Northern Ireland guy in Texas
Nov 4th 2013, 2:23 pm
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Northern Ireland guy in Texas
Hi guys I am new to the forum I have lived in Texas for two and a half years I live in a small town about 60 miles forth of Dallas not far from the Sherman/Denison area. I'm getting used to Texas and really like it. I do miss home some times. My wife was in a major car accident recently and helping run our small child care business while she is out of action.
Nov 4th 2013, 2:25 pm
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Re: Northern Ireland guy in Texas
Hi guys I am new to the forum I have lived in Texas for two and a half years I live in a small town about 60 miles forth of Dallas not far from the Sherman/Denison area. I'm getting used to Texas and really like it. I do miss home some times. My wife was in a major car accident recently and helping run our small child care business while she is out of action.
Nov 4th 2013, 2:44 pm
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Nov 4th 2013, 4:08 pm
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Welcome to the south. It can be challenging at times, but there are some really great people here too. And I hope your wife gets better soon!
Nov 4th 2013, 4:37 pm
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Re: Northern Ireland guy in Texas
Is Punjana a (Northern) Irish tea variety primarily then? My Dad gets it in Bolton, Lancs.
Nov 4th 2013, 4:57 pm
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Yup, produced by a Belfast company for over 100 years. Practically impossible to find in the US though; you can get some of it from drugstore.com and from the company's own website.
Nov 4th 2013, 5:01 pm
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I was more of a Tetley man myself back home but I have discovered Red Rose here, which is sold in Albertsons.
Nov 4th 2013, 8:16 pm
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Nov 4th 2013, 8:20 pm
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Geographically sure, but it's not 'the South' in the cultural sense.
Nov 4th 2013, 8:22 pm
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East Texas is. It's climatically and culturally similar to Louisiana, which it borders. Central and West Texas, as well as the city of Houston (which combines characteristics of all of Texas and many other countries to boot), are not part of the South.
Nov 4th 2013, 8:23 pm
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I agree. Texas is split both geographically and culturally, with east Texas being more humid and southern culturally, and west Texas being more dry and desert-like and more like the southwestern US. It's big enough to be both, and much more.
Nov 4th 2013, 8:24 pm
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Listen to me, less than 3 months and I'm bumping heads over how 'Southern' something is 
(Anyway Texas is Mexican - now move along
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(Anyway Texas is Mexican - now move along
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Nov 4th 2013, 8:27 pm
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As Speedwell said it depends on what part of Texas we are standing in whether or not it is culturally considered the South here. Where I am in North East Texas would very defiantly be considered The South, although interestingly the county I live in voted 2 to 1 against secession.