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Texas has everything!

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It's True; Texas has Everything!!

Need to be cheered up?

Happy, Texas 79042
Pep , Texas79353
Smiley , Texas78159
Paradise , Texas76073
Rainbow , Texas76077
Sweet Home , Texas77987
Comfort , Texas78013
Friendship, Texas 76530

Love the Sun?

Sun City , Texas78628
Sunrise , Texas 76661
Sunset, Texas 76270
Sundown, Texas 79372
Sunray , Texas79086
Sunny Side , Texas77423

Want something to eat?

Bacon , Texas76301
Noodle , Texas79536
Oatmeal , Texas78605
Turkey , Texas 79261
Trout , Texas75789
Sugar Land , Texas77479
Salty, Texas 76567
Rice , Texas75155
And top it off with:
Sweetwater , Texas79556

Why travel to other places? Texas has them all!

Detroit , Texas75436
Colorado City , Texas79512
Denver City , Texas79323
Klondike , Texas75448
Nevada , Texas 75173
Memphis , Texas79245
Miami , Texas79059
Boston , Texas75570
Santa Fe , Texas77517
TennesseeColony , Texas75861
Reno , Texas75462

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

Athens , Texas75751
Canadian, Texas 79014
China , Texas 77613
Egypt , Texas 77436
Ireland , Texas 76538
Turkey , Texas 79261
London , Texas76854
New London , Texas75682
Paris , Texas75460

No need to travel to Washington D.C.

Whitehouse , Texas75791

We even have a city named after our planet!

Earth , Texas79031

And a city named after our State!

Texas City , Texas77590

Exhausted?

Energy , Texas76452

Cold?

Blanket , Texas76432
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

For the kids...

Kermit , Texas79745
Elmo , Texas75118
Nemo , Texas76070
Tarzan , Texas79783
Winnie , Texas77665
Sylvester , Texas79560

Other city names in Texas , to make you smile.....

Frognot , Texas75424
Bigfoot , Texas78005
Hogeye , Texas75423
Cactus , Texas79013
Notrees , Texas79759
Best, Texas 76932
Veribest , Texas76886
Kickapoo , Texas75763
Dime Box , Texas77853
Old Dime Box , Texas77853
Telephone , Texas75488
Telegraph , Texas76883
Whiteface , Texas79379
Twitty, Texas 79079

And our favorites...

Cut n Shoot, Texas
Gun Barrel City , Texas
Hoop And Holler, Texas
Ding Dong, Texas
and, of course,
Muleshoe, Texas

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 ...

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 it is to Dallas El Paso is closer to Los Angeles than it is to Houston
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 w as named after John William Heisman who was the first full-time coach at Rice University in Houston ..

7. BrazoriaCounty 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 GalvestonIsland .

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 it may choose to divide itself into 5 states.

15. A Live Oak tree near Fulton is estimated to be 1500 years old.

16. CaddoLake 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 CapitolBuilding 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 interestingbit 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 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

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Totally awesome AEA! This certainly deserves the post of the month award! Thanks for sharing! :txflag:
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Cool, thanks Joe.......
Um...........does that come with a cheque or maybe a complimentary EMP? :smilelol5: "rlol"
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Nice post AEA. I like your new avitar also. :thumbs2:


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

Athens , Texas75751
Canadian, Texas 79014
China , Texas 77613
Egypt , Texas 77436
Ireland , Texas 76538
Turkey , Texas 79261
London , Texas76854
New London , Texas75682
Paris , Texas75460
Also,
Italy, Texas 76651
Palestine, Texas 75801
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LostInAustin wrote: I like your new avitar
does this mean the little shifty eyed guy is up for grabs now ? :mrgreen:
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Yea, you can have him if you want, but you cannot use him as an animated gif with the shifty eyes. Against forum rules, so that is why he is now retired. Not much interest in him without the eyes moving.
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AEA wrote:Yea, you can have him if you want, but you cannot use him as an animated gif with the shifty eyes. Against forum rules, so that is why he is now retired. Not much interest in him without the eyes moving.
that's OK , you may decide to put him back in his rightful place one day . ;-)
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and sadly...

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AEA wrote:It's True; Texas has Everything!!

Other city names in Texas , to make you smile.....

Telephone , Texas75488
Where I grew up!
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AEA wrote:
Why travel to other places? Texas has them all!

Detroit , Texas75436
Colorado City , Texas79512
Denver City , Texas79323
Klondike , Texas75448
Nevada , Texas 75173
Memphis , Texas79245
Miami , Texas79059
Boston , Texas75570
Santa Fe , Texas77517
TennesseeColony , Texas75861
Reno , Texas75462
Don't forget
Atlanta, Texas 75551
Beverly Hills, Texas 76711

Now I'm gonna have to go through all the TX town names...Excellent post AEA!
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AEA wrote:
3. El Paso is closer to California than it is to Dallas El Paso is closer to Los Angeles than it is to Houston
Poor El Paso. :cryin
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Yep, you can bask under the pines in the east and bake under the sun in Big Bend. You can get blown away in a hurricane in the South or by a Tornado anywhere. We complain about the heat, but it's home and we wouldn't have it any other way, y'all. :txflag:
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