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Originally Posted by Michelle
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Was it something I said?
Michelle, I'm sorry if I have an opposing point of view from you. But I would really like to hear what you have to say. (Go ahead,
me!)
I don't know why, but I feel I have to explain myself...
What I said in my post is what I deal with in everyday life right here in "Foat Wurth, Texas." I've lived here since I was 8. Most
(not ALL) pickup truck drivers around here are nothing but wanna-be cowboys and think they own the road when they're in their pickups.
Don't get me wrong about the location. Fort Worth is a great place to live. I also have great respect for the
REAL cowboys/girls in this area or anywhere. Though I've never been one of those real cowboys I have a pretty good idea what it is to be one. I've also ridden a horse or two in my time.
When I was a kid My Aunt Zoe had a
real working farm in Oklahoma with dairy cows, horses, pigs and chickens. She also grew her own vegetables in a garden behind her house. Corn, okra, green beans, peas, cabbage. You name it, she grew it. When her husband passed away she continued working that farm until she died.
I also have two cousins in Clay County, TX. that still raise cattle for a living and use some of my mothers' land left to her by my grandfather to graze them on.
Then there are my relatives down in Bell County. One cousin left ranching for construction because the ranching life was so difficult. An uncle was County Commisioner of that same county for a number of years (over 10). Other aunts and uncles still manage farms there growing hay and raising cattle.
And you know what? They all drive pickups.
The point is that none of these "pickup truck drivers" I am related to exhibit any of the traits of the "midnight cowboy" type of pickup driver I am refering to in my post and encounter every day. The ones that have no regard for anyone else on the road, can't park without taking up more than one space, or know how to use their turn signals. If they even know what a turn signal is.