ricco67

I can't help but think of the chant from 'The Dark Knight Rises'. :-)

really, I was imagining "arise, Lord Vader."

I'd like to know the status of the street repair schedule that the mayor was talking about a few years ago.

personally, I think kubosh is an jerk.

After seeing the back and forth between the various arguments, I'd have to say that I'm for the post office site.

reason being is that it's important to keep it easily accessible to everyone and just not those with a car.

why not just keep the current site? mostly because it is outdated and nearing the end of its useful life. I'd like to see it redone, but I think that it would be cost prohibitive if it is to be brought up to current standards.

would the post office or current site be ideal for development?

yes, but it wouldn't serve the interest of the citizens of Houston for the court and police system to relocate outside of the city.

As much as many users have complained so vehemently when ExxonMobil (and others) moving outside of the city center, I'm disappointed that many of you would be so hypocritical in moving so many jobs away from the very core you're trying to improve.

While driving by the building a few weeks ago, I have noticed that there are some burn marks towards the middle of the building. I'm assuming this place caught on fire in the distant past.

I can't find it, but wasn't there a chart that list the range of the 380 and 787 on where they could reach from bush?

could've sworn it was posted here at some time.

I totally agree, and that's why I'm not putting a bunch of cash in it.

going to just get a few shares and see what happens.

If it tanks, it's not going to ruin me.

I'm thinking they will be closer to 100. even that is better than some of the recent closings.

I try to keep my stock purchases to those under 50, the few times I've varied from that practice I've got burned.

it's worked out quite well for me so far.

fortunately, I'll have a bit of extra cash to throw at this. I'm on the fence as to whether or not it will be a good pick, but it won't be as much as a gamble as it would have been at 500 plus a share.

You also have to remember the was a different mindset about the environment at the time.

arch, you also have to remember that industries and cities around the world started on shorelines. it's not a unique thing to Houston.

There have been cities that "reclaimed" the seaside for residential and tourism, as well as green space, but it was only after the various industries failed.

now that some want to come back (fishing and ship building), they are unable to because they're unable to reestablish itself because of the huge tracks of land required that are now prohibitively expensive.

it is a blessing but also a curse to have a nice seaside community, but there would be little work for those that are unable to afford the scenic views.

Now that the weather is getting warmer, go to downtown about dusk.

they are everywhere.

I've said in previous posts that I'd gladly volunteer to walk DT and use a shotgun with birdshot to get rid of the pesky things.

But what about the various spurs that crisscross the city that serves a variety of business.

The one in LA is basically an express to and from the ports.

just consider the line that parallels Harrisburg. that's a good example of side spurs and winding paths.

I'm not even mentioning flooding.

The bodies of water you're referring to is a fairly good distance from DT. The only municipalities that are affected by it are the ones located on the shore.

it will be quite some time before it will constrain Houston.

you'd rethink that when the birds roost in the evenings.

damn grackles.

Having lived in a midrise, I can say when the sun rises, your entire living space will be flooded with sunlight.

eventually, we had to go into an interior room with no windows to sleep late.

While that may seem like a good idea, the transit center is at the end of line along with several bus companies. there would be considerable demand for the line.

personally, I'm glad that the underpass is dead, I'd rather have a bridge strictly for the rail.

It was a necessity. After Marvin died, it seems like once people tried to copy him were doing a couple of places a month.

I miss him.

A friend of mine was getting screwed by a business and got action once he said he was writing marvin.

The mere threat of doing so is enough for business to compromise in the old days.

in this particular instance, it was the turbine that had a catastrophic failure. it wasn't that it wasn't attached to the building properly, but lousy design of the turbines themselves.

i wish they'd find a way to engineer them properly so they could be reinstalled.

What it doesn't take into account is the population.

If your population doesn't increase, then the number of riders doesn't either.

In one case, Buffalo, they had a population decrease as well as availability of jobs.

If the researcher included population and job numbers, this would be more accurate.

suddenly, I'm picturing a block long speed hump.

I haven't gotten a good look at the plans for renovation, so can someone enlighten me as to why they are tearing up the road on fannin and San jacinto?

I'm a bit behind, and haven't able to read the articles, but am I to assume that they are doing a complete demo to put in a new Foundation?

But how does the turn south get explained?

from what I was told, pilots have three destinations they track of I n case of emergencies; airport of origin, original destination, and the closest airport along their route.

it's possible they were turning towards an airport that was closest to them and, for whatever reason were unable to complete the turn and stayed at a particular course.

But then you're talking g about putting massive amounts of equipment on unstable, low ground level islands that could be taken out in a fairly minor storm.

These refineries are huge, just on what little I know, they are on several square miles of land.

putting a remote loading dock is a good idea, but wouldn't work well in this area due to the massive amount of traffic. leading to the port.

even putting it further away from the region is iffy because the underwater pipes would be vulnerable to the various fishing industries.

I talked to a pilot recently, the only logical thing he can think of is an electrical fire.

One of the first things they try to do is change course to the nearest landing point. This could explain the turn.

He states that one of the things you do is to unplug a few of the fuses and then increase altitude to try to suffocate the fire.

If the plan works, everyone would be out of breath briefly, until the altitude could be lowered.

If not, no one regains consciousness and the plane will fly on the last heading and altitude until it runs out of fuel.