Posted on 10/16/2004 7:27:28 AM PDT by truthandlogic
I have to help my dad do some work at his farm near Giddings next weekend. We have several fences we need to repair and parts that need to have brush cleared away from the property lines. BTW, I think Gracey has the CENTEX FReeper list.
We have a FR chapter in Austin. Freepmail basil for directions to a get-together at her home to watch Stolen Valor Sunday October 24th.
We're going,,you gonna be there?
I will. I've been absent from chapter meetings lately due to school pressure, but I love the people I met during the 2000 attempted theft of the election by Gore as we protested at the Governor's mansion. We formed the chapter after that.
When are you moving here? I live southwest of the city and I love it. The city proper is rabidly liberalm but my neighbors for the most part are conservative. Welcome and please join our chapter.
I'm thinking of making the move as well. Can you message me about the culture shock and anything else worth suggesting? Thanks
Greetings and welcome from a resident of east Texas.
Your moving into the Texas hill country which is beautiful, no doubt. Look out for those slime ball liberals in Austin!!! No offense to those in Austin that are conservatives, OK? For some reason government cities stink with liberals. ;o)
Thanks for the welcome !!
Everyone here have been great.
We have have to readjust our lingo which has been hard - the minute we start talking someone will say "you're from up north aren't you" .
We say things like "pop" instead of soda -
"you guys"instead of y'all.
But we're starting to get with the program - even went to the State Fair and had a corn dog and fried twinkie!!!!
Smart move! (Although Austin is a tad liberal for my liking; but it still beats hell out of Oregon, which used to be a great place before the earth-shoes and Birkenstock wearers wrecked the place.)
Careful of living in BUDA...the roads have NOT kept up with the building going on around there, and it is heck getting in and out of the town.
Brace yourself for long summers that are absolutely uninhabitable for humans. Been to Texas several times in summer season, they said I'd get used to the brutal heat and humidity, I told um I wouldn't be there that long. Yikes, it was bad!
Good luck!
This year we had a very mild summer. Only hit the triple digits once or twice.
Welcome and good luck! We tolerate the liberals in Austin as a sort of a conservation effort -- they are becoming an endagered species in Texas. But, we can go to Austin anytime we want and see what liberals look like in their natural habitat. Kind of like going to the zoo.
Note that Congress just passed a law that makes your sales taxes deductible (if your state has no income tax). You will benefit. Save your receipts.
"I'm gonna miss San Antonio. :(."
I hear that. Been gone for over ten years, have a nice condominium right on the bay at Clear Lake--and still call San Antonio home.
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