MidtownCoog Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 When terminal C opened, it went from big to positively gi-normous. And then of course they started getting stupid with the names. The Mickey Leeland terminal? I mean really, what kind of a sick joke was that? EDIT: (for newer locals, and youngsters: Mickey Leeland died in a plane crash.)Dude! I never put the two together. Maybe I should run for council. Thinking, I am pretty sure I have heard Doug Brown (or was it Ed Brandon?) always say "big airport".And along the same lines, look for the Carol Alvarado light rail station, coming soon.And when the train is late "it's not her fault. She didn't do it!". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchtastic Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 fuchia anyone?don't even get me started! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Yep. Same for DCA... Let's try to keep things consistent... (I realize it's not practical to re-code airport designators, in reality... so we should leave well enough alone when it comes to renaming airports, just my opinion...)How about HOU? Should we have kept it Houston International Airport and renamed it Houston Municipal Airport when Intercontinental opened? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidegate Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Which airline? Your pilot had a good sense of humor Continental. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 How about HOU? Should we have kept it Houston International Airport and renamed it Houston Municipal Airport when Intercontinental opened?They should have kept that name, and stuck with the original "Jetero Airport" for IAH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssullivan Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 I've never called it Bush Intercontinental, never will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryanS Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 How about HOU? Should we have kept it Houston International Airport and renamed it Houston Municipal Airport when Intercontinental opened?When you build and name an airport, leave it alone. Why anyone (or anyone who has authority) would want to (re)name an airport after someone (or rename it, period) is beyond me. The airport is the last place on earth I want to be stuck in, or really even enjoy going to. (Re)name other buildings... e.g. "The Toyota Center" ... "Enron Field" after people who have made a significant impact on society, not an airport for crying out loud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HtownWxBoy Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 I call IAH "Intercontinental"... never "Bush". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 (Re)name other buildings... e.g. "The Toyota Center" ... "Enron Field" after people who have made a significant impact on society, not an airport for crying out loud.they bought those names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 (edited) I'll never call it Bush either. But for the record, it's named after the first Bush...of course, I can't stand neither. LEAVE OFFICE ALREADY! Edited February 7, 2008 by wxman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memebag Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 "Big Airport" goes way back to when the "Big Airport" opened. It's was a native thing.Am I the only native left?I'm a native and I've never heard it called "Big Airport". It's always been "Intercontinental", and always will be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 I'm a native and I've never heard it called "Big Airport". It's always been "Intercontinental", and always will be.i'm with mtcoog, doug brown says it quite often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 It's just faster and easier to say Bush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YallerKitty Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 I've never been able to call it 'Bush' either . . . just stuck with 'Intercontinental'. I must say, though, that in the future I'll definitely go with Intergalactic! What a hoot . . . Are the clocks set on sidereal time? Do they show MST on the in-flight movies? Just don't entrust your beloved pet to the Schr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 It's just faster and easier to say Bush.I have a friend who used that exact same excuse to refer to vegetables as "veggies." I'm serious. *Subdude shudders* Me, I never felt that multisyllabic words ever really slowed me down that much.When you build and name an airport, leave it alone. Why anyone (or anyone who has authority) would want to (re)name an airport after someone (or rename it, period) is beyond me. The airport is the last place on earth I want to be stuck in, or really even enjoy going to. (Re)name other buildings... e.g. "The Toyota Center" ... "Enron Field" after people who have made a significant impact on society, not an airport for crying out loud.For some reason, politicians have an insatiable urge to name airports after other politicians. I don't pretend to understand it, but then again I don't understand politics to begin with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Always called Hobby "Hobby" and the big one "the big 'un"Except when flying to DC - just for the complete Republicanness of it all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 (edited) I have a friend who used that exact same excuse to refer to vegetables as "veggies." I'm serious. *Subdude shudders* Me, I never felt that multisyllabic words ever really slowed me down that much.Ha, that's kinda sad IMO. But they were only saving one sylable. I'm saving 5! That's a big difference. Plus, factor in that I'm not a talker. It can make me physically tired. Edited February 7, 2008 by lockmat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDeb Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 Well, then for consistency's sake, I hope that when some of you folks fly to New York, you refer to Idlewild Airport rather than JFK Airport. You know, to avoid the partisan Democratness of it all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trae Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 (edited) Bush and Reagan are apparently greater than some of the founders of the US and Texas We name freeways after those people. Edited February 8, 2008 by Trae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 But most of the time, we name people after they had died. My biggest opposition for renaming IAH was the fact that Bush was still alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 I know in DC many people were upset when the airport was renamed from DC National to Ronald Reagan National (me included ... I thought it was very partisan to do that, but hey ... whatever).Anyhow, it took a long time for people to be comfortable calling it that.We're you just as upset at the naming of New York's JFK airport Mr. Non-partisan ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 We're you just as upset at the naming of New York's JFK airport Mr. Non-partisan ?Well, first of all, it would have been hard for me to be as upset because I wasn't even born.Secondly, I'd like to think there is at least a SLIGHT difference in naming our Nation's capitol airport, the one literally across the river from the White House, Congress, Supreme Court, Washington Monument, Jefferson Monument, etc... than an airport on Long Island.Thirdly, Reagan wasn't assinated while still serving. Finally, if people needed a Regan Airport, why not rename the one in Orange County, California to the John Wayne-Ronald Reagan Airport? That is pretty damn fitting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 Thirdly, Reagan wasn't assinated while still serving.Why does that matter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memebag Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 Thirdly, Reagan wasn't assinated while still serving.Attempts don't count? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 Funny that Reagan came up. Most people still call it National, just like most call ours Intercontinental...and they still call 3-Com Park Candlestick. Just goes to show, you can change the name, but you can't make us say it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memebag Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 I still call the downtown ballpark "EFUS" (Enron Field at Union Station). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Funny that Reagan came up. Most people still call it National, just like most call ours Intercontinental...and they still call 3-Com Park Candlestick. Just goes to show, you can change the name, but you can't make us say it.Also applies to Town Lake in Austin being renamed Lady Bird Lake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 I think the big airprot should go for a new name, The word Bush has a lot of negitive going towards it and I don't think Houston should associate itself with it. Nothing agianst the Bushs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 (edited) I think the big airprot should go for a new name, The word Bush has a lot of negitive going towards it and I don't think Houston should associate itself with it. Nothing agianst the Bushs!Apparently a need to change the name because of so-called "negativity" over our 41st Pres. would be something "against" him, don'tcha think ?I still call Bush, Intercontinental, so yeah, what's the big deal ? Edited February 10, 2008 by TJones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 Apparently a need to change the name because of so-called "negativity" over our 41st Pres. would be something "against" him, don'tcha think ?I think that what citykid is saying is that he personally doesn't have anything against 41, but that some people mistake 41 for 43 and then might associate 43 with Houston, and that we should care what idiots think about us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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