Spent the Day with Dove2 & Shadow2b

angels4u · December 31, 2003

luv the pictures..

December 31, 2003

no, i live in las vegas now. i miss my family, but i hate texas.

LadyC I am right there with ya! When we drove through Texas, we were kinda just piddling along looking around.... they were SOO rude to us because we had California license plates. People kept asking WHY ARE YOU IN TEXAS So... exnay on el texasay.

hey, ya know what? my husband swears people are friendly in texas. i keep reminding him not everybody is like him LOL. i spent MY life there too, and over the last 20 years, it has become very UNfriendly. used to, strangers waved when they drove past somebody. now they give the finger if they acknowledge you at all.

i grew up in princeton. then i moved to arlington as an adult. then i moved back to princeton and stayed there for five years. aside from some of the parents of the many friends my kids had, and the relatives that lived in the neighborhood, i swear never knew the majority of my neighbors. the same was true at most places i can remember living in texas. i could live next to them from years and never know them. sometimes they'd wave if i waved first.

when we moved here to vegas, we were unloading our furniture and boxes to our apartment. each of us had one box, and couldn't even get out the door to get any more because neighbors came out of the woodwork to unload for us! we had three black men, an oriental man, and a hispanic man, from five different apartments around us, unload everything we owned.

most people would have been worried what the motivation was. coming from texas, that was our first instinct too. but ya know what? for two years living around them, we could not have asked for better neighbors! they were wonderful... we all looked out for each other and each other's kids, we all had thanksgiving dinner together, and that's just something you don't find in texas very often.

December 31, 2003

OH, i almost forgot... but the only place in the world with more rude DRIVERS than las vegas is definitely los angeles LOL... texas may have some road ragers out there, but at least they know how to drive! (some of them anyway )

Andrew007 · December 31, 2003

When we moved to Missouri - our nighbors were out there before we got out of the truck - no joke! They were so friendly. even though we were strangers! Soon after that we joined a church.. We then bought a house because we were renting - and my uncle (dads twin) died suddenly so there were my brother and I with no place to go because it was near the end of the month - this wasn't long after joing the church, mind you - that they came and moved all of our stuff while my mom and dad were away! It was probably the nicest thing anyone has ever done for us. People out in the mid-west seem soo nice compared to people out here in California - although we were all moving in at the same time because the houses were brand new - we didn't know any of them for the longest time. God has blessed us out here in California with great neighbors. Neighbors are a true blessing - and LadyC you are lucky to have some that helped you move in! Luke 10:27 The man answered, "You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind. And, Love your neighbor as yourself." Galations 6:10 Whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to everyone, especially to our Christian brothers and sisters.

Andrew007 · December 31, 2003

Sorry.. off topic

December 31, 2003

Trav, we live about 60 miles southeast of Dallas. It would be fun to meet there in April or any time. Let me know when we are going to do this and I will plan on it as a definite. We need to get our hotel or motel rooms a head of time so they won't be booked up.

Where does everyone like to stay?

Hampton Inn

Ramada Inn

Best Western

or name your the place. Almost any kind of motel or hotel you could want is in Dallas.

Ya'll vote on the motel and I will go along with whatever ya'll decide. Will this be on the weekend or during the week? I think weekends would be best. Once again ya'll decide and I will go a long with it.

December 31, 2003

I've noticed where we are, that people are friendly. Every now and then, you get a goof, that sticks their nose in the air and won't wave, but usually, the drive from our house into town, you have been waved at and are waving back at several people passing you on the road. In town, though, it's a little different.

Sorry, but I have to do a on Andrew's comment:

"When we drove through Texas, we were kinda just piddling along looking around.... they were SOO rude to us because we had California license plates. People kept asking WHY ARE YOU IN TEXAS"

I bet I can guess what that was about. A lot of Texans don't care much for California. It's different, and by some, considered very liberal. They may have been thinking.. "Oh no, more liberal nuts moving to Texas to mess it up". LOL. Sorry, but some folks I've met are like that about California. I've been there and thought it was beautiful!

Andrew007 · December 31, 2003

California is very liberal - however - there are a "FEW" conservatives, and my parents are a couple of them.

December 31, 2003

I think Texas is about the friendliest state that ever was. I know there are some odd balls here or those that have a bad day. Overall they (we) are a very friendly lot.

I have been to California numerous times. I found most of them to be friendly also. Maybe it is because I was friendly, I don't know. The only place Californians are not friendly is on the highway. I am talking Northern California (Redding) and southern California around Blythe.

Come on to Texas with us and we will show you that Texans are usually friendly.