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Anyone know anything about Abilene. TX?
August 23, 2018, 11:13 AM
2000Z-71Anyone know anything about Abilene. TX?
May have a temporary work assignment taking me to Abilene. I know nothing about the area except it looks like it's smack dab in the middle of Texas, 2 hours from Dallas and flatter than Kansas.
My daughter can deflate your daughter's soccer ball. August 23, 2018, 11:23 AM
tatortoddI used to live in Midkand in late 90s and visited Abilene several times back then. My buddy drives thru several times a year on his way to his cabin in the NM Mountains and I put his Abilene restaurant recommendation in this thread:
https://sigforum.com/eve/forums...280070824#5280070824Here is another thread:
https://sigforum.com/eve/forums...070028634#7070028634
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DISCLAIMER: These are the author's own personal views and do not represent the views of the author's employer. August 23, 2018, 11:31 AM
TXJIMHendrick or Regional?
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August 23, 2018, 11:39 AM
TXJIMAs far as the town, it's really not a bad place. Small town feel. Plenty of restaurants, movie theaters, etc. Home to Abilene Christian where they field a D1 baseball program and other college sports. Clean, no/low crime. A lot worse places to spend some time. Given where you live, the climate will be pretty similar except it will get a bit colder in the winter.
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August 23, 2018, 11:45 AM
FlyingScotDisclaimer, don't live there but have a buddy who runs the C130J simulator and lives there.
They like it, generally nice and small town feel as mentioned. Better than Lubbock, but can still get hail, tornadoes, locusts and heat - those extremes can and do happen. They love it, and not entirely as flat as further west Texas. Any specific questions I'd be happy to pass on and get answered.
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HayesGreenerHave been there several times in the past for Cowboy Action shoots, thought the folks were friendly and the restaurants Texas.
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August 23, 2018, 12:25 PM
Johnny 3eaglesThe women there, they don't treat you mean, in Abilene.
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August 23, 2018, 12:49 PM
texassierraI live in the DFW area and lately I've been seeing quite a few commercials promoting Abilene tourism. Frankly, I'm not really sure why they would advertise in the DFW area but I gotta say the commercials are quite sad. Nothing in them make me say "I've got to head to Abilene to see that".
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August 23, 2018, 01:12 PM
arfmelquote:
Originally posted by Johnny 3eagles:
The women there, they don't treat you mean, in Abilene.
Prettiest town I’ve ever seen...
August 23, 2018, 02:38 PM
sigspecopsAll I know about Abilene is that’s where CDNN is located. I suppose you could kill some time browsing there.
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August 23, 2018, 02:57 PM
rockchalk06quote:
Originally posted by 2000Z-71:
flatter than Kansas.
I assume you have never been to the Flint Hills or Medicine Lodge Area?
August 23, 2018, 03:01 PM
PDI stayed in Abilene because I didn’t want to stay in Sweetwater. I remember a fantastic steak house but I can’t recall the name. Maybe someone can refresh my memory. It was nothing fancy but the cuts where insane.
August 23, 2018, 03:07 PM
cyanide357Just beware of the Abilene paradox!
August 23, 2018, 03:31 PM
jhe888I was born in Abilene. It is West Texas all the way, despite looking like it is more central. Oil and cattle. More oil than cattle. It is about 2 hours from everything.
Dyess AFB is there.
It is a fine place, and the people are good, but there isn't much happening.
Hot, dry and flat.
The Perini Ranch is said to grill a superior steak. It is in Buffalo Gap, 10 miles out of Abilene itself.
The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. August 23, 2018, 05:04 PM
egregoreI know little about it, only having passed through the area in 1990 on my way to somewhere else, but it's got to be better than "the 'rez.'"
August 23, 2018, 05:53 PM
HayesGreenerquote:
Originally posted by jhe888:
I was born in Abilene. It is West Texas all the way, despite looking like it is more central. Oil and cattle. More oil than cattle. It is about 2 hours from everything.
Dyess AFB is there.
It is a fine place, and the people are good, but there isn't much happening.
Hot, dry and flat.
The Perini Ranch is said to grill a superior steak. It is in Buffalo Gap, 10 miles out of Abilene itself.
Don't forget the wind that never stops!
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August 23, 2018, 05:56 PM
StorminNorminBeen to Abilene many times, but never lived there. It is not a bad town, but there is not a lot there.
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bobtheelfSweet Eileen's in Abilene.
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August 23, 2018, 06:12 PM
dewhorseBetter hotel prices than Odessa or Midland...as in a Quality Inn in Odessa or Midland are $300 a night, I assume it's due to the oil guys staying there.
Driven through several times only stayed a couple time, it's WTX....windy hot .....windy and hot
People seem nice
August 23, 2018, 06:32 PM
djincoI had some ice cream there one Sunday.
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