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  1. On 5/11/2024 at 12:15 PM, Masshole Horn said:

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    Just put in 4 new 4x8 beds. Gonna get a bulk soil delivery.

    Any recommendations on what to get? Straight compost, compost and loam, pre-mix, etc…

    And who to buy from? I’m in Dripping Springs… Gardenville, Kinser Ranch, GeoGrowers are the options I know.

    I like Kinser.  They feel a bit grumpy but prices are fair.  I also like picking up on their property (firewood)

  2. On 5/8/2024 at 9:30 AM, Dutch said:

    A more gravel traps added around Imola. 

     

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    Think I'll finally visit this summer and check out the track.  I've driven past it but never gone down to tour it.

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  3. 13 minutes ago, royiv said:

    To be fair, they’re not looking at TexMex if they’re at Guero’s.

    That's not all they're talking about

     

    27 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

    Top pic I took in the Summer of 1959 at the northbound frontage road of I-35 & Elmhurst Drive. Riverside Drive bridge over the Interstate visible in the background.
    (Cousin Joanne was sweet) 

    Sometimes I'm glad I can't see the Capitol Building any more

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  4. On 5/11/2024 at 8:03 PM, blacklab said:

    Sitting at the bar at Maudie's in Bee Cave next to two old ladies.

    I ordered the grandpa special, two tortillas filled with beans and taco meat, covered in gravy and cheese.

    One of the ladies asks me if it's ok to take a picture of it, and I tell her to go ahead. She explains the other lady is from out of town and doesn't know what Mexican food looks like so she's taking a picture.

    I tell them what it is and then she says her husband always gets that and adds a fried egg on top, and a couple of weeks ago when he got his colonoscopy they came here at 9am and that's what he got. I tell them that I had a colonoscopy last Thursday and came here and ate chips and queso, 2 pete's, and  migas. 

    The lady from out of town exclaims "Is this what you do in Austin? Sit around and discuss your colonoscopies with total strangers at a bar?"

    Me: "Yep, that's Austin"

     

    LOL... that's funny.  You know, I've noticed old people love to talk about their health problems and procedures.  I've noticed it too much unfortunately.  Don't get old :D

     

    But, hilarious that someone would want to take a picture of that.  We go downtown/South Congress a lot - I just like the vibe.  We hear the funniest things from tourists when sitting on a front table at Guero's.  I'm trying to figure out how some of these people haven't seen Tex-Mex before.  Then again, I remember being in Southern California for two weeks my senior year in HS and this girl from Iowa would keep taking pictures of touching palm trees.

  5. On 5/10/2024 at 10:13 AM, Hard Times said:

    So how does this happen? I don't get going skiing when there's a chance of an avalanche.

    2 Skiers Killed in Utah Avalanche, 1 Rescued After Digging Himself Out (people.com)

    It happens because people will go to great lengths to ski great untouched terrain.  You have to be smart and know the avalanche report so you make decisions that won't put you in (too much) danger.  But, honestly, sometimes nature does what it wants.  Even extremely experienced people end up dying (see background and some pretty kickass footage from a guy who dies earlier this year near CB)

    https://www.gunnisontimes.com/articles/eric-freson/

    Eric enjoyed skiing, snowmobiling and ice climbing in the winter months. He combined all three passions frequently in pursuit of placing turns at obscure places and times. Eric rallied his friends to start skiing at night to get more hours in during the day. Nighttime second bowl laps became a weekly occurrence. His ski equipment frequently included ropes, crampons, ice axes, and deep trust between partners as essential tools for skiing the lines he was interested in. Eric would patiently scout lines, sometimes for multiple seasons, until conditions aligned, but would also be up for a quick strike mission when the snow was good. For Eric, the people and the places were just as important as the snow conditions to have a good ski day.

     

     

  6. 1 hour ago, Hammerin Hank said:

    I was at that show at the backyard. That was an awesome show. The last time I saw him in concert he had a live drummer, guitarist, and bassist on stage with him.  I assume he’ll be at night for ACL. Hoping I can make it out there for a day this. Haven’t been in a few

    Then again Diplo was a Miller Lite stage show at 7 so who knows.

  7. 16 minutes ago, tigol said:


    Hays County Smooth-Brain checking in.

    We had a couple of healthy trees split. The yard looks like shit with tree shrapnel everywhere.

    Husband was smart enough to put the truck in a car wash bay. No damage.

    I can’t believe we didn’t lose any windows or a skylight. We got lucky. I picked up 2-3 baseball sized hail pieces in our yard. That shit sounded like Armageddon when it hit. It looked like a tornado was next, but got lucky there too.

    Probably won’t be lucky with the roof but we’ll see.

    I always worry about these bad hail storms since our living area has a lot of big windows that look prime for the taking.  They're somewhat shielded by a live oak which I guess sort of helps but still.  We also have one of those sun tube things which I imagine can get damaged just like a skylight.  

    Had family in Driftwood last night when the storm was moving that way - was very uncomfortable having them there but thankfully it swung just west of them.

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  8. 8 minutes ago, bolverk said:

    This reminds me of a conversation on an ongoing group text I have with some close friends. We're all Gen-Xers in our early 50s who went to HS together.

    Anyway, one of my buddies on there mentioned that his college-aged daughters absolutely hate it when he ends a thought or sentence with an ellipsis. He said they've told him that it really raises their anxiety level because it makes them feel like another shoe is about to drop. He may have been overstating it a bit (I dunno), but he was asking if we thought it was a generational thing.

    One of us looked it up and found a related article mentioning that old people (Boomers) have a bad habit of overusing ellipses in text-based communication, and younger groups have started pointing that out.

    To bring it back to home, I imagine that leaving an "okay" out there has the same effect...

    Yeah, I'm not sure how the whole ellipsis thing started but its nice to know it triggers them.  May have to use it... more

    I don't necessarily get triggered by the OK, I just assume she's not down with what I suggested but won't say it.  I should try asking for sexy time and if I get an OK, it will confirm by suspicions

  9. 11 minutes ago, YGIFS said:

    ^  Yep, this. 

    "What if all our bio-fuel, big ag, and hydrocarbon extraction/usage/waste may have possible altered the climate by 1-10%?"

    -Nah!  Fuck you, you are controlled by the Jews and making tornadoes and space lasers!  Solar is bullshit, the sun isn't real and wind power causes cancer!"

     

    yeah yeah whatever.  My great-aunt is flying in from Sacramento at 3:30.  Will there be a cold front at ABIA by then?

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