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Beantown Express 2.0

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  1. I agree that this type of background movie would have been great if it was released years ago around the time of the winter soldier type movies. Giving background on a character we won't see anymore isn't a great idea but I thought the movie was fine like I said in a earlier post.
  2. So I booked Park City and heading out there next weekend. Any more restaurant recs or recs for anything would be much appreciated. Not looking for really fancy meals or anything like that. Just good food.
  3. Just curious but all those people that argue it was about states rights, what exactly is the states right in question other than having slaves? Did the South go to war because they wanted to grow cotton but the North wouldn’t let them? Was the North putting a ban on biscuits and gravy and making them eat scrapple for breakfast? It’s such a bullshit argument but our population is just so stupid they believe it.
  4. Just saw it. First time at a theater since the pandemic hit. The movie was entertaining and worth seeing but not one of the best Marvel movies in my opinion. Not sure if I want to watch it over and over again like I do with Thor Ragnarok, Infinity War or Captain America Civil War but then again I can watch Scar Jo in a tight outfit all day long. Oh, and I apparently really missed overpriced popcorn covered in butter/coconut oil flavored like butter.
  5. With the Lightning winning the Stanley Cup last night I thought it was interesting that every city Tom Brady lives since he was a kid seems to win lots of championships (not just the teams he QB's for). Seems like a unusual stat and not that common if you ask me. The Tom Brady Effect Year Brady's location Team Success 1980 Northern California Raiders Super Bowl 1981 Northern California 49ers Super Bowl 1984 Northern California 49ers Super Bowl 1988 Northern California 49ers Super Bowl 1989 Northern California 49ers Super Bowl 1989 Northern California Athletics World Series 1994 Northern California 49ers Super Bowl 1995 Michigan Red Wings Conference Champions 1996 Michigan Red Wings Stanley Cup Champions 1997 Michigan Red Wings Stanley Cup Champions 1998 Michigan University of Michigan National Champions 2001 Michigan Red Wings Stanley Cup Champions 2001 New England Patriots Super Bowl 2003 New England Patriots Super Bowl 2004 New England Patriots Super Bowl 2004 New England Red Sox World Series 2007 New England Red Sox World Series 2007 New England Patriots Super Bowl 2008 New England Celtics NBA Championship 2011 New England Bruins Stanley Cup Champions 2013 New England Red Sox World Series 2014 New England Patriots Super Bowl 2016 New England Patriots Super Bowl 2018 New England Red Sox World Series 2018 New England Patriots Super Bowl 2020 Tampa Bay Lightning Stanley Cup Champions 2021 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Super Bowl 2021 Tampa Bay Lightning Stanley Cup Champions
  6. Being out of Dallas I only fly American since I travel for a living and do enjoy my status with them so I may have to check out Qatar since its One World. I will tell you I have spoiled my wife and son where we always upgraded to business class when we have gone to Europe and now neither will travel to Europe or any other long flight without being first/business class. That's on American where the business class experience is good but nothing that great. Beats the hell out of coach for 8 plus hours though.
  7. You all are starting to make me worry with this 12V deal. So far I have my S since Xmas and absolutely love it. I have owned almost every brand and enjoy driving my Model S more than any of the other cars I have had. I overlook the little issues I have had like right now I keep getting a window is open notification when I park the car not at my house (even though the windows are fully closed) and I have been ignoring them. I just set up mobile service for next week so hopefully that gets corrected. I did get the black screen on my car the other day when sitting in a drive thru. I just held both scroll wheels down and rebooted it and the car was back to normal in 45 seconds. I think you need to be willing to overlook the little stuff like that in order to truly enjoy the car. If you can't overlook that stuff you will get frustrated.
  8. Listen, I don't mean to be a sore loser, but when it's done, if I'm dead, kill him.
  9. I'll have a Bloody Mary, a steak sandwich and a... steak sandwich.
  10. I get what he did was wrong (sleeping with a employee and cheating on his wife)but I also agree that it shouldn’t be a death sentence for his career. As far as Dawn, my biggest problem with her was that her food always seemed very basic. It may taste great but stuff like steamed crabs is not what I want to see from a Top Chef. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  11. Hope you feel better but I will say, based on your avatar, I read this and figure you will just suck the energy out of people and be back to normal like Colin would do on WWDITS.
  12. Now how can I use the reference "it's no fun being an illegal alien" in this thread.
  13. The reason for Texas independence was so Texans could keep their guns, make sure abortions were illegal, keep the illegal Mexicans from coming across the border, and that booze wouldn't be allowed to be purchased on Sunday mornings. It had nothing to do with slavery you leftist, socialist bastard! By the way, I got a hundred bucks says the sentence above is taught in Texas schools in the next decade.....sadly.
  14. It is a great line but the one that gets me is when he is talking to Jenny at her grave and says “I miss you Jenny” Something about the way he says it is so perfect. That Hanks guy seems to be a decent actor.
  15. Any thoughts on going there in July for a long weekend? Anything to do or any recommendations. My plans for a summer trip to Vancouver at the end of July are basically screwed because Canada is too chicken shit to let people into their country even if vaccinated. Looking for a Plan B and I may have to go to Salt Lake City end of July for a quick business meeting and thought I could take the family as nobody else has been to Utah before. I have been to Salt Lake but never over to Park City. Wasn’t sure if its worth going to or just a waste of money. The wife only wants to go to mountains in the summer and not beach because she wants cooler weather than Texas summers. I looked at Aspen/Vail/Telluride in CO but hotels are way too expensive and Jackson Hole was the same (I refuse to pay $800 a night for a Hampton Inn). Looks like I can get a hotel in Park City but now thinking the reason I can get one is there is nothing to do there. Thanks for the input.
  16. So what is the supposed deal with why Gabe was fired or that he is a scumbag (based on the comment above)? I read sexual harassment but that type of claim can be quite broad.
  17. Field of Dreams "wanna have a catch scene" makes my allergies act up.
  18. Don't be silly. They will just pass a law that all votes in Harris, Dallas, Travis, and Bexar counties only count as 3/5ths of a vote.
  19. It's only 15 counts of criminal activity. That sounds like Fake News to me.
  20. I have come to the point where I accept that Trump won't go to prison but I now hope all of these other fuckers that won't turn on him get sent to "pound me in the ass prison". I know it won't happen. Weisselberg will probably get a year at minimum security prison or won't go away at all. That is the problem with the justice system in this country. these guys know you can cheat and steal money and the consequence is hardly anything so they do it their whole life without blinking an eye. Compare this to if you are a person of color in Mississippi and sell a joint or two and end up in prison for 10 years.
  21. I am not sure Dawn is one of the 3 best chefs but she is close to #3 apparently based of the food she makes. My biggest problem with her is she seems to make a lot of basic dishes. I get that they taste great and all that but she just made crab boil which is some steamed crabs and she cooked them in a tasty sauce. I want to see the Top Chef that wins be able to create dishes and blend ingredients in a way nobody really thinks to do and also show their technical skills in the way they handle different foods. I don’t get that from Dawn at all. She apparently makes great tasting “southern comfort” food but in past years they have had chefs in that same category do the southern thing but make food that looks and sounds a lot better than what she makes. I am fine with her making it this far I guess but she is not in the same league as the other 2 in my opinion.
  22. I saw the Beastie Boys/Run DMC show twice that year. Once in Miami and once in New Orleans. It was pretty great. The following year Run DMC played at our Grad Night in FL (where they open up Disney World after hours to graduation seniors). The played Mary Mary for the first time before any of us had ever heard it. Also pretty great.
  23. So my first business trip since the pandemic started is going to be Vegas in mid July. Going with a bunch of clients and staying at the Encore. Any recs on restaurants I should take these folks to at that part of the strip or in the Wynn/Encore? I went to Sinatra's in the Encore years ago and remember it being pretty good Italian food but not sure what is still open at this point.
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