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abuelo gringo

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  1. Last night, Channel 24 Austin was reporting it as South Padre. I had earlier heard outside of CC. Big difference in locations. Edit: Looking at CC Caller Times, caller.com, who should know their local geography, it was in Kleberg County, which is no where near South Padre.
  2. Or realized they were outclassed by Charles Maund's $500 veteran rebate.
  3. And they have a large room on the S side which is often empty at lunch time. I don't know if you can reserve it. I'm a real fan of their fried oysters.
  4. I have some out of town lots that I can only mow about once a month. Often, the grass has grown such that lots of loose grass remains on the ground. I have thought about buying a bagging attachment for my Husqvarna 42" riding mower, but am concerned about one problem. Since it is often long and the resultant clippings are long, would a bagger have a problem with the chute jamming with the longer blades of grass? What sort of problems would I expect on such infrequent mowing? Any other suggestions beyond raking and bagging manually?
  5. Yes, Minnow Mountain in Austin did part of the animation. A company in the Netherlands also contributed, but, although I have heard, I didn't get exactly how it was all done. With shooting and vocals in LA, it is an example of how the Internet makes world cooperation possible. Co-creator and writer Kate Purdy grew up in San Antonio, thus the setting of the series.
  6. Since you seem to like big furniture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Chair
  7. We were in NYC for Spring Break this year. Our round trip flight was with American, and we got hit with the 737 MAX grounding. They changed our flight back to SA twice, splitting us up both times. This was unacceptable to us, as we were flying with two children. My daughter posted our dilemma to AA's twitter feed. She got a call back within an hour and we got our return flight back seated together. We did have to change planes (original flight NS) but that was not as important. Social media can be your friend.
  8. Seconded, for myself.
  9. Littlefield Fountain for anyone who went to the University.
  10. As usual, Burns knew whom to interview. Douglas Green (Ranger Doug) has written books on the singing cowboys, Bill Malone has written often about the whole genre, and Ray Benson is an expert on Bob Wills and Texas Swing. I noticed the second episode seemed to have longer song clips, which I find a positive.
  11. "Silver Haired Daddy of Mine" was co-written by Gene Autry and Jimmy Long. "T for Texas" aka Blue Yodel No. 1 was written by Jimmie Rodgers, the Singin' Brakeman. Rodgers was Threadgill's musical hero and he sang and yodeled in Rodgers' style. Threadgill used to perform for free on campus on occasion in the late '60s and early '70s. He performed regularly at the Split Rail on S. Lamar. A documentary was made about him called "Singing the Yodeling Blues." http://imgbox.com/N3S4cUY3 Mr. Threadgill at Willie's first picnic, July 1973. Unsure why link isn't loading picture.
  12. I think so -- football player from my class. Not sure as I was in Austin by August of 1965 and never again lived in Big D. Checked Texas births on Ancestry.com. Yes, his father was a football player in WWS class of '65.
  13. His third wife, Nelda Cain Pickens, was a junior Cheerleader my senior year in high school (1965, W W Samuell, Dallas.) I only casually knew her (not the same circles) and haven't seen or talked to her since. Two siblings made good, as her sister Nancy married Jeffrey Marcus, of the Nieman Marcus family. Upper atmosphere society for a couple of lower middle class SE Dallas girls.
  14. Last man standing...
  15. CIA guarding new shipment at Mena airport.
  16. How you know I'm old... I have since accepted it, but for the longest time, I had a problem with the common use (workplace, tv, etc.) of the word suck. Everyone over the age of 12 (and many younger) should have guessed it was derivative of cocksucking. So It became okay to say "you suck [cock, implied] in any given situation. I have nothing against cocksucking, but find reference to it inappropriate in most public situations, no matter what language. You work with a lot of old farts? Rant over.
  17. My son had this album when he was a teenager. Overall, I wasn't impressed, but thought this song was really good, if a bit repetitive.
  18. Contemplating one's mortality as one ages: And a less serious approach.
  19. Just finishing up. Very thorough account, with serious research and documentation. I found it a slow read, but probably largely due to my age and difficulties keeping up with so many people.
  20. We buy these when a vegetarian niece is coming to a family gathering. Tasty, even for an old carnivore like me. I think only available at Central Markets, however.
  21. Watched King Lear. I had never read nor seen a performance of Lear and was very impressed with it. Anthony Hopkins was really great as Lear (no surprise), but I also really enjoyed Jim Carter as Kent. It's done in modern dress and trappings, but Shakespeare's dialog. I found it much easier to follow with closed captions on. It's in widescreen format, so the captions were not over the film view. And Emma Thompson was highly believable as a vile MILF.
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