Which is the best state in the USA, and why?
MontyB
All-Blacks Supporter
I have only visited the place once and quite liked it, if you are planning to spend time in Texas I would also recommend a very quick trip to Fredricksburg especially around October.
Rob Henderson
Banned
They have quite the church choir too...If you go to Church of the Good Shepherd.
I hear Texan's are the best singers in the whole of the US of A.
Kentucky for sure, bluegrass, thoroughbreds, banjo's, beautiful southern ladies, great landscapes from the Jackson Purchase of western kentucky to eastern coalfields of eastern kentucky. And lets not forget about UK basketball only the greatest college basketball program of all time.
Rob Henderson
Banned
I dunno about all that now...
Damien435
Active member
How much bragging can you do about your basketball teams when football is the number 1, 2 and 3 sport in all your neighboring states and your team sucks something awful?
Yes that is true, but this year we may be making a bowl game my friend. And Kentucky has never been a football school since Bear left.
Missileer
Active member
Well, I don't know Padre, but there are a few that hail from Texas.
Willie Nelson, George Jones, Buck Owens, Buddy Holly, Ernest Tubb, Z.Z. Top, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimmie Vaughan, Bob Wills, Tina Turner, Janis Joplin, Trini Lopez, Selena, Kenny Rogers, Roger Miller, Freddie Fender, Johnny Rodriguez, Charlie Pride, Waylon Jennings, Benny Goodman, Tex Ritter, Teddy Wilson, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Albert King, Freddie King, Harry James, Jack Teagarden, Scott Joplin, Big Al Dupree, Roy Orbison, Barry White, Johnny Winter, Edgar Winter, Boz Scaggs, Robert Earl Keen, Gene Autry, Johnny Mathis, Guy Clark, Meatloaf, George Strait, Michael Nesmith, Lyle Lovett, Steve Miller, Lou Ann Barton, Johnny Copeland, King Curtis, Little Joe Hernandez,Vikki Carr, Lighting Hopkins, Steven Fromholz, Nancy Griffith, Flaco Jiminez, Delbert McClinton, Van Cliburn, Mac Davis, Larry Gatlin, Vanilla Ice, Don Henley, Nora Jones, Tom Jones, Kelly Clarkson, Michelle Shocked, Ray Price, Jim Reeves, T-Bone Walker, Joe King Carrasco, Joe Ely, Kris Kristofferson, Stephen Stills, Angela Strehli, Hank Thompson, Beyonce Knowles, Billie Preston, Lloyd Maines, Tanya Tucker, Marcia Ball, Christopher Cross, Lefty Frizzel, Jimmy Dale Gilmore, James Brown, Joe Tex, Boxcar Willie, Johnny Horton, Barbara Mandrell, Jeanie C. Riley, Ashlee Simpson, Jessica Simpson, B. J. Thomas, Floyd Tillman, Destiny's Child, Question Mark and the Mysterians, The Big Bopper, Doug Sahm, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Charlie Sexton, Eric Johnson, Robert Shaw, the Dixie Chicks, Edie Brickel, and others?
Then there's the Hollywood group.
Carol Burnett, Mary Martin, Tommy Lee Jones, Larry Hagman, Debbie Reynolds, Joshua Logan, King Vidor, Margo Jones, Nina Vance, Farah Fawcett, Joan Crawford, Spanky MacFarland, Cyd Charisse, Rip Torn, Billy Bob Thorton, Dennis Quaid, Randy Quaid, Audie Murphy, Gene Autry, Kathy Baker, Dooley Wilson, Tenessee Williams, Dan Blocker, Sissy Spacek, Tex Avery, Joe Don Baker, Powers Boothe, Gary Busey, Kate Capshaw, Thomas Haden Church, Michael Dorn, Haley Duff, Sandy Duncan, Shelly Duvall, Dale Evans, Morgan Fairchild, Horton Foote, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Woody Harrrelson, Ethan Hawke, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Gene Roddenberry, Robert Rodriguez, Irene Ryan, John Hillerman, Carolyn Jones, Eva Longoria, Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Anne Sheridan, Anna Nichole Smith, Jaclyn Smith, Brent Spinner, Nick Stahl, Patrick Swayze, Sharon Tate, Henry Thomas, Tommy Tune, Isaiah Washington, Jo Beth Williams, Chill Wills, Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, Forest Whitaker, Robin Wright Penn, Renee Zellweger, Steve Martin, and Aaron Spelling.
And a few newsworthy souls.
O. Henry, Robert E. Howard, Larry McMutry, Dr. Denton Cooley, Dr. Red Duke, Dr. Micheal DeBakey, Bryce Dewitt, Steven Weinberg, Gus Grissom, Ed White, Kenneth Cockrell, Spencer Wells, Alan Bean, Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan, Wiley Post, Jeana Yeager, Clyde Barrow, Bonnie Parker, John Wesley Hardin, Belle Starr, Sam Bass, Tara Lipinski, Michael Johnson, Randall Tex Cobb, Phyllis George, Walter Cronkite, Sam Donaldson, Dan Rather, John Henry Faulk, Bob Schieffer, Kinky Friedman, Ima Hogg, Lady Bird Johnson, Jeb Bush, James Fannin, William Travis, Thomas Jefferson Rusk, Lorenzo de Zavala, Jose Antonio Navarro, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Quanah Parker, Cynthia Ann Parker, Emily West Morgan, Edna Gladney, Jim Morris, Cheryl Swoopes, Kathy Whitworth, Red Adair, Howard Hughes, Mary Kay Ash, Michael Dell, Tom Ford and Ross Perot.
There have been eight Miss USAs, three Miss Americas and one Miss Universe from Texas.
There are more but that would just sound like braggin'.
Hey.....Fredericksburg, Texas is where I graduated the school! Tell me what would you like to know!
Corpus Christi is a cool place to visit but windy....everyday. I suggest you to visit USS Lexington. It's awesome place to visit. The beach were good...lot of jellyfishes, I think.
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ACTaFOOL82
Active member
I'm not biased when I say Texas is my number one, because I have been to alot of the other states.
Gotta love the High School Football. It's pretty sweet to play Friday night with the whole town behind you, screaming you on, and going to the State games is amazing. This is my last year of football and I adore it, and don't think our team could get the same love and following in any other state. The first round of playoffs is this Saturday, wish us luck!
Gotta love the High School Football. It's pretty sweet to play Friday night with the whole town behind you, screaming you on, and going to the State games is amazing. This is my last year of football and I adore it, and don't think our team could get the same love and following in any other state. The first round of playoffs is this Saturday, wish us luck!
MontyB
All-Blacks Supporter
Hey.....Fredericksburg, Texas is where I graduated the school! Tell me what would you like to know!
I don't think I have seen a town anywhere that looked like it fell out of Germany as much as Fredericksburg, a friend was telling me they do some sort of WW2 re-enactment there each year although he said it was from the pacific theatre.
Yeah, mostly about WW2 re-enactment for the Pacific Theatre. They have the National Museum for the Pacifc Theater. Birthplace of Admiral Nimitz and also currently Commandent of the Marine Corps, General Hagee.
Yeah, Fredericksburg came to alive by the German settlers in 1846.
ACTaFOOL82
Active member
Fredricksburg is definetly a ballin little town. I love the Nimitz museum, and all the old school shops. Another reason Texas is a great state.
If you ever get a chance hit up some of the restaurants, get a mug of motor oil... I mean German beer. j/k.
If you ever get a chance hit up some of the restaurants, get a mug of motor oil... I mean German beer. j/k.