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Posts posted by Armybrat
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9 hours ago, wood said:
Yep. And shit, man, we're a cycling family. Wife went to the nationals crit in Boston riding for SWTin the 90s. We have, at last count, 7 bikes hanging in the garage, and they all get used on a regular basis. But got-damn if there aren't some folks around here that need a serious dose of reality when it comes to cycling around this area.
My son & grandsons bike around South Austin frequently. On occasion they wheel down from the St. Elmo area to Shady Grove, a family favorite since his late wife started working there 20 years go. It's long ride back up S. 1st though. lol
A friend (a retired restaurant owner) who lives in South Austin rides all the trails with a bike group in the greenbelts several times a week, weather permitting, plus he works hard on building new routes. I'd say he is an avid recreational bike rider.
Living in Taipei in the 1950s, I saw first hand the benefits of a serious bicycle infrastructure setup. It worked well for the majority of the city dwellers back then. Austin is nowhere near what that town needed as far as pedal power goes.
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On 4/12/2018 at 2:32 PM, ChickenSandwich said:
Bikes will never be a viable form of transportation other than recreation for even a full one percent of the commuting public. Hills and heat pretty much guarantee this. Bike lanes need to be excluded when talking about traffic improvement and funding. Put it with parks and rec etc....because it is strictly a recreational activity for affluent Austonians. Your bus boy isn't riding his bike to work.
And Pasken, are you trying to serious tell us a freeway shoulder was intended for Bike use? LMAO...you think people buy this shit who don't live in the 04?
This bears repeating. Austin is not NYC or Portland, no matter how much the hardcore minority bikebots try.
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What's next - a street balloon guy using his 3 minutes to make a pack of multicolored wiener dog balloons?
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I'm one of those old gassers who prefers his vintage cars in original stock configuration or only slightly modified. Just saw this beautiful '55 last week at Great Hills Automotive - exterior looks nice even with the aftermarket rims & rearview mirrors, but the interior with buckets & console were a turn off. Being slightly lowered was not very appealing to me either.
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7 hours ago, NotActuallyALonghorn said:
More of a click without a flint.
Haven't shot it in over 50 years, so you are correct.
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1 hour ago, solamente73 said:
So, that was your first gun, bought new?
Actually I did buy it new in 1965 at Chuck's Guns on Interregional Highway (Austin) - $29.95. Italian replica of a 1750 vintage British Tower pistol, .69 caliber.
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Not a pew-pew. More of a fwoot-fwoot...
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10 hours ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:
It is, she loves Branson. Maybe the two of you can go.
Pics? (of her)
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No, slow day in AARPville.
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My oldest son in his new HS graduation present (from his grandma, not me) - 1986. It lasted 2 years before he totaled it in a Florida monsoon...
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Mine - the beer that nobody wants...
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'twould be nice to se a pic of the nekkid gun too.
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Neighbor's '65 Mustang off to who knows where...
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Some of you know I like Kahr Tupperware pistols. The T9 however is my Grail gun from Mr. Moon. They are super nice:
(yes, it's a single stack)
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Interesting article about dampening skyscraper sway during earthquakes & high winds:
http://www.amusingplanet.com/2014/08/the-728-ton-tuned-mass-damper-of-taipei.html
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Here's an oldie - found this bank bag whilst rooting around in a box from the attic. My Dad was personnel director there in 1959 - his first job after he retired from the Army. Perry's Restaurant is located there now (next to the vintage Norwood Tower):
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9 hours ago, PvilleStang said:
I think this is what I found before...
Definitely not as steep a drop off as the ramp at Mansfield dam
In the Spring of 1962 I dropped my set of car/house keys about 25 yards out & to the left a bit from Walsh boat ramp. The next winter when Lake Austin was lowered, I trudged around in the mud looking for them unsuccessfully. Would've called the metal detector guy from Sh***y (Neptune?) to help search, but he probably hadn't been born yet.
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686 gon shoot Yogi.
Or that moose out front.
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13 hours ago, bad motherfucker said:
I attended the 69 game in Fayettenam. Got two tix from a classmate in physics. I had no date and no time to get one so me and my roomie drove from about 3pm to the middle of the night on the most treacherous fucking roads I have ever been on. The people were horrible, the weather was horrible, and the drive back was horrible. But I'd do it all again right now. 15-14!
My brother drove up for that game. On the way back home he tried to fill up his VW, but not one station in Arkansaws would sell him any gas. He barely made it across the state line to fill it up. Toothless grandma hawg fans everywhere flipping the bird at his Texas plates.
DKR wasn't joking when he said it was like parachuting into Russia.
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On 4/11/2018 at 6:46 AM, Leanderman said:
Bring back tear away jerseys
Some of our running backs couldn't avail themselves of that advantage.
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9 hours ago, Cuernavaca said:
How much u think that pawn shop paid
$3.50
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May I dance wif yo date?
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McCombs can always turn it into his used car lot.
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On 4/9/2018 at 5:39 PM, Walden Ponderer said:
I want to know who the Surliest Fucking Horn was on Shaggy. Post count is zero, but he's got a hell of a good name for Surly.
Blain?
He was kinda surly. Good guy though.
Barbara Bush in failing health
in Daily Texan
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Mrs. Bush was a good person who never let anything go to her head. She will be missed. RIP