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gto250us

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  1. I really like "insanely hoppy IPA". Have you tried Bear Republic's Racer 5 IPA?
  2. Does anyone know when the old Missouri Kansas And Texas Railroad Company (MK&T) station was torn down? It stood at Collins Place and North Main. On the north bank of WhiteOak Bayou at Main Street. The old MKT Trestles across the White Oak, I think are still there.
  3. Upon what planet do you spend most of your time? Geez - arguing with you is like arguing with a dining room table. I am just not going to do it.
  4. There is no doubt that the buildings in the 1921 photo are all associated with Rice. Just look at both the topo map and the Rice plan map. There is no doubt that the building in the center of the third pic, with the Trolly car is Autry House between Main and Fannan. And there is no doubt that the building at the far right side of the Life photo is Rice Univ. Lovett Hall. END OF STORY
  5. Has any other major sports stadium avoided the wrecking ball after they were replaced? I can not think of any.
  6. The county needs to face facts, wake up and smell the coffee, No Body Wants The Damn Dome. The Astros didn't want it. The Oilers didn't want it. The Texans sure don't want it. The Rodeo doesn't want it. The Rockets don't need it. The soccer team, whatever they are called, don't want it. It has been unused for how long now? Geeze, the county just doesn't get. They are suffering from the Bagwell Syndrome.
  7. I am not sure that I see train tracks anywhere. There may be tracks just beyond to reflecting pool. They appear to go where the current kiddy train goes. I do see the oil derricks at Pierce Junction Oil field on the horizon, just to the left of the crease. There is a dark line just below, which looks like a train going to Pierce Junction.
  8. I am sorry but I don't think this picture shows the railroad. The picture is pointing just west of south at the Hermann Park statue and reflecting pool. The main Rice building is just barely visible at the far right side of the picture. The Power House and railroad would be much further to the right, outside of the picture.
  9. What - You only want hear positive responses? Can't take an opposing view? AH - I think I hear violins.
  10. WOW - A grow house. That is the best idea that I have heard yet. All these stupid, idiotic ideas involving Hotels, Movie Studios, Housing, etc. The damn place is a white elephant and a dump. It needs to be torn down. Move On. But Free Weed for Everyone. That is an idea whose time has come.
  11. I don't think they have juries at night court, just arraignments.
  12. Those ponies were great. There was Champ and Ginger. Ginger bit my daughter on the arm one day. She was about 3 or 4 at the time and just came from a doc visit at the Med Center. It was back to the doc.
  13. One major problem with winding down the USPS is that they have a huge workforce on the government tit and they are in every single community in the nation. That will be real hard to fold up.
  14. Quite frankly, the Govt. should let loose of the USPS and make it compete with FedEx, et al. As far as I am concerned over 90% of what the USPS brings to my door is crap. I suspect that an overwhelming majority of the mail that is delivered everyday is crap that people do not want. Eliminate all of that and the need for the USPS would deminish drastically, but no, they want the junk mail just so they can collect the fees and have something for the carriers to do.
  15. I apologize in advance if this topic already exists. I did a search and did not find one, so here goes. There has been talk lately about the Post Office cutting costs and closing stations. What I wonder about is the downtown Houston Post Office. That thing is sitting on several acres of prime, expensive real estate. I bet there are a few developers who would like to get a hold of that property. It must cost the PO plenty to get mail into and out of that facility, given the downtown traffic. Why not move the damn thing and sell the property I bet they could move the thing to someplace cheaper and with better access. Upgrade the technology to FedEx, UPS standards. Am i nuts?
  16. I don't know, but having titty bars in the top 10 cool things about Houston does not say much for Houston, or is it just the folks making the list?
  17. Hey I am glad I did my time in the 60's. It sure must have sucked to have to have been a kid in the 80's.
  18. Not sure about the reservoir. The pump house in the picture is next to the Science Museum, at the intersection of Hermann Drive and Caroline St.
  19. It seems to me that these slums/ghettos exist as long as there are newly arrive immigrants, legal or not, or who are arriving and need a place to live that is cheap. Change only occurs slowly, when the 2nd - 3rd generation get educated and move up to better digs. As the original settlers die off or move away a higher class will slowly move in and transform the area. However, this will not happen if the flow of newly arrive immigrants of the same ethnic/social class continues. This is what happened in places like Chicago and New York. As the ethnicity of the immigrants changed they settled in different areas. Each area became a ghetto or slum and gradually became more upscale as the residents became more affluent and the ethnicity of the new immigrants changed. After all new immigrants don't want to live in a ghetto where they do not know the languages or customs, they seek out their own kind. I don't think that it can change overnight. Look at the urban renewal disasters of the 60-70's where slums were torn down and new highrise complexes such as Chicago's Cabrini Green were built. What a mess that became.
  20. I also remember the San Antone Rose on Voss and the Parlor near Fairview and Mandel maybe? It burned down.
  21. I also remember the San Antone Rose on Voss and the Parlor near Fairview and Mandel maybe? It burned down.
  22. Nah, they took us out but we they would not give us anything sharp.
  23. Google - Houston Union Station and hit "Images" or try: http://members.iglou.com/baron/interurban.htm
  24. First off they could go back to Honduras.
  25. All right, you are twisting my arm. Here is another thing that was cool about Houston in the 80's. You could take a helicopter from the Westchase Hilton or the Galleria to IAH. It was the only way to beat the horrendous traffic on 59 and 45 at that time.
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