Who lives in Austin TX?
Apr 15th 2006, 6:35 pm
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Re: Who lives in Austin TX?
Originally Posted by snowbunny
grrr land in the Hill Country, my dream!!!!!!
Toon likes the fact that there aren't very many highrises/skyscrapers and that they are mostly all different in appearance as you can make out in the piccie above.
Toon likes the fact that there aren't very many highrises/skyscrapers and that they are mostly all different in appearance as you can make out in the piccie above.
Apr 15th 2006, 6:39 pm
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Re: Who lives in Austin TX?
Originally Posted by TruBrit
hey snowbunny you are so lucky living close to the hill country...when we go and stay at the lake house we feel like we're in a different country..so pretty all around.
Apr 15th 2006, 7:16 pm
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Re: Who lives in Austin TX?
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
I've alwalys wanted to visit Texas, watched too much Dallas in the 70's/80's. Maybe one day.
Apr 16th 2006, 2:48 pm
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Re: Who lives in Austin TX?
Originally Posted by Yorkieabroad
Nice photos Tim - what were you flying when you took the one of your house? A cropduster?? 
Apr 16th 2006, 3:09 pm
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Re: Who lives in Austin TX?
Originally Posted by TimFountain
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I really don't understand the appeal of Houston, unless you like concrete, traffic, heat, humidity, and an ugly landscape with absolutely no zoning control and electrical cables strung all over the place.
- Tim
I really don't understand the appeal of Houston, unless you like concrete, traffic, heat, humidity, and an ugly landscape with absolutely no zoning control and electrical cables strung all over the place.
- Tim
Apr 17th 2006, 1:51 am
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Re: Who lives in Austin TX?
Originally Posted by TimFountain
Getting ready to taxi
Apr 17th 2006, 1:53 am
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Re: Who lives in Austin TX?
Originally Posted by snowbunny
do you fly out of Georgetown, ABIA, or (your own) private airstrip?
Looks like he takes off down the middle of his street when the neighbors kids aren't out on their bikes !
Apr 17th 2006, 3:38 am
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Re: Who lives in Austin TX?
Originally Posted by Big D
The state parks within 100 miles of DFW are great - i recommend dinosaur valley and the fossil rim safari park south of fort worth. We are heading to Oklahoma again this weekend - broken bow on the TX OK AK border - superb and only about three hours drive! Have a great weekend.
We'll have to check out Broken Bow. We have spent many fun days down at Dinosaur Valley and the Fossil Rim Safari Park (we had a season ticket for a year, so we went more times than was sane). Next weekend will be spent up to our knees in mud, I think, in the North Sulphur Springs River(bed) collecting dinosaur teeth... of which there are surprisingly many!
Apr 17th 2006, 3:40 am
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Re: Who lives in Austin TX?
Originally Posted by Big D
The state parks within 100 miles of DFW are great - i recommend dinosaur valley and the fossil rim safari park south of fort worth. We are heading to Oklahoma again this weekend - broken bow on the TX OK AK border - superb and only about three hours drive! Have a great weekend.
Tell the truth... it's real name is Beavers Bend State Park
Apr 17th 2006, 12:44 pm
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Re: Who lives in Austin TX?
Originally Posted by snowbunny
do you fly out of Georgetown, ABIA, or (your own) private airstrip?
The view is the sunset we get from our deck, QED the house is the neighbors across the street.
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Apr 17th 2006, 1:32 pm
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Re: Who lives in Austin TX?
Originally Posted by TimFountain
The view is the sunset we get from our deck, QED the house is the neighbors across the street.
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We've got some friends live down near Nasa (he's some sort of scientist over there) - they have 3 astronauts live in their street. Kind of a let down to see one of them going to work in his old Ford Taurus.....sort of expected something a bit more flash from a spaceman...
Apr 17th 2006, 2:07 pm
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Re: Who lives in Austin TX?
Originally Posted by Yorkieabroad
We've got some friends live down near Nasa (he's some sort of scientist over there) - they have 3 astronauts live in their street. Kind of a let down to see one of them going to work in his old Ford Taurus.....sort of expected something a bit more flash from a spaceman...
yeah i can relate to that a little...when i flew on concorde it used to make us laugh when we'd see the concorde capts. drive home from LHR in their clapped out rust bucket escorts or ladas
Apr 17th 2006, 2:19 pm
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Re: Who lives in Austin TX?
Originally Posted by TruBrit
my hubs grew up close to austin and yes it's very pretty esp this time of yr.. we have some land with a lake house in the marble falls area/hillside country...so pretty springtime with the bluebonnets and indian paintbrush wild flowers 
Apr 17th 2006, 2:37 pm
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Re: Who lives in Austin TX?
We have had two dry winter/springs in a row so the wildflower bloom is next to nil this year. I have heard it is supposed to hit 98 this week before it cools down for a little while. The weather here is never "average" -- you can combine the numbers into an average, yes, but the variation from "average", especially in winter/spring, is pretty high.
I'm so not ready for 98 F!
I have heard it is supposed to hit 98 this week before it cools down for a little while. The weather here is never "average" -- you can combine the numbers into an average, yes, but the variation from "average", especially in winter/spring, is pretty high.I'm so not ready for 98 F!
Apr 17th 2006, 2:37 pm
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Re: Who lives in Austin TX?
I've never been to Austin, I've heard such nice things about the place that I'm afraid I'll actually be disappointed when I see it....we almost moved outside of the city close to Lake Travis several years ago but it all fell through, we're still in Houston. It took a few years but I don't hate the place like I used to, I've succumbed sometimes I do get frustrated during the springtime when the weather is gorgeous and you want to do something outdoors only to be very limited when it comes to green areas and you spend most of your time in traffic or trying to find a bloody parking spot 
....this is why we usually stay home and laze in our garden 
sometimes I do get frustrated during the springtime when the weather is gorgeous and you want to do something outdoors only to be very limited when it comes to green areas and you spend most of your time in traffic or trying to find a bloody parking spot ....this is why we usually stay home and laze in our garden