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Deal to you both.

I thought about sending a PM, but it was spur of the moment deal and we just grabbed our stuff, jumped in the car and headed out. Wimberley is not far away, actually.

Pecos wrote:JALLEN! Were still going to hold who ever that was to his offer. He still owes you a beer in front of the Alamo!!!!

That's the spirit!

If only I could find that old post/PM/e-mail.

I know about how there is no end to the good one can do if you don't care who gets the credit, but come on, now! Don't be shy!

jayinsat wrote:

Pecos wrote:One more thing. I would also like to thank JALLEN for putting this meet together!!!

Thanks JALLEN

Hey, don't blame me. I was still looking for the guy who promised to buy me a beer in front of the Alamo.

If it weren't for you guys, I'd have been sitting there talking to myself.

Hey, Longdog, thank you very much for bringing me the book about Sam Houston. I have finished as much as I can of it, being highly allergic to fiction, even to the point of cancelling newspaper subscriptions.

Is the author related to you by chance?

BTW, I was in Wimberley today, for the first time since Boy Scout Camp in 1956-57. It's only about 15 miles from here.

Thanks for sharing those pictures, and congratulations for getting the names in there.

I wish I could remember everyone's REAL name now.

Just think, all those CHL'd gun owners there and not one problem, no children harmed, or threatened, everyone behaved themselves within tolerable limits, and parted friends. Remarkable!

Jay, how was the play?

SewTexas wrote:today was alot of fun!

Very pleasant indeed. It seemed like a pretty good group. Everyone was very kind, and if anyone didn't enjoy it, they kept it awfully well hidden.

After more than 50 years of amateur radio, I am quite used to the concept of having friends I've never met, and the pleasure of eventually meeting them.

Jay took a couple of pictures. I'm not sure if he intends to post them or offer them to the highest bidder. He doesn't have anything to worry about. He was with his wife!

We ought to do something like that from time to time.

SewTexas wrote:2 for us

That's 5 and 6.

Next??

Well, at least we will have a quorum at the Forum, err, Quarry.

I have been to the Quarry, the Whole Foods is there and a University Coop where I can load up on Texas Exes gear! Burnt Orange Heaven!!!

Can we get a head count?

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3dfxMM wrote:

JALLEN wrote:

SewTexas wrote:it's Texas darlin, everyone has Iced Tea, and most have Sweet

I suppose so. One of the peculiarities of living here again is "Sweet or unsweet?" at restaurants. I liked it better when those lazy Yankees had to put sugar in their own tea if they wanted it sweetened.

I have always thought of sweet tea as a southern tradition that has fairly recently made its way west to Texas. At least here, they still ask or default to unsweet tea. Go to Georgia or North Carolina and see what you get if you aren't specific. :)

New Yorkers ridiculously call coffee with milk in it "regular" coffee. I found that I had to specify that I wanted it black if I wanted it without milk.

I've been drinking ice tea all my life, and that goes back a ways. One of the things I had to get used to when I went to military duty in California was that ice tea wasn't available routinely everywhere one went, like it was here. There is still a Burger King I know of in San Diego that doesn't offer it, or didn't the last time I stopped in and left without buying anything.

SewTexas wrote:it's Texas darlin, everyone has Iced Tea, and most have Sweet

I suppose so. One of the peculiarities of living here again is "Sweet or unsweet?" at restaurants. I liked it better when those lazy Yankees had to put sugar in their own tea if they wanted it sweetened.

The consensus was to meet at the 5 Guys. I have no idea what 5 Guys is like, having never been to one. I'm told it is a hamburger and fries joint.

Referring to the online site, I see it opens at 11 AM, so you can come early and get a good seat but not TOO early.

They better have iced tea.

SlowDave wrote:

JALLEN wrote:This Saturday, July 27 at noon at the 5 Guys at Alamo Quarry.

As I mentioned in the other thread, I plan on wearing a white golf shirt with a Longhorn, and khaki slacks.

In all likelihood, I'll be the only old, fat man with a white mustache in the place.

Don't get on here all that often, but this sounds interesting. I have an appt at 2, but may be able to swing by for a quick lunch and greet possibly. And someone needs to bring some maroon to this gathering to offset JALLEN's burnt orange. :-) I'll try to wear maroon and look for Wilford Brimley on a diet and so on... No guarantees though.

Well, cool. Most of the time all these years, my Aggie friends would be saying "Wait 'til next year!"

Good for you, see you then. I hope to be sipping a large tea.

SigM4 wrote:Well JALLEN it's about my luck that you finally make it to Texas and about that time we move off to Missouri. Ever since first meeting you on Sig Forum I've wanted to shake your hand. Maybe we can make arrangements next time my wife and I are in San Antonio. Either way congrats on getting settled in and glad to have you back home.

That's awfully nice to say! Of course we can make arrangements. I've enjoyed meeting a good many of the Sig Forum guys; most of them aren't nearly as funny looking as you might imagine, either.

Good luck in the new locale, and keep in touch especially when you will be in the area. Will you be anywhere near the Truman Library? I intend to pay a call there first chance I get.

Pecos wrote:JALLEN you wrong!!! Im a fat man with white hair & yellow teeth!!!! ans a goatee.
See you there!

OK.

All right, you other folks, when you get to 5 Guys, look for two old fat men with white hair, one with a goatee and yellow teeth and one who looks like Wilford Brimley has been in a famine.