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To: jim_p who wrote (8761)	3/26/2008 5:12:25 PM
From: Nihontochicken	Respond to of 50669

twango.com Hahahahahaha! Going to borrow this one, thanks. NC ;o)

To: jim_p who wrote (8761)	3/26/2008 7:23:11 PM
From: JimisJim	Respond to of 50669

Yeah, I remember the 80s all too well... over half the county population where I was from '80-'87 was receiving some subsidy or another and county unemployment rate was close to 17%... I hated that place and because of that, I tend to look back at the 80s as my least favorite decade since I spent 7 years of it in a h#llhole. Visited a friend in Carlsbad, CA in 10/87, by the end of 11/87 I'd sold my interest in the newspaper in TN and was living in Carlsbad sr. editor of a baseball rag. Jim

To: jim_p who wrote (8761)	3/28/2008 10:03:03 PM
From: Aggie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50669

Hi Jim Yep, I remember it too. Remember the "see-through" high rise office buildings in downtown Houston - once a tenant moved out, they would take down all the walls just to get the jump on any potential client that might come along. From any high rise you could look right through the vacant floors in neighboring buildings. And there were a lot of them. I remember oil company executives that saw their commuting times to downtown drop from an hour back to 15 minutes, a straight reduction in traffic count from all the failed business. Don't want to see that again and ironically, it kind of looks like Houston's 1986 innoculation may help it weather this crisis. Regards to all, Aggie