riverrat

gee, and here i thought it was cheap ob/gyn ads...

Hey...no humor on this board, please. This is a laff-free zone..take it to Comedy Central where it belongs, or the "Suits" will dematerialize you !!

I find it a little interesting that no one has mentioned Chase Tower.

It has significance in being an IM Pei project and a pleasant simplicity.

Although aside from it height, I do find it mostly unremarkable.

Perhaps it just has too much competition nearby.

Why do you people punish me this way...all this talk about Skyscrappers...don't you realize that when you're only 3/32" tall, a blade of grass is a skyscrapper? I warn you...cease this attempt to humiliate me with such trivial trivialities or I shall unleash the full wrath of my EVIL GENIUS....but right now the Mrs. is making hologram pancakes....gotta go!

BLASPHEMER !..................DOGPILE ON GARY ! ! ! ! DOGPILE ON GARY ! ! ! !

WTH Gary, are you a PodPerson or something, HAIF wouldn't be half as fun without all the political manifesto mumbo jumbo.

AAAGGGGHHHHHHH !!! There's that word again...MANIFESTO...First it was Beat your Meat Manifesto or somethin' like that..and..now it's mumbo jumbo ( Gumbo? ) manifesto....I think I see a dangerous trend developing....it's a manifesto manifestation...and they're the worst kind...mainly because I don't know what the hell is going on....but I will ! And when I do, THIS universe will be a living hell of MANIFESTO MANIFESTATION SATURATION....but right now I have to go potty....NO DOORS !!

Now get lost before someone drops a house on you...OOPS !! damn the Oz movie!....it keeps creeping back into my head..or maybe it's crawling...maybe it's a creepy crawler...or maybe not...

HEH HEH HEH HEH

This will kill ya, I actually sat next to Marvin Zindler at Pino's on Hilcroft. He was by himself, the owner would come sit with him back and forth from the kitchen, I had a little chat with him. Nice old fart, I think he's a loon though.

Mr. Potato Bug -

That's because while you were chatting and thinking he was a loon (that's a favorite ruse of his) he was all the while secretly checking to see if your french fry brain was being stored at the proper temperature. If you haven't seen yourself on TV since the incident, you must have passed.

Now scram!....No wait...One piece of advice...next time you french fry your brain, take it out of your head first and place it in a suitable container...That looks like a really bad burn on your face. And after all, even the Colonel didn't crawl in with the fried chicken, now did he ....HEH HEH HEH

Now scram!

I also am a proud member of the Retail Food industry and it is the best job in the whole world...I would do it for FREE!....Actually I do it for free because Mr. Crabs prefers to pay Squidward and I with Crabby Patties. He said something about taxes, or something about something. Besides, would I be employee of the month for 38 months straight if it were not THE BEST DARN'D JOB IN THE WORLD...

I'M READY...I'M READY...I'M READY, READY, READY.

PATTIES UP!!

Don't listen to YellowStain Pants...he's a loser. I too am in the Food business and I'm here to tell you it's the most cutthroat business there is. Ya gotta bribe your suppliers, undercut your competition, hire the biggest pinheads, pay the lowest wages and skim all you can off the top just to survive in this Dog eat Dog racket. It's tough but it's the American way....No wait, it's bigger than that.....IT'S THE ENRON WAY!!!! Jeff...Ken...keep your chins up boys........it'll be good practice for the BIG HOUSE!!

Now get lost so I can get back to planning my next evil plan!

When I wash my hands after using a public restroom, I use a paper towel or something to open the door with regardless.

Gross!

You use a restroom with a DOOR?? If you're a guy.......YOU WEENIE!!

If you're a dame.....is there 3/32" clearance under the door?

Simple me boy, you see here, this be the last scalawag who tried to get me mudder's recipe, and if you keep it up, you may be payin a visit to Davy Jones' locker yourself. So go back to yer chumbucket and be happy I let you off with a warning.

That's funny...I thought you were playing Spin the Crab and he/she lost and had to let you do the CRAB DANCE on their back...ha ha ha ha

BUT...

I'm not some wimpering ladyboy ready to give up and have his brain turned into french fries and his face permantly red with just a highlight of color aroud the edges and ...hummmmmm...sounds familiar...But I've got my eye on you AND your "mudder" (a racehorse known for his/her ability to run well in the mud, but that was before you were hatched). I know you've got that hard thing that protects you...you've also got that shell thingy but they are no match for my scientific genius...I will devise a plan...a plan...a plan...a pla...schxnzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz HUH! WHO IS IT? Oh it's you, Crabs, or should I say Ugine..right Mr Ugine Crabs ...how did you get THAT handle? Or do you like to spell it with an E Ugene or maybe three E's Eugene....sounding more and more like a girli name to me ...pretty soon it'll be Jennifer...Jennifer Crabs...and you/ll get lots of dates with Spongebob and Squidward OR maybe not...But who cares about Your Love Life...except Valentines Day is coming...I swear by all that is evil...I will have the receipe..or is it reciepe...or maybe it's recipe...I don't know...I left my pocket dictionary at home...This whole thing is making me crazy and now I have to go potty...But I'll be back, I'll be back.... So watch out Crabs...I know where you work, I know where you live and if I can get someone who will let me sit in their lap, I know how to drive between both places. I'll get you my pretty, and your little dog too!!! OOPS that happens everytime I stay up late and watch that stupid Oz movie.

Any of you libs care to explain why Howard Dean has regular conversations with Abrahmoff, and some Dems took a little campaign contribution of about $60k when Howard kept denying it happened ?

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/1/9/90733.shtml

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/1/...0005.shtml?s=ic

Who cares about any of this crappola...the only thing that matters is....

WHY DOES MR CRABS DENY ME THE RECIEPE TO THE CRABBY PATTY? BUT I WILL GET IT ONE DAY AND THEN YOU'LL SEE SOME R-E-A-L MONEY CHANGING HANDS!!!! GET YOUR CHECKBOOKS OUT, BOYS, DADDY NEEDS A NEW PAIR OF SHOES...WAIT... I DON'T HAVE FEET...ARGHHHHHHHHHH!!!

Gotta lot of time on your hands Sponge Bob?

Not any more...I just washed them!

PATTIE UP!

The women's urinals of Texas A&M University

These women's urinals are found in the Commons building at the College Station, TX campus of Texas A&M

Holy cow!! Those instructions sound like they are right out of "Brokeback Mountain"!!! Especially that FIXTURE part.

Well, back to flippin' PATTIES.

I don't know if you consider these people famous.

Tilman Fertitta

Ken Lay

Ethan Hawke

Matthew Knowles

K.r.s.-o.n.e.

S.P.M.

Eightball

P. Diddy

Billy Gibbons (badass story behind this)

Bob McNair

Including myself........approximately ONE!

I found this ad on the back of a clipping I had saved from the sports section of a May, 1953, Chronicle. You can see the addresses of the Drive-Ins shown here. Looked like a wild stage show at the Uptown that night.

That young lady will definitely be refused service at the CRUSTY CRAB...unless she is wearing shoes!!

yeah but underwater is one word while under water is two.

You are so right, Patrick.

Huh?

See, you said you saw two cranes on I-10 and wondered what was going up?

The cranes were going up, silly. Anyway, I said the tunnel was underwater because it's ALWAYS under water just like cranes are ALWAYS going up...get it? Unless they were upside down, then they would be going down...I guess. So then you said Huh? and then I said what I said before. Get it?

Gotta get back to flippin' those Crabby Patties!

I was driving East on I-10 this morning and noticed two cranes right at Addicks Dam and Eldridge (Eldridge & I-10). Anybody know what's going up?

No, but I heard that the Washburn Tunnel in Pasadena is under water!

Debra Dunan is overexposed.

When her Bodacious TaTas burst forth onto the anchor desk, then she will be overexposed...and I won't mind a bit.

First of all, does anyone besides me watch this show? Secondly, what happened to co-host Christina? She hasn't been on in weeks and they haven't mentioned her at all. For the last several weeks they've had guest co-hosts to fill in. They've removed both Christina and Jan Glen from the opening credits, even though Jan is still on. It's like Christina never existed. Anyone got any info?

Like Archie Bunker would say before he was cancelled..."It's Crappola".

hmm...how does "lone star donuts" sound?

No more Krispy Kreme? My cardiologist might have to take a second job just to keep his wife's poodle's manicurist!

you forgot the pilot and the helicopter.

He's BAAAACK! Just saw Jim Baker on channel 55 this AM. Same old schtick, just minus some hair and The Wicked delicate flower of the West. This morning I think he was hustling pictures of Jesus for a SOS money drive (Save our Satellite) but it looked like the Same Old S*** !! By the way, is Channel 55 The Tube the station started by Joel Osteen??

What a sham. Obviously there's no shortage of sheep to be fleeced. A real person of God is someone you'd likely never see or hear about.

As Calvera (the leader of the Mexican bandits in "The Magnificent Seven") said of the townspeople he terrorized...

"If God did not want them sheared, why did he make them sheep?"

Ken Ley and Jeff Skilling prertty much followed the same Gospel.

Anybody know what the original club atop 3400 Montrose was? I vaguely remember Glenn McCarthy had several clubs in town and that was one of them, I thought the Cork Club but that has been identified as atop the Central National Bank Bldg.

I know it was a gay club in the early 70s, the Palace or Plantation or something like that, Scott Gertner's, a jazz club, etc., but it dates to the 50s I believe.

It might have been the Top of the Mark Club which was located on the top floor of a multi-story bank building (Montrose Bank?) in that area. If that is the place, I was there for a private Christmas party in 1963 given by the family that owned the newspaper that became the Houston Community Newspaper chain and again in 1966 for New Years. It was definately no gay club then. The Charlie Prouse Trio used to play there a lot.

If you have been there then you know!! If not, make the drive up 59 to 105 at Livingston. Get off and ask any local for directions. You won't be sorry. You will probably bring home more than you eat! If you go on Sunday, get there before Church lets out.

Until recently there was an excellent restaurant in San Leon and on Galveston Bay called Wrecker's. Great food and great view of the bay. Rumor had it that it was owned by the people who owned Heartbreakers on 45.

Does anyone know if this has reopened and if so, what is the new name?

Best seafood in the San Leon/Baycliff area is April Fool Point Marina.

I'm visiting Houston this upcoming week and was wondering where the Mexican neighborhoods in Houston are.

I have heard that Houston has a large Mexican and Latino population as well as very good authentic food at great prices. Where would be a "main drag" or area that would be a good place to explore, take pictures, eat, drink, visit mexican markets, etc?

Thanks!

Just WHERE IS IT you are coming from that you want to see Mexican neighborhoods?

A couple of very nice restaurants, that I doubt any here would remember, were Hebert's (pronounced A-bear's) and the Green Parrot. I'm talking 40's - 50's time-frame. Hebert's was in an old house, built in 1904, and was located at the southeast corner of San Jacinto and McGowen. Hebert's food specialty was French, New Orleans style cooking, along with excellent steaks and fresh seafood prepared a variety of ways. The Green Parrot was also in an old house located a few blocks east of Almeda in the MacGregor/Riverside area. Its specialty was southern style, home-cooking. They served delicious fried chicken, cat fish, shrimp, meat loaf, etc., along with beans, green beans, turnip greens, and salads. Dessert fare was homemade pies and cakes.

Hebert's was still in operation thru the mid 70's. I used to take clients there for lunch. There was a private dining room in the basement with a well-stocked wine cellar. Loved their corned beef & cabbage or red beans & rice. The Hebert family is still in the food business. They have Hebert's Speciality Meats on Richmond and another on 45 N in the Pavillion Mall in the Woodlands area. Another not-so-well known restaruant that operated from an old house was Mama Galli's (sp) located near Gulfgate.

I guess nobody ever heard of or knows where Tomek's is/was. (see Post #70).

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 think TV had more to do with their demise, BUT,

If I was 18 again and had the same car and the same sweet thang, I'd still prefer the Drive-In on Fri/Sat night...the drive-in wasn't about movies, it was about making out...remember? Like I said in another post, if you can date the daughter of the manager and get in free...could life get any better??