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  1. Bob Russ, thanks for filling in memory gaps here. Great stuff. Once you pass the mid-century mark, things get a bit fuzzy in the old noggin. :-) And when you mentioned Looney Town, I did remember that title.

    I can tell you that your dad was a big part of this middle-aged guy's childhood memories. I posted the car photo, and knew it wasn't the same car, but thought I would post it as an example.

    Is your father still living? If so, pass along my regards, even though he won't know me. If he is not, my condolences to you and your family.

  2. I remember all of these. I actually got to go on Kitirik and Cadet Don for various birthdays. I recall that Cadet Don had a fake satellite that looked sort of Sputnikish, where the birthday kids would come up, talk on TV with Cadet Don, and then go get a handful of pennies from the satellite.

  3. I Remember the Griffs in Bellaire just down the street from the Broiler Burger and a Prince's...it eventually was torn down and the First National Bank of Bellaire was put up later torn down to make room for what today I think is a Burger King. What can we say about "progress"? :wacko:

    Yep, I remember that Prince's also. When I was a kid, we used to go to the Princes on South Main, because my dad loved their burgers. Once they built the one in Bellaire, we went there. Talk about a great hamburger...Prince's always was up there near the top of the heap! The Griff's burger from yesterday was really tasty too!

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    Okay, I did it. Tried out Griff's in Denver for lunch today. Really a good flavor to the burger. In a way, reminded me a bit of the Bellaire Broiler Burger. I will go back!

    As for Del Taco, they came into Denver about 2 years ago. They are okay, but I don't see the attraction of tacos and french fries together.

  5. I've been looking at this post for a while so if I repeat any places forgive this neophyte, this is my first reply...Here goes

    Griff's hamburgers (in Bellaire)

    Although the Griff's chain is long defunct, several are still in business. In fact, I have been meaning to eat at the one in Denver for years. It is highly rated by locals, and I have not tried it. So today may be the day!

  6. I have mixed feelings about these town center projects. The Sugar Land Town Center is nice, especially with the new city hall. Still, all of these things I have seen do indeed look like a movie set.

    The other gripe I have is that the big box stores run mom & pop businesses out of business, thus ruining many REAL downtown areas. Now they try to recreate them with these town centers, only this time THEY are the only stores.

    Here is a similar project they just put up on the prairie in the SE Denver area in far south Aurora, CO. The Aurora Southlands website has an interactive map at http://www.shopsouthlands.com/directory.asp.

    Here are a couple of photos I took recently.

    Southlands' "Main Street"

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    The Southlands Cinema, centerpiece of the project

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  7. As for name changes, I will always think of Williams Tower as Transco.

    Also I call the building on the SWF The Summit, not Compaq Center, and certainly not Lakewood Church. Maybe comes from not living in Houston since 1992. I also don't think of Reliant's tower as anything other than 1100 Milam and actually I think of Reliant itself as HL&P and Entex. Yep, old habits die hard.

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  8. Good seats, or a long lens? Definately looks like something bigger than 200mm.

    A combination of the two. We definitely had terrific seats, a few rows up behind the Astros dugout. I also used my Olympus E-500 digital and the Olympus Zuiko 40-150mm digital zoom lens. With the 2x magnification factor on this camera, that is the equivalent of 300mm lens on a 35mm film camera. The fact that I was holding the camera in my hands is why there is a little blur on some of the long shots. Plus, a couple of these I cropped before reducing the size for the web.

  9. Alrighty sports fans...

    Here are just a handful of the shots I took last night at Coors Field, where the Astros were sadly shutout by the Colorado Rockies.

    Lance Berkman at bat

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    Choo Freeman safe at second base

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    Clint Barmes scores a run for the Rockies

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    Chris Burke with dislocated shoulder is escorted from the field after hitting the backfield wall during a great catch!

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    Bruntlett & Helton share a laugh at first base

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  10. These triangular buildings remind me of a much smaller scale of one. When I was a child, we got our prescriptions at Jay's Prescription Shop at Bissonett & Chestnut (I think) in Bellaire. It was a one-story building, but in a triangular shape because of the angle of Bissonett (which was Old Richmond Road back then).

  11. I think one thing that helps keep the 16th St. Mall active is the free RTD busses that shuttle people from one end to the other, connecting to the RTD stations at Market St. and near the Capitol. For those not familiar with it, 16th St. is closed to all vehicles except the busses, which run in lanes against the curb, with pedestrians on the sidewalks and in the middle of the street.

  12. The talk about Sinclair Oil reminded me that they had a pavillion at the NY World's Fair of 1964-1965. I remember they had a machine where you put in coins and it created a plastic, injection-molded green dinosaur toy on the spot for you. Very cool.

    BTW, Sinclair is still here in Colorado, and typically one of the least expensive brands you can buy.

    Edit to add: From Sinclair's website, I found out about the old H-C logo.

    The Houston refinery also developed the famous H-C gasoline, Sinclair's first super-fuel marketed in 1926. The initials of this gasoline stood for "Houston Concentrate," but some advertising men preferred the term "High Compression."

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    Remember the slogan? "Drive with care, and buy Sinclair."

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