New Air Force One

RobertN · Dec 28, 2000

http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/fire/photos.htm

Fire trucks are suppossed to be red /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

RobertN in Shingle Springs Calif

RJohnson · Dec 29, 2000

Bird,
It was an article in the Ft. Woth Star-Telegram and it was talking about a monument being planned to span over Interstate 35. It was a pair of horns(Longhorns) 408 feet long and the the tip of the horns would be as tall as a 15 story building. It was to honor the cattle trail drives and of course be a tourist attraction/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif.
That just what we need down here all of those orange guys who love to push snow/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif coming down to see a huge monument over I35. I can see all of the wrecks now, watching a monument and not the road. Hillsboro was trying to get it built by 2004 and I am sure you can send them a donation to help build it/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif.
Have a great and happy New Year.

Randy

Bird · Dec 29, 2000

Randy, they just got through rebuilding the courthouse that burned a few years ago (mostly with donations). I hadn't heard about the longhorns, but don't think I'll be sending any donation./w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

Bird

ERNIEB · Dec 30, 2000

Randy, Gee just when I was starting to think San Antonio had cornered the market on building dumb things. And what do they say might go in these giant horns? A Mc D's, or one of those combo taco bell/pizza hut/KC fried chicken places.

Ernie
"I deem it necessary for Texas to be ready to meat an army of eight or ten thousand strong in May next." Eli Mercer (in a letter to Henry Smith Dec,1835)

john4nh · Jan 6, 2001

Dont know if anyone cares, or remembers how it got started but the fire trucks I saw in Austin were white with a red stripe in the center.. Heck of a Party town....

TWINKLE_TOES · Jan 6, 2001

John,
Thanks for the report back, 30 years and still white...Hmmmm, maybe this is old enough to be a "history" question. I don't have any idea where you might find a <font color=red>TEXAS HISTORY </font color=red>BUFF/w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif