Living in Texas

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Robert Heinlein. One of my favorite authors when I was young.

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[narcimund 0]

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Robert Heinlein. One of my favorite authors when I was young.

Oh god. Of course it was Heinlein. I hope he knew before he died how deeply he'd influenced millions of people's politics. Not enough to save America, unfortunately, but I think he knew it was hopeless.

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Narci, I have a newfound respect for you. If you carried a Glock I think we could have a relationship.

"Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." Ben Franklin

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Not to mention getting an entire generation excited about space and technology. I grew up and became a rocket scientist. Then I realized it isn't as glamorous as I thought, so I quit.

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Well since Austin isn't a choice. I'd say the optimal place for you to live would be Denton especially if your still in your twenties. From Denton it's less then an hour to Skydive Texas about an hour to SDD an hour to either Ft Worth or Dallas. You have UNT and TWU and all the senseless fun that goes with 2 schools in a small town. Of course if your shop is on the south side of town then all that becomes moot unless you want to commute thru downtown Ft Worth every day. I actually thought about moving there but moved to Austin instead.

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dallas and ft worth sucks. too much traffic, too many crapy people, high crime rates, high cost of living and too many stupid good looking blondes! though the skydiving is good in north texas, those 2 cities are armpits. they are the only 2 places worse than houston. why not arizona, utah, cali, colorado or navada?

"Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance,
others mean and rueful of the western dream"

[gary350 0]

Seen on a bathroom stall in Oklahoma:

Here I sit,
My cheeks a-flexin',
Giving birth to another Texan!

(expression in above poetry does not necessarily represent the personal views of the poster. . . )

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Narci, I have a newfound respect for you.

I've meant to give them a try to see what all the shooting is about. They're perfect for my small hands but jeez! They sure do look bizarre.

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[rmsmith 1]

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Seen on a bathroom stall in Oklahoma:

Here I sit,
My cheeks a-flexin',
Giving birth to another Texan!

(expression in above poetry does not necessarily represent the personal views of the poster. . . )

Now that's phucking rude!

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Went and saw the bossman today. He fed me the same shit he told me 3 months ago: 'There is an opportunity for you there, but first we need a replacement in Red Deer, and another tech just isn't in the budget at this time. Hopefully we can do something for you in the coming months.'

I got nuthin

[LouDiamond 1]

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Went and saw the bossman today. He fed me the same shit he told me 3 months ago: 'There is an opportunity for you there, but first we need a replacement in Red Deer, and another tech just isn't in the budget at this time. Hopefully we can do something for you in the coming months.'

To which you can reply: yes, that is if I don't get a better offer between now and then, job satisfaction is important to me. Or something along those lines. Ya gotta plant the seed of motivation in them otherwise your issue just floats into the background and is given no thought.

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Hi Cloudseeker,

Your post has confused me... "Too many stupid good lookin blondes".

OK, I accept that blondes have a deserved reputation - I was blonde once, but I turned 5, went to school and learned to read - it was about then that my hair went dark. Then of course there was the hair dye company who marketed their black hair dye as (and I'm not making this up) "Artificial Intelligence".

I just don't see how you can have "too many" of these creatures - perhaps not "Miss Right" but hopefully "Miss RIGHT NOW"!!

AS for the cost of living in Texas, while I accept that mobile homes are fairly cheap, what about the cost of the 10mm Glock ($1,000), the M-16A2 with the M203 grenade launcher for squirrel hunting, the General Electric 7.62mm mini-gun for "home defence", and of course the quad M-2 Brownings for rabbit shooting. Then there's the food for the 5 "houn'-dawgs", a second trailer to keep all this stuff in, the 3 broken down pickup trucks (surely required garden ornaments in any texas front lawn).....

Plus, of course, if you are really going to immerse yourself in the whole "Texas culture", do you have an exceptionally close relative who is willing to bear your children?

Mike.

Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable.

Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

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Another tow-head, eh? Mine was WHITE until I turned four or five. Then brown, fading to darker brown over the next several years. At 30, I died my hair white again, and felt my IQ drop significantly But not being able to think clearly lends itself to jumping out of planes.

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AS for the cost of living in Texas, while I accept that mobile homes are fairly cheap, what about the cost of the 10mm Glock ($1,000)

If you paid a G for a 10mm you got Gringo'd, they saw you coming boy No rightful Texan would fall for that one.

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the M-16A2 with the M203 grenade launcher for squirrel hunting, the General Electric 7.62mm mini-gun for "home defence", and of course the quad M-2 Brownings for rabbit shooting.

First off, Texan's only buy those particular types of weapons to piss off limp wristed, slack jaw Liberals. If you ever saw a Texas white tail deer you'd know why you'd need 5.56mm weapon, the M203 is for expediant ditching on the back 40. The 7.62mm mini gun is for(perimeter) home defense, you gotta stop them way out on the perimeter and tracer burn out really sucks. This is also where the M203 serves as a dual purpose weapon, you always have to cover your dead space and nothing says "GIT" like a nice hollow "plunk" of a M203 Now the twin 50's, those are for reaching out and stopping those big 'Ol trucks that just happen to wander on the property some times or just for some plain 'Ol fun when nothings happening. Nothing like plinking cans at 2 miles

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Then there's the food for the 5 "houn'-dawgs", a second trailer to keep all this stuff in, the 3 broken down pickup trucks (surely required garden ornaments in any texas front lawn).....

The dogs are part of the inner perimeter defence, any piece of equipment requires maintenance of some kind. The second trailer serves ass the C2 node, you have to have a Command and Control center in any crisis sit-she-a- shun. The 3 broken down pick up trucks serve as combination of range marker, obstacle and observation post and help define the perimeter.


What's a matter wit ya'all...don't you City folks now nuthin? Dag you'sz ignant

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Some people dream about flying, I live my dream
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