[Vhfcn-l] Vhfcn-l Digest, Vol 104, Issue 24
DARRELL ELMORE
moeelmore at aol.com
Sat Jan 25 20:07:01 EST 2020
There are associations with Vietnamese pilots and crew members but i expect most stay with other Vietnamese due to language barriers and some attitudes of many US vets.
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> On Jan 25, 2020, at 1:17 PM, Richard Lewis via Vhfcn-l <vhfcn-l at lists.vhfcn.org> wrote:
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> I find it interesting that we have a Vietnamese American on this net. Seems there should be more that flew that would be eligible. But any how glad you are on.
>
> Richard lewis
> Msg, USA {ret}
>
> On Saturday, January 25, 2020, 9:16:45 AM MST, Nguyen Nguyen via Vhfcn-l <vhfcn-l at lists.vhfcn.org> wrote:
>
> There is only ONE Vietnamese American on this net and today happens to be the Tet.
> Cheers.
>
> * A mere acknowledgement upon receipt solicited.
>
> Regards,
> Nguyên ND
>
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>> 1. Re: Texas City Trivia (Ralph Stilwell)
>> 2. Re: Texas City Trivia (Bill Wells)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 23:17:42 -0500
>> From: Ralph Stilwell <rpstilwell at gmail.com>
>> To: Darrell Elmore <moeelmore at aol.com>, VHFCN1 Pilots and Crew
>> <vhfcn-l at lists.vhfcn.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Vhfcn-l] Texas City Trivia
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>> Well, my grandfather was born in Rose Bud Texas in 1862. I've never been
>> there, but it sounds like a great place, and a visit is on my bucket list!
>> Ralph
>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 9:13 PM Darrell Elmore via Vhfcn-l <
>>> vhfcn-l at lists.vhfcn.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Well my sister used to live in Duplex, when she had kids it doubled the
>>> population. Not far from Telephone and just down the road from Honey Grove
>>> and Bug Tussle. The coldest town is often Dalhart, the hottest is often
>>> Brownsville. We have German speakers in Seminole, Fredricksburg and
>>> Meunster. Czech speakers in East! A bit of Cajun is spoken in deep
>>> southeast Texas just to even it out.
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: John Grow via Vhfcn-l <vhfcn-l at lists.vhfcn.org>
>>> To: MoeElmore <MoeElmore at aol.com>
>>> Sent: Thu, Jan 23, 2020 8:00 pm
>>> Subject: [Vhfcn-l] Texas City Trivia
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Subject: Texas City Trivia
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This is a must read for all Texans, used-to-be Texans, adopted Texans or
>>> wanna-be Texans,
>>>
>>> JUST TEXAS
>>>
>>> Pep , Texas 79353
>>> Smiley , Texas 78159
>>> Paradise , Texas 76073
>>> Rainbow , Texas 76077
>>> Sweet Home , Texas 77987
>>> Comfort , Texas 78013
>>> Friendship, Texas 76530
>>>
>>> Love the Sun?
>>>
>>> Sun City , Texas 78628
>>> Sunrise , Texas 76661
>>> Sunset, Texas 76270
>>> Sundown, Texas 79372
>>> Sunray , Texas 79086
>>> Sunny Side , Texas 77423
>>>
>>> Want something to eat?
>>>
>>> Bacon , Texas 76301
>>> Noodle , Texas 79536
>>> Oatmeal , Texas 78605
>>> Turkey , Texas 79261
>>> Trout , Texas 75789
>>> Sugar Land , Texas 77479
>>> Salty, Texas 76567
>>> Rice , Texas 75155
>>> Pearland , Texas 77581
>>> Orange , Texas 77630
>>> And top it off with:
>>> Sweetwater , Texas 79556
>>>
>>> Why travel to other states? Texas has them all!
>>>
>>> Detroit , Texas 75436
>>> Cleveland , Texas 75436
>>> Colorado City , Texas 79512
>>> Denver City , Texas 79323
>>> Klondike , Texas 75448
>>> Nevada , Texas 75173
>>> Memphis , Texas 79245
>>> Miami , Texas 79059
>>> Boston , Texas 75570
>>> Santa Fe , Texas 77517
>>> Tennessee Colony , Texas 75861
>>> Reno , Texas 75462
>>> Pasadena , Texas 77506
>>> Columbus , Texas 78934
>>>
>>> Feel like traveling outside the country?
>>>
>>> Athens , Texas 75751
>>> Canadian, Texas 79014
>>> China , Texas 77613
>>> Egypt , Texas 77436
>>> Ireland , Texas 76538
>>> Italy , Texas 76538
>>> Turkey , Texas 79261
>>> London , Texas 76854
>>> New London , Texas 75682
>>> Paris , Texas 75460
>>> Palestine , Texas 75801
>>>
>>> No need to travel to Washington D.C.
>>>
>>> Whitehouse , Texas 75791
>>>
>>> We even have a city named after our planet!
>>>
>>> Earth , Texas 79031
>>>
>>> We have a city named after our state
>>>
>>> Texas City , Texas 77590
>>>
>>> Exhausted?
>>>
>>> Energy , Texas 76452
>>>
>>> Cold?
>>> Blanket , Texas 76432
>>> Winters, Texas
>>>
>>> Like to read about History?
>>>
>>> Santa Anna , Texas
>>> Goliad , Texas
>>> Alamo , Texas
>>> Gun Barrel City , Texas
>>> Robert Lee , Texas
>>>
>>> Need Office Supplies?
>>>
>>> Staples, Texas 78670
>>>
>>> Want to go into outer space?
>>>
>>> Venus , Texas 76084
>>> Mars , Texas 79062
>>>
>>> You guessed it.. It's on the state line.
>>>
>>> Texline , Texas 79087
>>>
>>> For the kids...
>>> Kermit , Texas 79745
>>> Elmo , Texas 75118
>>> Nemo , Texas 76070
>>> Tarzan , Texas 79783
>>> Winnie , Texas 77665
>>> Sylvester , Texas 79560
>>>
>>> Other city names in Texas , to make you smile........
>>>
>>> .
>>> Frognot , Texas 75424
>>> Bigfoot , Texas 78005
>>> Hogeye , Texas 75423
>>> Cactus , Texas 79013
>>> Notrees , Texas 79759
>>> Best, Texas 76932
>>> Veribest , Texas 76886
>>> Kickapoo , Texas 75763
>>> Dime Box , Texas 77853
>>> Old Dime Box , Texas 77853
>>> Telephone , Texas 75488
>>> Telegraph , Texas 76883
>>> Whiteface , Texas 79379
>>> Twitty, Texas 79079
>>>
>>>
>>> And our favorites...
>>>
>>> Cut n Shoot, Texas
>>> Gun Barrell City , Texas
>>> Hoop And Holler, Texas
>>> Ding Dong, Texas and, of course,
>>> Muleshoe , Texas
>>>
>>> Here is what Jeff Foxworthy has to say about folks from Texas ...
>>>
>>> If someone in a Lowe's store offers you assistance and they don't work
>>> there, you may live in Texas ;
>>>
>>> If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you may live in
>>> Texas ;
>>>
>>> If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a
>>> wrong number, you may live in Texas ;
>>>
>>> If 'Vacation' means going anywhere south of Dallas for the weekend, you
>>> may live in Texas ;
>>>
>>> If you measure distance in hours, you may live in Texas ;
>>>
>>> If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once, you may
>>> live in Texas ;
>>>
>>> If you install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both
>>> unlocked, you may live in Texas ;
>>>
>>> If you carry jumper cables in your car and your wife knows how to use
>>> them, you may live in Texas
>>>
>>> If the speed limit on the highway is 55 mph --you're going 80 and
>>> everybody's passing you, you may live in Texas ;
>>>
>>> If you find 60 degrees 'a little chilly,' you may live in Texas ;
>>>
>>> If you actually understand these jokes, and share them with all your
>>> Texas friends, you definitely live in Texas ..
>>>
>>> Here are some little known, very interesting facts about Texas .
>>>
>>> 1. Beaumont to El Paso : 742 miles
>>> 2... Beaumont to Chicago : 770 miles
>>> 3... El Paso is closer to California than to Dallas
>>> 4... World's first rodeo was in Pecos , July 4, 1883.
>>> 5. The Flagship Hotel in Galveston is the only hotel in North America
>>> built over water. Destroyed by Hurricane Ike -2008!
>>> 6. The Heisman Trophy was named after John William Heisman who was the
>>> first full-time coach at Rice University in Houston .
>>> 7. Brazoria County has more species of birds than any other area in
>>> North America
>>> 8. Aransas Wildlife Refuge is the winter home of North America 's only
>>> remaining flock of whooping cranes.
>>> 9. Jalapeno jelly originated in Lake Jackson in 1978.
>>> 10. The worst natural disaster in U.S.... history was in 1900, caused by
>>> a hurricane, in which over 8,000 lives were lost on Galveston Island .
>>> 11. The first word spoken from the moon, July 20,1969, was " Houston ,"
>>> but the space center was actually in Clear Lake City at the time.
>>> 12. King Ranch in South Texas is larger than Rhode Island ..
>>> 13. Tropical Storm Claudette brought a U.S. rainfall record of 43' in 24
>>> hours in and around Alvin in July of 1979...
>>> 14. Texas is the only state to enter the U.S. by TREATY, (known as the
>>> Constitution of 1845 by the Republic of Texas to enter the Union ) instead
>>> of by annexation. This allows the Texas Flag to fly at the same height as
>>> the U.S. Flag, and may divide into 5 states.
>>> 15. A Live Oak tree near Fulton is estimated to be 1500 years old.
>>> 16. Caddo Lake is the only natural lake in the state.
>>> 17. Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. There is no period in Dr
>>> Pepper..
>>> 18. Texas has had six capital cities:
>>> Washington -on- the Brazos, Harrisburg , Galveston ,Velasco, West
>>> Columbia and Austin ...
>>> 19. The Capitol Dome in Austin is the only dome in the U.S. which is
>>> taller than the Capitol Building in Washington DC (by 7 feet).
>>> 20. The San Jacinto Monument is the tallest free standing monument in
>>> the world and it is taller than the Washington monument.
>>> 21. The name ' Texas ' comes from the Hasini Indian word 'tejas' meaning
>>> friends. Tejas is not Spanish for Texas ..
>>> 22. The State Mascot is the Armadillo (an interesting bit of trivia
>>> about the armadillo is they always have four babies. They have one egg,
>>> which splits into four, and they either have four males or four females.).
>>> 23. The first domed stadium in the U.S. was the Astrodome in Houston .
>>>
>>> Cowboy's Ten Commandments
>>>
>>> (Posted on the wall at Cross Trails Church in Fairlie , Texas)
>>>
>>> 1) Just one God.
>>> (2) Honor yer Ma & Pa.
>>> (3) No telling tales or gossipin'.
>>> (4) Git yourself to Sunday meeting.
>>> (5) Put nothin' before God.
>>> (6) No foolin' around with another fellow's gal.
>>> (7) No killin'.
>>> (8) Watch yer mouth.
>>> (9) Don't take what ain't yers.
>>> (10) Don't be hankerin' for yer buddy's stuff.
>>>
>>> Y'all git all that?
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>> Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 09:06:37 -0600
>> From: Bill Wells <wwells62 at gmail.com>
>> To: Ralph Stilwell <rpstilwell at gmail.com>, VHFCN1 Pilots and Crew
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