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  1. 20 minutes ago, Mo Horn said:

    I tried that the last time I flew internationally and it kept saying I wasn't in the vicinity of the airport. Tried to adjust some location settings but could never get it to find me. Haven't had another chance since. 

    You need to be on the ground.  I do it while we taxi or while I am walking to the immigration hall.  At both IAH and DEN (my last two entries) the walk from the plane to the hall is like 15 fucking mins

  2. What was your match day like? Did you make it into any Spurs pubs?  I always hang out in the back garden at No.8.  Or did you just hang out at the stadium?  Did you take the overground to WHL or one of the busses from Seven Sisters

  3. All good pts.  I'm not super worried about my son but his car has given him some problems.  Im more for my daughter I dont want her stuck out at her soccer fields at 930 with a car that wont start.   So Im going to sign up

  4. Bill Miller is the best chain BBQ restaurant that I know of.  Price to value is pretty damn good.  It's not easy to make that much BBQ for that many restaurants (77) and expect Texas Monthly quality BBQ. 

  5. On 7/12/2024 at 9:41 PM, deft said:

    We’ve always just done chase UR but I’m thinking about Hilton Amex. Either card that does the silver or gold level is easily attainable on our spend within month one or two and the bonuses look ok. But I just figured we’d use it as soon as it came it to buy down on points in their terminal. It looks like I’m maxed at buying 160k points for $1600 but they’d bonus me 128k. That would of course then get me whatever signup bonus is with whichever card I pick (I think it’s 70k on the silver level card).

    That gets to 360k Hilton points for a nice end of summer vacay stay for $1600 or bank them for later. But I’ve also never used them before and the utilization rate is clearly different than chase UR so I may just be points drunk looking at the numbers.

    Get the Aspire.  Huge bonuse now.  175k.  Silver and gold do nothing for you.  I get upgraded all the time with diamond and you'll get double the pts per Hilton spend on the card 14x vs 7x.  and as a diamond you get 100% bonus pts on top of the pts you earn on the acutal stay.  Keep the card for 10 years and that qualifies you for lifetime diamond status.   Throw in a $400 resort credit and a free night every year it will more than pay for its fee.  And it also give you $50 qtr credit on your chosen airline.

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  6. My sister has lived in st Pete for a year. Was just there a few weeks ago and plan on movimg there in a few years. Lots of fun spots.

    Hawkers Asian
    Green Bench Brewing
    And something sisters Brewing
    Brick and Mortar

    I liked all those

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  7. On 6/29/2024 at 5:41 PM, miguelito said:

    I don't know where your casa is, but Mr Juicy is opening a new place on NW Military sometime soon.

    Moving into the old A frame Whataburger left abandoned like 8 years ago.  I drive by coming home from work and my daughters school pretty much daily

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  8. Throw some thoughts and prayers up for the people of Belize.  Looks like they might dodge the really bad stuff but all the Belize people/bars I follow on social media are shutting it down for a few days

  9. So in a crazy turn of events my son has decided he is not going to Japan.   Typical 17 yr old decided last min that missing 8 days of work was too much and some people just dont enjoy being away from home for that long. Shouldnt make a huge difference in what I do but now will have a slightly more adult slant.  
    Deos anyone know what those indoor float shows where the actors are dressed really cartoonish?  Lots of lights and confetti, ,etc  Its hard to describe. I screenshoted these from a YouTube video

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  10. I'm in CA for a soccer tournament out in Norco but we went down to Hunnington Beach in between games.  Fun place to eat and drink.  Beach was packed last week because its hot AF in Southern CA right now.   We're staying an extra day and headed down to Newport which I enjoy as well and its super close to SNA.   That's all I got.  Oh we ate at G's boathouse which was kind of fun.  Oh and this house a block from PCH is $3mil



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  11. Tale from the trail...TLDR got a spider bite on Wed when my right wrist brushed into a tall weed/bush on a trail Ive ridden hundreds of times.  30 hours later I'm in CA at an urgent clinic at 10pm getting antibiotic shot in the saddle to battle the likely MRSA infection and a 7 day supply of clindamycin.

    If you want to keep reading.  Coming down a drop. Hit the bush and felt a really painful sting on my wrist/forearm.  I wear long sleeves year round.  Pulled over to see if ti was a bee stuck in my shirt.  Noticed two small marks.  Figured they were thorns.  Pain subsided. Finsihed my ride.  Went home and washed and disinfected.  Thurs flygin to CA with my daughter for a showcase in LA area.  Wrist is now swollen, hot and really red.  Been around long enough to know this is more than thorns or bee sting. ONe of the soccer moms is a nurse.  Had her come take a look at and shes like oh man you should go to the urgent like now.  First one was closed so I almost went home but she texted me another place because she really wanted me to get meds.  After an hour Dr. walks in and is like oh boy you need antibiotics now.   He said if I had waited another day or two I'd most likely end up in the hospital battling a massive infection.  This morning.  HEat is gone.  Redness is not going past the pen marks the doc made.  Unfortunately I can not shoot webs from my wrist yet.  

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  12. 8 hours ago, Superhero said:

    You can also take an Uber.

    Ironically I had a credit in Yen for like 6 years on uber because I couldnt find my Uber in the Roppongi chaos

    I remember the language barrier but didn't seem to have a huge problem with it

  13. We just redid our kids at the post office in SA.   Paid a bunch of fees had had all of our documents being divorced it seemed like we had to have extra shit but maybe not.  Paid for express since both are going international this summer (UK and Japan) Had them in 3 weeks.  Since my son was within a few months of turning 18 they gave him a 10 year.  Updated both of their GE accounts.,

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