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[HPF Bob]

I lived in Wallis because my first job was in Bellville and there were no apartments available in Sealy or Bellville when I graduated. I ate a lot of Wolf's chili and Dinty Moore stew out of the can back then because it was all I could afford.

Turning back to the present, I seriously considered the Marquis at Pin Oak in Houston because I could then walk to work which would negate some of the rental cost ($900+) but what ultimately stopped me were the all-wood floors and the knowledge there was nothing open except on the top floor. The floor plan would have worked for Angel but I don't know if uncarpeted apartments would lead to too much foot noise.

Angel has abandonment anxiety, just like a lot of pets and small children. After a few minutes of knowing her protests won't work, she pipes down and generally waits for me to come home. My niece left one of her one-year-old twins with me for about 20 minutes today while she went to the store and the kid was crying and carrying on for about two minutes until he realized Mommy was gone and there was nothing he could do about it. Then he decided that Angel, along with Sesame Street in Yiddish, were interesting enough that he didn't miss Mommy much.

Pop, thanks for the vote of confidence. I don't know if I worry too much about crime or if I'm showing common sense. Since I'm a single guy with one vehicle, I just really hate the thought of coming back to my vehicle and seeing it stripped or missing.

And the tolerance for property crime continues to escalate. In Britain, homeowners are now told to take down chicken wire around their windows because the thieves were getting injured trying to break in. That's their government telling them this. I think a society has successfully deteriorated beyond saving when government cares more about the welfare of the crooks than they do the honest citizens.

[chuck]

Sesame Street in Yiddish? That's a curveball I never saw coming.

[nunusguy]

My wife and I lived off West Belford just inside the Loop in a sub-division named Glenshire in the Late 80s before moving to Clear Lake. It was starting to get a little marginal way back then, but these days wow ! I saw on last nights news some guy got beat to death with a baseball bat in the parking lot of a bar @ Belford & the 610 Loop. I haven't touched a gun since being in the service (long time ago), but I'd have one in the house if I was still in that neighborhood. Keep your head on a swivel over there Bob.

[chuck]

Originally Posted by nunusguy

My wife and I lived off West Belford just inside the Loop in a sub-division named Glenshire in the Late 80s before moving to Clear Lake. It was starting to get a little marginal way back then, but these days wow ! I saw on last nights news some guy got beat to death with a baseball bat in the parking lot of a bar @ Belford & the 610 Loop. I haven't touched a gun since being in the service (long time ago), but I'd have one in the house if I was still in that neighborhood. Keep your head on a swivel over there Bob.

It's Bellfort, and West Bellfort does not intersect the loop. The crime you mention happened at West Bellfort and 59 which is quite different from, say, Stella Link and 610.

[nunusguy]

Originally Posted by chuck

It's Bellfort, and West Bellfort does not intersect the loop. The crime you mention happened at West Bellfort and 59 which is quite different from, say, Stella Link and 610.

Thanks Chuck, I definitely got the Loop & 59 confused, but meant 59 as we did live on West Bellfort just inside 59 back in the day.

[HPF Bob]

Sad that this is the only active thread while we're this close to the draft.

Lockout blues or just tired of seeing the Texans whiff on their opportunities?

[chuck]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

Sad that this is the only active thread while we're this close to the draft.

Lockout blues or just tired of seeing the Texans whiff on their opportunities?

For me, both. I'm pissed about the lockout and ambivalent about the team and the team hasn't had a decent draft in the Rick Smith era. Turns out Sly was right about that all along I guess.

[painekiller]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

Sad that this is the only active thread while we're this close to the draft.

Lockout blues or just tired of seeing the Texans whiff on their opportunities?

Both for me, plus no one is responding to the any post in the draft area.

[HPF Bob]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

I lived in Wallis because my first job was in Bellville and there were no apartments available in Sealy or Bellville when I graduated. I ate a lot of Wolf's chili and Dinty Moore stew out of the can back then because it was all I could afford.

Made my final trip to Austin to close out the apartment and, for old times sake, drove 36 from Brenham to Wallis. The drive from Brenham to Bellville is still very nice and I did not see any sign of the old radio station where I worked in 1979.

Between Bellville and Sealy was all road construction and from Sealy to Wallis appeared almost unchanged since then.

I used to take FM 1093 into Houston and it was a nice quiet drive until you got to Hwy 6 and it became Westheimer but now that is all houses all the way out to Fulshear. Not surprising since 99 didn't exist back then nor did the Westpark Tollway which starts way out there to service folks south of Katy.