View Full Version : FINALLY!
slickdawg
7/10/2006, 02:15 PM
I was just called and formally offered my job in Dallas, and they are overnighting the offer package.
Tenative start date - July 31.
FICK TARD BAYBEE!!!@#!@#!@!
:mack: :les: :meat: :rcmad: :lwm: :bfc: :oink: SUCCS :bsmf: :dolemite: Hook em supa :42: :dean: :chicken: :stunned: :lub: :norm: :hmfic: :eddie:
Boomer.....
7/10/2006, 02:19 PM
Uh, Dallas? :rolleyes:
slickdawg
7/10/2006, 02:28 PM
Uh, Dallas? :rolleyes:
You been to the Mississippi Coast, post Katrina?
Hatfield
7/10/2006, 02:29 PM
congrats.
don't drink the water.
slickdawg
7/10/2006, 02:30 PM
congrats.
don't drink the water.
Thank you, and I'll take your word for it.
I'm still waiting on my offer to get back to DFW. The south sucks...
Tear Down This Wall
7/10/2006, 02:32 PM
Note to slick: The North Dallas suburbs are a great place to live for people who work in Dallas.
slickdawg
7/10/2006, 02:33 PM
Note to slick: The North Dallas suburbs are a great place to live for people who work in Dallas.
Like Flower Mound, Grapevine north?
Okla-homey
7/10/2006, 02:33 PM
Congrats on escaping Vietissippi
Boober
7/10/2006, 02:34 PM
I thought Katrina hit New Orleans. The coast is back to normal again, right? <Insert any other dumb stuff people have actually said to me>
slickdawg
7/10/2006, 02:34 PM
Congrats on escaping Vietissippi
:les: SET MY PEEEPULLL PHREEEEEE!!!!!!!
and give them green
crawfish
7/10/2006, 02:46 PM
Thank you, and I'll take your word for it.
...because 1TC peed in it.
crawfish
7/10/2006, 02:47 PM
Oh, and congrats!
You're now a member of the most hated group on this board. :D
slickdawg
7/10/2006, 02:50 PM
You have 11,111 posts.
colleyvillesooner
7/10/2006, 02:53 PM
Like Flower Mound, Grapevine north?
He probably mean Frisco, Allen, Plano, Mckinney, Addison etc.
slickdawg
7/10/2006, 03:01 PM
Where would I least likely run into a messican?
<rim shot>
slickdawg
7/10/2006, 03:15 PM
OH, they said I'll need to pass a drug test. Yippee! I wonder what I'll get to try out?
Congrats. Party at pb's !!!!!!
jk the sooner fan
7/10/2006, 03:20 PM
what size hat do you wear? we here at the hyena lodge need to get you properly fitted so you'll look right at the meetings......
what part of town are you moving into?
Newbomb Turk
7/10/2006, 03:22 PM
Congrats slick!
HskrGrl
7/10/2006, 03:24 PM
Congrats!! I liked Plano when I lived there. Back then McKinney and Allen were "small" towns. I guess they've grown alot in the last 10 years.
Good luck on selling your house and finding a new one in the big D. :texan:
colleyvillesooner
7/10/2006, 03:25 PM
what size hat do you wear? we here at the hyena lodge need to get you properly fitted so you'll look right at the meetings......
what part of town are you moving into?
DUDE!
He has to pass "The Test" before he gets a hat!
Plus we'll just give him Stanley's ;)
The mods giveth and the mods taketh away. :D
slickdawg
7/10/2006, 03:25 PM
what size hat do you wear? we here at the hyena lodge need to get you properly fitted so you'll look right at the meetings......
what part of town are you moving into?
I used to know my fitted hat size, but forgot. Since you can't find a fitted
OU hat any more anyway...... (hey 68)
We like the Rockwall/Heath area. BUT......
Until we sell our house here, we'll be in Sulphur Springs with the inlaws.
Yes, a long azzed commute. And if we live in Rockwall, it's only an hour
to the inlaws, so if we need help with slickdaughter, the MIL can be there fast.
MamaMia
7/10/2006, 03:28 PM
Where would I least likely run into a messican?
<rim shot>
Who would you get to help with the chores? :confused:
Oh, and I'm mucho happy for you. :D
jk the sooner fan
7/10/2006, 03:31 PM
rockwall.......ouch, there's a commute for ya
hey speaking of north dallas......when did they shrink the lanes on the tollway north of LBJ....there's like an inch of room on each side of your car
slickdawg
7/10/2006, 03:32 PM
Who would you get to help with the chores? :confused:
Hey Mom!
Slickwife and I have been doing them all getting our place ready to sell.
I could use a dozen messicans right now.
A lady that works with slickwife told us a horrible story.
Last week, her neighbor had a messican come to her door, he knocked,
and asked if she needed any work done. She said no, and blammo, he puts a
knife to her throat and says "gimee all the money in your house". She did,
he left. He was part of a group that had been working in the neighborhood.
So people are getting leary of them down here.
MamaMia
7/10/2006, 03:36 PM
Hey Mom!
Slickwife and I have been doing them all getting our place ready to sell.
I could use a dozen messicans right now.
A lady that works with slickwife told us a horrible story.
Last week, her neighbor had a messican come to her door, he knocked,
and asked if she needed any work done. She said no, and blammo, he puts a
knife to her throat and says "gimee all the money in your house". She did,
he left. He was part of a group that had been working in the neighborhood.
So people are getting leary of them down here. The Mexicans here go to my church and they are my amigos, and anyhow, I dont hire anyone I cant beat the hell out of with my skillet. :D
slickdawg
7/10/2006, 03:37 PM
Which of these two commute paths would be the least evil
http://img472.imageshack.us/img472/1356/dallas7yl.jpg
jk the sooner fan
7/10/2006, 03:40 PM
they are both equally evil imo
slickdawg
7/10/2006, 03:41 PM
they are both equally evil imo
Well, I was thinking that the jump onto highway 80 wouldn't be quite as bad.
But what do I know, I'm in Mississippi.
jk the sooner fan
7/10/2006, 03:43 PM
have you scouted that area out first?
slickdawg
7/10/2006, 03:47 PM
have you scouted that area out first?
I haven't, but slickwife has. There's a couple of subdivisions in South Rockwall / Heath that she really liked.
You know anything about the area?
jk the sooner fan
7/10/2006, 03:51 PM
other than its on the east side of town, no.....
BajaOklahoma
7/10/2006, 04:31 PM
Slick, the bad thing about living there is the limited access. When 30 closes for a wreck, you are really limited in alternate routes. Think parking lot, for hours. Everybody moves over to old 66, which is not designed for the traffic.
And check out the school system. Slickdaughter will be starting school in the wink of an eye.
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/ Look at the TAKS test (state minimum skills test) results for the schools in the area you are looking at. All of the school systems are ISDs (Independent School Districts), so do a search for Rockwall ISD and the other areas you are interested in.
Avoid Garland. Richardson is slowly sinking. Frisco is overcrowded, but building as fast as they can (overpriced too?). McKinney - not liking what some friends are telling me about the eastside. Allen is good. Plano - I'm not neutral, but it did a great job for my kids. Carrollton-Farmer's Branch is good. Southlake Carroll is a very strong ISD right now.
Let me know if I can help.
jk the sooner fan
7/10/2006, 04:35 PM
baja got it right......spot on
i'm in carrollton and love how central it is to just about everything
colleyvillesooner
7/10/2006, 04:39 PM
baja got it right......spot on
i'm in carrollton and love how central it is to just about everything
Ditto for Farmers branch just south of Carrollton.
baja nailed it, except Allen = south oklahoma
I would try 80, less people living that way.
Southlake kicks ***, but houses start at $400,000
TexasLidig8r
7/10/2006, 04:57 PM
You'll start likin' those damnable whorns next! :D
BajaOklahoma
7/10/2006, 05:32 PM
Allen = Plano wannabe. But we did give them a nice jumbotron with our Robin Hood bucks. :mad:
Slick, you have to drive the route you would take from the "new" house to work, at approximately the same time you would travel it. and try a couple of different times too. Ten minutes difference can make your commute he!!.
The North Dallas Tollway is under construction - widening and updating the tollgates. It is worse than before - and it wasn't good before. I would rule out Frisco just for the drive.
35 is a parking lot due to the 18 wheelers wrecking their vehicles in the wee hours of the morning. Seems like every morning too.
Arlington - way too much traffic, especially as it is a destination vacation city. Schools are sinking academically.
Dallas - if you can't afford a private school, do not even think about it.
South Dallas/burbs - lots of growth in the burbs. Many of the areas were not designed to handle the growth, so traffic is a nightmare, schools are overcrowded. Lots of my daughter's soccer teammates lived down here and they used to give us he!! about the traffic in the North Dallas area. Paybacks are he!!, baby. They are suffering now. Schools vary greatly right now.
If you take the tollroads, be sure to figure in the cost of the tolls. I think my son spends 3.60 each day on tolls. It adds up.
Be careful about the location and the schools. Where you think your kid would go isn't always correct. There is a housing addition in Murphy with new owner thinking their kids would go to the Plano school (very good) two blocks south of the addition. Instead, the kids are bussed several miles to Wiley schools (bad). Talk about p!ssed off parents. The middle school had to call the police to deal with angry parents. So read the fine print.
Also, the maximum that a school district is allowed to access per 1,000 is a 1.70.... if the area you are looking at is there or very close, there is a lack of commitment to the public schools. Longterm impact is going to hurt the education level and property values.
Watch out for airport noise, highway plans, and traffic plans for your street. It can change very fast down here.
And you can look up the homes on the county sites for an idea of the annual taxes. We don't have income tax, but the property tax is a huge surprise to a lot of people. A ffriend's mom just mentioned that for the same size house as she had in Tulsa, she is paying four times the property tax.
Dallas county www.dallascad.org
Collin county www.collincad.org
Rockwall county www.rockwallcad.com
Denton county www.dentoncad.org
Lid, it's tolerate whorns, not necessarily like them. Although some would disagree, there is a huge difference. <sigh>
1stTimeCaller
7/10/2006, 05:51 PM
can't be any worse than my commute.
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/scottdixon/dallas7yl.jpg
baja brings up another great point - schools...
There is one area in Lewisville that actually gets to go to Coppell schools (this is a GREAT thing). And the lewisville schools in that area are horrible.
jk the sooner fan
7/10/2006, 06:19 PM
hebron is a lewisville school and is a VERY good high school
hebron is a lewisville school and is a VERY good high school
yes, it is not in the area I mentioned.
D Magazine just rated the suburbs, and I pretty much agree with the top 10.
http://www.dmagazine.com//article.asp?articleid=1097
ChickSoonerFan
7/10/2006, 07:01 PM
I grew up in the Farmer's Branch area and I turned out just fine. :)
Actually only lived down there till I was about 8. Actually, I lived all over Dallas and in FB only the last year or so. But my cousins lived there their who childhood and went to the schools there and they liked them a lot.
Oh...and are you taking your secretary to Dallas with you?
noleamite
7/10/2006, 07:31 PM
Congrats Slickster
StoopTroup
7/10/2006, 07:38 PM
WTG Slick.
Sorry it had to be in Texas.
Stanley1
7/10/2006, 07:42 PM
I grew up in the Farmer's Branch area and I turned out just fine. :)
:rolleyes:
OUinFLA
7/10/2006, 11:08 PM
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Oh...and are you taking your secretary to Dallas with you?
Im surprised it took 45 posts to get around to that question.
And speaking of taking with.............how about your movable fence?
slickdawg
7/11/2006, 11:10 AM
I grew up in the Farmer's Branch area and I turned out just fine. :)
Actually only lived down there till I was about 8. Actually, I lived all over Dallas and in FB only the last year or so. But my cousins lived there their who childhood and went to the schools there and they liked them a lot.
Oh...and are you taking your secretary to Dallas with you?
She wouldn't move if I asked - her grandson was just born, she won't leave.
shucks. :P
Sooner in Tampa
7/11/2006, 11:18 AM
Congrats SLICK...even though it is sexaT.
soonerbrat
7/11/2006, 11:44 AM
I was just called and formally offered my job in Dallas, and they are overnighting the offer package.
Tenative start date - July 31.
FICK TARD BAYBEE!!!@#!@#!@!
:mack: :les: :meat: :rcmad: :lwm: :bfc: :oink: SUCCS :bsmf: :dolemite: Hook em supa :42: :dean: :chicken: :stunned: :lub: :norm: :hmfic: :eddie:
awesome! that's my birthday :D
TexasLidig8r
7/11/2006, 12:21 PM
Dude.. Pleasant Grove RAWKS!
Such an easy, urbane sophistication there.
The height of upscale suburbia, and all within the LBJ Loop....!
No.. I can't.. not even to a Sooner.
Jes' kiddin' Slick.
slickdawg
7/11/2006, 12:22 PM
Dude.. Pleasant Grove RAWKS!
Such an easy, urbane sophistication there.
The height of upscale suburbia, and all within the LBJ Loop....!
No.. I can't.. not even to a Sooner.
Jes' kiddin' Slick.
That sounds about like that charming area of Jackson, Mississippi I grew up in.
:eek:
jk the sooner fan
7/11/2006, 12:27 PM
check out lancaster over pleasant grove ;)
BajaOklahoma
7/11/2006, 12:39 PM
Slick, DO NOT LISTEN TO LID!
That is good advice any time of year, on any subject. YWIA
Stoop, you forgot that this is South Oklahoma. So it's okay to be here.
TexasLidig8r
7/11/2006, 01:48 PM
[quote=BajaOklahoma]Slick, DO NOT LISTEN TO LID!
That is good advice any time of year, on any subject. YWIA
The delicious irony, especially in light of your rather eloquent signature, bedazzles me! ;)
LoyalFan
7/11/2006, 01:55 PM
Congratulations, SlipperyMutt. And to the Mrs. as well re her new employ.
We wish you well.
LF
Tear Down This Wall
7/13/2006, 11:06 AM
Like Flower Mound, Grapevine north?
That depends on the location of your new employer. If it's near I-35, Lewisville, Carrollton, and Flower Mound are definite choices. If it's closer to 75/Central, Plano, Allen, and McKinney are good. East of I-30, you're looking at Rockwall and Rowlett. West, you're looking at Grapevine, Southlake, and Colleyville.
South is full of the criminal element. Don't move down there.
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