[Vhfcn-l] Vhfcn-l Digest, Vol 104, Issue 24
Arnold B Christensen
abc15 at mindspring.com
Tue Jan 28 22:10:41 EST 2020
A big hello and Happy New Year to Eric the
HookCharner up in the far norther country over
the border. Hope all is well with you wife and
with you too Eric. I have not had to shovel any
of that white stuff you shovel and in fact today we got up to 85 Degrees F.
Chris the Bigfoot
At 02:05 PM 1/28/2020, you wrote:
>Happy New Year ! Eric Walsh > On Jan 25, 2020,
>at 11:14 AM, Nguyen Nguyen via Vhfcn-l
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>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 >>
>Message-ID: >>
><CAMjHj4SMrQgrnrgivA5qyoV33jojR2adK-wjJfEx99_MWLoahQ at mail.gmail.com>
> >> 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
><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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>From: Bill Wells <wwells62 at gmail.com> >> To:
>Ralph Stilwell <rpstilwell at gmail.com>, VHFCN1
>Pilots and
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