In article <snowshoe-F53795.16295813052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Jan Flora <snowshoe@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > Texas has no state income tax, property and housing are lower in many
> > areas than in California, and South and South Central have loooong
> > growing seasons.
>
> You also have ticks, chiggers,
I've never had problems with those in 20 years.
Since I control fleas for my dogs, I guess that's why. :-)
> rattles****s,
Only captured one in the 20 years I've been in this house. I'm a
suburbanite. I live caught it and sent it to wildlife rescue. My worst
pest is Norway rats.
> fire ants,
Ok, those are a *****, but controllable.
> tarantulas,
Those are welcome in my yard. :-)
> scorpions,
Luckily, I've had zero problems with scorpions here.
> cactus
Cactus is a problem?
> and the Texas State Legislature.
California is worse. <g>
> OTOH, you have great
> food and some of the best musicians in the world. And you had Ann
> Richards and Molly Ivins, both godesses.
>
> Have you read the poem called "Hell in Texas"? It's about the devil
> looking for a place for a hell. He visited Texas and said it's too dry
> for a hell. I think Don Edwards (a Texan) recorded it as a song.
<lol> West Texas IS hell! The hill country is a bit of heaven most of
the time. I can post pics.
The further east you go, the more temperate it gets. There are pine
forests in some areas. Texas is a BIG state and has nearly every climate.
There is even swampland in the far east.
LOTS of lakes and rivers.
>
> Picking on Texas gives us a great deal of pleasure, because my FIL and
> most of the other homesteaders out here all came from Texas. All of
> their kids speak with West Texas accents, even though none of them have
> ever set foot in that great state.
>
> Jan
It's all good. :-) I rather enjoy Texas (and redneck) humor...
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until they put their foot down." -- Stephan Rothstein
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