That is correct. The US Air Force has seen fit to move me from the paradise that is St. Petersburg, Fl to the thriving metropolis of Wichita Falls, TX. It's not exactly what we had wanted but on the plus side we can buy a house twice as big for half the $$ we can here.

'Sposed (is that country-speak?) to be there the first of Feb. Which should be fun since my wife is due to give birth 10 days prior to us leaving. Adding to the fun a 2+ day drive with two cars, an eight year old, two dogs, a cat AND a new-born to move into a house with no furniture.

The wife and I are doing good. The stress from the move, a new state and buying/selling a house is a little taxing but other than that it's pretty smooth. We are still teaching the Dynamic Marriage course at our church and looking forward to doing that in TX too.

Maybe I can meet some of you Texas MB'ers (y'all seem nice). Will I still be a Yankee if I come from Florida. I've always been a Cowboy fan, so the license plate and the Stars are on the pick-up already.

At least I can get some decent Mexican food again.

God Bless,

Doug

I spent 3 years in the Army at Fort Sill, OK. So you're like, OK what does that have to do with Wichita Falls. Actually there is a little concert hall there and I used to go down there about once a month and watched all the 'major' country music acts roll through. It was so cool, this place only held like 2,000 people and there truly were no bad seats, that and I never had a problem getting tickets.....

I haven't heard that town name for a decade and your post jogged my memory.....

Welcome to the Mid-West, partner......

I heard it's a great Country. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

d rose,

Better apply for your Texas visa ASAP.

Melody works part time as a border guard, so I might ask her some of the things you need to know like currency, language,customs, holidays, Bar B Q(Tex sp). Oh yeah, get your innoculations up to date! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

Hey welcome to the mid-west.... I live in Okla. about 40 miles from Wichita Falls in Lawton-Ft. Sill. Its not a bad place to be once ya get used to the weather changes....

it won't be as bad as ya think .....Really it won't lol

Just remember if you don't like the weather, it may change by tomorrow.

Just remember if you don't like the weather, it may change by tomorrow.

Tomorrow? Don't you mean, "If ya don't like the weather, wait five minutes"?

Well, that's the case here in Houston, anyhow! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Welcome to the real Wild West. Overall, TX has one of the the cheapest standards of living in the nation. Cheaper houses, groceries, etc, but the electricity's a bummer!

Here's a great link to compare what you'll be spending on some things -- you can select about any city in any state, and get stats.

City Comparison Site

slh

Hey d!

I think you're about 4000 miles short of your mark aren't ya? I thought you were going to end up at Hickam. Then you wouldn't have to worry about driving. Just ship the cars and fly. But then again you would only be able to buy a garage and bathroom with the way housing prices are over here.

Blessings to you and the family.

S&C

sigh..............them yankees just keep on coming, cymanca! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

Hey SLH, same here a little south of ya! this morning is was raining...not enought to bring my DEAD grass back to life, but nonetheless raining! then 15 minutes later...sun shining! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> gotta love TEXAS!

Welcome to our country!!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

p.s. drose, FLorida is CRAWLING with yankees, so you might as well be EYE-talian as from Florida. But at least you aren't from New Jersey or C.A.L.I.F.O.R.N.I.A.; those folkses are hopeless.. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

One nice thing is you will be close enough to Turkey, Tex so you can attend the annual Bob Wills Day. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> And b.y.o.b. because if I remember right, Wichita Falls is dry and the closest wet town is Electra, Texas. Hope you are a good Baptist boy! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

dear d-rose...

that is the saddest thing I have ever read here...

ARK^^

I hear pure de' ENVY in that silly fast talking yankee voice! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />

<img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />

My passport is up to date and I just got my gammaglobulin and Tsetse fly shots. I'll be coming in from the east so I shouldn't run into any border guards, should I?

I got peso's, euros, drachmas and a couple dozen head of cattle (in case I need to barter for foodstuffs and sundries). <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />


Thanks for the link slh. As far as the weather goes Florida is the same way. At any moment the temperature could vary as much as 3 degrees, but with the humidity it seems like 8.

I guess I'll need to get some....what do y'all call 'em...long pants? For when it gets cold. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

s & c,

I tried my brother. No offense to the Texans here but Hawaii sounded more appealing, plus I like poi and lomi salmon.


I'm a yankee by birth...Carbondale, IL...home of the Salukis. Spent 5 and a half years in So Cal and 7 years in Florida.

On the phone a business associate asked me once "What are you?"

I replied, "A white dude, why?"

They replied, "you sound like a black-mexican." <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />

DRY!!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />


Thanks for the condolences....Many a tear were shed this past weekend. At one point I remarked, "There’s a tear in my beer" (how's that Mel?) <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Carbondale, huh?? I married a yankeeboy from Flat Rock, Ill and all his kidlets go [went] to college in Carbondale. I venture up there fairly often. DH thinks he is from the "south" since he is from "southern Ill." <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> I guess one more yankee won't hurt too much. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Mel,

I was always considered from the south because of the whole S. Illinois thing. I am actuall from a small town about 30 miles south of carbondale. Just used it as a reference point because it does show up on some maps. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Thanks for letting me in. I won,t embarass you...too much.

Doug

P.S. I'm a good Baptist boy

Doug - Well, it's better than Iraq..............

Believer,

I'll still go to forward, me moving to TX won't stop that. In fact, me going to TX will probably increase the chances and the number of times that I will go. That part is inevitable.
Maybe it's a man thing...more likely a soldier thing, but there is a big part of me that wants to go forward. I don't want to leave my family and I'm not trying to romanticize war but there is something that's inside me that wants to do a little more than I'm doing. I can't quite explain what it feels like but I'm sure some of you have an idea.

I'm not so much complaining about going to TX, I'm just expressing my displeasure with the circumstances I find myself currently in. : )

I'm an optimist...can't wait to get to TX.

God Bless

Doug

So Mel - since you know wet/dry trivia - where does someone from Tyler go to get proper fluids?

How about Rowlett?

Abilene?

San Marcos? (can you say "beer barn"?)

Oh - by the way - I can buy Baileys AND Seagrams at the GROCERY STORE now.

answers:
coffee city
mobile city
abilene
san marcos

Pretty good trivia answers for an CALIFORNIAN, eh?

Drose - Have fun in Wichita Falls! Watch those troopers when you get about 30 miles out.....

And get a load of the old power lines on the north side of the highway about 75 miles out. Wild! - look like they should have been cleaned out 20 years ago.

far