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texasdago

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  1. Pins Mechanical going to be busy today. Snagged a few spots at 9:30 AM. My wife thought I was crazy for getting here this early but by 10:00 my reasoning was confirmed. At least we got some duckpin bowling in before it filled up. Hook'em Gentlemen!
  2. Quick .25" today
  3. Tequila purchased today
  4. More likely later in the day
  5. 11 AM kickoff - it'll be fine. Also, @Brisketexan never paid attention if Sam's Town Point has a TV or is even open at that time. Maybe Lil Darlin?
  6. Speaking of Austin and good times, what are some of your options for game-watching this weekend? Far Out Lounge is only doing something indoors and not outside (based on what they've said) Sholz's, of course. We're probably looking at Pins Mechanical. Of course you have obvious options like Dirty's, Crown & Anchor, Posse, etc.
  7. Nice job APD. Shoot the guy who actually saved your ass.
  8. Or maybe things aren't as bad as y'all want to make it out to be. Same stats I showed further up make it clear that "the good ole days" of Austin in the 80s were actually really terrible. Murder rates drastically higher but, hey, Austin was great back then, right? Homicide rates when I was at UT averaged higher than today... and I had my car stolen. My car has not been stolen lately so my anecdotal data with a data point of me says its better. Want to see disingenous? Here's a 2021 APD document showing that Austin crime is on the rise. Let me recommend you look at page 3. Hmmm... that's interesting... why does APD only show the red line starting in 2000 and not going further back (despite showing the bar chart)? Oh... wait... the table will give us the details. Ah, no, they conveniently forgot to Ctrl+V on the last two columns from 1981 to 1999. That's odd. I'm sure they overlooked the data by accident. Source: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/Murder%20Trend%20in%20Austin%2009202021.pdf The part APD left out. Yes, there was a downward trend (as was the case in the rest of the country) but they don't want you to see per capita numbers when they say "mOSt MUrdErS!?!?! EVEEERRrrEErRRRRRR!!!!"
  9. Definitely trending better now when you factor in per capita vs raw numbers. 2023 was impacted but one nut killing four people at the end of the year and then this past August had naked Jesus going on a rampage. Per capita numbers right now seem to be comparable to 1995-1997. If we can avoid another mentally ill person going on a shooting spree, maybe we can keep trending down. They also fail to show per capita statistics which is disingenuous.
  10. To be fair, that elementary is in a terrible location. It is one of the worst corners for homelessness so I'm not going to say it is Casar's fault (or not his fault). Its not just a random elementary school in Austin. This is next door:
  11. Except Pinkerton's. On Black and Gold, seems like the general Austin consensus has been, "there is a place called Black and Gold that serves BBQ" ? I'd never heard of it.
  12. I'd like to know about this too. I understand him wanting to be able to get a progress report in before applying.
  13. I'd love to talk about UT all day but "Surly kids who can't get into UT"
  14. Or if your boys are up to it @Wiler77 go during the week. Now, we were there last night and there were quite a few people doing some kind of corporate event but its normally relatively chill during the week. Cheaper, too. Last night. Burger truck on the right. No more biscuit sandwiches inside but a "kids burger" which is basically an adult burger is $9. Add fries for $4.
  15. Burgers at the Butler Pitch and Putt truck (Gimme Burger) should get more love
  16. You're like the Imelda Marcos of wine
  17. yeah seriously. I'm glad I have boys because they have an assload of stuff and they can just pick and choose what they will need from their rooms for a dorm room. Not to mention most boys are not thinking about matching shit, etc. My posters were a variation of these:
  18. Out of curiosity, for school that feel it is important to show "demonstrated interest", what have you done save for the obvious activities like a campus tour, etc.? I had my son e-mail the admissions office last night with some questions.
  19. Took a walk this morning in the nature preserve across from our neighborhood. I shit you not... 70 degrees, dry and a slightly chilly breeze. Double-checked that today is August 25th.
  20. Austin. Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.
  21. Sure Grandpa. Tell me another story about the Armadillo.
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