You Know You're Driving In Austin, Texas When.....

[Intelsucks]

1) The traffic light changing from YELLOW to RED means 5 more cars get to go.

2) There is no such thing as a road that is completely "finished"... They are ALL under construction.

3) You may have gotten there faster if you would have just walked instead.

4) People actually take the time to look you in the eye before they pull out in front of you, causing you to slam on your brakes to avoid hitting them.

5) When cars travel between intersection A and B you'd swear gasoline was free... But when the light turns green, suddenly no one is in any kind of a hurry. It's almost as if they WANT to sit through the traffic light again.

6) You see $5000 cars with $10,000 worth of accessories/upgrades attached to them.

etc., etc., etc...

[KensPen]

1. all the pickups are outfitted with a gun rack and a bale of hay?

nt

[GOPisEvil]

2. You're thinking of rural Texas.

Nice try - keep playing. :-)

[VelmaD]

3. Not quite...

that's more like my original hometown up in rural northeast Texas as opposed to my adopted home in Austin.

Here all the pickup trucks have "Keep Austin Weird" bumperstickers on them. :-)

[GOPisEvil]

5. Along with "Police States Suck" and a peace symbol.

No wait, that's my car...nevermind.

[DenverDem]

9. Austin was the best

until the tech "boom" destroyed much of its appeal. It remains the coolest and most progressive place in Texas.

I still want to retire there. (TexasEx class of '76)

Velma, I endured high school in DeKalb, as rural and northeast as you can be in Texas. Where were you?

[VelmaD]

14. I was in Greenville

THE wide spot on I-30 between Dallas and Texarkana. :-)

I've been through DeKalb. I think I've eaten at the Dairy Queen there. :-)

[EV1Ltimm]

16. i have a funny story about that...

i was on a road between dalhart and dumas texas on my way to dallas. I look to my left, and i shit you not, there were 7 guys in the back of an old white pickup truck, all wearing day-glo orange vests and toting shotguns...

I'm just glad i didn't get a flat, i wouldn't have wanted to get mistaken for a coyote.

[BlueJazz]

21. Yep...and there ain't no hubcaps on their tires...

...cause they use them as water bowls for their coon dogs.

Plus they can't keep the damn cats out of their cars at night because
the insides all smell like hogs feet and fried chicken...

[INTELBYTES]

4. When you see your standard issue "Austin" bumper stickers such as:

"Keep Austin Weird"
"SOS" (save our springs)
"Waterloo Records"
"I break for 'one eyed salamanders'
"Barton Springs Pool"
"I love Panchos" - wait that's only on my car.

[NoPasaran]

8. 78704

78704 Not just a zipcode/ A way of Life

[INTELBYTES]

10. LOL, I forgot about that one!

I see about 10 of those everytime I eat at Curra's on Oltorf.

[GOPisEvil]

12. Dude!!! We've got to have breakfast there sometime.

Mmmmmmm...Curra's...:9

[INTELBYTES]

15. Miga's baby!! Intelsucks and I will meet ya there anytime!!

[GOPisEvil]

18. Were we separated at birth?

I almost always have the migas when I go there for breakfast! Any weekend morning, I'm available! :bounce:

[VelmaD]

19. Am I invited too?

Pretty please? With sugar on top?

If GOPisEvil gets to be bad and bust his diet then I get to too. :-)

[GOPisEvil]

20. Hell yeah!

What's wrong with eggs, tortillas, refried black beans, peppers onions and a little hot sauce? ;-)

[INTELBYTES]

25. Hey GopisEvil, wasn't that you I was following with the bumper sticker...

...that says, "I love Sam Cox"?

[GOPisEvil]

28. LOL, no.

See my collection in an earlier post. :-)

[VelmaD]

29. Not a DAMN thing

So when are we having this gastronomical extravaganza? I make a motion for this Sunday. No football this week and it gives us plenty of time to work our appetites back up for the big Super Bowl party at bearfan's the next Sunday. :-)

[GOPisEvil]

30. Sounds good to me!

Gastronomical extravaganza! Excellent!

[Intelsucks]

40. I'll be at Curra's south (Oltorf) at 10:30-10:45

I'm not an early riser, so this is pretty much the standard time every Sunday.

[GOPisEvil]

41. How're we gonna know one another?

Red carnations in the teeth? ;-)

[Intelsucks]

42. Good question. Find the hung over guy with red eyes.

Oh, wait a minute... That would be half of the people there.

[INTELBYTES]

43. Is Velma gonna be there?

Might just have to skip Sunday school! O8)

[GOPisEvil]

45. I dunno...she might want to participate.

You should ask her! :-)

[VelmaD]

47. I'll be there...

with bells on. :-)

[INTELBYTES]

51. LOL, to we get to look to see where you have the bells hidden?

[VelmaD]

56. Not sure the good folks at Curra's...

would approve of a spontaneous floor show on our part. I'd really prefer not to get arrested for public indecency...my boss might get annoyed.

[INTELBYTES]

74. LOL, You'd probably be surprised what the good folks of Curras have seen.

Couldn't be much worse than the freak show at Kerby Lane or Magnolia Cafe. :+

[VelmaD]

75. Make ya a deal.

No "floor show". But if you wanta guess where and you're right - you get a prize. ;-)

[INTELBYTES]

76. Well if I'm wrong, do I at least get the "booby" prize?

;)

[VelmaD]

77. Sure.

Here's a nice pair of boobies for you to look at in the mean time.

http://www.danheller.com/images/LatinAmerica/Ecuador/Galapagos/Birds/Boobies/Blue/Slideshow/img11.html

[INTELBYTES]

79. Wow!! Nice pair! Better than I had imagined!

[VelmaD]

81. What can I say?

I got nice boobies. ;-)

[Intelsucks]

44. Maybe I'll stand outside saying GOPisEvil, GOPisEvil, GOPisEvil....

n/t

[GOPisEvil]

46. Everyone walking by will agree with you.

In that neighborhood anyway. :-)


Me. :-)

[Intelsucks]

48. Looks like we dress fairly similar... Same haircut too.

The Bloody Mary's are on me...

[GOPisEvil]

49. I may be wearing the infamous hat - you never know with me.

:P

Oh, we should invite flush_bush, too.

[Intelsucks]

53. corporatewhore is also an Austinite

Maybe we should just PM everyone?

[GOPisEvil]

55. Yep, that's looking like a good idea.

Also, if the crowd gets too large, we might want to consider a move up north. It's a bigger restaurant...just a thought.

[Intelsucks]

59. I just thought of something... I've never PM'ed anyone.

I have recieved pm's and replied to them, but I don't know how to start an original message. It can't be difficult, but I've never tried it. Can you distribute a message to multiple DU'ers?:shrug:

[VelmaD]

61. It's easy and fun fun fun

At the top of each post there's a bunch of little icons. Hit the one that looks like a little yellow sheet of paper with wavey lines and it takes you to PM that user.

Unfortunately you can only PM one person at a time. x(

[Intelsucks]

65. I'll take care of this before the end of the day. Thanks!

n/t

This was supposed to be a reply to VelmaD, but I clicked on the wrong post!

[GOPisEvil]

66. You want the list of Austin DU folks that I have?

:-)

[Intelsucks]

67. Sure. n/t

n/t

[GOPisEvil]

69. Oh no! I can't find it!

Maybe it's at home. :dunce:

[Intelsucks]

70. I think I know who most of them are, but maybe not everyone.

n/t

[GOPisEvil]

63. No, you have to send individual PMs.

Click on this to send PMs to someone. You have to search for their posts, though.

[VelmaD]

68. Or you can search for their profile...

from the Lobby. There's a "profiles" icon up at th etop of that oage where you can search for users alphabetically. Next to their name will be icons for emailing and PMing and even AOL IM or ICQ is they have that enabled.

[INTELBYTES]

50. Are you the guy in front or one of the flamingos?

[GOPisEvil]

52. Heh...

...I don't look good wearing pink.

[VelmaD]

54. I dunno about that...

wear pink on Sunday and we'll put it to a vote. ;-)

[INTELBYTES]

32. Which one? North or South?

Church on Sunday at that time anyway, but which one do ya'll normally go to? Intelsucks said he probably would be there. He is easy to spot. He's the one that doesn't look like the freak show that you usually find there. (no offense to freaks)

[GOPisEvil]

35. I like the south one better.

I don't look like the normal freak show either. In fact, I bet I could attend a freeper convention and not stick out (by appearances).

[INTELBYTES]

22. Doesn't he have to check with matcom first?

[GOPisEvil]

24. He's on vacation!

:P

[Intelsucks]

23. I meet friends there every Sunday morning about 10:30AM

It has become a ritual for the last few months. Bloody Marys, and migas were meant to go together.:9

[GOPisEvil]

26. Ya know, I've never had the Bloody Mary's....

...hmmm...:think:

[Intelsucks]

33. Breakfast is about the only time I can handle them.

Otherwise it's beer.

[INTELBYTES]

36. ummmm....punta de filete (sp)

:9

[Intelsucks]

17. We like it so much , we call it the big "C"

n/t

[GOPisEvil]

11. 78704 Peace.

n/t

[CrownPrinceBandar]

13. Waterloo records for sure. I got a T-shirt

When I was there, there were alot of "Visualize Whirled Peas" and Wheatsville Co-op bumperstickers.

[judge_smales]

27. ??

"I break for 'one eyed salamanders'? 'one eyed salamanders'??

Is that what I think it is? Like as in I have one and my wife has none (unless you count mine)?

Sure isn't the kind of thing you advertise here in Philly.

[INTELBYTES]

31. LOL, no it's kind of a local thing.

We have this beautiful natural springs pool here called Barton Springs. Everyone enjoys it, (but it is cold as hell!). It has an endangered species of salamander that lives in it. Every other week there seems to be a polution scare that causes the pool to close down to protect the rare, "one eyed salamander".

[NoPasaran]

6. The Suburban that was in such a rush to pull out in front of you

Is in no hurry to go anywhere now that it's actually on the road.

[RebelOne]

7. Nope, that's sounds more like Atlanta, GA.

[Mikimouse]

34. You know you're in Austin when the old airport

signs are still there on the highways, and you can drive around for three hours following the signs and still not get to Bergstrom. The first time I flew out of Austin, I missed my flight, even though we arrived in Austin four hours prior to the flight time. We even stopped to ask directions and kept getting bad information from the locals (probably the Manitoba plates on my wife's car). Grrrrrr, they should have made it illegal for any TX politician to run for higher officeuntil they cleaned up the roads in their own damned capital city!

[GOPisEvil]

38. LOL...yeah, Airport Blvd. doesn't go to the airport anymore.

For the record, it's at 183 and Hwy. 71. Roughly. ;-)

[INTELBYTES]

37. You know your in Austin when...

Every road has three or four names.

Take Ben White Blvd. aka, Hwy 360, aka, Capital of Texas Highway...

or

Hwy 183, aka Ed Bluestien, aka, Research...

Or East 1st street, aka Cesar Chavez

Or Hwy 71 west that is on the south side of town, and doesn't connect to 71 east until the north side of town.

[GOPisEvil]

39. RM 2222, Koenig, Northland Dr.

:D

[NoPasaran]

62. Or different roads have the same name

East Fifth and West Fifth are the same street
But South Fifth is completely different

[peekaloo]

57. Aren't Loops supposed to, well, loop around a city?

[GOPisEvil]

58. Loop 1 loops...sorta...

It kinda makes a skinny "C" shape...sorta...kinda...

Jeeeez, next you'll want Farm-to-Market Roads to only take vehicles which carry produce to market. :P

[peekaloo]

60. No faller offer of turnip trucks am I!

I thought FM was the road frequency......:dunce:

edit: or is that modulation?

My haid hurts from driving the C-Loop.

[GOPisEvil]

64. Then there's Ranch-to-Market Roads...

...as in RM2222, or Koenig Lane...or Northlands Dr....or...

[corporatewhore]

71. Construction on South First is never ending......

the strip between the bridge and oltorf fist they do oneside then they do the other and then they go back and work on the side they stared with and then the other side and repeat ad nausim

[Intelsucks]

72. See the middle of the thread... Do you want to meet us for breakfast

Sunday morning at Curra's South?

[INTELBYTES]

73. They keep going further south with it too.

Some day it will bump into San Marcos if they keep going!

[Gato Moteado]

78. "You Know You're Driving In Austin, Texas When....."

all the houses you see have christmas lights up....and it's july.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

80. KGSR comes in loud and strong!

http://www.kgsr.com/frames.html

Fav radio station, glad its on the web now.

[Intelsucks]

82. They put out a "best of" CD every year, I think.

But, they may be available only locally... Or maybe you can order one on the web.

[MrScorpio]

83. I last left Austin in '85

I don't know how many of these still count

The $500 deductible doesn't cover getting your longhorns back on your hood after an accident.

All the streets around UT are automatically reclassified as parking lots on gameday.

You try drive fast enough to jump the humps on the lower half of I-35

You say "what the fuck" and drive naked from from Hippy Holler to skinny dip in Barton Springs.

You think you hit the lotto if you find a parking spot on 6th St on a weekend night.

You think you hit the lotto if you find a parking spot within five blocks of 6th St on a weekend night.

Drive Ben White Blvd between 4pm and 6pm? You got more balls than I do.

You consider driving over a armadillo or a skunk a necessary badge of honor.

You're comforted by the fact that most of the streets have no sidewalks. That way those pesky pedestrians don't get in the way.