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  1. On 2/9/2023 at 8:56 AM, Dry Elbows said:

    Agree about the difficulties associated with two locations.  Truth rotates employees between Houston and Brenham to try and make sure quality is consistent between locations.

    Yeah, the main dude who serves at Truth Houston has told me he works a good amount in Brenham.  It's all side chit-chat while he is handling my meat (wat) but I've always wanted to ask....does Truth house you while there?  Reimburse you for time and gas for driving?  Etc etc

  2. 7 minutes ago, Doc Daneeka said:

    59. 6’9”. 235. Walk about 7 miles a day at about 13:15 per mile. 

    What number do you come up with?

    Ahhh, 6'9" and 235 is pretty far right on bell curve.  I'm 6'0" and couldn't tell you maintenance # because I don't log all items but lately, more and more restaurant have calories listed on menus so its giving me a clue.

    For example, I had First Watch for breakfast and was floored that what I ate, which was yogurt and some peanut butter toast, was listed at 940 calories.  Then I had Xochi for lunch and that was probably 1,000 calories (their version of shrimp n grits).  Probably 500 calorie dinner at home. This was standard weekday (no alcohol as saving it for tmrw and super bowl) and I don't gain weight so to answer your question....maybe I'm 2,500 without working out a ton??

  3. 10 hours ago, South Austin said:

    Regarding your back, is it the hernia or another issue?  It may just be that you're older and out of shape, and building up some core strength could help with the back, and you could then work in some weight training.  If it's something more, then maybe try an elliptical machine.  It can be a great cardio workout, and is so much better on your back and lower body joints than running.   

    My back is related to my lack of core.  From the 90s through 2015, I was more like a green avocado but in 2023, more like that samr avocado about 10 days later.

    Has the avocado grown in size?  No.  But was it firm when you bought in ten days ago and now super soft?  Yes.

    Good idea on elliptical.  I'll check out how much those cost and heck, maybe someone around here bought one during covid and now never uses it and I buy it at deep discount.

  4. 36 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

    FCB on Chris Jackson

    — I asked a few team sources for some initial impressions of new receivers coach Chris Jackson.

    “Groundedness, balance and calm confidence,” said one team source. “The players are gravitating to him.”

    Steve Sarkisian told folks in his inner circle he wanted to hire a receivers coach who is a technician who can develop high-end talent and hold the position room accountable.

    Jackson, a college teammate Texas tight ends coach/special teams coordinator Jeff Banks at Washington State and a legend catching passes in the Arena Football League, was the receivers coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2022 under first-year coach Doug Pederson.

    The Jaguars’ receiver room went from one of the least productive in the NFL in 2021 (Marvin Jones Jr, 73 catches 832 yards, 4 TDs; Laviska Shenault, 63 rec., 619 yards, 0 TDs; Laquon Treadwell, 33 rec., 434 yards, 1 TD) to one of the more productive rooms on a playoff team in 2022 (Christian Kirk, 84 rec., 1,108 yards, 8 TDs; Zay Jones, 82 rec., 823 yards, 5 TDs; Marvin Jones Jr., 46 rec., 529 yards, 3 TDs).

    A source close to Zay Jones, an Austin High product, told Horns247 Jackson is "direct and transparent and knows what he's doing. A rising star."

    The veteran in the Texas receivers room is senior Jordan Whittington, and Whittington was the first to gravitate to Jackson, and the rest of the room has followed, I’m told.

    Jackson has all kinds of talent to work with in a room with Whittington, Xavier Worthy, Isaiah Neyor, Georgia transfer AD Mitchell, Johntay Cook, DeAndre Moore, Casey Cain, Brenen Thompson, Savion Red and Ryan Niblett.

    The development and production of the Longhorns’ receiver room will be one of the top storylines for Texas in 2023 because of all the talent (and speed) in that room and because of Steve Sarkisian’s desire to back up opposing safeties by throwing the ball downfield.

    Chat GPT, please write a $9.95 article that I will still annoyingly enjoy.  Optimistic tone and add "I'm told"

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  5. 1 hour ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

    Lou Pai, Enron exec, had the best timing that he left Enron at the right time and sold his shares before everything collapsed. I'm bringing him up as he married his favorite stripper from Treasures.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Pai

    Ha, that was his name!  I had forgotten.  Well, his wife was not his favorite stripper from summer 2000 to summer 2001, I can tell you that.  Homey gave lots of cash to my neighbor. 

    She would have thousands of dollars on her countertop and would never lock her door.  I was in awe of her innocence (at least she had one type of sweet innocence)

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  6. 4 hours ago, BearSchlong said:


    I converted my WorldCom options within 1/4 point of the stock’s historical all-time high, resigned, and then started at Williams all in a whirlwind 1 hour on the first business day, 2000. And later on, declined an offer to join Enron’s bandwidth scheme. I can only imagine. Did they let you keep your laptop?

    See....luck.

    I left Aug 2001 so my laptop and (first ever) cell phone were handed over to HR and not the FBI.

    Enron Bandwidth and the Blockbuster/Enron deal were actually both ahead of their time in theory but goes to show you that great ideas need a semblance of ramp up time and can't be priced into the stock value right away.  They were trying to monetize ideas that would take a decade to turn a huge profit.

    Little known nugget....I was banging a smokeshow of a stripper for a year there (again...luck, she was my neighbor) and her best client was the Bandwidth CEO.   And she would always hand me the business cards of all these enron dorks that paid a lot to see those taddies.  Please don't tell me what else she did with them.

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  7. On 2/4/2023 at 9:16 AM, Nice Guy Eddie said:

    I miss the days when I worked for a company that offered stock purchase programs like that. I took advantage but didn’t maximize it. Stupid.

    If someone can’t easily afford to maximize it, I would recommend doing anything to suck it up for the first cycle and then you’re set for future buy/sell cycles.

    one more thing, if tempted to hold onto it, don’t. Sure the stock price might skyrocket but you already depend too much on your employer with your salary. Invest the sales elsewhere.

    Yeah, I was an Enron trader and had those discounted options for all my bonuses.  Always chose cash money and never took the option (not out of wisdom but immaturity) and came out clean as a whistle from that debacle.

    That scenario repeating is very rare but it warped my mind and have never taken said phantom stock option program when offered.  Though I did regret it once about a decade ago.

    So what am I saying?  It's all luck so do what you want with knowledge you are putting all eggs in one basket.

  8. 8 hours ago, Augustus said:

     

    Thread jack?

    Dude, you could be the key to unraveling this whole mystery.

    Completely agree.  Also, let us know if you are straight, proudly gay, or the kind of gay that has to fast forward 3 seconds of a gay scene because deep down you realize you might catch it if you are exposed.

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  9. I was single until 40 and worked out all the time, never having a lazy week in my life but never watching what i ate while consuming probably 25-30 drinks/week for 24 years in a row.  But when I finally got hitched, I realized my entire motivation for keeping a decent body was for vanity to get some.

    Now in monogamy, I find it hard to motivate. Luckily, I've only gained 8 lbs in 7 years while continuing to eat like a 20 year old but my body just isn't same.  This thread of 92% bitches makes me more motivated than others just from relatability since I'm at 188 at 6'0".  

    My question.....a few have mentioned walking.  Does that really work?  I feel like my back would prevent me from doing Insanity and running and other stuff from the past.  I do like yoga but haven't done it in forever because I have a hernia.

  10. For the last four years, we've built the exact same two buildings in the same city with each building costing $15 million 4 years ago....so no design or location variances apply in my personal inflation experiment.

    Each year, we've seen ridiculously large jumps in either labor or materials (or both).

    This is year 5 and for first time, we are seeing certain areas staying flat with little danger of inventory shortages.

    I deeply apologize for this very political message.  I'll take it to CR next time.

     

     

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  11. 9 hours ago, Bevo said:

    Just to clue people in. Mack Brown began his career as a wide receivers coach, with stops at Florida State, Southern Miss, Memphis, and Iowa State, before becoming the quarterbacks coach at LSU in 1982.

    Correct me if I'm wrong but between his Souther Miss and Memphis stops, Mack learned how to be a big gaping pussy.

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  12. Excuse my ignorance to non-men's sports....but have aggies won any conference championships in women's sports since joining SEC?  I know they are laughably absent in the big three men's sports but wondering how pathetic they've been on the female side.

  13. I once had to study data and issues leading up to the Challenger launch and I feel like we can say similar story happening in college station. 

    Lots and lots of data (win ratio, transfers, recruiting rankings, media narrative, # of non-head coach arrests, fan attendance, # of negative posts on texags, etc etc) all point in one direction but F it, let's launch this shit because data doesn't tell while story.  #beatbamalastyearandalmostbeatthemthisyear

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