Howdy, I'm new around here. Just learned about this place tonight.

I'm 46 years old, live in Texas these days. I've got two sons in the USAF. I ride a Harley and drive a Toyota 4x4 pickup. When it comes to guns I'm a faithful follower of Elmer Keith. I don't hunt much any more, just the annual deer hunt and a little hog hunting since I moved to Texas.

Some of the organizations that I belong to: NRA Life Member, TSRA (Texas State Rifle Association), AMA (Am. Motorcycle Assoc), VHA (Varmint Hunters Assoc) and the Texas CoC (Confederation of motorcycle Clubs)

pull up a log, we got lotsa room.
I'm a Texan by birth, but I got up here as fast as I could. (2 years ago)

Welcome to the fire, grab a stick and stir gently.

Howdy Hawk. hitch your hog and take a seat. What part of Texas is your stomping ground?

BCR

Welcome to the fire. You missed a couple of interesting Elmer Keith discussions by a few weeks. There is a search function if you care to look for them. Prepare to be addicted!

Lookit you--you're just a baby at 46, and you've already learned to do italics!

You'll fit in around here just fine, even if you are an NRA member.

Welcome...

Welcome Warhark! Look forward to sharing the Fire with you.

Azle Texas, just NW of Fort Worth. My job (Aerospace QA) moved me here a little over a year ago. Before that I was in northern Utah, and after the long hot summer we had I'm looking for a way to go back!

Welcome!!!! To bad you are from Texas <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> but we will just have to deal with it.

Welcome to the fire, have a good time, there are some great people on here........even the Texans. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Les

Welcome
Not to change the subject or high jack the thread but I tought I would throw in a little texas humor to break the ice.

You can always tell a texan but you can't tell them much. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Glad to have you here. I'm not far from you. My wife used to work at LM in Ft Worth...I assume that's where you are?

welcome to the board and welcome to texas...note this was a farely Mild summer for texas...so hold on tight and have your AC checked regularly...

'Nuther Texan. Look out Rick, you might have to relocated your store to the DFW area <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> .

Welcome to Texas and welcome to the fire. Don't worry much about the hot weather; you'll get used to it and no matter what anyone tells you. This summer was hotter and dryer than most. One thing though; there is an unwritten law that if you live in Texas you have to have a deer lease that cost way to much. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

DT

welcome warhawk.
hey, if you weren't born there you ain't no texican.
doesn't matter anyhow.
so, you're a keithian, huh? that be handguns, rifles, or both?

Welcome! Sometimes Rick forgets to notify new members, but your initial dues are to send a six pack of beer to everybody that responds to this thread. I like Corona! Its a one time dues payment that lasts a lifetime. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

WELCOME great to have you here. Nice bunch of folks here, most of them anyway <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

I like 280's idea, but I'm a Packer fan so make mine Miller eh!!!

Welcome!! Man if I"d have been in Utah, I'd have had to look for a new job there instead of moving to this heat hole....

Jeff

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Glad to have you here. I'm not far from you. My wife used to work at LM in Ft Worth...I assume that's where you are? [/quote]

No, I work for their competition, Boeing.

I've got the best job in the world, my office is in a spare bedroom and I go a different place almost every day.

I still travel up to Kansas for deer season, that's where I will always call "home". I haven't quite come to grips with the whole idea of having to pay for a place to hunt.

Howdy Hawk,

Pull up a log. You'll like it here.

I grew up in Texas. The O&G Industry got me to OK

Howdy I'm a Texas Transplant also. Affectionately refered to as a Damn Yankee by the inlaws. I thinks there's more transplants than natives anymore. Pretty new to this forum also. Put in over 30 years working for the USAF.
What kind of Hog are you riding? I'm enjoying an FLHRC, Road King Classic when I'm not spending hours and hours on this thing. Welcome.

Warhawk, you will fit right in. welcome.

I ride an FLHTCUI (Electra Glide Ultra), I'm the President of the Texas chapter of a small motorcycle club Wild Pelicans

I may or may not be a yankee, but my heritage is definately southern. I've done a little geneaology work and it looks like all 8 of my GG grandfathers served with the Confederacy. <G>

Welcome to the 'fire! Hope you enjoy it as much as we all do. Be careful though, this place is tough on the wallet... It's also fun to figure out the "Campfireisms", like DSMF, SUCKS, MPAJ, Loopie, Swirly and many more. In short, this place is a HOOT! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Regards, Bruce

Welcome to the fire, Warhawk. Don't let them Texans browbeat you ........
Everyone knows that the [color:"green"]Green Bay Packers[/color] are "America's team"!

Are you a fan of the P-40, too, or was your "handle" inspired by something else?



(Just a friendly reminder.) <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Many years ago, when I worked in the Boeing factory as an inspector we all got new acceptance stamps. Mine was P-40, and we had a P-51 and everything in between. The boss couldn't remember the new numbers so he'd call out "Who's Mustang, WHo's Warhawk, etc/"

It stuck

Yep keep an eye on them Texicans... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Welcome to the Fire...

Wlecome to Texas...let me welcome you to the campfire as well-I just want to make sure you know the "rules" for being in Texas...


1) Don't expect to find filet mignon or pasta
primavera at the local restaurant. It's a cafe.
They serve hamburgers and chicken fried steak.
Let them cook something they know. If you confuse
them, they'll kick your ass.

2) Don't laugh at the names (Merleen, Bodie, Bubba,
Bobby Ray, Curley, Tammy Lynn, Billy Joe, Sissy,
Clovis, etc.). Or we will HAVE to kick your ass.

3) Don't order a bottle of pop or a can of soda.
In Texas it's called a coke. Nobody gives a damn
whether it's Pepsi, RC, Dr. Pepper, 7-Up or whatever -
it's still a coke. Accept it. Doing otherwise can
lead to an ass kicking.

4) We know our heritage. Most of us are more
literate than you (read some J. Frank Dobie). We
are also better educated and generally alot nicer
than you. Don't refer to us as a bunch of cowboy
hick or we'll kick your ass.

5) We have plenty of business sense (e.g., Howard
Hughes, H. Ross Perot, Southwest Airlines, Dell
computers). Naturally, sometimes we have small
lapses in judgment (e.g., Phil Gramm). However,
we are not dumb enough to let someone move to
our state just so they can run for the US Senate.
If anyone tried to do that they would get a
serious ass kickin'.

6) Don't laugh at our Civil War monuments. If Lee
had listened to Gen. Hood you'd be paying taxes to
Richmond insteaD of Washington. If you visit the
Alamo, take your hat off and be properly humble,
or we'll kick your ass.

7) We are fully aware of how hot it gets and high
the humidity is so shut up about it. If you can't
stand the heat get out of the kitchen, or we'll
kick your ass.

8) Do not attempt to eat tamales without first
removing their cornhusk casing. Everyone will
instantly know that you're a Yankee. DO NOT,
under any circumstances, complain that the chili
is TOO hot or contains no kidney beans, this
will get your ass kicked into next week.

9) Don't talk about how much better things are
at home because we know they are not. Many of
us have visited Northern hell-holes like
Detroit, Chicago, and DC, and we have the scars
to prove it. If you don't like it here, Delta
is ready when you are. Move your ass on home -
before we kick it.

10. Yes, we know how to speak proper English.
We talk this way because we don't want to sound
like you. We don't care if you don't understand
what we are saying. All other Texans understand
what we are saying and that's all that matters.
Now, go away, or we'll kick your ass.

11) Don't complain that certain areas of this
state "smell" of oil. If your livelihood depended
on those wells you'd soon learn to love the aroma.
Besides, none of OUR lake or rivers have caught
fire recently. If you whine about OUR scenic
beauty, we'll kick your ass all the way back to
Pittsburgh, PA.

12) Don't ridicule our Texas manners. We say sir
and ma'am. We hold doors open for others. We offer
our seats to old folks. Such things are expected
of civilized people. Behave yourselves around our
sweet little gray-haired grandmothers, or they'll
kick your ass-just like they did ours.

13) Don't think we're quaint or losers because
most of us live in small towns. We do this because
we have enough sense to not live in crime infested
cesspools like Baltimore. Make fun of our small
towns and we'll kick your ass.

14) DO NOT DARE to tell us how to cook barbecue.
This will get your ass shot (right after it is
kicked). Criticize the barbecue and you may go
home in a pine box-minus your ass.

15) Remember, the only reason you are lucky enough
to be here in the first place is because we have
not pulled the Border Patrol off the Rio Grande
and put them on the Red River (where they really
belong) to keep your ass out.

seriously though-I know you will enjoy your time at "the fire" and the heat is pretty tough, is it not! Take care

Dave

+1, damn skippy!

Warhawk,

I think you'll find yourself in good company around here. Even tho' I live in Michigan, starting next fall, I will be a Texican in the winter. About 3 hours east of you. I just bought a winter home there.

I am also looking to buy a new Harley in the spring. And like you, I am also an Elmer Keith fan. I just finished reading "Hell, I was there!" for the umpteenth time. Each time I read it, I learn something new and gain more respect for the man. Enjoy you stay....

[color:"green"]Grasshopper [/color]

Hey LD:

Now that's what I call a good ol' Texas welcome and get along manual <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />.

IMHO some of the nicest folks live in this TX (flame suit on <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> )

You are well on your way, joining the 'far an all. Slicker dan deer guts on a doorknob it is.

That was stolen from South Dakota, them Texicans can't even be original. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

"Don't order a bottle of pop or a can of soda.
In Texas it's called a coke."
same in tennessee and alabama.

Welcome, Warhawk. Since you're at least an immigrant Texan now, you should take an interest in this: Lubbock Dave, is it true what I heard that they are no longer requiring gentlement to remove their hats in the Alamo because some Mexicans refused or were offended by the signs? Last time I was in there---two or three years ago---the signs were up and everybody was damn well doffing their caps and stetsons. Hope that's still the rule.

Welcome to Texas Warhawk. And Welcome to the Fire.
Are you doing source inspection work?
There are some pretty good suppliers in the area.
I was just out to one of the shops today....the place where you can see the full body mount of the current world record Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep.

Just so you get a couple more Texasisms:

Remember- don't ask a man where he is from, if he is from Texas he'll tell you and if not....why embarrass him!

Or the difference betweeen a Yankee and a 'Damm Yankee'
...the Damm Yankee stays.

I visited the big B in Wichita back in the 90's but the area didn't suit me. I left town about 15 minutes ahead of the Tornados that got the base and really tore up the town.

Congrats, Sounds like you've made it to retirement?

I am going to have to get another copy of Hell I Was There, mine went to the Air Force Academy with my youngest and hasn't come home!

Welcome! Always nice to see a new person join, and speak up....

Does your wife hunt/shoot....cuz we could ALWAYS use MORE chicks 'round the 'Fire.

HoundGirl

Yessir, YOu got me pegged, I'm a source inspector. We'll see how long they let me keep doing it! <G>

Would that shop have Progressive in it's name?

I'm assuming that I know what MRB stands for in your handle?

Jim

No, unfortunately she doesn't. She grew up on a farm in Kansas and has no desire to be involved with anything dirty or smelly ever again <G>. She does ride her own Harley though!

Oh, that is waaaaaaay cool...now we need some pics, woot!

Again, welcome...and I hope you stick around!! Great place....lots of cool people..a few azzholes....but it's always entertaining<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />!

HoundGirl

Welcome to the fire, Warhawk, and although we've exceeded our quota of Texicans (limit was 1) we'll let you in. If you mess up, just remember-Lubbockdave's your neighbor.... Geeze it gives me gas just thinking about it!

Steve, I don't really know-it has been a while since I have been down there-I hope it has not changed as well though!! anyone in the area know for sure?

Dave

This may get me killed, but here goes ... I have better pics at home, I'm on the road working this week.

This summer near Eureka Springs, Arkansas


A friend, me, and Cheri at Rocky Mountain NP


Cheri riding on Hwy 12 in Southern Utah


Both of us at the Grand Canyon

"I'm assuming that I know what MRB stands for in your handle?"


Jim, In my case, it could stand for "My Rowdy Brother" M R B He is a champion lurker on this website but was considered a keeper when General Dynamics sold Ft. Worth. But he enjoys the brim fishing in Tarrant County too much to visit us up here and get into some salmon fishing! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

warhawk, you do not LOOK like a texican.
you ain't got no hat.
(hey, i can say these things; i was born in victoria, and most of my paternal kin lives there, as in natives; texicans still ain't got a clue as to barbecue.)

Welcome fellow Confederate. Do not call yourself a Yankee. Kansas was southern before the Yankees took it over. It was just the first casualty in the War of Northern Aggression. With that kind of heritage, it doesn't matter where you were born nor even where you live, but just that your heart is true for the southern blood already flows through it.

What part of southern Kansas? I lived in either Derby or Douglass for many years. I worked for Boeing up there since getting out of the USAF in '88 until early 2002.

You wouldn't happen to be a member of the SCV would you? I signed on with them just a few months ago.

Cool pics....she looks like a blast....and it looks like you two know how to have some fun! Road trip adventures are to live for....woooooot <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />!!

Again, welcome.....and please stick around....

HoundGirl

Sorry I'm a little late on this ,but welcome....
Bart

Welcome fellow Texan....

Greg

Thanks for all the welcomes, I really appreciate it. But I'm gonna stay out of this thread and participate in the rest of the site.

Thanks again!

Lighten up Francis!!!!

DON'T Call Me FRANCIS!!!!!!

Welcome to the Lone Star State! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Welcome.