One of the many reasons I love living in Texas

JaniceM said:
Do they wave to each other? :ROFLMAO:
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There is some activity going on by the Russians

this from a couple weeks ago:
Russian surveillance aircraft entered the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone twice in two days, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said Tuesday.

The Alaska region of the defense command, commonly known as NORAD, detected the aircraft, which "remained in international airspace and did not enter American or Canadian sovereign airspace," according to a news release.


An air defense identification zone is a self-declared area of airspace surrounding a country or territory within which it will seek to identify foreign military aircraft. Although the zones have no basis in international law, breaching another territory’s zone is seen as an act of aggression.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/...ed-alaskan-air-defense-identificati-rcna42379
 
When I think of Texas, I can't help chuckling at this story (even though it's not really funny)
Betty Lou Beets, 46, had an ornamental wishing well in her yard near Gun Barrel City, Tex. She used it as a place to plant some begonias, a few petunias — and one husband.
Days before she killed him, Betty had begged her fifth spouse, retired Dallas Fire Department Capt. Jimmy Beets, also 46, to build the well to beautify the property that held her trailer home.
Beets cheerfully went about the task, unaware he was digging his own grave.
He was also blissfully ignorant of Betty's true motive when she insisted some time earlier that he build a shed on the property. She told him it was needed to store stuff that was cluttering the house.
Its real purpose was to conceal the final resting place of husband No. 4, Doyle Barker. When Barker vanished in 1981, Betty told friends and neighbors that the couple had had a fight and he took off, leaving his truck behind, wrote Irene Pence in a book on the case, "Buried Memories."
Betty reported Capt. Beets missing on Aug. 6, 1983, saying he had gone night fishing and never came home. About a week later, people spotted his boat drifting in a lake, empty. Nitroglycerin tablets scattered at the bottom of the boat suggested that he had had a heart attack and fallen into the water.
In 1973, Betty, who had been working in a topless bar, found another husband, salesman Ronnie Threlkeld. Her attempt to run him over with her car may have had something to do with the dissolution of the marriage, which lasted about five years.

Betty may well have gotten away with killing two husbands had it not been for a few errors in judgment. For one, she got drunk and bragged about the killings to a new boyfriend.

Second, she turned her children into accomplices, telling them about her plans and forcing them to help her hide the bodies. Then there was the matter of the $10,000 life insurance policy she had taken out on Beets without his knowledge.



She killed several husbands - by shooting them - in Gun Barrel, Texas.
She was executed in 1985.

From her photo, who would have guessed she was capable of murder. 😂
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But she seemed happy before being executed:
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https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwil1PuC3ez5AhWxLkQIHejEBOIQFnoECAIQAQ&url=https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/black-widow-texas-killing-husbands-article-1.2989015&usg=AOvVaw1DZA9HgTUF7YjZ5jAVjhX_
 
I have driven across Texas numerous times East to west. West to east. East to North. etc etc. I dread the experience. When I think of Texas, I think of a dead flat, barren landscape totally devoid of trees.
Yeah, I know, there must be a tree somewhere in Texas , but I can't recall ever seeing one.
 
senior chef said:
I have driven across Texas numerous times East to west. West to east. East to North. etc etc. I dread the experience. When I think of Texas, I think of a dead flat, barren landscape totally devoid of trees.
Yeah, I know, there must be a tree somewhere in Texas , but I can't recall ever seeing one.
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Yeah, west Texas is pretty barren, but, East Texas has foliage and tree's a plenty. :)


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dseag2 said:
Texas gets a bad rap, primarily because of our ruling idiots, but it truly is a great place to live. My hubby and I were at a Home Depot today, looking at exterior lighting. There was a woman who had been there forever examining lighting. She eventually asked us what we thought of lighting choices for her Mid-Century Modern home. (I guess she figured gay guys are always the best for decorating :ROFLMAO: ). We gave her some opinions, although I told her we would have to see her house to make a decision.

The point is, I love the way people will just engage in a conversation with you in Texas. I had a 10 minute conversation with a woman driving a Miata at the grocery store recently because I complimented her car. We moved here from South Florida, where no one would dare speak to you. I honestly had to adjust to people wanting to converse with me, but it is especially appreciated now that I am retired and want social interaction. Dallas is a big city, but is has a small town feel.
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I'm glad you've had good experiences and are happy where you live. Folks here in Colorado are the same way, I often have casual friendly chats with other people, and they are very kind. I have a close relative who lived in Plano and now resides in Murphy. The people I talked to there when I visited were very nice too.....but for people like me who dislike the heat, Texas is not a place of interest. In all my visits there, we went from the pools, to air conditioned houses, restaurants and cars.
 
Nathan said:
I see that as well in all the California bashing threads that pop up....
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You don't see me bashing any other state. That would make me look like a junior high student and I'm better mannered than that. We can treat one another alot better as we are past the junior high age.

BTW, if I have a second life... I'd love to live in San Diego, California.
 
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I built a car for a man in El Paso. He wanted me to personally deliver it. I think it was a ‘38 Chevy pickup truck. It was not restored to original condition, instead he wanted it built into a street rod. Total price was $41,000.000. I charge half down. When he looked it over and was satisfied, he gave me the balance in cash. I never expected that. He handed me a case of 1000, $20 bills. I thought for sure I was being set up. We went into town and completed the paperwork, then he had me flown to the airport in Dallas (DFW) in his private helicopter and I flew back over to Ft. Myers airport.
Bonnie said:
My, all the hate .... and nasty and insulting posts in this thread I'll just ignore, since I know better.
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That’s why I wrote in Post 37, people are pretty much the same all over. If they know you are from out of town, they want to help you and usually treat you with respect. I can’t think of any state where I have been treated badly. Maybe a few cities, but in states, not really. I got lost in Virginia once, not far from the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains and they ended up inviting us to stay for supper. It was before GPS and I was really lost. I stopped at this little one-man gas station. A little girl was outside in the driveway playing with a baby doll. My daughter was about the same age. A few minutes later they were playing together and we were invited to stay for supper. I remember the name of the town being Front Royal.
 
Bonnie said:
My, all the hate .... and nasty and insulting posts in this thread I'll just ignore, since I know better.
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I just said I didn't like the weather, if that's hateful to you....nothing I can do.
 

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