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Post by Wild Cat Bud on Nov 17, 2005 16:57:35 GMT -5
Where do your sentimental journeys take you? Share some of your nostalgic moments!
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Post by Captain J (Retired) on Dec 7, 2005 16:18:33 GMT -5
I personally enjoyed the earlier days of geocaching. With the auto routing GPSr in hand the thrill of the hunt is all but gone. I enjoyed trying to find the destination by following the arrow on the unfamiliar roads. We would take off on a promising road only to find out it would fall short of our destination. I think that 70% of the fun was trying to find the parking spot, once parked finding the cache was a snap. Boy has the quality of the cache changed, remember when you could find a silver belt buckle, one ounce silver bullion, a high quality tool, sometimes I even saw new watches in their box. Maybe these watches weren’t no Seiko but still a nice watch a child would be proud of. Now days if you put something nice in your cache people will take it then trash your cache. I don’t understand this; afterall the prize was put there for the taking. Why trash the cache, why not sign the log and say thanks for the prize? I guess this is the reason why there are so many micro caches. Oh well, maybe tomorrow will bring something new.
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Post by Wild Cat Bud on Feb 15, 2006 12:06:50 GMT -5
I've heard it said that in years from "now" when we look back "these" will be the Good Old Days.......and for "now" this is glimpse of how some of us scurry through our day......
YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM when...
1. You accidentally enter your PIN on the microwave.
2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years.
3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of three.
4. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you.
5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is that they don't have e-mail addresses.
7. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if anyone is home to help you carry in the groceries.
8. Every commercial on television has a web site at the bottom of the screen.
9. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn't have the first 20 or 30 (or 50) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and you turn around to go and get it.
10. You get up in the morning and go on line before getting your coffee.
11. You start tilting your head sideways to smile. : )
12. You're reading this and nodding in agreement.
13. You are too busy to notice there was no #6 on this list.
14. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn't a #6 on this list.
AND NOW U R LAUGHING at yourself.
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Post by Wild Cat Bud on Feb 19, 2006 13:41:32 GMT -5
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Post by Wild Cat Bud on Mar 20, 2006 20:59:47 GMT -5
Anyone recognize this former Houston landmark? Click on image to enlargeJust too sad.................
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Post by WTT-B2 on Mar 20, 2006 21:02:18 GMT -5
Looks like what used to be Astroworld. Our church got a lot of the playground equipment from there and is putting it up at the church grounds.
WTT-B2
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Post by ATMA on Mar 26, 2006 22:08:28 GMT -5
So sad to see Astroworld like this. Life will never be the same without it. The memories of the kids growing up and me going there for $4.25 when it first opened. Remember the .25 loaf of bread?
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Post by Captain J (Retired) on Mar 27, 2006 6:02:26 GMT -5
How about icecream for three for 18 cents.
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Post by Wild Cat Bud on Mar 27, 2006 8:48:16 GMT -5
Yeah, it's sad. I held up pretty good as I watched and read about the destruction till the day they went and knocked Cyclone down. Then I had my own little WaterWorld going on.
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Post by ATMA on Mar 28, 2006 9:44:25 GMT -5
The .18 cent icecream I dont remember but that was a good deal even back then. Did Astroworld claim a loss? Is this why they leveled the place? Imagine the frustration the day they blow down the Astrodome? How about icecream for three for 18 cents.
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Post by Wild Cat Bud on Mar 28, 2006 10:21:54 GMT -5
Well, that was part of the claim, that AstroWorld had become unprofitable, and the land on which it sat too valuable, both caused by that monstrosity Reliant Center. There was a lot of friction over the parking for AstroWorld, apparently they just couldn't get things worked out, couldn't get enough parking for the park cause the Reliant complex wanted/needed too much (i.e. it ALL).
Consequently, AstroWorld was in a bind, could not take any measures to improve the park and boost attendance because when/if attendance increased, there'd be no place for the people to park cause there wasn't enough parking already for the level of attendance they had.
Sure did change the landscape coming around the south loop now that everything is gone.
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Post by ATMA on Mar 28, 2006 12:31:43 GMT -5
You sure arent kidding. The first time we drove around that corner and didnt see that, we nearly drove off the road.
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Post by Wild Cat Bud on Mar 28, 2006 13:45:09 GMT -5
You sure arent kidding. The first time we drove around that corner and didnt see that, we nearly drove off the road. Yep, it can be a shocker. Here are some pics of the area if you've not been round by there lately. They are from the HoustonFreeways site. The AW pics are at the bottom (of course). Or here are just the individual AW pics, if you don't want to wait on all the others to load......
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Post by ATMA on Mar 28, 2006 21:44:31 GMT -5
Thanks for the link that linked to some other sites similar to that one. Makes ya want to cry seeing those Astroworld photos. I really appreciate these and for some warped reason downloaded and saved them.
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Post by Wild Cat Bud on Mar 29, 2006 10:45:21 GMT -5
Thanks for the link that linked to some other sites similar to that one. Makes ya want to cry seeing those Astroworld photos. I really appreciate these and for some warped reason downloaded and saved them. Here's the saddest of them all, well, they were to me anyway. The Day That Cyclone Died......and they were singing, bye, bye............
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