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I'm Going to be a Texan!
February 04, 2023, 08:19 PM
NavyGuyI'm Going to be a Texan!
Welcome to the Lone Star State. I've been here a total of 43 years. An 8 year stint, then got transferred to Tennessee for 6 years the back to Texas. I'm living in Keller which is about 6-7 miles west of Grapevine. Once you get past the traffic and somewhat warm summers this area offers a lot. Best of hospitals and medical care, arts and entertainment and a booming economy.
Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grandchildren are once more slaves.
-D.H. Lawrence February 04, 2023, 08:29 PM
SigSACquote:
Originally posted by flashguy:Where in SC? I spent 4 years at Shaw AFB outside Sumter. Good folks there.
flashguy
I went to kindergarten at Shaw - many years ago - our old housing doesn't even exist any longer.
February 04, 2023, 09:58 PM
DidlsWelcome to DFW and Texas. Let’s keep it free.
Sent you a message as well.
February 05, 2023, 06:51 AM
blueyeWelcome to Texas. I have been a resident of Grapevine for almost 30 yrs. If you have any questions about the area, I would be more than happy to help, email in profile.
February 05, 2023, 10:25 AM
383strokerWelcome from another transplant, Moved to Irving when I got out of the Army in 84, Now I like living outside of the city but my job has me making deliveries regularly to Irving.
February 05, 2023, 07:26 PM
Texas Bob C.Texas born and raised. Welcome to Texas.
February 05, 2023, 07:28 PM
Ox190I was in an apartment in Grapevine for 6 years before I met my now wife. We live next door in Coppell now. Grapevine is a great area.
February 06, 2023, 07:17 PM
IntrepidTravelerJust perusing Google Maps, it seems like a great area. We are right by the lake, and there's even an In-N-Out about 5-10 minutes away!
Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet.
- Dave Barry
"Never go through life saying 'I should have'..." - quote from the 9/11 Boatlift Story (thanks, sdy for posting it) February 06, 2023, 08:37 PM
flashguyquote:
Originally posted by IntrepidTraveler:
Just perusing Google Maps, it seems like a great area. We are right by the lake, and there's even an In-N-Out about 5-10 minutes away!
Well, enjoy your In-N-Out burgers. I've never eaten one. My personal preference is for very plain burgers with well-done meat, and such places don't specialize in those. I go to Whataburger.
I hope you find your relocation satisfactory. The DFW area is a great place, even though some of it is more Liberal/Progressive than I like. You can find just about any activity you're interested in somewhere in the DFW area.
flashguy
Texan by choice, not accident of birth February 06, 2023, 10:09 PM
furloughWelcome! I've been in the DFW area for 23 years now. Currently up in Plano - the Legacy area. Absolutely love it.
And I'm in for a welcome meetup.
And while they have In-N-Out burgers here, you're going to have to switch to Whataburger. Then Buc-cees. Then H-E-B which we finally have here in Plano!
This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears above ground he is a protector.
Plato February 06, 2023, 10:48 PM
jhe888Welcome
The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. February 07, 2023, 04:58 AM
IntrepidTravelerUnderstand about the Whataburger. I actually like them too. There are a few in New Mexico, and I stop when I go thru El Paso, which is a few times a year. (In-laws live in Las Cruces)
If anyone is up to it, I could possibly use a hand moving one item in. We’re getting a cabinet bed for the second bedroom from Home Depot in Flower Mound, assuming it arrives on time, and assuming I can get one of their rental trucks (first for first served, no reservations), I could use a hand unloading. It’s going into a first floor apartment, and it comes in 2 or 3 boxes, heaviest is about 130 pounds I think.
Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet.
- Dave Barry
"Never go through life saying 'I should have'..." - quote from the 9/11 Boatlift Story (thanks, sdy for posting it) February 07, 2023, 07:13 AM
ChuckFinleyIntrepid!
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"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." -- C.S. Lewis
February 07, 2023, 09:59 AM
specter77Welcome from Brazos County, myself I have been in Texas for 13 years.
Lock N Load
Michael
USMC Ret
February 07, 2023, 01:49 PM
HK AgWelcome from Tomball
February 07, 2023, 01:51 PM
GeorgeairOnly lived there for 6 years, but wish it could be the other way 'round. You'll love it.
You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02
February 17, 2023, 07:40 AM
IntrepidTravelerMoving day! I am now over the border and physically present in the state!
Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet.
- Dave Barry
"Never go through life saying 'I should have'..." - quote from the 9/11 Boatlift Story (thanks, sdy for posting it) February 17, 2023, 09:01 AM
Edmondquote:
Originally posted by IntrepidTraveler:
In-N-Out about 5-10 minutes away!
Years ago I never understood the hype about In-N-Out so I tried the one in Tucson. It was awful, made me dislike the place because I thought they were all awful. But then I tried the one in Killeen and it was good as was the one by TCU. Then I tried one in northern California and it was really good! Now I'm sold on them.
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February 17, 2023, 12:00 PM
flashguyquote:
Originally posted by IntrepidTraveler:
Moving day! I am now over the border and physically present in the state!
I wish I could help, but at my age and physical condition I'd be more of a hindrance than a help. Good luck with the move!
flashguy
Texan by choice, not accident of birth February 17, 2023, 12:15 PM
tatortoddquote:
Originally posted by IntrepidTraveler:
Moving day! I am now over the border and physically present in the state!
Congrats!
My first day was kind of a blur, but my 2nd day was more memorable. I had driven from Greenville, IL, to Greenville, TX, so I had been in Texas about 2 hours when we arrived at the hotel exhausted. It was late 90s so no GPS, and I mistakenly thought Midland was about 120 miles west of Dallas so we started the 2nd day in Texas with a leisurely breakfast and even stopped for a leisurely lunch. In reality, Midland was 330 miles west of Dallas so we arrived after dark. Oops!
Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity
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