Thunderbird in Houston

[crmpuf]

Re: Thunderbird in Houston

I'm in Texas and the first thing I did was remove the front plate/mount and holes filled in. That was 6 years ago and it passes inspection every year since.

try getting into DFW airport the guards come out and write down the plate number and holds up traffic

[texasbird]

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It's the Texas Parks & Wildlife Specialty Plate with the horned lizard image.

[2K2BIRD]

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It's the Texas Parks & Wildlife Specialty Plate with the horned lizard image.

Otherwise known as the "horned-frog" or "horny toad". Since it is neither a frog or toad, James calling it a lizard is more correct.

When we were kids in north Texas, these guys were everywhere. Now I haven't seen one in years - they really do need to be the symbol of wildlife conservation.

[5bird7]

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The fire ant population is what has done them in.

[maxkemp]

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John, the trains come to a crawl through that part of H-town so when the gates come down, you are going to be there for awhile. It appears this happened on one of the lines that runs close to Downtown but Marty has not confirmed.

I can view what I think is the line from my 44th floor office and the trains appear to go on forever.

Lots of goods being moved from the Port of Houston so you bring up a good point. Even at a crawl it's going to take some distance to stop one of those trains.

I can't tell by the pic how many cars were in tow but the T-bird had to have been parked long enough to give the Engineer, at a minimum, a half mile notice to start braking.

Just a simple man's 2 cents.

If the car was only pushed a distance of thirty feet that train was barely moving when
contact was made. Train car collision what you see is minimal damage.

[maxkemp]

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First Paul, Congratz on the T-Bird of the Month. That is a great pic!

I was raised in S. Texas and "Horned Toads" were everywhere. We even fed them red ants. The Horned Toads would just be parked in the clearing the red ants made and was just having a good ole time filling their guts. I think dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) did both the red ants and the Horned Toads in.

Pelicans are coming back, I hope they do too.

Otherwise known as the "horned-frog" or "horny toad". Since it is neither a frog or toad, James calling it a lizard is more correct.

When we were kids in north Texas, these guys were everywhere. Now I haven't seen one in years - they really do need to be the symbol of wildlife conservation.

[5bird7]

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I noticed the lights were off on the car, like she parked it there on purpose, turned the lights off and left the car.

[2K2BIRD]

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Thanks, Max.

Good to see you posting. It seems like you've been AWOL awhile.