Texas Spring/Summer Thread

[farmgirl19]

A lot of years ago, when I worked downtown Dallas, .......

Are you sure that you have any sanity left, Bird? If I had to work in "downtown Dallas", I'm not sure that I wouldn't be in a padded toom somewhere.

 

[farmgirl19]

jinman; You peel your peaches? I just slice them and put them in a bowl, or freeze them. Quicker and easier, that way. (Maybe I am just lazy!)

 

[NativeSon]

Are you sure that you have any sanity left, Bird? If I had to work in "downtown Dallas", I'm not sure that I wouldn't be in a padded toom somewhere.

Those of us that work in Dallas and Downtown Dallas didn't know how crazy we were till we re-located to the country. Now a 1 day trip into the large D to see the grandkids and I'm worn out. I have to psyc myself up just to handle the traffic. When we come back from the "D" my wife always gives a big war-hoop when we cross the Wood County line. "It's good to be home."

Charlie

 

[Bird]

Are you sure that you have any sanity left, Bird? If I had to work in "downtown Dallas", I'm not sure that I wouldn't be in a padded toom somewhere.

I worked 30 years in Dallas, 5 years downtown at the Post Office, then nearly 25 years with the Police Department, about 20 of those downtown. While I worked at the Post Office, I moonlighted as a taxi driver.:laughing:

And now . . . I try to not even go into Dallas; it only gets worse with time. And I'm certainly no good as a prognosticator. In 1964-65, I was working the northwest part of Dallas when they first started building something to be called LBJ Freeway (I-635) and I couldn't imagine ever needing a road that big out there in those horse pastures.

You know I spent the 1971-72 school year at Northwestern University, living in a Chicago suburb, and a cousin still occasionally reminds me that I told him then that only 2 kinds of people lived in the Chicago area; those who had to live there to earn a living and those who were born and raised there and didn't know there was a real world elsewhere. And I'm afraid he and I both feel that way about Dallas now.

 

[blueriver]

Those of us that work in Dallas and Downtown Dallas didn't know how crazy we were till we re-located to the country. Now a 1 day trip into the large D to see the grandkids and I'm worn out. I have to psyc myself up just to handle the traffic. When we come back from the "D" my wife always gives a big war-hoop when we cross the Wood County line. "It's good to be home."

Charlie

I can't imagine .. I hate just driving to one of the airports .. Then again I hate driving to the closest store. I guess I just got tired of it ... "It's good to stay home" !!

 

[blueriver]

We normally wait until after the peach festival and go to Hutton Peach Farm out west of Weatherford on Hwy 180 at Greenwood Cutoff Road. They have a good selection of several grades of peaches and we normally buy a bushel of the middle grade ones and sometimes a big black diamond watermelon too. Last year, our local fruit stand just south of Bowie only had peaches they would have to pay me to take. This year, I think the freezes got all their peaches. Sometimes in Weatherford, the light freezes will thin the crop so that the peaches that are produced are spectacular. It's always a roll of the dice, but Parker County peaches are worth the drive in my opinion.

We have peach trees currently loaded with peaches ... I'm not sure what they are.. Neighbor tells me "Indian Peaches" they are smaller, reddish in color very juicy and delicious ... We have peach jam, peach cobbler, fresh peaches, frozen peaches, peach pie "Run Forrest Run" !!!! You get the idea peaches all the peaches we can stand. Goog thing we like them.

 

[Western]

I worked 30 years in Dallas, .

Yep, it was allot different in BIG "D" before electricity!:laughing: 1st "patrol car" Bird drove , he hitched to a post! Y'all come on down and get ya some "Houston", I'd rather put up with Dallas all day.

Here is a poor cell photo of our job, humidity was 84%



FG19, This is the best sunrise photo I could get :laughing: Yours clearly wins. I was too dirty and tired to walk to the beach.

 

[jinman]

We have peach trees currently loaded with peaches ...

I want to plant at least a couple of peach trees and a couple of plum trees soon. Pear trees also seem to do well in this area. The wild plums in our area have zero plums on them this year. They are normally loaded at this time of year, but the late freezes really gave them a knockout punch. When wild plums don't make, you know something is wrong.

 

[Bird]

Y'all come on down and get ya some "Houston", I'd rather put up with Dallas all day.

I went to Houston and Galveston on business a couple of times in the late 70s, but then just passed through once about 1990-91. Never did like that town and their traffic.

 

[texasjohn]

Farmgirl, you're such a ring tailed tooter that even a padded toom :tombstone:
wouldn't keep you contained
:dance1:

Further, :wonderwoman:, at almost 13 posts daily, you win my nomination for Texas chat queen! :salute::bullhorn:

Are you sure that you have any sanity left, Bird? If I had to work in "downtown Dallas", I'm not sure that I wouldn't be in a padded toom somewhere.