« previous next »
Pages: [1]

Author Topic: Houston, Tx.  (Read 6460 times)

Augie

  • Disappointing Rookie
  • Posts: 25
    • View Profile
Houston, Tx.
« on: May 12, 2006, 12:59:05 am »
I'm glad to announce I'm packing my bags and heading down to Texas at the end of the month. My son has a week long summer league baseball tournament in Katy and I want to take full advantage of my miniature vacation.  So I need some recommendations, besides going to an Astros game, which I full intend on doing.. Where should I go? What should I see? I know of the River Walk, but help me guys...Make this trip worth while.
Logged

JimR

  • Contributor
  • High Order of the Ferret
  • *****
  • Posts: 29345
    • View Profile
    • McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, LLP
Re: Houston, Tx.
« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2006, 01:15:40 am »
sure you are.
Logged
Often wrong, but never in doubt.

Augie

  • Disappointing Rookie
  • Posts: 25
    • View Profile
Re: Houston, Tx.
« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2006, 01:17:11 am »
Quote:

sure you are.



Anyone else?
Logged

wingnut

  • Disappointing Rookie
  • Posts: 44
    • View Profile
Re: Houston, Tx.
« Reply #3 on: May 12, 2006, 01:29:39 am »
You see...the Riverwalk is in San Antonio, not Houston.  This board can be a little rough on newbies, especially if they think you're a troll trying to stir up trouble.  Getting something like the Riverwalk wrong would make some people inclined to think you're trying to stir up trouble.

My suggestions to you would be to take in a couple Astros games, check out the Johnson Space Center, go to the beach (Galveston).
Logged

Augie

  • Disappointing Rookie
  • Posts: 25
    • View Profile
Re: Houston, Tx.
« Reply #4 on: May 12, 2006, 01:33:23 am »
This post is not to stir up anything, which I think is pretty obvious. I know the River Walk is in San Antonio..I only said this because it is not that far from Houston.

Thanks for the ideas.
Logged

MRaup

  • Fantasy Team Owner
  • Double Super Secret Pope
  • Posts: 11432
  • The goddamn Germans ain't got nothin to do with it
    • View Profile
Re: Houston, Tx.
« Reply #5 on: May 12, 2006, 01:34:53 am »
Quote:

This post is not to stir up anything, which I think is pretty obvious. I know the River Walk is in San Antonio..I only said this because it is not that far from Houston.

Thanks for the ideas.



Juggles the ball... And the runner is... SAFE! SAFE! No recovering from that error.
Logged
"Terrorists, Sam. They've taken over my stomach and they're demanding beer." - Norm.

"Your words yield destruction, sorrow and are meant just to hate and hurt..." - Das

stubbyc

  • Veteran Role Player
  • Posts: 497
    • View Profile
Re: Houston, Tx.
« Reply #6 on: May 12, 2006, 01:43:01 am »
Quote:

sure you are.



You really take pride in being a prick don't you?
Logged

Ty in Tampa

  • Contributor
  • Pope
  • Posts: 9111
  • You just gotta keep livin' man, L-I-V-I-N
    • View Profile
Re: Houston, Tx.
« Reply #7 on: May 12, 2006, 09:09:38 am »
Swing on over to Tampa. I'd like to meet ya.
Logged
"You want me broken. You want me dead.
I'm living rent-free in the back of your head."

Col. Sphinx Drummond

  • Fantasy Team Owner
  • Illuminati
  • Posts: 16760
  • art is a bulwark against the irrationality of man
    • View Profile
Re: Houston, Tx.
« Reply #8 on: May 12, 2006, 09:25:43 am »
You should check out the Marfa Lights while you're in the area. Then maybe swing down to Nuevo Laredo for a day of shopping. Oh and you must see the new Blanton Museum in Austin.
Logged
Everyone's talking, few of them know
The rest are pretending, they put on a show
And if there's a message I guess this is it
Truth isn't easy, the easy part's shit

HurricaneDavid

  • Should Have Quit 500 Posts Ago
  • Posts: 1775
    • View Profile
Re: Houston, Tx.
« Reply #9 on: May 12, 2006, 10:31:26 am »
Quote:

I know the River Walk is in San Antonio..I only said this because it is not that far from Houston.



That's a good point.

I'm going to have to check out the Empire State Building after my softball game on the Washington Monument Grounds tonight.
Logged
"Ground ball right side, they're not gonna be able to turn two OR ARE THEY, THROW, IS IN TIME!!! WHAT AN UNBELIEVABLE TURN BY BRUNTLETT AND EVERETT, AND THEY CUT DOWN MABRY TO END THE GAME, AND THE ASTROS LEAD THIS NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES THREE GAMES TO ONE!!!!!"

davek

  • Veteran Role Player
  • Posts: 321
    • View Profile
Re: Houston, Tx.
« Reply #10 on: May 12, 2006, 10:49:20 am »
Quote:

Quote:

sure you are.



You really take pride in being a prick don't you?




Why not, you obviously pride yourself on being a moron...
Logged
"You wait for a strike then you knock the shit out of it."  Stan Musial

Astroholic

  • Key Member of the Conspiracy
  • Posts: 3807
    • View Profile
Re: Houston, Tx.
« Reply #11 on: May 12, 2006, 11:46:43 am »
There are some really good bars in the montross area.  Any cabbie will know how to get you there.
Logged

Astroholic

  • Key Member of the Conspiracy
  • Posts: 3807
    • View Profile
Re: Houston, Tx.
« Reply #12 on: May 12, 2006, 11:49:32 am »
Oh yeah, and you have to go shopping at Sharpstown mall.  It is really nice this time of year.
Logged

lc_db

  • Prime Time Player
  • Posts: 522
    • View Profile
    • I_dont_need_no_stinkin_homepage.com
Re: Houston, Tx.
« Reply #13 on: May 12, 2006, 11:50:53 am »
Katy???  Drop in and visit Roger.  I heard on the radio he's lonely and needs some advice.
Logged

OldBlevins

  • Prime Time Player
  • Posts: 633
    • View Profile
Re: Houston, Tx.
« Reply #14 on: May 12, 2006, 11:51:39 am »
Check out the National Museum of Funeral History.  The Link  Apparently the NMFH has a golf tournament coming up, too.
Logged
blah, blah, blah . . .

Astroholic

  • Key Member of the Conspiracy
  • Posts: 3807
    • View Profile
Re: Houston, Tx.
« Reply #15 on: May 12, 2006, 11:53:41 am »
Roger does not live in Katy. or maybe you knew that.
Logged

JimR

  • Contributor
  • High Order of the Ferret
  • *****
  • Posts: 29345
    • View Profile
    • McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, LLP
Re: Houston, Tx.
« Reply #16 on: May 12, 2006, 11:55:00 am »
fuck off, stubby. this was the best post you ever made, though.
Logged
Often wrong, but never in doubt.

CJM

  • Veteran Role Player
  • Posts: 339
    • View Profile
Re: Houston, Tx.
« Reply #17 on: May 12, 2006, 12:02:45 pm »
Quote:

Drop in and visit Roger



You can find out how much the Red Sox ended up giving him in the deal they agreed to the other day...
Logged

Spack McGrimm

  • Administrator
  • Roster Filler
  • Posts: 212
    • View Profile
Re: Houston, Tx.
« Reply #18 on: May 12, 2006, 12:47:05 pm »
Quote:

I'm glad to announce I'm packing my bags and heading down to Texas


In the future, you would be wise to not use an Austin-based Internet connection when posting lies like this.  I guess your last stint here didn't educate you enough.
Logged
I'll eat your fucking spleen!

MRaup

  • Fantasy Team Owner
  • Double Super Secret Pope
  • Posts: 11432
  • The goddamn Germans ain't got nothin to do with it
    • View Profile
Re: Houston, Tx.
« Reply #19 on: May 12, 2006, 01:37:36 pm »
Quote:

Quote:

I'm glad to announce I'm packing my bags and heading down to Texas


In the future, you would be wise to not use an Austin-based Internet connection when posting lies like this.  I guess your last stint here didn't educate you enough.



You couldn't have seen it when it happened, but boy folks, I gotta tell you. That error really cost him in the end. The ejection from the game was the final straw, but what a difference one fielding blunder can make.
Logged
"Terrorists, Sam. They've taken over my stomach and they're demanding beer." - Norm.

"Your words yield destruction, sorrow and are meant just to hate and hurt..." - Das

toddthebod

  • Key Member of the Conspiracy
  • Posts: 3385
    • View Profile
Re: Houston, Tx.
« Reply #20 on: May 12, 2006, 02:15:43 pm »
What is so strange about driving to San Antonio to see the River Walk (and presumably the Alamo) if you are going to be down in Houston?  I've often thought about driving to San Antonio with the kids for a day trip when I go down to Houston to see my folks.  And in the past I've driven to Austin just for the day to see friends.

Setting aside the fact that he was just lying, taking day trips like this isn't unheard of.

And it's not like driving from NY to Wash. DC, which with traffic is going to cost you five hours each way.  That would be like back and forth to Dallas in a day (which I've also done, but I don't recommend).
Logged
Boom!

Ty in Tampa

  • Contributor
  • Pope
  • Posts: 9111
  • You just gotta keep livin' man, L-I-V-I-N
    • View Profile
Re: Houston, Tx.
« Reply #21 on: May 12, 2006, 02:32:41 pm »
Nothing, except that he's a fucking troll. That enough?
Logged
"You want me broken. You want me dead.
I'm living rent-free in the back of your head."

JimR

  • Contributor
  • High Order of the Ferret
  • *****
  • Posts: 29345
    • View Profile
    • McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, LLP
Re: Houston, Tx.
« Reply #22 on: May 12, 2006, 02:47:17 pm »
righto, todd. you have missed the fact that we have been deluged with imposter trolls?
Logged
Often wrong, but never in doubt.

strosrays

  • Guest
Re: Houston, Tx.
« Reply #23 on: May 12, 2006, 03:34:52 pm »
Quote:

Quote:

Quote:

I'm glad to announce I'm packing my bags and heading down to Texas


In the future, you would be wise to not use an Austin-based Internet connection when posting lies like this.  I guess your last stint here didn't educate you enough.



You couldn't have seen it when it happened, but boy folks, I gotta tell you. That error really cost him in the end. The ejection from the game was the final straw, but what a difference one fielding blunder can make.




Dang.  

And I was all set to suggest to him, as part of his itenerary while visiting, a walking tour of the  Flower Gardens, perhaps?   Beautiful place, and its not that far, only about 100 miles out.
Logged

Astroholic

  • Key Member of the Conspiracy
  • Posts: 3807
    • View Profile
Re: Houston, Tx.
« Reply #24 on: May 12, 2006, 03:40:26 pm »
There is a pretty decent change that I am going half way out there on Saturday (don't have a big enough boat or enough money in the account to go all the way).  I can give him a ride.
Logged

strosrays

  • Guest
Re: Houston, Tx.
« Reply #25 on: May 12, 2006, 05:36:35 pm »
Quote:

There is a pretty decent change that I am going half way out there on Saturday (don't have a big enough boat... to go all the way).



Boat size : how far out you'll go :: Er, member size : how timidly you'll proposition a woman

In other words, boat size, schmoat size -- it's all in the attitude, my brother.

I've been out at the 12-mile rigs off Bolivar in a reasonably sized vessel, and have seen guys go by in 14-ft. aluminum john boats, loaded with their families and extra 5-gallon gas cans, ocean water up to the gunwales.  Heading further out.

Attitude.
Logged

tophfar

  • Should Have Quit 500 Posts Ago
  • Posts: 1049
    • View Profile
Re: Houston, Tx.
« Reply #26 on: May 12, 2006, 05:38:48 pm »
Quote:



I've been out at the 12-mile rigs off Bolivar in a reasonably sized vessel, and have seen guys go by in 14-ft. aluminum john boats, loaded with their families and extra 5-gallon gas cans, ocean water up to the gunwales.  Heading further out.

Attitude.



I think some people have a slightly different word for that.
Logged
Here are just a few of the key ingredients: dynamite, pole vaulting, laughing gas, choppers - can you see how incredible this is going to be?

austro

  • Fantasy Team Owner
  • Illuminati
  • Posts: 19637
    • View Profile
Re: Houston, Tx.
« Reply #27 on: May 12, 2006, 05:38:59 pm »
Quote:

I've been out at the 12-mile rigs off Bolivar in a reasonably sized vessel, and have seen guys go by in 14-ft. aluminum john boats, loaded with their families and extra 5-gallon gas cans, ocean water up to the gunwales.  Heading further out.



But did you ever see them headed back in?
Logged
I remember all the good times me 'n Miller enjoyed
Up and down the M1 in some luminous yo-yo toy
But the future has to change - and to change I've got to destroy
Oh look out Lennon here I come - land ahoy-hoy-hoy

strosrays

  • Guest
Re: Houston, Tx.
« Reply #28 on: May 12, 2006, 05:40:56 pm »
Quote:

Quote:

I've been out at the 12-mile rigs off Bolivar in a reasonably sized vessel, and have seen guys go by in 14-ft. aluminum john boats, loaded with their families and extra 5-gallon gas cans, ocean water up to the gunwales.  Heading further out.



But did you ever see them headed back in?




Good point.
Logged

Astroholic

  • Key Member of the Conspiracy
  • Posts: 3807
    • View Profile
Re: Houston, Tx.
« Reply #29 on: May 12, 2006, 05:43:26 pm »
I have seen john boats 30 miles off, does not mean I would do it.  I have a 22 ft boat, 200 hp carb motor and 100 gallons of fuel.  I burn between 60 and 70 gallons on a normal 40 mile round trip with trolling, so unless I go about 10 miles per hr, it is not possible for me to get to the gardens.

Also, before 3 kids, I took a lot more risk.  Now I do not go offshore without my Epirb, secondary VHF, and unlimited tow package.

So I guess I have small eggs.
Logged

Astroholic

  • Key Member of the Conspiracy
  • Posts: 3807
    • View Profile
Re: Houston, Tx.
« Reply #30 on: May 12, 2006, 05:45:50 pm »
Besides, a troll can drown 40 miles off just as easily as 100 miles off.
Logged

Ty in Tampa

  • Contributor
  • Pope
  • Posts: 9111
  • You just gotta keep livin' man, L-I-V-I-N
    • View Profile
Re: Houston, Tx.
« Reply #31 on: May 12, 2006, 05:47:49 pm »
A troll can drown just as easy with his head in a toilet.
Logged
"You want me broken. You want me dead.
I'm living rent-free in the back of your head."

Astroholic

  • Key Member of the Conspiracy
  • Posts: 3807
    • View Profile
Re: Houston, Tx.
« Reply #32 on: May 12, 2006, 05:48:26 pm »
nice.
Logged

strosrays

  • Guest
Re: Houston, Tx.
« Reply #33 on: May 12, 2006, 06:19:58 pm »
Quote:

I have a 22 ft boat, 200 hp carb motor and 100 gallons of fuel.  I burn between 60 and 70 gallons on a normal 40 mile round trip with trolling...  I do not go offshore without my Epirb, secondary VHF, and unlimited tow package.




Shouldn't have told me this.  I have family in Dickinson I visit fairly regularly.  Next time I'm down there, I'm gonna be stumbling around League City asking people, "Say, do you know this Astroholic guy, the one with the somewhat big boat?"

Besides finding this out, the other good thing to come out of this troll thread for me is the title of it.  For some reason, every time I log in and see it, I start singing Doug Sahm's "Houston Chicks".

And that's a good thing.
Logged

Astroholic

  • Key Member of the Conspiracy
  • Posts: 3807
    • View Profile
Re: Houston, Tx.
« Reply #34 on: May 12, 2006, 08:27:18 pm »
Just let me know and I might be able to fit you in. I have to pick my days to go offshore, but when I can't I am in the bays.  BTW, my grandparents had a bayhouse in San Leon when I was growing up, so I am really familiar with Dickinson
Logged

The Third Man

  • Prime Time Player
  • Posts: 501
    • View Profile
Re: Houston, Tx.
« Reply #35 on: May 13, 2006, 04:36:55 pm »
Sorry to exhume a dead thread, but the funeral museum Old Blevins mentioned is seriously pretty cool.
Logged

JimR

  • Contributor
  • High Order of the Ferret
  • *****
  • Posts: 29345
    • View Profile
    • McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, LLP
Re: Houston, Tx.
« Reply #36 on: May 14, 2006, 10:14:09 am »
Augie will drop by the museum on his way back from Big Bend.
Logged
Often wrong, but never in doubt.

Fredia

  • Pope
  • Posts: 6896
  • Looking forward
    • View Profile
Re: Houston, Tx.
« Reply #37 on: May 14, 2006, 11:22:59 am »
tif you are going to hit big bend may as well hit toledo bend think they are kinda close or maybe one and the same.
Logged
forever is composed entirely of nows

mihoba

  • Contributor
  • Pope
  • Posts: 6840
  • R.I.P. Mike. The boy inside you is now free.
    • View Profile
Re: Houston, Tx.
« Reply #38 on: May 15, 2006, 12:30:56 am »
Quote:

tif you are going to hit big bend may as well hit toledo bend think they are kinda close or maybe one and the same.



Big Bend is a mere 800 or so miles from Zwolle, and you could also hit an Astros game and the Riverwalk on the way.

Isn't Toledo Bend almost dried up? I saw a bunch of stumps in the south end a few weeks ago. Hurricane damage?
Logged
"Baseball is simply a better game without the DH. "

Fredia

  • Pope
  • Posts: 6896
  • Looking forward
    • View Profile
Re: Houston, Tx.
« Reply #39 on: May 15, 2006, 01:24:10 pm »
no the lake has just been way too low. you can actually when you cross the big bridge over it see where the sabine river is. and patches of land. i think they are making to much electricity,
Logged
forever is composed entirely of nows

strosrays

  • Guest
Re: Houston, Tx.
« Reply #40 on: May 15, 2006, 02:35:25 pm »
I have a mental list of reasons to get out of bed each morning.  I won't bore you with them -- most involve sex and alcohol one way or another -- but this right here is another reason:

Quote:

no the lake has just been way too low. you can actually when you cross the big bridge over it see where the sabine river is. and patches of land. i think they are making to much electricity,



Low water levels = overproduction of electricty?  Who knew?  I've got a call in to Entergy now and boy, are they going to get an earful.
Logged

das

  • Key Member of the Conspiracy
  • Posts: 3465
    • View Profile
    • Faith Home Ministries
Re: Houston, Tx.
« Reply #41 on: May 15, 2006, 04:50:23 pm »
Quote:

I've been out at the 12-mile rigs off Bolivar in a reasonably sized vessel, and have seen guys go by in 14-ft. aluminum john boats, loaded with their families and extra 5-gallon gas cans, ocean water up to the gunwales. Heading further out.  Attitude.


Attitude and a good weather report.  I've also "seen" people go up to Sierra Nevada high country in July and freeze to death in a snowstorm.
Logged
Another trenchant comment by a jealous lesser intellect.

mihoba

  • Contributor
  • Pope
  • Posts: 6840
  • R.I.P. Mike. The boy inside you is now free.
    • View Profile
Re: Houston, Tx.
« Reply #42 on: May 15, 2006, 08:46:32 pm »
Quote:

Low water levels = overproduction of electricty?  Who knew?  I've got a call in to Entergy now and boy, are they going to get an earful.



I knew that all of the bass tournaments scheduled for TB were moved to SR due to the low water level, so now we have a bunch of sore-lipped bass nobody can catch...fished out.

Hmmm, they are only generating 5 hrs a day, just like we are. Isn't the Sabine River Authority and Entergy in a big lawsuit due to water level debate?
Logged
"Baseball is simply a better game without the DH. "
Pages: [1]
« previous next »