Texas BS Thread

Last year was my first time and it was a great time! No way will I miss it this year. Theres a ton of info in last years thread https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...recreation-area-gilmer-tx-may-4th-7th.467669/ If you have the slightest interest in going then you def should. Its well worth it.

 

Looks like I’m headed down to Cedar Park Saturday morning

 

Nice work!! Looks great!​

What do you have planned for the turn signals?

 

Anyone get in on the TRD Pro suspension deal? If so how do you like the ride and look?

 

Okay guys, I have a couple of questions. I'm working in Odessa for the next couple of weeks (I'll be in Amarillo next month, then Dallas in April). First, WTF is the smell in Odessa? Is it from the oil fields? and second, how the hell was it 70 degrees and sunny yesterday, but this morning there is ice on my rental car? This Florida boy is having trouble adjusting!

 

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Yea it’s the oil smell. Wife is from Midland so we’re out that way a lot. Not much to do there especially in Odessa. Go in to midland if you want to eat/drink. Hit up jumburrito for some tasty food, along with Rosas for great fast food Mexican. Go by TNT for hella good donuts. Stay away from Rankin highway if you value your life and sanity. The west side of midland off 191 is newer and nice for eating/drinking. Go eat the onion rings at clear springs.

Weather is this way in Texas. It’s crazy, stick around 5 minutes it will change.

If you have any questions or need some info about anything just PM me I’ll help ya out

 

Much appreciated. Normally when I'm onsite I don't get to see much other than what's in between the site and the hotel (I'm working 10-14 hours per day for 12 days straight), but if I get out and about I'll keep those places in mind.

 

Are you a Geo guy? My brother n law is a geologist for a company out there

 

Nope. My company is opening a plasma donation center here. We have one in Longview and one in Irving currently, but are adding 4 more in Texas this year (Odessa, Amarillo, Dallas, and Bedford). We tend to stay along the east coast (6 in Florida, 3 in SC, 4 in NC, and one in MS), but we ultimately open the centers wherever our customers want them.

 

Ahhh ok that Odessa one will probably stay pretty busy lol might need to filter the blood a tad extra to remove the oil and shit tap water containment’s they got out there

 

That's what we're hoping for. Truth be told, Dallas Fort Worth is a freaking gold mine for plasma centers. There are already 20, we are adding 2, and most of our competitors are going to be opening centers there in the near future.

 

Yea it is. Lots of folks needing that extra cash I reckon. Medic buddy works in one screening folks and he stays pretty busy

 

I've opened three there (ImmunoTek - Irving, Octapharma - Fort Worth, and Octapharma - Garland). Zombieland came out between our opening of Garland and Fort Worth. We laughed our asses off at the opening scene.

 

Yup good ol garland! A shit hole. Octa eh? That’s ones I see the most advertising for business.

 

I went once in Arlington many years ago, and they told me they only take new people at 7am, coz have no time otherwise. Being the college student I was, I was not going in at no 7am appointment.

 

Lmao I bet not

 

Never realized movie said that. Never been to Garland. See it on the news a lot.

 

It’s a shithole, you ain’t missing much.

 

In Odessa it's H2S - smells like rotten eggs. If you can smell it, it won't kill you. It's not as bad in Midland, but as you go further west until about Kermit, it's going to be there. Some would say it's the smell of money... I could give you a rundown of where the H2S is and how it affects a person, but I'm sure that's beyond the scope of our little thread. Lived out there a good portion of my life. Don't plan on moving back. How's that water tasting?