Austin Nostalgia Picture Thread

[Armybrat 40752]

Mrs. Brat riding atop the pumpkin float in the Taylor fall harvest parade 1962.

 

[BabaYaga 15215]

Old bands I saw at various venues growing up before they really blew up:

• Reba McEntire (Austin Aqua Festival)
• Stevie Ray Vaughn (as a little guy, don't remember but dad said I was there)
• Big Head Todd and the Monsters
• REK
• Asleep at the wheel
• Arc Angels
• Jerry Jeff Walker
• Willie
• Jr Brown
• Damn Yankees

All I can think of off the top of my head.  

 

[Brisketexan 104734]

57 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

Mrs. Brat riding atop the pumpkin float in the Taylor fall harvest parade 1962.

 

IMG_0713.MOV

Nothing shows up.  Which impairs surly's ability to make a "she could ride my pumpkin" crack.

[Armybrat 40752]

5 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Nothing shows up.  Which impairs surly's ability to make a "she could ride my pumpkin" crack.

Opens for me, just like she does.

Here’s a still off the old 8mm home movie:

 

[Armybrat 40752]

Here she is in the center...

 

[Deej 76587]

x, x, x, x, 2, x, x, x, 1

[Armybrat 40752]

4 hours ago, Deej said:

1

She’s dead, Jim.

[Deej 76587]

5 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

She’s dead, Jim.

 

[CHIEF 5072]

The Roman Orgy at The Magic Time Machine was my first memory of Austin. Went to it the same day I saw Ralph the swimming pig at Aquarena Springs. Moved to Austin in 1991 and left in 2006. Pearl's Oyster Bar with 10 cent shrimp and 25 cent oysters was still a thing. First time Mrs. CHIEF and I went to Cancun, we flew out of Mueller. I feel old. The HEB at 620/183 was about where the Total Wine is at this time. 620/183 was a four way stop, even 6-7 years after we were married. 

CHIEF

Edited April 21, 2022 by CHIEF
620/183

[texasdago 7553]

7 hours ago, Armybrat said:

Here she is in the center...

 

[texasdago 7553]

Hey so there is a new Barton Springs page that talks about how Barton Springs and the Greenbelt have been protected over time.  Actually a very interesting page with lots and lots of historical background.  You just have to poke around through the timeline, the map, etc.  Pretty interesting:

https://bartoncreektimestream.org/

[Biff Tannen 45512]

15 hours ago, texasdago said:

Hey so there is a new Barton Springs page that talks about how Barton Springs and the Greenbelt have been protected over time.  Actually a very interesting page with lots and lots of historical background.  You just have to poke around through the timeline, the map, etc.  Pretty interesting:

https://bartoncreektimestream.org/

welp, there goes my morning

[texasdago 7553]

9 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

welp, there goes my morning

Yeah, it was a time drain for me, too.

[dcbc 14434]

On 12/13/2021 at 11:52 AM, Deej said:

Forgot I had ordered this. Arrived in the mail this morning...

 

Wife got me the same shirt for Christmas.

[texasdago 7553]

I've got that bad boy ..

[Underdog 28460]

On 4/20/2022 at 3:52 PM, Armybrat said:

Opens for me, just like she does.

Here’s a still off the old 8mm home movie:

 

Is that Lee Harvey on the roof in the back?  

[Underdog 28460]

On 4/20/2022 at 3:58 PM, Armybrat said:

Here she is in the center...

 

With all due respect... 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'd wear those legs, and the girl on right, like a feedbag. 

[Deej 76587]

9 hours ago, Underdog said:

With all due respect... 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'd wear those legs, and the girl on right, like a feedbag. 

Uncle Boobs?

[ImissWallyPryor 9045]

This may be the best place for this gem I had framed, copyright 1979 (my freshman year). If it was cool enough to frame, I thought it might be worth sharing.

 

Here are some closer looks.

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SW

Edited February 27, 2023 by ImissWallyPryor

[sidis 9768]

On 12/13/2021 at 11:52 AM, Deej said:

Forgot I had ordered this. Arrived in the mail this morning...

 

Where did you order this? Must have 

[Deej 76587]

https://retroaustinapparel.com/collections/classic-collegiate

[tbone_ 14027]

What is that tshirt about?

[utee94 15746]

2 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

What is that tshirt about?

Tex-- The Enrollment Exchange for The University of Texas at Austin.  

All sections... are full.

You are registered for... zero... courses, for a total of... zero... hours.

Goodbye, and good luck.

 

[hornian 5205]

2 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

What is that tshirt about?

[utee94 15746]

(it was the phone-based registration system that replaced the manual hardcopy/paper registration process in... 1989 I guess?  It was in place my freshman year orientation, summer of 1990)

 

[Deej 76587]

"(Insert class here)...with a grade of....(long, painful pause)...this grade has not been reported yet."

 

Arghhh!!!!

 

[texasdago 7553]

8 minutes ago, utee94 said:

Tex-- The Enrollment Exchange for The University of Texas at Austin.  

All sections... are full.

You are registered for... zero... courses, for a total of... zero... hours.

Goodbye, and good luck.

 

I had one semester where I had to run around the Erwin Center to try to schedule classes and I ended up with a bunch of random electives.  Tex was a godsend.  I bought one of those t-shirts as soon as I saw it for sale.

[Deej 76587]

I only had to do the Erwin Center registration once, thankfully.

[utee94 15746]

I never did Erwin Center, they had just introduced Tex when I started.  Despite its issues, I was definitely glad to be able to use it, rather than run around from table to table and stand in line or whatever y'all had to do.

Edited February 25, 2023 by utee94

[texasdago 7553]

7 minutes ago, utee94 said:

I never did Erwin Center, they had just introduced Tex when I started.  Despite its issues, I was definitely glad to be able to use it, rather than run around from table to table and stand in line or whatever y'all had to do.

The only tables I liked were the ones that they placed outside of the UGL... They would wrap them with butcher paper and you could write your comments about specific classes and instructors. They could be a great source of information and a great source of amusement.

[tbone_ 14027]

(it was the phone-based registration system that replaced the manual hardcopy/paper registration process in... 1989 I guess?  It was in place my freshman year orientation, summer of 1990)
 

Got it. I graduated in May 90 so must have missed it. I had to walk around the Erwin Center at adds/drops to find out I couldn’t get any classes.

I had one semester where I had to run around the Erwin Center to try to schedule classes and I ended up with a bunch of random electives.  Tex was a godsend.  I bought one of those t-shirts as soon as I saw it for sale.

8 semesters in a row doing this for me.

[Knoxtnhorn 5940]

Lol.  TEX was no friend to me and my late teens years of immaturity.  The class that I need to take at the time I need is full?  Guess I'm taking Oceanography.  

[utee94 15746]

3 minutes ago, Knoxtnhorn said:

Lol.  TEX was no friend to me and my late teens years of immaturity.  The class that I need to take at the time I need is full?  Guess I'm taking Oceanography.  

I was an electrical engineer so they pretty much had exactly as many course openings as they had students, that was never an issue.

You might not get the prof you wanted, though.  For example, you might get that bastard Ian B. Thomas for every class he taught, instead of an awesome guy like Bostick.

[Knoxtnhorn 5940]

1 minute ago, utee94 said:

I was an electrical engineer so they pretty much had exactly as many course openings as they had students, that was never an issue.

You might not get the prof you wanted, though.  For example, you might get that bastard Ian B. Thomas for every class he taught, instead of an awesome guy like Bostick.

 To show my lack of contextual awareness, I'm pretty sure I never considered who the professor was when signing up for a class.  

[Deej 76587]

43 minutes ago, Knoxtnhorn said:

Lol.  TEX was no friend to me and my late teens years of immaturity.  The class that I need to take at the time I need is full?  Guess I'm taking Oceanography.  

That's what your adviser was for. I needed one more upper division geology credit to graduate, but nothing fit my work schedule. My advisor put my in an intro to geology class for non-majors and counted it as upper division. Easy A and I got the fuck out.

Edited February 25, 2023 by Deej

[Judge Roybeanbag 11810]

17 hours ago, ImissWallyPryor said:

This may be the best place for this gem I had framed, copyright 1979, my freshman year. If it was cool enough to frame, I thought it might be worth sharing.

 

Here are some closer looks.

NW

 

NE

 

SE

 

SW

Lol at Radian, Steck and Mopac.  I worked my last couple years of college there and a few years after.   Neal Kocurek made sure that was on there.  

[ImissWallyPryor 9045]

21 hours ago, ImissWallyPryor said:

NE

 

I worked for an oil company in the First Federal Savings of Austin building (lower center of pic) in 1982. The owner’s office was a giant postcard of the State Capitol Building.

I also worked for a temp agency one Christmas break, and the had me moving furniture and filing cabinets all Friday at the Texas Employment Commission (right above the Capitol Building). The lazy fucks working there put their work away before lunch and didn’t lift a finger the rest of the day. They did their nails, read romance novels, gossiped on the phone, anything but work. That included the managers and supervisors. 

Edited February 26, 2023 by ImissWallyPryor
They did lift fingers to paint them, flip pages, and dial friends.

[ImissWallyPryor 9045]

On 4/21/2022 at 5:28 PM, texasdago said:

Hey so there is a new Barton Springs page that talks about how Barton Springs and the Greenbelt have been protected over time.  Actually a very interesting page with lots and lots of historical background.  You just have to poke around through the timeline, the map, etc.  Pretty interesting:

https://bartoncreektimestream.org/

I miss the topless days.

Edited February 26, 2023 by ImissWallyPryor

[ImissWallyPryor 9045]

13 hours ago, texasdago said:

I had one semester where I had to run around the Erwin Center to try to schedule classes and I ended up with a bunch of random electives. 

Adds & Drops needed to be experienced at least once in a college kid’s time at UT. Freshman year was the worst, by far. I hardly remember the following years. 

Edited February 26, 2023 by ImissWallyPryor

[Longhornstampede 3174]

12 hours ago, tbone_ said:

Got it. I graduated in May 90 so must have missed it. I had to walk around the Erwin Center at adds/drops to find out I couldn’t get any classes.
8 semesters in a row doing this for me.

10 semesters for me. I was on the 5 year plan

[texasdago 7553]

7 hours ago, ImissWallyPryor said:

I miss the topless days.

They're not totally gone.

[Chad Fuck 17585]

They're not totally gone.

Phew! I was worried there for a sec.

[texasdago 7553]

18 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

Phew! I was worried there for a sec.

Including the occasional topless woman wearing a mermaid tail.

[JesusSweatDuck 17780]

16 hours ago, utee94 said:

I was an electrical engineer so they pretty much had exactly as many course openings as they had students, that was never an issue.

You might not get the prof you wanted, though.  For example, you might get that bastard Ian B. Thomas for every class he taught, instead of an awesome guy like Bostick.

Bostick was still the prof you wanted in the early 2000's

 

Tex was still around my first couple years but I think it died in 2001 or 2002 and was replaced with an online version 

Edited February 26, 2023 by JesusSweatDuck

[JesusSweatDuck 17780]

16 hours ago, Knoxtnhorn said:

 To show my lack of contextual awareness, I'm pretty sure I never considered who the professor was when signing up for a class.  

Pick-a-prof popped up towards my upper class years. Was awesome, could see the grade ratios of every professor and student reviews.  I credit that website to raising my GPA 1/2 a pt

[hornian 5205]

13 hours ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

Lol at Radian, Steck and Mopac.  I worked my last couple years of college there and a few years after.   Neal Kocurek made sure that was on there.  

I did not know that. I worked at Signature Science (the company Radian turned into) my last year of undergrad and before I went to law school. Most of the old timers were former Radian folks. I’m sure we worked with a lot of the same people, they were lifers. 

21 minutes ago, JesusSweatDuck said:

Bostick was still the prof you wanted in the early 2000's

 

Tex was still around my first couple years but I think it died in 2001 or 2002 and was replaced with an online version 

I started Fall of 2001 and TEX was still around then. So it made it to at least 2002. 

[Armybrat 40752]

Sixty years ago we ran around collecting punch cards from tables in Gregory Gym.

8AM TTS classes were always available.

[Brisketexan 104734]

That's what your adviser was for. I needed one more upper division geology credit to graduate, but nothing fit my work schedule. My advisor put my in an intro to geology class for non-majors and counted it as upper division. Easy A and I got the fuck out.

I only had the Erwin Center experience freshman year…because I was arrogant, and didn’t need to go to any sissy orientation…not realizing that was also where you registered for classes.
In the later TEX years, I was a spoiled little Plan II kid. Didn’t so much matter what I registered for, I’d just get my Plan II adviser to fix it later. I did always make sure I registered for at least 12 hours of something, because you needed to be registered full time to get your scholarship money released.
Also had a buddy who needed to do some add-drop work on Tex at a scheduled time. Problem was, we were all on an impromptu trip for debauchery in Laredo. He did add drops from a pay phone in Laredo.

[Deej 76587]

2 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

I only had the Erwin Center experience freshman year…because I was arrogant, and didn’t need to go to any sissy orientation…not realizing that was also where you registered for classes

Same.

[Armybrat 40752]

My Dad worked at this old Austin bank in the late 1950s. It is now Perry’s restaurant.