For Those Texans

I'm actually shocked I have not seen this now that you mention it.

 

After 42 days without any rain we finally got a inch in three hours. IT was very welcomed. I had just got half the garden planted and the seeds will for sure grow.

I have this funny feeling that it must be very cold in hell for it to have rained here in Texas in August. We usually don't get rain until the last week in August. Now we got to watch out for Tropical Storm and Hurricanes.

Jim Stone

 

Yes Jim. Now that your Tornado and hot summer season is almost over with autumn about to be upon you. You folks seem to go from one bloody extreme to another. Hope all of your garden thrives to a good maturity and you are able to harvest all that you have worked so hard to grow.

Cheers

 

Video I took when I was down in Austin of about half of the bat colony.

 

I could have told you the people in Austin were batty without the video Dracoa. LOL

 

Well, they are proud to be weird.

 

Yep as we say in deep East Texas keep Austin weird. Just heard a news release on the local radio station that Blue Bell ice cream will released on August 30. It will be introduced in limited markets. Hope one will be Marshall.

Now with the rain and Blue Bell life should be good again.

J.S.

 

To be fair, I'd be considered pretty weird also, probably why I like it so much there. Really wouldn't get much weirder than a "goth" in Texas or any other high heat area.

 

How well do you know Texas? http://quizpug.com/how-well-do-you-know-texas/ I got an A+

 

Wot, no cow horns ....

 

Texan's don't use dogs for hunting ....

 

Saw one of your compatriots last night. Steve "Catfish" Howard. It was open air concert with the original Blues Brothers Band. An excellent night.

 

1. It’s said that outlaws Frank and Jesse James were so fond of a chili parlor in Fort Worth that they chose not to shoot and loot the town. Apparently, they vowed to never rob a bank in the city, saying, “Anyplace that has a chili joint like this just oughta’ be treated better.”
2. The Arlington Baptist College in Fort Worth was once an infamous gambling hall called Top O’ Hill Terrace. Its tunnels, used for escape during raids, are still there today.
3. Fort Worth’s annual Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show is the oldest continually running livestock show and rodeo in the US.


4. Former President John F. Kennedy gave his last public speech in Fort Worth in 1963, before leaving for Dallas where he was assassinated.
5. A half-man, half-goat creature is rumored to live in and around Lake Worth, just outside of the city.
6. The TCU Horned Frogs and SMU Mustangs also compete each year for the “Iron Skillet.” In 1946, a SMU fan was frying frog legs before the game as a joke. A TCU fan saw him and told them they should let the game determine who would get the skillet and the frog legs. Today, an iron skillet is given to the winner of the heated rivalry game.
7. Originally built as a cattle barn in the early 1900s, Billy Bob’s Texas promotes itself as “The World’s Largest Honkey Tonk.”

Source: Facebook user Billy Bob’s Texas
8. Since its opening in 1981, Billy Bob’s Texas has hosted famous acts like Ringo Starr, Johnny Cash, Peter Frampton, ZZ Top, and Tina Turner.
9. Fort Worth was named after Texas army commander Major General Williams Jenkins Worth.
10. Infamous outlaws Bonnie and Clyde used the Stockyard Hotel in Fort Worth as one of their hideouts.


11. Settled in 1849 along the Trinity River, Fort Worth was originally one of eight forts assigned to protect settlers from Indian attacks.
12. Fort Worth is ranked as one of the top 10 music scenes in the U.S. outside of Los Angeles and Nashville by Livability.
13. Founded in 1909, the Fort Worth Zoo is the oldest zoo in Texas. At the time of opening, the zoo only contained one lion, two bear cubs, one alligator, one coyote, one peacock and a few rabbits.
14. Today, the Fort Worth Zoo has been named one of the top zoos in the country and is home to over 5,000 animals.


15. Located in the Stockyards National Historic District, the Fort Worth Herd is the world’s only twice-daily cattle drive.


16. Not only is the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth the oldest museum in Texas, but it’s also one of the oldest museums in the western United States.
17. American singer-songwriter John Denver graduated from Arlington Heights High School in Fort Worth.

Source: Facebook user John Denver
18. Fort Worth was once a stop along the legendary Chisholm Trail, a trail used in the 19th century to drive cattle from Texas to Kansas.
19. Fort Worth’s location on the old Chisholm Trail is what earned it its nickname “Cowtown”.
20. Originally installed in 1908 at the Byers Opera House, a light bulb in the Livestock Exchange Building in Fort Worth holds the Guinness World Record for the second longest-lasting light bulb.
21. Fort Worth’s Texas Christian University Horned Frogs football team has had a long-seeded rivalry with the Southern Methodist University Mustangs since 1915, playing all but six years since their first meeting.


22. The Fort Worth Cultural District is one of largest arts districts in the U.S. and has five internationally recognized museums.


23. Fort Worth was flooded during the first year of its settlement, causing residents to move to the top of the bluff where the courthouse sits today. No traces of the original settlement can be found.
24. Kelly Clarkson, the first winner of the popular TV reality show American Idol, was born in Fort Worth.
25. Fort Worth’s Texas Motor Speedway has seating for over 190,000 spectators, giving it the second largest capacity for a NASCAR track.

Source: Flickr user The U.S. Army
26. Alan Bean, a Texas native who grew up in Fort Worth, was the fourth man to walk on the moon.

Source: NASA Charles Conrad Jr. via Wikimedia Commons
27. The Texas Civil War Museum in Fort Worth houses the most comprehensive collection of artifacts west of the Mississippi River. It also features the Ray Richey Civil War Collection, which is one of the largest private Civil War collections in the world.
28. The Fort Worth Botanic Garden is the oldest botanical garden in Texas.


29. By area, the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport is the largest airport in Texas and the 2nd largest airport in the US.


30. The Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport is also the largest hub for American Airlines. The company is headquartered near the airport in Fort Worth.
31. The Academy of Western Artists, based in Oklahoma, presents its annual awards in Fort Worth. They recognize achievements in fields related to the American cowboy like music, literature, rodeo, chuckwagon cooking, and western clothing.


32. The Fort Worth Opera is the oldest continually performing opera company in Texas. It’s also among the oldest in the U.S.
33. Fort Worth contains over 1,000 natural gas wells.
34. 60% of America’s paper money is printed in Fort Worth at the US Bureau of Engraving and Printing.


35. With its abundance of galleries and exhibits, Fort Worth is often considered the museum capital of the Southwest.
36. Created in the American Beaux Arts design, Fort Worth’s Tarrant County Courthouse was modeled after the Texas State Capitol building.


37. Actress Kate Capshaw was born in Fort Worth and frequently visits the city with her husband, Steven Spielberg.
38. While today a booming city, in the 1860s Fort Worth suffered from the effects of civil war and reconstruction, dropping its population to as low as 175 residents.
39. Portions of the hit TV Series, Walker, Texas Ranger, starring Chuck Norris, were filmed throughout Fort Worth.


40. Flyer fields were established in Fort Worth during World War I, under the direction of the Air Service, United States Army.
41. And, during World War II, the city manufactured B-24 bombers.


42. The world’s first washateria opened in Fort Worth in 1936.
43. Fort Worth’s Cowtown Marathon is the largest multiple-distance event in Texas.


44. The USS Fort Worth is the very first ship to be named after the city.


45. Composer William J. Marsh of Fort Worth, along with another lyricist, wrote “Texas Our Texas,” which became the official state song.

 

46. Forth Worth: Where the General Dynamics company built the F-111 series of aircraft as well as the F-16....not too sure about the Abrams Tank...

Cheers

 

On #5, so Pan moved to Lake Worth?