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  1. 7 minutes ago, elfenix said:

    Good job Horner and Marko

    you forgot to include the massive piece of shit that is Jos Verstappen.

    good job, morons. one would think Jos would have the best thing for Max in mind and try to de-escelate the situation. but nope. can't help himself, ever. fuck that guy.

    i assume Ferrari is going to offer him a Lewis style deal, which is all the money in the world. they certainly should.

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    The departure of Adrian Newey shows that things are still going wrong at Red Bull. Jos Verstappen is concerned about Max's future with the team: “It is important for internal peace that the key figures remain on board. That is not the case now.”

    also no gardening leave for Newey

     

  2. 11 hours ago, UT_OB1 said:

    I got a 6 week supply of the 50mg per shot for about $300, not covered by insurance. How / why are people paying $1000-1300?

    sounds like you are getting the compounded stuff not the "name branded" stuff.

    if you are in austin, they are absolutely price gouging. know someone there who saved $900 / mo by going to a provider outside of Travis County - and they are getting compounded stuff from a pharmacy, not the name brand.

  3. 15 hours ago, Shaggy3.0 said:

    shots fired.

     

     

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    from comments, seems like there is a lot more going on there - with both the OP and Miguel.

    evidently these texts are from 9 years ago and the guy left Austin about 2017? what a weirdo. they had this this whole burner account to basically shit on the Vidals for something that happened ~9 years ago? very, very strange.

    https://old.reddit.com/r/austinfood/comments/1cfkoz0/valentinas_reciepts/

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    more from his account:

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    evidently the person worked for la Barbecue too?

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  4. 22 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:


    no way they were doing 4.5mil / year in bbq

    no fucking way 

    i think their business is drastically different than most other bbq food trucks/joints just bc they did a really nice amount of money with their breakfast food trucks.

    i think they were open 7 days a week at 8a at the food truck.

    i'd love to see their actual financials, because if they were making 86k / week and 4.5m a year on property they owned they were idiots to close the food truck and move to Buda. should have at least kept it open with scaled back hours and used the Buda location as your commissary kitchen.

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  5. On 4/22/2024 at 3:24 PM, tokamak said:

    We have an outdoor patio. This picture is facing approximately west, so we get a couple hours in the afternoon/evening when the sun is blazing between the roof and the fence.

    Would like to buy some shades. I was thinking the roll type, but I’m having trouble sourcing some wide enough. The distance between posts is about 13 feet. Only need them to be about 2-3 feet long. What other options are there that I should look at?

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    are you opposed to having a split across each span? likely will save money, even if you do find one long enough.

    see if you find one you like, go and look a few places, and reach out directly to the manufacturer. i've been pleasantly surprised with the information i've gotten from them about this.

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    not inexpensive but costco has a deal with sunsetters for 20% off. here are their prices, and they go up to 12'

    actually looks like they are 20% off right now from their site: https://www.sunsetter.com/c/easyshades/manual-easyshades/

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    actually, this company sells what you probably need, in widths up to what you are looking for for ~650 per shade if it's 13' x 3x

    https://www.maantaoutdoor.com/exterior-roller-shades/14367-reef-roll-custom.html

    they have cable guides, which is important for what you need since it isn't going all the way down

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  6. 2 hours ago, Pimphand said:

    Holy shit I had to look it up because I had never heard of the Elks.... I guess that is the remnants of the Edmonton Eskimos that Warren Moon won 5 straight grey cups for.

    Has he played a single regular season down since prior to Jimbo's infamous Gator Bowl forfeiture?

    i guess you are not aware of him going into the stands to try and fight someone after an indoor football league game last summer?

    an idiot goes into the stands, a breakdown:

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    youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP_V7SzIWYo

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    O’Neal claimed on Twitter Wednesday that he was called a racial slur after he took helmet-to-helmet contact on the field. He issued another tweet that he was retiring from football, however, both tweets were later deleted.

     

    “I’m done w [sic] this game of football,” the second tweet read. “I gave it my life almost to the point I nearly died and no one cared[.] I’m done for good[.]”

    Narrator: he was not done for good.

    this led him to being suspended indefinitely by the IFL. don't think they ever ended that suspension.

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  7. today is another deposition, 7 hours in person.

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-25/musk-to-be-deposed-monday-in-twitter-arbitration-case-on-layoffs

    Musk to Be Deposed Monday in Twitter Arbitration Case on Layoffs

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    Elon Musk is set to be deposed on Monday as the first arbitration hearings get underway involving thousands of former Twitter employees who say they were cheated out of severance pay when the billionaire bought the social media company in October 2022.

    The lawfirm of Lichten & Liss-Riordan sent an email to the former Twitter employees who are participating in a class action lawsuit, asking for ideas for questions to ask Musk in the deposition. The deposition will be in-person and last for seven hours, according to the email, which was reviewed by Bloomberg.

    fingers crossed we get another transcript here.

     

     

     

     

     

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  8. Oh Here We Go GIF by DefyTV

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    Alex Gibney talks upcoming Elon Musk, George Orwell and David Chase docs

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    Gibney told Screen he “keeps reaching out” to the tech billionaire to be involved in the film, but without success so far.

    “It’s likely to be seen next year; I’m working on it now,” said Gibney, speaking to Screen at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen where he gave a talk on Tuesday, March 19. “We keep reaching out [to Musk], but I haven’t had any direct engagement with him since the first round of tweeting.”

    After the project was announced in February last year, Musk said on X (formerly Twitter), the social media platform he owns, that “it’s a hit piece”; to which Gibney responded “How would you know?”, referencing Musk’s lack of involvement.

     

     

     

     

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  9. 5 hours ago, hornfan785 said:

    Valentina's Tex Mex BBQ owners owe $2.3M, according to ABJ investigation

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    Last June, a crowd of barbecue fans, local dignitaries and more flocked to the Buda Mill & Grain Co. south of Austin to celebrate Valentina's Tex Mex BBQ and its husband-wife owners, Miguel and Modesty Vidal, with a ribbon-cutting of their new 6,000-square-foot restaurant.

    The moment marked the culmination of the restaurant's meteoric rise from a niche South Austin food trailer to a spot on the Texas Monthly's venerable "50 Best BBQ Joints List," and then to the highly anticipated opening of the Vidals' first brick-and-mortar restaurant in Buda.

    But less than a year later, that ascent came to an abrupt halt. The Vidals on April 25 announced the restaurant's imminent closure, which they said will be temporary. The Austin Business Journal later confirmed the business is headed for new ownership, and further digging uncovers an unusual mountain of debt for a restaurant known to have lines out the door.

    The Vidals said in the April 25 social media post that the company would be under new management and that the restaurant would be closed during the transition. But the Vidals did not disclose why new management was needed. An ABJ investigation based on interviews and an analysis of public records has identified a pattern of fiscal and business mismanagement by the Vidals.

    Some of that was known: the Vidals have faced public allegations of tip stealing by employees, some of whom have posted on social media of poor management and issued getting paid. Meanwhile, customers and employees have flooded social media with accusations of bad service.

    But what the ABJ through its reporting can reveal is the Vidals are under investigation by the Department of Labor for their business practices, and they owe millions of dollars to a number of stakeholders — the company's primary lender, employees, their landlord, the state of Texas, contractors, minority owners and, potentially soon, the city of Buda — as they struggled to keep their business afloat.

    That debt is roughly $2.3 million and could potentially be higher, according to a source with direct knowledge of the company's financial issues.

    Many questions remain of how the business got to this place. The Vidals have not responded to several requests for comment. But they did acknowledge issues in a the April 25 social media post, which said the restaurant will be closed until May 8.

    "We’ve been at this for a long time, and we work really hard, but this last year has been harder than ever," the Vidals said in the post. "For us, scaling our business from 600 sq. ft. to 6,000 sq. ft. has proven more than we can manage, and we recognize and admit to the many issues and challenges Valentina’s has had since we’ve moved. We can no longer continue to give our loyal customers sub par customer service and food."

    The debt includes more than $1.5 million to Austin-based financial technology company InKind, which is the most senior secured creditor of the business, said InKind CEO Johann Moonesinghe. The company is working on essentially taking over the business as an assignment for the benefit of the creditors.

    The restaurant finance company is among the largest in the country and has funded over 600 restaurants this year. It has invested in Austin staples including Rosen's Bagel Co., Sushi by Scratch, Two Hands Hospitality and Paperboy. It also owns and operates restaurants such as Ember Kitchen and The Guest House in Austin.

    Moonesinghe said InKind underwrites every business differently but admitted the business gave Valentina's more than usual because it believed in the business. The investment included buying credit in the business but also lending money directly. Valentina's has missed deadlines to pay that back.

    Moonesinghe shed a little light on why money has not been paid back. He said Valentina's was doing $4.5 million in annual revenue out of its food truck, and expectations were that revenue would reach $10 million with the new location. But the past couple of months, Moonesinghe said, Valentina's was on track to have $3 million in revenue this year.

    Moonesinghe said Valentina's aims to get a proper business management team in place so that employees can keep their jobs and "the community can continue to eat the best barbecue in the country." In the meantime, Valentina's has been locked out of the restaurant for breaching its lease and not paying rent, and employee paychecks have bounced, Moonesinghe said.

    He said that while InKind isn't necessarily liable to make any payments, it's working with the Vidals to make sure that everyone gets paid.

    "Miguel is an incredibly talented chef and most people who’ve been to Valentina’s including Aaron Franklin say it’s their favorite barbecue," he said in a written statement. "Ultimately though, producing mouthwatering food is not enough when running a restaurant."

    Valentina's reveal that it was moving to Buda in 2021 was met with fanfare from foodies. But it also attracted hundreds of thousands of dollars from the city of Buda and the Buda Economic Development Corp. to help bring a popular restaurant to the city as it aimed to support small businesses along its bustling Main Street.

    At least initially, city officials approved about $457,000 in performance-based incentives from both the city and its EDC to aid with the project at the redeveloped Buda Mill & Grain Co. site at 308 South Main St. Of that amount, half was to be paid to developers to offset remodeling costs and the other to Valentina's to offset equipment costs at the restaurant, according to the agreements.

    The business was said to generate a number of benefits that were required as part of the agreement. The capital investment in the project is said by some to have eclipsed $2 million, and the business signed a 10-year-lease. They were expected to have at least 105 full-time employees, which would make Valentina's a major private-sector employer in Buda.

    As anticipation grew for the project, the first signs that something may have been amiss came last year. Valentina's finally set an opening date for June after a number of delays, but that only came after Buda voted to provide a $285,000 loan to help the company with finances prior to the opening.

    Only a portion of the performance-based incentive has been paid out to Valentina's as of April 26, said Buda EDC CEO Jennifer Storm, who was chair of the EDC board when the first agreements were approved. That includes only a portion of the first agreement with Valentina's, and none to the developer, as they work to verify whether they hit the performance-based goals in the agreement.

    While the loan was paid out, the agreement did include a provision that it must be paid back if the owners sell the business, Storm said. She was unsure of the timeframe on when that payment would need to be made, but it could be triggered by the imminent change in ownership.

    Storm called the situation "heartbreaking," acknowledging it feels personal because the city and EDC were essentially investors in the project and purchased the kitchen equipment. But she expressed confidence the business, whomever owns it, can get back on track.

    "Small businesses are the heart and soul of our community. It's hard to be a small business owner, and we're trying to support them through that," Storm said.

    Storm added that she would do the deal again and will continue to support the city's efforts to help small businesses. City leadership in Buda, with a population of 16,000, has made that a priority based on the requests of locals who don't want to lose the small-town charm.

    "These are not easy projects," Storm said. "These are people who have dreams. We are trying to support those dreams and sometimes there are challenges that can't be overcome. But it's still the right thing to support small businesses."

    That was the same sentiment echoed by Dodi Ellis, whose family has owned by the 8-acre Buda Mill & Grain Co. site as far back as 1911.

    While she said she could not comment on any specifics, she added: "It's an incredibly sad moment that we find ourselves in. We had really been rooting for their success."

    Valentina's first came under fire publicly last year when anonymous accusations emerged on Reddit accusing the owners of stealing tips, with screenshots of a tip policy that showed employees would not receive tips based on a number of reasons. The post said showing up to work 5-to-10 minutes early is on time.

    The Vidals responded to the post on Facebook and shared an updated tip policy. "We can only continue to learn, adapt, and try do better as we grow," the post stated last July.

    The social media posts garnered comments that described poor management, harsh working conditions and subpar customer experiences. But it also drew the attention of the U.S. Department of Labor, which confirmed to the ABJ on April 26 it was investigating the company, although officials would not confirm for what.

    "Because all complaints are anonymous to protect those who file complaints, we do not disclose how an investigation was initiated. However, we can confirm our Wage and Hour Division has an open and ongoing investigation into this employer. At this time that is all we can say on the case," said Juan Rodríguez, deputy regional director at the office of public affairs of the U.S. Department of Labor,in a statement.

    If the investigation is indeed for potential tip stealing, at the crux of the issue is that employers, including managers and supervisors, may not keep tips, according to the Department of Labor. The Fair Labor Standards Act prohibits employees from keeping any portion of tips for any reason, "whether directly or through or a tip pool," and employers may not require employees to give their tips to an employer, supervisor or manager.

    While the paper trail of owed money appears to stretch from the company's lender to its landlord to the city and to employees, it appears to stretch to its contractors and the state of Texas, as well.

    Valentina's has a history of liens that date back over the last decade in both Travis and Hays counties for unpaid taxes, according to publicly available documents analyzed by the ABJ.

    That includes roughly $44,000 in outstanding liens filed by the state of Texas against the company in Hays County and roughly $3,100 in Travis County, documents show. It does not include what appears to be tens of thousands of dollars in additional liens that have been released.

    That amount also does not include additional liens for contractors. Some have been satisfied, but Valentina's has an outstanding lien of roughly $22,450 filed in October against the company by Austin-based commercial painting company Star Finishes Enterprises Inc., which wrote that it provided work at the site, including tape, float, primer and plaint, according to the documents.

    A representative for Star Finishes Enterprises confirmed to the ABJ on April 26 the lien had not yet been paid.

    But the biggest unpaid debt goes to InKind.

    Moonesinghe, InKind's CEO, said that, since they are not owners and operators, they were not aware of "the significant issues with payroll that have been going on." He said they were informed two weeks prior by the Vidals that they would be closing because it was not financially viable for them to operate the business.

    With all the issues, many with knowledge of the potential deal called it "complicated." But Moonesinghe expressed confidence they can hit the May 8 re-opening date.

    The Vidals promised in the Facebook post they would be around smoking brisket in the silo or making new drinks for the menu. Moonesinghe said they will continue to be involved in the business as employees but won't have access to the finances.

    Miguel's food is "amazing," he said, and they want to let him shine, while Modesty is heavily invested in the catering side. They also have plans to expand out a dinner menu.

    "Personally, my husband had planned on catering our 10 year anniversary in May with Valentina’s homemade tortillas, moist brisket and queso so we do want to get it back open as soon as possible," Moonesinghe said.

    Jason Steward, who owned the former Bungalow bar on Rainey Street and now owns local lounges Kitty Cohen's and Golden Goose, is listed as an agent on the Valentina's LLC, signifying he has a stake in the company. He declined to comment when reached by the ABJ.

     

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    So basically they sucked from a business standpoint, pulled a John Mueller and now are going to be employees vs owners?

    Yikes.

    Also that seems like an incredible amount of money to bring in for a food truck. 

  10. 9 hours ago, GreenspointTexas said:

    This is the best BBQ in the world. Easily. Ive been searching for a place to supplant Truth for almost 8 years now and this is it. If its not #1 on the next top 50, ill be shocked. Ill also be shocked if it doesnt win Most Outstanding Restaurant in America at James Beard Awards this year

     

     

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    This is my note to go there this year before the next Top 50 comes out.

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    21 hours ago, ConferenceRoom said:

    Certainly not Sainz, but I'd rate him over Perez. 

     

    21 hours ago, Chewbacca said:

    Yeah, I would agree with this.  He's just been driving a shitbox for the last 2.5 years.

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    i really do like him, but BOT is is absolutely not < PER in 2025. the best seat he could get after MB was the seat he's in. there is a pretty high chance he doesn't even have a seat next year.

     

  12. On 4/23/2024 at 4:28 PM, jimmyjazz said:

    Well, 4 Roma tomatoes, a half an onion and a jalapeno roasted in the oven and blended with a little salt will kick that shit's ass for about $2, so . . . why?

    2 under ~2, long work hours right now and sometimes i just want to open a jar vs make my own. not trying to re-create the wheel here, just want some chips and salsa i can put together in <2 min sometimes.

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  13. 19 hours ago, Rex Kramer said:

    Problem is Cumulus will never devote resources to middays. Ever.

    yeah, you have to look so far back to the last time they devoted resources to mid day. <12 months, the prior shows they had on the air, hell they still have 1 of the 4 mid day hosts employed and on a mid day show, etc.

    there's dumb...then there is Rex Kramer, who somehow comes back dumber each and every time.

    13 hours ago, LonghornSean said:

    Say it with me….The Dumb Zone podcast network

    "No Puppet Productions"

  14. 52 minutes ago, ConferenceRoom said:

    Why not Bottas back to MB?

    personally, i don't think BOT is a better driver in 2025 than either PER or SAI. don't think he scores as many points in the same seat as either of those dudes do

  15. 1 hour ago, BigDHornfan said:

    wonder if any of those dudes come back.

    guessing they burned bridges - and that locally they don't want to touch any of them with a 10' pole

    ...but if you bring back Mike Siriois, he's immediately the second best voice on KTCK between 10 and 3 and maybe the best if you don' like Donnie

  16. On 4/23/2024 at 2:54 PM, SydneyCarton said:

    If you live in Houston, this isn't hard to come by. If not:
    https://chilesquiles.myshopify.com/

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    fortunately, i live nowhere near houston

    unfortunately, they don't distribute anywhere near me and i'm not paying $14 a jar, but those look fantastic. in laws are going to be going to Houston in a few weeks and may ask them to grab some for me. where are you seeing it in stores?

  17. On 4/22/2024 at 10:43 AM, Brisketexan said:

    So, some friends brought these over last week…and they’re maybe the best store bought tortilla chips I’ve ever had. Super crunchy, but not hard/tough, and a perfect saltiness. My wife and I are both sold - these will be our go-to chip going forward.

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    bumping this to say i agree totally. these are fantastic

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