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55/Rad
02-10-05, 06:18 PM
In Dallas for the first time and I asked the taxi driver to take me there. Being 3, I was too young back then to comprehend the significance, but over time, have come to truly understand the man and his legacy.

The area looked exactly as I'd seen in the documentaries - the building and the grassy knoll in particular. I stood where I estimated Mr. Zapruder did and the emotion was quite intense.

It was a somber moment, but one well worth taking.

Then, I thought of Merton - for he lives here right?

55/Rad

Xtrmyorick
02-10-05, 06:35 PM
Took a second to realize what you were saying there. I thought you meant that you were 3 when you asked the cab driver to take you there. Then, you started talking about the cabbie's legacy and I understood even less. Then my brain kicked in.
lotek
02-10-05, 07:22 PM
I'm about 25 miles from downtown and I still get weirded out everytime
I drive down there.
The first time I saw it I was down here on business and we were going
to the west end (good bars), when we came out from the underpass
My jaw dropped when I realized where we were.

Marty

55/Rad
02-10-05, 07:31 PM
Took a second to realize what you were saying there. I thought you meant that you were 3 when you asked the cab driver to take you there. Then, you started talking about the cabbie's legacy and I understood even less. Then my brain kicked in.
:roflmao:

I intentionally wrote it that way and I love how you saw it. In the end - at least you got it.

55/Rad
monogodo
02-10-05, 09:27 PM
I live about a mile from there.
55/Rad
02-10-05, 09:34 PM
I live about a mile from there.
I'm posting from the Wyndham Anatole. That's me waving from the window.

55/Rad
scottogo
02-10-05, 11:37 PM
If you are interested in the assassination, an interesting website is www.jfkmurdersolved.com
It has information about and from an alleged confessor to the murder, James Files, plus a forum where theories are debated and new information is posted.
Raiyn
02-11-05, 12:07 AM
MERTON was the second gunman. Just ask him. It was all about a rubber shim embargo
PWRDbyTRD
02-11-05, 12:08 AM
MERTON was the second gunman. Just ask him. It was all about a rubber shim embargo
HAHAHAHA I remember that thread...that beats my nashbar sucks thread.
monogodo
02-11-05, 09:16 AM
I'm posting from the Wyndham Anatole. That's me waving from the window.

55/Rad
Wrong direction. I live on Main Street, across the street from Neiman Marcus. I work at Neiman Marcus, so I'm still about a mile away.
RoadToad
02-11-05, 10:57 AM
Rad, how long are you in town? Did you bring your bike?

RT
SuperTrooper
02-11-05, 11:33 AM
I will take "a clue" for $300 alex.
MERTON
02-11-05, 07:08 PM
shhh .. the rubber shim is how i shot so fast :D

yes, i live near there. no, i don't find it creepy. more people have been shot in south dallas than that street.


what else is there to say?

wait. are you gonna shoot me from a tall building?
55/Rad
02-11-05, 11:09 PM
I will take "a clue" for $300 alex.
Dallas School Book Depository - the building where Lee Harvey Oswald shot JFK in 1963.



Rad, how long are you in town? Did you bring your bike?
Came in Thursday afternoon and left Friday afternoon. I had a meeting at the Tower Club downtown. Nice visit.

55/Rad