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Post by TexasMac on May 11, 2005 20:27:31 GMT -5
YIKES! An ol' timer at 37, first baseman and one-time great hitter for the Astros Jeff Bagwell may have to retire. He went on the disabled list for the first time in 7 years. His arthritic shoulder is keeping him from hitting the big ones, now. We figure an announcement may come before the season is over.
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Post by TexasMac on Apr 28, 2007 12:26:46 GMT -5
Me think like Fred.
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Post by TexasMac on Dec 15, 2006 23:16:44 GMT -5
An intriguing read, Ned!
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Post by TexasMac on Mar 26, 2005 13:36:00 GMT -5
Nef, where exactly is the camera physically located? Is it across the street with a zoom lens, or what? The next time I'm onsite, I may give a signal.
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Post by TexasMac on Mar 4, 2007 18:55:12 GMT -5
I went looking for where the Alameda and funeral pyres were this afternoon by walking up and down E. Commerce, but couldn't figure where they were. I saw no signs. I'm thinking the Adams Freeway (I-37) is too far east based on the drawings and models. It seems to me it should be closer to Macy's or maybe the La Quinta. Nef?
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Post by TexasMac on Nov 6, 2006 6:49:26 GMT -5
Fall Of The Alamo, by Theodore Gentilz This is the image that really got me going on studying the architecture of the Alamo. A copy of it was in a 1961 issue of American Heritage Magazine that I just happened to see, right after viewing John Wayne's "The Alamo". The scene is much in harmony with the look of the Waynamo set. Gentilz depicted the walls stark white, just like the Waynamo. I couldn't figure why the palisade would've been abandoned, though. After all, didn't the Duke say, "HALF of you men, throw up a barricade"? Half? It looks like they ALL did! I remember this Gentilz painting from my Texas history school book from 7th Grade. It is one of my favorites because it looks so real and it was thefirst to show me how the plaza looked before it was turned into a street.
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Post by TexasMac on Nov 6, 2006 6:21:02 GMT -5
nothing else with cattle but here is one from 1900. hard to believe its from that year becuase of its clearness and condition. When did the stores in the Long Barrack close up? Was the building abandoned long before it was torn off the original structure in 1911?
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Post by TexasMac on Aug 4, 2005 19:09:51 GMT -5
Although wildly inaccurate, this old print of the Alamo used to really creep me out as a kid. Well, maybe you should try to put a positive spin on the horror of it. Another way to look at it is, church attendance was up that day.
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Post by TexasMac on Mar 26, 2005 9:38:01 GMT -5
As for that extra door, you got me davy! Could've been put there for use by the film crews to make lugging around props and camera equipment a lot easier. It leads to the basement. BTW, excellent pics of the Alamo 2004 set. I saved a couple as screensaver additives.
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Post by TexasMac on Mar 26, 2005 9:30:52 GMT -5
I have an old close-up photo of the Alamo, circa 1917, with my great uncle in his doughboy uniform standing in front of the church door. Clearly, that door has been replaced. I wonder how many doors there have been and how old the current one is. Does anyone know??
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Post by TexasMac on Aug 4, 2005 18:31:58 GMT -5
I was 11 years old. If I remember correctly, it was in the evening when he stepped out. We were home watching it all on TV. But, I also had my telescope outside pointed toward the moon, but I coudn't see Neil.
I remember complaining at the bad picture quality for such an historical event!
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Post by TexasMac on Dec 30, 2006 18:01:50 GMT -5
Hitler was not made a martyr and neither will Hussein, IMHO.
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Post by TexasMac on May 28, 2005 9:28:12 GMT -5
i told him to jump up and down, but he did jumping jacks i think they have most of the common comands progrmed, that way when one is typed in, it recognizes the key words and does what its programmed. "Tango" is programmed b/c I asked the chicken to do it. "Fry in a frying pan" is apparently not one of the pre-programmed commands.
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