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Old 02-25-2013, 04:14 PM   #21
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We've got hills. No mountains. We do have something that you might be unfamiliar with. It's called 'traffic.'
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Old 02-25-2013, 04:21 PM   #22
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It cracks me up when the yankees make fun of us Southerners because we shut down schools and the like when it snows a little bit. They seem to forget we have something here they've never seen. They're called "hills". We also have something called "mountains"! I know they seem strange and scary to you northerners but, we're used to them and know when to leave them alone so they don't bite us!
Not many mountains or even hills in Texas.....cept for the eastern side
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Old 02-25-2013, 05:32 PM   #23
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We got about a foot of snow (with winds that cause a complete white out) just about every weekend this month. Plus smaller snowfalls in between. A couple of hours north, where my parents live, they got over 2 feet in one of those weekend storms.

...I'm sure you can see how it's tough to feel sorry.
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Old 02-25-2013, 05:46 PM   #24
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Not many mountains or even hills in Texas.....cept for the eastern side
ORLY?



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald_Observatory

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davis_Mountains

Admittedly not as impressive as the Rockies or the Tetons, but mountains nevertheless.


ETA: Oh, and as for hills.. they don't call central Texas "hill country" for no reason:



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Hill_Country
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Old 02-25-2013, 06:13 PM   #25
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It cracks me up when the yankees make fun of us Southerners because we shut down schools and the like when it snows a little bit. They seem to forget we have something here they've never seen. They're called "hills". We also have something called "mountains"! I know they seem strange and scary to you northerners but, we're used to them and know when to leave them alone so they don't bite us!
Ha...
I live at the top of a hill in an area called lake hills.

My street is a destination for sledders.

We don't have mountains because the elitist NYC snobs said they blocked the view of the ocean and had them removed.
True story
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Admittedly not as impressive as the Rockies or the Tetons, but mountains nevertheless.
Are you kidding me? Those are like "training bra" bewbs. I'm 20 minutes from the foothills of the blue ridge (full on college tits). Another hour and I'm in the smokies (Sofia "we're gonna need a bigger motorboat" Vergara!). ANYTHING more than a dusting and you'll be doing the Bread and Milk run

But snow isn't the problem. See...here we get more ICE than anything. Think: deals gap covered in ice!
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Old 02-25-2013, 07:52 PM   #27
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Ha...
...We don't have mountains because the elitist NYC snobs said they blocked the view of the ocean and had them removed.
True story
Adirondack Mountains...Catskill Mountains. I did a bunch of geology field camps in upstate NY, and those stinking professors taught me that the glaciers carved all those mountains.

Real true story: Adirondack Park in upstate NY is bigger than Yosemite, Yellowstone, Glacier, Grand Canyon and the Great Smokies National Parks combined.
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Did some camping and mountain-biking in the Adirondacks back in 95. We stayed near Old Forge (I think that was the name) nice little tourist trap. Beautiful country!
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It cracks me up when the yankees make fun of us Southerners because we shut down schools and the like when it snows a little bit. They seem to forget we have something here they've never seen. They're called "hills". We also have something called "mountains"! I know they seem strange and scary to you northerners but, we're used to them and know when to leave them alone so they don't bite us!
Yep, no mountains here...

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We've got hills. No mountains. We do have something that you might be unfamiliar with. It's called 'traffic.'
Not a lot of hills either, a few as you get farther west...
And I'm quite sure that MY idea of "traffic" and yours differ quite a bit, and my idea of traffic pisses me off, so I don't want to deal with yours!

Maybe that's why shit rarely gets shut down in ND?

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Did some camping and mountain-biking in the Adirondacks back in 95. We stayed near Old Forge (I think that was the name) nice little tourist trap. Beautiful country!
May have to check that area out on a vaca sometime.
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