Opus in Dallas

[Wigwam_Motel]

I picked a couple up today at Sir Elliott Tobacco in the Frisco area. Limit 2 per customer. Go get em' guys!

should have gone for the DPG. or if you want a real opus, any LFD's.

 

[Electric Sheep]

LOL...great stuff sheep... I get it, and you're still a prick!! j/k.

AJ

Yup....NOW you're starting to understand! LOL :grinFU:

 

[blooz4u]

So when are we smoking ???

 

[Harvard]

Which vitola is available? I'm up for a little drive to "North" Dallas.

 

[Josh.CHI]

It's actually very, very simple. Here's the breakdown:

If you live in the city of Dallas, you *ONLY* refer to the City of Dallas itself as "Dallas" and everything else (the dozen-plus surrounding cities) you call "The Suburbs" or you identify them by their specific municipality -- "Lewisville", "Garland", "Frisco", "Addison", etc. -- and you expect that the person you're talking to knows exactly where those places are. If they don't know (for example, "Corinth? Where's that?") you reply by identifying the nearest major municipality (eg, "It's just north of Lewisville, over the bridge") as you give them a quizzical look for not knowing where it is in the first place. In addition, you only call the city of Fort Worth "Fort Worth" and everything else surrounding it is once again "The Suburbs" or named individually -- "Arlington", "North Richland Hills", "Keller", "Grapevine", etc. On top of all that, the cities in-between are collectively called the "Mid Cities" or "H-E-B" for "Hurst, Euless, Bedford" and the surrounding areas. Then, to add even more confusion to the matter, there are two independent municipalities located within the borders of the City of Dallas; "Highland Park" and "University Park", which collectively is referred to as "The Park Cities" but are never referred to as part of "Dallas" itself. Then, to add insult to injury, any Dallasite worth their salt will refer to their Greater Neighborhood Area as a further descriptive marker (eg, "Lakewood", "Lake Highlands", "M-Streets", "Uptown", "Downtown", "Prestonwood", etc), and confusing neighborhoods is a social fau paux, even though there are usually no formal neighborhood boundaries. Also, if you live in any of the neighborhoods in the southern sector ("Oak Cliff", "Plesant Grove", "The Cedars", "Expo Park", etc) you use both your neighborhood and the collective "South Dallas" collective name, as a matter of civic pride, of course. You will find that many Dallas neighborhood names stem from their former municipal name before they were annexed into the City of Dallas, and people in those areas hold on to their local area names for dear life. Finally, anyone from Dallas calls the entire area the "DFW Metroplex", which was a term coined by a professor at TCU.

In contrast, if you live in a suburb, you call everything on the east and north sides of the Metroplex "Dallas" and everything on the west side "Fort Worth" :rofl:

:rofl: Sounds just like Chicago if you have lived within 45 mins of the city for more then 4 years how could you not know all the burbs and different areas of the city. :rofl:

 

[dulaney22]

Well, I have only been to Dallas 3-4 times but, from what I remember, anywhere you go is a dang haul!! LOL!!

 

[blooz4u]

Very true Josh!

 

[blooz4u]

I always have to laugh. I live in South Arlington, and it's one of the few cities, where if you're traveling down 360, you start off in Arlington, go through Grand Prairie, only to wind up in Arlington again. Also, WAAAY too many people in this metroplex!

 

[BrooksW]

So when are we smoking ???

Yes, when?

:headroll::headroll::headroll:

~brooks

 

[Altercall]

Thursday at TR? I'm doing something Wed. And if I go up there tomorrow it's to golf. Got sinus stuff right now, so I probably won't smoke anything for a couple days. Thursday will be good. I can be there by 4:40.

 

[blooz4u]

Thursday is fine, with the minor problem that I don't get off of work until 6pm. With traffic and all, I believe I can make to TR by 6:30'ish. Can we push the time up to make this work, or is it too late for you? Hope your sinus crap clears up man!

 

[Altercall]

I'm good. I'll start w/o you. Everyone else is welcome to come along!

 

[blooz4u]

Sounds good man. I'll be there!

 

[Altercall]

BTW, I'll be the one decked out in work cloths...






Wind pants and a t-shirt.:razz:

 

[blooz4u]

You and me both... What constitutes work clothes?

 

[Altercall]

See... Cloths that you wear to work.

I'm a coach, so I'll be the one that looks like he's at home on a Saturday.

 

[blooz4u]

Ahh.... I thought clothes that you wore to work constituted a thong and nipple tassles! :headroll:

I'll be in khakis and some sort of shirt! :smile:

 

[Altercall]

I think you'll fit in this little group.

And that's Frank's wife you're talking about.

Where is that burly old man!!!

 

[blooz4u]

Frank is one LUCKY man!!

 

[Altercall]

yes, he is.