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Comment by Aggie on October 5, 2009 at 7:15pm

One of my former Aggie classmates.

Comment by Aggie on October 5, 2009 at 10:59am

Comment by Aggie on October 2, 2009 at 2:35pm

ROSCOE TURBINES TURN ON

ROSCOE (Abilene Reporter News) – Phase IV of the Roscoe Wind Complex began operation Thursday, making it the world’s largest functioning wind farm.

Equipped with 627 turbines capable of generating more than 780 megawatts, the wind farm is the flagship project for E.ON North America.

The Roscoe Wind Complex first began generating electricity in February 2008 when Phase One was complete. Phase Two went live one month later, and Phase Three began operations in March.

Altogether, the complex can provide power for 230,000 homes.

Comment by Aggie on October 1, 2009 at 8:08pm

Comment by Aggie on September 23, 2009 at 9:43pm

Old Cowboy An old cowboy sat down at the Starbucks and ordered a cup of coffee.
As he sat sipping his coffee, a young woman sat down next to him.
She turned to the cowboy and asked, 'Are you a real cowboy?'

He replied, 'Well, I've spent my whole life breaking colts, working cows, going to rodeos, fixing fences, pulling calves, bailing hay, doctoring calves, cleaning my barn, fixing flats, working on tractors, and feeding my dogs, so I guess I am a cowboy.'

She said, 'I'm a lesbian. I spend my whole day thinking about naked women. As soon as I get up in the morning, I think about naked women. When I shower, I think about naked women. When I watch TV, I think about naked women. It seems everything makes me think of naked women.'

The two sat sipping in silence.

A little while later, a man sat down on the other side of the old cowboy and asked, 'Are you a real cowboy?'

He replied, 'I always thought I was, but I just found out I'm a lesbian. '

Comment by Aggie on September 18, 2009 at 6:48pm

A Texas Rancher in the Dallas Morning News and found it online too. Great story about what a Texas rancher has endured in the past year. I do hope that after all these years he can survive.


http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/091309dntexranch.3fef61c.html

Comment by Aggie on September 17, 2009 at 8:08pm

Washington County Fair, Brenham Texas. Sept. 16-19th. Oldest County Fair in Texas since 1868. Below is my 2008 Dairy Judging Team. Having won 1st place in 2007 and 2008, hoping to make three in a row this year.

Comment by Aggie on September 17, 2009 at 7:44pm

COASTAL PROTECTION PLAN BIGGEST EVER FOR TEXAS


GALVESTON (Associated Press) – A year after Hurricane Ike destroyed thousands of homes in Galveston, Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson has announced a $135.4 million plan to fight beach erosion and defend the coast against hurricanes.

Patterson said the plan marks the biggest effort of its kind in Texas history.

Work will begin immediately on 26 projects spanning the Texas coastline. The biggest will be a more than $46 million beach renourishment that will replace sand over a six-mile stretch from the west end of Galveston's seawall.

Other projects include $32 million to restore dunes along 20 miles of beaches that protect the McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge, $18.3 million to rebuild dunes on Bolivar Peninsula and a $1 million test project on South Padre Island that will place concrete-filled tubes underwater in beaches on the north end. The tubes will slow erosion by retaining sand usually lost to waves and currents.

Patterson said the state is allocating $25 million for the effort. Matching funds from local communities and the federal government bring the total to more than $135 million.

Comment by Aggie on September 10, 2009 at 8:27pm

Bus Stop In a crowded city at a busy bus stop, a beautiful young woman who was waiting for a bus was wearing a tight mini skirt.

As the bus stopped and it was her turn to get on, she became aware that her skirt was too tight to allow her leg to come up to the height of the first step of the bus.

Slightly embarrassed and with a quick smile to the bus driver, she reached behind her to unzip her skirt a little, thinking that this would give her enough slack to raise her leg.

Again, she tried to make the step only to discover she still couldn't.

So, a little more embarrassed, she once again reached behind her to unzip her skirt a little more, and for the second time attempted the step, and, once again, much to her dismay, she could not raise her leg.

With a little smile to the driver, she again reached behind a third time to unzip a little more and again was unable to make the step.

About this time, a large Texan who was standing behind her picked her up easily by the waist and placed her gently on the step of the bus.

She went ballistic and turned to the would be Samaritan and yelled, "How dare you touch my body! I don't even know who you are!"

The Texan smiled and drawled, "Well, ma'am, normally I would agree with you, but after you unzipped my fly three times, I kinda figured we was friends!"

Comment by Aggie on September 9, 2009 at 7:50pm

TEXAS METROS AMONG BEST TO LIVE, WORK

NEW YORK (Forbes.com) – Dallas, Houston and Austin are among the top four U.S. cities in which to earn a living, according to Forbes Magazine.

The magazine found Dallas to be the most desirable city in the nation to live and work, while Houston was second and Austin came in fourth.

Among the best reasons to take up residence in Houston or Dallas, according to Forbes, is the number of top-ranked companies headquartered in each city: 38 and 15, respectively.

The rankings were determined by median income, cost of living, job growth and the quality of the business environment.

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