Moving!

[AHill]

In the not-to-distant future, my company is relocating me back to Texas. I started with the company almost 24 years ago in Fort Worth. I moved to California 13 years ago. CA is an incredibly beautiful state. I'll miss the weather. I won't miss the drive on the 405 six lane parking lot to LAX every once-in-a-while. I won't miss the horrendous prices for gas (more than $1.00 over the current TX gas price). My hunt for a new home begins. I'm looking for something that'll accommodate a dedicated shop. Might consider renting an industrial space, but really want something at the homestead. I expect to pay more for exotic woods in TX but less for domestics. Woodcraft and Rockler will definitely be closer than the 95 miles I currently have to drive to get there. Lee Valley will be 1-2 shipping days closer! The wife and 11 year old are super-excited, which is a great thing. When the family is on board, it makes the transition that much easier.

Gotta brush up on my y'all and howdy lingo.

[Patsfan]

Congrats on the move.

What part of Texas?

[AHill]

Fort Worth. Or, as they say there: foat wuth.

Many years ago, I used to live in McAllen, where mesquite was plentiful. My dad would find folks clearing land for real estate development and they'd let us take as much mesquite as we could load up on the truck for free. Otherwise it cost them to haul it away. I love working with mesquite. Not bad for bbq either .

Patsfan said:

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Congrats on the move.

What part of Texas?

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[cputnam]

As I understand it....

All y'all is the plural of y'all. All y'all's is the plural possessive.

[Arlin Eastman]

Good luck on the move Allan. I hope you make a gob smack more.

When I first read the heading I thought "He is moving and selling his tools" kind of thing and I was going to camp in line.

Arlin

[Wilbur Pan]

AHill said:

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Gotta brush up on my y'all and howdy lingo.

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Not to mention this sort of conversation at a restaurant:

Me: I’d like a cheeseburger, fries, and a coke.
Server: What kind of coke do y’all want?
Me: A coke.

[Skip J.]

Wilbur Pan said:

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[blockquote]AHill said:

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Gotta brush up on my y'all and howdy lingo.

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Not to mention this sort of conversation at a restaurant:

Me: I’d like a cheeseburger, fries, and a coke.
Server: What kind of coke do y’all want?
Me: A coke.

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And ya'lls point is???? Sounds normal to me...

[Bill_Houghton]

Practice saying, "bidness," too.

A Texas-born-and-bred friend of mine could go on for quite a while about the distinction between "y'all" and "all y'all."

Exotic woods? You'll be closer to mesquite as a wood, rather than a BBQ briquet. Some of us consider that exotic; not a lot of mesquite on California's North Coast.

[dartman]

And two whole fried chickens......and a Coke.....

[Skip J.]

Bill_Houghton said:

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Practice saying, "bidness," too.

A Texas-born-and-bred friend of mine could go on for quite a while about the distinction between "y'all" and "all y'all."

Exotic woods? You'll be closer to mesquite as a wood, rather than a BBQ briquet. Some of us consider that exotic; not a lot of mesquite on California's North Coast.

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Yes... our local mills have mesquite and Osage orange/bois d' arc/bodark/horse apple as well as some nice white oak and ash you can't get at the borg. They even have kiln drying if you want it.