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abuelo gringo

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  1. Hey, @justhookit, Was Shell's bought by the same guy who owns the Holiday Inn Express property and the old Rock Cottages and Laughing Horse properties? Or is someone going to put a new restaurant there? Gonna be a lot of units up at Eleventh and G. Did the guy from Shell's retire?
  2. So, if an Executive Order can modify/reverse a constitutional amendment (fourteenth), why doesn't Biden modify/reverse the 2nd to clearly state a limitation on gun ownership?
  3. Wonder Boys. Movie ending song won an Oscar.
  4. Thanks for letting me know Detroiters was on Amazon. One of the co-creators and writers was Joe Kelly, the only co-creator of Ted Lasso not to appear in the series. Also wrote for SNL a couple of seasons.
  5. There is a bridge. You just have to come through Corpus and N. Padre.
  6. Probably my wedding ring (1967). Pretty well cleaned out of other old things by a flood eight years ago.
  7. Fell in love with his music with this song on the old Kirk Wilson KAZZ-FM show in the late '60s, early 70's. So great, Edmund Fitzgerald, Canadian Railroad Trilogy, Sundown, too many great songs over the years. RIP Gord.
  8. I was thinkin' 'bout Alicia Keys, couldn't keep from tryin' Wanda Jackson cover I was thinkin' 'bout Jerry Lee
  9. We loved both Happy Valley and No Offense, but haven't seen Sandbaggers. Joanna Scanlan is a hilarious comedic actress, too, especially when paired with Vicki Pepperdine and Jo Brand (Getting On). We just finished the third season of Staged. I thought David Tennant was great. Third season started off slow for me, but got better.
  10. Just finished this one: Previously read this: I enjoyed the Frank Smith one the most. I could remember most of the news reporting of the Rabb incident at the time it happened, as I came to Austin in 1965. I had heard of Timmy Overton, but didn't know much about him and his escapades. Both interesting looks at Austin at the time.
  11. Great picture of Murray. I knew him and two of his sisters, Dolores Viktorin (RIP) and Leora Callahan Wilson McCarthy. I remember his mother, Lucy's, funeral. Cars were parked all along Hwy 71 access as there wasn't enough room in the parking lot. A good family.
  12. Port A visitors and residents woke up Saturday to an unpleasant surprise. Problems at the source put the entire city without natural gas. Thus, no gas central heat, hot showers or cooking except where an electric alternative existed. Most restaurants were closed. Taqueria San Juan's parking lot was empty when we left around noon yesterday. The supply has been restored, but all the meters have to be shut off before the lines can be pressured back up. They are projecting a return to normal by this afternoon. The city manager might be lucky he's not in Austin. If so, he might lose his job. Home - City of Port Aransas
  13. Was Tucker at said dinner? Was he seen near the turtle immediately before? Just asking questions.
  14. Googles says streaming for free on Tubi and Pluto.
  15. That's Jerry Garcia, second guitar from the right. Festival Express, train trip across Canada in 1970 with Janis, the Band, and the Dead. Great DVD.
  16. No, just Texans who have it on their phones.
  17. Wait... other schools had square fencing in PE? I thought that was just Baytown. Shit. Learn something new every day. We did it (square dancing, not square fencing) in DISD in the late '50s. Only a third or more sat it out with letters from their Baptist minister indicating they considered dancing a sin. Probably the same all over Texas.
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