Browns on Hard Knocks
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It's an embarrassment to take the bus down here. Just the way it is. And, like I said, Houston has good traffic flow (so does Dallas) so I doubt it's a move they care to make any time soon.
I went through Houston a while back. It was not rush hour but the laneage was odd and peculiar. It was like, if you drive on the left 2-3 lanes, it was a toll road, but if you were in the right 2-3 lanes it was not. It was just weird and confusing for someone going through there for the first time.
But, if the bus were the cheapest easiest option....I don't know why you would be embarassed. Whattsamatta you? You think if you take the bus someone might think you are a liberal....or worse yet, a wetback?
I went through Houston a while back. It was not rush hour but the laneage was odd and peculiar. It was like, if you drive on the left 2-3 lanes, it was a toll road, but if you were in the right 2-3 lanes it was not. It was just weird and confusing for someone going through there for the first time.
But, if the bus were the cheapest easiest option....I don't know why you would be embarassed. Whattsamatta you? You think if you take the bus someone might think you are a liberal....or worse yet, a wetback?
A poor.
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Ok.
After my father remarried when I was 9 years old we moved to Texas. I moved back and forth between the Lone Star State and Carrollton Ohio, where my grandmother lived, until the 9th grade when the family moved the Akron area. I have lived in Dickinson, Deer Park and Hurst Texas. In the traveling days of the Easy Street Band we played in Houston, Dallas, Conroe, Lubbock and El Paso numerous times. My father step mother and sister moved to Dallas for a few years approximately 1974 and I would visit them on a regular basis. I have also vacation in San Antonio, McAllen and Austin.
So there.
WSS
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i feel sorry for the people who've never lived outside of where they grew up. how do you experience the 'real' world if you're tied to a hitch your whole life?
diehard, a fellow vet (who unlike me served in combat) can prob roll off ten cities (prob more) from around the world where he's been just because of his service duty. and among those 10 have 100 great stories to tell of shit you'd never see in houston or in cleveland (manhattan for that matter).
by the time i was 26 i had prob been to more states and countries than most have only thought about. stateside i might have flown to 3 or 4 destinations but really loved the road trips and if i were to choose where i'd love to live it'd be colorado hands down.
friggin beautiful.
but no matter where it is, i'm still rootin for the browns.
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i feel sorry for the people who've never lived outside of where they grew up. how do you experience the 'real' world if you're tied to a hitch your whole life?
diehard, a fellow vet (who unlike me served in combat) can prob roll off ten cities (prob more) from around the world where he's been just because of his service duty. and among those 10 have 100 great stories to tell of shit you'd never see in houston or in cleveland (manhattan for that matter).
by the time i was 26 i had prob been to more states and countries than most have only thought about. stateside i might have flown to 3 or 4 destinations but really loved the road trips and if i were to choose where i'd love to live it'd be colorado hands down.
friggin beautiful.
but no matter where it is, i'm still rootin for the browns.
i feel sorry for the people who've never lived outside of where they grew up. how do you experience the 'real' world if you're tied to a hitch your whole life?
diehard, a fellow vet (who unlike me served in combat) can prob roll off ten cities (prob more) from around the world where he's been just because of his service duty. and among those 10 have 100 great stories to tell of shit you'd never see in houston or in cleveland (manhattan for that matter).
by the time i was 26 i had prob been to more states and countries than most have only thought about. stateside i might have flown to 3 or 4 destinations but really loved the road trips and if i were to choose where i'd love to live it'd be colorado hands down.
friggin beautiful.
but no matter where it is, i'm still rootin for the browns.
All that experience and yet you think there's armadillos in Houston. It's a shame you couldn't actually put it to use.
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i feel sorry for the people who've never lived outside of where they grew up. how do you experience the 'real' world if you're tied to a hitch your whole life?
diehard, a fellow vet (who unlike me served in combat) can prob roll off ten cities (prob more) from around the world where he's been just because of his service duty. and among those 10 have 100 great stories to tell of shit you'd never see in houston or in cleveland (manhattan for that matter).
by the time i was 26 i had prob been to more states and countries than most have only thought about. stateside i might have flown to 3 or 4 destinations but really loved the road trips and if i were to choose where i'd love to live it'd be colorado hands down.
friggin beautiful.
but no matter where it is, i'm still rootin for the browns.
All that experience and yet you think there's armadillos in Houston. It's a shame you couldn't actually put it to use.
All that experience and yet you think there's armadillos in Houston. It's a shame you couldn't actually put it to use.
i think texas, i think armadillos (i know that's not state-wide but who cares, it's a joke anyways).
i think ny, i think _ _ _ s.
just saying.
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No thanks don't need the distraction or players that haven't earned anything think they're stars
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All that experience and yet you think there's armadillos in Houston. It's a shame you couldn't actually put it to use.
i think texas, i think armadillos (i know that's not state-wide but who cares, it's a joke anyways).
i think ny, i think _ _ _ s.
just saying.
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and here all these new posts today I thought were gonna be about the topic LMAO calm down men
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i feel sorry for the people who've never lived outside of where they grew up. how do you experience the 'real' world if you're tied to a hitch your whole life?
diehard, a fellow vet (who unlike me served in combat) can prob roll off ten cities (prob more) from around the world where he's been just because of his service duty. and among those 10 have 100 great stories to tell of shit you'd never see in houston or in cleveland (manhattan for that matter).
by the time i was 26 i had prob been to more states and countries than most have only thought about. stateside i might have flown to 3 or 4 destinations but really loved the road trips and if i were to choose where i'd love to live it'd be colorado hands down.
friggin beautiful.
but no matter where it is, i'm still rootin for the browns.
All that experience and yet you think there's armadillos in Houston. It's a shame you couldn't actually put it to use.
All that experience and yet you think there's armadillos in Houston. It's a shame you couldn't actually put it to use.
I have seen Armadillos in Mississippi and in Arkansas, but never in Texas.
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I will let a guy from Northeast Ohio (Steubenville) have the last word on this:
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And tell me this if you know Tejas so well....I am thinking of taking a Texas road trip in November.....as I will probably be staying in SA for 2-3 days for a football game. From there I am thinking of driving up to Abilene, then to Wichita Falls, then up into OK for a stop, then back over to Lake Meredith, then to Amarillo and Lubbock, down to Odess/Midland/San Angelo before heading back to SA.
What recommendations/suggestions do you have?
And tell me this if you know Tejas so well....I am thinking of taking a Texas road trip in November.....as I will probably be staying in SA for 2-3 days for a football game. From there I am thinking of driving up to Abilene, then to Wichita Falls, then up into OK for a stop, then back over to Lake Meredith, then to Amarillo and Lubbock, down to Odess/Midland/San Angelo before heading back to SA.
What recommendations/suggestions do you have?
lol... you're road tripping the one area of Texas I have not spent time in (and I have no desire to do so)... the panhandle. But in San Antonio I might have a place or two you've not hit visiting your daughter.
Do the scenic loop in the hills NW of San Antonio... but watch your speed... especially though Grey Moss. Neat winding road of old homes with some spectacular views of the city.
Speaking of Grey Moss... check out the Grey Moss Inn... tad pricey (except for their amazing wine list where the mark ups as fairly reasonable), but fantastic food including "wild game" specials most nights. Foods are grilled using a round, outdoor pit over Mesquite (what else would they use?). Ask about their Zin Din... I've attended three and made a great friend there.
For cheap and grubby check out the Tip Top Café in San Anton proper. Best Chicken Fried Steak I've ever had and onion rings to die for...
No San Anton trip is complete without at least one meal at La Fogata... huge, open air Mexican restaurant.
Some folks also have to have at least one breakfast at the Gunther House, but it's not worth the wait IMO. The better option is to visit it (interesting mini museum) and buy some Pancake and/or Waffle mix... both are awesome.
Day trips include:
Wine country concentrated north of the city. Two fav wineries are Becker's (east of Fredericksberg past the wildflower farm) and Texas Hills (Johnson City). I especially love Texas Hills wines, but Becker's is special as it had a B&B on the property in a renovated 1800's cabin. Spent a honeymoon there.
November will likely be too late to catch the colors, but if Fall comes late to the area check out a great little Texas park named "Lost Maples". Maple tress are likely common where you live, but they have no business growing in central Texas. Yet somehow there's a valley with a hundreds of them.
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Rudy's Barbecue. ...
Even better than Sonny Bryant's.
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I've been doin Texas about 10 times a year since '97....same 2 or 3 places,& the same people, everytime, so I have limited exposure outside of Dallas and my associates...
But the one thing I will say....Dal/FW airport is a massive hellish evil porthole to nowhere.....never ever land there unless you plan on staying a while.......
I will also say that Texas....love it or hate it.....is not nearly as homogenized as the rest of the country....to me, so many places feel exactly the same......but not Texas.....when you're there, you KNOW you're there....
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Okay, heres something. If I were really loaded I would chose to live in Manhattan. Case closed. No city in the USA comes close. But I'm not really loaded so its not relevant.
Okay, here's something. If I were really loaded I would chose to live in Manhattan. Case closed. No city in the USA comes close. But I'm not really loaded so its not relevant.
LOL- as they say to each their own. Even if I was making $10 million a year, you couldn't pay me enough to live in NYC.
Rudy's Barbecue. ...
Even better than Sonny Bryant's.
WSS
Great stuff Steve- I always keep a bottle of their barbecue sauce in my 'fridge. http://www.rudysbbq.com/page/home
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Okay, here's something. If I were really loaded I would chose to live in Manhattan. Case closed. No city in the USA comes close. But I'm not really loaded so its not relevant.
LOL- as they say to each their own. Even if I was making $10 million a year, you couldn't pay me enough to live in NYC.
Rudy's Barbecue. ...
Even better than Sonny Bryant's.
WSS
Great stuff Steve- I always keep a bottle of their barbecue sauce in my 'fridge. http://www.rudysbbq.com/page/home
LOL- as they say to each their own. Even if I was making $10 million a year, you couldn't pay me enough to live in NYC.
Ha!....you got that right!....I hate "cities" in general....hate the congestion - traffic - hectic pace - lack of green....(everything reallY)
Though I imagine people tend to like where they live and thats why they live there....just a hunch..
But...for me...it's lots of green space, nature and fresh air, coupled with a nice slow small town atmosphere...and no traffic or lines....and people who actually have a minute to stop and say hello......THATS how I like it.......
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you could have the best of both worlds. 12 miles north of the biggest city. a 20 minute car ride. a 40 minute train ride. you've got all the nature in the world...all 4 seasons, water at your front door. 5 hours away north and south of other big cities which offer the best in everything from schooling to fooding.
grew up in a small town atmosphere and ended up in one. hey it ain't sandusky but after being back there many times in 30 years i'd rather take my chances here.
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