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    What is the name of the place next to Hyde Park Bar and Grill? I meet up with friends there for morning margs and tacos whenever I'm back in town. Love that place. I think its the same old woman working the register that has always been there. 

  2. 4 minutes ago, texasdago said:

    Taco Shack was where I first learned about breakfast tacos.  I feel like it was called Taco Wars back then.  99 cent tacos.

    One favor

    Can we please please please not turn this into a "I miss old Austin thread?" 

     

     

     

    oops, too late. 

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  3. 9 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:

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    Some good memories, and some not so good, in those pics. A piece of me died when I went back to the drag years later and saw that the Showdown had closed. 

    Also spent a lot of time, money, and liver and brain cells at Posse East (which was called "The Beach" when I first showed up on the 40) and the bar next door, whose name escapes me at the moment. Or maybe the bar next door was called the Posse East. 

     

     

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    Any of you old timers ever eat at GM Steakhouse? Not the one on Lamar, the one near campus. 

    You would order a burger with "everything". They would ask, you sure you want everything? You say yes, and they would whip out some random object, like a carburetor from an old Chevy, and slap that on your plate. 

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  5. 3 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

    Of course, the biggest donor to the University of Texas is arguably...the state of Texas. So yeah, he did what the Governor wanted. 

     

    state of Texas contributes more than the student body to UT?

    I honestly don't know the answer to that question. Does the state contribute more than all the tuition, fees, etc the students pay? At one time, probably so, but with tuition increases, maybe?

     

     

  6. Just now, Dahobbs said:

    Again, Hartzell didn't just fail to tell them to leave. He fucking invited them. He admits it in his letter. And he admits in more informally in his texts. 

     

    Oh I know. I'm saying he should reverse course, admit it was a mistake to ask for DPS help, and tell them to GTFO campus. 

     

     

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    I keep hearing about "anti-semitism" in these protests. I scoured the net looking for any sign of violence, destruction, or anti-semitism in that protest and found zero. I saw students who were watching the protest wearing Israeli flags and saw no evidence of any anti-semitism directed toward them. If I'm wrong, somebody please correct me. 

    If the fucking proud boys can march with guns and torches and chant "The jews will not replace us," why is not ok for students to march in support of Palestine or Gaza or even Hamas? Or be against Israel? 

    Again, show me the violence or destruction.  

    Hartzell needs to do the right thing- tell DPS to GTFO campus, or resign. 

    Abbott needs to DIAF. 

    The presence of the jack booted thugs, oh sorry, I meant DPS troopers was an unnecessary provocation and escalation. 

     

    tldr: Fuck abbott, fuck DPS, fuck Hartzell. 

     

    Also: fuck Israel AND Hamas. 

     

     

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  8. 17 hours ago, BearMace said:

    I had managed to never hear that word spoken until this tournament despite having read it forever.

    On the same note I'm always entertained at the beginning of football season when kids start hitting the field and their names are pronounced wildly differently than my dumb ass read them in my head throughout their recruitment.

     

    You never hear it spoken because no knows how to say it

  9. 9 minutes ago, CoTex said:

    My favorite is when you're in a board meeting about to vote on something (and I've been in 2 where we were deliberating and about to vote on someone's future - hiring/firing - and this happened) and someone rolls out something to the effect of "I've prayed about this and God has led me to know that _________."

    Sheeeyit.  I can't argue with that.  You've got the almighty on your side.  The alpha and omega.  All I did was run this by my wife after a few cocktails, sleep on it, and apply my experience, reason and education to the question. 

    I was feeling pretty confident with my pair of deuces and you just pulled out the Mississippi flush.  I guess I just lose.  Discussion over, thanks be to God.

     

    I have a co-worker who whenever he needs to make a decision about something will say "I'll pray on it."

     

  10. 12 minutes ago, YGIFS said:

    At my wife's Catholic Parish (I am not R.C.), every now and again after service, I'd chat a slight bit of business with some of the guys I knew.  Nothing heavy, just light banter and maybe schedule a coffee or lunch.  Wife would tell me that it's frowned upon by the Church to talk shop on the Sabbath.  Then I showed her the last 3 pages of the bulletin, all ads by parishioners for insurance, real estate, wealth management, dentistry, etc.  All with crosses or fish.  She explained that "well, that's different...they're supporting the church with those ads."  Yeah, how do you think we make the money to support this church?  Doing business and networking.  A glamour shot ad with a fish symbol on it somehow makes it noble, but me scheduling a luncheon is a sin?  

     

    If the church isn't getting its taste, doing business on the sabbath is a sin. 

     

     

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    My elderly step mom got t-boned, car totaled, pretty serious injuries, lots of medical bills, can't drive herself anymore, loss of mobility, yadda yadda yadda, and of course, getting fucked by insurance companies. 

    I'm seven hours from Austin, and my attorney wife doesn't practice PI anyway.

    Anybody? DM me or post up in here, either way is fine by me. 

     

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  12. 19 minutes ago, dcbc said:

    I assume the defense would move for a mistrial, arguing that Trump tried to intimidate a juror, got caught, and now the rest of the jury likely will hold that against him.  The argument for the prosecution would be something like, "You don't get a mistrial for something you created (invited error).  They stick an alternate in the slot and move on.  That's my best guess for a Wednesday.

    and then add another indicatement for witness intimidation. 

     

    just kidding, nothing would happen. 

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  13. 4 minutes ago, The Dog said:

    how the hell does him being in custody delay the trial? 

     

     

    How would locking him up delay or stop the trail? Wouldn't they just go the lock up and bring him to trial when it started?

     

     

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  14. 11 hours ago, Shut up Lou Holtz said:

    Arming teachers is the dumbest way to stop school shootings. Teachers who carry will automatically become targets. Police will most likely shoot the teachers who are carrying during a real shooting. A student will steal a gun at some point. A teacher will shoot a student. Who’s liable for this? Do teachers need to carry general liability? I mean what the fuck. Tennessee trying to out stupid Florida and Texas 

     

    o/u on how long a kid gets shot either because 

    a) accidental discharge

    b) student steals/finds gun

    c) teacher loses their shit 

    d) draws down on a student when they shouldn't have

     

     

     

  15. 2 hours ago, Nivek said:

    It is not that simple.   Pollution is also causing creating issues with fertility and impacting anogenital distance (which is correlated to fatherhood).   Wage stagnation has created a necessity for many to have dual incomes homes.  Demands from work are increasing with greater access for people to work remotely during their 'off' hours.   Obesity and meat heavy diets impacts sex drive/performance.  

     

     

    wait what?

     

    Did he say "anogenital" heh heh heh

     

  16. 23 minutes ago, C-Man said:

    Steven Cheung, the communications director for Mr. Trump’s campaign, said the case against the former president was “so spurious and so weak” that other prosecutors had refused to bring it, and called it “an unprecedented partisan witch hunt.”

    “That the Democrat fever dream of incarcerating the nominee of the Republican Party has reached this level exposes their Stalinist roots and displays their utter contempt for American democracy,” he said.

     

    This fat fuck (Cheung, not the orange one) has never made a comment that wasn't some bullshit like this. If this is all he can say, the "journalists" need to stop quoting him. 

     

     

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  17. On 4/21/2024 at 12:01 PM, atomheartbevo said:

    The huddle grew so heated, that at one point, Van Orden – a Johnson ally who decided to step in and provide backup for the speaker – told Gaetz to “kick rocks, tubby.”

    “I’m a retired Navy Seal, and Navy Seals only go places with a swim buddy, and the speaker didn’t have a swim buddy,” Van Orden told CNN, recounting the exchange. “So he didn’t ask me to come over there. I went and was his swim buddy.”

     

    swim buddy? wtf? Is that what they are calling it now?

     

     

     

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  18. 11 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

    I wouldn't be sad if he were confined to house arrest at Mar-A-Lago, especially if a bigass hurricane wipes the place out.

     

     

    Confined to a Mar a Lago all summer long. Hurricane knocks out the power. In south Florida, in the summer, no AC. Should be fun. 

     

    Also, I'd love to see that fat ass play a round of golf in S. Florida in the summer. 

     

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