Posts posted by texasdago
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1 hour ago, DToro said:
I was at that DM/OMD show in 1988. My freshman year at UT. Good show. Going to New Order in SA. Buddy got $60 tickets, upper level, which I'm fine with. I'm not rushing the stage these days. Thought about seeing DM again, but was afraid to click to see the prices.
Yeah, if there's one show I'm bummed about missing its New Order... somehow things have never aligned. One of my favorite bands of all time. I should have gone when they still had Peter Hook.
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"The Tesla Cybertruck looks like shit. That is the first thing about it. It looks like somebody should be pulling it out of a men's size-10 loafer in a shoe store in Times Square. It looks like a beard trimmer that plays Phil Collins songs. It looks like it should come free with a Sports Illustrated print subscription in 1987. Maybe it'll look better if you hit ctrl-alt-delete a few times or close WordPerfect in the background. Maybe it's just weird to see it outside of its natural environment, upright on the wall of a public restroom, dispensing paper towels."
I love love this review. Love it!!!
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16 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:
For the nutters out there, break out the tinfoil. Small plane headed to Ohio with employees from a company that works on environmental disasters, hired to look at the site, crashed and all aboard died.
Little Rock, huh? You know who is from Little Rock...
queue the Q
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2 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:
Guys like this dick with his shiny medals as the problem... get rid of Putin and this mindset is still around. These old Soviet blowhards need to be deposed, too.
These guys remind me of scouts with a bunch of badges. I bet his medals are for cooking and calisthenics.

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Took a morning stroll from my office to Upper Crust Bakery on 45th for a nice coffee and pastry. This weather slams and goes hard. Yeah, summer is hot (and agree, its getting hotter/drier which is no bueno) but man, its summer in Texas... WTF do y'all expect? Unless you moved here from San Diego or some assclown place up east, that's what its like. You should know that. Besides, assuming we get some rain (c'moooon El Nino), we've got lakes with comfortable water temps. Beats Galveston or, uh, Buffalo Bayou?
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On 2/18/2023 at 1:07 AM, dcbc said:
Wouldn't let them walk her home. Also, I don't recall going to see them that early at the Black Cat but I or my doppelganger is on the back cover of that live album jacket enjoying a Lone Star.
Good times last night at The Hole in the Wall. Allen Hill made an appearance and sat in on a couple of songs. Great crowd.
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5 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:
But....but....they named it CYBER! And "cyber" means cutting edge, and cool, and all techie and stuff. Say it with me, it's the word of the future: CYBER!
Money quote...
Quote“Musk is an example of how the fetishization of tech start-ups and their leaders can eventually lead those leaders to making bad decisions,” Patrick McQuown, executive director of entrepreneurship at Towson University in Maryland, said in an email. “To me, the insistence on stainless steel is a manifestation of his belief that he has some unique understanding of the market, and that the market will buy whatever he offers because it comes from the mind of Elon Musk.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/06/business/teslas-cybertruck-pickup-stainless-steel.html
Lots of good stuff in there.
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"There are a metric shitton of 2023 EV models coming out from most everyone....EXCEPT Tesla. "
Not to mention Tesla looks plain jane and boring. Terrible car design. They all look the same... Y, 3... whatever. They suck. Oh oh... yeah, but cybertruck.
https://eftm.com/2020/01/think-the-tesla-cybertruck-is-ugly-you-should-see-it-in-lego-71150
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37 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:
Seriously.
Number of bullets I had fall through my roof while living in Houston for 18 years: 1.
Number of bullets I had fall through my roof while living in Austin for 30+ years: 0.
They're both even on burglaries I drove up on (one each), so, there's that.
Cars stolen in Houston: 0
Cars stolen in Austin: 1
Oh... I didn't do that properly. Then again, this was during Austin's golden age so it probably didn't count. It would definitely count today. Someone was carjacked and shot in his driveway on my parents' street in Houston so that's not great.
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17 minutes ago, Homercles said:
Man I miss the Bass King dude, Leslie, Hoeks vs Roppolo’s at closing, Irish pub, those spray paint dudes blasting techno, etc.
Probably romanticizing my 20’s, sixth was never an upscale howdy doody environment, and there were a lot fewer options across the city at the time I regularly hung out down there (2002-2005ish)…but I still miss it.
I totally get it - I get some nostalgia down there sometimes when we go to Antone's. I forgot about the guys spraypainting.
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Edited by texasdago
1 hour ago, atomheartbevo said:Russians douse themselves in ice water to show support for Ukraine war
So unoriginal. Here is a compilation of regular Imperialist Westerners supporting Ukraine.
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6th was great when I was at UT but I think it started getting worse about a couple of years afterwards.
Anyway, at least even during the tough times, we had the Kind of Sixth Street, no thanks to APD...
https://austin.towers.net/the-king-of-sixth-street-fights-for-his-crown-in-early-2000s-austin/
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21 hours ago, Nicole44 said:
There is something here for everyone…lulz.
enjoy the beat down
OMG OMG OMG Kenny Webster is right. What has happened to this previously pastoral section of 6th street? I remember taking my kids out on evening walks in their strollers to buy ice cream and balloon animals while listening to folk music at Steamboat. This must be a recent development and due to woke culture.
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1 minute ago, NorthLoop said:
Curious if we'll get another freeze in centex this winter. I would love to get my shit planted sooner this year. Last year I didn't plant until the first weekend of April.
That's a good question. I bought 4" transplants and potted them in bigger containers so they can grow but I can move them if there is a threat of cold. We're usually 4-5 degrees colder than DT Austin.
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Edited by texasdago
Bought four varieties of tomaters this past weekend at the Natural Gardner. One was Juliet which did quite well for me last year. I think I also got Super 100 (going from memory), black cherry and another one. Going to go pick up some peppers. Also need to replace some rosemary plants that were not happy at 13 degrees. Good news is my chile tepin push is showing growth at the base so it lived!!!
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2022-2023 Winter Weather Thread
in Daily Texan
Friday was anything but swampy in Austin. Brrrrr