Posted by MikeC/TX on 10/22/11 5:54pm
Msg #401320
Forum name change
Hey folks -
I moved from NY to TX last month, and just got my TX notary commission, so I'm back in the game... Griff was kind enough to change my records; MikeC/NY is now MikeC/TX.
Note to His Hughness: Yeah, I know you think that a Yankee moving here would lower the IQ of the state (and I could say something about that, but will hold my tongue), but look on the bright side - Texas now has one more liberal than it did a month ago...
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Reply by Eileen McRorey on 10/22/11 5:57pm
Msg #401322
How did you manage that? I have been trying to get my name from EileenMO to EileenHI for a year now.....
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Reply by Susan Fischer on 10/22/11 6:22pm
Msg #401325
Boggles the mind, doesn't it? Honestly - people move all
the time, I just don't get why the accomodation is selective.
Sheesh.
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Reply by MikeC/TX on 10/22/11 7:16pm
Msg #401331
Re: Boggles the mind, doesn't it? Honestly - people move all
It's not selective, Susie - I think you just have to catch them at the right time, or at least have a subject line in your email that might catch their attention. I didn't do anything special to get their attention.
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Reply by MikeC/TX on 10/22/11 6:32pm
Msg #401328
I just sent them a couple of emails; I think they may be a bit overwhelmed at times, so timing and subject line may have something to do with it. If you can't get a response by email, a phone call would definitely help. The staff here does respond, but they seem to have a lot on their plate so you have to be patient.
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Reply by HisHughness on 10/22/11 6:21pm
Msg #401324
Welcome to what will be God's retirement home if he ever finishes with it.
A few things you need to know:
If a couple of guys in rugged hats and scuffed jeans tell you those elongated green things with the stems are Texas cherries, don't believe them. They are called "jalapenos," and they are called that because calling them "Great Balls of Smoking Buzzard Fat Gimmee a Glass of Water No Just Forget the Water Get Away From the Sink" was way too cumbersome.
If you picnic in a cow pasture, remember, before you spread the blanket on the ground: 1) The grey powery things are fire ant mounds. Fire ants object to intruders -- vigorously; 2) The big brown circular mounds are where the cows have been; the brown mounds are reminders of their visit. You do not want to take any of <their> reminders home with you as <your> reminder; 3) The green things with clumps of three leaves are poison oak, poison sumac, or poison ivy; any of the three can be beneficial if you have also inadvertently spread your blanket over a fire ant mound, because the itch from the resultant rash will take your mind off the fire ant stings; 4) The bugs with the long tail curved over their backs do not bite, but you may want to pay attention to the other end; and 5) The poisonous Texas snakes are the copperhead, coral snake, moccasin, and the rattlesnake, which comes in many varieties…oh, never mind. Just stay close to a hospital and keep 911 keyed in on your cell phone.
Glad to have you. There are three things you have to do within 30 days here in Texas. You have to get a Texas drivers license. You have to go to the Alamo. And you have to learn an Aggie joke and tell it to Brenda.
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Reply by MikeC/TX on 10/22/11 7:10pm
Msg #401330
Thanks so much for the advice.
We didn't have cow pastures in my part of NY - we already progressed to the 21st century, so all available land was already developed. It's nice to move back in time a century or two, and I will keep your advice in mind if I ever happen to stumble across a cow pasture... Are there signs to identify them?
"Glad to have you. There are three things you have to do within 30 days here in Texas. You have to get a Texas drivers license. You have to go to the Alamo. And you have to learn an Aggie joke and tell it to Brenda."
1 - TX driver license: done deal, got it a few days after I arrived here. Seriously. It was my way of accepting my new home.
2 - Alamo: got that on my list of things to do, and I'll be checking out the basement to find Peewee Herman's bicycle....
3 - Aggies: where I come from, aggies are marbles, so I have no idea what you're talking about... I don't have any marble jokes... No, wait, maybe I do. Two marbles go into a bar...
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Reply by Buddy Young on 10/22/11 8:46pm
Msg #401332
Also, Hugh forgot to mention: Those brown mounds that indicate where the cows have been, don't kick one on a hot day.
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Reply by Susan Fischer on 10/22/11 6:26pm
Msg #401326
What do you take for the culture shock? n/m
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Reply by MikeC/TX on 10/23/11 8:16pm
Msg #401369
Re: What do you take for the culture shock?
Culture shock? Heck, I'm still trying to get used to not being able to watch the NY Jets play every week... I haven't even gotten to the "culture" part yet...
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Reply by HisHughness on 10/23/11 8:19pm
Msg #401371
Re: What do you take for the culture shock?
You really don't understand, Mike. In Texas, football IS culture.
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Reply by MikeC/TX on 10/23/11 8:33pm
Msg #401373
Re: What do you take for the culture shock?
"You really don't understand, Mike. In Texas, football IS culture."
Yeah, I'm starting to learn that - the whole Friday Night Lights thing is impressive; there's a high school football stadium here that is better than some college stadiums I've seen...
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Reply by BrendaTx on 10/23/11 8:58pm
Msg #401379
Re: What do you take for the culture shock?
As part of your indoctrination into Texas culture, you are herewith ordered to watch a few episodes of Friday Night Lights, a drama about ficticious Dillon, Texas Panthers.
You can download from hulu.com. There will be a test.
http://www.hulu.com/search?query=Friday+Night+Lights&st=0&fs=
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Reply by MikeC/TX on 10/23/11 11:09pm
Msg #401397
Re: What do you take for the culture shock?
"As part of your indoctrination into Texas culture, you are herewith ordered to watch a few episodes of Friday Night Lights, a drama about ficticious Dillon, Texas Panthers. "
Don't need to do that - we have the real deal right here 
http://www.carrolldragons.org/
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Reply by Moneyman/TX on 10/23/11 1:46am
Msg #401336
Welcome to Texas, Mike! n/m
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Reply by HouTexJoe on 10/23/11 7:09am
Msg #401337
Re: Welcome to Texas, Mike!
Mike, you wont be sorry. You'll hear some say or read a bumper sticker now and then that goes, "I wasn't born in Texas but I got here as soon as I could." I did 20 years ago and have never looked back. Great place to live and work. Welcom. Enjoy.
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Reply by MikeC/TX on 10/23/11 8:22pm
Msg #401372
Re: Welcome to Texas, Mike!
Thanks Joe. It's been great so far - except for the road construction around DFW airport. I'm used to major road construction, but at least in NY the roads stay in the same place... The roads here are like the staircases in the Harry Potter movies...
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Reply by MikeC/TX on 10/23/11 8:17pm
Msg #401370
Thanks, Chris! n/m
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