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  1. Ross
    We read all that the first time it was posted.
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    I bought a ton of stuff at Garden Ridge Pottery on I-10 near Fry before I moved overseas in 1990. The store had been there a while, since some time in the late 80's. Lots of cheap crap. Of course, this was the era where WalMart sold mostly American made stuff, some of which I still ahve 23 years later, particularly kitchen things.
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    the shall only applies to bicycles that are slower than traffic: "...who is moving slower than the other traffic on the roadway shall ride as near as practicable to the right curb..." I would say that doesn't mean the bike has to move to the curb and proceed past stopped traffic. but, I am not a lawyer, nor do I play one on TV.
  4. Ross
    Shepherd being one way won't hurt any business. It's dead easy to go around any block from 12th to 26th.
  5. Ross
    Any neighborhood can fight that battle. Afton Oaks was successful. I am curious as to why your commute to the Galleria area should be more important than the property rights of the folks in Afton Oaks.
  6. Ross
    The housing moves out because people want affordable single family housing with yards. A family with two kids would have a hard time living in my 2BR 1 bath house inside the Loop, even if they thought the $260k price tag was affordable. And once the housing is built, the roads have to follow, just to avoid the horrific conditions that existed on FM1960 before it was widened and made usable. The only people I know at work who want to live in apartments near the office are single with no kids. And a large percentage of the young singles are actually buying in the suburbs.
  7. Ross
    Right, because we should all lay down and let the government tell us what to do, even if it means destroying our neighborhood or business.
  8. Ross
    You were the one that claimed there's a bike path at 11th and Yale. How else would that sentence above be interpreted? I've never seen enough pedestrians/bikes to justify a signal at any of the crossings. And since CoH can't get signals on real streets coordinated correctly, lights at bike paths would be a pain for traffic, since the red would appear whether there are any bikes/pedestrians or not.
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    I've looked and looked, but still can't find the bike trail at 11th and Yale. 11th and Nicholson, yes, bike lane at 11th and Heights, yes, bike trail at Yale and 7th, yes, but not at 11th and Yale. So, I guess this is a non-issue.
  10. Ross
    You have to register to actually search. Once you've done that, do a criminal search for whatever name you are interested in. Really useful site.
  11. Ross
    The sibling that wants to pay can file a partition action to force the non-paying sibling to sell their half. The paying sibling will then own the property, or it will be sold and the proceeds split. But, I am not a lawyer, and I may be completely wrong. Talk to a real lawyer for the details.
  12. Ross
    On Google Earth, it says 10/27/2012 for the imagery date for my house.
  13. Ross
    If society chooses to take him out of circulation, then society gets to pick up the cost.
  14. Ross
    Which oil company owned stores are you thinking of? ExxonMobil has sold all of their stores in Houston, Valero isn't an oil company, but a refiner only, Shell stations were sold several years ago, and there aren't that many other oil companies with stations.
  15. Ross
    Who is the holier than thou dweeb with the beard, and why is he qualified to make decisions on someone's home?
  16. Ross
    SW corner of Voss and the freeway was the building with Red Adair's offices.
  17. Ross
    The North Side of Gramercy is in Southside Place.I sort of wish we had bought the house we looked at there in 1998.
  18. Ross
    Forget the tea shop. How about a bagel place. The Greater Heights area is a bagel wasteland. In fact, I think there is a bagel exclusion zone North of I-10. This insanity must stop! Forget the tea shop. How about a bagel place. The Greater Heights area is a bagel wasteland. In fact, I think there is a bagel exclusion zone North of I-10. This insanity must stop!
  19. Ross
    Why do all the plats show Allston as 70 feet wide? Do we need to tear down some encroaching properties?
  20. Ross
    I saw that and started thinking that Illinois must have strange sales tax laws. In Texas, you pay the tax based on where you use the goods, or where they are delivered. Not where the office happens to be. You could have your office in Wink, and still pay Harris county tax on deliveries to IAH.
  21. Ross
    That sounds like a good case of terroristic threats. Or, a good way for her to get shot. You do not point a firearm at someone who is legally on the street.
  22. Ross
    Washington is important because it's the main route I take driving East or West through that part of town. It's an easy way to get from TC Jester to anything between there and Downtown. Does anyone really think rail construction would be beneficial to the businesses that are on Washington now? Would rail really help access to the existing businesses, or would it make it so hard to get to them, no one would visit?
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    Nobody sane wants rail on Washington. There's not enough room, and it's too important as an East-West route to screw it up for 30 years while Metro attempts to build rail.
  24. Ross
    That just means a city CAN regulate land use. It doesn't mean a city should, or that a city will fo a good job of land regulation. In fact, it's my view that city regulation should be avoided entirely for esthetic items, and should be restricted to life safety and infrastructure issues. Want to preserve an old building? Great! But don't try to force your neighbor to fit your idea of what a building ought to look like, especially if you do it after the fact.
  25. Ross
    They were all over. Lots of the Valero's you see were 7-11 stores.
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