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[Jay Honeck]

Nobody "vacations" in ALL of Texas. There's only a few small areas that are worth seeing.

One thing I've learned about living in Texas for 6 years is that it takes an airplane to see it. If all you have is a car, you will forever be trapped in your corner of the state.

Even with a plane, it's hard to see all of it. We've only made it to Marfa once (where Giant, No Country for Old Men, and a slew of other movies were filmed), and still haven't explored much of the Big Bend to El Paso strip.

Texas is just an enormous landmass. Our European guests are always astounded by it.

 

[Jay Honeck]

Texas (268,820 sq miles) is slightly larger than France (248,573 sq mi) .

Europe is roughly the size of the entire lower 48 USA (depends on where you define europe to be). Scandanavia is to europe as Canada is to USA. Africa is to europe as South America is to USA, VERY roughly.

I must always remember that a fair percentage of PoAers simply don't grasp hyperbole.

I've changed the original post so that it no longer offends. Now Texas is merely "enormous".

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[RotorAndWing]

I must always remember that a fair percentage of PoAers simply don't grasp hyperbole.

And you are the King of Hyperbole!

 

[coloradobluesky]

We are supposed to boycott France remember? I gave up French Toast.

 

[coloradobluesky]

Or was it Belgium and Belgium waffles?

 

[mscard88]

French Fries too! Only American Fries now, but where to purchase them?

 

[James331]

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Austin is chock full of high paid government types, and all of the businesses that depend on them. Those jobs are recession-proof.

Sadly true, it would be nice if those people were the first to loose their jobs or take pay cuts if the economy takes a turn.

 

[Jay Honeck]

Sadly true, it would be nice if those people were the first to loose their jobs or take pay cuts if the economy takes a turn.

The definition of a parasite is that it takes first, leaving the host the scraps. It doesn't want to kill the host, because then it dies, too -- but it will suck as much lifeblood as possible.

 

[RyanShort1]

Hey, there are Texans that don't think their state is the best ever and appreciate other cultures, too.

 

[ETres]

The oilfield company I work with in West Texas has been forced to lay-off over 90% of its work force during the current bust. Anyone who delights in that is a sorry SOB.

Oh, BTW - I have a plane for sale.

 

[Jay Honeck]

The oilfield company I work with in West Texas has been forced to lay-off over 90% of its work force during the current bust. Anyone who delights in that is a sorry SOB.

Oh, BTW - I have a plane for sale.

Sorry, man. I just interviewed another lady who was a key person in an oil-related business for the last 10 years. Her references all loved her to death, but they have been forced to lay everyone off. From a 20+ person office, only 2 remain employed.

The pain is spreading out of the oil fields, now. I was chatting about this with one of our regular delivery drivers yesterday, who told me that he hadn't seen full-time hours since Thanksgiving. I was amazed -- this guy drives for a huge national company, and he's a 20-year employee -- but his tale matches our horrendously bad November and December.

Thankfully, for us those months came at the end of a record breaking year, and were thus lost in the noise -- but it illustrates how profound the impact of the oil price collapse has been on the South Texas economy.

 

[denverpilot]

The oilfield company I work with in West Texas has been forced to lay-off over 90% of its work force during the current bust. Anyone who delights in that is a sorry SOB.



Oh, BTW - I have a plane for sale.

Bummer man. Having worked in that biz (pipeline management and tanker scheduling) long long ago, the field always was boom/bust. That never ever changes in that industry.

The one that's been worrying me from friends still in that biz is the economic effect on safety at refineries.

Too many companies deciding that dedicated fire crews aren't needed, "We'll just train integrated teams of workers and let all the firefighters go..."

The industry can be so stupid sometimes...