I Like Texas........

[lifesaver]

Corpus Christi Bay
by Robert Earl Keen Jr.

I worked the rigs from three til midnight
On the Corpus Christi Bay
Id get off and drink til daylight
Sleep the mornin away
I had a plan to take my wages
Leave the rigs behind for good
But that life it is contagious
And it gets down in your blood


I lived in Corpus with my brother
We were always on the run
We were bad for one another
But we were good at having fun
We got stoned along the seawall
We got drunk and rolled a car
We knew the girls at every dancehall
Had a tab at every bar

If I could live my life all over
It wouldnt matter anyway
Cause I never could stay sober
On the Corpus Christi Bay


My brother had a wife and family
You know he gave Tem a good home
But his wife thought we were crazy
And one day we found her gone
We threw here clothes into the car trunk
Her photographs her rosary
We went to the pier and got drunk
And threw it all into the sea


Now my brother lives in Houston
He married for the second time
He got a job with the union
And its keeping him in line
He came to Corpus just this weekend
It was good to see him here
He said he finally gave up drinkin
Then he ordered me a beer

[justabeachbrat]

I really enjoyed Texas. One of my close friends now lives in Victoria.
The clouds. Beautiful there. One of my favorite prints is of a Texas sky, and got it in a thrift store near Victoria for $4.
And had a blast at the dance hall in New Brandsfuls (???? sorry, Texans, I can't spell the town), it is near San Marcos. We just listened to music most of the day, and OK, had a few beers.
And can't think of what it's called, a "boil" I think, at a restaurant on the coast, good, messy eating.

[SATX*APhi]

Originally Posted by justabeachbrat

And had a blast at the dance hall in New Brandsfuls (???? sorry, Texans, I can't spell the town), it is near San Marcos. We just listened to music most of the day, and OK, had a few beers.

Are you talking about Gruene Hall, the oldest continually running dance hall in Texas?! Shows out there are like none other. Do you remember who you saw?

[macallan25]

Originally Posted by justabeachbrat

I really enjoyed Texas. One of my close friends now lives in Victoria.
The clouds. Beautiful there. One of my favorite prints is of a Texas sky, and got it in a thrift store near Victoria for $4.
And had a blast at the dance hall in New Brandsfuls (???? sorry, Texans, I can't spell the town), it is near San Marcos. We just listened to music most of the day, and OK, had a few beers.
And can't think of what it's called, a "boil" I think, at a restaurant on the coast, good, messy eating.

Gruene Hall and a Crawfish Boil?

(Jerry Jeff at Gruene = excellence)

[SWTXBelle]

SAN MARCOS!!!! Oh, to be tubing down the San Marcos right now . . .looking forward to dinner at Palmer's and a trip to the Green Parrot . . .

[icelandelf]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

SAN MARCOS!!!! Oh, to be tubing down the San Marcos right now . . .looking forward to dinner at Palmer's and a trip to the Green Parrot . . .

And shooting pool at the Black Cat on the square.

I love Texas, love living in SA and really love margaritas out at the Hill Country Hyatt

[ClassicBeauty]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

SAN MARCOS!!!! Oh, to be tubing down the San Marcos right now . . .looking forward to dinner at Palmer's and a trip to the Green Parrot . . .

I dont know if the river is open because of all this stupid rain lol.

[justabeachbrat]

Originally Posted by macallan25

Gruene Hall and a Crawfish Boil?

(Jerry Jeff at Gruene = excellence)

yes, it was Gruene hall. don't recall performers names, a mind freeze, here. But my friend, a native Texan, who moved back after a stay in CA, knew words to almost every song, and sang away.

And yes, it was a crawfish boil. When she suggested it, I was not really keen on idea. Crawfish? Then the server tosses crawfish, potatoes, and corn on paper, and it was a good sloppy meal. We also stopped at an artsy town on the coast, and I bought a painting from a local artist. It is on my living room. The town? small, cute.

And because I had dared her to go white water rafting in Northern Ca, and she went after almost chickening out, I was told I had to go tubing with her and some friends, near San Marcos. Another good time.

[VandalSquirrel]

Are y'all going to share with the Alpha Gams at convention in San Antonio next summer the secret places tourists don't go? I'm planning to make a little vacation out of it, and don't want to waste my time on anything ridiculous.

I want good food and entertainment, plain and simple.

[justabeachbrat]

oh, crawfish, and saugage, with potatoes and corn. and beer.
the turkey sandwich i had tonight was sad in comparison.

we also hit the river walk, san antonio, (dahh), my friend did the stairs at a gallop, often leaving me in her dust. we do not walk (much) growing up in So Cal.

[SATX*APhi]

Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel

Are y'all going to share with the Alpha Gams at convention in San Antonio next summer the secret places tourists don't go? I'm planning to make a little vacation out of it, and don't want to waste my time on anything ridiculous.

I want good food and entertainment, plain and simple.

Sure! Remind us closer to your "vacation" and we'll tell you where you must go.

[SWTXBelle]

San Antonio margaritas . . .good times, icelandelf, good times!

[Boodleboy322]

Here is what Jeff Foxworthy has to say about folks from Texas...

If someone in a Home Depot offers you assistance and they don't work there, you
may live in Texas ;

If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you may live in Texas ;

If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong
number, you may live in Texas ;

If "Vacation" means going anywhere south of Dallas for the weekend, you may live
in Texas;

If you measure distance in hours, you may live in Texas;

If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once, you may live in
Texas ;

If you install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both
unlocked, you may live in Texas ;

If you carry jumper cables in your car and your wife knows how to use them, you
may live in Texas ;

If the speed limit on the highway is 55 mph -- you're going 80 and everybody's
passing you, you may live in Texas ;

If you find 60 degrees "a little chilly," you may live in Texas ;

If you actually understand these jokes, and share them with all your Texas
friends, you definitely live in Texas .

Need to be cheered up?
Happy, Texas 79042
Pep, Texas 79353
Smiley, Texas 78159
Paradise, Texas 76073
Rainbow, Texas 76077
Sweet Home, Texas 77987
Comfort, Texas 78013
Friendship, Texas 76530

Love the Sun?
Sun City, Texas 78628
Sunrise, Texas 76661
Sunset, Texas 76270
Sundown, Texas 79372
Sunray, Texas 79086
Sunny Side, Texas 77423

Want something to eat?
Bacon, Texas 76301
Noodle, Texas 79536
Oatmeal, Texas 78605
Turkey, Texas 79261
Trout, Te xas 75789
Sugar Land, Texas 77479
Salty, Texas 76567
Rice, Texas 75155
Sweetwater, Texas 79556

Why travel to other cities? Texas has them all!
Detroit, Texas 75436
Colorado City, Texas 79512
Cleveland, Texas 77327
Dayton, Texas 77535
Denver City, Texas 79323
Klondike, Texas 75448
Nevada, Texas 75173
Memphis, Texas 79245
Miami, Texas 79059
Boston, Texas 75570
Santa Fe, Texas 77517
Tennessee Colony, Texas 75861
Reno, Texas 75462

Feel like traveling outside the country? Don't bother buying a plane ticket!

Athens, Texas 75751
Canadian, Texas 79014
China, Texas 77613
Dublin, Texas 76446
Egypt, Texas 77436
Ireland, Texas 76538
Turkey, Texas 79261
London, Texas 76854
New London, Texas 75682
Paris, Texas 75460

No need to travel to Washington D.C.
Whitehouse, Texas 75791

We even have a city named after our planet!
Earth, Texas 79031

And a city named after our State!
Texas City, Texas 77590

Exhausted?
Energy, Texas 76452

Cold?
Blanket, Texas 76432
Winters, Texas

Like to read about History?
Santa Anna, Texas
Goliad, Texas
Alamo, Texas
Gun Barrel City, Texas
Robert lee, Texas

Need Office Supplies?
Staples, Texas 78670

Men are from Mars, women are from Venus, Texas 76084

You guessed it..it's on the state line..
Texline, Texas 79087

For the kids...
Kermit, Texas 79745
Elmo, Texas 75118
Nemo, Texas 76070
Tarzan, Texas 79783
Winnie, Texas 77665
Sylvester, Texas 79560

Other city names in Texas, to make you smile.....
Frognot, Texas 75424
Bigfoot, Texas 78005
Hogeye, Texas 75423
Cactus, Texas 79013
Notrees, Texas 79759
Best, Texas 76932
Veribest, Texas 76886
Kickapoo, Texas 75763
Dime Box, Texas 77853
Old Dime Box, Texas 77853
Telephone, Texas 75488
Telegraph, Texas 76883
Whiteface, Texas 79379
Twitty, Texas 79079
Mud Dig, Texas
Golf, Texas
Dike, Texas
Battle Ax, Texas
Bug Tussle, Texas
Arkie Bottom, Texas
Black Cat Thicket, Texas
Hoop and Hollar, Texas
Hog Eye, Texas
Scurry, Texas
Bootleg, Texas

Most Mispronounced Cities
Mexia..............pronounced Ma-hey-ah
Waco........................Way-co not Wack-o
Waxahachie............pronounced Walks-a-hatchie
Hico............High-co not Hick-o
Dumas.............Dume-us

And last but not least, the Anti-Al Gore City
Kilgore, Texas 75662

And our favorites...
Cut n Shoot, Texas
Gun Barrell City, Texas
Hoop And Holler, Texas
Ding Dong, Texas and, of course,
Muleshoe, Texas

Here are some little known, very interesting facts about Texas .

1. Beaumont to El Paso : 742 miles
2. Beaumont to Chicago : 770 miles
3. El Paso is closer to California than to Dallas
4. World's first rodeo was in Pecos, July 4, 1883.
5. The Flagship Hotel in Galveston is the only hotel in North America built
over water.
6. The Heisman Trophy was named after John William Heisman who was the first
full-time coach at Rice University in Houston.
7. Brazoria County has more species of birds than any other area in North
America.
8. Aransas Wildlife Refuge is the winter home of No. America 's only remaining
flock of whooping cranes.
9. Jalapeno jelly originated in Lake Jackson in 1978.
10. The worst natural disaster in U.S . history was in 1900, caused by a
hurricane, in which over 8,000 lives were lost on Galveston Island .
11. The first word spoken from the moon, July 20, 1969, was " Houston ."
12. King Ranch in South Texas is larger than Rhode Island .
13. Tropical Storm Claudette brought a U.S. rainfall record of 43" in 24 hours
in and around Alvin in July of 1979.
14. Texas is the only state to enter the U.S. by TREATY, (known as the
Constitution of 1845 by the Republic of Texas to enter the Union ) instead of by
annexation. This allows the Texas Flag to fly at the same height as the U.S.
Flag, and may divide into 5 states.
15. A Live Oak tree near Fulton is estimated to be 1500 years old.
16. Caddo Lake is the only natural lake in the state.
17. Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. There is no period in Dr Pepper.
18. Dublin, TX has the oldest and only Dr Pepper bottling company that is still
working and producing the original Dr Pepper.
19. Texas has had six capital cities: Washington -on- the Brazos, Harrisburg,
Galveston, Velasco, West Columbia and Austin .
20. The Capitol Dome in Austin is the only dome in the U.S. which is taller
than the Capitol Building in Washington DC (by 7 feet).
21. The name " Texas " comes from the Hasini Indian word "tejas" meaning
friends. Tejas is not Spanish for Texas .
22. The State Mascot is the Armadillo (an interesting bit of trivia about the
armadillo is they always have four babies. They have one egg, which splits into
four, and they either have four males or four females.).
23. The first domed stadium in the U.S. was the Astrodome in Houston .

Cowboy's Ten Commandments posted on the wall at Cross Trails Church in Fairlie,
Texas :
(1) Just one God.
(2) Honor yer Ma & Pa.
(3) No telling tales or gossipin'.
(4) Git yourself to Sunday meeting.
(5) Put nothin' before God.
(6) No foolin' around with another fellow's gal.
(7) No killin'.
(8) Watch yer mouth.
(9) Don't take what ain't yers.
(10) Don't be hankerin' for yer buddy's stuff

[epchick]

Originally Posted by Boodleboy322

3. El Paso is closer to California than to Dallas

14. Texas is the only state to enter the U.S. by TREATY, (known as the
Constitution of 1845 by the Republic of Texas to enter the Union ) instead of by
annexation. This allows the Texas Flag to fly at the same height as the U.S.
Flag, and may divide into 5 states.

#3 is sooo true! Also, El Paso is closer to a lot more non-Texas cities than it is to cities in Texas.

Is #14 actually true? I've heard that it is incorrect and that the Texas flag cannot fly at the same height as the U.S. flag.

[Boodleboy322]

The short answer is, one is true and the other is not.

A copy of the entire 1845 Constitution of the State of Texas is available online from the Tarlton Law Library. The Tarlton website includes the text of the 1845 Constitution and scanned images of the original documents on the website, so examination is very easy.

First, the provision to divide the state into additional states is valid according to the section of the constitution titled, An Ordinance. This part of the document was the "counter offer" from the Congress of the United States back to the Republic of Texas as a condition for entry. There were three conditions listed with number three being …

Third. New States of convenient size, not exceeding four in number, in addition to said State of Texas, and having sufficient population, may hereafter, by consent of said State, be formed out of the territory thereof, which shall be entitled to admission under the provisions of the federal constitution; and such States as may be formed out of that portion of said territory lying south of thirty-six degrees thirty minutes north latitude, commonly known as the Missouri compromise line, shall be admitted into the Union, with or without slavery, as the people of each State asking admission may desire; and in such State or States as shall be formed out of said territory north of said Missouri compromise line, slavery, or involuntary servitude, (except for crime,) shall be prohibited:"

The first condition concerned legal boundaries of the Republic and the second outlined the properties the Republic would relinquish to the United States upon entry. That confirmed one of the Texas facts.

There's really no reference to the Texas flag or U.S. flag.

U.S. Flag Code
Frequently, the Texas flag/U.S. flag fact says Texas is the only state that can fly their flag equal in height to the American flag, which is not accurate according to the U.S. Flag Code.

The U.S. Flag Code allows all states to fly their flags at the same height as the U.S. flag according to Section 7 (f).

(f) When flags of States, cities, or localities, or pennants of societies are flown on the same halyard with the flag of the United States, the latter should always be at the peak. When the flags are flown from adjacent staffs, the flag of the United States should be hoisted first and lowered last. No such flag or pennant may be placed above the flag of the United States or to the United States flag’s right.

You’ll notice the bold text, no flag can fly above the U.S. flag, but all state flags can fly the same height if they are on adjacent poles of equal height. There are other sections of the Flag Code that address other situations with flags, but none contradict this section.

Even though the U.S. Flag Code wasn’t passed by Congress until 1942, it was codified in 1923 by the National Flag Conference, which met in Washington D.C. for that purpose. The final Flag Code was a composite of the various State Desecration flag laws in existence as early as 1897, meaning, flying a state flag at the same height as the U.S. flag was not a new concept in 1845.

Originally Posted by epchick

#3 is sooo true! Also, El Paso is closer to a lot more non-Texas cities than it is to cities in Texas.

Is #14 actually true? I've heard that it is incorrect and that the Texas flag cannot fly at the same height as the U.S. flag.