DA RAIDERS
Footballguy
airports? i had no idea galveston was that close to houston. i was in houston in 1990. i vowed to never go back total #### hole. is galveston any better?
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- Thread starter General Malaise
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mr. furley
Footballguy
just imagining how long it would take to get out of Houston on a Vespa has me rolling
bostonfred
Footballguy
kevzilla
Footballguy
I'm picturing a flotilla of fat FBGs (ok, just me) straining to keep up with traffic.
bostonfred
Footballguy
Women and men shoud be nice to each other.
He said something about women that wasn't nice and it made people upset.
When you say something that makes people upset you should apologize.
He didn't apologize directly, but he did offer short range gynecological transport to his immediate vicinity like a small handed misogynistic tug boat.
If you don't understand a word, just ask. A tug boat is a boat that tugs other boats if they can't steer themselves. It's like a tow truck.
I love trucks, don't you? Good night timmy.
charvik
Footballguy
cosjobs
Footballguy
heckmanm
Footballguy
krista4
Footballguy
Mr krista is not necessarily on the RSVP list, though OK to list him I guess.
Is there no Leonard Cohen RIP thread on this board? I'll admit that I don't go past the first page. Just telling how it's such a monumental event among my IRL friends but nary a whisper here. As for me, I've been crying for 24 hours.
Is there no Leonard Cohen RIP thread on this board? I'll admit that I don't go past the first page. Just telling how it's such a monumental event among my IRL friends but nary a whisper here. As for me, I've been crying for 24 hours.
heckmanm
Footballguy
krista4
Footballguy
Thanks, GB.
I don't even think I can post in there. It's like the small DFW thread when he died. I remember The Man being so devastated like I was, too, in that one - similarly I don't think I can properly express my feelings here.
I did love that someone said that people had better not remember him for Hallelujah. I posted something similar on FB last night and then deleted it. That's a great song, but if that's how you know Leonard Cohen, you've got it so wrong.
####. I'm really struggling over the past few days.
ETA for heckmanm: If you haven't listened to the record from a month or so ago, it's ####### insanely amazing. My favorite is "Leaving the Table", but "Treaty" and others are ####### awesome too.
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cosjobs
Footballguy
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General Malaise
Footballguy
El Floppo
Footballguy
General Malaise
Footballguy
5-ish Finkle
Footballguy
Would still have to be faster than trying to get out of it by car. At least the Vespa would give the option of passing everyone illegally on the shoulder/median. Or, you know, more easily driving off an overpass to find the sweet release of death.
Driving through Houston is a special ring of Hell that Dante and Virgil neglected to catalogue in "Inferno." I'm quite certain during rush hour there that Lucifer is somewhere in the middle of it, suspended upside down in a frozen Yaris.
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cosjobs
Footballguy
Off the top of my head, LA, Austin, Portland, SanFrancisco (entire bay area), Seattle, Philadelphia, NYC all have worse traffic than Houston.
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
Looks like my only option to fly direct is into IAH, so I'll just have kev pick me up on his scooter
DA RAIDERS
Footballguy
cos,
where is your place? where should i look for lodging? i'll have to see if my wife is interested. i want to come, just have to figure out logistics. (kid)
lotta ####ign crap going on here this weekend. my bday is tomorrow, but so is the funeral for for my SIL. i dropped the kid and the wife off today at the MIL's and i can NOT shake the 5 minute hug with the MIL where she was just weeping into my chest the entire time. no words, just pain. more of that in store tomorrow.
gotta be up in 6 hours and i doubt i'll be asleep before 2. i'm going to book a hotel with the best pool i can find for all the nieces and nephews(10 kids under 12 years old) to come swim and have fun.
anyway, life continues and i want to go to coshole2
to melissa
where is your place? where should i look for lodging? i'll have to see if my wife is interested. i want to come, just have to figure out logistics. (kid)
lotta ####ign crap going on here this weekend. my bday is tomorrow, but so is the funeral for for my SIL. i dropped the kid and the wife off today at the MIL's and i can NOT shake the 5 minute hug with the MIL where she was just weeping into my chest the entire time. no words, just pain. more of that in store tomorrow.
gotta be up in 6 hours and i doubt i'll be asleep before 2. i'm going to book a hotel with the best pool i can find for all the nieces and nephews(10 kids under 12 years old) to come swim and have fun.anyway, life continues and i want to go to coshole2
to melissa
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
Sorry you're going through this, my friend.cos,
where is your place? where should i look for lodging? i'll have to see if my wife is interested. i want to come, just have to figure out logistics. (kid)
lotta ####ign crap going on here this weekend. my bday is tomorrow, but so is the funeral for for my SIL. i dropped the kid and the wife off today at the MIL's and i can NOT shake the 5 minute hug with the MIL where she was just weeping into my chest the entire time. no words, just pain. more of that in store tomorrow.
anyway, life continues and i want to go to coshole2
I'll tip one to Melissa with you
5-ish Finkle
Footballguy
I have driven in 5 of those places. You're wrong.cosjobs said:
"More" doesn't always equal "worse."
cosjobs
Footballguy
I've spent several weeks to several years in all those cities. I stand by my claim.I have driven in 5 of those places. You're wrong.
"More" doesn't always equal "worse."
Houston goes on forever in all directions, so there are places for the traffic to go. I've gone through Houston at least 20 times on the way to Galveston and never took more than 45 minutes.
All the other cities mentioned are bound by water with no where for traffic to go
5-ish Finkle
Footballguy
The only place it ever wanted to go when I've been there was precisely where it was sitting.
cosjobs
Footballguy
Damn man, I'm glad you're strong.DA RAIDERS said:cos,
where is your place? where should i look for lodging? i'll have to see if my wife is interested. i want to come, just have to figure out logistics. (kid)
lotta ####ign crap going on here this weekend. my bday is tomorrow, but so is the funeral for for my SIL. i dropped the kid and the wife off today at the MIL's and i can NOT shake the 5 minute hug with the MIL where she was just weeping into my chest the entire time. no words, just pain. more of that in store tomorrow.
anyway, life continues and i want to go to coshole2
I'm on the corner of 10th and Ave L. Get with me when you're sure you are coming and I'll help you find somewhere. There's one hotel next door, but its kind of a ####hole. I like the Tremont downtown (a mile away). Lots of people like the Galvez (half mile). It will be off-season, so no need to rush for a reservation.
FYI for anyone- SW Air flies into Houston Hobby and its 45 minutes closer to Galveston. Bush is the hub for Continental, so lots more action there.
Here's a link to my house there. It has a link to the map on the bottom
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cosjobs
Footballguy
mr. furley
Footballguy
we have 2 pizza cutters. two.
wife refuses to use either. instead she uses a giant butcher knife. then moans & groans about how hard it is to cut straight lines in the pizza. half the time she doesn't cut all the way through the pizza. so instead of 8 roughly equal pieces that pull apart easily.... you get 11 pieces of varying width that, when you try to pull them apart, half the ingredients from one get pulled off with another.
she doesn't cut the pizza very often.. but when she does.......
WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY??????????
wife refuses to use either. instead she uses a giant butcher knife. then moans & groans about how hard it is to cut straight lines in the pizza. half the time she doesn't cut all the way through the pizza. so instead of 8 roughly equal pieces that pull apart easily.... you get 11 pieces of varying width that, when you try to pull them apart, half the ingredients from one get pulled off with another.
she doesn't cut the pizza very often.. but when she does.......
WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY??????????
mr. furley
Footballguy
woz with 9 threads about leather furniture
neat board
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kevzilla
Footballguy
El Floppo
Footballguy
pm mop.we have 2 pizza cutters. two.
wife refuses to use either. instead she uses a giant butcher knife. then moans & groans about how hard it is to cut straight lines in the pizza. half the time she doesn't cut all the way through the pizza. so instead of 8 roughly equal pieces that pull apart easily.... you get 11 pieces of varying width that, when you try to pull them apart, half the ingredients from one get pulled off with another.
she doesn't cut the pizza very often.. but when she does.......
WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY??????????
General Malaise
Footballguy
Portland sucks for traffic but light rail, train and bike routes offer all types of solutions to sitting in soul draining traffic.
Chaos Commish
Footballguy
I get around LA better than San Diego. I think it has something to do with knowing one better, but LA moves a ton of traffic relatively impressively compared to SD, Vegas, and DC. Good lord DC is the worst I've experienced.
Chaos Commish
Footballguy
So I bid you all a doo once again. I wouldn't come back for big events like elections if this sanctuary wasn't an institution, so thanks Jim Tan. I'm having an unrecorded shot of some bizarre Peruvian grappa in appreciation.
Something else I've been contemplating. This retired single guy empty nest thing that is my future. I'm most definitely going to leave the life. First, I'm going to deliver my kid to college. Then, basically, I'm just going to walk the earth. You know, like Caine in Kung Fu. Walk from place to place. Meet people. Get in adventures. Until God puts me where he wants me to be. If it takes forever, then I'll walk forever.
Something else I've been contemplating. This retired single guy empty nest thing that is my future. I'm most definitely going to leave the life. First, I'm going to deliver my kid to college. Then, basically, I'm just going to walk the earth. You know, like Caine in Kung Fu. Walk from place to place. Meet people. Get in adventures. Until God puts me where he wants me to be. If it takes forever, then I'll walk forever.
bentley
Footballguy
NBA D League season kicks off today. The dozens of fans in attendance at the Austin Spurs game will be subject to this guy doing the pregame fan safety video.
Chaos Commish
Footballguy
Chaos Commish
Footballguy
Ignoramus
Footballguy
St. Louis Bob
Footballguy
St. Louis Bob
Footballguy
-fish-
Footballguy
Ignoramus
Footballguy
Yes, Houston traffic sucks, the city is spread out like mad, has no public transportation and is miserably hot and humid for six months out of the year but it's a cool city. It has great food, arts, museums, parks, breweries and strip clubs and every ethnicity imaginable lives here. October through May has awesome weather. No place is perfect for sure, but Houston gets a bad rap from people who spend a day or two here. Spend a little time and you just might like it.
cosjobs
Footballguy
mr. furley
Footballguy
