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Proud to be a Texan


A recent study found the average Texan walks about 900 miles a year.



Another study found Texans drink, on average, 22 gallons of beer per year.



That means, on average, a Texan gets about 41 miles to the gallon.



Kind Of Makes You Proud To Be A Texan.[:(!][V][xx(][:(]
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  • mongrel1776
    Fshfndr

    Don't let the oil companies get wind of that -- they'll buy the state and stash it in a safe somewhere to keep the secret from getting out.

    Only vaguely related to your post, but it still amuses me -- I had a boss, way back, who was of Mexican descent. Made a huge deal of Cinco De Mayo every year. I finally reminded him it had taken some 5000 Mexican soldiers to get slightly over 200 Texans out of a falling-down church in San Antonio, and it took them almost two weeks before it was all said and done -- nothing to be bragging about. He was not amused....

    I know most of the guys in the Alamo were "instant Texans" -- from somewhere else only a short time before. "Texan" status was conferred pretty much posthumously. That's fine -- gives Texans and Americans in general, both, 200+ men to be damned proud of.
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  • rider
    quote:Originally posted by fshfndr
    Proud to be a Texan


    A recent study found the average Texan walks about 900 miles a year.



    Another study found Texans drink, on average, 22 gallons of beer per year.



    That means, on average, a Texan gets about 41 miles to the gallon.



    Kind Of Makes You Proud To Be A Texan.[:(!][V][xx(][:(]




    Better then that damn Dodge of mine, I guess...[}:)][;)]

    rider
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  • eav
    PROUD TO BE A TEXAN

    1.) 49th in teacher pay
    2.) 1st in the percentage of people over 25 without a high school diploma
    3.) 41st in high school graduation rate
    4.) 46th in SAT scores
    5.) 1st in percentage of uninsured children
    6.) 1st in percentage of population uninsured
    7.) 1st in percentage of non-elderly uninsured
    8.) 3rd in percentage of people living below the poverty level
    9.) 49th in average Women Infant and Children benefit payments
    10.) 1st in teenage birth rate
    11.) 50th in average credit scores for loan applicants
    12.) 1st in air pollution emissions
    13.) 1st in volume of volatile organic compounds released into the air
    14.) 1st in amount of toxic chemicals released into water
    15.) 1st in amount of recognized cancer-causing carcinogens released into air
    16.) 1st in amount of carbon dioxide emissions
    17.) 50th in homeowners' insurance affordability
    18.) 50th in percentage of voting age population that votes
    19.) 1st in annual number of executions

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  • Simple Man
    quote:Originally posted by eav
    PROUD TO BE A TEXAN

    1.) 49th in teacher pay
    2.) 1st in the percentage of people over 25 without a high school diploma
    3.) 41st in high school graduation rate
    4.) 46th in SAT scores
    5.) 1st in percentage of uninsured children
    6.) 1st in percentage of population uninsured
    7.) 1st in percentage of non-elderly uninsured
    8.) 3rd in percentage of people living below the poverty level
    9.) 49th in average Women Infant and Children benefit payments
    10.) 1st in teenage birth rate
    11.) 50th in average credit scores for loan applicants
    12.) 1st in air pollution emissions
    13.) 1st in volume of volatile organic compounds released into the air
    14.) 1st in amount of toxic chemicals released into water
    15.) 1st in amount of recognized cancer-causing carcinogens released into air
    16.) 1st in amount of carbon dioxide emissions
    17.) 50th in homeowners' insurance affordability
    18.) 50th in percentage of voting age population that votes
    19.) 1st in annual number of executions

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    Hell, I'd move there in a heart beat!!! If you don't have anything nice to say, than shut the hell up!
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  • TxSgt1911
    quote:Originally posted by eav
    PROUD TO BE A TEXAN

    1.) 49th in teacher pay
    2.) 1st in the percentage of people over 25 without a high school diploma
    3.) 41st in high school graduation rate
    4.) 46th in SAT scores
    5.) 1st in percentage of uninsured children
    6.) 1st in percentage of population uninsured
    7.) 1st in percentage of non-elderly uninsured
    8.) 3rd in percentage of people living below the poverty level
    9.) 49th in average Women Infant and Children benefit payments
    10.) 1st in teenage birth rate
    11.) 50th in average credit scores for loan applicants
    12.) 1st in air pollution emissions
    13.) 1st in volume of volatile organic compounds released into the air
    14.) 1st in amount of toxic chemicals released into water
    15.) 1st in amount of recognized cancer-causing carcinogens released into air
    16.) 1st in amount of carbon dioxide emissions
    17.) 50th in homeowners' insurance affordability
    18.) 50th in percentage of voting age population that votes
    19.) 1st in annual number of executions

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    #19 makes up for a hell of a lot...
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  • Txs
    quote:Originally posted by eav
    PROUD TO BE A TEXAN...I'd guess either not a Texan and envious or from the Austin area.
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  • mateomasfeo
    quote:Originally posted by eav
    PROUD TO BE A TEXAN

    1.) 49th in teacher pay
    2.) 1st in the percentage of people over 25 without a high school diploma
    3.) 41st in high school graduation rate
    4.) 46th in SAT scores
    5.) 1st in percentage of uninsured children
    6.) 1st in percentage of population uninsured
    7.) 1st in percentage of non-elderly uninsured
    8.) 3rd in percentage of people living below the poverty level
    9.) 49th in average Women Infant and Children benefit payments
    10.) 1st in teenage birth rate
    11.) 50th in average credit scores for loan applicants
    12.) 1st in air pollution emissions
    13.) 1st in volume of volatile organic compounds released into the air
    14.) 1st in amount of toxic chemicals released into water
    15.) 1st in amount of recognized cancer-causing carcinogens released into air
    16.) 1st in amount of carbon dioxide emissions
    17.) 50th in homeowners' insurance affordability
    18.) 50th in percentage of voting age population that votes
    19.) 1st in annual number of executions

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    That's just because of the Mexicans...

    [;)]
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  • Jorge
    quote:Originally posted by eav

    PROUD TO BE A TEXAN




    Hola Edward!

    "In between and drink a chair."

    Trust me on this one: you'll fit right in.

    [:D]
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  • fideau
    In Texas, if you kill someone, they kill you back. Hell yeah.
    And they got Shiner Bock!
    That's a big HELL YEAH!
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  • dcon12
    quote:Originally posted by mateomasfeo
    quote:Originally posted by eav
    PROUD TO BE A TEXAN

    1.) 49th in teacher pay
    2.) 1st in the percentage of people over 25 without a high school diploma
    3.) 41st in high school graduation rate
    4.) 46th in SAT scores
    5.) 1st in percentage of uninsured children
    6.) 1st in percentage of population uninsured
    7.) 1st in percentage of non-elderly uninsured
    8.) 3rd in percentage of people living below the poverty level
    9.) 49th in average Women Infant and Children benefit payments
    10.) 1st in teenage birth rate
    11.) 50th in average credit scores for loan applicants
    12.) 1st in air pollution emissions
    13.) 1st in volume of volatile organic compounds released into the air
    14.) 1st in amount of toxic chemicals released into water
    15.) 1st in amount of recognized cancer-causing carcinogens released into air
    16.) 1st in amount of carbon dioxide emissions
    17.) 50th in homeowners' insurance affordability
    18.) 50th in percentage of voting age population that votes
    19.) 1st in annual number of executions

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    That's just because of the Mexicans...

    [;)]






    A Texan is just a Mexican on his way to Oklahoma. Don












    An Okie is one that made it! Don
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  • Ox190
    quote:Originally posted by eav
    PROUD TO BE A TEXAN

    1.) 49th in teacher pay
    2.) 1st in the percentage of people over 25 without a high school diploma
    3.) 41st in high school graduation rate
    4.) 46th in SAT scores
    5.) 1st in percentage of uninsured children
    6.) 1st in percentage of population uninsured
    7.) 1st in percentage of non-elderly uninsured
    8.) 3rd in percentage of people living below the poverty level
    9.) 49th in average Women Infant and Children benefit payments
    10.) 1st in teenage birth rate
    11.) 50th in average credit scores for loan applicants
    12.) 1st in air pollution emissions
    13.) 1st in volume of volatile organic compounds released into the air
    14.) 1st in amount of toxic chemicals released into water
    15.) 1st in amount of recognized cancer-causing carcinogens released into air
    16.) 1st in amount of carbon dioxide emissions
    17.) 50th in homeowners' insurance affordability
    18.) 50th in percentage of voting age population that votes
    19.) 1st in annual number of executions

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    Care to show proof?
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  • HeavyBarrel
    quote:Originally posted by eav
    PROUD TO BE A TEXAN

    1.) 49th in teacher pay
    2.) 1st in the percentage of people over 25 without a high school diploma
    3.) 41st in high school graduation rate
    4.) 46th in SAT scores
    5.) 1st in percentage of uninsured children
    6.) 1st in percentage of population uninsured
    7.) 1st in percentage of non-elderly uninsured
    8.) 3rd in percentage of people living below the poverty level
    9.) 49th in average Women Infant and Children benefit payments
    10.) 1st in teenage birth rate
    11.) 50th in average credit scores for loan applicants
    12.) 1st in air pollution emissions
    13.) 1st in volume of volatile organic compounds released into the air
    14.) 1st in amount of toxic chemicals released into water
    15.) 1st in amount of recognized cancer-causing carcinogens released into air
    16.) 1st in amount of carbon dioxide emissions
    17.) 50th in homeowners' insurance affordability
    18.) 50th in percentage of voting age population that votes
    19.) 1st in annual number of executions

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    Sources for all this dribble? By the way why in the hell do millions of people from all over the country move to Texas every year if it's so bad? Oh yea, go to hell and die pig.
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  • Blairweescot
    quote:Originally posted by eav
    PROUD TO BE A TEXAN

    1.) 49th in teacher pay
    2.) 1st in the percentage of people over 25 without a high school diploma
    3.) 41st in high school graduation rate
    4.) 46th in SAT scores
    5.) 1st in percentage of uninsured children
    6.) 1st in percentage of population uninsured
    7.) 1st in percentage of non-elderly uninsured
    8.) 3rd in percentage of people living below the poverty level
    9.) 49th in average Women Infant and Children benefit payments
    10.) 1st in teenage birth rate
    11.) 50th in average credit scores for loan applicants
    12.) 1st in air pollution emissions
    13.) 1st in volume of volatile organic compounds released into the air
    14.) 1st in amount of toxic chemicals released into water
    15.) 1st in amount of recognized cancer-causing carcinogens released into air
    16.) 1st in amount of carbon dioxide emissions
    17.) 50th in homeowners' insurance affordability
    18.) 50th in percentage of voting age population that votes
    19.) 1st in annual number of executions

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    This is the biggest gauntlet I've ever seen thrown down by a member with his first post!

    I guess you don't like Texas? [;)]
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  • striperbware
    The negative rankings exist because of the illegals there. I personally don't care about them, as probably the native Texans also don't. I'm sure the hard-working people legally in Texas by birth or otherwise enjoy the same or better standard of living as anywhere else does. Statistics can show anything you want to make an argument about. I am from NY, the state with the most black people, but I went to a high school that had 1 black kid out of 1100 students. That should emphasize my point about the fallacy of statistics.
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  • PSFD DONKEY
    I lived in Texas, didn't like it so moved out. But I still wouldn't throw insults like that out.
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  • texaswildman
    quote:Originally posted by eav
    PROUD TO BE A TEXAN

    1.) 49th in teacher pay
    2.) 1st in the percentage of people over 25 without a high school diploma
    3.) 41st in high school graduation rate
    4.) 46th in SAT scores
    5.) 1st in percentage of uninsured children
    6.) 1st in percentage of population uninsured
    7.) 1st in percentage of non-elderly uninsured
    8.) 3rd in percentage of people living below the poverty level
    9.) 49th in average Women Infant and Children benefit payments
    10.) 1st in teenage birth rate
    11.) 50th in average credit scores for loan applicants
    12.) 1st in air pollution emissions
    13.) 1st in volume of volatile organic compounds released into the air
    14.) 1st in amount of toxic chemicals released into water
    15.) 1st in amount of recognized cancer-causing carcinogens released into air
    16.) 1st in amount of carbon dioxide emissions
    17.) 50th in homeowners' insurance affordability
    18.) 50th in percentage of voting age population that votes
    19.) 1st in annual number of executions

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    What's your point?.....
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  • Ranger Man
    quote:Originally posted by texaswildman
    quote:Originally posted by eav
    PROUD TO BE A TEXAN

    1.) 49th in teacher pay
    2.) 1st in the percentage of people over 25 without a high school diploma
    3.) 41st in high school graduation rate
    4.) 46th in SAT scores
    5.) 1st in percentage of uninsured children
    6.) 1st in percentage of population uninsured
    7.) 1st in percentage of non-elderly uninsured
    8.) 3rd in percentage of people living below the poverty level
    9.) 49th in average Women Infant and Children benefit payments
    10.) 1st in teenage birth rate
    11.) 50th in average credit scores for loan applicants
    12.) 1st in air pollution emissions
    13.) 1st in volume of volatile organic compounds released into the air
    14.) 1st in amount of toxic chemicals released into water
    15.) 1st in amount of recognized cancer-causing carcinogens released into air
    16.) 1st in amount of carbon dioxide emissions
    17.) 50th in homeowners' insurance affordability
    18.) 50th in percentage of voting age population that votes
    19.) 1st in annual number of executions

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    What's your point?.....



    I think hes trying to say Texas Sucks........Im an Okie and yes Texas Sucks.

    Just kidding guys, love Texas, the bass fishing and that strong beer you guys make down there [8D]

    Ive spent alot of time On Lake Fork and Ray Roberts and have met a helluva alot of nice Texans.
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  • txlawdog
    Look, they said no more religious posts!

    If your talking about Texas, you might as well be talking about Heaven! We all know where that kind of talk will get us!

    I'm just kidding... Don't want to make anybody mad.

    Call Texas what you want, but I'll always call it home!
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  • c133
    Hey, anyone know the score of last night's Giants-dallas game???? It was supposed to be the GRAND opening of the cowboy's new stadium.
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  • HeavyBarrel
    quote:Originally posted by c133
    Hey, anyone know the score of last night's Giants-dallas game???? It was supposed to be the GRAND opening of the cowboy's new stadium.
    Yea, It took 3 lucky bounces, a fumbled kickoff, 3 interceptions by a QB with a 28.9 passer rating just so Ny could win by a 2 points.....NY got their butt kicked. But they won the ballgame so I guess I am just whining....
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  • kumate
    BE NICE.

    nunn
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  • mrseatle
    And we only have an 8% unemployment rate right now. They say it's 2% lower than the rest of the Country.
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  • dcon12
    quote: BE NICE.

    nunn


    I am from Kansas, we stopped them at the border. Don
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  • oldrider
    Your first 18 statistics we neither believe nor care about. Number 19 we're proud of. Kiss off.
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