[AGL] Figi House & Casino Royale
Jon Ford
jonmfordster at hotmail.com
Mon Nov 27 11:07:18 EST 2006
Michelle-- that is some serious power. Also a test of moral stamina!
Jon
>From: michele mason <yaya.m at earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the
>60s<austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
>To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the
>60s<austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
>Subject: Re: [AGL] Figi House & Casino Royale
>Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 09:52:38 -0600
>
>My mom was in the Gov's Budget Division. From Shivers to Brisco, she
>purchased everything that went to the Govs mansion, as well as airplanes,
>etc. Nelley Connally (sp?) made her crazy—spending like no tomorrow. mm
>
>On Nov 26, 2006, at 12:32 PM, Jon Ford wrote:
>
>>Yes it was Dolph-- typo. I think my father worked for him too at some
>>point-- he was Press Secretary to a lot of Texas governors. He knew
>>everyone in Texas politics, and still hangs out with some of the
>>old-timers.
>>
>>Jon
>>
>>
>>>From: michele mason <yaya.m at earthlink.net>
>>>Reply-To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the
>>>60s<austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
>>>To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the
>>>60s<austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
>>>Subject: Re: [AGL] Figi House & Casino Royale
>>>Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:58:24 -0600
>>>
>>>Wasn't that "Dolph"? He was the last gov my mom worked for. mm
>>>
>>>On Nov 20, 2006, at 11:09 PM, Jon Ford wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Micael-- Are you speaking of Doph Briscoe, onetime governor of Texas?
>>>>As a child,age about 14, I spent a pleasant time recuperating from
>>>>the notorious Mexican "tourista bug" at his family's desolate ranch in
>>>>South Texas. This was the only time I ever "went Texas," but I was
>>>>unfortunately unable to climb aboard any gigantic longhorn steers or
>>>>rope any broncos as I was sick as a dog the whole week.
>>>>
>>>>Jon Ford
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>From: micael at micaelpriest.com
>>>>>Reply-To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the
>>>>>60s<austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
>>>>>To: austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net
>>>>>Subject: [AGL] Figi House & Casino Royale
>>>>>Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 17:14:52 -0600
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> FIGI house is at 27th and Whitis, big white colonial...i lived
>>>>>next door at the Rhea house in 69 ,3 or 4 doors down from the Campus
>>>>>Guild(Socialist dorm with the constantly running LSD driven Bridge
>>>>>Game). FIGI's had the toga partys all right. fixt em up with a little
>>>>>herb from time to time. all ex highschool jocks though and generally
>>>>>pretty thick. We got in a snowball war withem the one time it snowed
>>>>>that winter, we whipped their asses, they responded by shooting an
>>>>>arrow through one of our guys' window upstairs with a note on it
>>>>>claiming victory. Bill Narum's Dad was a FIGI, his roomate was Dolf
>>>>>Briscoe, i knew Dolf was a football player but i was a little
>>>>>mystified about what kinda jock mr. Narum might have been...he was a
>>>>>fencer. I was a fencer at UT freshman and senior year. still have the
>>>>>back 3/4ths of my foil.
>>>>>
>>>>> As i recall, the first Casino Royale was a send up of Bond
>>>>>movies...maybe w/ Peter Sellers?
>>>>>
>>>>> aidedoo,
>>>>> micael priest
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>austin-ghetto-list-request at pairlist.net writes:
>>>>>
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>>>>>>Today's Topics:
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>>>>>> 1. Re: movie intro, don't go without a quality check (Wayne
>>>>>>Johnson)
>>>>>> 2. Re: movie intro, don't go without a quality check
>>>>>> (Fontaine Maverick)
>>>>>> 3. Re: movie intro, don't go without a quality check (Frances
>>>>>>Morey)
>>>>>> 4. Movies (Igor Loving)
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>Message: 1
>>>>>>Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 23:57:06 -0500
>>>>>>From: "Wayne Johnson" <cadaobh at shentel.net>
>>>>>>Subject: Re: [AGL] movie intro, don't go without a quality check
>>>>>>To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s"
>>>>>> <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
>>>>>>Message-ID: <019101c70c60$5761f620$0e606fcc at wayne8wvactdtz>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>The only frat that had really good toga parties were the Fijis.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>wgJ
>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: Fontaine Maverick To:
>>>>>>survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s Sent:
>>>>>>Sunday, November 19, 2006 8:51 PM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [AGL] movie intro, don't go without a quality check
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Oh-my-god, Frances. I bet you have never been to a fraternity toga
>>>>>> party! ----- Original Message ----- From: Frances Morey
>>>>>> To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s
>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 7:11 PM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [AGL] movie intro, don't go without a quality check
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've put rotten tomatoes into my favorites file, for future
>>>>>>reference. I trust what ordinary people say about movies more than I
>>>>>>do critics or other industry types practicing hype. PF seemed to me
>>>>>>like the very definition of sacrilege. Antipathy to religion was
>>>>>>what made it so popular but violence for the sake of violence, shock
>>>>>>value, fundamental disrespect for an institution offends me. The
>>>>>>military and fraternities were originally established to teach men
>>>>>>how to be men however one became "selective" [read: enlist the
>>>>>>already civilized who don't need such training] and the other a
>>>>>>model for Animal House [read: drunken druggies disrespectfully
>>>>>>acting out towards women and society.] Religions were "organized" to
>>>>>>discourage "sin" whatever that is thought to be, past and present.
>>>>>>Now no one is teaching males how to be men, women are in ascendancy
>>>>>>in the education and the professions because women seem to have
>>>>>>better instincts for applying themselves to learning and having s
>>>>>> uccess in school training for the professions.
>>>>>> I used to brag that, without sin, I will go straight to heaven
>>>>>>when I die since I have never had an abortion nor got paid for
>>>>>>having sex. I have no regrets about the former.
>>>>>> Frances
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Fontaine Maverick <fmaverick at austin.rr.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Borat? Not sure why you found PF reprehensible, but I don't
>>>>>>think Borat is the same type of movie (I haven't seen it) It is a
>>>>>>comedy, for one thing - but the tomatometer is currently at 92%.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rotten Tomatoes is an excellent source of movie reviews -
>>>>>>usually over 100 of them for each movie.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.rottentomatoes.com/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And Internet Movie Data Base is great for looking up stuff
>>>>>>when you can't remember the name of some actor, or want to know what
>>>>>>year something was made, etc.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.imdb.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And I just found out that Casino Royale is NOT a remake in the
>>>>>> Broccoli tradition, though it was once done as a comedy. It is the
>>>>>>first Bond novel that Broccoli ever wrote.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: Frances Morey
>>>>>> To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s
>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 5:55 PM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [AGL] have empathy with the whole wide world
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks, Fontaine,
>>>>>> What does the tomatometer register for that B movie Simmons
>>>>>>was raving about now showing at the Alamo Drafthouse? Borok, or
>>>>>>something like that, is the name. I don't think I'll like it in the
>>>>>>same way that I found Pulp Fiction reprehensible. Frances
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>Message: 2
>>>>>>Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 23:16:11 -0600
>>>>>>From: "Fontaine Maverick" <fmaverick at austin.rr.com>
>>>>>>Subject: Re: [AGL] movie intro, don't go without a quality check
>>>>>>To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s"
>>>>>> <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
>>>>>>Message-ID: <004801c70c62$fe36c8c0$6800a8c0 at NEWFONT>
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>>>>>>I dated one frat guy, and the frat was much like animal house -
>>>>>>strong non-conformist thread running through the membership- they
>>>>>>had a house south of campus - an old granite castle-like place. Went
>>>>>>to one toga party.Don't think it was Fiji, though.
>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: Wayne Johnson To:
>>>>>>survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s Sent:
>>>>>>Sunday, November 19, 2006 10:57 PM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [AGL] movie intro, don't go without a quality check
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The only frat that had really good toga parties were the Fijis.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> wgj
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>>>>>>Message: 3
>>>>>>Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 22:31:22 -0800 (PST)
>>>>>>From: Frances Morey <frances_morey at yahoo.com>
>>>>>>Subject: Re: [AGL] movie intro, don't go without a quality check
>>>>>>To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s
>>>>>> <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
>>>>>>Message-ID: <779288.871.qm at web34615.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
>>>>>>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>>>>>>
>>>>>>No, but I did go skinny dipping once.
>>>>>> Frances
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Fontaine Maverick <fmaverick at austin.rr.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Oh-my-god, Frances. I bet you have never been to a fraternity
>>>>>>toga party! ----- Original Message ----- From: Frances Morey
>>>>>>To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s
>>>>>>Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 7:11 PM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [AGL] movie intro, don't go without a quality check
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've put rotten tomatoes into my favorites file, for future
>>>>>>reference. I trust what ordinary people say about movies more than I
>>>>>>do critics or other industry types practicing hype. PF seemed to me
>>>>>>like the very definition of sacrilege. Antipathy to religion was
>>>>>>what made it so popular but violence for the sake of violence, shock
>>>>>>value, fundamental disrespect for an institution offends me. The
>>>>>>military and fraternities were originally established to teach men
>>>>>>how to be men however one became "selective" [read: enlist the
>>>>>>already civilized who don't need such training] and the other a
>>>>>>model for Animal House [read: drunken druggies disrespectfully
>>>>>>acting out towards women and society.] Religions were "organized" to
>>>>>>discourage "sin" whatever that is thought to be, past and present.
>>>>>>Now no one is teaching males how to be men, women are in ascendancy
>>>>>>in the education and the professions because women seem to have
>>>>>>better instincts for applying themselves to learning and having
>>>>>> success in school training for the professions.
>>>>>> I used to brag that, without sin, I will go straight to heaven
>>>>>>when I die since I have never had an abortion nor got paid for
>>>>>>having sex. I have no regrets about the former.
>>>>>> Frances
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Fontaine Maverick <fmaverick at austin.rr.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Borat? Not sure why you found PF reprehensible, but I
>>>>>>don't think Borat is the same type of movie (I haven't seen it) It
>>>>>>is a comedy, for one thing - but the tomatometer is currently at
>>>>>>92%.
>>>>>> Rotten Tomatoes is an excellent source of movie reviews -
>>>>>>usually over 100 of them for each movie.
>>>>>>http://www.rottentomatoes.com/
>>>>>> And Internet Movie Data Base is great for looking up stuff when
>>>>>> you can't remember the name of some actor, or want to know what
>>>>>>year something was made, etc.
>>>>>> http://www.imdb.com
>>>>>> And I just found out that Casino Royale is NOT a remake in the
>>>>>>Broccoli tradition, though it was once done as a comedy. It is the
>>>>>>first Bond novel that Broccoli ever wrote.
>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: Frances Morey
>>>>>>To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s
>>>>>>Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 5:55 PM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [AGL] have empathy with the whole wide world
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks, Fontaine,
>>>>>> What does the tomatometer register for that B movie Simmons was
>>>>>>raving about now showing at the Alamo Drafthouse? Borok, or
>>>>>>something like that, is the name. I don't think I'll like it in the
>>>>>>same way that I found Pulp Fiction reprehensible. Frances
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>Message: 4
>>>>>>Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 04:17:38 -0600
>>>>>>From: "Igor Loving" <lovingigor at hotmail.com>
>>>>>>Subject: [AGL] Movies
>>>>>>To: austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net
>>>>>>Message-ID: <BAY107-F11D4BB6330533981619700C9ED0 at phx.gbl>
>>>>>>Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>Oh, Oh, Movies. The last one I saw was some Indian thing at Alamo
>>>>>>Draft House that came with Indian Food, before that was some stupid
>>>>>>thing about penguinos marching around in the snow. Not much of a
>>>>>>movie freak and I never ever rent the things. I have a collection of
>>>>>>movies in boxes that have been gathering dust for years and years
>>>>>>and my computer has over sixty five movies in memory. Real gems I am
>>>>>>sure.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Charlie Loving
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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