I have not read the posts, however

[Pakey]

Is it possible that New Jersey has this law because the women all have big hair and big shoulder pads and it's just too much work for them to have to get in/out of their cars?

Also, I think the La Costa Rica family lives here in California, not in Texas.

 

[SCHBR'smom]

I have also been to alaska several times..and noticed that Alaska has not named one of their cities after the american dollar like texas..

isn't that when the got the name dallas? (asuming they had a drawl when pronuncing it)

but I understand that in alaska that if you are from new jersey, you are not allowed into the state without proving you can pump gas, or at least won't break a nail and get your poofy hair messed up when doing so.

and texas isn't that big...I have flow into there and noticed that they only have terminals a, b, c, and d...they don't even have the full alphabet!

Having not read all the posts, I'm not sure what this thread is about. But I do have a few thoughts on alphabets. Such as, we are NOT expecting another letter in ours.

Texas rocks. And I'm against Alaskans hunting Texans, but I'm for Texans hunting anyone who is not Texan. That is all.

 

[PrincessKsMom]

Is it possible that New Jersey has this law because the women all have big hair and big shoulder pads and it's just too much work for them to have to get in/out of their cars?

Also, I think the La Costa Rica family lives here in California, not in Texas.

Okay, I was minding my own business and I come along and find this complete thrashing of me. Why? My big hair and shoulder pads have never blocked your view during a movie, have they? I don't understand why everyone always picks on me?

 

[SCHBR'smom]

Okay, I was minding my own business and I come along and find this complete thrashing of me. Why? My big hair and shoulder pads have never blocked your view during a movie, have they? I don't understand why everyone always picks on me?

Awwww, now I'm against Texans hunting women from New Jersey with big hair and shoulder pads.

 

[PrincessKsMom]

Awwww, now I'm against Texans hunting women from New Jersey with big hair and shoulder pads.

See, if the issue becomes personal, then you sometimes feel different.

 

[glitterkittyy]

I haven't read all of the posts, but I had heard a rumor on tv that Teresa, from the Housewives of NJ, is losing her house (the one built in the first season) to foreclosure.

 

[Briarmom]

Concerning the New Jersey thread concerning gasoline: I have not read the posts.

However, I have studied on this and decided that "New Jersey" is not a part of "Texas".

I have travelled quite a bit around Texas, and I do not recall seeing 'New Jersey' anywhere in my travels (there was a part of Dallas that I thought might be "New Jersey", but it turned out to be Mesquite). I was going to drive to Houston, but I am afraid of Houston.

Thus, it is my opinion that "New Jersey" is not part of Texas, but may well be a wholly different State. From watching the Housewives of New Jersey, I have deduced that it is a small state (it would have to be small, since Texas takes up some 55 percent of the USA, followed by Alaska with 25 percent, and California with 10 percent) that consists of a few dozen 'families', if you know what I mean (La Costa Rica, I believe they call themselves).

Now, these 'families' do not, from what I gathered in not reading the thread, drill for and pump their own gas (another indication that 'New Jersey' is not part of Texas, since we all drill our own gas). I am not sure how they obtain gasoline for their vehicles (assuming they have vehicles in that 'state').

Anyway, I am trying to think of a fit reply to insert into the New Jersey thread. Something along the lines of "If you do not drill or pump your own gas, you are obviously not in Texas", but I do not want to hurt anyones feelings by pointing out that they are not in Texas.

Indeed, there is another thread that just started about a woman who goes to some gym to watch her child do some type of Karate (I think called "Take My Dough") and some other woman keeps trying to engage her in conversation. She wants to know 'how do I keep this person from talking to me'. The obvious answer, of course, is to say to said offending person "You are obviously not from Texas", which would end all further attempts at communication.

More later when the 'fits' return.

Alaska bigger than Texas?! How dare you repeat that slanderous rumor!

I have myself been to Alaska. What little I saw was clearly smaller than Texas. For instance, Fort Worth was clearly bigger than Sitka.

As for the right for Alaskans to hunt Texans from helicopter: that is all too true. I never ran so fast in my life! How did they know where I was from? The airborne hunters clearly ignored the 'small fry' from New Hampshire, New Mexico and New Jersey.

As an ALASKAN living in itty bitty Texas I have to say that although I have not read all the posts, this reminded me that I want to get dh a t-shirt with Alaska and Texas on it that says 'Awww. Texas is so cute.' Or something like that...but then again I don't want him to get beat up or worse.

Now, what no one can tell me (unless it was posted before since I haven't read all the posts) is how you can go through your whole life and never pump gas? I get liking having full service. I'd like to have full service. But I've driven through dozens of states and other countries by myself. I can't imagine not ever leaving the state!

 

[just4today]

I definitely have not read all the posts today, but I want to say two things:

1. I am also amazed that there are drivers who have never pumped thier own fuel. As I stood at the gas pump earlier today, wearing my glove that keeps the pump funk off my dainty hands, listening to "Uptown Girl" blasting from the station's loud-enough-to-be-heard-in-Texas, 50,000-watt speakers, I thought about them and how I'm definitely not an "uptown" sort of girl.

2. I dined out at a sit-down, chain restaurant this past weekend. I very nearly became the "old codger" myself as I endured a 4yr old's (I guessed at the age) unceasing whining, bouncing, food throwing, and crawling around the floor where the servers were trying to walk carrying trays full of food and drink, while mom chatted on, oblivious to it all.

 

[Pakey]

Okay, I was minding my own business and I come along and find this complete thrashing of me. Why? My big hair and shoulder pads have never blocked your view during a movie, have they? I don't understand why everyone always picks on me?

You know I love your shoulder pads. And I don't hunt. I think that qualifies as a sport.

 

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

As an ALASKAN living in itty bitty Texas I have to say that although I have not read all the posts, this reminded me that I want to get dh a t-shirt with Alaska and Texas on it that says 'Awww. Texas is so cute.' Or something like that...but then again I don't want him to get beat up or worse.

Now, what no one can tell me (unless it was posted before since I haven't read all the posts) is how you can go through your whole life and never pump gas? I get liking having full service. I'd like to have full service. But I've driven through dozens of states and other countries by myself. I can't imagine not ever leaving the state!

can you see russia from your house too?

hehehehehee

 

[Briarmom]

can you see russia from your house too?

hehehehehee

Not anymore. I had to move.

 

[legalsea]

First of all, I can prove that Texas is bigger than Alaska.

When I was a child in third grade we had to draw a map of the United States. The map I drew clearly showed Texas to be about the size of the continent of Africa, with Alaska being a pitiful second (California was represented by a single palm tree). As for the other 45 states (this was, after all, a long time ago), they were represented by a meandering doodle.

My point is: the teacher wrote on my map “A special effort by a special boy”. When she handed me the map she smiled and then softly began to cry (I believe in joy at my artwork). I was then given half of a Hershey bar and told to sit and wait for my parents. I never returned to that school again.

Anyway, if I can find that map I will post it here. If it had been incorrect in any significant particular I am sure she would have told me.

Secondly, there is a group of Texas women known for wearing shoulder pads. They are called SMU football players.

(zing!)

Go Frogs!

 

[PrincessKsMom]

You know I love your shoulder pads. And I don't hunt. I think that qualifies as a sport.

And Pakey don't do sports.

 

[MerMom60_94]

I haven't read all the posts, but:

- There's a woman in NJ who is apparently single-handledly trying to set back the women's rights movement 30 years by claiming only men can pump gas because women are too delicate and dainty.

- A poster's tween daughter has overcome her fears of getting her ears pierced. I didn't have the heart to tell him I will stay posted for the thread five years down the road where she then gets multiple other body parts pierced much to his dismay since she now has overcome the fear.

- A college freshman should handle her roommates boyfriend staying in the room on her own (without interference from her mother) but a son who is old enough to work in the workplace might need his mother's help on how to handle a lunch stealing boss.

Legalsea, please do elaborate on your Mesquite / NJ comparison. Mesquite is my point of reference for Texas. Are you saying it is not a good representation? (When I was 18 my mother banished me to Mesquite to stay with my sister. She bought me a one way ticket until I could learn to live by house rules. I lasted about a month and a half before I begged my way back home).

 

[legalsea]

I haven't read all the posts, but:

- There's a woman in NJ who is apparently single-handledly trying to set back the women's rights movement 30 years by claiming only men can pump gas because women are too delicate and dainty.

- A poster's tween daughter has overcome her fears of getting her ears pierced. I didn't have the heart to tell him I will stay posted for the thread five years down the road where she then gets multiple other body parts pierced much to his dismay since she now has overcome the fear.

- A college freshman should handle her roommates boyfriend staying in the room on her own (without interference from her mother) but a son who is old enough to work in the workplace might need his mother's help on how to handle a lunch stealing boss.

Legalsea, please do elaborate on your Mesquite / NJ comparison. Mesquite is my point of reference for Texas. Are you saying it is not a good representation? (When I was 18 my mother banished me to Mesquite to stay with my sister. She bought me a one way ticket until I could learn to live by house rules. I lasted about a month and a half before I begged my way back home).

An excellent summary of some of the 'hot' threads out there. I was particularly amused at your description of the tween daughter's piecing future.

As to why I compared Mequite, Texas, to the state of New Jersey, the reason is simple: I have never been to either location.

Actually, I should have said 'Houston' since both have shorelines. Houston's is not on the Gulf of Mexico, but is on the ship channel. A nasty place, or so I was told by a friend whom worked as a longshoreman years ago.

Longshoremen do not wear shoulder pads. That is one of the main differences between longshoremen and the housewives of New Jersey.

Longshoremen do not pump their own gas, which is why they are sometimes confused with New Jersey housewives. They simply pull up next to a gas pump and order some young punk to fill up their vehicle.

 

[MerMom60_94]

An excellent summary of some of the 'hot' threads out there. I was particularly amused at your description of the tween daughter's piecing future.

As to why I compared Mequite, Texas, to the state of New Jersey, the reason is simple: I have never been to either location.

Actually, I should have said 'Houston' since both have shorelines. Houston's is not on the Gulf of Mexico, but is on the ship channel. A nasty place, or so I was told by a friend whom worked as a longshoreman years ago.

Longshoremen do not wear shoulder pads. That is one of the main differences between longshoremen and the housewives of New Jersey.

Longshoremen do not pump their own gas, which is why they are sometimes confused with New Jersey housewives. They simply pull up next to a gas pump and order some young punk to fill up their vehicle.

With age comes experience. With experience comes wisdom. It is only as the parent of a 14 year 364 day old child that I know such things.

 

[MerMom60_94]

Oh, by the way, not to imply she has gotten away with such piercings. Just to say, you should see this years birthday / Christmas wish list.

 

[PrincessKsMom]

With age comes experience. With experience comes wisdom. It is only as the parent of a 14 year 364 day old child that I know such things.

And a Happy Birthday to your almost (but not quite) 15 year old.

 

[Pakey]

With age comes experience. With experience comes wisdom. It is only as the parent of a 14 year 364 day old child that I know such things.

Wait until they hit 18 and you can no longer stop it. I speak from much experience on tattoos and piercings of an over 18 year old. I have great wisdom on this subject now.

I think I'm going to add to the list that if my adult child's lunch is being vandalized by his boss, he would be very annoyed to find out I was looking for advice for him on a public message board.

Legalsea, if you cannot find your map, I'm sure Robo can provide one, complete with New Jersey shoulder pads and longshoremen and Alaskan views of Russia.

 

[legalsea]

I am looking for my map. I believe it is in back of the liquor closet (we used to have a liquor cabinet but it proved too small. I am now eyeing the treadmill room).

Next post is No. 700. Use it carefully.