Anyone on from Texas

[LAH]

https://www.facebook.com/575376242613174/videos/827710694046393/

 

[mikewriter]

Failed to see the point in that one? Shoot a little bitty rock with soft lead bullets proves what? And I won't even mention he missed at least once! Needs to go back to burying old tires on the sides of his driveway.

Mike

 

[LAH]

The point was to give my Texas friends a good laugh & I'm sure those who know me are still laughing at the hillbilly. The second shot was a tad low & may have hit just in front before striking the rock.

And I don't understand "burying old tires on the sides of his driveway." Guess I failed to see that point. Any way if you are offended I'll remove the video. Certainly mean no harm.

 

[Wyandot Jim]

Failed to see the point in that one? Shoot a little bitty rock with soft lead bullets proves what? And I won't even mention he missed at least once! Needs to go back to burying old tires on the sides of his driveway.

Mike

Well I guess you have to be from Texas and have a wife from West Virginia to understand this one :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

 

[Jeepnik]

I think he only hit it twice.

 

[Rick Courtright]

I think he only hit it twice.

Hi,

I thought that was part of the point: those WV rocks are even tough to hit!

I have a couple of acquaintances with WV roots--gonna have to ask them about ironing out those wrinkles...

Rick C

 

[Bob Wright]

I was in San Antonio and saw an old church down there made from local rock that withstood quite a few shots from cannon.

Bob Wright

 

[wheelgun1958]

The point was to give my Texas friends a good laugh & I'm sure those who know me are still laughing at the hillbilly. The second shot was a tad low & may have hit just in front before striking the rock.

And I don't understand "burying old tires on the sides of his driveway." Guess I failed to see that point. Any way if you are offended I'll remove the video. Certainly mean no harm.

Yankees. :roll:

Did you hear the one about the guy from Massachussets who drove his car into the river?

 

[graygun]

fake accent ?

 

[mikewriter]

No offense taken, just didn't find it funny. Probably just me. My brother had a neighbor from Virginia once. When they got a new neighbor from WEST Virginia, the guy from Virginia warned my brother in that West Va., it was considered the height of yard decorations to bury old tires half way in the ground down the sides of your driveway, then whitewash the part that sticks up. Never been there, myself, so don't know if this is true.

I was being nice, sort of. I didn't mention the speaker had probably never seen the Texas Hill Country, or the mountains of far West Texas. We have more mountainous area than the whole of West Virginia - ironed out flat or not.

I realize it was done in humor, but I think there are probably good things in nearly every state (although I haven't visited them all), so I try not to poke fun at them - unprovoked.

Mike

 

[LAH]

Only 3 states I've yet to visit. California, Louisiana & yes Texas. I passed by once on Rt. 412 between Felt, Oklahoma & Clayton, New Mexico. Guess I was close enough to shoot an arrow into the state. Of all the places in Texas I wish to see most it is those mountains of far West Texas around Pine Springs & the area south of Sanderson where I had bullet customers.

The video: The laugh was to be on me. The last thought was anyone would take it seriously. I've never been the type to offend anyone.

 

[mikewriter]

LAH, you really should visit Sanderson. I think maybe there is only one actual town in that whole county, so it got "elected" county seat! Remote doesn't do it justice. Myself, I like that, one of my favorite places used to be Study Butte, near the old town site of Terlingua, on the edge of Big Bend Park. Area like that gave Texas the description of "miles and miles, of miles and miles"!

Mike

 

[Armybrat]

What mikewriter said. A whole lotta nuthin' can be really beautiful if you look at it the right way, and the wild Big Bend country is certainly worth a visit.

LAH, some folks just don't have a sense of humor. I got a little laugh out of your video and wasn't offended. Of course since I've only lived in Texas since 1959 and was born in Georgia, the natives might think of me as a carpetbagger. At least my kids & grandkids are native born Texans.

Down below is a Texas rock you can't miss - Enchanted Rock about two hours west of me in the middle of what used to be called Comancheria. It's a hunk of solid granite 425' high, about a mile in circumference. Bet you can hit it with all six rounds. :wink:

Captain Jack Hays had himself a good time with some Comanche Indians there in 1841 - the ensuing favorable publicity of his Colt Texas Paterson 5 shooters helped make Colonel Colt's name become a household word.... eventually:

 

[LAH]

Now that is a rock. I love a bunch of nothing. I drove through Cherry County Nebraska by choice on my way to North Dakota to purchase a bullet casting machine. The county has 6,009 sq mi & a population of 5,713. It is a beautiful place.

 

[LAH]

LAH, you really should visit Sanderson. I think maybe there is only one actual town in that whole county, so it got "elected" county seat! Remote doesn't do it justice. Myself, I like that, one of my favorite places used to be Study Butte, near the old town site of Terlingua, on the edge of Big Bend Park. Area like that gave Texas the description of "miles and miles, of miles and miles"!

Mike

I love Google Maps & look at this area often. It is hard for me to imagine such expansive places. Hope to get down there this winter.

 

[cas6969]

That was a fake voice. He speaks slower in person.

 

[LAH]

That was a fake voice. He speaks slower in person.

Guess I was rushing it in the video. But then you would know. :lol:

 

[SR1911SHOOTER]

What mikewriter said. A whole lotta nuthin' can be really beautiful if you look at it the right way, and the wild Big Bend country is certainly worth a visit.

LAH, some folks just don't have a sense of humor. I got a little laugh out of your video and wasn't offended. Of course since I've only lived in Texas since 1959 and was born in Georgia, the natives might think of me as a carpetbagger. At least my kids & grandkids are native born Texans.

Down below is a Texas rock you can't miss - Enchanted Rock about two hours west of me in the middle of what used to be called Comancheria. It's a hunk of solid granite 425' high, about a mile in circumference. Bet you can hit it with all six rounds. :wink:

Captain Jack Hays had himself a good time with some Comanche Indians there in 1841 - the ensuing favorable publicity of his Colt Texas Paterson 5 shooters helped make Colonel Colt's name become a household word.... eventually:

Army Brat,
What you said. I have been to enchanted rock, it is gorgeous! Reminds me of Stone Mountain, Ga. Except
Stone Mountain is not in Texas. Should be huh?
When I had land up in Madison County, I had a neighbor from Round Rock, hell of a nice fellow.
Even if he does raise goats.
Blackie

 

[mikewriter]

Not sure about now, but a few years ago it was possible to buy land around Sanderson for $100/acre or so. Long before that, I "bought" 40 acres in the Terlingua Ranch for less than that per acre. Lost it in a divorce, would now be worth maybe $200/ACRE!

MIKE

 

[LAH]

I see land in Terrell County in the 300 to 400 per acre often posted.

 

[Colonialgirl]

OLD JOKE:

A Texan and an Oklahoman were sitting in a bar trading Stories;
The Texan says, "Texas is so big you can drive for THREE Days in any direction and STILL be in Texas".
The Oklahoman looks at him, smiles and says , "YEAH, We got roads THAT BAD in Oklahoma too."

 

[LAH]

Now that does sound like West Virginia.

 

[Armybrat]

My ex-sister-in-law, born & raised in Central Texas, sounds exactly like Paula Deen.

 

[mikewriter]

That joke about Oklahoma roads hit close to home! A few weeks ago we were visiting my wife's sister in Eastern Oklahoma and had to detour round an area in the hills where local flooding had shut the road we wanted to be down. It was a BAD experience! I could hear the banjo music around every sharp, blind curve - and there were lots of them!

Mike

 

[LAH]

I could hear the banjo music around every sharp, blind curve

Mike

I thought that only happened in Tennessee.

 

[LAH]

That joke about Oklahoma roads hit close to home! A few weeks ago we were visiting my wife's sister in Eastern Oklahoma and had to detour round an area in the hills where local flooding had shut the road we wanted to be down. It was a BAD experience! I could hear the banjo music around every sharp, blind curve - and there were lots of them!

Mike

I'm love driving around very northeast Oklahoma. I love the tailing piles & deserted buildings.

 

[6GUNSONLY]

Remote and unpopulated are good qualities for an area, imo. Lived for several years in Catron County, New Mexico, 7200 sq. miles, population about 2700.

 

[LAH]

Remote and unpopulated are good qualities for an area, imo.

I agree 100%.

 

[mikewriter]

I had never been to Oklahoma, thought of it as open country, flat or rolling plains, filled with college football players fleeing across the Texas borders with sacks of money. Was (very) pleasantly surprised in what was SE Oklahoma! Pretty hills that were in the small mountain class, low population density. Looked on their Fish & Game website when we got home and found they have seasons for elk hunting! Gets colder than my part of Texas, by far, but I think I could happily live there.

Mike

 

[Bkat]

Down below is a Texas rock you can't miss - Enchanted Rock about two hours west of me in the middle of what used to be called Comancheria. It's a hunk of solid granite 425' high, about a mile in circumference. Bet you can hit it with all six rounds. :wink:

Captain Jack Hays had himself a good time with some Comanche Indians there in 1841 - the ensuing favorable publicity of his Colt Texas Paterson 5 shooters helped make Colonel Colt's name become a household word.... eventually:

A bunch of us Ruger Forum members used to gather every year about 5 miles from there for a weekend shoot and social at a place called Tin Star Ranch, about 15 miles north of Fredericksburg. We had a great time there for four straight years, 2010 through 2013. I've heard Tin Star is now closed.