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  1. 2 hours ago, Your Mom said:

    South Rim is pretty amazing and don't let anyone tell you that it's too much for kids that age.  If your kids are troopers and athletic they can handle it.  But if it were me I'd do that over two days and not all in one.  All in one day is a major hike for even the most serious adult hikers.  Someone else can give the specifics but it's got to be close to 20 miles round trip with a LOT of elevation gain for the whole round trip.  My kids did it over two days and we camped at the top.  I think there's only one spring to resupply water on the hike and it can be dry sometimes.  There is no way around carrying a lot of weight if you need 2 days of water for 4 people.  

    Yeah, the tough reality is that I'd end up carrying most of that water and gear for 4 people.  Plus, there was a fire at the South Rim last year so there are no toilets at the South Rim or East Rim campsites and you have to pack out your poop.  Not a huge selling point for my wife.  South Rim (without Emory Peak or the East Rim) is 12.5 miles.  I guess that assumes I drive up to the Visitor Center and don't hike straight from the campground.  The plan would be to hike up Laguna Meadows and then come down the Boot Canyon/Pinnacles side.  Depending on how we're feeling, we could shorten things by cutting across Colima Trail, which would make it 8 miles total.  We've done 5 & 6 mile hikes with the kids, so I'm sure they could handle 8 (at least).

    Hiking the South Rim Trail in Big Bend (Plus Emory Peak & East Rim)

  2. Back in the spring I realized my kids (8 and 11) have a 4-day weekend in October thanks to the screwy school schedule, so I grabbed the last site in the Basin campground for that weekend.  So, we'll be heading down in a few weeks.  Unfortunately...this will be over OU weekend.

    This is going to be our second trip down there. We went in Oct/Nov 2020 when a lot of things were shut down.  We stayed in Terlingua that trip, so this will be our first time camping in the park.  On that trip we did the Fossil Exhibit, Boquillas Canyon, Upper Burro Mesa Pouroff, Santa Elena Canyon, Lost Mine, Close Canyon and Balanced Rock.  I posted about that trip on this thread a few pages back:  

     

    Apparently things have been crazy in the park this summer.  Chisos Basin Campground has been closed for a month because it got overrun by aggressive black bears eating mesquite berries.  I think they officially opened back up today, so hopefully we'll be good to go.  There was also a ton of rain in August, so Santa Elena is closed as well as part of Lost Mine.

    We're going to drive out there (from Dallas) early Friday and setup camp.  Not sure if we'll have time to do much once we get there.  Maybe we could try the Window trail for sunset, but I'm not sure we'll be settled in time for that.  I'd like to try and do South Rim on Sunday if I can talk my wife into it.  We were going to try the Boquillas crossing because it was closed in 2020, but I forgot the kids' passports expired last year and I don't think we'll get them replaced in time.  

    Given everything we've already seen, any suggestions for hikes and sites with the kids?  We'll have 2 full days on Saturday and Sunday.  Since we'll be in the park, is there any place to explore after dark?  Also, since we'll be there during the OU game, are there any good spots to catch the game around Terlingua or Lajitas?  Or for that matter, reliable radio stations in the park?  Listening to the game on the radio while hiking through the desert sounds like a good way to spend a day.

  3. 1 hour ago, We’reTexas said:

    It wasn’t that stupid of a question. I really just limit myself to NYT, BBC, etc. They’ve been fairly quiet on counteroffensive coverage so far given the difficulty to verify anything, but early reports (like this incredible reporting from WaPo) indicate costly but measured progress, not a mass routing back to Moscow. And the two months before the offensive were certainly described as a stalemate. I don’t think people casually following this are picking up on the potential developments from Twitter. 

    It's probably too early to tell, but the assessment in that story seems...slanted.  The units having success and capturing Russians aren't the ones that are going to get interviewed by WaPo in the hospital.  War is hell, but it's more hellacious for Russia right now.

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  4. 55 minutes ago, Azbadlands said:

    I can name a couple of many anomolies in the election that make no sense to me.  

    1st how did Biden get to 81 million votes without taking any from Trump?  Trump actually got more votes too than his first election.  That never happened in history...

    2nd How did Trump win all but one of the 19 Belweather counties and both of the Belweather states and still lose?  

    Can you clear those up for me?  

     

     

    Ask and ye shall receive:  https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/where-did-all-the-bellwether-counties-go/

     

    Now the question back to you is, what do you make of that?  Do you read that article and conclude it is a well researched analysis of an evolving electorate that helps us understand this particular "anomaly", or is it more likely that we just haven't uncovered the fraud yet?

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  5. 11 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

    Trump CRUSHED Biden in Kansas -- 56/42.  Tonight's result gives ammunition to the idea that it's not a partisan issue, that Roe V Wade has bipartisan support.  This needs to be front and center in every race going forward.

    I think you're right that it's not a partisan issue. Unfortunately, I also think it's very likely there are a lot of Texans who would vote for a constitutional amendment to allow abortion, but won't be willing to pull the lever for a Democrat.

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  6. 58 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

    This is a thing?  I've seen dry roux "mix" on the grocery shelves, but never actual roux.

    I use the Alton Brown recommended technique for making roux -- mix flour and fat in a Dutch oven, bake it uncovered in a 350 F oven until it reaches the color you're looking for, maybe whisk it a couple of times along the way.  So far it's been bulletproof.

    Yep.  I get two pots of gumbo from a jar.  Plus it's certified Cajun, so I'm covered there.  I may try that Alton Brown method.  Do you make it ahead and save it, or do you directly build your gumbo in that same dutch oven?

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  7. 8 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

    Don't worry about peeling them and just make your hummus.  Hack approved by my lebanese mother in law. She thinks this is white people shit and was sure to inform me that they only time she saw it was with an aunt (by marriage). 

    I hear ya. It's definitely not necessary. But I've tried it both ways and the hummus is noticeably smoother when taking the time to peel.

  8. Here's a good hack story I remembered.

     

    Years ago my wife and I decided to go down to San Antonio to spend Christmas with her Mexican grandma. She was a Scrooge and didn't want to do anything for the holidays. So we were going to make her dinner 

    We found the most authentic mole recipe we could and did it with turkey.  We had about 50 ingredients and did everything from scratch. Soaked and pureed chiles, toasted pumpkin seeds, etc. I can't even remember all the nit picky ingredients we had to handle.  It tasted damn good.

    Anyway, Grandma comes through the kitchen and stops to taste after we'd been cooking for hours.  She lets us know how horrible it tastes.  "Why didn't you just use the sauce from the jar?  That's what I do.  Let me show you."  She then proceeds to pull Hershey's syrup and JIF out of the pantry and "fix" our mole the way she makes hers.

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  9. Thought of another one.... I'll use sunflower butter or just peanut butter when I'm making hummus.  I know it's not authentic, but I don't make it often enough to keep tahini around just for that.  Maybe I need more recipes that use tahini.  Would love a hack for peeling garbanzo beans if one exists.

  10. I use roux from a jar when making gumbo.  It's just flour and oil, no reason to spend an hour making my own.  Usually I'll brown chicken and andouille first, pull it out and then cook the vegetables with spices. Once they're cooked, stir the roux into the veggies to soften it and then start whisking in stock or water.

  11. 2 minutes ago, TenaciousTgarden said:

    I am too lazy to search this thread and too dumb to find what I'm looking for so far.  Are all tickets for the Big 12 tourney GA? We are considering a drive up this weekend if Texas advances (no jinx no jinx), and want to figure out if I can just buy tickets day of if that happens.  

    hookem

    Yep, everything is GA.

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  12. A neighbor passed away this weekend after a 3 year fight with cancer. He left behind 2 elementary age boys. His widow is getting lots of "how can we help" offers from the community and would like to setup some kind of fund for the boys.  GoFundMe seems simple and familiar but comes with overhead.  There's also the issue of providing some transparency so people know gifts are actually going to the boys. A 529 could help with that, but it has limitations too (and not sure these 2 are college-bound).  Any recommendations on setups that are easy for people to give to, lock funds to a specific purpose (somewhat) and maybe provide some transparency?  

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  13. 5 minutes ago, TreatyOak said:

    Thanks. We is the people of Texas. 

    IMHO, here are two things that we should replace with STEM and trade classes in the state of Texas:

    History
    Social Studies
     

    Thanks for clarifying. Just so I'm understanding, you think we should eliminate all history and social studies from public education?  No geography, no 3 branches of government, no bicameral legislature, no Constitution, no Revolutionary War, no Alamo, no Civil War, no Holocaust, no Vietnam, no Cold War, no space race, no MLK, no Kennedy, no 9/11?  Is this what you're saying?  Could you explain why you think that's a good idea?

  14. 1 hour ago, TreatyOak said:

    It is needless to say that racism is baked into our society. We have profound inequality here on so many levels. I hope we can alleviate this problem, but I don’t see much change in my already-long lifetime. 
     

    That said, my opinion is that we now teach people to feel like victims and that is as destructive as systemic racism to break the bonds of poverty. 
     

    You want to help people? Teach them coding. Give them skills to empower themselves. My daughter currently does this through her university and the program is making a difference. 


    Rather than focus teaching on all the wrongs, spend that time giving people skills. 
     

    Neg away.

    Not saying you don't have a valid point here, but could you give some examples of the things we should try to stop teaching?  Maybe clarify the "we" also. Are you referring to teachers, parents, politicians, celebrities?

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  15. For future storms, Evan Andrews (Fox 4 morning guy) does Facebook live during big events without drama.  He's been going for almost 4 hours straight and just ended (as I think he gets up for the morning show at like 3AM).  He was in direct path of that as well and was not concerned.  Basically said take shelter if you want but the spin from that storm isn't going to be severe (i.e., it probably would have calmed your anxiety with alarms going in the background).
    Thanks for the suggestion, but the wife likes to monitor St Pete and gauge storm severity based on when he takes off his clothes (jacket, tie, etc.). So our system is pretty airtight.
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  16. Man, it was windy in Dallas on Sunday and I burned through charcoal pretty fast.  This was all on my 18.5" WSM.  Props to whomever recently said "there's always room for sausage." I managed to squeeze a couple pounds in there between my turkey and 2 racks of spare ribs.  I used to do the 3-2-1 on ribs, but I think I like them better with just 5-6 hours straight on the smoke.  I don't want them completely falling apart and they have a nice bit of "chew" to them still this way.

     

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  17. 1 hour ago, TwiceHorn said:

    Definitely kind of bizarre.

    Also, truly deeply bizarre for a reporter at a joint PC in Romania to ask a question about purely domestic issues.  Insulting to the Romanian President.

    I'm left to guess that she tried to spin an answer into something appropriate for that PC.

    She should have flat rebuked the reporter.  "I'm not going to answer that, it's an inappropriate question for this venue."

    Also convenient that the clip starts with the reporter saying, "and if I could ask you Madame Vice President..."  What came before the "and"?  Could it have possibly been a question better directed at the Romanian President that would explain the VP's hesitation.  I guess we'll never know.

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