In article <Xns99AD3BE2773FFcotd@216.196.97.136>, Andy <q> wrote:

> Ophelia said...
>
> > Omelet wrote:
> >> In article <Xns99AD325FF88EBcotd@216.196.97.136>, Andy <q> wrote:
> >>
> >>>> I actually envy Andy a bit.
> >>>> I get SO sick of the humid heat here sometimes!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Om,
> >>>
> >>> I always pictured Texas as dusty and bone dry.
> >>
> >> It's a big state. ;-) I live in South-Central in the hill country.
> >> The Humidity is a real problem in the summer:
> >>
> >> http://i2.tinypic.com/2ylu53r.jpg
> >>
> >> http://i12.tinypic.com/47ruil0.jpg
> >
> > I am with Andy! I never expected to see pictures like that from Texas:))
>
>
> Ophelia,
>
> In all honesty, my picture of Texas comes from the one time we drove
> through the Texas panhandle. It was a bone dry and dirt from end to end,
> with the sun in our eyes all day long (west). A "middle of nowhere"
> experience.

Think "Oklahoma". Tornado alley!

>
> We were long-haired teenagers and pulled into a gas station and an old
> geezer pumped gas and asked us "you boys goin' honky tonkin' tonight. We
> didn't know WHAT he meant but we nodded and said "yep!" He chuckled,
> probably thinking "dumb yankees!" Which we were. LOL!!!
>
> Andy

I have a co-worker that grew up in that area where it's pretty dry.
He has some interesting stories to tell as well. <G>

My favorite was when he and his friends once tried to dry some fresh pot
in a convenience store microwave...
--
Peace, Om

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