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  1. 4 hours ago, Make em eat Taco Bell said:

    natives get good corporate jobs too -- see UT Austin grads. 

    Unless they teach public education.  Then they get shit pay and have to buy their own school supplies.  But, hey, at least Abbott wants to support them, right?

  2. 18 hours ago, HeHateMe said:

    I’ll be in Dallas this Saturday and would love a rec for great steak.  Some place that I can walk in and eat at the bar without a reservation.  Not concerned about price, but I’d prefer not having to throw a jacket on after 2 days of meetings.  Staying at The Joule but will Uber anywhere.  Also, suggestions for a place to watch CBB in the afternoon would be appreciated.  Thanks.

     

    17 hours ago, Firemans4Horn said:

    walkable:

    brass ram

    The saint

     

    uber:

    town hearth

    del frisco’s 

     

     

    Hero, Happiest Hour, or Katy Trail Ice House for game watching. 

    You should check out  CBD Provisions in the lobby of the Joule.  I imagine it does steaks really welll, and, if nothing else, it has (at least it used to have) an interesting menu and earned critical acclaim.  There's an Irish Pub in the Mercantile Building down the street from you that probably also has decent game watching opportunities.  Other places within walking distance are one or more bars in the ATT Discovery Center just down the block from you, American Anthem (has several TVs for games and a very good menu--Nick Badovinus venture), Press Box Grill (nothing fancy but has several TVs for games).

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  3. 5 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

    "Kharg Island" sounds like the name of a proposed detailed, kickass GI Joe/Cobra playset that never got built.  I bet it woulda been awesome.

    Pretty sure that was a location scene from Monarch on Apple TV.

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  4. 27 minutes ago, The Original Greaser Bob said:

    But gee, doesn't that make it more exciting, though?

     

    24 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

    Season ending cliffhanger. You will have to wait for next season to find out. That’s how they getcha to keep watching. 

     

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  5. 5 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

    We do our death spirals out on the ledge in these parts.  Come on over.  We have comfy chairs, whiskey, and we really, really, really dig Sela Ward.  But there's room for other tastes.  Maybe you dig on some other gorgeous brunette, and you're more of a beer fella.  It's all good.  So long as you think that humanity is embarking on another bout of "let's try multiple fascist states and nationalism-fueled wars that can engulf an entire continent for the third time in just over 100 years," you've got the credentials.

    I'll have a Redbreast and Ana de Armas, please.

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  6. 6 minutes ago, Azbadlands said:

    I guess the one's they find across the border in Mexico are fake too?  And, all the stories the immigrants here in AZ have told are lies? 

    The Cartels are fricking animals.  A few years back they parked a Suburban on the Arizona side of the border loaded from top to bottom with freshly sawed off body parts...

    You think immigrant women mean anything to them?  They are just a piece of meat for them to use as they please when they can't pay for the trip across the border.  

    Workswithseed sock?

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  7. Anyone else seen American Fiction?  Jeffrey wright was fantastic, and the whole movie was very entertaining. I laughed out loud several times. 
     

    Purely based on how much I enjoyed the watch I would give it the nod over the other nominees I’ve seen (Oppenheimer, Barbie, KOTFM, Maestro)

  8. 15 minutes ago, Longhorn94 said:

    What about NYS running his businesses once his licenses are forfeited. I would imagine the monitor / trustee would have an obligation to pay the judgment.

    If the judgment is against him personally then a receiver wouldn’t have authority to use company assets to pay the judgment (unless I guess if Trump were the sole owner of that company). 

  9. 20 minutes ago, Gil Bang said:

    If he appeals, he has to put the cash in escrow, or post a bond. 

    So yeah, unless he prevails on appeal, she will collect. 

    I’m not familiar with NY law but most states do not require a bond or deposit  to appeal. That just prevents post judgment collection efforts on appeal. 

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  10. 1 minute ago, fattyflattie said:

    Not really. I’d prefer taxes be much more equitable, and additionally believe people should educate themselves enough to know where it’s best for them to live.  If it’s worth it for a custodial engineer to move to Cali because of tax rates, good for them to earlier that and follow their dream of cleaning shit there.

     A board full of college educated professionals with enough free time to post at will happens to trend towards the top of the list, news at 9. Also, 1% to middle 60%?  Well done, Mr. clickbait chart.  

     

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  11. 19 hours ago, Azbadlands said:

    Yeah, I claimed that, please educate me on how I'm not?  Between State and Federal income tax, sales tax, real estate tax, and whatever other tax they wanna stick to us, i'm paying a shitload of tax, and I claim 2 dependents for income tax and this past year I got exactly 0 for a tax return.  Everything I got back from the state for a tax return, went straight to the Fed to pay what I supposedly still owed them...

     

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  12. 8 hours ago, GenXer said:

    Do you have a gin preference?

    I’m not a gin drinker but I suppose Tanqueray is the standard. I tried Esme gin and noticed a not insignificant flavor difference. Also, Tanqueray has 7% more ABV than Esme.

    Not really. Aviation is good and I’ve also used Bombay and beefeater. It’s not worth using expensive stuff like Hendricks IMO. 

    8 hours ago, G650 said:

    For a Negroni I wouldn't use Tanqueray. I'm sure DDD will chime in with his picks, but ive always found Gunpowder Gin and Anitca the best combination. Something like Junipero or Aviation could be good as well. The London dry gins are a little too bland for a Negroni in my experience

    So I stayed away from gin altogether for about 30 years after bad experiences at Debutant balls involving Tanqueray. 
     

    recently came to the conclusion that my issue wasn’t gin but tonic (and of course too much gin). 

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  13. 12 minutes ago, C-Man said:

    Good info on the barrel. Maybe I shouldn't have got the 2-liter to make sure it fits in our garage fridge. Oh well. Most of the online aging recipes I've seen for the Negroni don't mention keeping the vermouth cool. One I found said age it for at most a month or so and then run it through a coffee filter into a container that can be kept (and refrigerated) indefinitely.

    I assume they're using Carpano Antica at Triozzi? Can I readily find it at Spec's or Pogo's or Total Wine? I was going to sneak out to pick up some campari and vermouth this afternoon. (EDIT: Looked at the menu and it appears they use Cocchi di Torino.)

    I know they carry it at Total Wine.  I can't recall if they have it at Spec's or Sigel's.  Medallion in Lakewood (on Live Oak at Skillman) has the best price in town by a lot (I think it's under or around $40 for the 1 L size) and the 750ml is at least that much most everywhere else.  Just don't buy all of them out from under me. :) 

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