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Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen of Texas!

I am still recovering from my Heart Transplant surgery but I feel much better, healthier and stronger now. I would like to thank everyone in Texas who has prayed not merely for my recovery, but for strength for my family as well. That said, thank you from the bottom of my newly transplanted heart. Your prayers and support are GREATLY appreciated by me. :)

Issues Test Bed, Britain and her dominions

Issues Test Bed wrote:

Done.

Britain and her dominions wrote:

My physics teacher of a few years back had a heart transplant and three years later he’s back to leading a mountain climbing expedition! So there’s definitely a lot of hope.

Will happily pray for him.

Thank you Buddies. MUCHLY appreciated. :)

NewTexas

Thank you for all the Texas Shout Outs, Big Tex my Buddy. My son Vincent informed me about the Shout Outs and they are GREATLY appreciated. :)

NewTexas wrote:

***** Texas Shout Outs *****

@ Fort verden - The Eternal Emperor, Verner Von Richthofen, we are so happy to hear you got the new heart and came through the surgery like the champion you are. Stay strong, stay sharp, stay well. Just like any other race, we know you will put your all into this one and ultimately win. Dig deep, Buddy!

Big Tex my Buddy, I am neither as athletic nor as fit as I used to be and therefore I am done being an Elite Endurance Athlete. I would like to merely stay alive and be around for my beloved wife Leia and our three precious sons, as well as my extended family and friends, including everyone in Texas who has prayed for me. :)

NewTexas wrote:

***** Texas Shout Outs *****

@ Fort verden - Texans, more prayers are still needed for our community leader and Texas Representative Council member, The Eternal Emperor, Verner Von Richthofen. As you may be aware, he recently got a brand new heart and needs all the help he can in getting acclimated with it. Be strong, Buddy! It is just like breaking in a new horse, We know you can do it. Also, we hope the entire Fort Verden family knows they are in our prayers as well.

Oh God Buddy. Nyah ha ha ha! :)

@ Indian Empire and NewTexas: Buddies, I am praying for both MaIE and MaTex to make a speedy recovery and get well as soon as possible.

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Have an absolutely fantastic, healthy and safe day everyone!

Your Buddy Verner

Taco Time! Are you ready for some Saturday Breakfast, still All-Fresh, still All-New? With one Year of Saturday Breakfast In Place under our belt, it is time to kick it into creativity overdrive! Bring out the Drones! The NewTexas Happy Taco Stands, in conjunction with the NewTexas Incendiary Corporation, has approximately 1 trillion of the fastest, lightest drones you have ever seen. This fleet is specially designed to deliver tacos to every man, woman, child, whatever, in Texas, all 2,501,836,000,000 of you.

Today's special breakfast will Saturday Grilled Chicken & Egg Breakfast Tacos [COVID-19 Week LXX Edition]! This is not your Tinga and egg taco; the Head Chef tapping out the to the Head Griller today! Forget the haute cuisine this week and fire up the grill because there is nothing humble about this breakfast taco. The only part of the chicken we are grilling today is the thighs. They have been marinated overnight in lime juice, olive oil, a touch of soy sauce and lots of chili powder, cayenne powder, comino and a touch of Mexican oregano give this chicken a twang that will make you stand up and say "¡Hola!". It is grilled over a flaming hot charcoal grill until done with a few crispy bits to let you know it is grilled chicken. As soon as it is done, the Abuelas get to work chopping it into a medium dice to be scrambled into our traditional electric-yellow, Grade AA Large Brown organic eggs. A healthy scoopful is quickly added to a Fresh, homemade flour tortilla made with love, just for you, Texas. Remember, a whole egg in every taco!®

Today's Special Salsa is our still-new, super-spunky - Jalapeño Ranch - this bad boy is nothing more than thick sour cream, chopped jalapeño peppers, fresh cilantro, a hint of garlic, a pinch of salt, and a touch of lime juice. A sealed cup of Texas-made Monterrey Jack cheese is also included in case you need a cheese fix. The taco is hermetically sealed in a Stay-Warm® pouch that is wrapped in the same ol' aluminum foil we are all so familiar with for our breakfast taco. We are trying to keep it real, peeps. For your beverage accompaniment, a packet of Sanka, Tang and a Lipton Tea bag will be included with every delivery as well as salt and pepper and a napkin. Yes, it is different, but it works and you do not even have to leave your residence. Woo! And, watch out for the drones! Start your day off the right way; munch out and go back to sleep. You know you want to!®

Stay Safe Texas. Stay Well. Hang in there!

***** Texas Shout Outs *****

@ Fort verden - It is so nice seeing Verner up and about!

***** Texas Chat Reminder *****

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The Texas Chat Site is here: http://texasregion.net/blab70/login.php

Please register with your nation name. This is a great opportunity for nations old and new to Texas to find out what is going on! We chat, debate, talk about the weather, talk about stuff we like, stuff we hate, random stuff, and more stuff. But, it is never stuffy. Usually, it is about meeting your fellow Texans and talking about the latest and most interesting stuff in NationStates at the moment. But then again, sometimes NationStates does not even come up. It is wide-open chatting with peeps from around The World both IRL and NS. It is Texans, EuroTexans, WannabeTexans, ex-Texans, VirtualTexans, and plenty of Friends of Texans. We have it all and all are welcome. Texas Chat, 849 weeks and running! For the math-challenged, that is over 16¾ years! Check it out! Good stuff!

Vincent's Sunday Surprise Beverage Bonanza

Howdy Dudes and Dudettes of Texas!

Today's Sunday Surprise Beverage is Make - Your - Own - Beverage Day! I've got lots of Large Boxes full of drink making ingredients stacked up right here and I'm going to beam them directly into the home of every Texan in Texas. Everyone will receive a Large Box and it'll materialize on the table closest to you. With all the drink ingredients in your box you can make Masala Chai, Grape Summer Punch and Bird of Paradise Cocktail. There's enough ingredients to make 3 glasses of each drink. You can keep the Instructional Guide CD as my gift to you:

When blending drinks in your blender always add your ice at the end so it doesn't jam up the blender. Also if you've got alcohol in your house and you desire an alcoholic drink just mix your own booze into the beverages.

And today I've included a large container full of Homemade Trail Mix with a variety of nuts, seeds and chocolate chips in everyone's box. This is the snack that’ll provide healthy fats to keep y’all full and a little hit of chocolate to prevent going for the less healthy chocolate bars!

I hope y'all enjoy today's Sunday Surprise Snack and Beverages. Yeehaw! :)

Vincent

Gig em Aggies wrote:

What do you guys think of the latest offering from the famous Rumor Mill about OU & TU contacting the SEC about want to play red rover red rover can OU & TU come over.

I'm sure you're thrilled. As a TCU alum, I'm as thrilled as you are.

One wonders if they're truly doing what's best for themselves in the long-term. That SEC money won't last forever. Will the Longhorns be satisfied with going 7-5 or 6-6 every season? Will OU be satisfied with fewer conference championships and a much harder road to the playoffs?

It might not be tomorrow, it might not be in a few years, but one day I think they will regret their decision. The SEC actually made a lot of sense for A&M at the time, it wasn't just about the money. The only factor in UT and OU's decision today was money.

Wouldn't surprise me if OSU refuses to schedule OU in any sports in the future, a la Kansas/Mizzou. Same with the Texas schools and UT. Their greed is going to result in these other 8 schools (assuming they don't get invites to another conference) a net loss of tens of millions of dollars every year. KU is really the only one that is going to interest someone (B1G) and it remains to be seen how much interest is actually there. The Pac-12 adding any of these schools is a pipe dream. Perhaps West Virginia can finally get into the ACC, but that's not very likely.

College football used to value history and tradition above all else. Those traditions have been dying a slow, painful death. Kansas/Mizzou was at one time the most-played rivalry game west of the Mississippi. Kansas, K State, OU, and Iowa State have been in the same conference over 100 years. All of it has been tossed aside for a cash grab.

Better hope it works out for you, if you're a UT/OU fan. Don't let the door hit you on the backside when you leave.

I give the A&M board of regents a 5 https://youtu.be/GUPRDnYwp74 out of 5 and John Sharp 6 https://youtu.be/GUPRDnYwp74 out of 5

NewTexas wrote:

We strongly suggest peeps vote FOR "Declaration on Hippopotamuses" in the Security Council. Just Google Hippopatimusues in Columbia if for no other reason. Thank you and thank you to It s that bear again's alt-nation for bringing this important Declaration to the Council's attention. Anything that is alive and weighs more than 2 tons is truly notable and worthy of respect (even if (and especially if) it is ornery).

World Assembly: Security Council

<<Fort Verden's vote for "Declaration on Hippopotamuses" has been noted.>>

Done! :)

If I had to pick one, I'd probably pick the Winter Olympics but since the option for both is there, I'll take it.

Vincent's Sunday Surprise Beverage Bonanza

Howdy Dudes and Dudettes of Texas!

Today's Sunday Surprise Beverage is Make - Your - Own - Beverage Day! I've got lots of Large Boxes full of drink making ingredients stacked up right here and I'm going to beam them directly into the home of every Texan in Texas. Everyone will receive a Large Box and it'll materialize on the table closest to you. With all the drink ingredients in your box you can make Roasted Peach and Strawberry Fizzes, Strawberry Limeade Slushies and Strawberry Colada Smoothies. There's enough ingredients to make 3 glasses of each drink. You can keep the Instructional Guide CD as my gift to you:

When blending drinks in your blender always add your ice at the end so it doesn't jam up the blender. Also if you've got alcohol in your house and you desire an alcoholic drink just mix your own booze into the beverages.

And today I've included a large container full of a dozen Strawberry-Chocolate Greek Yogurt Barks in everyone’s Box. Lightly sweetened Greek yogurt gets studded with fresh strawberries and chocolate chips and then frozen so you can break it into chunks just like chocolate bark (but healthier!). This colorful snack or healthy dessert is perfect for y'all. We used full-fat yogurt to make these barks really creamy.

I hope y'all enjoy today's Sunday Surprise Snack and Beverages. Yeehaw! :)

Vincent

Trecdom2 wrote:

This better not turn into another Go nowhere Do Nothing Autumn

Our government seems to be leaning that way.

NewTexas wrote:

There should be some form of Olympics every year!

Only on one condition. That condition is the participants keep their politics off the field, out of sight, and in their pockets while they are representing this nation.

Gig em Aggies wrote:

I got it instead of elections anyone wanting to be elected as a politician in the US should be forced to participate in a Political Olympics and the winner gets the office. We have the same scoring system for the candidates then the overall winner with the most Gold medals gets to be POTUS while the person with the next highest amount of Gold medals gets to be the VPOTUS.

I'd be more interested in elections that cannot be stolen.

Issues Test Bed wrote:

Only on one condition. That condition is the participants keep their politics off the field, out of sight, and in their pockets while they are representing this nation.

And that is why our fondness for the NFL and NBA is waning.

Looks like I have Tue off. I kind of want to do something but have no idea what. Which means I'll probably just watch Netflix

Vincent's Sunday Surprise Beverage Bonanza

Howdy Dudes and Dudettes of Texas!

Today's Sunday Surprise Beverage is Make - Your - Own - Beverage Day! I've got lots of Large Boxes full of drink making ingredients stacked up right here and I'm going to beam them directly into the home of every Texan in Texas. Everyone will receive a Large Box and it'll materialize on the table closest to you. With all the drink ingredients in your box you can make Cardinal Punch Mocktails, Frozen Apple Margaritas and Virgin Cranberry Basil Sangrias. There's enough ingredients to make 3 glasses of each drink. You can keep the Instructional Guide CD as my gift to you:

When blending drinks in your blender always add your ice at the end so it doesn't jam up the blender. Also if you've got alcohol in your house and you desire an alcoholic drink just mix your own booze into the beverages.

And today I've included a large container full of Beach Snack Mix in everyone’s Box. This snack mix contains Corn Chex, Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Pretzel Crackers, Cheerios, Cheese Balls and Stauffer's Whales Snack Crackers. It's lightly flavored with a spicy sauce made of butter, minced garlic, Worchestershire sauce, Lawry’s seasoning salt, Tabasco sauce and onion powder. Y'all will quickly find that one fistful of this Beach Snack Mix won't be enough to satisfy your snack craving ... Cause this crunchy and salty combo of crackers lightly flavored with a spicy sauce is really addictive.

I hope y'all enjoy today's Sunday Surprise Snack and Beverages. Yeehaw! :)

Vincent