If you are going to visit dallas you must read!!!
04-09-2002, 12:22 PM
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If you are going to visit dallas you must read!!!
VISITOR'S GUIDE TO DALLAS, TX
Life in America's Fifth Largest City
1. You must learn to pronounce the city name. It is DAL-LUS, or DAA-LIS
depending on if you live inside or outside LBJ Freeway.
2. Forget the traffic rules you learned elsewhere. Dallas has its own version
of traffic rules... Hold on and pray. There is no such thing as a dangerous
high-speed chase in Dallas. We all drive like that.
3. All directions start with, "Get on Beltline"...which has no beginning and
no end.
4. The morning rush hour is from 6:00 to 10:00. The evening rush hour is from
3:00 to 7:00. Friday's rush hour starts Thursday morning.
5. If you actually stop at a yellow light, you will be rear ended, cussed out
and possibly shot. When you are the first one on the starting line count to
five when the light turns green before going to avoid crashing with all the
drivers running the red light in cross-traffic.
6. Construction on Central Expressway is a way of life and a permanent form
of entertainment. We have had soooo much fun with that, that we have added
George Bush Freeway (aka 190) and Jupiter Roads to the mix.
7. All unexplained sights are explained by the phrase, "Oh, we're in Fort
Worth!!"
8. If someone actually has their turn signal on, it is probably a factory
defect.
9. All old ladies with blue hair in a Mercedes have the right of way.
10. Inwood Road, Plano Road, NW highway, East Grand, Marsh Lane, 15th
Street, Preston Road... all mysteriously change names as you cross
intersections.
(These are only a few examples) The perfect example is what is MOSTLY known
as Plano Road. On the south end it is known as Lake Highlands, cross NW Hwy.
and it becomes Plano Rd, go about 8 miles and it is briefly Greenville Ave,
Ave K, and Highway 5.
12. A trip across town (east to west) will take a minimum of 4 hours,
although many north/south freeways have unposted minimum speeds of 75. The
minimum acceptable speed on the Dallas North Toll Road is 85. Anything less
is considered downright sissy.
13. The wrought iron on windows near Oak Cliff isn't ornamental.
14. It is possible to be driving WEST in the NORTH-bound lane of EAST
NORTHWEST highway. Don't let this confuse you.
15. The North Dallas Tollway is our daily version of NASCAR.
16. LBJ is called "The Death Trap" for two reasons: "death" and "trap."
17. If it's 100 degrees, Thanksgiving must be next weekend.
18. If it's 10 degrees and sleeting/snowing, the Fort Worth Stock Show is
going on.
19. If it's rained 6 inches in the last hour, you are at the Byron Nelson
Golf Classic in the second round if it is in the spring and you're at the
Texas State Fair if it is in the fall.
20. Any amusement parks, stadiums, arenas, race tracks, airports, etc., are
conveniently located as far away from EVERYTHING as possible so as to allow
for ample parking on grassy areas.
21. If you need to ask for directions, get ALL the names of the street you
are being told to turn onto...we intermix numbers, letters, & names for the
same roads. (Stemmons, 35, I-35)
22. If your Mapsco is more than a few weeks old, throw it out and buy a new
one.
Life in America's Fifth Largest City
1. You must learn to pronounce the city name. It is DAL-LUS, or DAA-LIS
depending on if you live inside or outside LBJ Freeway.
2. Forget the traffic rules you learned elsewhere. Dallas has its own version
of traffic rules... Hold on and pray. There is no such thing as a dangerous
high-speed chase in Dallas. We all drive like that.
3. All directions start with, "Get on Beltline"...which has no beginning and
no end.
4. The morning rush hour is from 6:00 to 10:00. The evening rush hour is from
3:00 to 7:00. Friday's rush hour starts Thursday morning.
5. If you actually stop at a yellow light, you will be rear ended, cussed out
and possibly shot. When you are the first one on the starting line count to
five when the light turns green before going to avoid crashing with all the
drivers running the red light in cross-traffic.
6. Construction on Central Expressway is a way of life and a permanent form
of entertainment. We have had soooo much fun with that, that we have added
George Bush Freeway (aka 190) and Jupiter Roads to the mix.
7. All unexplained sights are explained by the phrase, "Oh, we're in Fort
Worth!!"
8. If someone actually has their turn signal on, it is probably a factory
defect.
9. All old ladies with blue hair in a Mercedes have the right of way.
10. Inwood Road, Plano Road, NW highway, East Grand, Marsh Lane, 15th
Street, Preston Road... all mysteriously change names as you cross
intersections.
(These are only a few examples) The perfect example is what is MOSTLY known
as Plano Road. On the south end it is known as Lake Highlands, cross NW Hwy.
and it becomes Plano Rd, go about 8 miles and it is briefly Greenville Ave,
Ave K, and Highway 5.
12. A trip across town (east to west) will take a minimum of 4 hours,
although many north/south freeways have unposted minimum speeds of 75. The
minimum acceptable speed on the Dallas North Toll Road is 85. Anything less
is considered downright sissy.
13. The wrought iron on windows near Oak Cliff isn't ornamental.
14. It is possible to be driving WEST in the NORTH-bound lane of EAST
NORTHWEST highway. Don't let this confuse you.
15. The North Dallas Tollway is our daily version of NASCAR.
16. LBJ is called "The Death Trap" for two reasons: "death" and "trap."
17. If it's 100 degrees, Thanksgiving must be next weekend.
18. If it's 10 degrees and sleeting/snowing, the Fort Worth Stock Show is
going on.
19. If it's rained 6 inches in the last hour, you are at the Byron Nelson
Golf Classic in the second round if it is in the spring and you're at the
Texas State Fair if it is in the fall.
20. Any amusement parks, stadiums, arenas, race tracks, airports, etc., are
conveniently located as far away from EVERYTHING as possible so as to allow
for ample parking on grassy areas.
21. If you need to ask for directions, get ALL the names of the street you
are being told to turn onto...we intermix numbers, letters, & names for the
same roads. (Stemmons, 35, I-35)
22. If your Mapsco is more than a few weeks old, throw it out and buy a new
one.
04-10-2002, 12:30 AM
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that is so incredibly true!! also,
1:watch out for white minivans driven by older asian females. cant tell you how many times they have almost totalled my car!
2:red lights are merely a suggestion. also, keep in mind that in downtown, the lights are on the side of the road, not in the middle!
3:to add onto the road issue:
-park goes from park to 544 to park to 3040 to hebron pkwy.
-plano pkwy goes north-south AND east-west
-beltline truly does hit every city in the metroplex
-544 is also known as plano pkwy, parker, and 14th street, but none of these streets are the same...this one is baffling!
04-11-2002, 09:40 PM
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oh, and never follow Randol Mill Road when your lost because you have been on it before and think that you can now make it home.. Randol Mill Road likes to make random apperances throughout the DFW area and, begins and ends alot.
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I'm going to have to disagree with the fast driving. I'm from good ol' H-town, and I can make it from the west side of Ft. Worth to the East Side of Dallas in way less than an hour. It just doesn't seem like ya'll drive fast enough up here... almost like ya'll get far enough north to be yankees! lol I guess I could make one of these up for houston.. maybe I will.
04-17-2002, 12:27 AM
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Car: 89 RS
Engine: LS1
Transmission: TH350
LOL all of that is true.
Doing service for an alarm company for a few years tought me the ropes. Driving all day long, all over the metroplex, one has to smoke at least 2 packs of cigs. a day.
But dont forget we have the only LPE 427TT C5 Vette crusing around here somewhere. Would be a bonus to see that on the road somewhere.
Doing service for an alarm company for a few years tought me the ropes. Driving all day long, all over the metroplex, one has to smoke at least 2 packs of cigs. a day.
But dont forget we have the only LPE 427TT C5 Vette crusing around here somewhere. Would be a bonus to see that on the road somewhere.
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I just want to know who puts a stop light on a highway? Lets here if for 114! I'm glad I got out of Ft. Worth.. now if I could just do something about Austin drivers...
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Hay guys I am glad you liked this thing.
Once you drive pass Humble on 59 going into houstion you have already taken your life into the hands of other various ignorant people that think that "yes the speed limit is 90mph on 59south".
Driving in houston is like playing the "I am not touching you" game with a polar bear you know it isn't very smart to do but you do it anyways.
Once you drive pass Humble on 59 going into houstion you have already taken your life into the hands of other various ignorant people that think that "yes the speed limit is 90mph on 59south".
Driving in houston is like playing the "I am not touching you" game with a polar bear you know it isn't very smart to do but you do it anyways.
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