Well, I'll jump in on this.  We have lived in Texas (usually referred to as
"the state of Texas)  for 25 years (this time) and I must say I agree with
Sarah.  Virginia and Maryland are some of the prettiest places/states you
would ever want to see.  (We have visited MOST of the states throughout the
country.)

Texas is BIG.  Pretty, it isn't! (Sorry, Hugh.) It is one of the few states
you can drive for hundreds of miles and still not get anywhere.  But it has
lots of characteristics we like very much, so we stay here.

Texas IS sort of a country within a country.  There is more of a feeling of
being part of a state here than in any state I know.  Within its borders is
about anything you can want or think of!

(No flames, just opinions--everyone can have one.)

Joy Watkins
Arlington,  TX  (near Ft. Worth, where the west begins)


At 05:38 AM 8/24/2003 EDT, you wrote:
>In a message dated 8/24/2003 12:00:05 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>[log in to unmask] writes:
>Date:    Sat, 23 Aug 2003 14:36:45 -0500
>From:    Hugh Jefferson <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Help for the blind...
>
>Sarah wrote:
>
>> What is wrong with this list again? We don't have anything to argue about?
>we
>> need a good spin to start up something as the last time got very
>interesting.
>> Anyone having any interest in this please let me know.
>> SArah Browder in Texas but wishing to be back in Virignia where I lived a
>> number of years. The prettiest state in the US
>>
>Now really Sarah!  A comment like that will open more flames than a Saturday
>Night in Baghdad!
>Let me help you finish the last sentence: "The prettiest state in the US is
>TEXAS!" Please, tell us where you are so we can get you in touch with our
>"Seeing-Eye Dog" program. Now, if all will stand, remove their hats and
>place their right hand over their heart, we'll sing, a cappella, "The Eyes
>of Texas"
>
>Hugh in Beautiful Dallas
>Hello Jeff Hugh and other Texans,
>
>Can't say Texas isn't beautiful only visited there a couple of times, there
>is one thing I can say about Texas it sure is MIGHTY BIG, but there is one
>thing that confuses me, I have always been told that TEXAS wasn't a state
it was a
>COUNTRY within a COUNTRY.
>
>Bob Stephens in OHIO
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