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NorthernGent -> RE: Houston (10/6/2015 1:09:59 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Spiritedsub2 The only thing people who've been there or live there now seem to bemoan is the heat, not crazed armadillos and crocs. How do you feel about heat, with air conditioning available? How much more money did they offer? [:D] The heat I could probably cope with as I'm not exactly carrying much fat around. Having said that, I have had sunstroke in Amsterdam which is pretty much on the same axis as the North East of England which isn't exactly known for a tropical climate. So, I'd have to keep indoors a fair bit, but then I'm not someone who likes to sit in the sun so I wouldn't miss much on that score. Providing it wasn't too hot to prevent me sleeping at night I'd get by. Money wise: they're being paid far in excess of their value, which I'm told is due to being in Central Houston and the oil and that sort of thing. They've offered me double my salary. From what I've been told is that it's expensive to live in the centre of Houston but anyone with a brain cell will choose to live an hour's commute away where the property is far cheaper than what it is in England. I'm not really asking for a lot. Somewhere with a bit of history to get stuck into, a decent coastline or countryside, decent people, decent beer. I'd be happy with that.

Spiritedsub2 -> RE: Houston (10/6/2015 1:26:46 PM)
You might get more on-target answers by checking on Fet in some of the Houston groups. That's one thing Fet can be good for. You will have to buy a cowboy hat. Nonnegotiable. And boots. Oh this could be good .....

Wayward5oul -> RE: Houston (10/6/2015 3:53:57 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Spiritedsub2 You will have to buy a cowboy hat. Nonnegotiable. And boots. Oh this could be good ..... And a bolo tie.

Spiritedsub2 -> RE: Houston (10/6/2015 7:45:58 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Wayward5oul quote: ORIGINAL: Spiritedsub2 You will have to buy a cowboy hat. Nonnegotiable. And boots. Oh this could be good ..... And a bolo tie. Yes! And some big turquoise! NG, we're just messing with you. Don't let us turn you off Houston and that 100% raise [;)]

ShaharThorne -> RE: Houston (10/6/2015 11:48:28 PM)
Blue Topaz from Mason County. Also arrange to see other towns (Tomball is having the Ren Faire soon) and Montrose in Houston is the club scene last time I checked.

tj444 -> RE: Houston (10/7/2015 12:26:35 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: NorthernGent quote: ORIGINAL: Spiritedsub2 The only thing people who've been there or live there now seem to bemoan is the heat, not crazed armadillos and crocs. How do you feel about heat, with air conditioning available? How much more money did they offer? [:D] The heat I could probably cope with as I'm not exactly carrying much fat around. Having said that, I have had sunstroke in Amsterdam which is pretty much on the same axis as the North East of England which isn't exactly known for a tropical climate. So, I'd have to keep indoors a fair bit, but then I'm not someone who likes to sit in the sun so I wouldn't miss much on that score. Providing it wasn't too hot to prevent me sleeping at night I'd get by. Money wise: they're being paid far in excess of their value, which I'm told is due to being in Central Houston and the oil and that sort of thing. They've offered me double my salary. From what I've been told is that it's expensive to live in the centre of Houston but anyone with a brain cell will choose to live an hour's commute away where the property is far cheaper than what it is in England. I'm not really asking for a lot. Somewhere with a bit of history to get stuck into, a decent coastline or countryside, decent people, decent beer. I'd be happy with that. I am not a beer aficionado but if you are hot (cuz its hot here) and the beer is ice cold, it will taste good just cuz your so fn hot that anything ice cold would taste good.. I am not a drinker but that is the only situation where beer tastes good to me.. You will have the a/c running 24/7 for 10 months of the year here.. Are you thinking of buying or renting? You can live in the "slum" areas cheaply enough here (but most people that live there are blacks and hispanics).. higher crime rate but oddly enough, some of the areas people have horses (& chickens) if they have a large lot.. but yeah, the center of town is expensive.. and remember, they have toll roads here and traffic sucks here too.. and drinking and driving can get expensive if you are caught http://www.dmv.org/tx-texas/automotive-law/dui.php which is why if you like to drink then live where the action is so you can catch an uber ride (or a bus?) home.. just sayin'.. this is a law and order state (well, they all are cuz they all want the revenue lol).. honestly, I dont know how it is in the UK but here, if the cops nail ya its gonna cost big time.. Thats why the millenials live more in the center of town.. Personally, even tho I dont party, I hate the burbs.. and HOAs will run your life here if you live in one.. eta- I have never seen a croc or an armadillo here (yet)..

NorthernGent -> RE: Houston (10/7/2015 12:53:57 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Spiritedsub2 quote: ORIGINAL: Wayward5oul quote: ORIGINAL: Spiritedsub2 You will have to buy a cowboy hat. Nonnegotiable. And boots. Oh this could be good ..... And a bolo tie. Yes! And some big turquoise! NG, we're just messing with you. Don't let us turn you off Houston and that 100% raise [;)] There is absolutely no chance of me stretching to wandering 'round in a cowboy hat and a pair of leather boots, not even for the bargain of the century' not even for JR Ewing's hat he was wearing on the day he was shot! I don't even stretch to a pair of shorts unless I'm playing football or swimming. Never really thought about it but maybe there's a bit of the conservative in me that instinctively thinks shorts only have their place when playing sport. So far the positives are: the money, the coast, it's different so something I'm unlikely to experience in most places in the world. The downside: animals with nothing better to do than attack humans, the place is half a mile from the sun and as a result the animals wear knee pads to avoid burns from the floor. American beer is getting a good reputation over here. So, that could work out well, although cold beer ain't for me.

Wayward5oul -> RE: Houston (10/7/2015 3:17:30 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: NorthernGent cold beer ain't for me. Word of advice-don't say that in Texas. They have the death penalty and they don't hesitate to use it...just sayin'.

Spiritedsub2 -> RE: Houston (10/7/2015 5:00:38 PM)
I lived in London for a time and drank warm beer. Having had it both ways, so to speak, you might come to enjoy cold beer. I've found beer is the very best over lots of ice [:D]

PeonForHer -> RE: Houston (10/7/2015 5:11:22 PM)
Yep, it's worth taking note of the locals' advice about attire, NG. In Texas, a respectable gentleman goes to work at the office wearing only boots with spurs, a big silver six-shooter around his waist, a ten-gallon hat and a thong with a stars 'n' stripes pattern on it. You'll get your brains blasted out by an implausibly obese bloke with a star pinned to his nipple if you're seen to be dressed otherwise.

Wayward5oul -> RE: Houston (10/7/2015 5:17:01 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: PeonForHer Yep, it's worth taking note of the locals' advice about attire, NG. In Texas, a respectable gentleman goes to work at the office wearing only boots with spurs, a big silver six-shooter around his waist, a ten-gallon hat and a thong with a stars 'n' stripes pattern on it. You'll get your brains blasted out by an implausibly obese bloke with a star pinned to his nipple if you're seen to be dressed otherwise. Not the stars and stripes...the Lone Star flag, the Texas flag. Often mistaken for the stars and stripes, as it is red white and blue, but it is just the one big star, because yanno, everything in Texas is big. Its all in the little details.

Spiritedsub2 -> RE: Houston (10/7/2015 9:23:56 PM)
I like Peon's imagination [:D]

UllrsIshtar -> RE: Houston (10/7/2015 9:42:51 PM)
Goes off to start a petition to see Peon in a Lone Star thong

ShaharThorne -> RE: Houston (10/7/2015 9:43:34 PM)
I know that there are some places to stay at...The Woodlands, Conroe (can't think of the others right now)

Spiritedsub2 -> RE: Houston (10/8/2015 5:51:41 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: UllrsIshtar Goes off to start a petition to see Peon in a Lone Star thong It's the least he could do for us, really.

NorthernGent -> RE: Houston (10/8/2015 11:45:54 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Wayward5oul quote: ORIGINAL: NorthernGent cold beer ain't for me. Word of advice-don't say that in Texas. They have the death penalty and they don't hesitate to use it...just sayin'. Any lunatic in a cowboy hat ranting about cold beer comes near me and I'll call in a few favours from Digger Barnes to sort the job out. I'll introduce the locals to the wonders of warm ale, it's all in the taste - if you want to drink beer cold then have some orange juice or something - you reckon the natives will warm to cricket? I could teach them a thing or two about that!

NorthernGent -> RE: Houston (10/8/2015 11:53:12 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Spiritedsub2 I lived in London for a time and drank warm beer. Having had it both ways, so to speak, you might come to enjoy cold beer. I've found beer is the very best over lots of ice [:D] We do get cold beer over here, Spirited, but it's a foreign import that has crept in over the last 30 years and you have two camps: the modern day cosmopolitan types with daft hair and a ludicrous dress sense who think it's acceptable to drink this stuff because they're only out to get pissed not for the taste; and on the other hand, the traditional types, usually rural dwellers, North or South; who want to maintain England's traditions. Speaking of London, their beer is absolutely abysmal. Flat, tasteless and pointless. The North has maintained its brewing heritage. Loads of villages pubs up here only sell their brews in the local villages and have no interest in mass marketing it. Not attempting to pour water on your experiences, but London just isn't England and drinking beer in London isn't drinking beer in England.

NorthernGent -> RE: Houston (10/8/2015 11:55:04 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Spiritedsub2 I lived in London for a time and drank warm beer. Having had it both ways, so to speak, you might come to enjoy cold beer. I've found beer is the very best over lots of ice [:D] Come on Spirited, the whole point of anything in life is savouring its taste - not making it cold to make it palatable!

NorthernGent -> RE: Houston (10/8/2015 12:04:23 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: LadyPact NG, I've fussed about a number of places that we've been. Never once did I come away saying some location didn't have "character". Granted, if you are going to Houston, I would probably say that you might be hiding out in the air conditioning. You'll acclimate. People always do. What if, this might be the experience of a lifetime? Something that, otherwise, you'd never get to see, or be a part of, or do? If you would have asked me four years ago about going to AK, I'd have said, "f^ck you, it's cold there". Have you ever met an armadillo? Seen vultures in the sky? Laughed because something came across your way that you wouldn't have seen it before? Eaten foods that you would have never tasted? Watched waves from a different ocean? I've got a feeling that you'll be ok if you go. LadyPact, It's only a good experience if it haves something there for you. I haven't met an armadillo and lumbering animals that belong in another age don't really appeal to me. I tend to warm to more graceful animals such as horses, birds etc. The coast is a good point but what is really going to make the decision is whether or not there is much of a history to Houston or somewhere nearby, because if there's not much to learn in terms of the place's evolution then invariably I'm bored. I've two weeks to decide, so best do some research on the place.

freedomdwarf1 -> RE: Houston (10/8/2015 12:09:52 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: NorthernGent quote: ORIGINAL: Wayward5oul quote: ORIGINAL: NorthernGent cold beer ain't for me. Word of advice-don't say that in Texas. They have the death penalty and they don't hesitate to use it...just sayin'. Any lunatic in a cowboy hat ranting about cold beer comes near me and I'll call in a few favours from Digger Barnes to sort the job out. I'll introduce the locals to the wonders of warm ale, it's all in the taste - if you want to drink beer cold then have some orange juice or something - you reckon the natives will warm to cricket? I could teach them a thing or two about that! I've had all sorts of warm beer from coast to coast..... YUK!!! Any decent real ale can be perfectly full of taste if it is chilled. Most pumped beer is just gassy crap, London, Manchester, or anywhere. And to water down a beer with ice is pure sacrilege!! But I do agree with NG in that a local brew is inherently better than anything mass-produced. And if it is racked properly, in a cellar, it wouldn't be warm.

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