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You answered my question very well. It sounds like today's common business practice of merging/outsourcing/sub-contracting, etc.

Thanks. Yes, I went to Busch Gardens back when it first opened. What stands out in my head is the huge goldfish, and the free cup of beer they gave my dad. I guess Texans want to drink but not make beer. I remember when Pearl and Lone Star were exclusively Texan. I don't hear or see much about either one anymore. Have they bit the dust?

I turned 50 last month. I wish we could go back to the "good ol' days" of Felix and Monterey House.

OK, back on topic. How is business at Gulfgate today? Is it now a place that's slowly but surely becoming a ghost town? I've read postings on this forum of people talking about a lot of its stores having closed down.

Is this the place that had the sign on the window that said: "If you can grow it, we can cut it?"

Why would anyone want to buy a TV at a flea market? If I buy a TV in a box at a place other than a retail store, I would certainly open up the box and look inside so I would see what I'm getting before I drive off with it.

Somewhat like Tiny Tim?

An article in Thursday's (February 22, 2008) Houston Chronicle, page D4, answered my question: ...the "DTV conversion" refers to "digital television." That refers [to] the type of signal transmitted to the TV and is different from HDTV... So if I'm interpreting that correctly, would I be wasting my money if I bought one of those HDTVs?

Who's Pauly Shore?

Yes, if someone wanted to commit suicide, they would simply go watch a movie and leave the windows up and the engine running.

Earlier today I was in Wal-Mart looking at TVs. I looked at two flatscreens, both 15". One was a Sony and the other one was a Polaroid. Both said that they were HDTV. Is that what will fulfill the requirements for the digital transition that will occur a year from now? Should I buy one now, or would I be wasting my money?

The Winkler Drive-In Theatre was right by Gulfgate on the corner of Winkler Drive and Flowers Street. I wish someone had a photo of it. Maybe that's what could be done with the Astrodome. Inside, nobody could vandalize it. And it could stay open year-round. I remember most people didn't want to go to a drive-in theatre in the winter time or when it would rain.

Do any of you know of someone who bought and used that stuff that you spray on a license plate which makes the red light camera unable to discern the plate number?

Yes, the last time I went to a drive-in theatre was in 1984 when I was in college in Arkansas. It was called an "autoscope." (This one showed only x-rated movies). There were individual screens arranged in a circle. You would select a screen, park in front of it, and tune your car radio to the station that was posted at the entrance. If not a regular drive-in theatre, I wonder if an autoscope drive-in theatre would do well in Houston?

Yes, it looks like it's privately-owned. But that doesn't mean that the food isn't good. If a place serves good food, most people simply overlook the appearance of the building.

Yep, there's nothing better than a warm weiner in a warm bun.

Do you mean their left, middle, or right leg?

Yes, that's the Rockleigh I'm referring to.

In India, the public "relief stations" have two rocks in front of each seat for people to knock together to cover up the sound of their flatulence because it is impolite to make that noise in public. In Saudi Arabia there are no rolls of tissue in the public stalls. Just an empty coffee can filled with rusty water for the user to simply dip his fingers into when he/she is ready to cleanup.

Has the Mosaic opened up completely? If I could afford a condominium, that's where I'd like to live.

Does Houston have any kind of ordinance against panhandling?

I would be more embarassed watching myself than the thought of other people watching me.

That article said that the Sheraton was to be made into a "luxury" hotel? I thought that Sheraton Hotels have always been classified as "luxury." AARP classifies them as "upscale."

Here's the legend: "Siddartha's (the founder of Buddhism) mother (in around 560 B.C.E.) dreamed that when a white elephant's trunk touched her side, she became pregnant. The unborn Buddha, then existing four cosmic levels above the human plane of existence, in the Heaven of the Satisfied Gods, had been waiting for a pure and worthy mother to appear on earth."

If kids road the merry-go-round and the train at night while the movie was playing, how could anyone hear what was being said on the screen?