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1978horn

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  1. 12 hours ago, Spaulding Smails said:

    UR Cooks

    I can remember traveling from our hometown of Corpus Christi to Houston to visit some family friends.  They took us to UR Cooks.  At about 8 years old, I thought that was the coolest fucking restaurant idea I'd ever seen. 

    Yep, loved this place as a kid.  I would throw so much of that butter sauce on thick pieces of bread and throw it on the grill.  It was so good.  I never understood why some people would go there and then pay someone to cook the food.  If you want someone to cook your food go somewhere else.  The whole point of this place is to cook your own damn steak.

    Also another place that I loved as a kid was La Tapatia on East 6th right next to Cisco's Bakery.   Little Italy has been mentioned a couple times as well.

  2. I believe the views of downtown issue helped out the kabash on that idea. 


    I believe it was line of site to the Capital. Particularly from the balcony at the LBJ library. There are a lot of places across town that are supposed to have an unobstructed view of the capital.
  3. College Room mate was on Hornfans in the late 90's so I lurked as well, especially after Simms committed.  Joined, but still lurked.  Made it over to Shag when Ramonce Taylor was in court. 

  4. 1 minute ago, South Austin said:

    I thought they do that for the larger recyclable bags.  Would they do that if they bring back the smaller brown plastic bags?  If they think about charging for those, I'm sure their competitors will give them away for free now that they're not banned.

    Yeah, the big red ones.  Still plastic and still gets thrown away instead of being reused.

  5. 40 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

    in lieu of a ban, how about this. When I was in Czech Republic ten years ago, the grocers has plastic bags but you had to buy them. Everyone but me brought some sort of bag with them, sometimes the plastic, to avoid paying. Would that work here?  Charging $0.50 per plastic bag, with proceeds going to recycling or other cleanup efforts, might encourage people to get accustomed to bringing their own bags. 

    HEB charges .25 a bag if you don't have your own.  They have been doing it since the bag ban started.  Don;t know if the proceeds go anywhere, but they sell them...when they are open.

  6. 16 hours ago, gsoda3 said:

    You're on a hike with several kids 7 and under.  You see a moose 20 yards away.  What are you supposed to do?  Freeze?  Get low?  Back away slowly?  

    Was in Steamboat Springs last summer and we were walking on a path to a waterfall.  I heard a rustling to my left about 10 yds up and thought it was anything other than a moose.  We had just been talking about moose and how they can be territorial and dangerous when threatened to our 11 and 8 year old a couple days before.  Then this giant fucking moose steps out onto the path and just stares at us for what seems like forever.  I saw it and instinctively told everyone to stop and walk backwards.  My wife(no pics) and 11 yr old son said fuck it and pulled out their phones and stated filming and taking pictures.  I heard my 8 year old daughter scream and then crying...looked behind and she was 40 yds away in no time.  Looked back at the moose and it continued on its way and then laid down in the thick brush about 40 yds away.  It was a pretty cool experience.  I will see if I can dig up the pics of the moose(not the wife).

    14 hours ago, Kennythetiger said:

    You don't have to outrun the moose- just the kids.

    My 8 yr old daughter is way faster than I would have thought when confronted by a moose.  I am pretty confident now that she will not be the one that a moose kills or bear eats.

    With all that said, I have no idea idea what you are supposed to do.  I have heard that you are supposed to find a tree and get the tree between you and the moose.

  7. Aren’t they making one more band of brothers series?  Supposedly about air support/offensives?  I thought hanks and Spielberg were supposed to do that long ago.  Had forgotten about it. Hope it happens. 


    They have been talking about making a series about The Mighty 8th. There has been rumors years, but the last update I remember was about a year ago with rumors of a 500 million dollar budget. No idea where they are in making it reality though.
  8. So I think Shaw was the general consensus on the last board for Austin - right?
    The idea of a daughter sounds good, but I am done.  I feel old as fuck and we just got out of diapers.  The idea of another baby sounds fucking terrible and we already defeated the pill with the first kid.
    Anyone have an idea on how long it takes to get back running?  I had an ankle problem earlier this year and am just finally getting my mileage back up to where it was before.  Most pages say 7-10 days, but 3 months off and I am going to need some diet discipline.


    I was running with care a couple weeks after, but didn’t feel “normal “ until about 3 months.
  9. Shaw did mine almost two years ago.  Never felt a thing and was up and around that weekend.  It took about 3 months before I was totally comfortable exercising again.  Compression shorts were a must during that time period.

    I don't think that Dr. Chopp is practicing anymore.

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