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  1. When I was 12, a golf pro-am - the Amana VIP (any olds remember that one?) in 1982, the newly-minted Masters champ, Craig Stadler, hit an errant tee shot way into a grove of trees into a deserted area without any gallery ropes.  My Mom and I were cutting through that area as a shortcut, and stopped to watch his him try to hit some kind of heroic swooping cut shot first under a branch, then over a grove of trees.  Right in his backswing, my clueless Mom blurted out, "Heyyy, is that Craig Stadler??"  He flubbed his shot and glared at my Mom, and I was equally embarrassed so all I could do was mutter a "sorry Mr Stadler"

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  2. 4 hours ago, TonyTexas said:

    Watson wins the par 3 tournament. Tom, not Bubba

     

    Jeez, just when I'm feeling old at 48, I see a 68-yr old go around in -6 and a 78-yr old go around in -4.  Granted, a par-3 course, but getting 2s on the scorecard ain't no piece of cake.

  3. 31 minutes ago, SHOOTER12 said:

    I have hated that stretch of road forever.

    Yeah.  It was dangerous 25 years ago, and quite a bit worse now with lots more traffic.  Every time I hear about an accident on it I cringe because of all the people I know who drive it twice a day.

  4. On 3/27/2018 at 11:37 AM, Longhornanth said:

    Just left of Mr. Palmer there..couldn't wipe the smile off my face.  Unreal day with my dad.

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    Is that Tom Herman standing just behind you?

  5. But talking about long flights... I was once on a super-budget airline Air Asia flight from Kuala Lumpur to London.  16 hours, cramped seating, middle seat, & very few amenities.  I'm just glad I pre-selected and paid for a meal when I booked, because those who didn't were SOL.

  6. 6 hours ago, Native Horn said:

    Lulz.  I flew San Antonio to Austin once due to a routing fuck-up (flight originated in Albuquerque, but had a few San Antonio stragglers on the plane due to a cancelled flight, so had to stop there first).  Took 17 minutes.  Flew so low I recognized the Circle C HEB (it was open).  Sky waitress refused to let me jump out there.  Cost me a good 45 minutes.

    I would die if I had to take a 12+ hour flight, f dat.

    Back in the early 2000s there was a scheduled Delta flight from Austin to San Antonio that I ended up on because I was on a trip to Salt Lake City.  I could have sworn it was less than 17 minutes.  But in any case it was quite the short hop.

  7. On 3/27/2018 at 7:17 AM, El Diablo said:

    Just dropping in with some aviation history.

    On March 27, 1968, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first man to orbit the Earth in 1961, died when his MiG-15 jet crashed during a routine training flight near Moscow; he was 34.

     

    Ah, the heady days of Sputnik and Yuri Gagarin!

  8. On 3/27/2018 at 7:37 PM, bluto said:

    if you go to TCAD site and search for your property, when the search results page comes up there is an 'export results' button on the top right. that CSV that downloads will have your value. 

    Hm.  Not seeing that option for my property?  Just N/A for the 2018 values, and no other buttons or choices for more information...

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  9. On 3/27/2018 at 11:08 AM, Chet Steadman said:

    This is one of my all-time favorites.  All the historical documents I've seen identify this site what is now the NEC of Koenig and Burnet but I'm 90% sure that's incorrect and it's actually the NWC of 2222 and Balcones/Parkcrest opposite of the vacant gas station and Jack Brown cleaners site.  2222.JPG?zoom=2

    The sign in the foreground is advertising new lots for sale in which would become the Allandale and Highland Park West neighborhoods.

    I agree with you, Chet.

    I can see how someone would think it is the NEC of Burnet & Koenig because that pic shows a 7-11, and there is one there now too.  But what gives it away is the terrain/hillside on the far right of this pic.  Nothing like that ever existed at Burnet & Koenig - the land slopes the other way.

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