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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:26 PM Original message |
Just saw The Alamo |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. Is That Really How the Movie Portrayed It? |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. We kept reading negative reviews too. |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Thanks, It's on My List Now |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. the question is tomorrow... |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
4. OMG, if you are comparing Sam Houston to Donald Rumsfeld, you |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I'm just talking about a bit of time in history, portrayed in a movie. |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 11:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Sam Houston was such a different person for his time that I always |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 11:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I agree. I'm reading "The Peloponnesian War" by Donald Kagan. |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 11:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I haven't read it. Glad to get the recommendation. |
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mobuto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 11:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Or read Thucydides straight up |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 11:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I have always heard of it but never read it and am feeling so uneducated |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 11:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Interesting. I'll check that out after I finish this book. |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 11:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. http://www.lsjunction.com/people/houston.htm |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 11:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Well, it really was the wild, wild West! |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 11:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Not a big Larry McMurtry fan. He's a little too macho for me. Although |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 11:42 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. But have you read "Lonesome Dove"? |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 11:49 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Read it and that was my reference to the characters and the real |
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crimson333 (760 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
6. except |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
7. Definitely worth seeing |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 11:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Yeah, that John Wayne thing was a farce and I thought this would be |
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King_Crimson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
16. I saw the original which was released in 1960 ... |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 11:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. When you said you saw the original, I thought we had a real relic on our |
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King_Crimson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 11:45 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Haven't seen it since... |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 11:53 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. When you see it , let me know what you think. Also, am wondering |
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King_Crimson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 12:13 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Born and raised in... |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 12:45 AM Response to Reply #27 |
34. So sorry to sound rude, but that explains a lot of the mystique on your |
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No2W2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
24. three things.... |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 12:00 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Hi, new smart, interesting and knowledgeable person. Welcome. |
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No2W2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 12:15 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Yep... |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 12:20 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. That is the one. |
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RummyTheDummy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
29. Careful |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 12:33 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. So wrong, honey. |
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No2W2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 12:35 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Ha..... |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 12:42 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. We use to eat at the restaurant there. (I think it has since burned |
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No2W2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 12:48 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. San Jacinto Inn? |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 12:52 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Yep. went there as a small child and took my daughters there as a |
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Fenris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 12:49 AM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Patriots fan, eh? |
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