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  1. 54 minutes ago, C-Man said:

    Huh. The Castle Hills I know of is Military Highway just outside Loop 410.

    we used to go to a restaurant called mario's around that area.  just outside the loop.  great mexican food, superb service.  I'm thinking babcock exit, but it could have been fredericksburg.

  2. i like the title, purgatory unhinged.  this story could have legs.   we will get crichton to write the screenplay and soderbergh to direct.

  3. 13 hours ago, Atxracer said:

    I judge Tex-mex on 4 things: fajitas, queso, salsa and margaritas.   They fail, miserably, on 3 out of 4 of those criteria.  If I a missing something, I am all ears.   

    you got two out of four right.  salsa and queso.  i would go with enchiladas and beans for the other two.  

  4. 21 hours ago, fattyflattie said:

     but don't tell me the money couldn't be better spent on schools/teachers/infrastructure/first responders/beaches/parks/etc etc than drug addicts.  Think of it as a reward to those of us who decided not to use drugs, but to get jobs and pay taxes. 

    except that yours is the party that wants to cut budgets on schools/teachers/infrastructure/first responders/beaches/parks/etc.

  5. 18 hours ago, Sidney Sherman said:

    Going to Caprock and Palo Duro this summer. Hoping to find some good places to hike and hammock camp.

    Any good vacation ideas while we are out that way? Haven't really explored the panhandle, looking forward to it.

    I dont recall there being decent hiking at either park.  have you looked at the hiking maps on the tpwd website?

  6. I think it would be really cool if they would implement some of the mxc-style events. something to give it some fun, and maybe even a little comedy might help.  in a military obstacle course you have to crawl under a net, which survivor incorporates, you have to climb up a cargo net, which survivor incorporates, but you also have to get across a set of monkey bars, which survivor never incorporates.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.  

  9. 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. 

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

  12. 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.

  13. 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.

  14. 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.

  15. 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.

  16. 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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