Cleburn: Can anyone tell me about this town

[SKJ 1,320]

May end up being sent down there for a thing for work. 

I can take it or leave it. I'd be down there 2 weeks for work. 

It's south of Dallas, but I'd be stuck there pretty much for work as I'd fly into Dallas and then be taken down there by the regional director, whom I don't know. 

Little Intel?

 

[deadshank 24,654]

It’s a non- descript 30K population framing town / county seat.  It’s not awful and it’s not great.   
 

You’ll have a Tractor Supply, Chicken Express, WB, McD’s and other assorted chain restaurants.   You may find a decent local establishment.  
 

It’s been 20+ years since I’ve darkened the streets of Cleburne. 
 

Are you going to meet at the James Hardie Building Products plant?

[immamac 44,354]

Fort worth closer than Dallas. Hang out in FTW it's a good time. There's a toll road to cleburn from there. 

[Hefeweizen 5,444]

6 hours ago, SKJ said:

May end up being sent down there for a thing for work. 

I can take it or leave it. I'd be down there 2 weeks for work. 

It's south of Dallas, but I'd be stuck there pretty much for work as I'd fly into Dallas and then be taken down there by the regional director, whom I don't know. 

Little Intel?

 

It's halfway from FTW to Fossil Rim which is a badass park.  I used to go through on the way to visit my grandparents, never had a reason to stop.

[South Austin 53,227]

When you're down there, make sure you pronounce it "Cley-burn" and not "Clee-burn"

[CHIEF 5,228]

My old hometown, all my family still lives there. It was a pretty rough old railroad town when I was little. My old man worked at the shops as a railroad blacksmith. Now that the shops are closed, Cleburne has become about 50% hispanic. Frame houses built in the 40s-60s for railroad workers can be bought for well under $100k. Nothing really to do there, not a lot of good restaurants.

Immac is right, I would stay around Bryant Irvin in Ft. Worth and take a 20 minute ride down Chisholm Trail Parkway to Cleburne. You are going to have to have a rental car anyway.

CHIEF

[shadow_operative2.0 16,270]

Pretty fucking awesome the stupid fuck that had to live in his car & the moderator can’t spell it. 

[deadshank 24,654]

17 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Pretty fucking awesome the stupid fuck that had to live in his car & the moderator can’t spell it. 

Uh.....

[shadow_operative2.0 16,270]

If you honestly fucking think Sofa misspelled it on purpose, then you’re just another one of his fanboys. 

Edited October 21, 2020 by shadow_operative2.0
A dude that bragged about killing people isn’t anyone worth a fuck.

[deadshank 24,654]

32 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

If you honestly fucking think Sofa misspelled it on purpose, then you’re just another one of his fanboys. 

Wow.  I have no clue what you are raging about.   
 

Enjoy your day.  

[shadow_operative2.0 16,270]

SKJ=Sofa. If you think that dude’s worth a fuck, well, have at it. 

[T’Boo Ted Marshall 2,779]

Used to wakeboard on the river down there. that's all I got.  

[ztejas 44,227]

Well for one it's spelled Cleburne.

[Fudbelty 2,810]

It’s shit.

[Gil Bang 26,240]

2 hours ago, CHIEF said:

My old hometown, all my family still lives there. It was a pretty rough old railroad town when I was little. My old man worked at the shops as a railroad blacksmith. Now that the shops are closed, Cleburne has become about 50% hispanic. Frame houses built in the 40s-60s for railroad workers can be bought for well under $100k. Nothing really to do there, not a lot of good restaurants.

Immac is right, I would stay around Bryant Irvin in Ft. Worth and take a 20 minute ride down Chisholm Trail Parkway to Cleburne. You are going to have to have a rental car anyway.

CHIEF

Sounds like you need a wingman.  Take Vic. 

[SKJ 1,320]

5 hours ago, deadshank said:

It’s a non- descript 30K population framing town / county seat.  It’s not awful and it’s not great.   
 

You’ll have a Tractor Supply, Chicken Express, WB, McD’s and other assorted chain restaurants.   You may find a decent local establishment.  
 

It’s been 20+ years since I’ve darkened the streets of Cleburne. 
 

Are you going to meet at the James Hardie Building Products plant?

Wasn't planning on it 

[SKJ 1,320]

5 hours ago, immamac said:

Fort worth closer than Dallas. Hang out in FTW it's a good time. There's a toll road to cleburn from there. 

Yeah,  I don't think im going to go.  Seems like I'd be stuck there for two weeks and that doesn't sound fun.

[SKJ 1,320]

4 hours ago, CHIEF said:

My old hometown, all my family still lives there. It was a pretty rough old railroad town when I was little. My old man worked at the shops as a railroad blacksmith. Now that the shops are closed, Cleburne has become about 50% hispanic. Frame houses built in the 40s-60s for railroad workers can be bought for well under $100k. Nothing really to do there, not a lot of good restaurants.

Immac is right, I would stay around Bryant Irvin in Ft. Worth and take a 20 minute ride down Chisholm Trail Parkway to Cleburne. You are going to have to have a rental car anyway.

CHIEF

That's one of the reasons they asked me,  I think,  because I speak Spanish. 

[TwiceHorn 32,079]

It's a country town with its main industry (railroading) dying off.

Probably alright if you want to downshift for a couple weeks and there's cool stuff relatively nearby. 

There's a turntable or was, in the BNSF yard there.  That was kind of cool.  But only for 30 minutes or so.

[Liquor and Poker 3,659]

5 hours ago, South Austin said:

When you're down there, make sure you pronounce it "Cley-burn" and not "Clee-burn"

I thought it was "Clebb-urn"

[Bevo 13,896]

Cleburne ain't no Clarendon, that is for sure.

[deadshank 24,654]

13 minutes ago, Liquor and Poker said:

I thought it was "Clebb-urn"

Van Cleburne.  

[CHIEF 5,228]

3 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

It's a country town with its main industry (railroading) dying off.

Probably alright if you want to downshift for a couple weeks and there's cool stuff relatively nearby. 

There's a turntable or was, in the BNSF yard there.  That was kind of cool.  But only for 30 minutes or so.

Yeah, the old Santa Fe shops were pretty cool to go to in the early 70's, they had the turn table. That was still close enough to the "steam era" that they had a huge shed with about 5-10 old steam engines. Not any industrial places that will let you bring your 4 year old to climb all over everything anymore.

CHIEF