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Originally posted by architect:

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Originally posted by HayesGreener:
"Chili don't have no beans in it"

Not just in TX, that's a universal truth!

Given the double negative, it's true almost everywhere but Texas (don't have "no beans" means it has beans). My mom's chili (she was an Arkansas girl) had Kidney Beans in it, and it was wonderful!)

flashguy

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Originally posted by CaptainMike:
They view distances differently, stopped to ask directions to a restaurant at a gas station, girl behind the counter says: "You just continue down the road aways." How far? "Well, you ain't gonna run out of gas or nothin"

When I first came to Texas (1980) lots of Texan guys would discuss the distances to their friends as the number of six-packs away they were. "Neighbors" could be many miles apart. (Texas is big.)

flashguy

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Originally posted by BigWhup:
It's pa cahn, not Pee can.

+1 on this!!!!

If your neighbor comes over and asks if you want to go to Bubba's BBQ for lunch, disregard the fact that it's 200 miles to Bubba's, don't ask questions, just nod and get in the truck.

Just find yor’ manners.

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Originally posted by NavyAgShooter:
If your neighbor comes over and asks if you want to go to Bubba's BBQ for lunch, disregard the fact that it's 200 miles to Bubba's, don't ask questions, just nod and get in the truck.

And fasten the seat belt, if it has one.

flashguy

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Originally posted by PKFan:
An old roommate of mine from El Paso had told me that. I hadn't had any reason not to take him at his word. I wonder what else from him I should question...

I shouldn’t speculate, but it sounds like he was screwing with you. I’m from about ten minutes north of Ysleta, and I’ve never once heard it pronounced that way.

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Originally posted by BigWhup:
It's pa cahn, not Pee can.

My grandfather had a pecan orchard. Hearing people say “pee cans” highly irritates me.

"Wish in one hand and S--T in tuther and see which one gits full fust"!

Born, raised & still a Texan. Lots of good & bad info in this thread. Texas is a huge melting pot of cultures, which are all respected. Being in San Antonio (NOT San Antone) we have several military bases, so people from all over the US and world come & go. Also, regions of Texas are all different. Odessa and Austin are worlds apart. I don't think the OP mentioned where they going.

Theres a popular expression I haven't seen here yet. "I wasn't born in Texas, but I got here as fast as I could" Between that and "Don't California my Texas" they should be good.

Whataburger > In & Out
taquerias > Taco Cabana
Bill Millers is not real BBQ
Come & Take It
Remember the Alamo

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Originally posted by BigJnSA:
Theres a popular expression I haven't seen here yet. "I wasn't born in Texas, but I got here as fast as I could" Between that and "Don't California my Texas" they should be good.

I allude to that in my Signature, and have followed it for the 42 years I've been here (half my life).

flashguy

You're fixin' to move to Texas?

As our favorite son Lyle Lovett says, "That's right you're not from Texas, but Texas wants you anyway."

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Originally posted by BigJnSA:
Born, raised & still a Texan. Lots of good & bad info in this thread. Texas is a huge melting pot of cultures, which are all respected. Being in San Antonio (NOT San Antone) we have several military bases, so people from all over the US and world come & go. Also, regions of Texas are all different. Odessa and Austin are worlds apart. I don't think the OP mentioned where they going.

Theres a popular expression I haven't seen here yet. "I wasn't born in Texas, but I got here as fast as I could" Between that and "Don't California my Texas" they should be good.

Whataburger > In & Out
taquerias > Taco Cabana
Bill Millers is not real BBQ
Come & Take It
Remember the Alamo

I have gone the other way and am a native Texan who recently relocated to California (yeah, yeah).

I guess it's sacrilege, but I might like In-N-Out's actual burgers a little better than Whataburger's actual burgers. However, In-N-Out's fries are fucking HORRIBLE. Overall, I'd pick Whataburger any day.

Taco Cabana and Bill Miller BBQ are best avoided.

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Originally posted by maladat:

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Originally posted by BigJnSA:
Born, raised & still a Texan. Lots of good & bad info in this thread. Texas is a huge melting pot of cultures, which are all respected. Being in San Antonio (NOT San Antone) we have several military bases, so people from all over the US and world come & go. Also, regions of Texas are all different. Odessa and Austin are worlds apart. I don't think the OP mentioned where they going.

Theres a popular expression I haven't seen here yet. "I wasn't born in Texas, but I got here as fast as I could" Between that and "Don't California my Texas" they should be good.

Whataburger > In & Out
taquerias > Taco Cabana
Bill Millers is not real BBQ
Come & Take It
Remember the Alamo

I have gone the other way and am a native Texan who recently relocated to California (yeah, yeah).

I guess it's sacrilege, but I might like In-N-Out's actual burgers a little better than Whataburger's actual burgers. However, In-N-Out's fries are fucking HORRIBLE. Overall, I'd pick Whataburger any day.

Taco Cabana and Bill Miller BBQ are best avoided.

There's at least one In-N-Out in Dallas. I've not been there because I can get a plain hamburger almost anywhere--all the fancy fixin's don't impress me. I get my burgers at Griff's or Whataburger, and both are a lot closer than the In-N-Out.

Good luck in California. I've got 3 cousins in various parts.

flashguy

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Originally posted by maladat:
I have gone the other way and am a native Texan who recently relocated to California (yeah, yeah).
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Maybe you could do a reversal and "Texas their Commifornia".

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Originally posted by BigJnSA:

Remember the Alamo

As a "transplant", I found that The Alamo is not such a big deal with many born & raised Texans I know. Sadly to them, it's just another tourist attraction.

I'm one of those transplants (CA) that has been obsessed with the Alamo for years. The three times I have been there, I'm one of those nerds there that will spend three hours visiting, talking to guides and workers, and the few other folks that hold the place in reverence. And most of these folks are not Texans, but from elsewhere. One of the biggest, most ardent supporters of the Alamo is Phil Collins, a brit who has donated tons of artifacts to the place, and was made an honorary Texan. He used to spend his vacations just hanging out there.

Not for all the cows in Texas.

If you don't like the weather, wait 10 minutes.

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Originally posted by flashguy:
There's at least one In-N-Out in Dallas. I've not been there because I can get a plain hamburger almost anywhere--all the fancy fixin's don't impress me. I get my burgers at Griff's or Whataburger, and both are a lot closer than the In-N-Out.

Good luck in California. I've got 3 cousins in various parts.

flashguy

Thanks!

I’m mostly a stuff on burgers guy.

I pretty much always put mustard on, which does seem like a Texas thing. I like the In-N-Out “animal style” burger where they fry mustard into the patty on the flat top a lot (although I get them to leave off the thousand island). Cooking the mustard into the patty is great if you like mustard.

The burger I REALLY miss from Texas is Becks Prime, which is a small chain of not-fast-food burger places mostly in Houston, although I think there’s one in Dallas, too. They grind their meat in the restaurants and do really thick patties and will cook them pink if you like them that way. They also have great thick-cut fries and UNBELIEVABLE milkshakes.

I haven’t found anywhere here that even comes close.

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Originally posted by erj_pilot:

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Originally posted by maladat:
I have gone the other way and am a native Texan who recently relocated to California (yeah, yeah).
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Maybe you could do a reversal and "Texas their Commifornia".

Ha!

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Originally posted by maladat:
The burger I REALLY miss from Texas is Becks Prime, which is a small chain of not-fast-food burger places mostly in Houston, although I think there’s one in Dallas, too. They grind their meat in the restaurants and do really thick patties and will cook them pink if you like them that way. They also have great thick-cut fries and UNBELIEVABLE milkshakes.

I haven’t found anywhere here that even comes close.

I just did a search and there is a Becks Prime in Dallas, about 4 miles west of me. They do delivery, though, and I may try them tomorrow (well, today).

flashguy

And Muleshoe, TX is pronounced Mule Shoe, not Mulis Ho, like a non native I know. Good Grief!