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  1. 1 hour ago, South Austin said:

    I'm guessing that McCartney will be on Sunday evening, which is usually when my lame-ass is heading out after three days of drinking in the sun.  I'm going to have to pace myself, and probably plan on going into the office late on Monday morning, just to see Paul. 

    This right here.  Also planning on letting my 10 year old stay out there with me for Sir Paul.  BFD as Joe Biden would say.

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    14 hours ago, Lobo said:

    Thunderpussy never strikes the same dick twice.  Or so it has been explained to me by a urologist.  

    Hopefully Baylor will be doing shitty and it's an early home game so one could attend both the game and the festival.  

    Already genuinely curious is they put McCartney on by himself or if there's dueling closers on Sunday.  

    Much of the lineup is beyond my age, but at least it seems to be less EDM/iPod heavy than in recent years.  Which is nice. 

    Re: edm- look again. This lineup is very edm/hip hop heavy. 

  3. 6 hours ago, davidg said:

    I went up Friday to our family place with a hometown buddy who brought my Dad over with him.  Our place has about a mile of shoreline on a shallow cove in the upper end of a large reservoir in East Tx.   We haven't catfished up there for several years mainly due to my mom's illness (F Cancer) and dad's degrading mental condition (F Alz).   Anyway, my buddy and Dad got up there early Friday and got some perch traps set out in our small lake for bait and set out a few jugs out of his kayak.  

    By the time I got up there Friday evening, they had a mess of fish in the live box.  I dropped my jon boat in the water but it wan't running right so we didn't put out any more line and just fished the jugs already out and from the bank that night.  We cooked up a good mess of fish and hushpuppies and went to bed stuffed.

    We got the jon boat running better on Saturday and set out two trotlines to be baited with live perch in an attempt to catch some flathead catfish.   We cooked up another mess of fish Saturday and had enough for breakfast on Sunday too.  No op on our line baited with the perch but picked up a couple of larger blues overnight along with some channels.  Had 3 gallons of fillets after eat fish 4 out of 5 meals.

     

    Its nice to pull up to the landing in the morning and see this out across the flat.

     

     

     

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    Got a suprise on one of the jug lines Sunday morning.


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    Awesome. If I make it that long, my boy better take me fishing.

  4. Pretty partial to my avatar.  Also, someone mentioned Annie Leibovitz earlier in the thread.  I have a coffee table book of hers called "American Music" that is outstanding. Has this amazing photo of Willie in it.  

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  5. My son is about to turn ten and has played Westlake club for several years. He will move up to select in the fall. It’s been a pretty good experience. I’ve found the parents overall to be pretty nice. We practice and play most of our games at either hill country middle school or Westlake high which is convenient. I’m painting with a broad brush, but Lonestar coaches have seemed a little more harsh than ours. Of course, they usually have better teams. That said, there are asshole parents and coaches everywhere.

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  6. On 4/29/2018 at 2:20 AM, Rimbo said:

    Actually, also fun was when some dickhead booked Social Distortion for the UCSD Sun God festival. This was late 1990s, right? You'd have to book Chris Rock at a Klan rally to make a worse mismatch of performer to audience. (With the exception of me. It was the only band I liked.)

    Some asshole threw a Birkenstock on-stage. Mike Ness was absolutely disgusted.

    Later on: "All right, who wants to hear a happy song?"

    Crowd cheers

    "WE DON'T PLAY ANY! Here's a song I wrote when I was in jail..."

    Wasn’t there a live Janes Addiction album where Perry chastises someone for throwing a Birkenstock?

  7. On 4/24/2018 at 5:35 PM, otisdog said:

    I have a 12 1/2' Avon. I move my toolbox back to the tailgate, and put the raft on that and the cab. Strap from the front bumper to the nose ring, I can drive 70 easy.

    Where do you fish?

  8. Radiohead at Red Rocks 2003

    Arcade Fire at Emos outside in maybe 05?

    Neutral Milk Hotel at FunFunFun

    Widespread Panic Telluride 03 (first night was rained out so the band played a double set the next day starting at like 3 and just let the whole town come to the show. Met the band. Just an awesome weekend)

    Outkast at ACL

    Saw a surprising number of good shows growing up in Lubbock. AC/DC, ZZ, The Cult, Smashing Pumpkins at the fair on the Siamese dream tour, Metallica, Fugazi at a hole in the wall...

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  9. Useful opinion.  Thanks.  I have been fly fishing for about 30 years and agree with everything you've said.  I have a family place in southwestern colorado with a medium sized river that no-one ever floats and is too skinny for a large raft.  Also attracted to something I could throw on top of my truck. I do worry about stability.  It's only rated for class 2 rapids which really isn't much.

  10. 2 hours ago, TXLNGHRN10 said:

    That's what we've used for my kids flag football for the past 3 years and it works but the suggestion of having plays on a laminated card work really well too. Gives them a visual.
    We've had lots of luck with misdirection and half back passes. 

    Second all of that.  I still have the plays printed out two to a page to show the kids.  Misdirection and throws after a handoff are huge.  Throwbacks work well, too. Some of the best plays we have involve getting the defense going one way and leaking the center out for a pass the other direction.

  11. 2 hours ago, Jkwellborn said:


    How much trouble is it to keep those sharp?

    I've had it for 6 years and never sharpened it.  Probably about time.  Drawbacks (other than it doesn't push itself) are that it has a fairly narrow cutting path and it doesn't do well with sticks or larger debris like magnolia pods.  I have a small yard and I hate anything that can break, so it's been great for me.  

  12. 1 minute ago, Viper said:

    Post Malone? Isn't he playing Austin 360 in June?

     

     

    Janelle Monae hinted on twitter that should be at ACL 

    Didn't realize that. Imagine Dragons are here this summer, too.  Of course, C3/Livenation book Austin 360 also.  I think its safe to assume anyone in their current rotation could be at ACL except the people that headlined last year.

  13. The National, David Byrne, and Imagine Dragons were all in the South American Lolla lineups this spring.  Metallica was the headliner down there last year.  I wouldn't be surprised to see all of these acts at ACL.  Also look for Post Malone to have an evening set.

  14. 14 hours ago, Chad Fuck said:

    I spent 6 hours trying to drive to that show from Irving.  121 was shut the fuck down with traffic.  Getting out was just as bad.  What a shitshow.

    This concert was a horrible experience all the way around. Thank god I was 19 and didn’t know any better.

  15. On 4/3/2018 at 1:05 PM, BadgerMeyer said:

    ‘89 The Cult - Sonic Temple Tour with Bonham and Dangerous Toys. I was 16   Good times  

     

    Saw that tour as well. Great show. Cool story bro: former lead singer of Dangerous Toys works at the School of Rock on Burnet and Anderson lane where my boy takes guitar. We talked about this tour recently. Fond memories for that guy.

  16. I realize you already bought, but for anyone else following, I have a Fairdale Weekender with drop bars and I love it, but I also don’t do any serious distance riding. It’s kind of a cross bike made for riding in an urban setting like Austin, slightly more upright than a traditional road bike and bmx pedals, but with drop bars and semi skinny tires. Frame and fork are chromoly and the component set is top notch.

    OP- I also have a Thule hitch mount rack on my sequoia and it has been great.

  17. I currently have a samsung sound bar hooked up to my living room TV with a digital optical hook up. It has a wireless subwoofer and works great for tv and movies.  Small living room.

    That said, I'm remodeling a house right now and looking into ceiling/wall mounted speakers in different rooms and back porch.  Anyone have any recommendations for a set up?  I am looking at Sonos, but I have no idea what I am doing.   

  18. I don’t know many spots by the metroplex, but Colorado Bend state park is great spot. It’s west of Lampasas. Fishing is good, you can swim in the river, and there’s a waterfall you can hike to. Pretty good mountain biking trails.

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