{"id":41368,"date":"2024-12-10T13:00:25","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T19:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=41368"},"modified":"2024-12-10T13:00:25","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T19:00:25","slug":"our-epic-quest-and-the-oracle-of-the-dmv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=41368","title":{"rendered":"Our Epic Quest and the Oracle of the DMV"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WLBOTT<\/strong> engaged in a epic quest yesterday, fully consuming the corporate offices (hence no BLOTT). We were in search of the Lost Texas Driver’s License.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phase I: Panic<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Phase II: Fear of Consequences<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

If you’re not wealthy or well-connected in Texas, you don’t drive without your license.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Phase III: Sally Talks Us Down<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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“Everybody just take a chill pill.”<\/p>\nSally T. Intern<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Phase IV: WLBOTT Visits the Oracle of the DMV<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

We began our journey seeking the official advice of the State of Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Located near Dalhart, we hoped the Oracle of the DMV would provide assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Phase V: WLBOTT is Rebuffed[1]<\/sup> by the Oracle of the DMV<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

But she is an angry Oracle, and an angry Oracle is she. Our meticulously entered TDL information did not match her ancient scrolls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We were banished for a full 24 hours from making any further contact with her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[1]<\/sup> WLBOTT Bonus Word-of-the-Day<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Phase VI: Banishment and Refuge<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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After being banished by the Oracle, we took refuge in the Whataburger in nearby Amarillo.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Whey We Were<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Further sanctuary was found at the XIT Museum in Dalhart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MISSION STATEMENT<\/strong>
The mission of the XIT Museum is to preserve and teach the history of the Dallam and Hartley counties and the XIT Ranch.<\/p>\nXIT Museum<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Actual photos of the DMV Oracle refugees engaged in a hands-on cheese experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Semi-Sequitur: Dalhart, TX<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Dalhart <\/strong>is a city in Dallam and Hartley counties in the U.S. state of Texas, and the county seat of Dallam County. The population was 8,447 at the 2020 census.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

History<\/strong>
Founded in 1901, Dalhart is named for its location on the border of Dallam and Hartley Counties; its name is a portmanteau<\/em><\/strong>[2]<\/sup> of the names of the two counties. The city was founded at the site of a railroad junction, which heavily contributed to its early growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dalhart was in the center of the Dust Bowl, an area adversely affected by a long period of drought and dust storms during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Here, Tex Thornton, operating on the now debunked concussion theory, coaxed today’s inflation-adjusted equivalent of $1 million from the locals on claims he could fire rocket-powered explosives into the clouds and cause rain.<\/p>\nWikipedia<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/sup> WLBOTT <\/strong>Double-Bonus Word of the Day: Portmanteau<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dalhart: The Road Goes On Forever and the Party Never Ends<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

From Google street view:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A collage of circular irrigation near Dalhart:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WLBOTT engaged in a epic quest yesterday, fully consuming the corporate offices (hence no BLOTT). We were in search of the Lost Texas Driver’s License. Phase I: Panic Phase II: Fear of Consequences If you’re not wealthy or well-connected in Texas, you don’t drive without your license. Phase III: Sally Talks Us Down “Everybody just […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[47,120,19,123,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures-of-the-elders","category-agriculture","category-food","category-gods-goddesses-and-mythical-heros","category-texas"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41368"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41431,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41368\/revisions\/41431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}