Clovis gonna grow by over 20,00 in 3 years (Portales, Texico: college, taxi)

[nategdh]

Originally Posted by 6 FOOT 3

It makes you wonder with all the growth that's going to happen if Clovis will have to build a second high school in the next 3 to 4 years or so .....

They have been wanting to for years!!! The high school cant hold the 9th graders so they have their own school...1,700 10th thru 12th graders 700 9th graders but they dont want to have another team besides the wildcats

[desert sun]

Originally Posted by rybert

Wow. Copper Manor reminds me a lot of Lubbock. It's got a lot more West Texas influence than New Mexican.

most Clovis neighborhoods look like TX neighborhoods

[bradly]

I would love to see Clovis grow its a nice community. It has a texas vibe to it. Most of the people that live there are from texas. I would also like to see other communities grow, others include Alamogordo, Artesia, Española especially with the plans of the riverwalk and new downtown Española has in the works.

[rybert]

Originally Posted by desert sun

most Clovis neighborhoods look like TX neighborhoods

I'm sure they do. Darn defectors.

[clairz]

Originally Posted by desert sun

most Clovis neighborhoods look like TX neighborhoods

It is soooo Texas here in Clovis. There just isn't the Hispanic influence, like in Las Cruces; or the Native American influence, like in the northern part of the state.

I've had to learn a whole new language here. Some examples:

1. Whopper-jawed

2. Out of pocket

3. Looks like she's been rode hard and put up wet

4. Gully washer

5. "Root hog, or die!"

6. Djeetyet?

7. This ain't my first rodeo

8. It's so dry the trees are bribin' the dogs

9. All hat and no cattle

10. They ate supper before they said grace

11. They're splittin' the sheets

12. We've howdied but we ain't shook yet

13. You can put your boots in the oven but that don't make them biscuits


What they really mean:

1. Crooked--or cattywampus, in some sections of the country

2. Absent, can't be found--Keys, for instance, can be out of pocket (not necessarily lost, just not immediately findable); although I've heard a person say they've been "out of pocket" after a short absence

3. This might describe a haggard-looking female

4. Hard rain

5. Do it yourself, no one else is gonna

6. Did you eat yet?

7. I've been around a while

8. We could really use some rain

9. All talk and no action

10. They are living in sin

11. They are getting a divorce.

12. We've met briefly but haven't been formally introduced

13. You can say whatever you want about something but that doesn't change what it is

I keep a little notebook with me at all times and keep writing down things I don't understand, which gives 'all them Texans' a great big hoot.

~clairz

[Cathy4017]

Originally Posted by clairz

It is soooo Texas here in Clovis. There just isn't the Hispanic influence, like in Las Cruces; or the Native American influence, like in the northern part of the state.

I've had to learn a whole new language here. Some examples:

1. Whopper-jawed

2. Out of pocket

3. Looks like she's been rode hard and put up wet

4. Gully washer

5. "Root hog, or die!"

6. Djeetyet?

7. This ain't my first rodeo

8. It's so dry the trees are bribin' the dogs

9. All hat and no cattle

10. They ate supper before they said grace

11. They're splittin' the sheets

12. We've howdied but we ain't shook yet

13. You can put your boots in the oven but that don't make them biscuits....

I keep a little notebook with me at all times and keep writing down things I don't understand, which gives 'all them Texans' a great big hoot.

~clairz

Well, that IS a hoot, LOL!! In my old neck of the woods, 2,3,4,6,7, and 9 I always heard growing up. But the others are news!!

[6 FOOT 3]

Now if i can just figure out where the term ''hot diggity damn'' came from

[nategdh]

lol haha Clairz i never heard anyone use those but im pretty sure there are some around here that do thats so funny!!

[Gabes4]

Hey you guys!! My daughter does not have her own vehicle yet..She is going to be attending the college there in Clovis and gonna work as well..Does Clovis have any kind of public transportation she can use until we find her a car??

[sylvia_pic]

ummm Nate or Clairz can one of you tell me how much population is in the Clovis region?? In other words how many towns or small cities have to go to Clovis for their needs such as shopping, eating, ect...cus i went over to the new target here in Lubbock and they said you just need a good serving area of abt 50,000.