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SydneyCarton

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  1. Paul Hogan was 31 when that movie was filmed.
  2. I mean, he doesn't have a paid gig YET. Lets not forget 247 just hired some aTm kid who got his start posting shit in twitter when he was like 16. For god's sake, @texifornia got a full time job on what started as side-posting on the internet under the non-de-plume Hayes Fawcett. The correct answer is "who's counting?"
  3. Lol. I've got some friends who have had various older family members visit a Hedonism site, and the stories they get are that it's basically like The Villages in Florida, but slightly younger. Just a bunch of 50-65 year old ugly people looking to get their rocks off with strangers. It's basically like a cruise ship on dry land. Now that I think about it, it might be the final, inevitable stop in the evolution of Disney Adults.
  4. THeir backup is Miss St JAG Micael Van Buren, or converted Safety Ju'Juan Johnson. Johnson, from what I can tell, was a 5'11 HS QB, who they converted to S, and then to RB, and now is a backup QB. I like where this is headed.
  5. I wouldn't hold my breath for that.
  6. That's what the standard Australian 17 year old male looks like. That's what happens when your youth is predominantly spent in some combination of drinking/boxing kangaroos/surfing/drinking/dingo wrasslin'. Honesty, this guy looks pretty fucking young for 24 by Australian standards. Fortunately for us the women age much better.
  7. Ha. Probably true. The only defense I have is that our group of about 8-10 rec sports folks where there 2-3 times a week. Hoo. Did the 2 martini challenge twice, once for a buddy's b-day. Glad we had a DD.
  8. You're moving the goalposts too. There's a fuck ton to DO, but it's hard to match it up compared to a Boston or New York or Chicago to warrant a VISIT over other places. There's plenty of shit TO DO. And that works for Locals. Less so for people to visit to have to drive 30 minutes everywhere to see the Next Thing. Being an attractive Tourist Destination isn't the same thing as THINGS TO DO. Austin has great food, but I'm not sure they're going to be able to take the crown from Houston as long as our Vietnamese and Indian continue to really be huge and vibrant on the food front. But that's just IMO.
  9. Ha. I have friends all over Houston, and family in the Woodlands, and I'm glad my wife and I are on the same page; we don't need square footage nearly as much as we need a 20 minute or less commute to our jobs every day. I just don't know how the hell people do it. I'm going to push as subtly as I can for my kid to go to college out of state.
  10. Agree. And this hits close to home as I had Goode Company Campechana on Wed at lunch. The burbs aren't Houston. That sounds like a them problem, sir.
  11. You specifically said "there's nothing TO visit." Which is horseshit. There's a ton of things to visit. This is categorically different from you now moving the goal posts to say "worthwhile to visit" or "world-class tourism spot." Yeah, because things elsewhere are grouped together easily and there are dozens of other cities where you can get more bang for your buck. That is not the same thing to say as "there's nothing to visit." I drove through New Mexico this summer. There's a lot of things TO visit. But getting to them fucking sucks balls and is a drive. Move the goalposts back to where you had them at the start, chooch.
  12. Houston is a good place to live, make money, and to a degree raise a family. Of course that last one is dropping fast thanks to public education in all of Texas. But most of your post is pretty fair. It's ugly, it's concrete, it's hot, and it's weather is a ball kick. I can't wait to see how installing a generac manages to not solve the problem of whatever the next disaster is going to be...I can't wait to get the fuck out of here when I retire for sure, and a huge driver of that is the weather. The only thing I quibble with is Nothing To Visit. Houston has great museums, and it has the best arts/theater area in the fucking country behind only New York and maybe Chicago, and not just the shit downtown there's great theaters all over Houston. NASA, a shitty ass beach, and most importantly fucking world class cuisine. Everyone just bitches about there being nothing in Houston because you have to fucking DRIVE to get to everything. But it's there, and it's worth visiting. It's just bad for tourists to visit. Locals can enjoy it, however. But there's no arguing from me that it's a better place to live than it is to visit.
  13. Never forget how fucking terrible the Sumlin contract was, either.
  14. I’ve got to say, that guy has fucking nailed how to pander to the aTm base. Liucci better watch his six, this kid is the future.
  15. If 99 had existed back their would have been a 15 minute drive
  16. Fun fact, Trudy's implemented the 2 Mexican Martini limit in part because of the rec sports crew rolling in there after intramural games and getting hammered. First it was two mexican martinis, and whatever else. So we'd order one when we got there, have a shit ton of frozens, then get a 2nd one as our last round. Then it quickly become "2 and you're cut off." Ooof. Good times, good times.
  17. What a stupid statement. I live inside the loop, and it's just under 8 miles from my house to Daiken Park. It's a 20 minute drive in rush hour traffic. You're on a UT board, and you accuse everyone in Houston of living in Katy or The Woodlands...which is where the fucking aggies live, you dumb twat. Also, I'm married and have a kid. Who the fuck is driving 30 miles for entertainment period, on a regular basis? I've got about 20 amazing fucking restaurants within 3-5 miles of my house in the greater heights area. And it's maybe an extra 10 minutes to get to any of the amazing restaurants in the River Oaks, Galleria, Spring Branch, or Montrose areas. 15 extra minutes for Rice Village/West U/Museum district. That's every major entertainment district I can get to in about 20 minutes, tops, but about 3-4 of them I can get to in about 10 minutes. You don't know shit about Houston. Also, who gives a fuck if downtown is some kind of attraction or not? I don't give a shit where I go to get my fun. As another poster said, getting in and out fast and easy for sports is great. Other than that, do we get some merit badge that the Michelin Star restaurant is downtown as opposed to in Montrose? Is this like Texas A&M winning online poll for you or something? I've got to tell you, pal, you're clearly following the wrong people on social media. Sawyer Yards is still a thing. I have my office in here. It's still growing and expanding with more art space, some more restaurants, and other entertainment options nearby off Washington.
  18. Fucking Purple Margaritas. Many a night went sideways before it started on old barton springs road. Or by the airport.
  19. So how was you're wife's experience in the latest season of My 400 lb. Life?
  20. Yeah, I'll crush this one day. But if they ever close Javier's CTJ is going to kill some people. We'll see him on the news.
  21. I already mea culpa'd man. It's the football board, so I guess I'm just doing as the Romans do...
  22. Aww shit I might have been conflating the two in my head. Sorry @Daichee Bell
  23. I can certainly think of one group of people that you shouldn't admit this to: Us.
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