jokes. If you do too, share them with your
friends from Texas. If you don't just come and stay awhile.

Yee Haaaaaaa!!!

[Tink]

Thanks for sharing!
I had to copy and send it to my friend In Dallas.

[Passionfruition]

Haha, we say the same thing about Wal-Mart....but jokingly. I guess it's b/c we used to live in TN.

Cute post!

[Janet]

Except for the heat part, sounds like you're talking about Indiana. Thanks for sharing.

[DianaB]

I can relate to quite a few of them! We even have the armadillos here. In the past few years we've had more and more. As far as I'm concerned they should be fenced and kept in Texas!!!!

Very funny!!! Thanks for sharing it, Marilyn!!!

[Marilyn]

We share a lot of traits with much of the lower 48, but we claim they are our originals. Our daughter who went to a Christian college in Arkansas and met people from all over the country, and the world, said that people don't like, and make fun of, people from Texas because of our state pride.

We won't apologize for it. After all, we are Texans!! If we'd been living in another state when I was pregnant, I would have wanted to come home so that our daughters would have been native Texans. Thank goodness, we didn't have to move. I know it sounds crazy, but most of us who have been here for a couple of generations or more just love our state. As you should love yours.

Is the people not liking Texans part really true??

[AngieDoogles]

Those are funny Marilyn. No, I do not dislike Texas, but I guess there are probably some people who do. You can't please everyone, lol. I've actually never been to Texas, but it sounds like you really love it there. Maybe I'll have to go there some day just to see what it's like.

[Janet]

I've been to Texas and love it. I do have to say though, that some of the people I met were afraid more "yankees" were intending to move there. When I explained that I was just there for a visit, they were much nicer. That was about 20 years ago.

I went to a Beer Barn, Billy Bob's, and the grave site-s of Bonnie and Clyde. Great visit!!

[Chandra Amaya]

Originally Posted by Janet

I've been to Texas and love it. I do have to say though, that some of the people I met were afraid more "yankees" were intending to move there. When I explained that I was just there for a visit, they were much nicer. That was about 20 years ago.

I went to a Beer Barn, Billy Bob's, and the grave site-s of Bonnie and Clyde. Great visit!!

oh Bonnie & Clyde how very cool!! where in Texas is that?

[Chandra Amaya]

I've never been to Texas although I grew up wanting to be a cowboys cheerleader . I remember mom coming back from a training session for her carpet cleaning business (many years ago) & saying she didn't get to see anything except brown grass & lizards. I have a very good friend who lives in Amarillo. I may go visit her someday.

[Janet]

I went to visit a friend in Dallas for a week. It was great! I don't remember (slept since then) exactly where the graves are, if they are in Dallas or nearby. She took me to this place one evening that you could see the lights of Dallas and another city...I think Ft. Worth, but don't remember the other city for sure.

I did get to walk around the South Fork Ranch from the TV show Dallas. I only missed 2 episodes during the 13 year run. My favorite show!!

[Chandra Amaya]

Originally Posted by Janet

I went to visit a friend in Dallas for a week. It was great! I don't remember (slept since then) exactly where the graves are, if they are in Dallas or nearby. She took me to this place one evening that you could see the lights of Dallas and another city...I think Ft. Worth, but don't remember the other city for sure.

I did get to walk around the South Fork Ranch from the TV show Dallas. I only missed 2 episodes during the 13 year run. My favorite show!!

wow that sounds great. I think Amarillo is pretty far from Dallas but maybe I can get her to take a road trip if & when I get to go.

[Forgivenmom5]

Originally Posted by Chandra Amaya

I've never been to Texas although I grew up wanting to be a cowboys cheerleader . I remember mom coming back from a training session for her carpet cleaning business (many years ago) & saying she didn't get to see anything except brown grass & lizards. I have a very good friend who lives in Amarillo. I may go visit her someday.

Yeah I was doing so much training I didn't get to see anything. I really had a hard time breathing because of my asthma. It is not as bad now so maybe it would be better now. Janet, I used to watch Dallas all the time too. I would have loved to see South Fork.

[Marilyn]

Texas has such a variety of climates and landscapes, it's almost like the state is in fairly distinct sections. You can have a totally different impression than someone else who has visited depending on where you went.

We live in the coastal plains & can travel to either salt water bays or fresh water lakes easily. The people here either hunt, fish, ranch in their spare time. Many work for the chemical plants or in the oil and gas industry. The land is flat and the trees around here are predominately live oaks, pecan, mesquite and husache.

You can go to the piney woods of East Texas which looks a lot like Arkansas or northern Louisiana.

Central Texas is hill country with cedar trees, some large oaks & pecans in the river bottoms, beautiful and higher, dryer elevation than the coastal areas. San Antonio and Austin are the heart of this area.

The area between the coastal plains and hill country is goregous, gentle rolling hills with large oak trees and right now, fields of wild flowers.

West Texas has a lot of sand, semi-desert with few trees, lots of dust storms, some mountains. I have an uncle out there in Odessa who thinks it's beautiful. It's just not for me.

The Dallas area is nice, kinda a combination of the piney woods and the hill country.

The panhandle around Amarillo is also flat and pretty desolate while some areas are nice, it holds no appeal for me. The people are great out in the panhandle and in west Texas, some of the nicest people you could ever meet. We think that's because all they have out there is each other and their relationships, so they make good ones. They have a really neat accent out there, very strereotypical Texas accent, like in the movies.

Yes, I do love my state, but I also love to travel, and some of you live in some extremely beautiful areas. If my roots were not so deeply embedded in this area, the Carolinas are very tempting!!!

[Marilyn]

Oops, double post. Trying to delete.