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  • #1

    At the Gates of the Alamo

    Went to San An-tone this week. I got done with work at about 1100 in the morning, and I was in San Antonio all on my lonesome.

    So, I went to the Alamo.



    I know that if I were a Mexican, The Alamo would be on my "to-see" list.






    Tourist traps across from the Shrine.





    The Shrine of Liberty!






    Some walkways by the Shrine...








    Monument out front






    Post Office






    The Emily Morgan Hotel, which is near the grounds.







    The Long Barracks, the oldest building in San Antonio, and where the last of the fighting was.






    Millstone





    Japanese memorial, commemorating all the Japanese at the Alamo. (Am I joking? Who knows?)






    Masons!





    Cannon





    Cavalry Courtyard





    Bronze Plaque commemorating the Texans that fought their way into the Alamo to join the defenders.





    Metal map of the compound by the Long Barracks.









    The Shrine itself("Gentlemen, remove your hats. No photography allowed indoors.").










    Green space on the grounds.






    Hospital






    DRT Library










    Then I ambled about San Antonio a bit...First down to the Riverwalk...






    Saw some art...







    A Statue....






    I was pretty distressed to see a sign to my secret lair...
    Today, you are the waves of the Pacific, pushing ever eastward. You are the sequoias rising from the Sierra Nevada, defiant and enduring.
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    Did you ask to see the basement?
    “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
    - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

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    • #3
      I bet that never gets old.
      Monkey!!!

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      • #4
        Nope, it never does .
        “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
        - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
          Did you ask to see the basement?
          I don't get it.
          Today, you are the waves of the Pacific, pushing ever eastward. You are the sequoias rising from the Sierra Nevada, defiant and enduring.

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          • #6
            It's a Pee-wee Herman reference.
            Monkey!!!

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            • #7
              Well jackass, if you had mentioned you were coming, we could have had a Polymeet.

              ACK!
              Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust!

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              • #8
                I've stayed at the Crockett Hotel, that I believe I saw in a pic.
                Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
                "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
                He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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                • #9
                  Nice pics Lonestar, thanks.
                  Long time member @ Apolyton
                  Civilization player since the dawn of time

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                  • #10
                    Wow, a post office
                    So get your Naomi Klein books and move it or I'll seriously bash your faces in! - Supercitizen to stupid students
                    Be kind to the nerdiest guy in school. He will be your boss when you've grown up!

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Tuberski
                      Well jackass, if you had mentioned you were coming, we could have had a Polymeet.

                      ACK!
                      Why exactly do you think he wants to meet you?
                      “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
                      - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Chemical Ollie
                        Wow, a post office
                        Our country was built thanks in large part to post offices.
                        "I predict your ignore will rival Ben's" - Ecofarm
                        ^ The Poly equivalent of:
                        "I hope you can see this 'cause I'm [flipping you off] as hard as I can" - Ignignokt the Mooninite

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                        • #13
                          Are you still here in San Antonio, Lonestar?
                          Gaius Mucius Scaevola Sinistra
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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Lefty Scaevola
                            Are you still here in San Antonio, Lonestar?
                            Nope.


                            Well jackass, if you had mentioned you were coming, we could have had a Polymeet.
                            Well, I was doing an install and I was expecting it to go horrifically wrong, instead it went like clockwork. So I had not planned on having a lot of downtime in San Antone.
                            Today, you are the waves of the Pacific, pushing ever eastward. You are the sequoias rising from the Sierra Nevada, defiant and enduring.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Lancer
                              Nice pics Lonestar, thanks.
                              No matter where you go, there you are. - Buckaroo Banzai
                              "I played it [Civilization] for three months and then realised I hadn't done any work. In the end, I had to delete all the saved files and smash the CD." Iain Banks, author

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