So be honest

[WestTexasCrude]

You all go about your life, locking your cars when you do something as simple as going to your local convenience store. Guess what I hear? every vehicle running. Terrible life.

[WestTexasCrude]

So, Is this a good time to bring my "Global" portion I wanted to emphasis?

[CaptQuint]

You all go about your life, locking your cars when you do something as simple as going to your local convenience store. Guess what I hear? every vehicle running. Terrible life.

Not true here

[megman]

You all go about your life, locking your cars when you do something as simple as going to your local convenience store. Guess what I hear? every vehicle running. Terrible life.

Not true here

Nor here.

[WestTexasCrude]

You all go about your life, locking your cars when you do something as simple as going to your local convenience store. Guess what I hear? every vehicle running. Terrible life.

Not true here

Well, considering you are doing a "Kaczynski" on a PA mountain top, not surprising.

[CaptQuint]

You all go about your life, locking your cars when you do something as simple as going to your local convenience store. Guess what I hear? every vehicle running. Terrible life.

Not true here

Well, considering you are doing a "Kaczynski" on a PA mountain top, not surprising.

I live in a nice mid 19th century house

[DandyDon]

I spent a week in Talco TX back in 92 buying broodstock gamefowl from Johnny Stansell and going through his keep. Every person I met in Dallas was a flaming asshole. As we got out into the country it all changed, and I did not meet a single person who was rude, assholish, or a smart ass. They were really down to earth, courteous people. It was a dry county and one of the only 2 private bars was in our hotel. Had a freaking blast, saw my first black cowboy with a belt buckle the size of a hubcap who greeted me with "Howdy", and screwed a little wild chick who wore her boots while we fucked. It was a strange, nice trip, and I had some of the best brisket I have ever tasted from a shack on the side of the road no bigger than 12x12.

Edit: It was weird country. I have never seen so many little lakes and ponds. Some might only be 30 ft across, but they were everywhere. You couldnt go a mile without seeing 3-4, and sometimes, several of them in a bunch.

[CaptQuint]

I spent a week in Talco TX back in 92 buying broodstock gamefowl from Johnny Stansell and going through his keep. Every person I met in Dallas was a flaming asshole. As we got out into the country it all changed, and I did not meet a single person who was rude, assholish, or a smart ass. They were really down to earth, courteous people. It was a dry county and one of the only 2 private bars was in our hotel. Had a freaking blast, saw my first black cowboy with a belt buckle the size of a hubcap why greeted me with "Howdy", and screwed a little wild chick who wore her boots while we fucked. It was a strange, nice trip, and I had some of the best brisket I have ever tasted from a shack on the side of the road no bigger than 12x12.

Was she a ditzy blonde?

[DandyDon]

I spent a week in Talco TX back in 92 buying broodstock gamefowl from Johnny Stansell and going through his keep. Every person I met in Dallas was a flaming asshole. As we got out into the country it all changed, and I did not meet a single person who was rude, assholish, or a smart ass. They were really down to earth, courteous people. It was a dry county and one of the only 2 private bars was in our hotel. Had a freaking blast, saw my first black cowboy with a belt buckle the size of a hubcap why greeted me with "Howdy", and screwed a little wild chick who wore her boots while we fucked. It was a strange, nice trip, and I had some of the best brisket I have ever tasted from a shack on the side of the road no bigger than 12x12.

Was she a ditzy blonde?

She was a dental technician, and very smart and fun to be with.

[HighNDry]

I spent a week in Talco TX back in 92 buying broodstock gamefowl from Johnny Stansell and going through his keep. Every person I met in Dallas was a flaming asshole. As we got out into the country it all changed, and I did not meet a single person who was rude, assholish, or a smart ass. They were really down to earth, courteous people. It was a dry county and one of the only 2 private bars was in our hotel. Had a freaking blast, saw my first black cowboy with a belt buckle the size of a hubcap why greeted me with "Howdy", and screwed a little wild chick who wore her boots while we fucked. It was a strange, nice trip, and I had some of the best brisket I have ever tasted from a shack on the side of the road no bigger than 12x12.

Was she a ditzy blonde?

She was a dental technician, and very smart and fun to be with.

It’s ironic that she was the dentist, but she was the one who got her cavity filled.

[CaptQuint]

A night out on the town is driving around in your truck drinking a 6 pack of beer by yourself.

But you're outside the city limits before you crack the first tallboy

[DandyDon]

I found an ad from back in the day. Good times back then. The dude had 2 oil wells pumping in his brood yard.

[megman]

[WestTexasCrude]

I spent a week in Talco TX back in 92 buying broodstock gamefowl from Johnny Stansell and going through his keep. Every person I met in Dallas was a flaming asshole. As we got out into the country it all changed, and I did not meet a single person who was rude, assholish, or a smart ass. They were really down to earth, courteous people. It was a dry county and one of the only 2 private bars was in our hotel. Had a freaking blast, saw my first black cowboy with a belt buckle the size of a hubcap who greeted me with "Howdy", and screwed a little wild chick who wore her boots while we fucked. It was a strange, nice trip, and I had some of the best brisket I have ever tasted from a shack on the side of the road no bigger than 12x12.

Edit: It was weird country. I have never seen so many little lakes and ponds. Some might only be 30 ft across, but they were everywhere. You couldnt go a mile without seeing 3-4, and sometimes, several of them in a bunch.

I had to look where Talco was. Extreme NE TX, Beautiful country.

[DandyDon]

I spent a week in Talco TX back in 92 buying broodstock gamefowl from Johnny Stansell and going through his keep. Every person I met in Dallas was a flaming asshole. As we got out into the country it all changed, and I did not meet a single person who was rude, assholish, or a smart ass. They were really down to earth, courteous people. It was a dry county and one of the only 2 private bars was in our hotel. Had a freaking blast, saw my first black cowboy with a belt buckle the size of a hubcap who greeted me with "Howdy", and screwed a little wild chick who wore her boots while we fucked. It was a strange, nice trip, and I had some of the best brisket I have ever tasted from a shack on the side of the road no bigger than 12x12.

Edit: It was weird country. I have never seen so many little lakes and ponds. Some might only be 30 ft across, but they were everywhere. You couldnt go a mile without seeing 3-4, and sometimes, several of them in a bunch.

I had to look where Talco was. Extreme NE TX, Beautiful country.

It was. We went in early March and it was mid-high 70s, everything blooming and growing. His cockhouse was in the old Talco Tabernacle church which was about 30x60 and still had the stained glass windows. I took tons of pics but didnt realize I bought slide film. We had them developed, but lost all of them when my (then) partner's house burned down year before last year on Christmas day.

[DandyDon]

Hey WTC, I often wondered if all those little lakes were somehow related to oil exploration. There were just so many it was uncanny.

And dont try to buy charcoal there. They laugh at you. Mesquite rules.

[WestTexasCrude]

I spent a week in Talco TX back in 92 buying broodstock gamefowl from Johnny Stansell and going through his keep. Every person I met in Dallas was a flaming asshole. As we got out into the country it all changed, and I did not meet a single person who was rude, assholish, or a smart ass. They were really down to earth, courteous people. It was a dry county and one of the only 2 private bars was in our hotel. Had a freaking blast, saw my first black cowboy with a belt buckle the size of a hubcap who greeted me with "Howdy", and screwed a little wild chick who wore her boots while we fucked. It was a strange, nice trip, and I had some of the best brisket I have ever tasted from a shack on the side of the road no bigger than 12x12.

Edit: It was weird country. I have never seen so many little lakes and ponds. Some might only be 30 ft across, but they were everywhere. You couldnt go a mile without seeing 3-4, and sometimes, several of them in a bunch.

I had to look where Talco was. Extreme NE TX, Beautiful country.

It was. We went in early March and it was mid-high 70s, everything blooming and growing. His cockhouse was in the old Talco Tabernacle church which was about 30x60 and still had the stained glass windows. I took tons of pics but didnt realize I bought slide film. We had them developed, but lost all of them when my (then) partner's house burned down year before last year on Christmas day.

Ouch on the loss

[WestTexasCrude]

Hey WTC, I often wondered if all those little lakes were somehow related to oil exploration. There were just so many it was uncanny.

And dont try to buy charcoal there. They laugh at you. Mesquite rules.

No, there it's a totally natural phenomenon. Same for thousands of years. Aquifers are shallow. Springs make all those "lakes". Cattle owner heaven.

[CaptQuint]

NSFW

[WestTexasCrude]

NSFW, indeed. Your photo has the top part of the Panhandle shaved off.

[WestTexasCrude]

Fun Facts: The County I live in is about 90 miles wide (E-W) and 90 miles tall (N-S). Total area is 4,800 square miles. To give you an idea about how open my area is, if you took away the population of my town and the county seat, you would be looking at 5,000 people living on 4,700 square miles.

[Animal]

Hey WTC, I often wondered if all those little lakes were somehow related to oil exploration. There were just so many it was uncanny.

And dont try to buy charcoal there. They laugh at you. Mesquite rules.

we call those ponds or tanks. most of them were "built" or dug when the roads were built, to borrow dirt to raise the road bed. the road contractors make a deal with the land owner to dig him a free pond in exchange for the dirt.

[WestTexasCrude]

Hey WTC, I often wondered if all those little lakes were somehow related to oil exploration. There were just so many it was uncanny.

And dont try to buy charcoal there. They laugh at you. Mesquite rules.

we call those ponds or tanks. most of them were "built" or dug when the roads were built, to borrow dirt to raise the road bed. the road contractors make a deal with the land owner to dig him a free pond in exchange for the dirt.

Bingo

[CaptQuint]

Hey WTC, I often wondered if all those little lakes were somehow related to oil exploration. There were just so many it was uncanny.

And dont try to buy charcoal there. They laugh at you. Mesquite rules.

No, there it's a totally natural phenomenon. Same for thousands of years. Aquifers are shallow. Springs make all those "lakes". Cattle owner heaven.

we call those ponds or tanks. most of them were "built" or dug when the roads were built, to borrow dirt to raise the road bed. the road contractors make a deal with the land owner to dig him a free pond in exchange for the dirt.

Bingo

WTC completely contradicts himself, apparently sees no issue

[DandyDon]

Hey WTC, I often wondered if all those little lakes were somehow related to oil exploration. There were just so many it was uncanny.

And dont try to buy charcoal there. They laugh at you. Mesquite rules.

we call those ponds or tanks. most of them were "built" or dug when the roads were built, to borrow dirt to raise the road bed. the road contractors make a deal with the land owner to dig him a free pond in exchange for the dirt.

I dont think thats the case. They were everywhere, not just near roads (fucking place is flat as a parking lot anyway - why raise a flat dirt bed?). There might be 13 in a 1/2 mile square, or 5 in a string 50 yards apart on the side of the road, some 100 yards across, and some 20 ft across. WTC's first explanation makes more sense.