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originally posted by: queenofswords
Unbelievable! I wonder if Scalia knew how unsecure this place would be. Here we have...a sitting Supreme Court Justice going to a remote place he had never visited before without the usual U.S. Marshalls accompanying him during a time when several highly controversial matters are pending before the SC. On top of that, there will be 30+ strangers there. Something is just so out of the ordinary that it defies understanding.
originally posted by: MotherMayEye
No locks would bother me, too. How are you going to get it on without wondering if someone could accidentally walk right in your room. Clearly I have nothing valuable, so that's what leapt to my mind.
Oh, and pooping & undressing! How are you going to feel comfortable pooping and undressing?
originally posted by: MotherMayEye
a reply to: nikkib0421
Well, that is an interesting and diabolical thought. No locks...just walk right in and turn on the gas.
“Did not meet expectations.”
2 of 5 starsReviewed May 30, 2006
My wife loved CCR and tried to convince me that on a per day basis, this is the same cost as Lajitas. I doubt that.
I expected the food to be excellent but this 35-year-old male was not impressed. Cornish game hens with broccoli/cauliflower are pretty generic for a ve. The rooms we selected, and there are better rooms for $650 a night, all shared a common corridor. The common corridor and un-insulated glass doors into the rooms allowed sound to carry easily. The walls are not a suitable design for a hospitality environment and also allow much sound transmission between the rooms: coughing and conversations could be heard throughout the night and permit very little privacy.
We flew into CCR's airstrip and it is a good private strip with ample clear zones at both ends. The overall property is nice but really this is a place for lounging with friends you bring in, not exploring. I can only imagine that management really pulls out the stops for the large groups and celebrities that rent out the facilities and the bread and butter guests get bread and butter treatment.
Lajitas by comparison is money trying to defy nature, but nicer accommodations and much closer to Big Bend National Park. In my opinion we were a paid guest visiting someone's nice ranch property and both of us never really felt that welcome.
Stayed April 2006
Re. the highlighted part - I read somewhere else that sound travels easily there. So, why didn't anyone hear Scalia? Was he in an isolated part of the ranch? Where was the nearest occupied room to his suite?
bassman619
in the last week-
Unless you are a Supreme Court Justice at odds with a maniacal President with a God complex, this would be a great place to chill. Pillows are nice and fluffy. Perfect for placement on the face of a heart attack victim.
Mrlr J
in the last week-
Great place for a conservative SCOTUS Justice who is in opposition to the present Democrat administration to die under suspicious conditions without an autopsy and toxicology performed required by law.
Joe Coughlin
a week ago-
Will now be the known location of Justice Scalia's passing. Excellent facility for relaxation and serenity.
originally posted by: queenofswords
a reply to: dianajune
Re. the highlighted part - I read somewhere else that sound travels easily there. So, why didn't anyone hear Scalia? Was he in an isolated part of the ranch? Where was the nearest occupied room to his suite?
If he died quietly in his sleep, there would be no noise, and a stealth assassin would not make a whisper.
originally posted by: queenofswords
And what really bothers me is the fact that the official story was just accepted hook, line, and sinker.
originally posted by: MotherMayEye
originally posted by: queenofswords
a reply to: dianajune
Re. the highlighted part - I read somewhere else that sound travels easily there. So, why didn't anyone hear Scalia? Was he in an isolated part of the ranch? Where was the nearest occupied room to his suite?
If he died quietly in his sleep, there would be no noise, and a stealth assassin would not make a whisper.
A pillow could also muffle any screaming.
originally posted by: IAMTAT
I don't buy the blog's Cheney suggestion as the other guest...but perhaps the Justice wasn't put in the more exclusive suite because that one was screened in...making access difficult.