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Update on vehicle permit update, Puebla, big mistake
by tiredandretired 31 May 2012
I normally live in rural Puebla. Last October, we visited Texas. As usual, I canceled my car import permit in case my car got stolen…
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RE: U.S. Virgin Islands or Puerto Rico?
by LemonFreshScent 30 May 2012
In fairness, PR and USVI are the cheapest places to fly to from Texas. I was leaning towards flying into San Juan because it's really…
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RE: Malawi trip report
by mpembeivan 30 May 2012
Hi Texas, thanks for that, what was the situation with regard to money (cash) on the way in/out, any sign of the requirements to declare…
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Re: wilderness camping near Marfa TX
by jazzalbart 30 May 2012
I also have been camping near Marfa Texas. This was one of the best trips I have ever been on. Here, you can hike just by walking out…
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RE: Poor suffering mother
by EM_Guero 30 May 2012
Yeah, I know a number of folks who have done time in Mexico and other LatAm countries. They've gone into detail about the murders, rapes,…
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RE: 27 days in Manila
by Boinkity_Boink 29 May 2012
I don't think it's an old thing. It's more like the southern "y'all" and the Texas "fixin' to {verb}". Though like all regionalisms,it's…
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RE: Places on earth you would like to visit...
by BonkingBoris 27 May 2012
Rodeos in Texas. Tons of chicks wearing cowboy boots. Well, I never will enter the Great Satan again. And apart from the rodeos in Texas…
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RE: Camping with Wild Boars around (in Rutting and Farrowing Season)
by gawkabout 25 May 2012
On Texas cable tv are shows called "Swmp People" bout beaux lifestyle. Alligator hunters. Another one is Hog Hunters" or such. Javelina…
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RE: Road trip - New Jersey to Texas
by mojorisn 24 May 2012
A, I made the trip in the early '90's from Harrisburg, PA to Austin, Tx. My only mistake was rushing it. I was there in 2 days with…
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RE: Wine in Colombia
by Aloysius 24 May 2012
Do restaurants mark up wine very much? Here in Texas most restaurants mark up their modest priced wines 3 or 4 times what it costs to…
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RE: Veracruz, safe?
by joaquinx 24 May 2012
lw makes a point. How can you compare Americans murdered in an American city to those murdered in any foreign city? The comparison should…
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RE: Day trip to great wall on airport stopover
by SoloHobo 24 May 2012
I think you can decent food at the airport, heck, they even have Texas BBQ...:), I would not venture into even the NW area of the city,…
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Road trip - New Jersey to Texas
by anisharma 24 May 2012
Hello, I am 27, Male from North India. I'll be moving to Houston, TX in early June. I was thinking of driving down there. Looking for…
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RE: Sort of complicated to explain
by Usher73 24 May 2012
In Texas, you greet her in front of as many people as possible with a big hug and "Well bless your little heart, it's so nice you could…
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RE: Hunting
by EM_Guero 21 May 2012
In Texas its the gray ones. We used to shoot em with bb guns when I was young, then we'd cook em up.
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RE: Whole lotta wrong
by Drovers_Dog 21 May 2012
And just think how heavy that roof would be if it were concrete. You simply don't place a concrete slab on two brick pillars. Cast on…
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RE: No grey in my day
by EM_Guero 20 May 2012
Yeah... in Texas you see those loaded on the back of 18 wheelers rolling down the highway pretty often.
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RE: Tipping at non-hotel Accomodations
by gawkabout 19 May 2012
I tip in Europe. Life ain't east for anybody these days. I usuakky do the 20% tipping I was raised on. In the hotels I worked in, in…
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RE: Potential Somaliland instability.
by iggyab 19 May 2012
Whole place is chilled, been having their independence celebrations (and we've been making snide comments about the need to be independent…
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RE: Public Service Announcement #2
by EM_Guero 19 May 2012
Okay, okay. I'll go have my Texas tattoo lazered off...
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RE: Judging people on their car?
by EM_Guero 17 May 2012
I never believed that theory about SUV drivers. 99% of the SUV drivers I know got them because they thought they were safer than a sedan,…
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RE: is it possible to vacation too much
by Usher73 16 May 2012
It doesn't sound all that empty. (Posted from San Diego, where I'm staying with friends, hoping to outrun my empty life in Michigan.…
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RE: Keeping things close to the vest...
by EM_Guero 16 May 2012
They're all over small towns in Texas. One of my old neighbors had never been anywhere in his life but Houston and Austin.
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RE: road trip - help
by goldencane 15 May 2012
Having lived in both Oklahoma and Tennessee, I like them both, but time permitting I would recommend a different rout. From Las Vegas…
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RE: Disneyland to Disneyworld
by Kahua 15 May 2012
One of the seven rings of hell has to be Disneyworld in August. Unbelieveably hot and humid, with a hurricane risk, to boot. A drive…
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