I know of her, but don’t know her myself. IIRC, she lives in the Austin area.
Well, that’s true. Everyone in New Mexico has a snake story and there are watch for rattlesnake signs , but I have never even seen a garden snake the entire time I lives there…34 + years. But then, I don’t go kicking up their habitats either, LOLOh, and one thing I keep meaning to mention:
Snakes.
I’ve lived here 10 years, some of it in north Texas (DFW) and some of it in the Houston area. I have never seen a poisonous snake outside of a zoo, though I know they are out there.
(Mind you, the snakes may have a sense of self-preservation and are therefore avoiding me, as I would consider a small tactical nuke a perfectly reasonable use of force against even a baby copperhead/cottonmouth/rattler/coral snake, but there ya have it.)
Never have seen a scorpion, either, but I’ve also never spent much time in western Texas, which is more desert-like and prone to them.
Roaches, on the other hand…shudder. I came from the Midwest, but grew up in the Northeast. In both areas, roaches are a sign that you live in an absolutely filthy slum. Here? Even if your house is very clean, you’ll see one every once in a while. Ugh.
Yes, yes, yes!
I try to think of the big roaches as outdoor varmints that just happen to wander indoors occasionally.Oh, and one thing I keep meaning to mention:
Snakes.
I’ve lived here 10 years, some of it in north Texas (DFW) and some of it in the Houston area. I have never seen a poisonous snake outside of a zoo, though I know they are out there.
(Mind you, the snakes may have a sense of self-preservation and are therefore avoiding me, as I would consider a small tactical nuke a perfectly reasonable use of force against even a baby copperhead/cottonmouth/rattler/coral snake, but there ya have it.
Never have seen a scorpion, either, but I’ve also never spent much time in western Texas, which is more desert-like and prone to them.
Roaches, on the other hand…shudder. I came from the Midwest, but grew up in the Northeast. In both areas, roaches are a sign that you live in an absolutely filthy slum. Here? Even if your house is very clean, you’ll see one every once in a while. Ugh.
I do hear a fair number of snake stories from people living out in newly-developed suburbs (for example, finding a rattler rattling out on the comfy warm driveway), but we live in the city and I haven’t heard a poisonous snake story from a city resident. But we do still get visiting opossums, raccons, and this crazy kind of CLIMBING fox. I’ve actually seen one sitting on a house chimney.
This is very, very important. I might know from personal experience.
At least 11 hours. Interstate 10 is 877 miles long.
El Paso is actually a little closer to the Pacific Coast at San Diego than it is to Houston, yet it is a straight shot down I-10. I have never driven it. I have twice flown and once drove as far as Big Bend NP (a great park, btw).
I’ve heard it said that, in August, the only thing separating Texas from Hell is a screen door
I’ve seen plenty of “Keep Austin Weird” T-shirts, but I also recently saw someone wearing a T-shirt that said “Keep Austin 170 Miles From Here”
And Texarkana is closer to the Atlantic than it is yo El Paso. Dalhart is closer to Canada than it is to Brownsville, Brownsville is closer to Mexico City than Dalhart.
Funny!I’ve seen plenty of “Keep Austin Weird” T-shirts, but I also recently saw someone wearing a T-shirt that said “Keep Austin 170 Miles From Here”
We did, once. Texas International (became Continental, then United).
Keeping Austin ‘weird’ should be covered under the ‘Don’t Mess With Texas’ clause.
I guess I never thought of that perspective, but that means Texas spans one third the distance across the United States, from ocean to ocean, and half the width, from Mexico to Canada.
