tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74192075469800789372024-02-08T11:21:28.591-06:00A Tale of Many CitiesLindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07487493744486375441noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419207546980078937.post-28640554526802901472010-08-13T22:16:00.000-05:002010-08-13T22:16:48.877-05:00Stay classy, TexasSpotted in the Jefferson General Store:<br />
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Here are two examples of 'historical' small-town Texas as opposed to hick small-town Texas.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">The only part of "downtown" Linden worth taking a picture of. I also don't know why it's called Music City Texas.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And this crazy bird in some town we stopped in to eat Braum's. It only walked and kept its mouth open the entire time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">That Mickey Mouse head is really fucking creepy to drive past.</span></span></div>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07487493744486375441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7419207546980078937.post-3315200341356753632010-06-13T00:01:00.000-05:002010-06-13T00:01:01.269-05:00The largest laundromat in LouisianaIs in Shreveport across from a Raising Cane's. And no matter how fanatical Ohioans are about Cane's, it apparently started right down the road in Baton Rouge.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hello, cows!</div>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07487493744486375441noreply@blogger.com0