[Vhfcn-l] Vhfcn-l Digest, Vol 104, Issue 24

Tue Jan 28 14:49:42 EST 2020

Sorry it is late but Happy New Year.

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Subject: Re: [Vhfcn-l] Vhfcn-l Digest, Vol 104, Issue 24

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 > On Jan 25, 2020, at 7:08 AM, vhfcn-l-request at lists.vhfcn.org wrote: > > Send Vhfcn-l mailing list submissions to > vhfcn-l at lists.vhfcn.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.vhfcn.org/mailman/listinfo/vhfcn-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > vhfcn-l-request at lists.vhfcn.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > vhfcn-l-owner at lists.vhfcn.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Vhfcn-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Texas City Trivia (Ralph Stilwell) > 2. Re: Texas City Trivia (Bill Wells) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 23:17:42 -0500 > From: Ralph Stilwell > To: Darrell Elmore , VHFCN1 Pilots and Crew > > Subject: Re: [Vhfcn-l] Texas City Trivia > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > 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 >> To: MoeElmore >> 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? >> _______________________________________________ >> Vhfcn-l mailing list >> Vhfcn-l at lists.vhfcn.org >> This message was delivered to MoeElmore at aol.com >> http://lists.vhfcn.org/mailman/listinfo/vhfcn-l >> _______________________________________________ >> Vhfcn-l mailing list >> Vhfcn-l at lists.vhfcn.org >> This message was delivered to rpstilwell at gmail.com >> http://lists.vhfcn.org/mailman/listinfo/vhfcn-l >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 09:06:37 -0600 > From: Bill Wells > To: Ralph Stilwell , VHFCN1 Pilots and Crew > > Subject: Re: [Vhfcn-l] Texas City Trivia > Message-ID: <5e2c597f.1c69fb81.61586.2715 at mx.google.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Vhfcn-l mailing list > Vhfcn-l at lists.vhfcn.org > http://lists.vhfcn.org/mailman/listinfo/vhfcn-l > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Vhfcn-l Digest, Vol 104, Issue 24 > **************************************** _______________________________________________ Vhfcn-l mailing list Vhfcn-l at lists.vhfcn.org This message was delivered to pbpilot27 at comcast.net http://lists.vhfcn.org/mailman/listinfo/vhfcn-l