Re: [A/S] Dead Ford Engine

Jim Whitworth wrote:
>
> Hunter said "It doesn't have a Walmart. It used be be a part of a
> 300,000,000 acre cattle ranch... the Xit Ranch. Many businesses are
> names after the Xit... including the Ford dealer......
>
> Hunter - The XIT stood for "Ten In Texas". With age, I've forgotten
> the signifigance, but it may have stood for 10 New York investors who
> were given the land by the state, and in exchange they may have paid
> for building our gorgeous state capital building. I'd bet other
> Texans will correct me if I'm too far off base. BTW - you may have
> too many zeros in there. Texas is a large state, but 300 million
> acres? Go have a cup of coffee with a local. I'm sure someone will
> give you the story..
>

Oops... 3 million...... the ranch went from here to Lubbock!

I wish I was in Lubbock, or Amarillo, or almost anyplace near I-35....

I called the Ford place whining today, "When will my truck be ready"

"The guy who is doing it didn't come in today, he's sick"

<sigh>

Hunter

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