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Skipper

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  1. That Margaritaville used to have an open air streetside craps table that was fun to play but haven't seen it post COVID I don't think. So yeah, good riddance.
  2. It would. It would clearly be an SPE account where the bank has control and even then likely several layers before it hit any "Trumpco" account. This isn't some mom and pop operation. And the banks lawyers aren't morons.
  3. We were big fans of Market Pavillion hotel for our trip last year.
  4. Was really referring to Mack's posting trying to draw everyone into a debate completely unrelated to news.
  5. Did I make my over to the Cloak Room? No? Just checking.
  6. Glad the Devils returned the favor by beating Jets as well. Jets are in the middle of the type of stretch we played through in February (including now a back-to-back Sat/Sun). Hoping they run out of gas. Although unfortunately who knows if the Avs will ever lose a damn game again. They have won 7 straight and now have 5 in a row at home.
  7. We can score with anyone. 2nd line has played like our best line. Duchene has been a great pick up and Seguin/Duchene mesh well. Otter has been inconsistent this season at best and flat out shitty at times. Our defense is still shitty overall but hopeful Tanev acquisition will solidify things down the stretch/playoffs. Incredibly tight race in the division with Jets and Avs. Winning division probably more important this year than most (although outside chance that could land you a first round matchup with a magically healthy Knights if they keep fucking around). We probably go as far as Otter can take us in the playoffs. If we could guarantee elite goaltending it would be hard to pick against us against anyone. Probably 10-12 teams that think they have a legit shot at lifting the cup. Playoffs should be great.
  8. You're just going to have to trust me on this one. Agent was some mid to late 20's jackass. Ended up communicating with the Buyer directly and it was clear Agent had never relayed my clear expectations when I agreed to a reduced listing price. The Agent just thought he could get the deal done. I mean we went from crystal clear understanding of an "as is" expectation from my side and don't bother me with repair request unless you find something major to a laundry list of every single thing possibly noted in the inspection report. It was just horrible deal management by that clown that pissed everyone off in the process and pretty much killed any chance of a deal. I believe they ended up firing him after that.
  9. My wife really wanted this damn house. So just in case there actually was other competition, I definitely led him to believe I would be hiring an agent to sell my existing house, and that if things go well and we can close this deal, it might as well be him, so I used his shady demeanor against him. Of course I ended up listing my prior house myself, then after a deal was on the rocks over repairs (largely due to another shitty realtor that refused to (i) explain to his buyer I accepted the offer below list on an "as is" basis and (ii) then counsel his first time buyer that not everything in the damn inspection report needs to be fixed) ended up renting it out and have been a landlord for the last 7+ years while the property value appreciated very nicely. So on one hand, I owe that shitty realtor for forcing me to make a great investment decision.
  10. I made an offer once first home purchase and tried to mark up something in the TREC form. It absolutely blew the realtor's mind and they told me I wasn't allowed to do that. Mind you I'm doing this from my law firm email address. I said something to the effect of your position is we aren't allowed to negotiate terms of a real estate transaction? They pretty much just shut down and I moved on. But man I've dealt with some really bad and incompetent realtors. The last house I bought the dude was sleazy and incompetent. He actually showed me a filled in contract with a listing price offer trying to get me into a bidding war. Extreme used car salesman vibes. This was in a cooler market, in February, so I called his bluff and just made an offer at list less 3% since representing myself. Sure enough it was accepted a few days later. I had to drag it to a closing myself as he was pretty worthless. I've only worked with one agent I thought was pretty good and she represented the tenant on a lease. She made it super easy on me while I was on vacation with my family. So I decided not to deal with it the next year and let her list it for me and eat the commission. Will likely do it again next year if I don't hire a property manager. So to the point above about good agent's hanging in there and making themselves stand out, I agree.
  11. No streaming with the Rangers like Stars/Mavs, Bally's doesn't have the rights. So your only option is shitty FUBO? Fantastic.
  12. Bally SW will have Rangers/Stars/Mavs. I am less familiar with the Houston RSN situation, but my Fubo last year (I live in FW) had the Astros on whatever they call it now. If you DGAF about those teams then it doesn't matter which service you choose. Yeah FUBO had it. But IMO FUBO is a massively inferior product to YTTV. I switched back to YTTV as soon as Rangers regular season ended and went 2-3 months with no Bally's but ended up just paying Bally's the $20/month direct for Stars/Mavs and will keep for Rangers. I wanted to avoid that on principal but Sinclair is deep enough in BK that small growth in subscribers won't move the needle.
  13. Hope you are planning to sue the fuck out of the owner.
  14. Lake Highlands is RISD but in Dallas. The HS is between Walnut and Royal.
  15. $878K. Although I somewhat question whether enough coverage with appreciation and current construction costs. I think would sell in the $1.2MM to $1.3MM range. Rental property coverage lower at 421.
  16. I've been with Liberty for all of my insurance for 15 years. They are also fucking me across the board with 50%+ increases. Currently have primary home, rental property, car and umbrella coverage with them. Located in Dallas. Has anyone had recent success shopping coverage with an insurance company that doesn't suck? Liberty was "just ok" on home coverage when I had major damage in a 2019 storm. They were fine on auto when car was totaled in same storm. But certainly not married to them.
  17. The entire industry is fucking dumb. Hopefully this helps but I remain skeptical. It absolutely has been a consistent violation of antitrust laws. And all the asshole realtors work together to make sure to limit the market if anyone isn't playing their rigged game. It's all they know and I highly doubt this settlement will change that aspect. I bought both my houses in relatively 'cool' markets making it clear my purchase offer would reflect no buyer's fee and had numerous agents refuse to show me a house if I wasn't represented. Then it was beyond obvious when I tried a FSBO with a buddy with MLS putting the listing up that the local neighborhood realtor mafia blackballed my house and I had very few showings. I rented out my house which ended up working out fine. But it's a shady business with 90% of the Agent's largely incompetent and adding little to no value.
  18. This fucking nutjob was a good laugh at first but now clogging up the board.
  19. Caesar's is a dump. Stayed there 2 years ago for the first time and forever and has been my least favorite place I've stayed. The rooms need a complete overhaul. Bellagio, Palazzo, Wynn, Aria, Cosmo, Vdara, Waldorf all better options. Hell - I did Paris for a night when I was in and out in 24 hours for a game last year and I probably preferred it to Caesars.
  20. Going to be an interesting next 3 weeks for division race. The Jets will make up all 3 games they have in hand while the Stars get a little more rest. After games on 4/1, each of the 3 contenders will have 7 games left and all will play each other. Taking my son to the game tomorrow night. Should be a good one.
  21. I saw Las Vegas did their annual fake injury LTIR that will magically heal game 1 of the playoffs for cap space. They have got to fix that loophole.
  22. I've basically adopted the strategy of never listening to any HL sports or sports related segments other than Stars, maybe Rangers or Klatt. Sometimes the Mavs segments are tolerable. But anything that is football related (other than Klatt segment) or pretty much any other random sport is auto tune-out. I've learned that strategy is what makes dumbass Bob and Corby tolerable on other segments.
  23. Have to circle back to this. I have no love for ND but it was a great pregame experience (then they kicked our ass). Cool campus. Friendly tailgates. Basically the complete polar opposite in every way compared to the hell hole known as Columbus. Would absolutely go back to South Bend if we play them again. You couldn't pay me to go to fucking Ohio State next year. Fuck that place and I'm still pissed this series was ever scheduled.
  24. I turned off at 6-3 and last thing I registered before falling asleep was a Stars app notification of goal cutting it to 6-4. I thought for sure too little too late. Was pretty shocked when I saw final this AM.
  25. Skipper

    Texas Primaries

    Anybody got a link to a cheat sheet for less batshit crazy republicans? I'm an independent that will be voting D in the fall (outside of some local races in Dallas) but not following any of this closely outside of obvious vote for Haley to the extent I vote tomorrow.
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