Bible Belt

[howdy ya'll]

Is this area considered part of the Bible Belt?

[sparky-4]

Is this area considered part of the Bible Belt?

the buckle..

[bigfatfurrytexan]

Is this area considered part of the Bible Belt?

you live in a town with ACU, HSU (GO COWBOYS!!!), and McMurray...and you have to ask?

LOL...that is hilarious.

[howdy ya'll]

It floors me that there is a church on every corner.....really, it is amazing the most amazing thing I have seen! And yet beggars on north 1st and more crime than I thought. It is a good place tho.

[howdy ya'll]

Does mean Huckabee was a favorite here?

[sparky-4]

It floors me that there is a church on every corner.....really, it is amazing the most amazing thing I have seen! And yet beggars on north 1st and more crime than I thought. It is a good place tho.

don't let the beggars fool you.

The hang out on the corner to get CASH to buy BOOZE

if the beggars go to a church, they will get food, clothes, general help and hopefully some spiritual guidance, but rarely will churches give cash because they know what it will be spent on.

The beggars on the corners is a simple supply and demand,
People feel guilty and give them cash, they buy booze with it

Jesus even said the the poor would always be with us

No matter how much money, how many shelters, or churches are in a town, there will be beggars

[AHS1960]

you live in a town with ACU, HSU (GO COWBOYS!!!), and McMurray...and you have to ask?

LOL...that is hilarious.

Yep, I grew up in Abilene, went to 1st grade at ACC, started college at McMurry, and graduated from HSU. I really made the rounds. Back then Abilene was a great place to live. Don't spend much time there any more.

[bigfatfurrytexan]

Yep, I grew up in Abilene, went to 1st grade at ACC, started college at McMurry, and graduated from HSU. I really made the rounds. Back then Abilene was a great place to live. Don't spend much time there any more.

It has its shady parts, but is still a great town.

last time i was there, some overweight creepy guy kept trying to stalk my 10 year old. Finally, at the third store i saw him approach my son at, i ran him off. He acted insulted...but what kind of guy approaches a 10 year old boy in three separate stores?

All in all, it is a good town i think. just like any other town.

[AHS1960]

The house I grew up in on North 15th and Beech, the last time I went by there a couple of years ago, was condemed and awaiting destruction. Sad, I, my friends also, had many great times in the old neigoborhood. College Heights Elementary School, North Junior High School, Abilene High School, such powerful, powerful memories.

Opps, sorry, I was not trying to hijack this thread, just got over whelmed by the memeories. Us old folks do that from time to time. Sorry.

[800trunkerman]

I do too sometimes, AHS1960. Not a prob. I'm an old Cooper grad. Finally got out of there in 1967, about 7 years after your graduation from AHS. They really whompered us good last ball game!

[AHS1960]

I do too sometimes, AHS1960. Not a prob. I'm an old Cooper grad. Finally got out of there in 1967, about 7 years after your graduation from AHS. They really whompered us good last ball game!

Yes, when I graduated AHS it was the only High School in Abilene. I remember as a kid going to Woodson High School football games. My next door neghibor drove a school bus so I got to go to some great football games and see some great bands when I was a kid. Once again, ahh, the memories.

[bigfatfurrytexan]

when i was in high school, we were in the same district as Abilene Wylie. District 7-AAA.

One year, when Ballinger was #2 in the state, Wylie put the whuppin on them. We had to play them the very next week. And we won 19-7. Biggest game of my high school life (was a sophomore at the time).

That same year, Wylie lost a player to a broken neck during kick return. It was a very somber year for them, and they played like men possessed.

Man, i miss those days. *sigh*