[Rev.Vassago]

Your rants always say the same thing. If you've read one, you've read them all.

[golfhobo]

Originally Posted by Rev.Vassago

Your rants always say the same thing. If you've read one, you've read them all.

And THAT response shows how ignorant, or perhaps just how insolent, you are!

I RANT against different things... at different times... for different reasons.

I don't come to CAD to talk about my kids (which I don't have) or my job (which I don't hate.) I don't ASK for "quarter" and I give it only when it is deserved.

I have ranted against religion, trucking, political propaganda and "adverse moderating conditions." Oh... and misinterpretations of the FMCSA rules!

I'm quite sure that my rants are original, and specific to the topic at hand. If YOU think they are "all the same," then I suggest you turn in your badge!

Now... THIS is not a "rant" against your moderating skills or your pathetic reply to my last post. I have seen improvement in the former, and I expect no better in the latter.

Sorry, gotta go! Bill Maher is on! His insight is worth TEN of YOUR posts!

[Orangetxguy]

Originally Posted by golfhobo

Not really! Sorry, but most of it is as FLAT as my ex-girlfriend and twice as barren!

The sagebrushed Western part of Texas is just boring. Hardly even a hill or mountain to break the monotony. The "grassy" East is just flat and speckled with only a few trees. Even the green grass of the Oklahoma panhandle STOPS at the border of Texas! :lol:

Only Texans would make a mountain out of the mole-HILL country. :hellno:

Sure, the coastline is pretty.... when not covered in oil.... but there's no WAVE action! A coastline of a big LAKE (the Gulf) as opposed to the open ocean! :thumbsdown:

Maybe I missed something in all these years.... but, I can't recall ever seeing acres of "amber waving grain," nor purple mountain majesty. nor fruited plains. And for the most part.... even the SKY seems to be boring itself to sleep.

I can't say exactly where God's Country IS.... it's a tough call between Colorado, Montana and the Pacific Northwest.... but, I'm pretty sure Texas was created on one of his "down" days! No inspiration... no miracles... no desire to impress.

Even the American Indians steered clear of it for the most part.... settling instead in the lands of New Mexico/Arizona... or Oklahoma.... the Dakotas... and even the Southeast. Others, of course, preferred the Northeast, the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys and the Northwest. Note: American Indians are renowned for their love and appreciation for the LAND.



The SPANISH form of the word was TEJAS.

The Caddo indians mostly inhabited western Oklahoma and Louisiana because they were "semi-sedimentary" That means they cultivated and lived off the land. For that.... they needed fertile soil... something found ONLY near the borders of Oklahoma and Louisianna.

The rest of the state is a wasteland.

Interesting fact for truckers: It is 822 miles from the border near Shreveport on I-20 to the border just west of El Paso. You can travel ALL day and never get OUT of that state! (under HOS rules.) :hellno::lol2:

Texans are know for their "grit." I'll give them THAT! Because it TAKES alot of grit to live in the ugliest part of America and STILL have the bravado to claim "superiority." They never learned "humility." :roll: :lol2:

We are "in" Texas for the same reason we are "in" Iraq.... OIL! (and for geographical expedience.) Our military trains in Texas for deployment to the deserts of Iraq! Does THAT tell you something?

Okay GMAN.... Y'all can FIRE BACK now! I'm through trashing Tejas! :lol2::clap:

Just so you know...it's 879 miles from the border of Louisiana at Orange....to the New Mexico border at Anthony.

Just so you know!!

And Houston is in there as a blockade!! :lol:

[golfhobo]

57 more miles of HELL if you take the "extreme" southern route! :lol2::lol2:

[ronjon619]

Originally Posted by Syncrosonix

an extremely long, boring drive with nothing to look at until boerne, or however it's spelled. i dreaded the drive between san antonio and el paso.

C'mon......theres Ft Stockton and the Comanche Truck stop. Got to the Atrium across the sreet and next to the hotel and spend some time on line 5. The bartender and the cocktail waitress are well worth the stop.

[Syncrosonix]

Originally Posted by ronjon619

C'mon......theres Ft Stockton and the Comanche Truck stop. Got to the Atrium across the sreet and next to the hotel and spend some time on line 5. The bartender and the cocktail waitress are well worth the stop.

damn dude, i've been there and couldn't WAIT for my 10hr break to be over. ft stockton is a dive town. i'd rather be in lubbock. at least in lubbock, stuff happens. :smokin::thumbsup:

[ronjon619]

The Comanche has an 8 pound burger and fries for twenty something dollars. If you take it down in under an hour then it's free.

[Syncrosonix]

i wouldn't be able to handle that. i'd barf all over the place.

[Jackrabbit379]

Originally Posted by Syncrosonix

an extremely long, boring drive with nothing to look at until boerne, or however it's spelled. i dreaded the drive between san antonio and el paso.

Bourne is about half-way between Kerrville and San Antone. Actually, there are more towns along I-10 than some other places.

You wanna see a whole lot of nothing? Drive on hwy 82, from Wichita Falls to Lubbock.
For about a 160 mile stretch, there are 4 towns. Seymour, Benjamin, Guthrie, and Dickens. Seymour is 50 miles west of Wichita Falls, and Dickens, the furthest, about 140 miles west of Wichita Falls, or 60 miles east of Lubbock. All 4 towns are roughly 30 miles apart. In between, just a barb wire fence on both sides of the highway. A lot of deer, pigs, and no tellin what all you might see out there.
I drive it 5 nights a week, running linehaul.
Some nights can get long. At the same time, I've seen some sunsets that even the world's greatest artists couldn't paint. Nothing prettier than watching the sunset on top of the Caprock. (elevation-4,000 some-odd feet). Especially when the sun is setting behind the clouds.
I've seen and driven through thunderstorms that would turn you white. It can be pretty wicked in the spring, early summer when tornado season is open.

[chris1]

Originally Posted by Rev.Vassago

Wait - I was always told that Wisconsin is God's country.

No, Wisconsin is a cold day in hell.