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  1. 14 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

    Eh, I'm not sure when the prices went up.  Last time we went was last summer.  It's still a cheeseburger and a beer by the water.  I'm good.

    Prices went up when the Lamberts / Perlas group bought them.  They also revamped the menu and changed up their food, somewhat for the better.  

  2. 2 minutes ago, texasdago said:

    You nailed it.  The irony... 

     

    They reopen when it warms up.  Aren't there places on Lake Travis like that (for when Lake Travis is moist)?

     

    I do recall for a few seasons they stayed open year round.  Most the places I know on Travis stay open year round these days, as I would venture most their business is by land.  Ski Shores is too damn hard to get to by land, which makes sense why they shutter.

  3. 1 hour ago, texasdago said:

    Shoot... I'll eat outdoors year round.  No Fs given.

    But it does depend what you're looking for.  I mean, you can go the path of something like Bar Peached and eat in their sunken patio area or hang outside of Cosmic Saltillo or drive over Flo's off of 35th.  I mean, you can always drive over to Ski Shores from NW Austin and pay a bit more to enjoy the experience.  I have done it in August when it was 105+ and I maybe would not recommend that unless you pull up in a boat.

    Ski Shores Temporarily closed, once again.  

    What was the name of the other place that was on Lake Austin on the South Shore, had a gas station and bar / grill?  Got a case of CRS today...

  4. 20 minutes ago, Mitch Cumsteen said:

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  5. 5 minutes ago, Mitch Cumsteen said:

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    11293207    RICH    TARA    245001235    01/27/2024    0600-0 THEFT PROP >=$2,500<$30K

    2 criminal trespasses last year.  

    Felony Aggravated Assault of a Public Servant in 2019, along with an evading arrest.

     

    Served a jail sentence for "Assault Causing Bodily Injury - Feet."  First I've heard of that one...

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  6. On 2/9/2024 at 2:07 PM, texasdago said:

    I'm on my second round living in Austin.  First round was during my college years... the best time for one to live in Austin.  Yeah, it was kick ass back then for sure but "round two" me will tell you the current Austin while more expensive - definitely more expensive - offers better food than it used to, dare I say more music options than before (the music scene/options are truly ridiculous), more places to go have fun at night (used to just be mostly 6th street and Red River a few places in west campus... now east Austin, west 6th, south Lamar/1st/congress, etc), more outdoor options (just look at the people paddleboarding on Town Lake and having a good time... nobody did that crap when I was in college), breweries, wineries, stuff in the hill country, a more vibrant downtown (I don't miss the surface lots)... I really enjoy it.  I do hope to get the F out of Texas eventually but, for now, I'm making the most of it... even at 109 degrees.

    Every perk of "New Austin" is nothing unique to Austin.  Breweries, wineries, live music, decent restaurants, all these things are popping up in almost every town with a decent sized population.  Breweries are sprouting up left and right, and are currently experience attrition due to oversaturation and people switching from beer to other alternatives or not drinking.  Seems like local restaurants are overtaking the chains left and right, too.  As good as we are locally, we still don't have a ton of great James Beard winners, nor do we boast a single Michelin star in the city.  I would say your experience is more of a post-covid culture shift versus an Austin awakening.

  7. 9 hours ago, royiv said:

    The sentence "Take Airport to 45th to Mopac" should give you enough clues as to which side of the river she's referring to.

    This seems to be a rare occasion where the person included SOME context.  But North I-35 and 290 is MUCH easier to understand.

     

    The fun is when they start throwing in the direction of traffic AND section of 35: Southbound North I-35.

  8. 1 hour ago, T’Boo Ted Marshall said:

    Most people do do this but you should drain your tanks yearly.  I just drained both of mine last weekend that were 12 months old and had a decent amount of sediment already.  Check the anode rods as well.  

    I need to check the anode rods for sure. And considering switching the drain valves to a larger ball valve next go-round to help get all the sediment out during the draining process.  Tanks are old, through, were in the house when we bought it, and likely around 7-10 years old now.  Living on borrowed time.  /hijack

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  9. 1 hour ago, Samson&#x27;s Wig said:

    Does anyone have evidence that a significant number of people live in those downtown condos?  I'm talking about human beings, not trust fund babies partying on daddy's dime, but actual functional working adults who contribute to our local economy and community and have a primary residence downtown?   We've got some friends who work downtown and have a condo for when they work late and don't want to drive home to the hill country, but I'm not counting that either.  I've lived in the downtown area of a number of major cities, within America and outside of it.  The downtown area is a genuine center of the city in these places, with jobs and the necessities of daily life (laundromats, grocery stores, hardware stores, etc.)   Like KaiserSoze, I used to live just across the river off Congress, but it was at a time when no one lived downtown at all (in the olden times before the birth of the highrises).    As far as residents go, it was a dead zone then, and it still feels like one now.  My wife worked downtown at the time and we liked that she could bike to work, but she seemed like the only one doing it.  We had to drive to actually run any basic errands at all.  Nothing about downtown Austin today seems attractive for a permanent residence unless you're a young person with disposable income, no responsibilities, and enjoy partying at nightclubs. South of the river is a slightly different story, of course. 

    Are these condos being built for anything more than vehicles for money laundering?   I appreciate the notion of a livable downtown and think it's a great thing. I just don't see any evidence that we have one in this city.   We have built many residences but have done little else to make downtown an attractive place to live.  The jobs aren't even there in significant numbers.  Building more condos doesn't seem like a solution to anything other than satisfying more developers, short-term rental investors, and foreign money launderers.  More investment in things like the library appeals to me much more.  Make downtown a place people actually want to live, then build the condos.  We've put the cart way before the horse, and I don't see a single benefit to Austin residents and taxpayers.

    I'm just going to throw this out there, but you could search for homesteads in the 78701 zipcode vs non-homesteads in the same area.  I'd bet you there's not a ton of HS exemptions.

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  10. 7 minutes ago, nnm said:

    Attic water heaters are the stupidest design feature since the short TAMU competition swimming pool or staircase to nowhere.  

    Water heaters are almost guaranteed to fail at about 10 years of age and start leaking, usually when the drain for the drip pan also happens to be clogged. Consequently, every house with an attic water heater will at some point be, at a minimum, repainting a ceiling, and most likely doing a fair amount of drywall work every ten years. All to save 2 square feet of space in a garage.

    Makes me ragey.

    Don't disagree.  And on top of that, they have changed the dimentions of the larger water heaters, so you can't put a 55 gallon tank in the attic since it's squattier than it used to be.  And don't forget, the sediment in the tank that can't be removed easily adds another 50+ lbs of crap you have to haul down from the attic. 

     

    Unfortunately in our case, they put them up there because there was no utility closet in the house, and the garage wasn't an option.

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  11. 16 hours ago, High Plains Drifter said:

     

    some years back my wife decided we needed to drip a faucet. So she dripped the hot water. 

     

    You're wrong on this one.  We have attic water heaters, and they still need the water flowing through the cold side to prevent them from freezing up, too.  I try to run both if possible, but at least one faucet on either side of the house is running the hot side.

    Granted, we're in central Texas, so our building codes don't require the same amount of forethought in plumbing they use up north (WH in the basement, insulating the supply and feed lines, etc.)

  12. 17 hours ago, honolulu horn said:

    "Damn, I think that guy might've killed himself! I wonder how badly he's hurt!......meh, off to the post office, I've got some letters to mail." 

    I was waiting for the boom at the end.  If I'm that guy, I'm parking my truck a mile away before I try to do anything.

  13. https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/woman-charged-with-impersonating-officer-robbery-theft

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    AUSTIN, Texas — A woman has been arrested and charged with multiple felonies including impersonating a public servant, robbery, and theft after allegedly forcibly pulling a car over and pretending to be a cop before robbing the victims of their IDs and other belongings.

    According to court documents, Westlake Hills Police Department officers responded Friday to a call of a robbery in progress in West Austin.

    Evelyn Ibarra Fernandez, 23, allegedly chased the victim's car for a mile on Westlake Drive with her hazards flashing and horn honking before turning and blocking the car in a driveway on Trailview Mesa Drive. She then pulled one woman from the car, falsely identified herself as a police and took the victim's ID, Air Pods, a cell phone, and more than $800 in cash.

    Fernandez then allegedly went through belongings in the backseat of the victim's car taking cash, credit cards, and IDs from a backpack. The affidavit says despite a language barrier, the women resisted Ibarra-Fernandez until the real police showed up.

    As a 20-year veteran of law enforcement, Tyler Owen with the Texas Municipal Police Association says becoming a cop is a real achievement for many like himself.

    "All the men or women out there that are working right now some have you know, that was a lifetime goal for them," Owen said.

    But thanks to the internet, he says instances of cop impersonators are becoming more common.

    "Purchasing emergency lights has become more readily available, you know, and that's just daily," Owen said. "We do see a lot of these cases that are mental disorders. You know, time's going to tell in this investigation, to maybe unveil why this person did what they did."

    Fernandez was detained until Travis County Sheriff's deputies arrived, although documents say she denied stealing anything or ever impersonating a police officer. She also told deputies she was only trying to help the back passenger who she thought was drugged.

    Owen says if you ever find yourself uncomfortable during a suspicious traffic stop, put on your hazards and call 9-1-1. Dispatch will either be able to tell police you're looking for a safe area to pull over, or get help sent to you.

    "Be aware of the officers within your community," Owen said. "And if you're traveling through a community you know, again, just kind of be aware of what you're driving through and who's behind you."

    He says under Texas law, all traffic stops must be done in marked vehicles. So especially at night, pull over in a well-lit area and be vigilant.

    "I think law enforcement is going to be compassionate and they're going to show compassion when the citizens don't feel safe pulling over in not well-lit or dangerous situations," Owen said.

    Fernandez was taken into custody at the scene. She is charged with a third-degree felony count of impersonating a public servant, a second-degree felony count of robbery by assault, and a state jail felony count of theft from a person.

     

  14. 11 hours ago, huge said:

    At the one in Houston I learned that I can buy a 33 foot Cobalt tow boat for $694k.

    That seems like a lot.

    That thing better float, fly, and fu__ for that price.

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