A slight correction to No. 13 of the little known, interesting facts: I believe Tropical Storm Claudette dropped 43" of rain on Alvin, not 43'. Pat Stephenson Madison County > Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:32:14 -0500 > From: owentk@gmail.com > To: txgen@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TXGEN] Texas > > Loved it! > Your cousin is only 2 1/2 hours away from me, it takes 15 minutes to get to > the road that goes to town and Austin is about an hour depending on > traffic. If you drive 80 make sure you are in the slow lane as the those > driving 55 are in the fast lane. Jeff should-a known that besides the > security lights being on and the doors unlocked, so are the trucks (which > always have the keys in them anyway), and my kids know how to use those > jumper cables too. It's 75 degrees outside right now, boy I wish it would > warm up some today. Have you seen how much damage a deer can do to a Ford > LTD? (got pictures). Vacation? Who needs it when I can go into my backyard > and see those Armadillos, road runners and wild turkeys crossing the back > pasture. > Got to love it. > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 9:59 AM, charmaine riley holley > <txgenweb@gmail.com>wrote: > > > I dont know if someone else has already posted this but I received it this > > morning from my cousin in Stephenville: > > > > > > Here is what Jeff Foxworthy has to say about folks from Texas ... > > > > If someone in a Lowe's store 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 , T exas 76301 > > Noodle , Texas 79536 > > Oatmeal , Texas 78605 > > Turkey , Texas 79261 > > Trout , Texas 75789 > > Sugar Land , Texas 77479 > > Salty, Texas 76567 > > Rice , Texas 75155 > > And top it off with: > > Sweetwater , Texas 79556 > > > > Why travel to other cities? Texas has them all! > > > > Detroit , Texas 75436 > > Colorado City , Texas 79512 > > 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 > > 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! > > > > 0AEarth , 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 , Te xas 77853 > > Old Dime Box , Texas 77853 > > Telephone , Texas 75488 > > Telegraph , Texas 76883 > > Whiteface , Texas 79379 > > Twitty, Texas 79079 > > > > 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 ws named after John William Heisman who was the first > > full-t ime 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 North 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 > > o > > f 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 (known as Big Tree) near Fulton is estimated to be over 1000 > > 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. Texas has had six capital cities: Washington -on- the Brazos, > > Harrisburg > > , Galveston , Velasco, West Columbia and Austin . > > > > 19. 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). > > > > 20. The name ' Texas ' comes from the Hasini Indian word 'tejas' meaning > > friends. Tejas is not Spanish for Texas . > > > > 21. 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.). > > > > 22. The first=2 0domed 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 > > > > Now that's kinda plain an' simple don'tcha think? > > > > > > > > -- > > charmaine riley holley > > > > TXGenWeb > > sufing committee > > county coordinator Lubbock County > > co-coordinator Bosque County > > > > > > "Cuimhnich air na daoine o'n d'thainig thu" > > ~Remember the men from whom you are sprung ~ > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > -- > Tammy Owen > www.txgenweb5.org/txbastrop/bastrop.htm > www.txgenweb2.org/txlee/lee.htm > www.txgenweb6.org/txhemphill > Selling Ebay items under the name of bastropcc - check me out > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® is up to 70% faster. 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