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Heights2Bastrop

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  1. I may be completely mistaken, but I recall hearing recently that there are more mature trees in America today than there were 200 years ago. This is a result of reforestation. The downside was that the new forests are not virgin forests because they lack a natural undergrowth. The house I recently sold in Timbergrove in the Heights has three majestic oaks along 11th Street. That house was built by my grandfather in
  2. Wow! They keep pushing the Rodeo later and later each year. The parade used to be in early February. Now it
  3. Hey, Sudude! Lookie what I found! Love Street Light Circus
  4. The "Light Circus" part does sound familiar. I never went there. I went to The Cellar once, and realized that was not my cup of tea. This was back in my high school days. It was not until after I got out of the Navy that the brain began fritzing out. Musta been the Agent Orange aftereffects, huh?
  5. Repeating in case anyone missed it the first time: "If you want reparations, then let
  6. I would open the dialogue with a resounding "NO!!!", then close it, hopefully forever. It's a stupid idea that only serves to divide the races.
  7. Quanell X is a racist instigator just as is Johnny Mata of LULAC. Using racism to decry racism is hypocrisy which, to me, is the biggest sin of all.
  8. So, how is that different from Netscape 7?
  9. One of my favorite quotes is from Hellen Keller: "There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king among his."
  10. My girlfriend teaches at Alief, and she is leaving at the end of this year. She is fed up with all the crapulence she has to put up with there with unruly students and an administration that does not stand behind the teachers. They don
  11. Rosemary, you just described a good part of The Houston Heights. I thought if any part of Houston had Sears houses, the Heights would. I tried looking for them using your book, but it was a hopeless cause. If you are serious about coming to Houston, you might contact the Houston Heights Association. I
  12. I choosed 290 because it's the one that takes me to Bastrop!
  13. Teebox view of the 11th at Pine Forest in Bastrop
  14. There are a number of celebs from Reagan High, my alma mater. Dan Rather Richard
  15. Here is a map of Northwest Houston from 1922. You can see White Oak and Buffalo Bayou and how convoluted they are. Compare that to the straightened, concrete-lined waterways of today. We have lost a great deal of
  16. What an idiotic ordinance! Slavery is dead and buried. What good does it accomplish to keep digging it up other than to rekindle hatred and try to instill guilt where it is not deserved?
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