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mgood wrote:Sort of like the joke about the young man leaving home (joining the military, maybe?). His mother tells him not to ask people where theyre from. He asks her why not. She says, "If they're from Texas, they'll tell you. If they're not, you don't want to embarrass them."

So let's hear the joke!

I love so many things about Texas that it would take the rest of my life to make a list.

To put it in a nutshell... Texas is home.

I grew up here. I was in the USAF for 22 years. I've been all over Europe & visited a few other countries. I lived in Germany & Greece. I've been to almost all 50 US states. My heart & mind were never far from Texas.

A year or so ago, I was working in New York. One of the people I was working with said, "You don't really like it here, do you?" I had to admit he was right. When he wanted to know why, I told him there were too many people. He couldn't understand, so I explained that my morning commute starts off, "I drive 500 yards down the driveway, turn left and go another 500 yards to pavement." I had to pull up Google Earth & show them. They didn't think anyone really lived in such a place.

That's it... home.