Gizzmonic
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« on: November 22, 2011, 08:40:29 AM » |
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Well, our baseball team is getting fucked, but at least we're getting a superhero. Maybe if the Scarlet Spider works out, we'll get a major league hero in a few years. |
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Sphinx Drummond
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« Reply #1 on: November 24, 2011, 09:51:22 AM » |
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Let us know when it hits the stands.
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Gizzmonic
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« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2012, 07:58:05 PM » |
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Hey, dunno if anyone is interested in this, but the new Scarlet Spider has dropped. Can't wait to pick it it up tomorrow! |
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Matt
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« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2012, 11:50:23 AM » |
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How exactly is he going to get around the Houston area in a timely manner to stop crime?
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« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2012, 11:57:54 AM » |
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How exactly is he going to get around the Houston area in a timely manner to stop crime?
Light rail. |
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I remember all the good times me 'n Miller enjoyed
Up and down the M1 in some luminous yo-yo toy
But the future has to change - and to change I've got to destroy
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GreatBagwellsBeard
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« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2012, 12:44:21 PM » |
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Light rail.
His superpower is obtaining federal grant money? |
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Matt
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« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2012, 03:19:46 PM » |
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Light rail.
I've never been on that thing as I've been away for a long time but doesn't it just run in the downtown area? I'd love to see him stuck in traffic on 1960 or some shit. |
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« Reply #7 on: January 18, 2012, 03:28:37 PM » |
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I've never been on that thing as I've been away for a long time but doesn't it just run in the downtown area? I'd love to see him stuck in traffic on 1960 or some shit.
It runs from UH downtown through midtown and the medical center to just south of the Dome. |
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« Reply #8 on: January 18, 2012, 03:40:47 PM » |
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It runs from UH downtown through midtown and the medical center to just south of the Dome.
And (subject to a delay due to a purchasing fuck up) to the Galleria and points north, east, west and south of downtown. |
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Bench
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« Reply #9 on: January 18, 2012, 03:45:15 PM » |
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Is the east downtown to downtown line the reason that Rusk and Capital are completely torn up? |
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BudGirl
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« Reply #10 on: January 18, 2012, 03:51:23 PM » |
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Metro/Light Rail is a big fuck-up.
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« Reply #11 on: January 18, 2012, 04:11:13 PM » |
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Metro/Light Rail is a big fuck-up.
Supposed to be open by 2012... Apparently they ordered rolling stock from Spain, which would have negated a near-billion dollar Federal grant (which requires them to buy American). They had to back track (pun intended) and re-do the entire procurement. AFAIK, the University line, which is the crux of the project as it would connect the downtown lines to the uptown line and the proposed NW commuter rail, is still not a done deal. IMHO, the light rail system - including the University Line - is a very smart move for the city. If commuters have the option to take the train into 4 main business sectors, being the Galleria, Greenway Plaza, Downtown and the Med Center, they'll take it. Gas is now solidly above $3/gal and has been for a while. No reason to expect it come down in the short or long term*. Plus, the NW commuter line could be extended all the way to Austin to complement the high-speed link proposed between Houston and Dallas. * BP thinks oil skimmed off the gulf shale oil will make the US self-sufficient by 2030. But their projection assumes a drop in relative demand for oil and it does not suggest that prices will be coming down as a result. |
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« Reply #12 on: January 18, 2012, 04:47:05 PM » |
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, the University line, which is the crux of the project as it would connect the downtown lines to the uptown line and the proposed NW commuter rail, is still not a done deal.
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IMHO, the light rail system - including the University Line - is a very smart move for the city.... If only I was willing to share work-related information. |
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« Reply #13 on: January 18, 2012, 05:31:08 PM » |
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The US could be energy self sufficient right now, if people were willing to pay $1,200/bbl for oil and $40/gallon for gas. |
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HudsonHawk
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« Reply #14 on: January 18, 2012, 05:32:06 PM » |
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Metro/Light Rail is a big fuck-up.
I love the light rail. I'd take it in a heartbeat if it were available from the northside to downtown. |
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« Reply #15 on: January 18, 2012, 06:02:15 PM » |
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I love the light rail. I'd take it in a heartbeat if it were available from the northside to downtown.
I'd take it from the galleria to UH also. It would beat sitting in traffic on 59. That is not why they are Fuck-ups. |
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« Reply #16 on: January 18, 2012, 06:03:58 PM » |
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I'd take it from the galleria to UH also. It would beat sitting in traffic on 59. That is not why they are Fuck-ups.
I'm sure there are a million reasons why "they" (whomever they are) are fuck ups. Light rail is still a great idea. |
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Ebby Calvin
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« Reply #17 on: January 18, 2012, 08:45:18 PM » |
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Is the east downtown to downtown line the reason that Rusk and Capital are completely torn up?
Yep. |
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« Reply #18 on: January 19, 2012, 08:07:08 AM » |
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I love the light rail. I'd take it in a heartbeat if it were available from the northside to downtown.
i do too. |
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GreatBagwellsBeard
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« Reply #19 on: January 19, 2012, 08:36:53 AM » |
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Having spent the past weekend in Manhattan, and after opting for a $9 train ride instead of a $60 cab fare to get to the airport in Newark, I can't wait for the light rail to go more places here.
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