Again, I find the couch is not made up for company. I am unlocking the door and inviting ya’ll in. I, unfortunately, have work to do, so please help yourself to the beverages and leftovers in the fridge, and talk amongst yourselves until I can join in your pleasant company. Make yourself at home!
PS: The plunger behind the toilet is there for a reason.
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Mornin’ Gang
It’s Friday and I’m off work! 😀
Mornin’ Gang
It’s Friday and I’m off work! 😀
please help yourself to the beverages
HEY!!! Who drank all the beer?
please help yourself to the beverages
HEY!!! Who drank all the beer?
#2 Dude
Don’t look at me! I think beer is disgusting. The only thing it’s good for in my opinion is as slug bait.
/pointing at Super Dave behind his back
#2 Dude
Don’t look at me! I think beer is disgusting. The only thing it’s good for in my opinion is as slug bait.
/pointing at Super Dave behind his back
At the risk of sounding like El Gordo, I just want to say I’m glad the Connecticut women’s basketball team will be out of the news now. The only sport most men want to see adult women compete in involves either mud or Jello.
At the risk of sounding like El Gordo, I just want to say I’m glad the Connecticut women’s basketball team will be out of the news now. The only sport most men want to see adult women compete in involves either mud or Jello.
The plunger behind the toilet is there for a reason.
Tedtam, the (subsitute) hostess with the mostest 😀
The only sport most men want to see adult women compete in involves either mud or Jello.
Hey you forgot volley ball. 😉
The only sport most men want to see adult women compete in involves either mud or Jello.
Hey you forgot volley ball. 😉
The plunger behind the toilet is there for a reason.
Its for when you run out of chapagne glasses and still have one person without one, right?
HEY!!! Who drank all the beer?
You didn’t miss anything it was Light Beer, Miller at that. 😕
HEY!!! Who drank all the beer?
You didn’t miss anything it was Light Beer, Miller at that. 😕
The plunger behind the toilet is there for a reason.
Man… this champagne glass sure has a long stem. And it’s wooden too. Never seen one like that before. Oh well… bottoms up!
Seriously, I want to thank Hamous for his hospitality to this crew of lurkers, and Tedtam and Pyro for always being ready & able to open the store when called upon. It has meant a lot to me this year. I won’t be awake at midnight tonight, but I’ll toast you in my dreams!
Seriously, I want to thank Hamous for his hospitality to this crew of lurkers, and Tedtam and Pyro for always being ready & able to open the store when called upon. It has meant a lot to me this year. I won’t be awake at midnight tonight, but I’ll toast you in my dreams!
Light Beer, Miller at that
Booooooooooooooooooooo…..
/but more vehemently than the one for Ben Konop, liar
Light Beer, Miller at that
Booooooooooooooooooooo…..
/but more vehemently than the one for Ben Konop, liar
I hope Sunny’s fairing OK,…wait she lives on a moutian, never mind.
Australia floods larger than France strand 200,000.
I hope Sunny’s fairing OK,…wait she lives on a moutian, never mind.
Australia floods larger than France strand 200,000.
#12 SD
Sunny’s doing very well. We hosted a toast last evening during am IM chat about noon-thirty her time. We agreed to meet in spirit agai at her midnight (8am here CDT) this morning for another – Life is GREAT!!
#12 SD
Sunny’s doing very well. We hosted a toast last evening during am IM chat about noon-thirty her time. We agreed to meet in spirit agai at her midnight (8am here CDT) this morning for another – Life is GREAT!!
Too young to plunge daughter: “Daddy, the potty is plugged up.”
Me: “I’ll get right on it.”
Too young to plunge daughter: “Daddy, the potty is plugged up.”
Me: “I’ll get right on it.”
My #12 Hey it’s about 1 AM in Austrailia. Happy New Year down under.
My #12 Hey it’s about 1 AM in Austrailia. Happy New Year down under.
#13 CbR Does She still have her cooking blog? I lost the link.
#13 CbR Does She still have her cooking blog? I lost the link.
SD,
Go to: http://kitconn.blogspot.com
I can’t go there myself because, unlike some people, I’m at work today and the IT goons have blocked the blogspot domain here.
🙂
SD,
Go to: http://kitconn.blogspot.com
I can’t go there myself because, unlike some people, I’m at work today and the IT goons have blocked the blogspot domain here.
🙂
#16 SD – Sure does Kitchen Connection
#16 SD – Sure does Kitchen Connection
G’Morning all
Dee & Reesa I went to see True Grit yesterday. It was good and kept the same premise as John Wayne’s but they changed it up so it would not be just another ripoff. There was more front end getting together and getting ready to go and the hunt was changed, but stayed within the boundaries of the story line. No, I’m not going to tell you the plot twists and turns, but it included public hangings, sleeping in a funeral home, bear hunters, old decaying corpses and rattlesnake bites. The characters were convincing, especially the 14 year old girl. The ONLY thing that grated on my nerves was that everyone spoke like a country preacher quoting the bible. It is worth seeing.
G’Morning all
Dee & Reesa I went to see True Grit yesterday. It was good and kept the same premise as John Wayne’s but they changed it up so it would not be just another ripoff. There was more front end getting together and getting ready to go and the hunt was changed, but stayed within the boundaries of the story line. No, I’m not going to tell you the plot twists and turns, but it included public hangings, sleeping in a funeral home, bear hunters, old decaying corpses and rattlesnake bites. The characters were convincing, especially the 14 year old girl. The ONLY thing that grated on my nerves was that everyone spoke like a country preacher quoting the bible. It is worth seeing.
What would you say is the worlds oldest musical instrument? Well, you would be wrong.
I have seen everything from washboard, gallon jugs, Jew’s harps, spoons, sticks, your own cheek while varying your mouth opening, and so on, but never have seen this….
http://www.plumtv.com/videos/cowboy-poetry-gathering-gillette-brothers-playing-them-bones/
What would you say is the worlds oldest musical instrument? Well, you would be wrong.
I have seen everything from washboard, gallon jugs, Jew’s harps, spoons, sticks, your own cheek while varying your mouth opening, and so on, but never have seen this….
http://www.plumtv.com/videos/cowboy-poetry-gathering-gillette-brothers-playing-them-bones/
Caution! Put your coffee down before watching this!!
Bleeped F word, clip is not offensive.
Caution! Put your coffee down before watching this!!
Bleeped F word, clip is not offensive.
Good morning all. Mugly 65 at 6 and high overcast shrouding the Moon now and again, waves of gossamer clouds passing before her face and swirling by. Now all is overcast and getting darker, with two bands of rain south of Bryan/College Station ready to soon pass through ahead of the front. All is still at the moment.
We shall be at home tonight, trying to stay awake until midnight as usual on New Year’s Eve. A glass of wine or two and a movie is the customary entertainment, popcorn if desired. Terribly unsophisticated but oh so comfortable, especially on a cold and windy night.
Happy New Year to all Hamsters and lurkers. Bring on January 5th.
Good morning all. Mugly 65 at 6 and high overcast shrouding the Moon now and again, waves of gossamer clouds passing before her face and swirling by. Now all is overcast and getting darker, with two bands of rain south of Bryan/College Station ready to soon pass through ahead of the front. All is still at the moment.
We shall be at home tonight, trying to stay awake until midnight as usual on New Year’s Eve. A glass of wine or two and a movie is the customary entertainment, popcorn if desired. Terribly unsophisticated but oh so comfortable, especially on a cold and windy night.
Happy New Year to all Hamsters and lurkers. Bring on January 5th.
We shall be at home tonight,
trying to stay awake until midnightas usual on New Year’s Eve.
Fixed it for ya
We shall be at home tonight,
trying to stay awake until midnightas usual on New Year’s Eve.
Fixed it for ya
I love the Hammond B3 on this one
In daylights, in sunsets
In midnights, in cups of coffee
In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife
In five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
How do you measure, a year in the life?
New Year’s eve plans are still indeterminate at this point, but there was talk of daughters pals bringing over the regulation sized beer pong table Santa brought them, which will look good nearby the pool table. I’ve suggested that the pickers among them bring their guitars as well. The Rhodes piano isn’t perfect yet, but it’s close enough for jazz.
So I reckon I’d better go down, do the kitchen, and vacuum the carpet since I’m likely to awake tomorrow morning to a living room littered with sleeping young folk.
Happy New Year, Y’all.
I love the Hammond B3 on this one
In daylights, in sunsets
In midnights, in cups of coffee
In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife
In five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
How do you measure, a year in the life?
New Year’s eve plans are still indeterminate at this point, but there was talk of daughters pals bringing over the regulation sized beer pong table Santa brought them, which will look good nearby the pool table. I’ve suggested that the pickers among them bring their guitars as well. The Rhodes piano isn’t perfect yet, but it’s close enough for jazz.
So I reckon I’d better go down, do the kitchen, and vacuum the carpet since I’m likely to awake tomorrow morning to a living room littered with sleeping young folk.
Happy New Year, Y’all.
PS: The plunger behind the toilet is there for a reason.
Who’da thought a plumbers wife would know anything about plungers? Guess kinda like my Sweeties car stays in need of various repair.
Thanks Hammy and assorted co-hosts for providing the forum to keep us all together and from all those honey-dews, Happy New Year to all ya’.
OTL
We went to see True Grit last night, it was very good. I’ll have to watch the original again, it’s been a while- benefit of getting old, everything’s new again! 😀
OTL
We went to see True Grit last night, it was very good. I’ll have to watch the original again, it’s been a while- benefit of getting old, everything’s new again! 😀
Oletimer #19;
Mrs. Darrne and I want to see Tru Grit. hopefully it will be today but we’re having doubts. We reserved John Wayne’s version on Netflix and it’s currently marked as a “Very long wait”.
Oletimer #19;
Mrs. Darrne and I want to see Tru Grit. hopefully it will be today but we’re having doubts. We reserved John Wayne’s version on Netflix and it’s currently marked as a “Very long wait”.
#21 OletimerLin
“Southern Demostic Terriorist” the early years. 😉
#21 OletimerLin
“Southern Demostic Terriorist” the early years. 😉
Y’all go ahead and go into 2011 if you want to. I am staying right here. I’ll catch up with later, maybe.
Y’all go ahead and go into 2011 if you want to. I am staying right here. I’ll catch up with later, maybe.
All the comments about “True Grit” I’ve not had any desire to watch it because I can’t imagne anyone being able to come close to The Duke in portraying an ornery old goat that has a heart of gold. That said, I may rent it later as I don’t do movies, there’s just too many IDIOTS at the movies these days. The last move I went to see was Titanic (with Daughter) or The Patriot (with Daughter and the Boy) which ever came last, I don’t remember. Before these two I took both the kids to see Apollo 13.
FWIW; I have one of them movie 5 speaker sound systems plus a Bass speaker that rattles the foundation on my house, BUTT I have to admit that seeing the Patriot at the movie was something else, put my system to shame.
All the comments about “True Grit” I’ve not had any desire to watch it because I can’t imagne anyone being able to come close to The Duke in portraying an ornery old goat that has a heart of gold. That said, I may rent it later as I don’t do movies, there’s just too many IDIOTS at the movies these days. The last move I went to see was Titanic (with Daughter) or The Patriot (with Daughter and the Boy) which ever came last, I don’t remember. Before these two I took both the kids to see Apollo 13.
FWIW; I have one of them movie 5 speaker sound systems plus a Bass speaker that rattles the foundation on my house, BUTT I have to admit that seeing the Patriot at the movie was something else, put my system to shame.
Most of us old professional drunks have still have sense enough not to go out on amateur night.
Most of us old professional drunks have still have sense enough not to go out on amateur night.
SD- I know it’s too far for you but locally the Silverado 19 in Tomball or the AMC in The Woodlands always have very clean cut kids, Willowbrook and farther in, not so much.
SD- I know it’s too far for you but locally the Silverado 19 in Tomball or the AMC in The Woodlands always have very clean cut kids, Willowbrook and farther in, not so much.
The ONLY thing that grated on my nerves was that everyone spoke like a country preacher quoting the bible.
The don’t get into a time machine and go back to 1878—thats how they talked back then.
But you were likely too young at the time to remember that.
Think of it this way”
At least they didn’t all talk like miners in an isolated gold strike town in the way that the dialog was portrayed in Deadwood.
The ONLY thing that grated on my nerves was that everyone spoke like a country preacher quoting the bible.
The don’t get into a time machine and go back to 1878—thats how they talked back then.
But you were likely too young at the time to remember that.
Think of it this way”
At least they didn’t all talk like miners in an isolated gold strike town in the way that the dialog was portrayed in Deadwood.
there’s just too many IDIOTS at the movies these days
Ain’t that the truth. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton (along with their media stooges) have been strangely silent on this racist lynch mob incident.
there’s just too many IDIOTS at the movies these days
Ain’t that the truth. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton (along with their media stooges) have been strangely silent on this racist lynch mob incident.
Speaking of how they talk in movies, howzcum all the actors in movies about Biblical, Greek, and Roman times always have English accents?
Speaking of how they talk in movies, howzcum all the actors in movies about Biblical, Greek, and Roman times always have English accents?
All the comments about “True Grit” I’ve not had any desire to watch it because I can’t imagne anyone being able to come close to The Duke in portraying an ornery old goat that has a heart of gold.
That was the way I felt before going to see it, but this really is the superior of the two movies. The biggest problem I had woth the original was the way that Glenn Campbell absoultely destroyed The Dukes best movie, and last LEGITIMATE chance to get a well deserved Oscar.
I do recomend going to see it in the theater. There is some great cinematography. It was filmed in locations that are near identical to the setting of the orignal story rather than the Colorado Rockies where the original was filmed. That adds to the movie rather than detracts from it.
On good thing is that the dialog is sufficiently similar to the original that somebody is bound to do a you tube edit of the damting taking out Jeff Bridges scenes and putting The Duke into it. Bridges did The Duke justice. He did not attempt an impersonation, and did not try to out do him. Your memories of John Wayne as Rooster Cogburn will be intact when you leave the theater, and you will have an increased appreciation for the abilities of Matt Damon.
All the comments about “True Grit” I’ve not had any desire to watch it because I can’t imagne anyone being able to come close to The Duke in portraying an ornery old goat that has a heart of gold.
That was the way I felt before going to see it, but this really is the superior of the two movies. The biggest problem I had woth the original was the way that Glenn Campbell absoultely destroyed The Dukes best movie, and last LEGITIMATE chance to get a well deserved Oscar.
I do recomend going to see it in the theater. There is some great cinematography. It was filmed in locations that are near identical to the setting of the orignal story rather than the Colorado Rockies where the original was filmed. That adds to the movie rather than detracts from it.
On good thing is that the dialog is sufficiently similar to the original that somebody is bound to do a you tube edit of the damting taking out Jeff Bridges scenes and putting The Duke into it. Bridges did The Duke justice. He did not attempt an impersonation, and did not try to out do him. Your memories of John Wayne as Rooster Cogburn will be intact when you leave the theater, and you will have an increased appreciation for the abilities of Matt Damon.
Be careful where you spill the Tabasco sauce.
Be careful where you spill the Tabasco sauce.
#32 GJT, do you know of a Drive-In around Houston, they’re making a small comeback all over the country because of old dinosaur’s like me that have good memories about them. From sitting on the tailgate of the old 58 Plymouth station wagon eating fried chicken and home cooked popcorn to the later years when in winter we would park on the back row, stretch out our extension cord across the road to the small light fixtures, install a lamp/plug-in and plug in our electric blanket. 😉
#32 GJT, do you know of a Drive-In around Houston, they’re making a small comeback all over the country because of old dinosaur’s like me that have good memories about them. From sitting on the tailgate of the old 58 Plymouth station wagon eating fried chicken and home cooked popcorn to the later years when in winter we would park on the back row, stretch out our extension cord across the road to the small light fixtures, install a lamp/plug-in and plug in our electric blanket. 😉
Sarge
The biggest problem I had woth the original was the way that Glenn Campbell absoultely destroyed The Dukes best movie, and last LEGITIMATE chance to get a well deserved Oscar.
AMEN to that!! Why would you get Glen Cambell or Willie Nasal or even Kinny Rodgers to play in a movie? I just don’t get it.
Sarge
The biggest problem I had woth the original was the way that Glenn Campbell absoultely destroyed The Dukes best movie, and last LEGITIMATE chance to get a well deserved Oscar.
AMEN to that!! Why would you get Glen Cambell or Willie Nasal or even Kinny Rodgers to play in a movie? I just don’t get it.
re: Phil’s link in #37
Great.
Escamilla, a Florida resident, was in Idaho visiting family.
re: Phil’s link in #37
Great.
Escamilla, a Florida resident, was in Idaho visiting family.
Speaking of how they talk in movies, howzcum all the actors in movies about Biblical, Greek, and Roman times always have English accents?
Its cuz they really did have English accents back then.
But only when they spoke English.
Weird, I know.
Speaking of how they talk in movies, howzcum all the actors in movies about Biblical, Greek, and Roman times always have English accents?
Its cuz they really did have English accents back then.
But only when they spoke English.
Weird, I know.
AMEN to that!! Why would you get Glen Cambell or Willie Nasal or even Kinny Rodgers to play in a movie? I just don’t get it.
It took me 20 years before I could really appreciate Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson in Rio Bravo.
But Walter Brennan helped.
AMEN to that!! Why would you get Glen Cambell or Willie Nasal or even Kinny Rodgers to play in a movie? I just don’t get it.
It took me 20 years before I could really appreciate Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson in Rio Bravo.
But Walter Brennan helped.
#37 Phil
Escamilla is an accomplished physical therapist who holds a Ph.D. and has worked as a professor at Duke University and California State University.
Well That S’plains it.
#37 Phil
Escamilla is an accomplished physical therapist who holds a Ph.D. and has worked as a professor at Duke University and California State University.
Well That S’plains it.
I can’t watch any movie with Richard Harris in it. They should be used in drama class as lessons in overacting. Or maybe it’s this that causes my aversion.
I can’t watch any movie with Richard Harris in it. They should be used in drama class as lessons in overacting. Or maybe it’s this that causes my aversion.
#38
SD
I call it the Houston area, you prolly wouldn’t. The Showboat Drive-In, on 2920 in Hockley outside of Tomball. We love going there but the movie selections are mostly for families with young ‘uns, which is a good thing.
We did some work for them on an old manlift a few months back, the owner told me they tried to bring back the old Dollar Night, but Big Studio wouldn’t let them.
About the Titanic Move, Daughter really wanted me to take Her to see it. She was in Her early teens, I think, and if I’d known about the scene in the 1912 Renault I don’t think I have went. 😳
About the Titanic Move, Daughter really wanted me to take Her to see it. She was in Her early teens, I think, and if I’d known about the scene in the 1912 Renault I don’t think I have went. 😳
#45 GJT Thanks, I’ll have to check that out,…..Now I wonder if Jesse will let me borrow his 1970 Chevelle 396? 😀
#45 GJT Thanks, I’ll have to check that out,…..Now I wonder if Jesse will let me borrow his 1970 Chevelle 396? 😀
#46
Oh so all the dyin’ was ok, huh?? 😛
#46
Oh so all the dyin’ was ok, huh?? 😛
#47 SD
You had to do that didn’t ya.
/drooling
#47 SD
You had to do that didn’t ya.
/drooling
RE: 5.1 Surround Sound
After my son bought me a subwoofer for Christmas, I’m pumped about my HT again. My AVR is capable of 7.1 but I never got around to putting in the backs. I thought I’d remembered running the wires for it when the house was being built. I rooted around the insulation yesterday and yes, by golly I did. I have speakers out on the back patio I never use, so I have the speakers already, just gonna cost me my labor which comes cheap!
RE: 5.1 Surround Sound
After my son bought me a subwoofer for Christmas, I’m pumped about my HT again. My AVR is capable of 7.1 but I never got around to putting in the backs. I thought I’d remembered running the wires for it when the house was being built. I rooted around the insulation yesterday and yes, by golly I did. I have speakers out on the back patio I never use, so I have the speakers already, just gonna cost me my labor which comes cheap!
#50 When I went surround a few years ago I bought new Bose for the fronts and center, and re-missioned these for the rears. 30 Years on they still sound nice.
#50 When I went surround a few years ago I bought new Bose for the fronts and center, and re-missioned these for the rears. 30 Years on they still sound nice.
#51
These are my fronts, Realistic Mach Ones, bought in 1979 for around 400 bucks I think. Audiophiles prolly would laugh, but I still like ’em.
#51
These are my fronts, Realistic Mach Ones, bought in 1979 for around 400 bucks I think. Audiophiles prolly would laugh, but I still like ’em.
Better info on the Mach Ones .
Better info on the Mach Ones .
#34 Hammy
One of the more disturbing aspects of your story about the mob attacking a Marine and his wife outside the Florida theater is how the MSM concealed the race of the offenders with phrases like
a group of unruly teenagers
Here’s a different link that specifically points that out.
Why do the media do this? Don’t they understand that a story in which identifying characteristics of the perps are CONSPICUOUSLY missing just convinces the reader that it must be some type of minority? Do they really think we’re so stupid that we don’t think Jihadis when there is a terrorism story, or blacks when there is a riot in Florida?
The odds are overwhelming.
#34 Hammy
One of the more disturbing aspects of your story about the mob attacking a Marine and his wife outside the Florida theater is how the MSM concealed the race of the offenders with phrases like
a group of unruly teenagers
Here’s a different link that specifically points that out.
Why do the media do this? Don’t they understand that a story in which identifying characteristics of the perps are CONSPICUOUSLY missing just convinces the reader that it must be some type of minority? Do they really think we’re so stupid that we don’t think Jihadis when there is a terrorism story, or blacks when there is a riot in Florida?
The odds are overwhelming.
#53 GJT $400 in 1979 = $1206 in 2010!? 😯
#53 GJT $400 in 1979 = $1206 in 2010!? 😯
#55
20 yrs old working in the oil patch in the boom days. We all had more money than sense. 😀
#55
20 yrs old working in the oil patch in the boom days. We all had more money than sense. 😀
Finally had time to go back and finish up some HouChron editorials I had set aside in the last week. One was Froma Harrop’s column from Dec 23 on the latest US census.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/7352735.html
This liberal Yankee isn’t likely to understand much about Texas, but I found this opinion a bit bizarre:
Until recently, Texas Republicans have been able to corral Latinos into bizarrely shaped districts.
Seems to me how racially gerrymandered districts work is just the opposite. That is, by fencing out whites, not by fencing in any group of minority voters, in order to ensure that a minority candidate can win an election.
I’d sure like to see in my lifetime political maps drawn up that are just rectangles containing X number of citizens…
Finally had time to go back and finish up some HouChron editorials I had set aside in the last week. One was Froma Harrop’s column from Dec 23 on the latest US census.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/7352735.html
This liberal Yankee isn’t likely to understand much about Texas, but I found this opinion a bit bizarre:
Until recently, Texas Republicans have been able to corral Latinos into bizarrely shaped districts.
Seems to me how racially gerrymandered districts work is just the opposite. That is, by fencing out whites, not by fencing in any group of minority voters, in order to ensure that a minority candidate can win an election.
I’d sure like to see in my lifetime political maps drawn up that are just rectangles containing X number of citizens…
mharper
The gerrymandered districts we currently have are the genious of Tom Delay and crew. Ted Poe and John Culberson are not in 50-50 districts where they have to play the politically correct game and can be their fundamentalist religious nutjob selves. 😛
mharper
The gerrymandered districts we currently have are the genious of Tom Delay and crew. Ted Poe and John Culberson are not in 50-50 districts where they have to play the politically correct game and can be their fundamentalist religious nutjob selves. 😛
#57 Mharper
I’d sure like to see in my lifetime political maps drawn up that are just rectangles containing X number of citizens…
From your lips to God’s ears. Who ever said that one person of one color can’t represent the needs of persons of other colors?
Or is racism required for redistricting?
#57 Mharper
I’d sure like to see in my lifetime political maps drawn up that are just rectangles containing X number of citizens…
From your lips to God’s ears. Who ever said that one person of one color can’t represent the needs of persons of other colors?
Or is racism required for redistricting?
GJT #32;
I agree that the staff is good at AMC in the Woodlands but there is constant problems with the sound cutting out in the middle of a film. Either the surround sound goes out which very few people notice but annoys me or the sound goes out entirely.
GJT #32;
I agree that the staff is good at AMC in the Woodlands but there is constant problems with the sound cutting out in the middle of a film. Either the surround sound goes out which very few people notice but annoys me or the sound goes out entirely.
Tim, why would Tom Delay set up the 18th district for “Shirley” Jackson-Lee?
Tim, why would Tom Delay set up the 18th district for “Shirley” Jackson-Lee?
Or is racism required for redistricting?
According to the Voting Rights Act, it is.
Just hide and watch the lawsuits after redistricting.
Its the reason Queen Sheila ius in Congress.
Or is racism required for redistricting?
According to the Voting Rights Act, it is.
Just hide and watch the lawsuits after redistricting.
Its the reason Queen Sheila ius in Congress.
Tim, why would Tom Delay set up the 18th district for “Shirley” Jackson-Lee?
The law does require us to have “majority minority” districts.
Sux, but thats the law.
Tim, why would Tom Delay set up the 18th district for “Shirley” Jackson-Lee?
The law does require us to have “majority minority” districts.
Sux, but thats the law.
GJT & Bob:
bob;
I still have Polk audio speakers running in my bedroom. I bought them over 20 years ago and they still sound fine. Though Polk Audio would not be my first choice now, these were good speakers. Run your speakers as log as you can. no need to swap them unless you just want to.
GJT;
Bottom line to me is if it works for you, use it. “Audiophile” is a fluid adjective as what sounds “good” to people varies. To me I like a warm speaker connected to a “bright” sounding amplifier.
Looking at your second link to your March Ones, if you set the frequency knobs to “0”, would that cancel out all frequency variables and allow the speakers to accept all frequencies and cross over the frequencies at a default setting? Have you played around with those settings? Nowadays most HT speakers will not let you decide crossover points.
GJT & Bob:
bob;
I still have Polk audio speakers running in my bedroom. I bought them over 20 years ago and they still sound fine. Though Polk Audio would not be my first choice now, these were good speakers. Run your speakers as log as you can. no need to swap them unless you just want to.
GJT;
Bottom line to me is if it works for you, use it. “Audiophile” is a fluid adjective as what sounds “good” to people varies. To me I like a warm speaker connected to a “bright” sounding amplifier.
Looking at your second link to your March Ones, if you set the frequency knobs to “0”, would that cancel out all frequency variables and allow the speakers to accept all frequencies and cross over the frequencies at a default setting? Have you played around with those settings? Nowadays most HT speakers will not let you decide crossover points.
I think, and if I’d known about the scene in the 1912 Renault I don’t think I have went.
They did fog up the car’s windows, didn’t they?
I think, and if I’d known about the scene in the 1912 Renault I don’t think I have went.
They did fog up the car’s windows, didn’t they?
Radio recollections: I was never on the air at Nova 104, but did do engineering work for them. The original licensee/owner was the renegade son of an oil millionaire and spared no expense on the studios or transmitter.
They had way cool stuff in the studio, but the boy screwed up in going with a start-up outfit instead of the market leader (Gates) for the transmitters. There were two of them (serial# 007/008) and were an experimental arrangement of redundancy. The idea was they’d both run at less than full power simultaneously, but if one had a problem the other would go full power, resulting in less downtime. Their outputs (on 4″ dia. coax) were fed to a “mixing network” bridge hung from the ceiling. The arrangement never worked very well, and most of the time we’d run on a single transmitter, at less than 100KW power.
The station’s original call letters were KGRA and it broadcast under the moniker of “Nova 104” during the mid 1970’s to 1981. Nova 104 played a format of AOR (Album Oriented Rock) music with laid back air personalities who each programmed the music for their individual shows from one of the largest vinyl album libraries in Louisiana. The format featured everything from AC/DC to Frank Zappa and included progressive country such as Jerry Jeff Walker and Rusty Wier. Nova 104 also featured a weekend Jazz show which added to their diversity and appeal.
I often wondered if the mgmt actually encouraged the DJs to do their shows stoned. If not, they certainly didn’t discourage it. Most of the time, the studios smelled like an Amsterdam coffee house.
The station was originally located physically on the 6th floor of The Pioneer Building in downtown Lake Charles which is now Lake Charles’ City Hall.
I wonder if the mayor still gets a residual contact buzz.
Radio recollections: I was never on the air at Nova 104, but did do engineering work for them. The original licensee/owner was the renegade son of an oil millionaire and spared no expense on the studios or transmitter.
They had way cool stuff in the studio, but the boy screwed up in going with a start-up outfit instead of the market leader (Gates) for the transmitters. There were two of them (serial# 007/008) and were an experimental arrangement of redundancy. The idea was they’d both run at less than full power simultaneously, but if one had a problem the other would go full power, resulting in less downtime. Their outputs (on 4″ dia. coax) were fed to a “mixing network” bridge hung from the ceiling. The arrangement never worked very well, and most of the time we’d run on a single transmitter, at less than 100KW power.
The station’s original call letters were KGRA and it broadcast under the moniker of “Nova 104” during the mid 1970’s to 1981. Nova 104 played a format of AOR (Album Oriented Rock) music with laid back air personalities who each programmed the music for their individual shows from one of the largest vinyl album libraries in Louisiana. The format featured everything from AC/DC to Frank Zappa and included progressive country such as Jerry Jeff Walker and Rusty Wier. Nova 104 also featured a weekend Jazz show which added to their diversity and appeal.
I often wondered if the mgmt actually encouraged the DJs to do their shows stoned. If not, they certainly didn’t discourage it. Most of the time, the studios smelled like an Amsterdam coffee house.
The station was originally located physically on the 6th floor of The Pioneer Building in downtown Lake Charles which is now Lake Charles’ City Hall.
I wonder if the mayor still gets a residual contact buzz.
Well I just hooked up my 1974 Toshiba SA400 amp to the disc changer and the TV at SO’s house.
The Pioneer is too big for her speakers.
Well I just hooked up my 1974 Toshiba SA400 amp to the disc changer and the TV at SO’s house.
The Pioneer is too big for her speakers.
#54 mharper42
In the ’50s and ’60s racist white people had free reign to harass blacks and Hispanics without, or at least very little, restraint and without stigmatization by the media. The tables have turned now. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are our modern day Lester Maddox and Bull Connor. And it’s as wrong now as it was then.
#54 mharper42
In the ’50s and ’60s racist white people had free reign to harass blacks and Hispanics without, or at least very little, restraint and without stigmatization by the media. The tables have turned now. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are our modern day Lester Maddox and Bull Connor. And it’s as wrong now as it was then.
SJL’s district was set up for black representation long before she occupied the seat. After the 1990 census Gene Green’s district was created to be a Hispanic seat (but a funny thing happened on the way to the election). Two of our four new congressional districts will probably be drawn as Hispanic seats. Basically they are all token seats. We’ll give you these if you shut up and don’t cause trouble. And the courts have forced this racial gerrymandering on us. It would be nice if we had a complete overhaul of the redistricting process to be as non-partisan as it possibly can be and for the courts to keep their fingers out of it. I think it would make for more competitive races and, contrary to conventional wisdom, I think it would make for more conservative representation. I also wish for world peace, a chicken in every pot, and the Texans to win the Superbowl. These are my wishes…and the wind just blows them away.
SJL’s district was set up for black representation long before she occupied the seat. After the 1990 census Gene Green’s district was created to be a Hispanic seat (but a funny thing happened on the way to the election). Two of our four new congressional districts will probably be drawn as Hispanic seats. Basically they are all token seats. We’ll give you these if you shut up and don’t cause trouble. And the courts have forced this racial gerrymandering on us. It would be nice if we had a complete overhaul of the redistricting process to be as non-partisan as it possibly can be and for the courts to keep their fingers out of it. I think it would make for more competitive races and, contrary to conventional wisdom, I think it would make for more conservative representation. I also wish for world peace, a chicken in every pot, and the Texans to win the Superbowl. These are my wishes…and the wind just blows them away.
Tim, why would Tom Delay set up the 18th district for “Shirley” Jackson-Lee?
Give ’em one to play in while we get four 70%, give or take, Republican districts. Could be five or six 50/50 districts playing watered down conservative politics. My numbers may be off some, but that’s the thinking behind the lines.
Tim, why would Tom Delay set up the 18th district for “Shirley” Jackson-Lee?
Give ’em one to play in while we get four 70%, give or take, Republican districts. Could be five or six 50/50 districts playing watered down conservative politics. My numbers may be off some, but that’s the thinking behind the lines.
Happy New Year, Hamboners.
Adee:
We shall be at home tonight, trying to stay awake until midnight as usual on New Year’s Eve
We’ve had the same tradition going for about ten years, now. Last time we went out for New Year’s Eve, some moron stranded a tractor on the shoulder with the left wheels encroaching three feet into the lane. It was foggy. I missed the tractor by a hair’s breadth. Then, there were the amateur drunks to deal with.
Nah, home base with my baby and a bottle of bubbly is just fine. Downright exciting, occasionally.
Happy New Year, Hamboners.
Adee:
We shall be at home tonight, trying to stay awake until midnight as usual on New Year’s Eve
We’ve had the same tradition going for about ten years, now. Last time we went out for New Year’s Eve, some moron stranded a tractor on the shoulder with the left wheels encroaching three feet into the lane. It was foggy. I missed the tractor by a hair’s breadth. Then, there were the amateur drunks to deal with.
Nah, home base with my baby and a bottle of bubbly is just fine. Downright exciting, occasionally.
I have heard that one of the new districts will run between HOU and San Antone…must be one of the assured “R” districts. Should that happen, I’ll probably be in it. Rep. McCaul’s district now runs from Round Rock to Katy.
I have heard that one of the new districts will run between HOU and San Antone…must be one of the assured “R” districts. Should that happen, I’ll probably be in it. Rep. McCaul’s district now runs from Round Rock to Katy.
Content Advisory: Full frontal nose, chin, mouth. Watch at your own risk.
Content Advisory: Full frontal nose, chin, mouth. Watch at your own risk.
#69 Hamous
Yep, I know it isn’t going to happen in my lifetime or prolly ever. And I remembered that the 18th Congressional District’s first incumbent was Barbara Jordan.
#69 Hamous
Yep, I know it isn’t going to happen in my lifetime or prolly ever. And I remembered that the 18th Congressional District’s first incumbent was Barbara Jordan.
#70 Tim
Would you be OK with those simple rectanges for voting districts? Since black citizens are 12% of the population, give-or-take, but tend to live in clumps in urban areas — someone posted some demographic city maps recently showing just that — there could be some rectangles with minority majority w/o all the political convolutions.
#63 Sarge
I need a refresher course in what passes for civics these days. I did not recall that there was a law requiring minority districts, I thought it was just federal judges mandating it.
#70 Tim
Would you be OK with those simple rectanges for voting districts? Since black citizens are 12% of the population, give-or-take, but tend to live in clumps in urban areas — someone posted some demographic city maps recently showing just that — there could be some rectangles with minority majority w/o all the political convolutions.
#63 Sarge
I need a refresher course in what passes for civics these days. I did not recall that there was a law requiring minority districts, I thought it was just federal judges mandating it.
Signing off for the night (and probably day tomorrow). We’re heading over to a friend’s house for the revelry and staying put until after the black-eyed peas and hog jowls have been consumed for dinner tomorrow.
Thanks go out to all of you for your continuing participation in this social media experiment. Happy New Year!
Signing off for the night (and probably day tomorrow). We’re heading over to a friend’s house for the revelry and staying put until after the black-eyed peas and hog jowls have been consumed for dinner tomorrow.
Thanks go out to all of you for your continuing participation in this social media experiment. Happy New Year!
Lovely Daughter is volunteering Star Pizza for dinner tonight, and we have a lovely video to watch. That will make it a very happy New Year.
Lovely Daughter is volunteering Star Pizza for dinner tonight, and we have a lovely video to watch. That will make it a very happy New Year.
#77 crazy aunt
You two need to slow down a little bit; you’re getting a little crazy there.
n.b. Star Pizza is awesome. Whole wheat deep-dish veggie, hold the cauliflower, add sauteed spinach & garlic. Eat it down to the edge crust, then put butter & honey on that part.
**drool**
#77 crazy aunt
You two need to slow down a little bit; you’re getting a little crazy there.
n.b. Star Pizza is awesome. Whole wheat deep-dish veggie, hold the cauliflower, add sauteed spinach & garlic. Eat it down to the edge crust, then put butter & honey on that part.
**drool**
#78 WB
Lovely just called to verify pick up of the much anticipated dinner. She also teased me about a yummy surprise of some kind. mmmmmmmmmmmm
#78 WB
Lovely just called to verify pick up of the much anticipated dinner. She also teased me about a yummy surprise of some kind. mmmmmmmmmmmm
The “kid” crew stopped by, shot some pool and went about their other various and diverse plans, so no party tonight, and no kids on the carpet in the AM. I’m half relieved and half worried.
I’ve decided give a name my to Rhodes piano project: Bessie. I think I’ll go downstairs and see her.
The “kid” crew stopped by, shot some pool and went about their other various and diverse plans, so no party tonight, and no kids on the carpet in the AM. I’m half relieved and half worried.
I’ve decided give a name my to Rhodes piano project: Bessie. I think I’ll go downstairs and see her.
#80 Bob42
In regards to naming things – I have a habit of naming all sorts of things around the house. As a matter of fact, I’ve christened Hubby with a few extra names, most of which cannot be said in mixed company. 🙂 He purchased a big honkin’ commercial floor cleaner (without consulting me) and wanted to name it the “Dust buster Max Extreme 3x” or some such nonsense. I said, “Nope, I’m calling it George.” And George it is to this day.
My sister painted a mural over the upstairs balcony, and in it is a woodpecker in a tree. Lovely and sister were discussing it when I came out of the office and walked by. “What should we name it?” I was asked. I looked at the woodpecker and said it looked like a Fred to me. They both looked at each other in amazement, as they both thought it was a Fred, too! So the bird is now named Fred. I named the squirrel Geraldine.
Hubby used to have a large white maxivan that he used for his business. On occasion I had to drive it. After driving it, I found the perfect name for it – Moby Dick. It was like driving a big, white whale.
#80 Bob42
In regards to naming things – I have a habit of naming all sorts of things around the house. As a matter of fact, I’ve christened Hubby with a few extra names, most of which cannot be said in mixed company. 🙂 He purchased a big honkin’ commercial floor cleaner (without consulting me) and wanted to name it the “Dust buster Max Extreme 3x” or some such nonsense. I said, “Nope, I’m calling it George.” And George it is to this day.
My sister painted a mural over the upstairs balcony, and in it is a woodpecker in a tree. Lovely and sister were discussing it when I came out of the office and walked by. “What should we name it?” I was asked. I looked at the woodpecker and said it looked like a Fred to me. They both looked at each other in amazement, as they both thought it was a Fred, too! So the bird is now named Fred. I named the squirrel Geraldine.
Hubby used to have a large white maxivan that he used for his business. On occasion I had to drive it. After driving it, I found the perfect name for it – Moby Dick. It was like driving a big, white whale.
mharper
Would you be OK with those simple rectanges for voting districts?
Nope. Democrats ran the show for half a century never bothering to throw Republicans any cookies, I don’t know why we always gotta play nice guy. We need to play the game the way they do, we get it all nice and nuetral and one well timed shift in power back to the Dems (easier done w/ neutral districts, btw) makes it that much easier to map us out for another decade.
I understand you guys in the city feel helpless, but most conservatives ran outta there long ago. I see no hope in electing anything but milk toast RINO’s in the city no matter how the lines are drawn.
mharper
Would you be OK with those simple rectanges for voting districts?
Nope. Democrats ran the show for half a century never bothering to throw Republicans any cookies, I don’t know why we always gotta play nice guy. We need to play the game the way they do, we get it all nice and nuetral and one well timed shift in power back to the Dems (easier done w/ neutral districts, btw) makes it that much easier to map us out for another decade.
I understand you guys in the city feel helpless, but most conservatives ran outta there long ago. I see no hope in electing anything but milk toast RINO’s in the city no matter how the lines are drawn.
#82 con’t
BTW, I feel your pain, we got mapped into SJL’s district at our old house in the 90’s and had no voice.
#82 con’t
BTW, I feel your pain, we got mapped into SJL’s district at our old house in the 90’s and had no voice.
#80 B42
Bessie. I think I’ll go downstairs and see her.
At last, a wholesome date for Bob! Happy New Year, guy.
#80 B42
Bessie. I think I’ll go downstairs and see her.
At last, a wholesome date for Bob! Happy New Year, guy.
Happy New Year, Swabbie. And Texpat. And Hammie. Wherever you are. :>)
Happy New Year, Swabbie. And Texpat. And Hammie. Wherever you are. :>)
Well I guess everyone stayed up late and may be sleeping in. I turned in about 10:30 had all the excitment I could stand.
Mornin’ Gang
Well I guess everyone stayed up late and may be sleeping in. I turned in about 10:30 had all the excitment I could stand.
Mornin’ Gang
Well this has been the veterinarian week, the Boy has a Bull Terrier that is about crazy, She eats everything! A chew toy last 3-30 minutes before She consumes it, She’s eaten a remote, a cell phone and a cell phone charger. They try to make sure She can’t get to anything but not always. Earlier in the week She developed a blockage in Her pipes, they took Her to the Vet and they had to operate on Her stomach and small intestines to remove pieces of plastic and copper wires. She’s home and doing fine now. Cost $1200, not bad I’d say, since a trip to the emergency clinic will be at least $1000 even if it’s just for a bottle of saline. My Bride has been in Alabama all week and took small Back-Up Dawg with Her, we’ve been putting off getting Her fixed for years but since Sister-in-Law works at the Vet’s office there we got R done, They fixed the Dawg, removed two benign cysts from Her belly and gave Her a Rabies shot for,….Drum roll,…$102.00!!!! This was with the 50% employee discount, but still DANG, not bad.
Well this has been the veterinarian week, the Boy has a Bull Terrier that is about crazy, She eats everything! A chew toy last 3-30 minutes before She consumes it, She’s eaten a remote, a cell phone and a cell phone charger. They try to make sure She can’t get to anything but not always. Earlier in the week She developed a blockage in Her pipes, they took Her to the Vet and they had to operate on Her stomach and small intestines to remove pieces of plastic and copper wires. She’s home and doing fine now. Cost $1200, not bad I’d say, since a trip to the emergency clinic will be at least $1000 even if it’s just for a bottle of saline. My Bride has been in Alabama all week and took small Back-Up Dawg with Her, we’ve been putting off getting Her fixed for years but since Sister-in-Law works at the Vet’s office there we got R done, They fixed the Dawg, removed two benign cysts from Her belly and gave Her a Rabies shot for,….Drum roll,…$102.00!!!! This was with the 50% employee discount, but still DANG, not bad.
Yippee. My first post of the year is up!
Yippee. My first post of the year is up!
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