TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS - SATURDAY NIGHT - ESPNU - 8 P.M.
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Why live in Lubbock?
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@wrwlumpy steak looks awesome!
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Glad you posted pictures of the dust storms. I was going to post this one myself:
I work in the asphalt construction industry, and a lot of my travel takes me all over Texas. Lubbock is by far my least favorite place to visit, and you can see why. Anyone who complains about I-70 in West Kansas being too flat, has never driven I-27 from Lubbock to the South end of Palo Duro Canyon. Amarillo fares much better than Lubbock in terms of dust, because the Amarillo area at least has some of its natural grassland in tact.
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Good ol’ Lubbock. One of the most isolated college towns there is because there is nothing within about 2 hours of Lubbock.
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The reason people live there is because there is water in the middle of one of the driest places on earth. Vegas would not be there without water. In the case of Lubbock, they are part of the Ogallala Aquifer.
An underwater reservoir that allows many Plains State the ability to irrigate and grow crops.
Unfortunately, it is being overused. There is runoff that goes back into the soil, but the reserve can be used up and won’t return for 6000 years after it is gone. Last year, it became lower by almost 2%. Scientist say at this rate, the water will be gone by 2028. Fortunately, farmers and legislators in all of the plains states are using less to conserve as much as they can.
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Fan Jeff Orr
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@DanR Pineville 1957 to 1962.
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@wrwlumpy That’s awesome to have been able to hear instructions from a coaching legend.
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They beat Texas, Minnesota and Richmond. They won 10 straight when they beat Texas. The were behind to ISU by four with 1:20 minutes left. It will be crowded at the United Spirit Center and Tubby, the man with a National Championship knows how to coach.
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@wrwlumpy I’ve been through those in lubbock.
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@wrwlumpy Pineville was an island during the recent floods much worse than usual.
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@wrwlumpy Mac Davis singing “Happiness is Lubbock Texas in the Rear-view Mirror” classic!
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Thanks @wrwlumpy. Great work! I saw Delbert McClinton here in Austin back in the early 80’s so many times at Antones. He was a regular here. Brings back memories. MORE COWBELL!!!
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Love that song. Mac Davis was a heck of a song writer…
I guess happiness was Lubbock, Texas
In my rear view mirror
But now happiness is Lubbock, Texas
Growing nearer and dearer
Good ol’ boys always go back home…
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@Barney You know Pineville?
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@wrwlumpy That’s a little west of Amarillo on I-40.
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You do terrific work @wrwlumpy. Thanks for what ya do!
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And Tubby will try and slow down possessions knowing that KU likes tempo. He’s done this in the past and I’m sure the whole game plan will revolve around limiting possessions
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@wrwlumpy Sure, I live just outside Carl Junction.
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@wrwlumpy That’s a nice arena they built there.
