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  1. 3 hours ago, Armybrat said:

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    Great post.  I love how Burnet Road is referred to as the the Burnet Hwy. in the ad.  The map also references North Lamar above 49th street as the "Georgetown Rd." -- my how Austin has grown.

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  2. 2 hours ago, Armybrat said:

    Of course it was no coincidence that a few months after the new TV station (the 1st competitor for KLBJ) aired affidavits of the shady land transactions, the FCC refused to renew its license to operate. President Johnson’s friends were not to be trifled with.
    The local media have ever since had a mysterious lack of interest to investigate similar transactions... including the purchase of office buildings, hotels, etc...

    Nothing to see there.

    It is amazing that nobody from the late, great Clark Thomas, et al. law firm ever went to jail.  They were (personal opinion -- no libel) LBJ's bagmen from the git go.  Mayor McClellan's ex-husband fingered them for the JFK assassination, they had a strong association with Brown & Root getting every project they wanted, and, I've been told, represented all sorts of straw buyers on behalf of the LBJ real estate interests.  It was sweet justice that their long-term association with LBJ's baby, the Pedernales Electrical Co-Op, ended up leading to the demise of the firm. 

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  3. 1 hour ago, Armybrat said:

    They tried the same thing with the proposed Manor location for the new Mueller Airport in the early 1990s and almost got away with it after a huge public debate and a few election propositions. The “movers & shakers” insisted building an entirely new airport from scratch at Manor would be cheaper than converting the recently closed and repatriated (to the City) Bergstrom AFB (which already had the massive 12,000’ runway and utilities infrastructure). Brazen assholes they were.
    But in the end, the voters finally rejected the Manor site and approved Bergstrom. That was about the last smart proposition they voted for. Lol

    Nothing to see there.

    I worked on a lawsuit wherein I came across the fact that (then) Austin city councilman, Gus Garcia, along with some other prominent real estate names, was a member of an investment partnership for some land in the heart of the proposed airport and related development.  Slime just oozes in local politics.  

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  4. 8 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

    You are correct. Before Sage was built on that tract, the land was the former site of an old orphanage for “Negroes”. When either Sage, or later on, the mall was being built a number of graves were unearthed.

    The LBJ corporation had owned the vacant 80 or so acres.

    St. John's Orphan Home.  Isn't it an interesting coincidence that LBJ, et al. just happened to own real estate in all the right places?  I researched the prior ownership of a number of tracts along what is now 183-A.  Lots of familiar and well-connected names.

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  5. 1 hour ago, Armybrat said:

    Was the Green Acres miniature golf course & driving range still out on Burnet Road in the the ‘70s? We used to take our dates out there in the early 1960s.

    The Anderson lane area between Burnet & the railroad back then was a ranch as I recall. Just north of the Pickle campus on the west side of Burnet in what is now the Domain area was an old abandoned farm where a despondent high school kid hung himself in the early 1970s.

    The Gulf Mart discount store is what opened that area on the north side of Anderson... or was it over on Airport where Highland Mall was built?

    My two younger sons went to St. Louis Parochial in the late 1970s.

    I think the place on Airport you are thinking of was called "Sage" or something like that.  Similar early-stage big box store like the Gulf Mart at Anderson and Burnet was.

  6. 9 minutes ago, Dahobbs said:

    With all due respect, you enjoy espousing the virtues of logic, data, and the scientific process, but you can't even discern the difference between the introduction on why a study is taking place and the conclusions of the study. Don't think your not so subtle retreat from that conversation went unnoticed. A simple meal culpa would have sufficed. 

    To what data do you refer? I was pointing out the flaw in his analogy, not discussing actual aircraft incidents. 

    As I mentioned above, while you love mentioning "data," you have neither the experience nor the intellectual curiosity to actually understand any of the complicated phenomenon you discuss on this forum. And I'm sad for you because of that. 

    Here is a little something to kick off the "data" discussion:  https://www.maciverinstitute.com/2021/04/the-truth-about-police-shootings-in-america/

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  7. 5 minutes ago, Chet Steadman said:

    Was was the Kroger at Burnet and Anderson?  First I’ve ever heard of this.  

    The Gulf-Mart store was the original development at the northwest corner of Burnet Road and Anderson Lane back when everything else was open fields out there, including the Northcross Mall area.

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  8. On 4/10/2021 at 11:37 AM, Armybrat said:

    Sad to hear. 

    I concur with the Heitmiller's assessment. But we travelers through Waco are not without hope.  There's still a Luby's open along I-35 in Waco that does CFS (although I'm on team fried liver), YMMV.

  9. 4 minutes ago, El Diablo said:

    Now that you mentioned Chrysler I think they were the predecessor to L3 and it may have gone thru a couple of other name changes along the way that I don't remember. 

    General Dynamics way back when, then E-Systems for a while before the sale to Chrysler, IIRC.

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  10. 16 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

    My first car was a used 1960 MGA Roadster that looked just like this one. The coeds loved it.

     

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    Loved those (and the MGB's and Midgets) -- keeping them running was a lot of work.

     

  11. 21 minutes ago, Hate said:

    Damn I loved that place downtown.  There was nothing better than waiting for your table over at the Brown Bar and then ordering the filet for dinner. The chocolate custard dessert was one of the best desserts I've ever had.

    IIRC, different ownership groups in most of those Gumbo's stores.  Some sort of debris that resulted from a Fired Up, Inc. transaction?

  12. 19 minutes ago, Patricio Swayze said:

    Y’all are fucking worthless. I’m gonna stop adding to the bbq and burger joint threads because anytime I ask for a rec about something, no one has a worth a fuck recommendation. 
     

    so rather than hit up The Boiling Pot in Fulton, I tried SR Boil House in Rockport. I think it was better than the boiling pot. My wife was complaining the corn, potatoes and sausage were too spicy (she doesn’t like boiled crawfish). So that alone means at least we are on the right path. So good level of spice and flavor. 
     

    Here is the aftermath you worthless fucks. 
     

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    That looks like the beginning of a great batch of seafood stock.

  13. 1 hour ago, Cousin Strawberry said:

    His departure was so abrupt it seemed like it was a serious team rules violation.  But he was damn good. 

    AUSTIN, Texas - Junior outfielder Cohl Walla (Austin/Lake Travis HS) has been dismissed from The University of Texas Baseball program for violation of team rules, head coach Augie Garrido announced today.

    "We are extremely disappointed in the release of Cohl," Garrido said. "We see him as an exceptional athlete and it's disappointing that we didn't do more to help him stay focused in order to reach his full potential. We are proud of the fact that he is going to graduate from The University of Texas and will do everything in our power to help him sign a professional contract."

    Walla, who made 91 starts in 116 career games at Texas, played in four games this season for the Longhorns, going 0-for-4 at the plate. He opened his Texas career in 2010 by earning Baseball America Freshman All-America second team honors after batting .316 with eight home runs and 40 RBI.

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