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Ollie Slatt

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  1. Bee Cave is not even Austin.  How can you move to a new money suburb so that you can buy a 4k square foot house and then complain about everyone being obsessed with luxury homes.   And the weather? If he didn't anticipate it being hot in Austin, then that is on him.

    This guy seems insufferable.  Though I will admit he is right about a few things.  Cedar allergies suck.  You often get terrible service in Austin (particularly from waiters).  And the lack of public land is a bummer (though that same complaint would apply to everywhere in the US east of the Rockies).  

  2. At Gullett Elementary they have been strongly discouraging kids from coming in person even though the school has had virtually no cases (only one case per the AISD dashboard and no new cases).  Parents have been getting almost daily emails suggesting not to send the kids this week or next week.  The expressed rational is that AISD wants to minimize the spread and better allow for social distancing.  But, for my son's grade, the school consolidated all of the kids still attending in person into a single classroom for this week . . . so there was even less distancing than before.   To make matters worse, that classroom cycled through a different teacher everyday this week, so there cannot even be an argument that this move is about protecting the teachers from exposure.  The approach does not make any sense.  

    This whole year has been frustrating.  It appears the principal has been MIA from campus all year, and there does not appear to be much accountability for the teachers.  The kids literally play on an iPad all day.  My second grader has not had a spelling test all year and is currently at a lower reading level than he was at last year.  When we raised this issue with his teacher, the only response was that we should not worry because he is ahead of most of the other children in his class, which is not at all reassuring.   

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  3. 5 hours ago, alincoln said:

    The collective wisdom of surly is irrelevant to Berhalter.  Weah now plays on the wing for Lille where he is far more effective.  Sargent has scored 1 league goal this season and 3 since October 2019.  He has had more yellow cards than goals during that period.  CF is completely up for grabs on this team.  

    Greg just needs to convince Balogun that starting for the USMNT is better than backing up Harry Kane for the next five years.  Then all of our problems are solved. 

  4. On 12/15/2020 at 8:20 AM, troph said:

    after enjoying the float down the river, I thought about getting two person raft.  you know though, that adds not only more crap to store, care for and manage, it adds a whole nother aspect of skill to the fishing experience.  how many of you have rafts, how hard was that adjustment?

    You will get more use out of a sit on top kayak . . . particularly a really stable one designed for fishing.   

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    2 hours ago, WillUSAF said:

    As a Spurs fan I love seeing those cunts struggle! And I'm sure they are pissed the Spurs that kicked their asses Sunday

    Yep.  Its not fun being an Arsenal fan right now.  It seems like we have been struggling for most of the last decade. 

    One of the only things that makes it bearable is to remember that even though Arsenal is not living up to its own standards, we have still won four FA Cups in the last decade and a handful of other trophies.  During that same time, spurs have had some of their best squads ever  yet have absolutely nothing to show for it . . . because they're spurs.  

  6. 3 hours ago, Napoleon said:

    If he does, I'm starting to wonder where we play him along with Weston McKennie, Tyler Adams, and Gio Reyna. For me, Weston is a player without a defined position. I feel like his "box-to-box" is a box that covers the entire field. From corner-to-corner-to-corner-to-corner... and I'm not sure if that's really want you want out of any of your players. Oh well, I'm not the manager. Hopefully he's learning from Pirlo and continues to play... preferably in a specific role rather than switching roles on a weekly basis.

    Its going to be a challenge.  Maybe something like this where Musah has a more defined role on the outside (similar to his club):  

              --- Sargent ---

     Puli ------- Reyna ------- Musah

    ---- Adams ---- McKennie ---

    Dest -- Brooks -- Richards -- Cannon 

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  7. The republican party is way too unhinged to nominate someone as sane as Romney, and they wont forgive him for the impeachment vote.   No way he is the nominee in 2024.    I don't think you put him in the cabinet because it does not make a difference in terms of reconciliation.  Any sane republican that gets a cabinet seat will immediately be written off as a RINO.  

     

    BTW, I would like to see Heinrich for Dept. of Interior.  Impressive guy that clearly understands public lands issues.   

  8. 6 hours ago, drt said:

    Well that is quite the change. Wonder what the stats behind that are

    Conceding fewer goals than everyone else in the league.  

    It appears Arteta has fixed the defensive woes that have been plaguing Arsenal for over a decade.  But now we have to figure out how to score.  

  9. On 10/8/2020 at 6:49 PM, TexasBuckeye said:

    It is clear that Ozil will never play another minute for Arsenal. Which leaves two questions to be answered. What did Ozil ever say/do to Arteta to be put in this doghouse? And why won't he agree to go to another team and actually play the sport he lives for?

    I actually really like the guy and think he is still one of the premier players in England, but I have gotten tired of all the stories on a player we never see play anymore.

    I don't think it is necessarily a problem with Arteta.  There have been photos/videos from recent trainings where it looks like Arteta and Ozil are on good terms.  I assume there are appearance/performance bonuses built into Ozil's contract that the club just doesn't want to pay . . . otherwise the whole situation makes no sense at all. 

     

  10. 2 minutes ago, conVINCEd said:

    Many years ago I remember a few cases of HIV+ people knowingly having unprotected sex being charged with something.

    There have been assault charges for that.  This seems quite similar.  

  11. 1 hour ago, BabaYaga said:

    Not sure where to put this, but we need a dedicated "Outdoors-type" board that covers all these items.  As if hunting and the outdoors is just a "hobby".....anyway:

    Great American Outdoors Act Signed into Law - didn't see if before, but on Aug 4th is was signed into law.  

    • 1.9 Billion a year for five years in the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund to provide much needed maintenance and infrastructure in the national parks, wildlife refuges, recreational areas and Native American Indian Schools.
    • will use royalties from offshore oil and natural gas to PERMANENTLY fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund at the amount of 900 mil. Per year to invest in in conservation and recreational opportunities across the nation.

    Sec. of the Interior....David Bernhardt said it was the most consequential dedicated funding for our national parks, wildlife refuges, etc. in US history since T. Roosevelt.  This is phenomenal news for all outdoorsmen.  

    Its a pretty great piece of bipartisan legislation.  Congress also passed a really good Public Lands package in 2019.  And it looks like the govt is going to eventually do the right thing and block the Pebble Mine project.  With all the other division and political turmoil in the country, its good to see bipartisan effort to protect wilderness for future generations (though disappointing that our Tx senators seem to always vote the wrong way on this stuff).  

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  12. 2 hours ago, BabaYaga said:

     My big concern is the first move by the state to outlaw hunting over bait (feeders) to reduce the concentration patterns of animals. 

    It would seem that the first moves should be to do away with captive breeding operations, regulate densities in high fence ranches, etc.    There are a lot of steps that would impact far fewer people than a bait ban.  

    Personally, I would not mind a bait ban because I find it more enjoyable to try to pattern deer rather than sit at a feeder.  But I realize that is an unpopular opinion.  Banning bait would seem politically untenable in Texas unless the CWD problem had become pretty severe and numerous other options had already been explored.  

     

     

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  13. 3 hours ago, Al_4_ISU said:

    If she made an acoustic and/or basic rock/country instrumental (guitar, bass, drums, keys, maybe fiddle) album I would be there for it.

    This.  I have thought the same thing ever since seeing her perform on the CMAs years ago with Sam Bush, Vince Gill, and Allison Krauss. 

     

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  14. I did not grow up in either state, but spent about a decade living in each of Cal and Texas.  So I feel i am uniquely qualified to wade into these disputes.  My opinion: 

    - Mexican food in Texas is just overall better.  Its true of Tex Mex and even things like interior Mexican food.  I think the health consciousness of Californians may be holding them back in this regard. With that said, Cal Mex does make great use of seafood, which can be awesome.  We could use some seafood focused Mexican places in Austin.     

    - The most iconic Cal Mex item is the mission style burrito.  Great idea . . . I love burritos.  But, while they may have invented it, its just not that hard to make a good burrito.  As a result, Even the most famous taquerias in the Mission are not putting out burritos that are head and shoulders above what you can find elsewhere in the country.  Cabo Bob's puts out a better burrito than 90+% of Bay Area taquerias.  Its more like NY and Cheesecake than it is Cen Tex and brisket, if that makes sense.   

    - Putting aside Mexican food and a few other obvious foods (like barbecue), almost every other type of food is going to be better on average in California (and especially northern California).  And that is true on the high end and the low end.  Even basic things like deli sandwiches tend to be better. Probably a variety of causes, including access to the best/freshest produce in the world, more commitment to patronizing small businesses instead of chains, large affluent populations that are food obsessed (and have been for decades longer than other parts of the country),  and more ethnic diversity (including significant Asian and Italian populations). 

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  15. 2 hours ago, troph said:

    So is central Texas fishing (fly fishing rivers) just a completely stupid idea right now? Free weekend and we can only lay in bed naked for so long.

    Not a waste if you get on the water early enough and realize the bite may be over by late morning.  I would also try to avoid hot, stagnant water by fishing a creek/river with good flow and/or springs nearby.  

    BTW, since you are new to fly fishing, here is some unsolicited advice:   I wasted way too much fishing time over many years fixated on things like casting form and fly selection while not paying enough attention to presentation and covering a lot of water.    Practice your casting in your backyard, and try not to think too much about technique while on the water.  Pick a few all purpose flies that are proven patterns for the hill country and then stick with those (something like a Brushy Creek streamer would be a good starting point for this).  Once you have removed some of those variables, use your time on the water to focus on presentation (speed of retrieve, depth, etc.) and reading the water.  Try to identify what looks like good water, make one or two quality presentations, and then move on to the next spot.   If you focus on reading the water and cover a lot of river, it should significantly speed up the learning curve on identifying where fish are likely to hold in the river, which is the skill that will make the most difference in terms of catching fish.  

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  16. Ton of OSU players now saying on twitter that those were not their demands.  Doug "let me offer the white man's perspective" Gottlieb may have gotten this one wrong, which is not surprising.   Reading Chuba's statement from earlier today, which was incredibly well thought out and impressive, it should have been clear that the players' demands were not going to be this shallow.  

    I do think Gundy had a no du-rag rule, which is pretty stupid.  

  17. 12 hours ago, hookemATL said:

    But like...maybe just a little??

    Its kind of like golf.  It can be done cheaply . . . most people just don't end up doing it that way.  You can get a good starter rod and some flies for under $200 and hit the local creeks and catch a ton of fish.  Or you can drop a thousand dollars on the latest and greatest rod every year and spend 60k+ on a skiff.

    But if you already like to fish and live in Austin, then its a no brainer.  There is a ton of good water in the Austin area.  And there is no better way to explore the hill country than with a fly rod and kayak.  We are also lucky to have several really good fly shops in the area. My favorite is probably Living Waters -- they can steer you in the right direction on gear and flies.  

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  18. 2 hours ago, CooterBrown said:

     


    I live central and we, like everyone around us, like our neighborhood schools. We don’t want giant suburban style schools. We like that we can walk to both our elementary and middle schools. We like that all 3 campuses are relatively small. We have about 100 per
    grade in elementary, 400 in middle, and 400 in HS. All our schools have a great sense of community and are really part or our neighborhood. The idea of having giant regional schools make me sick.

     

    Are central Austin schools the ones being considered for consolidation? Most of them seem to already be over capacity and have large numbers of portables.    But there are likely parts of the east side where hipsters and dinks have moved in and caused student populations to go down.  AISD plans to consolidate those schools probably make sense, but I can see why people in those areas don’t like it. 

  19. I never thought of myself as a person who gets upset because of celebrity deaths.  It somehow seemed odd to be really moved by the passing of someone you don't know.  But I certainly cried last night.  

    After hearing the news, I put on Chain of Sorrows, which seemed appropriate.  Its such a perfectly written song. Then the album went on to Sabu Visits the Twin Cities, and I couldn't help but laugh.   Today I listened to The Accident and Jesus the Missing Years and laughed some more.  No other writer has the ability to capture the comedy and tragedy of daily life the way Prine did.  

     

     

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