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Only a true Texan knows the difference between y'all (singular, talking about a group of people as one) and all y'alls (plural possessive) and y'all all (plural, referring to a group of people as individuals)...I was born and raised in Big Spring but have shamed myself and my family by living in New Mexico for the last 17 years. I LOVE East Texas. We were just there for a business trip and stayed in Henderson. It is so pretty there, trees and everything. If we could get transferred to Tyler, I would be there in a heartbeat!!!
Melissa
I never knew that there were people who didn't know what a swamp cooler was. I grew up in dry, dusty Big Spring.. almost everyone has a swamp cooler. Good high school trick is to put a dead fish in it. eewww!!!
eewww is right! I'm glad you didn't live in my neighborhood!
on the sign outside my daughter's high school it currently says something like "congrats to the girls v-ball team - y'all did a great job!"
Not true!Did you know that there is only one natural lake in the whole state of Texas? It is Caddo lake which is on the Texas/Louisiana border. All of the rest of the lakes in Texas are man made.
The climate of Texas used to be a lot drier.
We have changed the climate by making so many lakes.
About 60 years ago or so, they used to be able to use swamp cooler type air conditioning systems in north texas, but the climate is now too humid for such systems to work.
And people wonder what is wrong when we have a few years of drought and have to conserve our water usage.
Not true!
Lakes in the Austin Area are natural.
Growing up in Big Spring was so hot and dry, I am amazed that there is so much water and tall trees in the rest of the state.
Texas is amazing.. it took us almost 12 hours to get home, and Carlsbad is very close to the border..AND that was with going 120 mph down I-20 through DFW, and average of 90 mph the rest of the time. Dang thang is huge.
You may be talking about Barton Springs, it is caused by a natural spring.Really? Cool. What's that ravine or big natural "pool" called? I think it's in the Austin area. I've been wanting to go.
You may be talking about Barton Springs, it is caused by a natural spring.
Lake Travis and Town Lake are actually part of the Colorado River.
The Perdenales runs through Central Texas also.
I will say, though, that officially they will say that Caddo is the only nautral lake. The rest are parts of rivers, springs, etc..
I guess it all depends on how you define natural. To me, Town Lake is natural becuase they didn't deliberately form it to create a lake. They put dams on the river, and it ended up forming lakes. Caddo was different. No dams required. When I think of "non natural" lakes, I think of playa lakes.
I love Texas. We have arid in the West, water (LOTS of water) in the east and on the south coast, we have hills in Central Texas, we have natural caverns, we have canyons, we have mountains, we have flat plains, we have forests and huge cities. You can live with snow every year, or you can live where it never snows.
Howdy back to you!Howdy (again).. I'm in Allen (a suburb of Plano)
Howdy back to you!Yes, you and I are practically neighbors! In fact, we live in northern Plano almost at the borderline of Plano/Allen. (suburb of Plano! LOL! )
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