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zman13

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  1. https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/texas-parks-and-wildlife-to-use-eminent-domain-for-fairfield-lake-state-park-site/ "The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is petitioning to condemn Fairfield Lake State Park and Fairfield Lake to keep the state park open to the public. TPWD will use eminent domain to condemn the about 5,000-acre property. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission voted to authorize TPWD to condemn the land at a Saturday special meeting." "The first condemnation steps include giving a formal written offer followed by a final written offer on or after 30 days. The final offer has to be equal to or greater than the land’s appraised value. The landowner has 14 days to consider the best and final offer"
  2. Does anyone notice that Rebecca Ferguson sometimes goes into a Swedish/English type accent? I don't understand how anyone would still have a county based accent after hundreds of years underground. Seems more likely you'd have have an upper, mid or deep accent.
  3. Now it's getting interesting: https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/texas-might-use-eminent-domain-to-prevent-developer-taking-over-state-park/
  4. Wow....that was an awesome movie. Best movie I've seen this year.
  5. Reviews are out and they are really good. Currently at 94% on Rotten Tomatoes. Excitement growing.
  6. I saw the same news but interpreted it differently. To me, it seems like everyone in the state government (TPWD, legistature, etc.) wants to buy it. But they have to convince the property owner to cancel an existing contract and sell to them instead. Obviously the property owner could be "convinced" to sell or else things won't go well for them (legislatively) in the future. To me, it seems like my friends have authorized me to ask Angelina Jolie out on a date. Getting her to say yes is a whole nother challenge.
  7. Any sources for this? I've only seen that the Lege is telling TPWD to buy it.
  8. "Grim Weaper" "Tiny Tears" it was brutal
  9. The forecase for this coming weekend in Austin is 50 to 60% chance of rain, from Friday to Monday. No variation in the 50 to 60% chance the entire weekend. Trying to plan some activities. What's driving this forecast?
  10. It's overblown. You'll see tons of homeless people. You'll see lots of people hanging out. Some will ask you for money. You may see people using drugs. Otherwise it's the normal expectations of a big city - don't walk down dark alleys at 2am, don't leave anything visible in a rental car, be alert to your surroundings, etc.
  11. These storms better start putting in the work if they want to be in Austin by 5pm 1:30p:
  12. If someone is controlling the weather, they are doing a shitty job in Texas.
  13. Apparently I'm okay with a lot of gross things and/or have very low standards:
  14. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/inside-amazon-studios-jen-salke-vision-shows-1235364913/ “All this perpetuation of white guys with guns — it’s a self-fulfilling prophecy,”
  15. "much much more grounded in reality. Only through 4" Just wait.
  16. Definitely recommend Beef if you like over the top plot mixed with deep emotional work. Felt like a toned down Everything Everywhere All at Once.
  17. You're not asking me but just came back, so I'm going to answer anyway! About $1100 for IAH nonstop to Narita. Flying to Japan is like most places - expensive in the summer, cheaper before and after the summer.
  18. Waves A very intense, emotional film that focuses on a driven father and driven son in the first half. Then something happens and everything changes. https://a24films.com/films/waves
  19. Number of houses without power continues to go up
  20. Glad that the NWS employs people who can't write numbers with a mouse on a computer just like me
  21. Definitely a lot more rain in the last hour than all morning.
  22. I'm a member of an expat group for Playa Del Carmen and they have been so excited that Uber is now available. Lotta foreign residents in PDC are tired of taxis.
  23. Do you want to be an awesome parent? MOTOCROSS CAMP https://ironhorsecountry.com/
  24. It's a thread about movies where the second half is a lot different than the first half.
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