Mt Houston

[flatfloor]

John! what happened to the Mt Houston Forum? Inquiring minds want to know! This is an outrage and an insult to all the hardworkering volunteers of FOOL

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[John Bridge]

Can you believe it? I can't even get anybody to send me money. I'm going by there again today, though. I'm gonna get another pic of the damage. I'll get one showing the for sale sign. Gotta go now. Can hardly see the screen through the tears. . .

[Bud Cline]

Is anyone else as lost as I am on this one? I guess you just have to live in Houston to understand all of this.

John is wearing all that SCUBA gear hendering your ability to operate your PC?

[John Bridge]

Bud,

You were probably bogged down in some technical aspect of the trade and missed this really important item. I'll list the links once again so you can get up to speed.

It started out as a little piece I did on drainage problems in the Gulf area, and then it mushroomed into the Mt.Houston thing. You'll have to start from the beginning.

http://www.johnbridge.com/drainage_problems.htm#Six inches

If you follow the links at the bottom of each page, well, you'll then be on the same page as most of the rest of us. If you get lost, there is a link in the left margin of every major page of my site, including the home page.

http://www.johnbridge.com





[Edited by John Bridge on 06-15-2001 at 07:27 PM]

[Bud Cline]

Well I visited the saga of Mt Houston and all I can say is; John, there must be days when you have nothing but time on your hands.

[John Bridge]

Oh, okay, so you're going to be another of the disbelievers, huh? No words of support. No nothin'! Well, thanks a lot!

[flatfloor]

John! Good news the Nat'l Enquire is on the story, there's hope yet! And on that note Good Night!

[John Bridge]

Here's the latest outrage. I hope the Enquirer people arrive soon. I'll be right there to greet them and help in any way I can. I'll even let them have my photos at a reduced price.


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[i]It's a bleak day for Mt. Houston[i]

[Sonnie Layne]

You could pass the collection plate and buy the property maybe?
Of course we'd want to restore it to it's original form which would entail buying back all the fill that's been sold!!!
It does seem a travesty. Talk about berms!!! Do you know how it came to be, sitting there all on it's lonesome??? Interesting, maybe there's a geologist listening in that could explain...

[flatfloor]

John, could you clear something up for me please, My check to the Save Mt Houston/Fool Fund was endorsed by Guzzle & Guzzle Beer Distributors?

Nothing else to do tonight:)

[John Bridge]

You don't expect me to deposit the money into my own account, do you? The only guarantee I recall making is that "the money will be well spent."

[Rob Z]

John,
I think it's very possible that Mt. Houston is a Terminal Moraine left by glacial activity. There is no question that this is a significant geological feature. Contact the geology departments of local universities and the USGS. They will want to help preserve Mt Houston for research and student field trips.

When you are told that the glaciers didn't come that far south, ignore it.

Rob

[John Bridge]

Would that be the U.S. Geological Survey, or the U.S. Geodetical Survey? I want to get it straight. You know, dealing with the gummint and all.

Maybe I'll just write a letter to Dubya.

[Rob Z]

Geodetic... now there is a word you don't hear every day.

USGS. HQ'ered in Reston, VA, about 8-10miles from me.

[Bud Cline]

John,

Here's another way you could save Mt. Houston, maybe not in its present form or stance but none-the-less save it.

Have you got any Mason jars? Buy some of Mt Houston yourself, package it and sell it. If you fail in your campaign to save the mountain as is where is, then so be it. But with the Mason jars filled with the heart of Mt Houston scattered around the country you could still be a hero, and have some money in that account wherever it is.

[flatfloor]

Bud, why would he want to invest in mason jars? Recap Guzzle & Guzzle empties and use them. I'm sure there are more than enough.

Man, it is pouring here, where did Allison go?

[Bud Cline]

Jim,

You must think I'm joking!!!! John could get rich (richer) with this venture. Just keep thinking "Pet Rock", "Pet Rock", "Pet Rock".

Hell this project could be even more profitable than his book venture.

[Rob Z]

Allright, if you guys don't like the geologically valid approach I suggested, how about we start a rumor on the internet that Mt Houston was created by the same aliens that do the crop circles in England?That way, all the crack pots (I mean, Alien Enthusiasts) will descend upon Texas and chain themselves together to stop the bulldozers.

[flatfloor]

Rob, your a genius, it wil work, it will work!

I Have a lot of links to England & Ireland John can cover the South Pacific, etc. Oh man, it boggles the mind!

Bud your Pet Rock concept is sound. I have a friend who created the Pet Clam (really) to spin off the Rock he did make a few bucks but I think he should have waited a year, most people who bought the rocks soon realized the rocks were not very affectionate, sullen, lazy, dumb and not easily house broken. Now here's the good part, he still has about 5,000 Pet Clams left, with a few alterations, a claw here, an eye there, we might be able to pass them off as Alien mummified cadavers. Then we seed Mt Houston with a few and sell the rest.

Somebody put a business plan together, fast.

Now let me go ! please my wife is screaming, the kids will be here soon, just what I need a house full of people with rugrats, Allison overhead and a bad Sunbeam Grill.

[Edited by flatfloor on 06-17-2001 at 03:32 PM]

[John Bridge]

Hey Bud,

Now we're getting somewhere, by golly. That's a great idea, man. Beats having to mess with the government and all. I might even give it away as a premium. You know, buy a book and get Mt. Houston free. I'm feeling better about this now.

Rob and Jim,

You guys may be onto something also. I could go out there at night, have one of my kids shoot a couple bottle rockets off in the field and get pictures. UFOs over Mt. Houston. I can just see it.

Hell, we'll have the Flat Earth Society down here in no time leading the charge.

Geez, I just thought of something. We've divulged too much already. I'd better buy Mt. Houston!

[Patti, Where's my check book? No, not the offshore account, woman, the other one.]

[Edited by John Bridge on 06-17-2001 at 06:08 PM]