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  1. On 6/22/2018 at 9:59 PM, atomheartbevo said:

    I wonder if part of the problem with a lack of good movies, is the comedic types like Key & Peele blow their wad on cable TV or YouTube (Funny or Die, etc.), or romcoms are considered safer. 

    It's a lot easier to do a hilarious 15min bit than stretch that bit into a 90min movie.

  2. On 6/21/2018 at 4:28 PM, henrygandorf said:

    to me the bigger issue is the total absence of the action comedy.  beverly hills cop perfected this and plenty after it did well (even fletch is sorta like this), all up until what, the first bad boys?  as far as cop movies go, the other guys was pretty funny.  if comedic actors like eddie murphy get cast in action, that's great.  that's what deadpool is essentially.  when the rock is in 2/3 action movies, well, he ain't funny.

    I would say that Nice Guys is more like Beverly Hills Cop.

  3. On 6/21/2018 at 12:40 PM, Sbbruin said:

    And would be at the top of my list if we were talking about the last 10 years.  My son and I quote it almost daily (which my wife hates and can't believe I let him watch when he was 12).  He bought me this shirt, which I am going to be wearing on my sail out to Catalina tomorrow.

    Do you & your son take shits with the door open? Talk about pussy? Go on riverboat gambling trips together?

  4. 12 hours ago, GottaB said:

    I officially quit AT&T today.  I did it while I was stuck on Mopac so I wouldn't rage for the long time it takes to get to the point.  My bill went from $188 for Uverse + gigapower to like $250. I was pissed.  I called yesterday and it took 10 minutes to get to a person and have that person figure out "my promotion period ended after 3 years".  I hung up because the gal was a dingbat.  

    I called back when I had more time and got a guy to knock $20 off after 25 minutes of being transferred.  I told them I will be changing.  

    We only have two internet providers in the hood: AT&T and Suddenlink.  Supposedly SL has upped their game and I should be able to get 1gbs for $85/mo vs $100 for Uverse.  I could save $30/mo if I go with 400mbs

    I am opting for PS Vue so we'll see how this goes.  My wife demands: Local channels, college football, HGTV and ID.  With an antenna and Vue Core ($45)  I should be able to cover her requests.  If I miss HBO and want to get that and showtime back I can add later and still be $100 less than AT&T

    The fastest AT&T can get in my neighborhood is 50GB download.  I pay $70 per month after taxes for that.

    How much is gigawatt for just internet and no tv? I don't have that option but I'm curious...

  5. 8 hours ago, BabaYaga said:

    Not if you stay on top of it.  If you clean your grates every couple of months, it doesn't matter what they are made of.  They'll be a pain.  Find a good galvanized tub that is the right width and give them a good soak/scrub every now and then along with regular scraping/brushing after use.  

    I have used my stainless steel one it came with and I'm impressed how clean it is.  I have a wireless scraper that I use and this is pretty clean.  I'm guessing the high heat...

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  6. I got this one because it can connect to my tv antenna input and basically stay attached.  I live off Bee Cave Rd and I am getting every local station in HD plus some I didn't know we had.

    And the only reason I want an antenna is watching local football games I can skip out on my Directv Now which uses data and honestly over the air theoretically is your best quality.  It isn't compressed/decompressed.  When are they going to send 1080p over the air???

    https://www.target.com/p/as-seen-on-tv-174-free-way-digital-tv-antenna/-/A-50087663?ref=&ref=OpsEmail_Order_609&j=18268&sfmc_sub=248301577&l=20_HTML&u=5564257&mid=7284873&jb=169894

  7. 19 hours ago, Tailgate said:

    Ok gents...I’m close to needing to decide to go L or XL BGE. 

    Ill typically be cooking for four to six people. I do not want two. (At this point)

    I’ve read people get a better cook on the L but people also love the XL space.

    Can anyone make this an easy decision for me?

     Appreciate the thoughts.

    \m/

    I've had mine barely a month (BGE L) and I love it.  I grilled on Sunday; burgers and chicken legs/thighs.  I had to do 2 iterations but that didn't upset me.

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  8. 5 hours ago, Trey3216 said:

    I’d go see Saving Private Ryan ever Memorial weekend if they’d do that.  Watching it in the theatre when it first came out was an extraordinarily surreal experience.  

    I saw Saving Private Ryan at the old Barton Creek movie theatre across the street from the mall.  It's now condos.

    It was stadium theatre seating and awesome for that movie.

  9. This doesn't prevent HEB from charging for bags. It's not like it makes grocery stores provide free bags.  I shop at the Bee Cave HEB which has the free bags.  If they were to say tomorrow that they were stopping that and you need to provide your own bags, I wouldn't stop going there.  And our previous HEB was in Circle C and I was around when they made that change so for a couple of years I had to keep reusable ones in my trunk.  It was a pain a few times on short stops but it wasn't a deal breaker.

  10. I have an 84" projector screen in our gameroom with surround sound.  For the 1st time I let me kids (9,7,5) watch the original on bluray. They loved it.  I did too.

    The original is in my top 5 list of movies to watch in theater.  "Saving Private Ryan" is as well.  I don't know why theaters don't play that on Memorial Day weekend on a limited showing basis.  I'd pay to watch it on the big screen again.

  11. I used Five Stones last year and this year.  They lowered mine last year but not below the homestead exemption so I didn't get anything.  This year they lowered it 3%.  I have neighbors who used ProTax and they had theirs lowered significantly.  I'm using ProTax next year.

  12. On 4/18/2018 at 10:32 PM, RD3 said:

    Any word on Port Royal?

    I talked to my friend with a place there. He went this past weekend and his place is still not ready.  Sounds like far from it.  He stayed in another unit.  We changed our plans for July.  Likely doing either the JW Marriott in SA or Lost Pines or something.  Those guys got hit hard.

  13. 1 hour ago, Farkimedes said:

    We are making a surprise trip next week to Rockport to stay at my Uncles House. Anyone have any TD s I’m in bay fishing guides in rockport or Port A?

    Isn't that area taking a pounding from more rains?

  14. Spoiler

    Season 2...

    Crazy. I still am confused why a billionaire real estate developer who built half of downtown LA needed drug money?

    Also that 2nd to last episode was crazy. I'm not sure why they needed it that long and complicated when it didn't develop the story nor the characters.

    And after he got double-crossed by Claudia and the drug dealer, why did he go back to the Mexican village? How dumb is McBride?  He didn't bring any muscle?  Just him and Patty knocking on the door of a Mexican cartel kingpins house???

    And of course the ending had no conclusions. Obviously S3 will have to be a continuation.

     

  15. I don't see a thread devoted to this series but it's talked about on the amazon thread.

    I watched Season 1 a couple of months ago and just finished S2 last night. S2 has a ton of holes and plot line head scratchers. I still enjoyed it tho.

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  16. How many times do I need to keep the BGE under 450degF to break in the seal?

    I've grilled burgers and chicken maybe 5 times so far and I'm beyond impressed with the output. I started on an offset smoker (I did mostly grilling on the firebox side) for 9 years before moving and the new house had a stainless steel propane.  I am amazed at how evenly I am grilling the food now.  And the end product is as good as I've ever done.

    But I have yet to get it super hot to do a steak...  nor smoke but I need to get the smoking plate.

    Also -> thoughts on getting a cast iron grill instead of the stainless one?

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