Texans. My opinion about people from Texas...

[Dreamer128]

Finally found the link to the site selling those (in)famous G.W action figures..
http://www.talkingpresident.com/sample.htm
Anyone want one for X-mas?
I also would like to add that besides da Bush, I've had only great experiences with people from Texas. I recall Moni working on a sig of mine and Attalus mailing me DOTD.

[ 12-18-2002, 02:02 PM: Message edited by: Dreamer128 ]

[Attalus]

LOL, when the New York Times published a Bush administration study document about a possible U.S. role in a postwar Iraqi govenment, GWB was pounded for neo-colonialism. We cannot win.

[Yorick]

How did a positive post talking about 100% of the Texans I know end up mentioning the Iraqi crisis and George Bush? Bewildering.

Amber, one is a Singer/Songwriter who is a cowriter of some of my new songs ( www.blu.net ), 1 is a photographer whom I'll be working with soon, 1 is a policeman (the photographers husband). All those three are friends of mine.

The other two are both musicians/singers yes.

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[Leonis]

I've never met a Texan in person but the ones know online are awesome.

Texas appears to me to be similar to a lot of Australia physically, a beautiful and spacious land that can be mistaken for harsh and unforgiving at times. Also rich in minerals etc...

What I've seen of outback Texas (not having been there) reminds me a bit of outback Australia. Anyone been to both? Comparisons? Am I on the clock or off the clock?

[Yorick]

Originally posted by Leonis: I've never met a Texan in person but the ones know online are awesome. Texas appears to me to be similar to a lot of Australia physically, a beautiful and spacious land that can be mistaken for harsh and unforgiving at times. Also rich in minerals etc... What I've seen of outback Texas (not having been there) reminds me a bit of outback Australia. Anyone been to both? Comparisons? Am I on the clock or off the clock?

I have been to that part of the world (outback New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and a sliver of Texas: El Paso.) and I concur. That was my impression. When I walked in the desert there it was strikingly familiar to the feeling one gets in the Aussie outback where you and I were.

There is also the tendancy to view space differently. The husband and wife are driving from New York back to Austin for christmas. The only other nationals I know who'd even contemplate such a drive are Australians.

When I was in Singapore, Malaysia was 'a world away' (which I found correct on a socio-economic sense), yet it was really 45 mins drive. Would a Singaporean drive the corresponding distance back to Beijing for Christmas? Would a European drive the corresponding distance from Paris to Moscow for Christmas?

That sense of expanse and space broadens ones physical horizons. You can see for miles and miles and yet be the only one around.

Incredible.

[Leonis]

Ah yes. We'd attempt that for a long weekend even. The journey has become as much a part of our holidays as the destination.

Is this why America (generalisation alert!) seems to be fascinated with the Road Trip movie genre? Because many simply don't do it unless they're forced too? - Plane cancellation etc...

[Attalus]

LOL, yes, We will also drive a hundreds miles to eat lunch. Driving long distances is ingrained in many Texans. I had some (loony) friends that drove all the way from Orlando, FL back to Dallas in 24 hours without stopping. BTW East Texas is not at all like West Texas. We have trees, rivers, grass, etc. But the Big Bend in Far West Texas, (Pretty close to El Paso, Yorick) is one of my favorite places for a long weekend.

[Sazerac]

It is very true. I think of nothing of hopping in the car and driving the 40 miles to Dallas, just like it was a few miles away.

Leonis, the most hilarious thing I've noticed about the similarities between Texans and Aussies is that both of us are about as arrogant as the others, which I didn't think was humanly possible! [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img] Just kidding, really, but we are rather prideful.

Another similarity is the climate. Texas tends to be very hot and dry (or humid if you're in the eastern-southern part of the state) People tend to dress rather scantily in the summer months and a lot of them go barefoot a lot, which I've heard is common in Australia as well.

Cheers,
-Sazerac

[John D Harris]

Originally posted by Sazerac: Leonis, the most hilarious thing I've noticed about the similarities between Texans and Aussies is that both of us are about as arrogant as the others, which I didn't think was humanly possible! [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img] Just kidding, really, but we are rather prideful. Cheers, -Sazerac

No, say it Ain't so Saz! Not Texans! pa-shaw

[Tatina]

WOW!!!! New to the board...(hello by the way)...and I run into a GREAT thread on my personal favorite thing...HOME...as in Texas. Of which I shall be stepping foot on Friday. It has felt like forever since I have had the pleasure of Tex-Mex...with some chilled Tekillya...and of course the sights, smells, and sounds of the NorthSide of Fort Worth.

Yes we have pride, but wouldn't you? Afterall, where else do you know of 12 ticked off Texans (I know the # isn't correct, but ya'll get the point) holding off a thousand Mexican's ruled by Santa Ana...AND ALMOST WINNING!

Of course now, We also had Ann Richards, may not have agreed with her politics...but she was the ULTIMATE Texas Lady, took no guff, did things her way...gotta love her!!!