freerange suggested an intro, so here goes... moved to Texas in 2009 from.... you guessed it so calif. a little backstory. i started working for my old boss in 1992. he was born and raised in san antonio, after Vietnam he moved to so calif and ran a little machine shop. in 2004 he had had enough and moved back to Texas. in 2009 i moved out here to run the shop because of his failing health, he passed away in 2015 and i could either spit the profits from selling off the shop with his wife or spend the next ten years making payments to his wife. i took a chance and bit off alot more then i could chew, plus i found out shop was 30k in the debt. sometimes you gotta take the good along with the bad. i have about another year then i am paid off, the shop, land, and the equipment. knocked off that 30k debt in the first year. couple years ago started looking for a little place to get away. got a small place only 50ac but its within a tank of gas... yep out in edwards county... i know many just call them mouth breather ranches, but its olny way for a little guy to afford any land without breaking the bank. hunting has been pretty good so far, love shooting the hogs, i have been camping since i was little and always been an outdoors person mostly backpacking and fishing. alot of trips to the eastern serrias up hwy395. ok now the really important stuff.... ice tea- i prefer unsweet or sun tea. i drink a gallon of tea a day in summer to keep cool, but sweet tea does have its place, like with fried chicken, corn bread, and beans. trucks- dodge, i have always been a mopar fan. baseball hats- yep flat brim all day, chili- ill take mine with beans please, chili without beans is just kinda like hot dog sauce, i know them is fightin words to some on here hahaha . for guns... rifle-350 legend most of my shooting is about 50 yards from the feeder, pistols- im a wheel gun guy, but i put together one of those gucci ghost gun g19 copies, i use it mainly for a flashlight walking to and from the blind. you might tell from the username i do like me some aircooled vws and have a few of them. i have learned alot just lurking, and there is so much good info here to be had. thanks!

So Cal and a VW fan huh? Here's a test....and welcome to the forum.

What do you see?

I will tell you right now, the two kids in back are looking at the wrong tailpipe!

freerange suggested an intro, so here goes... moved to Texas in 2009 from.... you guessed it so calif. a little backstory. i started working for my old boss in 1992. he was born and raised in san antonio, after Vietnam he moved to so calif and ran a little machine shop. in 2004 he had had enough and moved back to Texas. in 2009 i moved out here to run the shop because of his failing health, he passed away in 2015 and i could either spit the profits from selling off the shop with his wife or spend the next ten years making payments to his wife. i took a chance and bit off alot more then i could chew, plus i found out shop was 30k in the debt. sometimes you gotta take the good along with the bad. i have about another year then i am paid off, the shop, land, and the equipment. knocked off that 30k debt in the first year. couple years ago started looking for a little place to get away. got a small place only 50ac but its within a tank of gas... yep out in edwards county... i know many just call them mouth breather ranches, but its olny way for a little guy to afford any land without breaking the bank. hunting has been pretty good so far, love shooting the hogs, i have been camping since i was little and always been an outdoors person mostly backpacking and fishing. alot of trips to the eastern serrias up hwy395. ok now the really important stuff.... ice tea- i prefer unsweet or sun tea. i drink a gallon of tea a day in summer to keep cool, but sweet tea does have its place, like with fried chicken, corn bread, and beans. trucks- dodge, i have always been a mopar fan. baseball hats- yep flat brim all day, chili- ill take mine with beans please, chili without beans is just kinda like hot dog sauce, i know them is fightin words to some on here hahaha . for guns... rifle-350 legend most of my shooting is about 50 yards from the feeder, pistols- im a wheel gun guy, but i put together one of those gucci ghost gun g19 copies, i use it mainly for a flashlight walking to and from the blind. you might tell from the username i do like me some aircooled vws and have a few of them. i have learned alot just lurking, and there is so much good info here to be had. thanks!

I would certainly like my exhaust pipe attached to those rear end bumpers, I bet the ones up front are just as nice

snakewrangler i am east of sa, its a 1 man gang at the shop, just me, had few employees, but no one wants to work anymore, especially in a machine shop out in the sticks. i use couple rotary phase converters to get my 3 phase out here kinda a dirty way to do it, and my newest mill with the next gen controll is super volt sensitive to the voltages especially in summertime

that pic of the bug... i see a better then 50% chance of catching an std hahaha, thanks for all the welcoming, been out here for 15 years now and its the best place ever... i would be on team low fence if i had to choose between the two

sorry, not a flag waving fan boy of any politician, i voted for trump twice and will be voting for him a third time. i am really surprised the square toe vs round toe work boots has not entered the chat

Well now that you mentioned it....
Round or square?