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Awesome, I'll look for that.

Ummmmm, did anyone else hear and fell that BOOM !!!

Put the R-30 in.....then go find someone that sells THIS product and have it installed, it will save you a bundle. http://www.eshield.net/index.html

http://www.eshield.net/index.html

Sorta...

690,000 vehicles were sold under Cash for Clunkers. That's 125,000 more than Edmunds had predicted. What Edmunds did was take the entire amount the government spent on this program and divided it among just those 125,000 sold. That's where the $24k/car came from. In reality, the government spent just $4k per car sold.

I loved it when someone would come in the showroom waving an Edmunds.com report, trying to tell me how much their piece of crap trade-in was worth. I would tell them "No Problem......see if Edmunds.com will write you a check for that car and take it off your hands." Never did see anyone bring in a check from Edmunds but I usually wound up taking the customer's car in on trade no matter what Edmunds had said. People never seem to get it through their thick skulls that Edmunds is JUST a guide, just a guide people.

It was the same summer i read Songs of Distant Earth if that helps at all. i read Songs and then went to a bookstore off of Shepherd and browsed until this cover showing Houston caught my eye. As i said before, i don't remember it being a remarkable story- i was just into the cover art.

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You were more focused on the "cover art" correct ? Well, I happen to remember in the mid-80's reading a story about a possible future Houston(i think) with the space program involved and stuff, and I am positive that BORIS, yes Boris, the Molly Hatchet record cover artist and many many other fantasy Barbarian art, did the cover art for that book, and it is a picture of a future city. The story was by Isaac Asimov I believe. Lemme look.

One of life's great mysteries. A group of us drove to Colorado to go skiing. On the way back, I was trying to get across that godforsaken flatland as quickly as possible. We were all marveling at the fact that a minivan could do 105 mph (clocked before the trooper clocked me), and as we crossed the stateline into Kansas at Goodland, the trooper was sitting there. That has always annoyed me for some reason, even though speeding just across state lines is just as illegal as speeding in the interior. The funny part was that I didn't act the least bit surprised when the trooper approached my window, and he wasn't the least bit upset that I was driving 96 mph on his highway. You'd have thought he was writing me up for an expired inspection sticker.

More than likely the trooper was exhausted from laughing so hard, that you were actually doing 96mph in that grocery getter, he simply couldn't muster enough strength to show his astonishment of your accomplishment. So, he just came off as ho-hum aboutt he whole situation. The trooper knew that if he told you that you were doing 96, then that would be grounds for denial as we are talking about a MINIVAN here ?!?!?! ;P

Oh...btw, John Rich..........just like the Beretta theme goes....."Don't do the crime....if you can't do the time.....YEEEEEEAAAAAHHHHHHH !!!"

Got a Gamecube...Got a PS2....Got a Wii......next stop PS3 for Xmas !!!! *GLEE !*

Epicly WRONG.

This is what happens when you google "disco kroger" and grab the first story (third link) on the page. I guess he was too busy to notice all the references to Atlanta on the search results page, or even the url's name of BUCKHEAD!

You are right.....I am wrong.

nevermind....wrong Kroger's.

I recall the series (3 books) being fairly entertaining. There was a scene in one of them where they modernized the USS Texas, sailed it out and defeated a Russian armada, or something like that. But, the one thing that has really stuck with me all these years is another scene where they take a statewide vote on something and they did it by dousing all the lights in Texas one night and having everyone who voted 'aye' to go outside and hold up a lighter. A satellite then captured all the 'points of light' and tallied them up. Sort of a Freebird method of voting.

Then this is DEFINATELY your guy Da Cruz is the guy you are looking for.

How have you confirmed this information? A water park would be awesome - especially since Astroworld has been gone for a while now and the next best thing is Splashtown on I-45 North. Do you have any more detail? I looked on google again and still didn't come up with anything.

There is another thread around here somewhere.......this subject has been brought up before. I will try to locate the original thread.

Here is what I believe it was going to be, and now these new guys have taken over.

http://www.kpgarchitects.com/hosp.htm

It was called Indigo Earth, and there is a thread or two on here about it from 2004.

Or, maybe...

Careful, Dick's been known to shoot people in the face for talkin' about him. Obama wants to take your bullets away, so not much worry about him in that department.

Anybody know what this is gong to be? Was anyone brave enough to call the number?

RAISES HAND........."OOOOOO, OOOOOOO, OOOOOOO" I know I know............

It's a WaterPark ! Seriously. They have been working on this for a few years. The plan used to be the land across from Champion Ford on I-10, but it fell through on the funding. Apparently they got someone with decent credit now.

"Yees-a! The world-a's goin' ta end-a! When tha great Flyin' Spaghetta Monstah comes-a down and exacts his-a revenge-ah! Donate now-a! Give me money-ah! You can buy yo way inta his heart-ah!"

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You know, when I read this.....all I hear is Robin William's voice as Lovelace in "Happy Feet"! Funny stuff.

Talk about charlatans !!! You couldn't have out a picture of a bigger one up there......well, maybe one.

I don't know if this is what you were looking for, but I read a series of sci-fi books in the '80s by Daniel Da Cruz about the future of Texas. Seems like the protagonist was a oilman from the Houston area or something like that.

I think august here is on the right path for you.

This is the strongest smackdown of Fox News I've seen. This almost makes me like Rick Sanchez, despite some of his silly news stunts (like being tasered on camera).

"Silly news stunts", how about that silly DUI HIT and RUN he had back in 1990 that critically injured a man? That crazy Rick Sanchez, he's such a goof.

It's been called Disco Kroger since the disco era of the late 70's. We locals now lovingly call it "Crack-Head Kroger", especially the late-nite (24/hrs) crowd. The other Montrose Kroger on W. Gray is referred to as the "Pretty-People Kroger"

Actually, the old Walgreen's (now Soundwaves) was referred to as Disco Walgreen's, but that changed when they moved in to the fancy new building.

This clip was done at Paks on W. Alabama @ Flora. The choreography shames those amateurs and it tells a touching story.

(I don't know how to embed.)

It was dubbed, "Disco Kroger" because of the Limelight Disco club that was placed there in the same strip back in 1980, so it has NOT been Disco Kroger since the 70's but late 70's IS almost close enough.

Check THIS out. Neat little story.

http://buckhead.lps2.com/Articles-i-2008-10-17-186182.112113_Disco_Kroger_ready_to_boogie.html

Not only is the Mayan calendar in play...but for you Nostradamus fans, he apparently has no more entries after this "significant" date. It is supposedly a sign that THAT is when time stops for all mankind according to Nostradamus. I do have to agree with Attica though. I remember everyone stockpiling water and K-rations for Dec.31,1999. How did that work out for all those "the sky is falling" DOOMSDAYERS ?

I have some signs of termites and want to have them killed. What are your experiences with companies around here? I'm in the Heights so i'm sure there are tons of people using termite control companies around here.

Which termite control company is the best value?

I have used ABC 3 different times for 3 different house........Never saw a termite.

Especially considering the store's unofficial neighborhood name is Disco Kroger. By the way, this is why people from the 'burbs are scared out of their wits about Montrose.

Holy hell, I just checked their blogspot and realized I know a couple of them! This doesn't surprise me in the least. The only thing that does surprise me is there isn't yet a 2 AM House of Pies sexyATTACK. I guess it wouldn't be too shocking there. The patrons would probably join in.

What surprises me is that you name the Disco Kroger.....but don't give credence to House of Pies as the proper name, House of Guys , especially @ 2am ?

Good thing these kids haven't seen this variant of the "underground" shirt for this Saturday's UH football game. Who knows what they'd do then?

Actually, they'd probably yawn and say, "Lame."

Yes, VERY lame, for the fact that U of H doesn't stand a snowball's chance. PRINT IT !!!

Attica, it is obvious that you have no children. If you did, I am sure you wouldn't mind answering a 7yr. old's questions about what the horses are doing to that girl. I am sure you would let your kid's run around Memorial City mall showing their support of that team by wearing those horse shirts, wouldn't you?

No worries, it lost its legitimacy ages ago when they gave it to Arafat and Kissinger.

eh......you forgot AlGore also.

As a Sergeant with the Harris County Sheriff Office, all you have to do is call 713 221 600 and demand a deputy to that location and have the solicitors cited. A deputy will be dispatched to that location.

That's Katy Police there. , Ft.Bend Co. Sheriffs. Might be the reason why they migrated to there, just out of reach of Harris Co. ? But, Katy normally frowns on such activities in their little town.

Austin musicians have helped push an ordinance making it illegal for street urchins, aka "pan handlers", to conduct business in the Austin Downtown area, between the hours of 7pm and 7am. But, if said street urchins have a guitar or harmonica or drums and are playing, they are ok, as they are providing a service.

You know why Memorial had to change the football field from grass to Astroturf ?

It was to keep THEIR cheerleaders from grazing at halftime.

The shirt in question is most asurdedly NOT being worn around school. It all boils down to who IS wearing the shirt, and if it IS someone's precious little minor cupcake, then where is the parenting involved there?

Nah, young lady, late 20s or early 30s. Dimitri's mom is hilarious, though. She never takes my order anymore but sometimes I see her around in a wheelchair just hanging out. She cracked me up when she took orders. She would bellow, "FRRRRRENCH FRIES, RRRRRRICE OR POTATOES?" and if you took even a moment to think she'd hit you again, "FRRRRRENCH FRIES, RRRRRRICE OR POTATOES?!?!"

LOL! She is an awesome lady, she was a big singing star in Greece back in the 60's or 70's.

Yeah, looks like Fred will have a job for at least the next 7 years.

SNL is liberal? I thought they'd excoriate anyone or anything if they figured it'd give them a chuckle or two. It just seems like they're liberal because it's far easier to poke fun at conservatives.

Looks like it was just as easy to poke fun at your "Dear Leader".