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Just think of the restaurant and theme park timan could make it into.
Bubba Gump shrimp co and pirate hats on the cheap!

 

2 hours ago, Steel Shank said:

If they're looking for heavy traffic, they should try your momma's house.

If you would hurry up and get your nut on, the line wouldn’t be so long.

6 hours ago, Fuck Tim Beck said:

The obvious answer is Town Lake to scare all the hipsters back to California 

Put it right in front of where Joe's Crab Shack was located.

10 hours ago, El Diablo said:

Pampa could use a new attraction.

Did Chad Briscoe close the donkey show?

They need to bring back that machine that made little plastic molds of the battleship.  The smell of those smoldering models when you retrieved them from the machine was great awesome.

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10 minutes ago, SHOOTER12 said:

Did Chad Briscoe close the donkey show?

Maybe near Harvester stadium off of Matson?  Although there is more room by the Best Western on the Northside of town. 

 

30 minutes ago, Bobby_Batronic said:

Maybe near Harvester stadium off of Matson?  Although there is more room by the Best Western on the Northside of town. 

I'd recommend the empty mall just south of there. It'd be a nice attraction to help revitalize that thing.

7 minutes ago, bolverk said:

 

I'd recommend the empty mall just south of there. It'd be a nice attraction to help revitalize that thing.

Still empty?  Shocking. 

42 minutes ago, clapclapclap said:

They need to bring back that machine that made little plastic molds of the battleship.  The smell of those smoldering models when you retrieved them from the machine was great awesome.

Yep- and the smell of it fit right in with all the other smoldering petroleum down there.

Just now, Bobby_Batronic said:

Still empty?  Shocking. 

Well, it was the last time I was in Pampa about five years ago but it was admittedly just an educated guess.

Just now, bolverk said:

Well, it was the last time I was in Pampa about five years ago but it was admittedly just an educated guess.

A safe one imoho. But you have to give Pampa this much. It’s not Vernon. 

9 minutes ago, Bobby_Batronic said:

A safe one imoho. But you have to give Pampa this much. It’s not Vernon. 

Now that is a Texas town I haven't yet been to but plan on being there sometime near the end of July. Visiting small struggling towns across the state is a mainstay of my employment.

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In fact, I'll be in Rio Grande City next week.

6 hours ago, Steel Shank said:

If they're looking for heavy traffic, they should try your momma's house.

South Austin's mom volunteered her yard once she found out about all seamen.

6 hours ago, Steel Shank said:

If they're looking for heavy traffic, they should try your momma's house.

South Austin's mom volunteered her yard once she found out about all seamen.

9 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

Someone needs to read this remarkably prescient piece of sci-fi, because it is so EERILY on point....well, actually, it's nutso, but I enjoyed the hell outta reading it back in the late 80s or so.

 

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Fuck yeah!  WOLVERINES!

A couple of months ago I finally finished cleaning out my storage unit from my move 3+ years ago.  The biggest chore was the 45 moving boxes full of books that were in there.  I had to go through each one and sort them into sell to half price books, donate to the Friends of the Houston Library, and keep in my now limited shelving.  This book was one of the ones that didn’t make the cut to keep.  It was close though.

The Battleship Texas must be relocated where there is easy access to the open sea.  That way when aliens attack and seal out all active naval assets with a force field a few surviving U.S. sailors can team up with the remaining veterans that served on the Texas and sail it out to destroy the aliens.  Therefore we must also make sure to keep it fueled up and have plenty of live rounds and powder on board for the main guns.

38 minutes ago, HornsOverIthaca said:

That sounds like a pitch for an awesome TV show.

Shame Jan Michael Vincent is dead.  He would.have been perfect for such a show.

If you want more traffic why would you put it by the Lexington that'll hog up all the visitors? I'd say put it in Galveston or Kemah.


Vote Kemah
1 hour ago, HornsOverIthaca said:

That sounds like a pitch for an awesome TV show.

Add some AC/DC and drop lead on those MF’s  

 

I could see it put in Beaumont. Tie it with the history of the shipyards during World War Ii.

I don’t get the appeal of Kemah.


But would you if they had the Uss Texas??

I think the answer is obvious. Stick it in the Astrodome. 

Can the thing survive being pulled in the water?

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20 hours ago, Moby Ric said:

Totally understand the need for foot traffic to keep it in good shape.  San Jacinto/La Porte is not the easiest place to get to and despite it being by the history of the  San Jacinto monument it seems to only get boy scout troop sleepovers from time to time these days.  I wonder where they would be considering moving it too.  Galveston, or Corpus seem like the obvious choices.

https://abc13.com/society/deteriorating-battleship-texas-leaving-la-porte-for-good-/5320537/

It needs money, a lot of it, to keep it in good shape. That may be in the form of admissions tickets, funds from the state, private donations, whatever. 

It's an old ship that won't improve any with age. I get it. It's named Texas and has served the United States in big wars, but the time comes for an end to everything. 

14 hours ago, Deej said:

Put it right in front of where Joe's Crab Shack was located.

And make I-35 a drawbridge.

10 hours ago, swraith said:

I don’t get the appeal of Kemah.

Same here.  It is already impossible to get to Kemah.  Don't make it worse

I don't get the appeal of keeping it in water since it does nothing but add to the upkeep costs.  If you want it in "water" for appearance sake only, sink the ship into land with only a pond around it with a few inches of water. you could even put a small barrier up so that the pond water isn't even touching the sides.

If you really want it closer to where people are at, take it up the ship channel as close to downtown as possible.  It would be badass to have it in near EADO but I assume the bridges on buffalo bayou would prevent that.  Have lunch at Ninfas and walk over to the battleship.  Visitors always want to find something to do in Houston, and a old battleship close to downtown will pull visitors in.  

 

17 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

I don't get the appeal of keeping it in water since it does nothing but add to the upkeep costs.  If you want it in "water" for appearance sake only, sink the ship into land with only a pond around it with a few inches of water. you could even put a small barrier up so that the pond water isn't even touching the sides.

If you really want it closer to where people are at, take it up the ship channel as close to downtown as possible.  It would be badass to have it in near EADO but I assume the bridges on buffalo bayou would prevent that.  Have lunch at Ninfas and walk over to the battleship.  Visitors always want to find something to do in Houston, and a old battleship close to downtown will pull visitors in.  

 

If you did something like that, the ideal would be to build a nice aquarium (think Monterey Bay Aquarium) in Galveston across the street from the sea wall: Maybe where Scholes Airport currently sits. Include the battleship as part of the exhibit and make Galveston a more appealing destination.

12 minutes ago, Bevo said:

make Galveston a more appealing destination.

you're gonna need a bigger boat

15 minutes ago, Bevo said:

If you did something like that, the ideal would be to build a nice aquarium (think Monterey Bay Aquarium) in Galveston across the street from the sea wall: Maybe where Scholes Airport currently sits. Include the battleship as part of the exhibit and make Galveston a more appealing destination.

Moody Gardens already has a nice aquarium. I do think putting it over there would be a good option. 

11 hours ago, NIUHuskies said:

I could see it put in Beaumont. Tie it with the history of the shipyards during World War Ii.

They were proposing a new riverfront Park close to the  port before Harvey.... right off I10.  Not sure if it ever got underway.  That would meet the car count needs, but not a location where there is already an established tourist base.  

1 hour ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

I don't get the appeal of keeping it in water since it does nothing but add to the upkeep costs.  If you want it in "water" for appearance sake only, sink the ship into land with only a pond around it with a few inches of water. you could even put a small barrier up so that the pond water isn't even touching the sides.

If you really want it closer to where people are at, take it up the ship channel as close to downtown as possible.  It would be badass to have it in near EADO but I assume the bridges on buffalo bayou would prevent that.  Have lunch at Ninfas and walk over to the battleship.  Visitors always want to find something to do in Houston, and a old battleship close to downtown will pull visitors in.  

 

park it at allen's landing and every time it floods it can float down main street. 

The old girl is going to be more and more of a money pit, I'm afraid. 

Get some good documentarians in there to video the heck out of it. Then make a first-class visitor's center with all that footage and other historic artifacts.

As for the ship itself? Maybe tow it out into the gulf and make a reef. Let it be a source of life for the water creatures. 

3 hours ago, phdhorn said:

And make I-35 a drawbridge.

I've always wanted to dredge the Colorado and make Austin a port city.  One of the main problems of our town is that we don't have enough seedy longshoremen lurking about.

I even thought about running for city council on that platform, but then became afraid that the people of Austin might actually vote me in.

 

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IMO they need to pull it from the water and put it in Galveston on Pelican Island at Seawolf park, like another poster mentioned.

Bulldoze that shitty white concrete building, pull the Texas from the water with the bow pointed towards Bolivar.  Position that destroyer and the submarine nearby. Build a big visitor's center, keep/upgrade the fishing piers, and maybe run a water taxi or bus service to the area, as it's a PITA to drive all the way around past sea aggie.

Or drag it inland and put it on Stewart Beach - that would solve the galveston ship channel issue.  Or hell, stick it on Harborside somewhere near the Elissa.

@Asithappensis right, it's only going to become a bigger money pit if it stays in the water.

I think it's worth saving, however, because it's the only remaining capital ship to serve in both WWs.

 

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37 minutes ago, utee94 said:

I've always wanted to dredge the Colorado and make Austin a port city.  One of the main problems of our town is that we don't have enough seedy longshoremen lurking about.

I even thought about running for city council on that platform, but then became afraid that the people of Austin might actually vote me in.

 

I stupidly put my name on the ballot in an election and won.  Thought I was going to come in and make a difference.  It is a fucking nightmare and can't wait for it to be over.

There’s nothing the right application of either WD-40 or JB Weld can’t fix.

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Don't know where, but how great would it be to have a naval shipyard museum in Texas? Have the Texas there and have an exhibit focusing on WW 1 maritime history. Add the Dallas and build an exhibit about cold war era issues. There's a 50/50 chance the Dallas Maritime museum isn't going to happen so might as well.

The national museum of the royal Navy in Portsmouth is set up like that, but they do have Henry 8's Mary rose and Nelson's victory (plus one other I forget now) which have more history and renown. I think it'll work here if it's somewhere where there are already lots of visitors- galveston, Houston, or even corpus for example.

If we don't dust off those big guns and shell....well....SOMEBODY....I'm gonna be pissed.

1 hour ago, HornsOverIthaca said:

There’s nothing the right application of either WD-40 or JB Weld can’t fix.

I owned a mid-80s Chrysler and I can assure you that by the time I finally traded it in, over half the components in the engine compartment were made entirely of JB Weld.

20 hours ago, bolverk said:

My vote is Texas gets its own goddamned Space Force.

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I mean the USS Texas was the first ship to have AA and a plane to fly off its deck. Why not put rockets on it and start shooting down martians? That sounds dope as hell.

48 minutes ago, workswithseed said:

I mean the USS Texas was the first ship to have AA and a plane to fly off its deck. Why not put rockets on it and start shooting down martians? That sounds dope as hell.

Japs already did it with Space Battleship Yamato. 

45 minutes ago, Bobby_Batronic said:

Japs already did it with Space Battleship Yamato. 

But I heard it’s MCAS is buggy. 

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