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  1. loved the two fights hbo aired saturday night.  sadam ali vs jaime munguia.  munguia is a young beast.  the first fight was azat hovhannisyan vs rey vargas.  Azat gave vargas more than he bargained for.  both were great fights.

  2. On 5/12/2018 at 10:34 PM, Jack Straw said:

    Don’t think the Hofbrau is gone, unless it shuttered like last week.  

    the place the two old brothers used to run?  I had no idea it was still there.  i may be thinking of a different place.  

  3. 33 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

    I like what Garrison Brothers is trying to do and the tour was great. Really cool property in Hye. But I hate their pricing. I'm not paying $100 for a decent bourbon. For that price it better be exceptional. 

    Where do the hell do they get off? All of the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection bottles are $90. Pappy 10, 12, and 15 are all less than $100. 

    wut?  if you find pappy for less than $350 call me. 

    garrisons is priced too high.  i'll give you that.  it's great bourbon though, and something texas should be proud of.  i'll definitely buy a bottle of the balmorhea and estacado if I ever see it, even if it is $120/750 ml.  but I won't do it twice no matter how good it is. 

  4. maddie's?

    hudsons on the bend (haven't been since it became hudsons hillcountry)

    i used to like iguana grill because that lake view is top notch.  i heard it's a lucy's now, so still a maybe i guess.

  5. 18 minutes ago, Neonmoon said:

    Debs Liquor is NW austin has an amazing bourbon selection. Very nice couple runs the place. 

    the one on parmer and mcneil?  never liked that store.

  6. when i lived in san antonio i went to the conjunto fest about 6 yrs in a row.  discovered it late but once i did i never missed it.  it was the most fun of any festival in town.  so cool to see the dancers, and the music is happy music.  upbeat.  i own at least 4 cd's from the merch booth there.

  7. one thing about this show that stands out is the casting.  if casting ever deserved an emmy this show should win it.  every character is extremely unique and the actors portraying them are excellent at that character - big head, jin yun, richard, laurie, jared, gilfoyle.  you forget they're acting.   you know how in other shows you can't ever forget they're acting.  either they suck at acting, or their personalities just can't pull off the role.  you're not quite buying it, they're not believable, so your brain never lets you forget they're acting.  not the case with this show.

  8. 2 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

    I was going to go to Buffalo National River for Memorial Weekend, but found out that there's only a couple of trails that allow dogs, so re-thinking this.  

    if thats your dog in your avatar then i would rethink anything involving dog hiking.

  9. 1 hour ago, Patrick Bateman said:

    Agree about Stan.  We've had maybe one scene in the entire series where he's offered any type of intellectual curiosity about his neighbors.  Only now, he goes from my neighbors work weird hours, to maybe they're Soviet spies!  Seems a bit too convenient but they have to get there someway, so I guess we'll go with the ride.

    I felt it was not only this, but to show the loyalty he has to those he loves, specifically Elizabeth.  Her face and shock she had with Phillip willing to dismember a body and the length he would go to have her back was impressive to her.  It re-invigorated her feelings for him, IMO, after she was so angry at his unwillingness to set Kimmy up.  This was Phillip's atonement and it may very well have finally been the obvious tip Stan needed to start wondering about his friends.  

    Ending???  They catch Elizabeth and Phillip in a compromising position.  Elizabeth is trying to bite off more than she can chew and sink the diplomatic meetings, maybe an assassination of some sort.  Phillip learns about this and goes to stop her.  FBI is on to her and the two after discussing their fundamental differences have to try a daring escape because they still love each other, maybe a car chase or something and they get a little separated.  Renee gets the drop on Elizabeth and stops her.  Elizabeth being Elizabeth tries to fight her way out and Renee shoots her..... Phillip following behind shoots Renee and kills him.  Stan following behind Phillip, with great pain and effort shoots Phillip killing him.  Elizabeth and Phillip die with each other..... Kids are interrogated and judged to not know anything, I mean they're just kids!

    Time jump 10 years in the 90's sometime...... We see how each surviving members lives have changed.  Stan is happily married and still with the FBI.  Henry has graduated from Ivy league and works on Wall Street.  Paige married and works for a community outreach project of some sort... you know, trying to make a difference whereby she travels and ships a lot.  They're at Thanksgiving dinner at Paige's in DC.  The phone rings..... Paige answers.  The other end is Russian, they're calling on her to activate her again.  End scene.

    the only thing i see wrong with this plot is renee is a deep cover long game russian plant.  when she finally makes her move it's against the russians?  the better be a better payoff than that after all this time.

  10. its a combination of the city's founders, not a pretty town but damn if it isn't the best swimming hole in texas.  those springs are a national treasure.

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  11. i'd forgotten he said that.  i was actually a bit miffed because it seemed like he had spoiled the plan and would cause wendell to play his idol.  guess he knew all along that they were voting for chelsea, so it was all just for show.  i wonder if dom and wendell saying they were worried was all just for show too.  maybe  they knew all along that donathan and laurel were with them.

  12. 41 minutes ago, Dutchrudder said:

    That is not a name that makes me want to drink brown water...

    would have been cooler if they had used the water from the spring.

  13. if the show does go another season, i'd like to see chuck take down the general.  you can tell he seethes to be under him.  being governor wouldn't really give him authority to do that though, so not sure how that could play out.  i'm still under the impression the close call took the wind out of his sails so not even sure he'll run anymore.

  14. i thought laurel summed up her thinking nicely.  do i go with the people i trust but cant beat, or the people i can beat but dont trust?  she opted for trust.  not smart.  neither she nor donathan are playing a smart game.  weak, lameass clingons.   in the end i think it came down to laurel wanting revenge for kellyn voting twice for her last week. kellyn and angela are next to go.  they are the two out of the alliance.

  15. they're going to pull out a sketch from the philly case box, and it's going to look similar to the sketches from the chicago case.  the clencher will be that it matches the drawings of elizabeth that the dying wife has plastered all over her bedroom.

  16. starter bacteria is overrated and not necessary.  

    the powerhead is just a substitute for the pump and airstone.  your undergravel filter will work just the same.  the powerhead creates flow down through the gravel bed, under the filter plate, and up the lift tubes.  a box filter on the back will serve the same purpose, most people use both (especially in a large tank).

  17. 16 hours ago, NameAlreadyInUse said:

    Compromise? I think that ship has sailed, man. 

    i heard a conversation on pbs newshour where they were saying that because of the frustration people have with washington they elect people that won't compromise, creating further gridlock and frustration.  i hear people say we are more divisive now than ever, and i dont know if that's true, but it would be nice to see someone from either side reach across the aisle.  it's no secret that if a republican were to run today and say in his campaign "i'll work with democrats to fix the problems of this country", his run would be over before it started.  that's a non-starter.  i dont think it would be as bad a campaign promise to the democrats.  we need compromise.  we need to find common solutions.

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