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wild_turkey

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  1. We came to Austin for the game and it was a coin flip between here and Zaza. We ended up on Fairmont because our credit card offered a $100 resort credit and free breakfast. Friday was fine. Saturday is a fucking shit show. A water main broke around floor 7 and took out some power, wifi, elevators, and AC. We are on floor 30. Everyone has to use service elevators because the normal elevators are nonfunctional, so there’s a ~45 minute wait for service elevators. At one point, we took the stairs to our room on floor 30 because it was faster. We said fuck it and went to dinner and drinks, but now we’re back and our room is ~78F to sleep and can’t get any cooler. What’s the response here? Ask for everything to be comped? I don’t know what’s reasonable in this situation.
  2. Same. That probably beats WoB and I’ll try to make it to a couple this year.
  3. For a normal person and family, I don’t think think this is all that weird. Not my personal cup of tea, but I understand it. For OJ Simpson and his family, I expect at least one kid to get financial problems, sell their jewelry to a broker or memorabilia collector, then a couple of replicas get made and sold with fake COAs, then eventually someone loses the real jewelry in an underground poker game, then it ends up in a sad pawn shop next to a dead grandma’s wedding ring.
  4. Any thoughts on Duke’s in La Jolla? Or the aquarium up there?
  5. That should be on a TV ad on Fox News multiple times daily.
  6. With the comments about the Medal of Honor, you have to wonder if Trump is legitimately senile or if he is trying to throw the election. Spitting in the face of veterans? I know he makes awful statements every time he opens his mouth, but these guys are his supporters and it’s insane to obviously disrespect one of their highest honors.
  7. His face doesn’t move when he talks. It like he got his entire face over-Botoxed.
  8. I enjoyed the S3 premiere. There’s a lot going on right now.
  9. France and Paris knocked this one out of the park, from the opening ceremony until the very end. Perhaps my favorite overall Olympics. Bravo.
  10. Sydney is insanely fast. Just blew away the field and it seems like every time I watch her run she breaks her own WR.
  11. I just binged it and mostly enjoyed it. Thought the ending was a little bit sloppy and contrived, just for the sake of having a shocking twist. I would’ve liked it more if they closed out the series and left us wondering who the murderer was, similar to real life where you don’t always get all the answers. Ruth Negga did not bother me at all, so I’m surprised to see the hate on here. If she seemed like a cunt, it’s because her husband cheated on her, broke it off, then started up again, lied repeatedly, got his mistress pregnant, then had it blow up in public when he was charged with murder. How did y’all want Barbara to act? I hated Rusty and hated Tommy but if I had been on the jury, I would not have convicted. I don’t think the prosecution came anywhere close to meeting the “beyond a reasonable doubt” threshold for murder. My biggest unanswered question was Rusty’s phone’s metadata. Mya mentioned it in one episode, saying he was at Carolyn’s house from 10:00-11:00ish. I think the time stamp on the son’s photo established Rusty’s arrival time, but Rusty’s own phone established the time he returned home. Was that GPS or something else? Wouldn’t the phone’s metadata also show him leaving his home again that night, and if it was GPS data, it would show him returning to Carolyn’s house?
  12. I'm heading to San Diego in late August with my wife and our 19 month old daughter. It's our first time there and we'll be staying in an Airbnb house a couple blocks from the beach, near the junction of Mission Beach and Pacific Beach. We liked the idea of Coronado Island, but they don't allow short term rentals there, so it would've had to be a hotel, which meant sharing a room with the kiddo (no bueno) or paying significantly higher rates for a suite. The Airbnb option in Pacific Beach suited us better. We plan to visit the zoo and spend time at the beach. We would like to visit La Jolla and probably Coronado Island. We don't have any specific activities planned other than the zoo, but looking for recommendations. I would also appreciate some kid friendly dining spots around that area if anyone knows of anything. Basically prefer outdoor seating with good food, price is no concern, casual or upscale, just don't want to be crashing a quiet date night spot. Are Stone Brewing or Ballast Point Brewing worth visiting?
  13. I might wait and watch the series finale in 2028, around the time of the LA Olympics. I don’t know if the other episodes between now and then will be worth the time investment. Just tell me how it all ends.
  14. Went last week and it’s legit. Probably my new favorite burger in FW.
  15. You could summarize this entire season with this: -Rhaenyra has long conversations about who might be with her or against her -Daemon took a mental health holiday -Aegon and Aemond are against each other -Some new people can now ride dragons We spent 8+ hours to do all of that.
  16. So the highlights of this season finale were Daemon bending a knee and Alicent trying to make amends with Rhaenyra? Or maybe I’m expected to care about the Lannister guy?
  17. I like knowing that whenever I lose a thousand, Elon is losing hundreds of millions.
  18. The end of the women’s road cycling race was nuts. Incredible to watch Kristen Faulkner make her move and very quickly leave the other 3 cyclists far behind her with no hope of closing the gap. Performances like that make the Olympics great.
  19. That was insane.
  20. One is in a honeymoon. The other is entering hospice. Just different phases of life.
  21. Cosigned. I could probably be convinced to sell some O&G stock or crypto and donate considerably more. I really don’t want him to win.
  22. My wife has a Tesla model Y. It was the best car for our needs at the time we bought it in 2021 and it’s been a good car. When it’s time to buy again, I’ll be glad there are good Tesla alternatives. Musk is such a wanker.
  23. So it’s okay for him to post a deep fake video of Kamala Harris appearing to say things she never actually said, but when users call each other “weird”, that’s crossing a line? Why has the world not turned X into a scar porn site already? Make it unusable.
  24. I feel like this should have its own thread. https://thedailytexan.com/2024/07/26/longhorn-olympians-30-texas-athletes-7-coaches-will-compete-in-2024-paris-olympics/
  25. That opening ceremony was spectacular in so many ways. France knows how to celebrate.
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