This is how it is done in Texas

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LoL!!! found out several months ago that when crossing over into Canada and the young lady ask you for your citizenship...you don't say "TEXAN". OMG!!! The look she gave me.......I smiled, took a couple steps back then walked back up to the window. She kinda grinned, saw a slight glimmer in her eye, and she ask again "Citizenship"...I said US Citizen. She then smiled big and said enjoy you stay. As I walked off I heard her mumble "Tex"... LoL!!! Made my day.

You think Texans are strange. I've lived in KC, Seattle, Ill-a-noise and under my bed in all those states was a 20# bag of Texas soil. Yep, slept over Texas soil every night.

Back to the original question. I think a couple of the replies were correct in that posers don't indicate where they're from, so trying to be helpful, we point out the way it is in Texas. Cause a lot of people can only make that reference.

AND you know Texan is an attitude....

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Thanks Ya'all-Reading this thread made me think about my kinfolks on my Mom's side of the family. Haven't got to go see them in about 19 years though we went every year when I was a kid. I was born & raised in Georgia but the Texas visits definitely influenced me and I always enjoyed them.
 
Texas is a microcosm of the United States. Americans are very insulated and fairly ignorant about how the rest of the world does things. We don't know and we don't care, and we know our way is right. Texas is exactly the same towards the rest of the USA. It's a huge, insulated state that is doing quite well, and we honestly don't have to care about the rest of you. The only thing that gets us riled up outside the state borders is when OU wins a ball game or god forbid Arkansas gets uppity and tries to make a sports name for themselves.

I'm honestly pretty annoyed by all the people moving to Texas from everywhere else right now. I see several cars in traffic at any point in time with out of state license plates. And Austin is in the middle of the state and at minimum a day's drive from the state border. You don't just wind up here by accident or happen to be passing by. I honestly don't like tens of thousands of people moving to my city and congesting it more than it already is. Austin was very beautiful, infused with the Hill Country's natural beauty, and now it's starting to look like Dallas. I'm glad economic refugees from the rust belt and California can move here and find good jobs with no problem, but I still don't like to see my nice, wide open spaces become crowded like New England and the West Coast.

My family is from here (going back 150 years), but I've lived in Europe for 10 years and I lived in California (Los Angeles). I've been to 30+ countries on 4 continents. I moved back to Texas in 1994 and never left. I honestly have the itch to move somewhere else to have some more variety because I like traveling and seeing new places. But I haven't found any place that has as many economic opportunities, low cost of living, good, strong people, or as much personal freedom and responsibility as Texas. I'll probably wind up moving out of ever-growing Austin to Llano, Junction or Brownwood at some point but I'll be surprised if I find a better place than Texas.
 
Texas is just h-o-r-r-i-ble, so all you folks can turn around and go back to where you came from. It's getting crowded around here anyway.

"The Shape of Texas: Maps As Metaphors" (by Richard V. Francaviglia) makes some interesting points regarding the cultural identity of Texans as contrasted with persons from other states or even nations. Some it lies in the the state's previous existence as an independent nation. Some of it lies in the boastful pride associated with being the largest state in the union until Alaska achieved statehood.
 
A man walks into a motel bar in Texas and asks for a glass of beer. The bartender brings an enormous schooner to the man, the man replies "sir, am I supposed to drink all that?" The bartender replies "everything's big in Texas!" By the time the man drank the schooner he could not handle another beer, so he asked for a shot of whiskey, a water glass full was served, and the man again inquired about how was he supposed to down this, and the bartender again answered "everything's big in Texas!" By the time the man managed to drink this, he was becoming quite drunk. He asked where the bathroom was, and was told it was down the hall, first door on the right. Being slightly under the weather, he goes down the hall and takes the first door to the left and falls into the swimming pool. He yells "don't flush her down, don't flush her down!"
 
Please, ladies and gentelmen show some decorum. Please do NOT ask a fellow THR if he/she is from Texas.

If they are than they will tell you.





If they are not, then don't embaress them!:D


Oneshooter
Livin in Texas
 
Well, seeing how this is a Texas thread I have to chime in...

Born in Texas moved to Oregon, lived most of my life there. Love the laws here but hate the no public land thing.

I miss the mountains and the snow, hiking and fishing with 60 miles of BLM for my backyard. Hunting was awesome, and I dearly miss it.

But things I can't beat here: The BBQ, the price of housing, mostly decent people, and lots of things to do (other than the above mentioned). I've heard Colorado is quite nice...been thinking.
 
I would say Florida is superior to Texas. In Texas everyone wears sweatpants.


Because sheep can hear a zipper a mile away!
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I think you are getting your geography wrong. We have beef cattle here in Texas. You didn't come West far enough. You were still in Louisiana.

However, if you have that many sheep in Florida, you can't really be superior can you. :)
 
However, if you have that many sheep in Florida, you can't really be superior can you.
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It's ok to pick on Texas in this thread, or even California. But let's not pick on Florida, because our gators are bigger then yours are, and we'll send them on over there. :neener:
 
Yall know the best part of Texas?

Texas doesn't not start with a 'c' or a 'n'
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Must be a Texas thing...please 'splain for the rest of us.

I'm guessing C for California and N for New York, but what about Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, etc? Those are some pretty decent states, too.
 
Yes I am a born and raised Southern Boy.
I was supposed to be dropped off by the Stork in TX, but instead I must of had a Yankee Stork as I was dropped off in another Southern State.

Texas is easy to spell, heck even I can spell Texas.
In the old days, we had 3 letter abbreviations and Tex, was easy to get the correct state.
Today these 2 letter abbreviations gives folks fits.
TX, Tex and Texas, is still simple.
I mean even the post office does not send packages to Tennessee, they did not confuse Tex with Tenn either.

Now if one uses 2 letter abbreviations, like AK, that package might end up in Arizona, Alabama, or Arkansas.

For me, if a state is above the Mason-Dixon line, I have the postal person write where it needs to go.
I give up on Michigan and Minnesota and Maine too many years ago.
As I did Idaho, Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa.

Texas I like, I am considered a native son, even if the dad-burned Yankee Stork got lost...

Texas is not perfect, and even Texans will admit some places have some nicer things going for them.

Texas has a lot going for it, like being able to be spelled correctly and its abbreviations are easy.

Oh, one can carry a whole of ammo in a 10 gal hat.
How much ammo does them silly little fluffy ear muffs, that fold onto themselve folks up nawth hold?

*smile*
 
Deep down, Texas is still a republic. Statehood was a demotion, and the old Texas government that sold it into statehood has never been forgiven.

This is what's at the root of the Texas attitude toward government, non-Texans, and everything else that's outside of Texas.

So watch it.
 
Texas is one of the most populus states. What they do in CA or NY doesn't really apply in America, so there's more people telling about their experience in Texas. I'm sure if you looked hard enough, you could find, "this is how we do it in Southern North Dakota", but he might not post in every thread.
 
I had it put to me this way once. How many states have you been to where every other house has either the Texas lone star emblazoned in one or more places, or one or more Texas flags posted or flying for all to see? I've been to quite a few states and Texas is unique as far as state pride goes.

I do find it strange that open carry isn't legal here though, when did they do that?
 
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