Published Saturday, October 31, 2009 12:05 AM

Letters for October 31

It was almost like being at a Beatles concert

My husband and I attended the Rain concert Wednesday evening and I had a ball. I was very a small girl when the Beatles were in their heyday but I now have an excellent idea what it would have been like to have actually attended a Beatles concert.

The music, costumes, lights and sound were fantastic. I only wished I had had more room at that seat to dance.

LISA ADAMS

Bryan

Hard to believe that Paul wasn't at Rudder

On Thursday night at Rudder Auditorium I felt like I had been sent back to the Sam Houston Coliseum in August 1965 via a time travel device for the Beatles concert I attended when I was 20.

The MSC OPAS concert by Rain was phenomenal. Rain's rendition of George Harrison's While My Guitar Gently Weeps made me believe that George is still alive and performing.

The members of Rain seemed to be exactly in sync with the countless Beatles songs that they performed to perfection.

Everyone had a great time, with the entire audience standing at the end and singing a 10-minute version of Hey Jude.

Rain made us all feel like Paul McCartney was leading the sing-along. Great time.

DON BARBER

College Station

W.J. Bryan speed limits are there for a reason

Since the completion of the 1987 street improvement project that sent vehicles down the completed William J. Bryan Parkway, there have by far been too many automobile wrecks.

The problem seems to too many speeders attempting to ride out the curve on the eastbound side of Sue Haswell Park. I can recall at least eight wrecks all occurring due to losing control in or exiting the curve. And, if I recall correctly, there were four deaths.

Some people seem to think they are big and brave drivers who can speed around a 35 mph curve. What fools they are. Simply obeying the speed limit of 35 mph would have saved lives, property damage and many problems as well.

The Texas Department of Transportation could install a large sign at the beginning of the curve saying "dangerous curve," but why should it?. Obeying the speed limit law would work much better, provided people want to live.

I wish the speeders would wake up. There have already been three wrecks on my property causing damage since 1987. Luckily for me the deaths occurred at other places.

Think about it for a minute, do you really gain anything by speeding down eastbound William J. Bryan Parkway?

The life you save may be your own. Give these words some careful thought, my fellow drivers.

MILTON PACK

Bryan

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