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jimmyjazz

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  1. I'm not aware of any "guitar camps". There are various programs like School Of Rock and BandAid, and in my experience they're pretty lame. I'd recommend he take a couple of lessons a week while he's here. I'll try to find some go-to teachers in the area.
  2. @CoTex, your kid sounds like an up and comer. I'm glad to hear your perspective. If I've learned one good lesson raising a kid who is determined to be the best player she can be, it's "get them what they want and don't skimp". That blonde Tele looks badass -- I mean, it's pretty much an iconic look, and it's definitely a great guitar.
  3. APD paid $50M in overtime last fiscal year. Officer-hours are being managed. Officers are voluntarily leaving the force at a high rate -- that's an APD problem, not a "Back The Blue" problem. It isn't a 600 patrol officer shortage, either, but don't let the truth hold you back. It's in the mid-300 officer range.
  4. Seems a little obvious . . . delay the case, and if Trump wins the Oval Office he has the DOJ throw it out.
  5. This guy: Bill Tavis It was commissioned by "Art In Public Places". TEMPO
  6. Speaking of public art installations, although not graffiti per se, I love this mural on Wood Hollow Drive near Spicewood Springs Road in NW Austin. It's actually on a pair of walls, and the image only fully converges from one viewing angle:
  7. No shit, I had Houston in the finals.
  8. I could not agree more. I don't know what Fender calls them these days (or if they even offer them), but in the era @Paul Wesley is referring to, they were called "Lace Sensors". I had an American Standard Strat "Deluxe" with those things, and even my meager skills were enough to prove to myself that the pickups in my older 80's made-in-Japan Strat were better. I had Mark Erlewine swap them out for some Van Zandts, night and day difference in tone. I still didn't get better, though.
  9. This is DirecTV's LHNHD channel guide. I'll assume they're showing the game.
  10. UConn and Houston are 1a and 1b. UConn is not losing to FAU.
  11. So, LHN is apparently showing a rebroadcast of some game against A&M from 2022 at 4 PM. Air Force at 9 PM. Seriously?
  12. I'm no fan of Sampson or Houston, but this is the best team he's ever had. A&M isn't going to get close to them, given the chance.
  13. The fact that any skin test for almost any nut I take causes giant welts would seem to indicate I have severe nut allergies. (So does my wife, hey-o.) Also, the fact that I puke within seconds of eating any nuts but almonds.
  14. It wasn't a question of "affordability", they couldn't attract enough lifeguards. The budget was already fixed. Ultimately they increased wages a bit and have not had that problem any longer. You do realize wages pretty much went up across most service industries coming out of the pandemic, right?
  15. From the texags thread about SAS' "prediction": Yeah, good luck against Cougar High.
  16. Interesting that the Phog is that low.
  17. I believe every pool in Austin was open last summer. EDIT: yes All Austin public pools were open in 2023
  18. I don't see how a fairly universally approved art installation that didn't use taxpayer money is a problem. I mean, of all the things to complain about . . .
  19. I don't think even Stephen A. Smith is that stupid. That's Desmond Howard territory.
  20. 180 saves in 8 seasons with the Cubs 160 saves in 4 seasons with the Cardinals
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