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Old 12-19-2007, 09:16 AM
 
Location: In God
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Again, I stand behind my opinion that if Houston were situated upon the bay, it (the bay, etc) would be stinkier than it already is:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5389411.html (broken link)
And I'm with you on that. I don't think any urban dweller can expect their city to smell nice. Fresh air is the benefit of living in the country, not the city.

 
Old 12-19-2007, 10:16 AM
 
Location: Clear Lake, Houston TX
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And I'm with you on that. I don't think any urban dweller can expect their city to smell nice. Fresh air is the benefit of living in the country, not the city.

San Francisco and San Diego seemed pretty fresh to me... Then again, that's the exception, not the rule, and we did visit before that big oil spill in the SF Bay.

(And obviously you pay $$$$$$$$$$ for fresh city air.)
 
Old 12-19-2007, 10:39 AM
 
Location: In God
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San Francisco and San Diego seemed pretty fresh to me... Then again, that's the exception, not the rule, and we did visit before that big oil spill in the SF Bay.

(And obviously you pay $$$$$$$$$$ for fresh city air.)
Never been to San Diego, but San Francisco I did not find to be refreshing in any way. Parts of it smelled like glue.
 
Old 12-19-2007, 10:57 AM
 
Location: Clear Lake, Houston TX
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Maybe you were smelling what the homeless left behind?

I noticed as long as you're a mile or less off the coast in any of the big 3 CA cities, the air was clean. (And the prices for property there are astronomical.) Of course we went in the spring for a total of 2 weeks, it was dry, and the wind was blowing off the ocean. During other times, like during the Santa Ana winds in the fall, might make things a lot different.
 
Old 12-19-2007, 03:27 PM
 
Location: Texas
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This movie is going to rock! Heath Ledger is better than the Jack Nicholson version:



http://youtube.com/watch?v=WaIR9dAZRR0

I saw the preview during I Am Legend on Monday night.

Last edited by da jammer; 12-19-2007 at 05:47 PM.. Reason: copyright issues
 
Old 12-19-2007, 03:38 PM
 
Location: where nothin ever grows. no rain or rivers flow, TX
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^^^ nice. but i thought they were going to racially diversify batman characters
 
Old 12-19-2007, 03:43 PM
 
Location: Texas
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^^^ nice. but i thought they were going to racially diversify batman characters
I don't know. I never thought about anything like that. Morgan Freeman is in the movie, too. I am sure there are others, but Freeman is in the video (which everyone should watch).
 
Old 12-19-2007, 03:57 PM
 
Location: Houston
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Thumbs up How about some Texas Christmas fun (Jokes/Songs/Etc)

'Twas The Night Before Christmas ... In Texas, YeeHaw!


Twas the night before Christmas, In Texas you know,
Way out on the prairie, without any snow.
Asleep in their cabin, were Buddy and Sue,
A dreaming of Christmas, like me and like you.

Not stockings but boots, at the foot of their beds,
For this was Texas, What more need be said?
When all of a sudden from out the still night,
There came such a ruckus, it gave me a fright!

And I saw cross the prairie, like the shot from a gun,
A loaded up buckboard, Come on at a run.
The driver was "whistling" and "shouting" with a will,
The "Horses" (not reindeer) he drove with such skill.

"Come on there Buck, Poncho, and Prince, to the right"
There'll be plenty of travelin' for you-all tonight.
The driver in his Levis, and a shirt that was red,
Had a 10 gallon Stetson on the top of his head.

As he stepped from the buckboard, he was really a sight,
the beard on his chin was so curly and white.
As he burst in the cabin, the children awoke,
Both so astonished, that neither one spoke.

And he filled up their boots with such presents galore,
That neither could think of a single thing more.
When Buddy recovered the use of his jaws,
He asked in a whisper "Are you really Santa Claus?"

"Am I the real Santa? Well, what do you think?
And he smiled as he gave his mysterious wink.
Then he left in his buckboard, and called back in a drawl,
TO ALL CHILDREN OF TEXAS-MERRY CHRISTMAS...YEE HAW!

 
Old 12-19-2007, 04:04 PM
 
Location: from houstoner to bostoner to new yorker to new jerseyite ;)
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Wow. The Joker looks insanely creepy. In a good way!
 
Old 12-19-2007, 04:08 PM
 
Location: Houston
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Santa Claus needed a vacation. He decided to go to Texas because it was warm and he had heard that the people were friendly. As soon as he arrived in town, people began to point and say, "Look! The big red one! Isn't he someone famous?" Santa thought, "Gee, I'll never get any rest if people start asking to sit on my lap and try to tell me things they want." So he decided to disguise himself. He bought a cowboy outfit complete with cowboy boots and cowboy hat. "No one will know me now-- I look just like everyone else!" He thought happily. As soon as Santa started walking down the street people began to point and say, "Look! It's that famous Christmas personality!" Santa rushed around a corner to hide. "It's my beard!" he thought. "They recognize me because of my long white beard!" So Santa went to a barbershop and had his beard shaved off. "I really look like everybody else now!" Santa thought. So he walked down the street with a big smile on his face. Suddenly a man shouted "It's him! It's him! Look everybody!" Santa couldn't believe it. He was sure that no one would recognize him. So Santa walked up to the man and said, "How did you recognize me?" The man looked at Santa and said, "You? I don't know you-- but isn't that four-legged guy with the big red nose behind you Rudolph?"
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