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idigTexas

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  1. Not that I recall. She took "just happy to be here" to a new level.
  2. Do we let him keep the stapler, or no?
  3. Multi-course meals, how do they work? If that was his only dish of that challenge, then you may have a case, even though they loved everything else about the dish.
  4. No complaining from me. I agree with you that it compares well to most non-all-star seasons. People clearly have short memories, and some just like to bitch. Padma left some big shoes to fill, but I think Kristen crushed it. It sounded like they may have preferred Dan's dishes from taste and eating experience perspectives, but as I've said previously, they reward chefs who take risks and demonstrate technical skill. When things are equal, or at least close, they are going to favor the chef who shows them elevated food in ways that they haven't seen. Degree of difficulty always counts.
  5. The other side of the coin to Vingo's fitness is whether Pog is tired at all from the Giro (probably not enough to matter). I like Vingo more than most, as I have a similar personality, so I'll be pulling for him. It's also possible that he isn't fit enough to challenge for yellow, and ends up having to support Sepp or Matty. As for the new kits, I dig them (username checks out). I was never a fan of the old ones other than it made them relatively easy to spot in the peloton.
  6. Yep. I'll mosey on back to the lighter side surly. Pardon my attempts to inject reason and common sense. Fry the bastards.
  7. I don't see the situation as cut and dry as you do. I understand that the person was under no obligation to help police determine whether a crime was being committed, but why the reluctance to be helpful in that situation unless he was hiding something? He seemed very determined to play the "I know my rights" card, and to be a dick about it. Is that you in the video?
  8. Nope. Not a cop defender at all, but if this is an example of bad "respect my authoritay" cop behavior, than just shut it all down and everyone can protect his/her/their/its' self. I know a lot of you would be okay with that. We are fucked.
  9. That's a weak take by the guy doing the videos. No dogs were shot. No doors were busted down with guns drawn. No one was physically assaulted. Voices weren't even raised. I don't think a call has to be made for police to investigate suspicious circumstances that they encounter while doing their jobs. I guess they technically could have handled it differently, but if they show up at my shop when I'm working after hours, I'm happy to identify myself and thanking them for checking. There are plenty of bad cops who deserve shaming and in many cases legal prosecution. I do not think the case is made for these two to be vilified.
  10. 1:1
  11. Ah. I didn't go looking for it, but if the encounter escalated, then I don't understand why transmission bro didn't just show them his ID if he really was allowed to be there. They were initially investigating a possible break-in. Should they not do that? If I were a shop owner, and cops noticed my garage was open after hours, I would hope they would investigate.
  12. I don't see the issue here. Body cams are on. They are being polite. They just want to see his ID to prove that he is supposed to be there in case the business owner reports a break in the next day. This thread is full of cops who are bad people doing bad things. This is not an example of that. What am I missing?
  13. I owe Jason Kidd an apology. What's a good side for crow?
  14. This whole thread.
  15. Anyone ever use any of the hirelings from Withers? There are a few group combinations I want to explore, but I'm also thinking of focusing on one companion at a time, and rounding out the party with hirelings. I assume hireling dialogue is limited or non-existent?
  16. They also have the best coach in the game and a demonstrated ability to run it back. Your points are valid, and I like your optimism, but until someone else wins, OU has to be where players want to go to win a title. I'd love for Texas to change that next season.
  17. Do you sell ice to the Inuit? I don't see how we can present a more convincing argument than OU when it comes to being in a position to win titles.
  18. I'm still on my first playthrough, early in Act 3, but have already spun up a few replay characters to pursue different storylines. One of those will be making use of Minthara. I didn't like something she said with my current character, so I killed her. On the plus side, Astarion makes really good use of her armor.
  19. It's a damn shame what they did to that franchise. Origins and most of its DLC was great. Everything after paled by comparison because they were forced to rush things and to label them as "Dragon Age" when they were intended to be something entirely different (DA2, for example).
  20. We won't know unless/until it happens. One thing we do know is that people who would only tune in if Clark is on the team won't be tuning in if she isn't. I wish she deserved a spot for basketball reasons, but she isn't there yet. I think if you are more interested in growing the sport than you are the optics of putting a less deserving player on the squad, then you find a way to add her. Then you let her bring focus to the great players who earned their spots, which is what she would do, as that's who she is. Or, we can just wait four more years and miss out on who knows how much international interest and money.
  21. Then millions of new watchers might see that there is more to women's basketball than Clark...or they may get bored and switch to watch the equestrian competition, which they will do anyway if Clark isn't there. Everyone knows that there are dozens of players who are more deserving of being on the team for basketball reasons. I expect that will change for the next Olympic team, but why wait to leverage Clark's popularity?
  22. The thread title alone was sufficient. There was no need to add any context with a post.
  23. Praise Buddha, Manny is gone. He's a nice guy with an exceptional palate, but the reason he couldn't make a dish that demonstrated his growth is because he didn't experience any. He cooked safe dishes, often poorly, the entire time. He was the classic "I don't need to swim faster than the shark, just the slowest person" competitor. There is one almost every season. I agree that any of the four could win, but I still have Danny as the favorite. Even in the rare instances when he can't get his head around a challenge, he cooks well enough to avoid serious consideration for elimination - "good fails" as Tom calls them. He'll make it to the final 3 on talent alone, and at that point, it should be all about the cooking with no challenge to navigate. Savannah crushed it this week, but I think she'll have to be perfect and have Danny make a mistake to win. Taste matters most, but all things being equal, the judges tend to reward technical skill and creativity, which I think favors Danny. Dan needs the break more than anyone. It's hard to make good food when your brain can't decide what's on the menu. Lets hope he is able to regroup and bring his A game to the Love Boat. If everyone is mentally in it, it feels like Laura is the most likely to misinterpret the final four challenge or to overcomplicate a dish, but she can cook as well as anyone when she makes good decisions. We'll see what happens. It should be fun.
  24. Got a bingo, but am a bit surprised that only 6 boxes hit, unless I missed some.
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