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Feb 22, 2019 21:44:10   #
slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
 
nwtk2007 wrote:
To be honest, my wife has me a room somewhere in Marble Falls Friday night and then they join me for the thing in Llano Saturday. At this time I have no idea where it is. LOL! I'm sure she will inform me, else I'll be stay with a friend in Whitney. I hope you have a spare couch!!

We have two extra bedrooms, plus our RV bus in the backyard w/hook-ups. However, I'm guessing Marble Falls is about 140 miles away...Llano, a little further. Both are beautiful small towns, and both also sit on rivers. They are in the middle of Texas Hill Country.

We live on the northern edge of the same hill country. But, we live on Lake Whitney, not in Whitney, which is about 10-12 miles away, not even same county. Y'all come on down

Lon

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Feb 22, 2019 22:08:41   #
nwtk2007 Loc: Texas
 
slatten49 wrote:
We have two extra bedrooms, plus our RV bus in the backyard w/hook-ups. However, I'm guessing Marble Falls is about 140 miles away...Llano, a little further. Both are beautiful small towns, and both also sit on rivers. They are in the middle of Texas Hill Country.

We live on the northern edge of the same hill country. But, we live on Lake Whitney, not in Whitney, which is about 10-12 miles away, not even same county. Y'all come on down

Lon
We have two extra bedrooms, plus our RV bus in the... (show quote)


I am very familiar. I have skied Whitney hundreds of times and into the rive as well. Had a snake stare up my but while waiting on the boat. Developed the quick out on that day!! Nice lake.

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Feb 22, 2019 22:28:14   #
slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
 
nwtk2007 wrote:
I am very familiar. I have skied Whitney hundreds of times and into the rive as well. Had a snake stare up my but while waiting on the boat. Developed the quick out on that day!! Nice lake.

Wherever you go, enjoy your stay and the BBQ Cooper's BBQ in Llano is terrific

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Feb 22, 2019 22:41:04   #
nwtk2007 Loc: Texas
 
slatten49 wrote:
Wherever you go, enjoy your stay and the BBQ Cooper's BBQ in Llano is terrific


I know it very, very well, thank you. It's close to my favorite. My typical trip back home is up through Llano, Coopers for a ton of expensive meat, up to Hico for pie and onion rings and tea, then the lousy part of the drive back to Dallas where I am living at present.

My first day at Coopers was traveling south to Fredericksburg to meet my wife who was in a wedding of a friend she has down there. I'd never been. It was cold and raining. I got there first and the guys there handed me a Lone Star longneck to sip on while I waited. She got there and we feasted heartily on the meat and those awesome pintos. Of course a couple more long necks as well. Hog heaven. It was my first trip to the Hill County. I was smitten with the entire area and have been back many times. I go to the vintage bike fest in Luchenbach every October. it truly is where the deer and antelope play. That and winery's out the wazoo!

Cheers!

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Feb 22, 2019 23:07:02   #
slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
 
nwtk2007 wrote:
I know it very, very well, thank you. It's close to my favorite. My typical trip back home is up through Llano, Coopers for a ton of expensive meat, up to Hico for pie and onion rings and tea, then the lousy part of the drive back to Dallas where I am living at present.

My first day at Coopers was traveling south to Fredericksburg to meet my wife who was in a wedding of a friend she has down there. I'd never been. It was cold and raining. I got there first and the guys there handed me a Lone Star longneck to sip on while I waited. She got there and we feasted heartily on the meat and those awesome pintos. Of course a couple more long necks as well. Hog heaven. It was my first trip to the Hill County. I was smitten with the entire area and have been back many times. I go to the vintage bike fest in Luchenbach every October. it truly is where the deer and antelope play. That and winery's out the wazoo!

Cheers!
I know it very, very well, thank you. It's close ... (show quote)

Do you get your pie at the Koffee Kup Kafé there in the heart of Hico Hico is another of several towns that lay claim to Billy The Kid having lived there. There is also a great chocolate shop almost across the street from that café...which has a storied history.

BTW, I live about 45 minutes east of Hico down Hwy 6 on the other side of Meridian, then off Tx Hwy 22.

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Feb 22, 2019 23:19:55   #
rumitoid
 
nwtk2007 wrote:
I don't deny my sexist persona. I know them and they know me. To deny nature is to deny ourselves!!


Said the scorpion to the frog.

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Feb 22, 2019 23:22:57   #
rumitoid
 
nwtk2007 wrote:
I know it very, very well, thank you. It's close to my favorite. My typical trip back home is up through Llano, Coopers for a ton of expensive meat, up to Hico for pie and onion rings and tea, then the lousy part of the drive back to Dallas where I am living at present.

My first day at Coopers was traveling south to Fredericksburg to meet my wife who was in a wedding of a friend she has down there. I'd never been. It was cold and raining. I got there first and the guys there handed me a Lone Star longneck to sip on while I waited. She got there and we feasted heartily on the meat and those awesome pintos. Of course a couple more long necks as well. Hog heaven. It was my first trip to the Hill County. I was smitten with the entire area and have been back many times. I go to the vintage bike fest in Luchenbach every October. it truly is where the deer and antelope play. That and winery's out the wazoo!

Cheers!
I know it very, very well, thank you. It's close ... (show quote)


That's it! The answer to our political differences: a shared BBQ restaurant. Duh!

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Feb 23, 2019 00:29:25   #
nwtk2007 Loc: Texas
 
slatten49 wrote:
Do you get your pie at the Koffee Kup Kafé there in the heart of Hico Hico is another of several towns that lay claim to Billy The Kid having lived there. There is also a great chocolate shop almost across the street from that café...which has a storied history.

BTW, I live about 45 minutes east of Hico down Hwy 6 on the other side of Meridian, then off Tx Hwy 22.
Do you get your pie at the Koffee Kup Kafé there i... (show quote)


Yep. Pie and onion rings. You are a bit of a neighbor. Before they had their ATM, if I had no cash or check, they'd give me an envelope to mail payment for food back to them. I always sent double for their trust. Find that elsewhere.

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Feb 23, 2019 00:30:29   #
nwtk2007 Loc: Texas
 
rumitoid wrote:
That's it! The answer to our political differences: a shared BBQ restaurant. Duh!


Yes. But Coopers are absolutely conservative, but would deny no one a great meal.

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Feb 23, 2019 16:52:10   #
rumitoid
 
nwtk2007 wrote:
Yes. But Coopers are absolutely conservative, but would deny no one a great meal.


So very happy. Love Texas barbeque. Might even convert, briefly, to the Tea Party...if there is extra sauce.

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Feb 23, 2019 17:42:28   #
nwtk2007 Loc: Texas
 
rumitoid wrote:
So very happy. Love Texas barbeque. Might even convert, briefly, to the Tea Party...if there is extra sauce.


Unlimited sauce at Coopers!!

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Feb 23, 2019 18:16:27   #
rumitoid
 
nwtk2007 wrote:
Unlimited sauce at Coopers!!


Yiiipppiiieekiokyah. Did I spell that right?

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Feb 23, 2019 20:10:12   #
Rose42
 
Best barbecue and chili I ever had was in Texas

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Feb 23, 2019 21:27:29   #
nwtk2007 Loc: Texas
 
rumitoid wrote:
Yiiipppiiieekiokyah. Did I spell that right?


Works for me.

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Feb 24, 2019 17:13:01   #
lindajoy Loc: right here with you....
 
slatten49 wrote:
It is my opinion that much of the discourse on OPP is honest enough, though highly combative in nature. I believe that posters usually simply disagree as a result of having different perspectives acquired from their life experiences. The problems in discourse may very well lie in the likelihood that political exchanges can be and often are similar in passion to religious discussions.

Imagine, if you will, a rabbi, priest or pastor trying to convince the others of their religious convictions or beliefs with the hopeful result of a spiritual or theological conversion. As respected as each of the three aforementioned may be, the odds are strongly against that coming to fruition as the result of their efforts. And, partisan/ideological zealots generally approach those with opposing political views with the fervor of religious evangelists.

As a result, on OPP, it often appears not enough for a true believer to believe as they do. All others must also believe, or the offended may become self-righteous, indignant or even angry, bitter and vindictive. Thus, OPP's political discourse often ends in being similar to the story of the boy who angrily takes his football home with him due to others not playing by his rules.

I close with a favorite quote attributed to Benjamin Franklin: "If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins."
It is my opinion that much of the discourse on OPP... (show quote)


I would suggest that if we met each other and ventured into some of the things that create that discourse we would never get to it...

Wood and I were just discussing similar thoughts expressed here..
Passion or as he said “ learned beliefs” are just that and it is not very often we change each others beliefs..

I wonder why we try to change another persons belief?? Kick around different topics and take from it what we wish is anyone really wrong in “their opinion” simply because we differ on the end result or ramification??

I frequently have to remind myself of this and not just in here..
Perhaps it isn’t a matter of making them see your reasoning or thought process but our own limitation ( we refuse to see) when we can not be open or receptive to another persons belief???

I can say this~~we are all worthy and have value, when you can recognise this fact then perhaps we can be each others equal...Our legacy is not in what we owned but rather the difference we made in living...

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