Posted on 06/01/2006 11:17:31 AM PDT by presidio9
THE DAN Rathers of New York and Austin, Texas, signal me that the rumor of their impending divorce is as highly exaggerated as the story of Mark Twain's death while he was still alive and kicking.
I saw the Rathers in the capital city of Texas, where they have a condo overlooking the Colorado River. They buzz into town from their nearby ranch for games of bridge and barbecue. They always act like teenagers who just met. In fact, the artist Jean says to me that the only "D" word around their house is "date night." The couple just celebrated their 49th anniversary in Las Vegas, where Dan received the NAB Distinguished Service Award for lifetime achievement. They are planning their 50th some place equally exotic.
While I'm on the subject, the great reporter Mr. Rather recently interviewed me for an extensive piece on "CBS Sunday Morning." It turned out to be quite a story, and so Dan has not disappeared from television as many feared. I don't know what the ratings are for this popular show, but I heard from just about everybody in Western civilization after it aired. And this means that all those people saw Dan Rather at his best. He asked me some tough questions.
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You gotta admit, his Ratherisms are pretty funny. They're not Texan, by any means - no one down here talks like that - so I have to give him points for originality.
"His lead is as thin as turnip soup."
"This race is hotter than a Times Square Rolex."
(To Joe Lockhart) "I know that you'd rather walk through a furnace in a gasoline suit than consider the possibility that John Kerry would lose Ohio."
"We used to say if a frog had side pockets, he'd carry a handgun."
"We don't know what to do. We don't know whether to wind a watch or bark at the moon."
"It's beginning to get exciting as the Democrats' fingernails are starting to sweat."
"This race is tight like a too-small bathing suit on a too-long ride home from the beach."
"We've lived by the crystal ball, we're eating so much broken glass. We're in critical condition."
Wow, she's a dead ringer for Dad, idn she?
Uggg. More of a broken DNA link! Bet her knuckles are hairy!
Are you asking for a specific geological time period?
GAAAA! (Was that necessary?)
It's a different Colorado River.
http://southwestpaddler.com/docs/colorado.html
P.S. don't come visit them. 'Cuz you won't go back home and we're overrun as it is :).
If Dan ever decided to go "Transamerica" on us, we now know the results.
Many = more than a few (3) but less than alot (10)
"While I'm on the subject, the great reporter Mr. Rather..."
Oh spare me the pain.
In my best Dr. Smith Voice:
Oh the pain, the pain...........
Entirely within Texas, this Colorado River has its origins near Lamesa and empties into the Gulf of Mexico in Matagorda County below Bay City. Near its start, it forms Lake Thomas, then near Robert Lee it fills E.V. Spence Reservoir. It fills O.H. Ivie Reservoir near Ballinger and forms Lake Buchanan near Buchanan Dam before passing through Austin and forming Lake Walter E. Long. It then makes a gentle southeast curve to its outlet.
Ever since Austin was built there. In fact, I'd bet the river was there first. A simple look at a map would answer your question, had it occurred to you to do so. :)
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/pwdpubs/pwd_rp_t3200_1047/15_c_tx_colorado.phtml
I had a friend in undergrad from that area. He always said that he loved his parents lake house, but was always ashamed to name which one it was: Lake LBJ.
Yeah, but the 'real' Colorado River is much longer and runs from the Colorado Rockies through Utah and Arizona, the Grand Canyon, etc...... this can't be THE Colorado River so it must be some local imposter made up by Texans who couldn't pick another name..... :^)
Just kidding, don't shoot.......
Maybe all the good names were already taken. ;)
Dat's OK. Austinites listen to Rush on KLBJ-AM 590. Not sure if Ladybird (prior owner for 50 years) is aware of this.
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