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To: CharleyMike who wrote (56021)	10/11/2000 10:17:34 AM
From: Mac Con Ulaidh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Houston or San Francisco? SF sits on the water, it wins hands down. But I can't afford. Dallas I wouldn't live in again because it's too big for me. Austin or San Antonio would do. Or a small town in the hills somewhere. West Texas was my favorite for a very long time and I still like to write about it, all with great affection. I wouldn't live there now because it is flat and I can't take that anymore. Driving through it every now and then is a great treat, however. It's gorgeous and awesome. My post was mostly a tease, which I think Rambi would get. If not, she and I can work that out. She knows of my continued affection for the greatest of states. But the schools aren't what they used to be, as they aren't in many places. That's a fact, not a slur. I now live in a state where the schools are even worse. The current bru-haha is over some schools that are building new football stadiums when they still have students in temporary classes, known as trailors, or prefabricated housing. The rest of your post I won't address as I'm on my way back to the hospital after dealing with animals and household needs to be with a sister who recently survived death only to be facing it again. Makes your comments seem quite unimportant.

To: CharleyMike who wrote (56021)	10/11/2000 10:42:21 AM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

I think you took ChooseAnother too seriously, CHarley! She and I are good friends and she was gigging me. She knows the waving sixshooters in my post were metaphorical and I know that she is a real Texan at heart. Texas pride is an amazing thing. I admire and appreciate it, but I also think it CAN get in the way of reality. Texas still ranks awfully low on a lot of quality of life issues. I am defending Texas a lot these days because I believe the Democrats are trying to lay the blame for EVERYTHING at GW's feet and that's flat out wrong. He is doing a lot for Texas, but he sure can't fix it all, nor all at once. When CW went through the terrible two's, a friend said to me, "the qualities that drive you the craziest, the ones that seem to be the worst ones, are the ones that will be his strengths in the future." I think that's true of everyone, all through life, and it includes Texans. They can be as close-minded and provincial as all get-out. But they also make the most loyal friends, the hardest workers, and they DO meet trouble head-on. I admit though to being bemused by people who send generation after generation to A&M and actually drive down a day early for football games to practice cheers.