Aggie, Longhorns and everything Texas Discussions - TBD2024-03-29T15:58:13Zhttp://teebeedee.ning.com/group/aggielonghornsandeverythingtexas/forum?amp%3Bid=1991841%3AGroup%3A97469&%3Bpage=2&feed=yes&xn_auth=noTexas History and Texanstag:teebeedee.ning.com,2020-11-10:1991841:Topic:19088592020-11-10T04:34:53.303ZAggiehttp://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/Aggie
<p>A place for Texas History and people from Texas.</p>
<p>A place for Texas History and people from Texas.</p> Did you know?tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2020-01-16:1991841:Topic:18594712020-01-16T02:48:54.495ZAggiehttp://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/Aggie
<p>Did You Know. People used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot & then once a day it was taken & Sold to the tannery.......if you had to do this to survive you were "Piss Poor"<br></br> But worse than that were the really poor folk who couldn't even afford to buy a pot......they "didn't have a pot to piss in" & were the lowest of the low<br></br> The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like…</p>
<p>Did You Know. People used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot & then once a day it was taken & Sold to the tannery.......if you had to do this to survive you were "Piss Poor"<br/> But worse than that were the really poor folk who couldn't even afford to buy a pot......they "didn't have a pot to piss in" & were the lowest of the low<br/> The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be. <br/> Here are some facts about the 1500s:<br/> Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and they still smelled pretty good by June.. However, since they were starting to smell . ...... . Brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting Married.<br/> Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it.. Hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the Bath water!"<br/> Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof... Hence the saying "It's raining cats and dogs."<br/> There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence.<br/> The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying, "Dirt poor." The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until, when you opened the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entrance-way. Hence: a thresh hold.<br/> In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire.. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme: Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old. Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could, "bring home the bacon." They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and chew the fat.<br/> Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.<br/> Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or the upper crust.<br/> Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would Sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial.. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a wake.<br/> England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house, and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive... So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the graveyard shift.) to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be, saved by the bell or was considered a dead ringer.<br/> And that's the truth....Now, whoever said History was boring?</p> Sam Houston wanted to unite the the states by conquering Mexico...and avoid the Civil War...tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2019-07-16:1991841:Topic:18503052019-07-16T19:09:27.815ZAggiehttp://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/Aggie
<p>The people gathered on the Galveston wharf broke into cheers as soon as they saw him. There was no mistaking the tall, white-haired man in the Mexican sombrero and scrape descending the gangplank of the packet that had just docked. It was the old hero, Sam Houston, returning to Texas from Washington, where just a short time before he had completed his final term in the Senate. In cheering him that spring day in 1859, Texans felt that they were cheering Texas itself, so closely was he…</p>
<p>The people gathered on the Galveston wharf broke into cheers as soon as they saw him. There was no mistaking the tall, white-haired man in the Mexican sombrero and scrape descending the gangplank of the packet that had just docked. It was the old hero, Sam Houston, returning to Texas from Washington, where just a short time before he had completed his final term in the Senate. In cheering him that spring day in 1859, Texans felt that they were cheering Texas itself, so closely was he identified with the state, so great had been his part in its origin and development. More than that, they were honoring a man who could look back upon a career which extended over more than half the nation’s history—which, indeed, had contributed mightily to the shaping of that history.<br/> Born in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia in 1793, Houston travelled at the age of fourteen in a covered wagon with his widowed mother to the wilds of Tennessee. There he lived much of the time among the Cherokee Indians, who adopted him into their tribe and gave him the name of Co-lon-neh, “The Raven.” Ever afterward he found the company of the red man as congenial as that of the white (and sometimes more so). In addition, he acquired an Indianlike penchant for using subtle, secretive methods in achieving his ends. From an early age his strongest interest was the military life. When the War of 1812 began, he joined the army and became an officer; at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in eastern Alabama—where on March 27, 1814, Andrew Jackson and his Cherokee allies all but annihilated a stubborn band of Creeks—young Ensign Houston displayed outstanding gallantry, suffering terrible wounds and gaining the personal notice and favor of General Jackson. After the war he entered politics and with Jackson’s backing became first a member of Congress, then Governor of Tennessee. Some of his friends were beginning to speak of the White House when suddenly, without a word of explanation, he resigned the governorship, left his beautiful young wife of only a few weeks, and fled to the land of the Cherokees in Tennessee. All that is known with any certainty is that he had discovered that his wife loved another man, and that rather than hold her in a meaningless marriage, he sacrificed his political prospects and took himself out of her life.<br/> For the next several years he was a broken man. The Indians with whom he lived conferred upon him a new name—Oo-tse-tee Ar-dee-tah-skee, “Big Drunk.” But eventually he pulled himself together and in 1833 headed for Texas to realize the “great destiny” which he had always believed awaited him in the West. He quickly rose to prominence in Texas affairs, and when in 1835 the Americans there rebelled against the rule of the Mexican dictator Santa Anna, Houston became commander of the Texas army. Cleverly avoiding battle while his own forces grew stronger and the enemy’s weaker, he surprised and defeated Santa Anna at San Jacinto on April 21, 1836, thereby securing for Texas its independence. He served two terms as President of the new Lone Star Republic, and by skillful diplomacy helped bring about its annexation to the United States in 1845. During the years that ensued, he served as a senator in Washington, where he joined Clay and Webster in trying to maintain peace between North and South. Meanwhile, his first marriage having been dissolved, he married Margaret Lea—a union that was to prove as happy as the first had been tragic.</p>
<p></p> MeWetag:teebeedee.ning.com,2018-09-01:1991841:Topic:18216212018-09-01T22:01:13.640ZJulia A Knaakehttp://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/JULIAAKNAAKE
<p>Has anyone heard of:</p>
<p>MeWe - The Next-Gen Social Network<br/> I never heard of this before</p>
<p>and wondered if anyone heard of it</p>
<p>Has anyone heard of:</p>
<p>MeWe - The Next-Gen Social Network<br/> I never heard of this before</p>
<p>and wondered if anyone heard of it</p> Helpful Hintstag:teebeedee.ning.com,2013-07-25:1991841:Topic:15782572013-07-25T02:27:18.354ZAggiehttp://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/Aggie
<p>Place to post your helpful hints.</p>
<p>Place to post your helpful hints.</p> Jack Pardee an Aggie legendtag:teebeedee.ning.com,2013-04-02:1991841:Topic:15139402013-04-02T07:14:56.795ZAggiehttp://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/Aggie
<p><a href="http://blog.chron.com/ultimatetexans/2013/04/jack-pardee-was-a-genuine-texas-legend/">http://blog.chron.com/ultimatetexans/2013/04/jack-pardee-was-a-genuine-texas-legend/</a></p>
<p>John Perry Pardee (April 19, 1936 — April 1, 2013) was an American football linebacker and the only head coach to helm a team in college football, the National Football League, the United States Football League, the World Football League, and the Canadian Football League. Pardee was inducted into the…</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.chron.com/ultimatetexans/2013/04/jack-pardee-was-a-genuine-texas-legend/">http://blog.chron.com/ultimatetexans/2013/04/jack-pardee-was-a-genuine-texas-legend/</a></p>
<p>John Perry Pardee (April 19, 1936 — April 1, 2013) was an American football linebacker and the only head coach to helm a team in college football, the National Football League, the United States Football League, the World Football League, and the Canadian Football League. Pardee was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1986.</p> Willkommen Y’All!!tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2013-03-19:1991841:Topic:15037842013-03-19T02:18:23.282ZAggiehttp://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/Aggie
<p>You do not have to be German to enjoy this festival.</p>
<p>The 13th Annual Tomball German Heritage Festival will be March 22, 23, & 24 located on the Old Downtown Streets of Tomball Texas near 201 S. Elm St., Main St. (FM 2920), and Market St. It is a Music/Street festival celebrating German and ethnic heritage with 5 stages of live music entertainment “happy music for happy people”, special contest, ethnic and festival food, beer, wine, 150 street vendors, all kinds of German souvenirs…</p>
<p>You do not have to be German to enjoy this festival.</p>
<p>The 13th Annual Tomball German Heritage Festival will be March 22, 23, & 24 located on the Old Downtown Streets of Tomball Texas near 201 S. Elm St., Main St. (FM 2920), and Market St. It is a Music/Street festival celebrating German and ethnic heritage with 5 stages of live music entertainment “happy music for happy people”, special contest, ethnic and festival food, beer, wine, 150 street vendors, all kinds of German souvenirs and clothing, arts crafts, antiques, Heritage Center, German church service, fireworks, carnival, pony ride, petting zoo, strolling music makers, street performers, and much more. Like Oktoberfest in March! Admission, parking and shuttle are FREE!.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.tomballgermanfest.org/about-us/">http://www.tomballgermanfest.org/about-us/</a></p> Marfa Lightstag:teebeedee.ning.com,2013-01-06:1991841:Topic:14400972013-01-06T04:31:56.379ZElayne Bullishttp://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/ElayneBullis
<p>My parents were from Marfa. I'm sure many of you have heard of the "Mysterious Marfa Lights". has any one seen them? What do you think?</p>
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<p>My parents were from Marfa. I'm sure many of you have heard of the "Mysterious Marfa Lights". has any one seen them? What do you think?</p>
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</p> San Antonio Riverwalk Meetingtag:teebeedee.ning.com,2012-11-27:1991841:Topic:13982162012-11-27T02:31:02.950ZAggiehttp://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/Aggie
<p>SKIT on the Riverwalk in San Antonio November 30th, December 1, 2.</p>
<p>This will be a meeting of former Eons and TBDers.</p>
<p>Head Quarters will be Drury Plaza San Antonio Riverwalk</p>
<p>105 SOUTH ST. MARYS STREET San Antonio, TX, 78205</p>
<p>I will be staying at The Menger Hotel across the street from the Alamo this weekend. Anyone want to share a room?<br></br><a href="http://youtu.be/hJPTKcX5pGY">http://youtu.be/hJPTKcX5pGY</a></p>
<p>Dinner Friday night at 7:30 on the…</p>
<p>SKIT on the Riverwalk in San Antonio November 30th, December 1, 2.</p>
<p>This will be a meeting of former Eons and TBDers.</p>
<p>Head Quarters will be Drury Plaza San Antonio Riverwalk</p>
<p>105 SOUTH ST. MARYS STREET San Antonio, TX, 78205</p>
<p>I will be staying at The Menger Hotel across the street from the Alamo this weekend. Anyone want to share a room?<br/><a href="http://youtu.be/hJPTKcX5pGY">http://youtu.be/hJPTKcX5pGY</a></p>
<p>Dinner Friday night at 7:30 on the Riverwalk.</p>
<p>The Mercado, Market Square is the largest Mexican market in the U.S. <a href="http://www.visitsanantonio.com/visitors/play/attraction-details/index.aspx?id=2010">http://www.visitsanantonio.com/visitors/play/attraction-details/index.aspx?id=2010</a></p>
<p>Saturday night riding the river boat.</p>
<p>I will be coming Friday after finish baking kolaches and feed the cows.</p> Tomball German Christmas Markettag:teebeedee.ning.com,2011-12-01:1991841:Topic:13244782011-12-01T08:33:55.017ZAggiehttp://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/Aggie
<p>German Christmas Market “Weihnachtsmarkt Texas Style”</p>
<p>December 9, 10 &11, 2011, “Second Saturday & Sunday in December”<br></br> Fri 6 pm-10 pm Sat 10 am – 10 pm Sun 12 am – 6 pm</p>
<p>Come and enjoy the family-friendly ambience – Gemütlichkeit – of this unique music/street festival with three stages of live music and an open air market along with antique shops in the old town area.</p>
<p>Tap your feet to the music of Alpenfest, Chris Rybak, Terry Cavanaugh, Das Ist Lustig,…</p>
<p>German Christmas Market “Weihnachtsmarkt Texas Style”</p>
<p>December 9, 10 &11, 2011, “Second Saturday & Sunday in December”<br/> Fri 6 pm-10 pm Sat 10 am – 10 pm Sun 12 am – 6 pm</p>
<p>Come and enjoy the family-friendly ambience – Gemütlichkeit – of this unique music/street festival with three stages of live music and an open air market along with antique shops in the old town area.</p>
<p>Tap your feet to the music of Alpenfest, Chris Rybak, Terry Cavanaugh, Das Ist Lustig, Tubameisters, Valina, and get into the festive spirit with the sounds of strolling Christmas carolers. It’s a Texas German celebration at Christmas time on the old downtown streets of Tomball Texas.</p>
<p>An estimated 150 unique and interesting street vendors will line Market and S. Walnut Streets, selling German Christmas items, arts and crafts, and much more. Visit the “Weihnachtshaus” inside the Community Center at 221 Market Street at the corner of Cherry Street which will be filled with German clothes and souvenirs for sell.</p>
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