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  1. On ‎6‎/‎3‎/‎2020 at 5:53 PM, Augustus said:

    Just read through the whole thread, and the funniest part of the whole deal to me is that, among the compensations for the murderer, the attorney would "help him leave town" afterward.

    After about the fourth time I read that, I couldn't stop laughing.

    As if he'd need a bunch of foreign currency and and some perfect-quality fake passports, and a modern day underground railroad.

    "Listen man, I'll buy the gun and I'll pop the dude, no problem.  But how the fuck am I ever gonna get out of this town afterward?  Have  you even thought of that?"

    Maybe the hitman was hodophobic.

  2. 7 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

    Well, I've been watching a spontaneous uprising of We the People, raising their voices to the government, seeking redress of their grievances.  I've seen millions of people, young and old, of multiple races, working towards a common goal.  I think THAT is beautiful.

    Agreed. 

    Opportunistic looters and vandals who don't give a shit about social justice?  Yeah, not so beautiful. 

    But I don't let that take away from the greater good of American citizens banding together to express their anger, frustration, sadness, and demand for social and political change.   

  3. 11 minutes ago, bolverk said:

    As to the "why?", it's pretty well explained that they're trying to keep the new hospital admissions below 20 per day.

    I get that.  But extending a prohibition against out-of-household social gatherings indoors or outdoors of groups of any number, even groups of less than 10, for another several more weeks by the force of a municipal order -- even if its validity is debatable with an argument that it's overridden by the Governor's order -- is going to further beat down so many folks -- who are by and large acting responsibly during this pandemic -- dying for some real life social interaction.

  4. 34 minutes ago, bolverk said:

    At this afternoon's press conference for Austin/Travis County, they said they are likely going to have to extend stay-at-home orders and mask orders past June 15th.

    Why?  People are all over Austin restaurants and retail stores without face masks, folks are still protesting without social distancing, graduation parties are continuing, more workplaces are opening -- all this with nobody enforcing the stay-at-home orders and masking directives.  What good does extending those restrictions do? 

  5. 1 minute ago, Errestaurants said:

    So none of y'all no eating turkey assholes never change it up? Even when you've been to a place several times? I typically get ribs sausage and brisket 

    I'll go for pulled pork every once in a while. 

  6. I do think this thread provides the appropriate opportunity to recognize one Chaz Jankel, pop-singer in the 1980s who's song "Number One" was featured in the iconic 1980s movie Real Genius.  Please, let's keep any debate about Chaz Jankel civil, or I'll tell the mods on you.

     

  7. Never saw a second of One Tree Hill.  But we all have our unexplainable guilty pleasures.  Mine was binge-watching blocks of Beverly Hills 90210 in syndication during law school in the late 1990s. 

  8. I'd take smoked turkey on a sandwich any time, but by itself at a BBQ joint it always tastes dry and relatively bland to me.  Hard to get the same level of moistness* that the rendered fat in beef and pork can produce. 

     

     

    *yeah, yeah, something about my mom and moistness.

  9. 4 minutes ago, mdmost said:

    Maybe they can petition the NBA to get the Supersonics back. The CHAZ Supersonics has a nice ring to it. 

    I'd prefer The CHAZ Thunder.  Just to piss off the state of Oklahoma.

  10. 13 minutes ago, Herpa Derpa said:

    Again, just one person's opinion, but they were not as dark and disturbing as the legend would imply.  They were a proto-goth band that used bad poetry recited by an itinerant drunk over heavy grooves to sell records to the masses.  No harm in that.  But they are more Alice Cooper and Kiss than Slayer or Mayhem.  I suspect the only reason Jim didn't wear corpse paint on his face is because Rimbaud never did.

    Not an unfair take, but even that follow up is a far cry from the "nothing more than a teenybopper band" label you chose.  That was my only issue with your post.  The Doors were more than that, but less than the mysterious-poetic-shaman-in-another-stratosphere persona that Jim was going for.

  11. 12 minutes ago, workswithseed said:

    There are free stations offering sunscreen, hand sanitizer and snacks, and plant and flower gardens have been set up. 

    Time for some rubber bullets!

  12. On ‎6‎/‎9‎/‎2020 at 8:51 PM, ChiTownDoc said:

    But the antibody testing is even worse.  Some missing positive/negative tests 50% of the time, supposedly.  

    Still holding out hope that my negative antibody test was a fuck up, and the virus I had back in March was COVID.  I got tested during the first few days they were made available to the public in Austin via Remedy.     

  13. On ‎6‎/‎10‎/‎2020 at 8:12 AM, Herpa Derpa said:

    They have a passable catalog as long as you realize they were nothing more than a teenybopper band.  Had some decent pop songs, but their "dark" stuff was laughable primarily due to the sophomoric lyrics of the "tortured" Morrison.  Just some undergrad doofuses desperately trying to be profound.

    I think the "undergrad doofuses desperately trying to be profound" bit is open for debate, and as much as I enjoyed The Doors for a period of my life, I often thought Jim Morrison was trying too hard at times.

    But they were hardly a teenybopper band.  They were more countercultural than you give them credit for.  I understand you don't dig them, but it's not like they were The Archies or The Monkees.  Or even The Beach Boys. 

  14. 1 hour ago, Chips O'Toole said:

    Scheduled a consult for next week to get it done by Shaw.

    My balls are already nervous.

    Don't be a pussy.  You'll be fine.

    Okay, I was a bit nervous heading into the procedure, as one normally would be when a doctor is about to cut into you, especially between the legs.  But take the Valium 30 minutes before you go, two if you have a decent tolerance to alcohol.  It'll take the edge off, and you should be out of there in about 15 minutes. 

    Significant swelling and other complications can occur, but I really think those are in the minority.  I'm over a month past my vasectomy and have been running the past couple weeks and feel fine.  Just waiting confirmation from the doctor that I'm shooting blanks.

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