[AGL] Figi House & Casino Royale

[michele mason]

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:


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> 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

>

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>> 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

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>>      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

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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"

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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

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>>>   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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>>> 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

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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

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>>>   The only frat that had really good toga parties were the Fijis.

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>>>   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>

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>>> 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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>>> Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 04:17:38 -0600

>>> From: "Igor Loving" <lovingigor at hotmail.com>

>>> Subject: [AGL] Movies

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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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