I want to move to TX

newbie308
newbie308 Posts: 767
edited July 2011 in The Clubhouse
I had to go to Houston this weekend for a field service trip, and I did not want to go home. Yeah, it was hot, but I don't mid that. Most places are well air conditioned, and even though it was 94F I was comfortable in the shade.

I stopped into Blackdog Records, and scored some more vinyl for my growing collection. The store was well stocked, and I found some lp's that I have not been able to find in PA. Awesome!

The food was fantastic! I went to Papa's Barbecue and ate the belly buster Texas platter. That was the biggest pile of meat I've ever had the pleasure to stuff myself with for only $10!!!!!!!!!!!! That together with 2 beers for under $14. It was delicious, and I was so stuffed that I couldn't eat breakfast or lunch the next day.

Oh! I have to mention that the women in Texas are HOT, and not due to the weather!!! I spent a few very entertaining hours in one of Houston's many establisments that feature ........ Well you know ; ) Lets say they were dressed for realy hot weather! Damn! You guys got it all going on!!:eek:
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  • Polkie2009
    Polkie2009 Posts: 3,834
    edited July 2011
    That's what's known as "Southern Hospitality" :).
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited July 2011
    TX is a great state, as long as you don't get locked up for something, they like to kill their criminals whether they're guilty or not!:eek:
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  • WGDB
    WGDB Posts: 162
    edited July 2011
    Glad you enjoyed it. C'mon down - just don't bring the PA liberal political views and you'll be fine. Oh and just so you know, this is a "right to work state" and unions don't fare well at all. That's how we roll.
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  • miner
    miner Posts: 1,305
    edited July 2011
    Centerfold's, Treasures, The Men's Club, Caligula, Rick's? Whiich one took your monies? Blackdog is a nice place to shop for used LPs. Just around the corner from Blackdogs is Cactus Music - carries much new stuff and lots of used too. Glad you enjoyed our small community. Ya'all coma back now, soon.
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
    edited July 2011
    Skip, when funds permit you guys should invest in a good AC unit if you think you're gonna be there for a long time. Those builder grade units typically aren't very good.

    When we first moved into our Frisco house (2400 sqft, one story, one AC unit built in 2001) our electric bill actually hit $500 one month in our first summer there. That was mostly my fault because I kept it at about 68 degrees all the time and somehow that unit was able to keep up, but it ran nonstop.

    During spring going into our second year I replaced that unit with a good Trane unit and the bill never again eclipsed $350.

    Also dude, get some trees!!!
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited July 2011
    If they ever get off their arses and declare independence, that state will be FLOODED with refugees.:tongue:
    I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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  • aviator
    aviator Posts: 159
    edited July 2011
    Out here west of Ft Worth it peaked at 108 this afternoon.

    I'm ready for winter.
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited July 2011
    Spent some time in Houston last yr and the yr before that. My stay was the same as yours minus the vinyl. Loved the place and cost of living is fairly good. I was actually thinking of coming back there after Japan, VA would be other choice.
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  • indyhawg
    indyhawg Posts: 1,642
    edited July 2011
    What time of the day was it when it was 94? Midnight. I really enjoyed the 2 years I lived in Texas even if the summers got extremely hot. It seemed like almost every day in the summer it was over 100 by noon.
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  • DMara
    DMara Posts: 1,434
    edited July 2011
    Plenty of great food from all kinds of ethnicity, very friendly people, mucho adult entertainment, a bunch of professional teams and gigantic stadiums, cheap housing, no state tax, no snow, no tornado (at least in the Houston metropolitan), no earthquake... Well, that's enough for me to stay in this area. But of course the heat is extremely terrible!
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited July 2011
    Cracked the 110degree mark one day while I was in El Paso!!!:eek:
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
    edited July 2011
    DSkip wrote: »
    That much sq. footage in one story would be great. This place deserves a second unit or at least a much beefier single unit. Yeah, its 2400 sq. ft., but its like cooling 2800+ with all the open air. Our first tactic is to talk to DR Horton and see if the warranty was transferrable. Then, we will get someone out to work on the ducts since the insulation is coming unglued around the unit. Lot of lost cooling there. We've been so busy prepping the house for our son's 2 birthday parties in the first month in the house that we haven't taken care of a few bigger items we need to get on top of.
    Well the good thing is we're almost through July, so likely only another month or two of really bad heat, then you have all winter to save up for it :-)

    That's what we did, the first year by the time we got that first really high bill we were almost through the summer anyway so we decided to take the extra few months through the winter to save up for a TOTL unit.
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  • Mklade
    Mklade Posts: 6
    edited July 2011
    If you like Houston, check out New Braunfels or San Marcos; not so much"big city"
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,273
    edited July 2011
    Mklade wrote: »
    If you like Houston, check out New Braunfels or San Marcos; not so much"big city"

    Thats why I live outside Houston...plenty of sub-urb's, fishing food etc.

    Do love New Braunfels though...will be there for 4 months working on Buc-ee's soon

    Gotta love Texas yee-hah
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited July 2011
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    Do love New Braunfels though...will be there for 4 months working on Buc-ee's soon

    Gotta love Texas yee-hah

    What's not to love? Between Schlitterbahn and floating the Comal river, everyone is in bathing suits :biggrin:

    I was just there last weekend
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  • thsmith
    thsmith Posts: 6,082
    edited July 2011
    High today to be 104. At 6:30AM this morning it was already 90 degrees. I believe today will make 26 consecutive days over 100.

    But hey, its a dry heat, very dry heat.
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  • miner
    miner Posts: 1,305
    edited July 2011
    My first summer in TX - 1980 in the DFW area - I believe there were 42 consecutive days of +100 deg heat (69 days total with 3 consecutive days of 113 deg). I thought what did I get myself into - haven't looked back since.
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  • DollarDave
    DollarDave Posts: 2,575
    edited July 2011
    It's only 86 right now down here in Granbury. But, we hit over 100 on July2nd (when DFW didn't), so it's been like an additional 20 straight days of 100+.

    We keep the temp right at 76 or 77 and my highest electricity bill has been $259 for about 2780 sq feet 1 story with a large media room up. The builder installed a single two-stage unit with electrictonically controlled zones and used foam insulation. My attic is almost completely decked for storage and it will only vary about 8 degrees from the house temp.
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  • newbie308
    newbie308 Posts: 767
    edited July 2011
    WGDB wrote: »
    Glad you enjoyed it. C'mon down - just don't bring the PA liberal political views and you'll be fine. Oh and just so you know, this is a "right to work state" and unions don't fare well at all. That's how we roll.
    Nah! I'm a card carying member of the NRA, and I was born Republican! As far as capital punishment, I'm all for it! I own my company, so I would not have to deal with union mentality. I think that unions were needed in the first half of the 20th century, but they are resposible for the demise of manufacturing in this country today.

    Thanks for that Southern Hospitality! Awesome!!
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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    edited July 2011
    no snow, no tornado (at least in the Houston metropolitan), no earthquake

    Yes it snows (occasioally),Yes they have tornados (urban areas are not immune to them), earthquakes can happen anywhere, and you didn't even mention the "H" word (as in hurricane) or the gang problems. :eek:
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  • WGDB
    WGDB Posts: 162
    edited July 2011
    newbie308 wrote: »
    Nah! I'm a card carying member of the NRA, and I was born Republican! As far as capital punishment, I'm all for it! I own my company, so I would not have to deal with union mentality. I think that unions were needed in the first half of the 20th century, but they are resposible for the demise of manufacturing in this country today.

    Thanks for that Southern Hospitality! Awesome!!

    You'd do well down here.
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  • gwh
    gwh Posts: 1,451
    edited July 2011
    Frio River & Garner State park, my favorite spots in Texas.
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited July 2011
    thsmith wrote: »
    High today to be 104. At 6:30AM this morning it was already 90 degrees. I believe today will make 26 consecutive days over 100.

    But hey, its a dry heat, very dry heat.

    Come east to DC etc. and see what 100 degrees can really feel like!:eek::biggrin:
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited July 2011
    gdb wrote: »
    Come east to DC etc. and see what 100 degrees can really feel like!:eek::biggrin:

    Ironic. Right now :

    Houston TX : 92*F, 45% humidity
    Washington, DC : 94*F, 29% humidity
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited July 2011
    Ironic yes, typical no. 100% humidity is a real joy. You are wet and you stay wet.
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited July 2011
    gdb wrote: »
    Ironic yes, typical no. 100% humidity is a real joy. You are wet and you stay wet.

    dallas is statistically hotter and more humid than Washington, D.C.

    References:
    http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/online/ccd/avgrh.html

    http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USTX0327
    http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USDC0001

    -Cody

    EDIT: Actually, I see now it lists to Washington D.C.'s. One seems to be more humid than the other. So between the two, one has higher humidity, the other is lower.

    Average relative humidity in morning / afternoon for the year:
    DC1: 83/55
    DC2: 75/54
    D/FW: 81/59
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  • newbie308
    newbie308 Posts: 767
    edited July 2011
    I wouldn't live in DC if they gave me a house! I like guns too much! Washington DC one of the nicest cities when seen in the rear view mirror!
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  • fossy
    fossy Posts: 1,378
    edited July 2011
    i think it's 41 days of triple digit heat in Austin, Tx --maybe 42 -- ahhhh shucks ..who's countin --- im still goin to antones tonight ...
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited July 2011
    exalted512 wrote: »
    dallas is statistically hotter and more humid than Washington, D.C.

    References:
    http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/online/ccd/avgrh.html

    http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USTX0327
    http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USDC0001

    -Cody

    If I move to TX, I'd want to be around San Antonio or Austin, not Dallas:wink:
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited July 2011
    newbie308 wrote: »
    I wouldn't live in DC if they gave me a house! I like guns too much! Washington DC one of the nicest cities when seen in the rear view mirror!

    I hear ya, where I live in MD is too close to DC for my tastes!
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