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Ollie Slatt

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  1. 15 minutes ago, TornACL said:

    Y'all are just getting old. It's ok.

    That is actually the simple explanation for all of the Austin used to be better sentiment.  People associate their college years with Austin.  Then when they have a real job, kids, no free time, crushing responsibilities, etc.  . . . Austin seems to have changed and isn't quite as much fun anymore.  

  2. 18 minutes ago, Napoleon said:

     

    Josh Sargent isn’t on the team. (Silver lining is that Sebastián Soto has been allowed an opportunity to shine at the U-20 WC and his performance will change his career trajectory immediately as well as his bank account.)

    That is the one thing keeping me from being enraged by what they are doing with Sargent.  Soto has been great.  Hopefully he ends up in a Dortmund shirt as rumored.  

  3. 24 minutes ago, T&T’s Dad said:

     

    Are Shasta and Lassen as pretty as they seem on the interwebs?

     

    I think so.  You dont have a ton of tall mountains the way you might in the Rockies.  Instead it is a few huge volcanoes coming out of relatively flat surrounding land.  Google Mossbrae falls and the McCloud river to get a sense of some of the other scenery highlights in the area  .  Some pretty epic fishing nearby too. 

  4. 4 minutes ago, T&T’s Dad said:

    I love the mountains and high landscapes.  

    The popular answer for mountains is the sierras (Yosemite and Kings Canyon).  But those get crowded mid-summer.  Somehow everyone overlooks the southern cascades, which are equally beautiful. 

    You could start in SF, go all the way to Shasta, and then down to Tahoe.  Along the way, you could see wine country, the Sonoma/Mendocino coast, avenue of the giants, the Trinity Alps, Shasta/Dunsmuir, Lassen, etc.   Parts of Humboldt are a bit sketchy, but the scenery makes it worth it. 

    If you are not set on high mountains, then driving Hwy 1 from Hurst Castle to Half Moon Bay would be pretty spectacular.  

     

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  5. Used to go to Jackson every year.  I have not been in years, so info may be dated.  My go to eats were breakfast at the Bunnery and dinner at Teton Thai, Snake River Grill or Billy's (which I think closed).  All decent food for a small town, but nothing you really need to go out of your way for.  

    On the way out of town to go fishing or hiking each morning, would generally pick up a sandwich at Creekside Deli and throw that in a cooler for lunch.

    I don't have good fishing guide recs, but if you want a few suggestions of spots to try by yourself then PM me.  I'm no expert, but there are a few spots I have had good luck in the past.  

     

     

      

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  6. Adams is a lock to start for the senior team so I am happy he is there.  If Sargent gets significant minutes in the Gold Cup, then that is great too.  Guys who can meaningfully contribute at that level should be working on gelling with the senior team.  

    It would be fun to see those guys on the U20 and up our win chances a bit, but there is not a ton of prestige in winning this.  Its not like France are trotting out Mbappe and Guendouzi for this tournament. 

  7. 13 minutes ago, ztejas said:

     Props to Weah. Now put him on the fucking senior team already Berhalter. 

    That was my sentiment before this tournament.   But he has not been great.  Probably not in the top 3 players on this u20 side.  I think there is a reason Sargent and Adams are on the senior team already while Weah is still u20.  I still think Weah gets there and ends up being good, but he has a ways to go.    

  8. 2 hours ago, Snake Diggity said:

    The fun times and the joy I get out of watching them grow has not made up for the constant worry and stress of being responsible for them and wanting so badly for them to be happy and healthy, and that doesn’t even factor in the restrictions they put on your lifestyle and the stress they put on a marriage.

    Stress on the marriage from kids happens to everybody.  But you can be intentional about fixing some of the problems -- which typically come down to a lack of spending quality time together without the kids.  We have a standing date night every weekend (and a regular babysitter).  It helps a lot. 

  9. Vespaio is still my favorite for sure.  

    L'oca d'oro is also very good and seems to get overlooked -- probably due to location.  

  10. I remember ManU and Arsenal winning the double quite a few times.  If only someone would have told Fergie or Wenger that the treble was such a huge accomplishment . . . they may not have trotted out academy teams in the vaunted Carling Cup.  

  11. 7 minutes ago, DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt said:

     

    side note: as i've been trying to answer the question i posed, i was surprised at just how far down the list actually catching the fish is.

    Its way down the list for me.  I still enjoy the catching part, but it is secondary. 

    I once fished with a guy in Wyoming that had literally clipped the lower part of the hook off his flies.  He only fished dries and just liked watching native cuts rise to a fly.  Don't think I will ever go that far, but I thought it was an interesting approach. 

  12. 17 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said:

    I don't know that I'd call Prine's debut underrated. 

    But, I could see where among your specific cohort it probably is for sure.

    I would say its underrated among any cohort that does not recognize it as one of the (if not the) finest singer-songwriter album ever made.  But thats just me. 

  13. 3 hours ago, BBQ2Bayou said:

    You guys that know Central, North/Central Austin, how big of differences are there in the varying neighborhoods? I'm probably moving back there soon and this is the area I am going to live, but when I was in Austin before I didn't live in that area or spend too much time there. Commute isn't a factor, as long as I'm in the Hyde Park, Allandale, Crestview, North Loop, etc. I'm renting, so it's not a long term thing. Domain doesn't appeal to me.  

    Initially I thought Hyde Park, but it seems I can get a little more if I go just north to those areas. I'm 42, single guy, no kids and don't care about nightlife much anymore. Just like the older neighborhoods and character in that area. Walkability is kind of why I was thinking about Hyde Park, but I don't know if I really will walk down to the coffee shop that much anyway. And is less space for the money really worth it to live there? 

    I'm just not sure if those areas are divided up at all by families, young professionals, grad students, artsy folk, hipsters etc. Or if it's just all kind of the same but a little different in their own way.  

     

    All of the places you mentioned are fine options.  Hyde Park is the most walkable, and it tends to have a lot of rentals with grad students living in them.  Not a bad choice if single. 

    Of the places you mentioned, Allandale has the largest lots and best elementary school, so it tends to attract families. The neighborhood has a bit of a crunchy vibe, but it also has a lot of professionals and folks that work in tech. Crestview/Brentwood would be slightly less professional and slightly more hipster than Allandale.  

    You should also look into Rosedale. 

  14. After reading the most overrated restaurants in Austin thread, I realized some of my food opinions may be unpopular.  Here goes: 

    - breakfast tacos are better with a strip of bacon (not pieces) and should have re-fried beans

    - The influx of "Californians" to Austin is making the food better -- not worse

    - y mas is the most overrated restaurant in Austin (at least by Surly) 

  15. 17 hours ago, Braff Zacklin said:

    Anybody here with much experience in an inflatable fishing kayak?

    Like the idea of having a 2-person craft for light river/reservoir use, but lack the transport and storage for a hardshell.

    Lay your knowledge on me.

    I have an old Dave Scadden inflatable kayak that I traded a fly rod for.  Its portable and OK for fishing ponds where I don't have to paddle far.  It would probably be good for paddling rivers so long as the river did not have any flat water that required heavy paddling, but I never use it on rivers.  You have to fish from a seated position, its slow, it tracks like shit, and it is a pain to inflate every time I want to use it. I also have an old two man cataraft, which has not been used in years and I have just been too lazy to sell -- it is also a pain to row and takes way too long to inflate/set up.  And I have a SOT fishing kayak.  The SOT kayak gets used 99% of the time. 

    For our waters in Texas, a hard SOT kayak is unquestionably the way to go -- especially one that is stable enough to fish while standing (like a Native, Diablo, or one of the bigger Jackson models).  But our rivers have a lot of flat water and relatively minor rapids. Western rivers tend to have more current and more significant rapids, which would make an inflatable much more doable.  

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  16. 52 minutes ago, Nuge said:

    I use facebook to show off my exciting, fulfilling fake online life while my real life is crumbling to pieces.  Isn't that what it's for?

    Not anymore.  Thats what Instagram is for now.  Try to keep up. 

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