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12 years 7 months ago #18059 by OleCowboy
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Life got you down, Obama putting a crimp in your life style because you are not a member of the Union, tired of your old job, find yourself drinking more now and enjoying it less, sick of snow (wife is up on our deck in her bikini working on her tan), having frequent heartburn, feet itchy and stink? Obama cure of suckin the govt teat not for you, then maybe a change of scenery is:

South Texas is hiring:

USAA to hire an additional 1000 this year
City of San Antonio has 2500 openings
Drive a truck or have a string of degrees, makes no difference, we got jobs. Show up for the interview in your work clothes wingtips or steel toe boot, don't care just be ready to go to work.

San Antonio is a city of over 2 million, but less than 20 miles away are counties of 30,000 people, small town living and schools, big city down the road. In my county next to SA there are over 150 homes for sale for under $200k, yet this same county has one of the highest family incomes in Texas, quality of life, one of the best in the US.

GOT BBQ or Mex food, we do and its the best in the US.

GOT LIBERALISM...WE DON'T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GOT 2 entrances into the state Congressional chambers, 1 for folks that are NOT carrying a gun, 1 for folks that are

GOT this sign at you local truck dealer: "if you are leaving your truck here overnight for service PLEASE remove your guns and dogs"

GOT WORK...WE DO...Come on down

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12 years 7 months ago #18060 by faawrenchbndr
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Funny thing,........I am hoping to get down there in the next few years.

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12 years 7 months ago #18061 by jtallen83
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I can vouch for the friendly, sensible atmosphere! I spent a year and a half doing project management on TexDot contracts for a guy out of Minnesota. I spent time in over 40 towns from Victoria in the south to Shamrock in the north and felt welcome everywhere I went except possibly where a few home town favorites were second place bidders.
I noticed when it comes to bureaucratic bull they are much less tolerant than most states. A change order that would involve 12 people and a weeks time in Wisconsin would take a 1 minute conversation in Texas. Nobody was in huge rush but things got done!
If I could tolerate that South Texas heat I'd be there now!

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12 years 7 months ago #18062 by Sharkey
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Victoria is not far from where I used to go crash once in a while on a little ranch in Goliad - half-way between Beeville and Victoria if I remember right. Nice quiet area... :)


(it was actually 200+ acres but down there, that is a VERY little ranch)

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12 years 7 months ago #18073 by jtallen83
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Sharkey wrote: Victoria is not far from where I used to go crash once in a while on a little ranch in Goliad - half-way between Beeville and Victoria if I remember right. Nice quiet area... :)


(it was actually 200+ acres but down there, that is a VERY little ranch)




I travelled that road from Goliad through Victoria and almost to Houston a bunch putting curb ramps along the way. Only problem I had that I didn't get local help with was the damn road blocks for immigration checks. I didn't realize they checked that far from the border. They don't tell you when they are open so planing the move of a concrete crew during the work day can end up being expensive, concrete gets hard fast in that heat! :censored:

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12 years 7 months ago #18075 by Sharkey
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The man who owned the ranch I would stay at sometimes would also have me drive him to San Antonio so he could have some city drinkin fun now and again. I always used to get a kick out of driving through "China Grove". The town the Doobie Brothers did the song about... :)

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12 years 7 months ago #18077 by Siscowet
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I still listen to the Doobie Brothers everytime I workout.

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12 years 7 months ago #18078 by jtallen83
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I do remember seeing a China Grove and wondering if it was the same place. That area has a kick ass locale music scene, never thought I'd care for Lyle Lovette til I heard his stuff they don't play on top 40 radio! Doesn't Willie Nelson hang around that neighborhood?

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12 years 7 months ago #18079 by mlotziii
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Won't be long before we're there.

My wife is ready to move and so am I.

Good thing is when we sell the 3 br 2 ba house we have in Maryland we can buy a nice homestead in Texas. DC dollars do nothing but inflate the prices in Maryland.

Oh, to be able to shoot again

Plus I hear heli-hunting for hogs is the fad these days.

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12 years 7 months ago #18080 by Sharkey
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Dunno Bud. Like I said, we would just pass through there.

I broke down once in a little town called Lufkin. Carb trouble on my scooter. The people at the motel 6 let me pull it right inside the room since it was everything I owned at the time. Got ahold of a guy from Nacadoches who showed up the next day with the parts I needed, his wife and a 6 pack and then I followed him back to his shop and did some tuning.

Later that day a mess O folks showed up on their way to some Tattoo guy's birthday party in Moscow Texas and asked me to ride along so I did. Won some money arm wrestling and got to judge the "female body parts" contest, crashed for the night and then moved on.

Poor areas. Friendly folks... :thumbs:

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