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Posted By Mike Orren in Square Pegs on May 14, 2007
I bristled a bit last week when I was telling a NY-type about the self-print edition of The Daily You that you can "take on the train with you" and he responded with incredulity that we had trains in these parts.
"Yeah," I said. "And by next year the roads will be paved."
But then, I look at one of our neighborhood pages and see how we perpetuate the stereotype:
Barbecue report: Baker's Ribs off Greenville in Dallas
I've always rated Baker's Ribs as probably the best BBQ in Dallas. At least as far as their excellent St. Louis cut pork ribs are concerned.
When Black Friday comes, where should you stand down by the door?
Bud - this is why Black Friday is dead.
Joe Public knows there are only two of the whatever in stock... so why bother.
Mike Orren, says:
It's a day of odd animal escapes. A sea otter is on the run from the Dallas World Aquarium:
http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfai...
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twisteddog, says:
Hell, I'M still amazed that Dallas has a train. Supposedly enviro-hippie Austin doesn't even have a train. Having livestock around isn't terrible. At least on some level we're still connected to the food supply.
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Jim Carson, says:
I've read your posts on the joys of riding the train--you know, gettin' stuff done while you're moving. That's an argument that trains are good, but it's a long, long way from demonstrating that trains are <strong>worth</strong> billions of dollars, or even a half-cent sales tax increase.
I once lived in Atlanta, where we had MARTA--unquestionably good, but we'd have been much better off spending the money on roads.
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Mike Orren, says:
Video of the aforementioned sea otter escape. Doesn't get good until about halfway through:
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