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When I turned up at the airport in Houston, there were a bunch of people there in the most stereotypical Texas gear you could think of. Basically cowboys/girls. The cowboy hats, the belt buckles, boots, the shirts with the pattern down the front, the little tie etc. I just assumed they were people travelling at the airport. Nope, they were the airport helping staff, there to answer questions, point you the right way etc. It was very funny to me at the time.
That's awesome lol
 
Hey, I was there! I saw!
But you're right, I was wrong. It's not just a bumper sticker, you also need a flag, especially on your vehicle. If you have a shop then definitely have a sticker and a flag on your shop next to the sign saying that you sell the best *blank* in Texas. It's mandatory.
Don't forget the Texas shaped waffle iron. A Mandatory for any hotel and for entertaining outside guests.
 
Don't forget the Texas shaped waffle iron. A Mandatory for any hotel and for entertaining outside guests.

Or your jalapeno grill rack. texas food 1.jpeg
I found this supermarket catalogue when I was at the Amalang's place in Texas. I thought it was so funny, I was pointing out stuff to Ginny that she didn't really notice at all. It's just so Texas.
Another example below. Not just spuds ya'll, Texas sized spuds! texas food 2.jpeg And then there was this. What a way to advertise something. Pure sugar, come and get it!
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I brought the catalogue home to show the kids. I think Ginny thought I was a bit nuts (you all probably do as well....) but we all had a good time looking at it, and I had the kids doing maths with it comparing NZ and USA prices on stuff, because everything becomes school in some way ;).
 
Or your jalapeno grill rack. View attachment 4256
I found this supermarket catalogue when I was at the Amalang's place in Texas. I thought it was so funny, I was pointing out stuff to Ginny that she didn't really notice at all. It's just so Texas.
Another example below. Not just spuds ya'll, Texas sized spuds! View attachment 4257 And then there was this. What a way to advertise something. Pure sugar, come and get it!
View attachment 4258
I brought the catalogue home to show the kids. I think Ginny thought I was a bit nuts (you all probably do as well....) but we all had a good time looking at it, and I had the kids doing maths with it comparing NZ and USA prices on stuff, because everything becomes school in some way ;).
So how did the prices compare?
 
A word on cowboys. . . and perhaps on annoyance. I know a few cowboys. Most of them are from days when there was a lot more ranging here, or they come from further west where the acreage for a cow/calf pair is a lot higher. Most of them can rope, because when the animals are spread out a corral isn't an option. Most of them can ride, because that was the best means of working the cattle. Belt Buckles? It seems like once upon a time that was more of a trophy piece. Cowboy hats protected the neck and face from sun and rain. Cowboy boots are still the best thing for working cattle . . . on horse back or no.
I'm honestly not sure to do with someone who dresses like a cowboy and has never so much as seen a cow. It seems a little like "Cosplay" - (no judgment, though) . I have similar feelings about people who drive pick-ups . . . but could easily drive a Prius instead.
 
In fact, whenever I’ve been out of country and someone asked where I was from. I didn’t say the USA, I said Texas.
All Americans do that (in my experience). Ask anyone else where they're from, they'll say what country. Ask an American, they'll say their state. It's completely automatic, and an amusing symptom of differing worldviews.

If I remember to, I reply "is that in Canada?". ;)
Hey, I was there! I saw!
But you're right, I was wrong. It's not just a bumper sticker, you also need a flag, especially on your vehicle. If you have a shop then definitely have a sticker and a flag on your shop next to the sign saying that you sell the best *blank* in Texas. It's mandatory.
One of Sarah's souvenirs was a "Texas-sized" reusable shopping bag from Aldi. What's even more amusing is that Aldi is a German company with shops all over the world, but when in Texas they do as the Texans do! We use it as the bag that holds all our other shopping bags.
 
I'm honestly not sure to do with someone who dresses like a cowboy and has never so much as seen a cow.

Around here one of the biggest insults you can get is to be called a "dimestore cowboy" meaning you bought everything. New people in Wyoming get a little break if they tell you they're new. Otherwise they get called out as fakes.

It's probably the same in Texas too.
 
Many people will be very happy about that.

It actually changes nothing, as she's just a figurehead. We'll have a new figurehead in a couple of days and all will continue as before. The caricature artists will just have to shift from representing the Prime Minister as a toothy horse and change to a different insulting picture. That will be the most visible change.
 
I think the news that Saudi Arabian officials are seriously talking about selling oil in non-dollar currencies is the far more consequential news item of the day. That is widely expected to be a key trigger for a US economic collapse. And if that happens, it would affect even New Zealand far more than the retirement of a politician.
 
Yes, it was a bit of a surprise but the direction the country is going won't change. It's all down hill till the King reigns.
Bible Law vs the us constitution is my most recommended book after the Bible. When you see what government is, and how it functions contrasted against the PERFECT LAW of YHWH.....it just leaves you unsatisfied with anything less.....and perhaps more importantly you get the kind of inspiration and clarity....on what IS authority that makes one brave, and bold, and willing to STAND and do "For King and Kingdom!"

The book can be read online here for free, or you can request a copy and because it is a ministry they will send it out completely free.
 
I think the news that Saudi Arabian officials are seriously talking about selling oil in non-dollar currencies is the far more consequential news item of the day. That is widely expected to be a key trigger for a US economic collapse. And if that happens, it would affect even New Zealand far more than the retirement of a politician.
This is huge and some of the best news the world has gotten in a long time. With the collapse of the dollar America can maybe come back to some form of reality.

Right now we can buy whatever we want and it’s killing us as a people. The dollar is the crack cocaine of monetary systems and when it’s gone the globalists won’t have as big of an incentive to try and control and manipulate us. Hell, there might not be globalists. They’re predicated on systems wholly propped up by American dollars and aircraft carriers.

Also, the petty little shit in me wants to see how the rest of the world handles their affairs without us for a while.

The downside is that the suffering could get pretty bad. America operates solely off of the petro-dollar right now and when it’s gone inflation is going to literally kill people, lots of people. Biden will rue the day he pissed off the Saudis and sided with Iran.
 
Many people will be very happy about that.

It actually changes nothing, as she's just a figurehead. We'll have a new figurehead in a couple of days and all will continue as before. The caricature artists will just have to shift from representing the Prime Minister as a toothy horse and change to a different insulting picture. That will be the most visible change.
Why such bad altitude? Demon is gone. Can't replace it second demon. It will too be gone in year or two.

Protests and civil disobedience have it's reward. Enjoy it.

Second key implication is change of elite. Current WEF's boys and girls are weaking and in long term movementv will be in direction of something more normal.
 
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