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Wally Pryor

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  1. 5 hours ago, RomaVicta said:

    I wonder if she forgave him. I wonder if the families of the dead forgave him. As I said, the cost to them is neither measurable nor repayable. I've been fortunate to have never experienced such a thing.

    She did.  Worked with Stephey on DWI ads while he was in prison. 

    A long read but worthwhile if time is on your side:  http://alt.cimedia.com/statesman/specialreports/jacqui/jacqui.pdf

     

     

    A firefighter heard Jacqui’s shrieks above the fire. He jumped out and pulled off a hose. Another started the water pumping. Fitzpatrick yanked a second hose loose and helped unwind it. McIntosh snatched a pry bar off the truck. He tore at the seam of the burning door, bent the window frame and broke the door handle. Finally, in desperation, he swung the metal bar against the car. Jacqui’s wails stopped. She slumped over in the flames, her head drooping on her right arm. The paramedics listened, not to the fire, but to her silence. “Thank God she’s dead,” Fitzpatrick said.

    A firefighter began flooding the car with water. Another firefighter trained a second hose on the car. In a few seconds, the flames died out. Bright red spots still glowed on Jacqui’s body. Gently, a firefighter doused her. Her body steamed. Black, sooty water splashed McIntosh, still standing by the car. I’ve got to take care of the living, he told himself, then sprinted past his partner. “Fitz,” he said, “she’s dead.” Fitzpatrick needed to know for sure. He went to the Olds. On the shoulder of the road, Johanna and Johan looked up at McIntosh. The paramedic placed his hands on Laura’s lifeless body. “She’s DOS,” McIntosh shouted to his partner. Dead on scene. Fitzpatrick peered into the car. Every square inch looked burned. The seats were melted goop. He reached for Jacqui’s wrist, then froze. Across the road, McIntosh heard him yell. “Oh my God, she’s still alive.” Jacqui moved her head and whimpered.

    Remnants of her hair, crisp and curled, clung to her skull. Her scalp was seared, her face indistinguishable. One eye looked burned open, the other burned shut. Her shirt was melted, and her skin was crusty, cracked. She looked like a black silhouette.

  2. On 4/19/2019 at 9:02 PM, idigTexas said:

    Dude is averaging $70,000 per game, a little more than twice the $34,000 average that Ken Jennings had.  He's within realistic reach of averaging the previous single day record ($77,000).  Insane.  I have my doubts that he will catch the record of 74 victories, or that he will even last long enough to claim the earnings title (would need 36 wins at current pace).  He's the most dominant player ever, and I would love to see him obliterate all the records, but bad days happen, and there are other badasses out there, waiting for a shot. 

    And the really crazy thing is he's not even maxing what his possible per game winnings could be by continuing to play around with his Final Jeopardy wagers:

    Holzhauer paid tribute to his nephew, Jack, with his first Final Jeopardy wager, $3,268, in honor of his March 26, 2008, birthday. And on Monday, April 8, he wished his father a happy birthday and wagered $7,030. His father was born July 30, 1941.

  3. 17 hours ago, Austinvines said:

    Idiot took an illegal left, hit the Mustang and pushed it into oncoming traffic where it was creamed by a truck.

    Yup. Jesus.

    A man in his 20s was killed Thursday morning in a three-vehicle collision on U.S. 290 near Oak Hill after a driver in an SUV disregarded a traffic sign and collided with the man’s car, Austin Police Department officials said.

    The crash happened shortly before 7 a.m. Thursday near the intersection of U.S. 290 West and RM 1826. Authorities said said an SUV was pulling out of a private drive onto U.S. 290 and turned left in front of several lanes of traffic on the busy highway, despite a sign that said only right turns were allowed.

    The SUV collided with a silver car that swerved to avoid a wreck, senior police officer Destiny Silva said. Due to the force of the collision, the silver car continued to slide across the eastbound lanes of traffic and was hit a second time by a truck.

  4. 1 hour ago, phdhorn said:

    Dozens of people are dying every day in Austin!  

    I saw last night on NBC (national) news where a vet shot himself / committed suicide last week in the VA hospital off of Riverside.   In front of a lot of patients. 

    And the story went on to detail how 20 vets a day are committing suicide in the United States.   A day.   

    Yes, tar and feather for a thread derail but my jaw really dropped when I heard that number. 

     

  5. 35 minutes ago, Horn_Spanker said:

    Thy finally turned my street on this week after trenching it about a year and a half ago.  They've really jacked up the prices from when they announced they were coming to Austin.  I was excited back then, now, not so much.  My biggest concern is giving up my austin.rr.com address that I've used for twenty years.

    Yes, they're very proud of their service(s) now.   I can't imagine them being much cheaper than anyone else in the market. 

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