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Re: Hello?
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Sat, 17 Oct 1998 15:03:00 GMT
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Michael Huffman writes:
> > > What if I just blink once for yes & twice for no? :)
> > ;) does that answer it.
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> ;), it does!
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> > I am just guessing but if you lived in Plano once upon a time then I am
> > supposing you were not from the area originally. Not that it is a bad
> > place but plano especially is a destination of people moving to dallas.
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> ...I'm guessing you subscribe to that "Once a Texan, always a Texan"
> idealology? :) Where a Texan would never willingly leave Texas.
Only sortof. I think I am properly proud of the Texas Heritage. I enjoy
teasing the yankees I know but only in a good natured sort of way.
> Yes, I'm from Ohio (and have moved back, with a year stint in Atlanta
> before moving back). I moved down there for about a year... actually,
> many of the people (90% or better) I met, were not originally from Texas.
> Many were from the mid-west, like myself. Learned a few Texas A&M jokes
> & learned how to make fun of people from Arkansas... which is not too hard,
> considering the recent political scandals. :)
We actually relocated some people from cleveland to dallas. and did a lot of
business with NCS pharmacy services out of Cincinatti(sp?). Aggie jokes and
Arkansas humor. A texas tradition.
> ...Now that I think about it, I lived in North Dallas; across the street was
> Plano, but I was close enough that I just said Plano.
I am probably not far from there now. I live near Frankford and the Tollway
which is a real jumble. 3 counties come together there and you have addison,
carrollton, dallas, plano city limits to contend with also.
> ...To this day, I still have my Texas driver's license. Doesn't expire
> until 2000, so why turn it in?
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> The only thing I didn't like about Plano was that there was too much
> construction going on & the area was too new... I like trees for some
> reason, big trees, not the gangly looking things that they stick out
> front of new houses. And the strip malls on every courner -- at the
> time it was both convient and annoying -- but now I kinda wished I'd
> gotten back into LEGO collecting when I'd lived down there... I just
> ponder the possibilities...
I agree with the tree thing. Texas is not bad for native trees but the new
housing additions alway seem to plant one tree per yard and it usually isn't
even a tree that flourishes in this area.
I have only come out of my dark ages this summer so I am slowing getting
better at finding and identifying good deals.
> Pepsi-Lay... you're not serious are you? I hadn't heard that one.
> But I guess it's not surprising. Frito-Lay was Pepsi's cash cow. I'm
> actually more surprised Pepsi sold off KFC, Pizza Hut or was it Taco Bell?
> ...Pepsi-Lay... Mr. Lay doesn't own Pepsi, does he? I still think
> Frito-Lay needs to break away from Pepsi; Pepsico keeps sucking them
> dry.
I know I read this in the paper but I don't find it on the internet. It had
to do with spinning off the three restaurants in one deal and focusing on
softdrink and snacks as the core products of the business. the pepsico home
page discusses these individually but doesn't mention pepsi-lay. Maybe I
dreamed it up.
> At the time I worked there, they were doing a little test marketing with
> the chips in the can idea.... The package looked like a Pepsi can, but
> you opened it up and it had chips inside. I had Baked Lays before they
> hit the market, the Tabascco flavored Fritos, the Nestle chocolate covered
> Royal Gold pretzels, etc. -- I really enjoyed working there; hated to
> leave, but I wanted to be closer to family (most of vacation time was
> spent isiting family) & the consulting firm I was with at the time, I
> was barely making ends meet.
>
> --Mike.
Sounds like it was interesting work. I enjoy it here and will probably stay
for some of the same reasons you went back. All of the family has been in
dallas for a very long time.
--chris
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