Some Texas Facts

[gramps]

I worked in Temple, Tx, lived in Killeen, and Gatesville. Met up with forum member Texas Pete( RIP my friend). Went to the the RUGER Forum West get together. What a blast! Wyandotte Jim and family were there, Pawncop, Graygun, tazbigdog, Cholo, and many others. I loved it! I went over to Liberty, Tx for a hog hunt at RUGER Randy’s Ranch.
I worked in Del Rio, Tx. One thing I remember most about Texas, was the constant wind!!! No wonder they teach flying helicopters at Fort Hood! If you can fly there, you can fly anywhere!!! Thanks for the trivia WJ, it brought back good memoriesI. I left parts of my heart in Texas.
gramps

 

[The Blackhawk Kid]

Kevin,
Are you talking about the same Texas that I live in??? I just left FT Worth area and experienced some of the North Texas Weather which was 83 one day and 45 the next with 35 mile North wind. Check out the pictures of me freezing my arsh off when we flew the Cub the first time.
Maybe you were not here for this. We had the heat and the humidity to go with it at my house. But I would not want to live anywhere else

DALLAS — 1980 and 2011 are the most miserable and memorable summers on record here in North Texas. In the summer of 1980, we marked the hottest temperatures ever recorded at DFW Airport -- including a high of 113° -- and also set numerous daily high temperature records. Meanwhile, 2011 holds the record for the most 100° days in a summer with 71.

We have Snow, Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Kick Arsh Thunderstorms, Floods, High Winds with Dust Storms, We invented Humidity with High HEAT, Hail the size of baseballs along with Blue Northers. NOW if we are real lucky this doesn't all take place on the same day

Watch out for The Bluebonnet Rattlesnakes....! lol

 

[bowzette]

I love Texas, except for the heat. I lived for 10 years in Texas a long time ago, first in El Paso and then in San Antonio. Living in El Paso was like living on an island, but surrounded by desert and Mexico rather than ocean. San Antonio was great, except as noted before, the heat. I found that riding my motorcycle was as limited, or possibly more so, than it is now due to winter in Illinois. In San Antonio, summer heat begins in April and doesn't end until November. Days were hot enough that riding a motorcycle was just not fun at all. Kids would stare out the windows of their air conditioned cars, looking at me sweating and melting in the heat waiting for the traffic light to change. And then at night, when it would cool down from 100+ to only 95 or so, the swarms of flying insects would come out and sometimes literally make riding almost impossible.

I left Texas 30 years ago, and whenever I return to visit old friends I find that I am reminded of the heat and why I left. But the people are the best, and whenever I re-visit the Alamo I am re-vitalized at that beacon of liberty and bravery. Three of my five children were born in Texas, but only one really identifies herself as a Texas. I don't count her as a real Texan because to her, Texas means Austin, and the "woke" Far Leftism that rules that city. But I still love Texas!

"In San Antonio, summer heat begins in April and doesn't end until November. "

Vito the summer heat isn't that long! Central Texas heat is merely May to mid October!

 

[mexicanjoe]

speaking of the temperatures: I remember driving in to a small west Texas border town with a Texas Ranger in tow, to find a 3 kids who had been taken by non custodial parents. On the outskirts of town is the banks time and temp sign: 110 degrees at 10:00am & kids playing outside in the school playground. Those kids did not know different and were playing up a storm. Those happy faces says much about the area and its people. Nice people

 

[WendyZXZ]

I worked in Temple, Tx, lived in Killeen, and Gatesville. Met up with forum member Texas Pete( RIP my friend). Went to the the RUGER Forum West get together. What a blast! Wyandotte Jim and family were there, Pawncop, Graygun, tazbigdog, Cholo, and many others. I loved it! I went over to Liberty, Tx for a hog hunt at RUGER Randy’s Ranch.
I worked in Del Rio, Tx. One thing I remember most about Texas, was the constant wind!!! No wonder they teach flying helicopters at Fort Hood! If you can fly there, you can fly anywhere!!! Thanks for the trivia WJ, it brought back good memoriesI. I left parts of my heart in Texas.
gramps

I agree, RIP Texas Pete. He was active on another forum I am on. I remember his fun thread about when he got a an orange 350Z as just his get out and ride car. I am glad he had a good time toolin' about in it.

 

[Armybrat]

Kevin,


Well you may not be from around these parts, but I'm sure you got here as fast as you could.

I got here as a high school kid in 1959 when my dad retired from the Army.
We had been stationed here earlier 1946-49 at Fort Sam Houston & Camp Hood, so we were thrilled to take up permanent residence in the Austin area.
1st photo - Fort Sam 1947 (me on the left)
2nd photo - Camp Hood 1948 (me standing with Dad)

 

[Armybrat]

Below in the shade on my patio several years ago was three degrees cooler than the highest temperature we’ve had since I’ve been here.
In the two photos above, we had no A/C.

 

[Wyandot Jim]

Only in Texas, Bluebonnets, Brahmas and some funny Black and White Cows They could be Texas Holsteins

 

[James also]

I worked at Laredo AFB flight line in the 60's. We would go to work 6am in field jackets and gloves and come home in the pm in a tee shirt. Common in season for 40 deg temperature swings with dirt devils.

 

[James also]

Only in Texas, Bluebonnets, Brahmas and some funny Black and White Cows They could be Texas Holsteins

This reminds me of a fishing trip down the Rio Grande from Laredo, we saw the profile of Giraffes on the horizon and were afraid to say anything HaHa, King Ranch!

 

[James also]

Below in the shade on my patio several years ago was three degrees cooler than the highest temperature we’ve had since I’ve been here.
In the two photos above, we had no A/C.

Us had a water cooler in the 60's

 

[James also]

speaking of the temperatures: I remember driving in to a small west Texas border town with a Texas Ranger in tow, to find a 3 kids who had been taken by non custodial parents. On the outskirts of town is the banks time and temp sign: 110 degrees at 10:00am & kids playing outside in the school playground. Those kids did not know different and were playing up a storm. Those happy faces says much about the area and its people. Nice people

They would post a red flag at Lackland AFB San Antonio, No PT!

 

[Johnny-Baseball]

In the 1970s a cowboy rode his horse into Van Horn, TX (90 miles east of El Paso - except for the main drag, Van Horn's streets were still mostly dirt/sand). The cowboy stopped at a general store off the main drag, got off his horse and tied it at a hitching rail in front of the store. Then the cowboy walked behind the horse, raised its tail, and kissed that horse right on its arse.

Then the cowboy climbed the stairs to go into the general store.

An old man in a rocking chair was watching this entire episode. So as the cowboy walked by, the old man asked:
OM: Say pahds, you did a mighty strange thing there. Why'd ja do it?
Cowboy (with lips tightly pursed as he spoke): Uh got chap't lips.
OM: Hmmm...zat cure chap't lips?
Cowboy: Nope. But uh sure don't lick 'em.

Another cowboy home remedy.

 

[Armybrat]

Us had a water cooler in the 60's

In the two photos I posted above, we didn’t have water coolers, just tabletop fans.

 

[Bob Wright]

Some years ago, Nita and I had stopped at the rest stop near Jackson, Tennessee. There was a family from Texas there and I sort of struck up a conversation with them. One remark they made was: "A Texan sure hates to admit they can't drive across Tennessee in one day."

It can be done, of course, but its a hard drive of right at 500 miles from Bristol to Memphis.

Bob Wright

 

[87flht]

Memphis to Bristol is pretty easy , done it at least 30 times on my motorcycle

 

[Jeepnik]

They would post a red flag at Lackland AFB San Antonio, No PT!

Got there in late August. I remember a few red flag days. Then one morning we went out and it was cold. Stayed cold every morning the rest of my time there.

 

[James also]

Got there in late August. I remember a few red flag days. Then one morning we went out and it was cold. Stayed cold every morning the rest of my time there.

Yes for a Michigander, I thought we'd seen it all, but 40* temperature swings in the same day, I couldn't grasp. By Sept. I reached permanent duty in Laredo

 

[GasGuzzler]

I remember 1980 and 2011.

1980 I was about to start Kindergarten and we were in the process of moving from League City to Highland Village. One house we'd look at would have the AC set to 60, then back out in the sun, then into the 140 car interior, then into the sun, then into a house with the AC off. We stayed at the now gone Holiday Inn in Lewisville on the site of the Music City Mall (it was called Vista Ridge in the 1990's). At that time, 3040 did not pass through to 121 or beyond 35.

2011 I remember because I am an automotive technician and my shop is not air conditioned.

1998 and 2000 were really bad too. Why do people forget those? I was working at the Cadillac dealer on LBJ then.