Welcome Thread for the TBR Texas State Chapter

[kennedy]

I no longer live in Austin- moved to the Hill Country in 2011. The Obama signs at my neighbors did me in. Along with the traffic at the "Y" in Oak Hill.

I grew up not far from the "Y" in Oak Hill. I used to ride my bike there as a kid. Now I'm afraid to drive through Oak Hill in my car.  I moved from Austin to Marble Falls back in 1998 and have lived here ever since. Whereabouts in the Hill Country are you?

[Bigun]

WhyisaTexasgirlinPA, Ditter, jagusfr and others seem to support whoever is nominated but don't seem to feel welcome anymore.


Thanks for thinking of me Geronl - it is very sad what is happening at TOS

Welcome aboard!  This place takes a little getting used to but after you do that it's great!

[Bigun]

I grew up not far from the "Y" in Oak Hill. I used to ride my bike there as a kid. Now I'm afraid to drive through Oak Hill in my car.  I moved from Austin to Marble Falls back in 1998 and have lived here ever since. Whereabouts in the Hill Country are you?

I know what you mean!

I don't go to the neighborhood I grew up in these days unless I am fully locked and loaded!

I now live East of you Between College Station and Huntsville.

[kennedy]

Welcome!  And, the lakes are finally full!

Unfortunately, our weather is best described as a series of droughts separated by floods. I watch the rain gauges very carefully when the lakes are full.

[ABX]

Texas folks. I know many of us know and are friends with Jeff Head. Please keep him in your prayers. His cancer is still giving him problems and he is heading back down to Houston for more treatment. Maybe those around Houston can stop and check in on him, give him a good Texas welcome in these hard times?

[geronl]

Thanks for thinking of me Geronl - it is very sad what is happening at TOS

It is sad, very sad. It had been a big part of our lives for a long time

[ABX]

Unfortunately, our weather is best described as a series of droughts separated by floods. I watch the rain gauges very carefully when the lakes are full.

LOL, the stream across from my house can be described as either flowing about the size of a sheet of paper wide to hellfire and damnation flooding.

[uglybiker]

Hey folks! I'm not a Texas resident, but I have family that lives north of Longview. So I like to keep tabs on things over that direction.

Currently I'm doing my spring ritual and watching all the ugly green and orange blobs move across the weather maps.

[Wingnut]

So..anyone doing the Hotter Than Hell this year? I decided (read....talked into) doing again this year. 

I am really getting to old for this shit!

 

[DrewsDad]

I grew up not far from the "Y" in Oak Hill. I used to ride my bike there as a kid. Now I'm afraid to drive through Oak Hill in my car.  I moved from Austin to Marble Falls back in 1998 and have lived here ever since. Whereabouts in the Hill Country are you?

After we gather a critical mass of Central Texas posters, we are going to try to he together at Walburg or a similar place.
@kennedy
@austingirl
@Gracey
@The Bat Lady
@Sanguine
@Bear_in_RoseBear
@XenaLee
@geronl

UPDATE: It looks like we are more centered south and west of Austin.  We've been to the Gristmill before. 
 http://www.gristmillrestaurant.com/

Other suggestions?
I suppose we can start a separate thread if there is interest.

[austingirl]

I grew up not far from the "Y" in Oak Hill. I used to ride my bike there as a kid. Now I'm afraid to drive through Oak Hill in my car.  I moved from Austin to Marble Falls back in 1998 and have lived here ever since. Whereabouts in the Hill Country are you?

I live in Medina in Bandera County. I don't think I would recognize Oak Hill- they were planning some big road construction when I left in 2011.

[austingirl]

After we gather a critical mass of Central Texas posters, we are going to try to he together at Walburg or a similar place.
@kennedy
@austingirl
@Gracey
@The Bat Lady
@Sanguine
@Bear_in_RoseBear
@XenaLee

@DrewsDad- great to see you here. I live in Bandera County in Medina. Maybe we could meet in New Braunfels. Hey @The Bat Lady. Hey @Gracey.

[austingirl]

Texas folks. I know many of us know and are friends with Jeff Head. Please keep him in your prayers. His cancer is still giving him problems and he is heading back down to Houston for more treatment. Maybe those around Houston can stop and check in on him, give him a good Texas welcome in these hard times?

Prayers up for Jeff Head. I met him at the marches at the Governor's Mansion during the attempted theft of the election by Sore/Loserman. Great guy!

[Sanguine]

So..anyone doing the Hotter Than Hell this year? I decided (read....talked into) doing again this year. 

I am really getting to old for this shit!

 

Oh, hell no!

But, I'm impressed that you are considering it.

[Sanguine]

Texas folks. I know many of us know and are friends with Jeff Head. Please keep him in your prayers. His cancer is still giving him problems and he is heading back down to Houston for more treatment. Maybe those around Houston can stop and check in on him, give him a good Texas welcome in these hard times?

Will do.  He's going to MD Anderson?

[Sanguine]

After we gather a critical mass of Central Texas posters, we are going to try to he together at Walburg or a similar place.
@kennedy
@austingirl
@Gracey
@The Bat Lady
@Sanguine
@Bear_in_RoseBear
@XenaLee

Drew's Dad, glad to see you!  We met years ago at a couple of Austin events.   Iron Cactus, maybe, was one.

[geronl]

The weather, it missed us AGAIN!

It was basically over a highway from this area, very close.

I'm starting to wonder if we are being spoiled for something big later. lol

[DrewsDad]

Drew's Dad, glad to see you!  We met years ago at a couple of Austin events.   Iron Cactus, maybe, was one.

Ah, found the pictures. It was just over 10 years ago. 

It's good to hear from you again.

[anymouse]

Just checking in with my old Texas FReepers.

Bigun told me about this place a few days ago, after discovering that I was a victim of JimRob going full-bleep and purging any pro-Cruz FReepers regardless of their membership longevity or posting decorum.

I wasn't very active on FR of late (just lurking and checking for news articles to post elsewhere.)  I probably won't be on here much either, because I'm too busy to spend much than occasional check ins.  But it is good to hear from some of the Texas FReepers that actually got off their keyboards and did a FReep or two.

[ABX]

The weather, it missed us AGAIN!

It was basically over a highway from this area, very close.

I'm starting to wonder if we are being spoiled for something big later. lol

A friend's brother had his house destroyed by a tornado in Lindale last night. Also killed one of his horses.


Everyone is there right now helping salvage what they can.

[Bigun]

Texas folks. I know many of us know and are friends with Jeff Head. Please keep him in your prayers. His cancer is still giving him problems and he is heading back down to Houston for more treatment. Maybe those around Houston can stop and check in on him, give him a good Texas welcome in these hard times?

Absolutely!

[Sanguine]

A friend's brother had his house destroyed by a tornado in Lindale last night. Also killed one of his horses.


Everyone is there right now helping salvage what they can.

Oh, that's horrible! 

[DrewsDad]

Just checking in with my old Texas FReepers.

Hi Anymouse.
Welcome to the Texas Board on TBR!

I think I can say that having been here twice as long as you now.

[geronl]

A friend's brother had his house destroyed by a tornado in Lindale last night. Also killed one of his horses.

That is sad, I hope they can recover everything (obviously excepting the horse, that would take a miracle)

I see pics on the news sites about that, looks terrible.

[geronl]

That is sad, I hope they can recover everything (obviously excepting the horse, that would take a miracle)

I see pics on the news sites about that, looks terrible.

The Texas board needs a dedicated weather thread, IMO