Ashikaga

Subdude, You'll never cease to amaze me as to how you come up with almost everything!

Yes, I remember that Frank Ryan majored in some kind of advanced science or engineering.

Are there any Satanic/Athiest/Heathen places of worship in Houston? The U.S. guarantees freedom of religion.

More like 42 years. I just read in an encyclopedia that Rice started charging tuition in 1965. What did WAC stand for? That same encyclopedia said that Rice initially allowed no more than 450 undergraduates to enroll each year. It changed that in the 1960s. When trying to think of Rice athletes that went professional, the only name that comes to my mind is Tommy Kramer. Does he reside in the Houston area?

Now I see how behind the times that I am. I found out today that the Southwest Conference no longer exists. I remember Rice University was one of its members. Now it belongs to C-USA West. But I also found out that Rice's current enrollment is 4,835, twice as many as someone else on this forum reported. I sure wish that I could turn back the clock 30 years. I would have tried to attend Rice.

I did say "in due time". I know that it won't happen overnight. I predict that in about five years, you'll see a lot of vacant boarded up buildings of what used to be Kroger, Randall's, Walgreen's, etc.

My personal belief is that Wal-Mart will run out H.E.B. Pantry, Randall's, Fiesta, Kroger and all of the other stores in due time. Even pharmacies like Walgreen's, C.V.S., etc.

Excellent information! Is the Port of Houston the world's largest inland port?

Yes, those stores in the malls that sell those big pretzels with mustard. Also those restaurants that sell "gourmet" hamburgers with lots of toppings on them (mushrooms, jalapenos, etc.).

I was in Wal-Mart Supercenter looking at the digital cameras. I almost bought one, but I decided not to for two reasons. First, cameras "make me shutter". Second, I just couldn't "picture" myself with a camera.

That reminds me of an item that I saw in MAD magazine many years ago: "You know you're really married when... You go out to the drive-in theatre to actually see the movie"!

You might like "nudecards.com".

Some older people I've talked to said that some roller rinks many years ago had a person playing an organ while people skated. I don't remember that even though I'm now 47. I just remember them playing records over the PA system. I remember the many times that I fell and busted my butt on the hard wood floor.

Ah, the movie theatres of yesteryear! My belief as to what caused many drive-in and indoor theatres to bite the dust was the invention of the VCR. Stop and think about it. I think that I could safely say that most people would rather go to Blockbuster, rent a movie and take it home and watch it instead of having to get all dressed up to go out and pay those high admission and snack prices.

I wonder how the Starlite will do? If I didn't live so far away I would gladly go to it. Not necessarily for the movie, but to re-live the experiences of my youth.

I'm 47 and I vividly remember the underground bowling alley at then-Gulfgate Shopping City. I remember seeing that pedestrian bridge, but I never walked across it. In addition to Gulfgate, I remember us going to Globe Department Store which ran alongside Gulfgate on a street called Woodridge. There was also an amusement park called Peppermint Park. We also went to the Winkler Drive-In Theatre which was located on the corner of Winkler Drive and Flowers Street. I don't remember "Snap The Whip". You say that a line of people, holding hands, would let the first person grab a pole? I don't quite understand how that worked. But it sounds like it would have been a sight to see and to experience. What, did they skate in a straight line to the pole, or were they off to the side? I remember couple skating. I liked the one when the girls would choose a guy.

I've noticed in the supermarkets that NABISCO brands are not in big supply, mostly cookies. In Wal-Mart, Great Value is mostly there, also in shredded wheat and vanilla wafers, what NABISCO is best known for. Will Wal-Mart cause NABISCO to bite the dust?

DriveIns.Com says that there is a drive-in theatre called the Starlite open in Porter, Texas, about ten miles north of the Houston city limits on U.S. Highway 59. It currently has one screen, and a second screen is under construction. Has anyone out there been to it yet? Its website conveys the image that it's a family theatre. So I don't think that they will need to build a fence. Yes, I double-checked David Snyder's comment on DriveIns.Com. He did indeed say that the Red Bluff Drive-In had a tall fence (he didn't say that it was wooden).

I remember doing the Hokey Pokey at the roller rink. If you shook your leg the wrong way, you'd fall down and bust your butt. I also remember the races, especially the ones where one person would squat down while another person would push them. Sometimes the one squatting would lose his balance during the race and would fall, causing the pusher to trip and fall as well. Sometimes it was a chain reaction with other racers. Does anyone else out there remember these events?

This is the view that I remember of that building of back when I lived in Houston during the early 1960s. I can remember being at some amusement park and seeing "the rock" neon logo from the rides.

Yes, in that picture of the Santa Rosa Theatre that FOXMULDER took, you can see that it had been stripped of its marquee.

Now I'm thinking back to that Texas/Titans game. Did Kris Brown simply botch that field goal? Or was it a bad snap from center? Or did the holder have trouble placing it?

No, I meant from being on the ground on your knees or your stomach with your head underneath the bottom of the "fence" tilted towards the screen for such a long period of time.

After the movie, you must have had a terrible backache and/or a crick in your neck.

Oh, did you personally look over and/or through that "fence"? What movie were they showing that night, The Devil in Miss Jones? On DriveIns.Com it shows an X-rated theatre currently operating in Tyler, Texas called The Apache. It shows a photo of a small projection booth right in front of the screen. To me, it doesn't look like it would be an enjoyable experience to try to watch any movie there.