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12-05-2007, 05:51 PM
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Hazmat is Fun
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Momanyms
Momanyms (Mon and thems) are at the HEB fixing to get groceries. Ya'all can wander over there if you wanna...
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12-05-2007, 07:07 PM
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Senior Member
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"I didn't take the "Blue" pill"
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Location: Great State of Texas
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Moving to a smaller town 10 years ago was a culture shock for me since I came from Ft. Lauderdale FL and NYC before that. In those cities there is more than 1 anything.
In this smaller town "the HEB" meant just that as there's only 1 in town so you can't get lost.
Getting directions in this town:
Where is X ?
It's right past the HEB
Where is HEB ?
It's up the road aways past the post office.
Where is the post office ?
You make a right at the new gas station
The new gas station ?
Yeah..that new one they built right across from the library.
In 10 years I have not forgotten that conversation. I walked away thinking I had just lived through a real life "who's on first ?" comedy routine.
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12-05-2007, 09:05 PM
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Thank you so much for this post. I laughed till tears were rolling. I can actually hear this conversation! So true, so funny! 
Quote:
Originally Posted by HappyTexan
Moving to a smaller town 10 years ago was a culture shock for me since I came from Ft. Lauderdale FL and NYC before that. In those cities there is more than 1 anything.
In this smaller town "the HEB" meant just that as there's only 1 in town so you can't get lost.
Getting directions in this town:
Where is X ?
It's right past the HEB
Where is HEB ?
It's up the road aways past the post office.
Where is the post office ?
You make a right at the new gas station
The new gas station ?
Yeah..that new one they built right across from the library.
In 10 years I have not forgotten that conversation. I walked away thinking I had just lived through a real life "who's on first ?" comedy routine.
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12-05-2007, 09:19 PM
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Ahhh....had to look up HEB. I'm assuming it's the grocery store chain? Is that like saying coke instead of soda or pop?
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12-05-2007, 09:44 PM
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Senior Member
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"I didn't take the "Blue" pill"
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Location: Great State of Texas
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lol yeah. And it's spelled out, not pronounced as a word. So it's the H-E-B.
It's the grocery store chain from about Waco down south to Corpus
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12-06-2007, 06:54 AM
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it's a Texas thang..you wouldn't understand
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Over yonder, Texas
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fillin' station, not gas station. i cant even say gas station, it just dont sound right to me.
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12-06-2007, 11:07 AM
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Ah bleeve Jeff Foxworthy'd be raht at home in this thread |
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12-06-2007, 11:12 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by new2sa
Add to that "afur piece"...
As in: If you are in Waco, Dallas is afur piece up the road aways".
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laughing musef silly |
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12-06-2007, 11:14 AM
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Fall is here!!
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: The Great Southwest
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HappyTexan
lol yeah. And it's spelled out, not pronounced as a word. So it's the H-E-B.
It's the grocery store chain from about Waco down south to Corpus
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And boy, do I EVER miss it here in NM.
I groveled and begged them to consider a location in El Paso.....no plans to extend this far west at the current time. The Midland-Odessa locations are the farthest west they have gone in TX...!
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12-06-2007, 11:39 AM
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Texan, Southerner, USA
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Join Date: Dec 2006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bellestaroftexas
fillin' station, not gas station. i cant even say gas station, it just dont sound right to me.
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Fillin' station! Now there's an oldie but a goodie! 
I am wondering how many still say "breakfast, dinner, and supper"? Lunch has almost replaced "dinner" as the term for the noonday meal! |
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