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Axle Hongsnort

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  1. WTF, the clown author is a UT grad. Half his Texas Monthly articles are anti Hohn hatchet jobs. Weird.
  2. I love my Saddleback. They are amazing quality and so cool, like strangers stop and comment cool, but not a practical daily bag IMO because they are heavy and bulky. I now use it for special occasions and have a smaller canvas tumi laptop bag but have mostly gone full backpack given convenience / practicality.
  3. I dunno man, 78746 prices still a rocket ship for my three Cali friends transferring here
  4. I’m thinking about Ty Segall & Freedom Band at Mohawk next week. Never seen them.
  5. solid, thanks for input. i’ve done almost zero swiss research but saw vail made a majority investment there and assumed it was a top choice. is there one area or resort that threads the needle of incredible skiing plus luxe hotel/spa accommodations and food? the chedi in andermatt fit that bill. for now, with a travel day on each end of a full week would be looking at like 5 days and wouldn’t want to switch hotels to see multiple places. my wife is a good skier and is coming to appease me (and ski). looking for the vail or park city of the alps i suppose. i’d splurge for a guided day in some backcountry or once in lifetime experience, but am not an extreme off piste guy seeking gnarly drops.
  6. Anyone skied Andermatt-Sedrun in the Swiss Alps? Vail bought a majority interest and is including 5 days next year in the local epic pass. My 50th bday plans might be taking shape.
  7. There’s no one good in Austin IMO for anything other than a first trip of season pre wax. I make it a point to do a grind / wax a couple times per season mountain side vs a random newb here. 100% always keep mine indoors in the summer.
  8. There’s enough indie diamonds in the rough, plus funky musicians like goose, billy strings is fun, spoon will bring hometown heat, war on drugs should be good. rhcp is far past their prime but will bust out enough early classics and cock socks to make it work. Plus my kids will get me up to speed on other new shit. it’s always fun…
  9. super solid advice, big thanks
  10. Wife and I work from home a lot, and with a new 16 year old sharing our cars it’s become a little inconvenient, but not “have to have 3rd car bad”. I’m looking at a Thruxton 900 to commute to the office 2’ish days per week when I don’t WFH and random errands close to home. Commute is from West Lake Hills to Hyde Park / Quadrangle area meaning i could skip Mopac and take Exposition or Lamar to 35th/38th. I’ve done lots of road cycling and can appreciate idiot drivers, but from a motorcycle safety standpoint, what is worse, highway or tarry town/s lamar type riding ?
  11. Axle Hongsnort

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    Two thumbs up. Perfect blend of comedy / horror by not taking itself seriously. I didn’t catch until after that the old lady and coked up stripper were same actress.
  12. I’m old, pushing 50, had a torn meniscus snipped out last year. Went to work next day, walked without crutches in 2 days. Was lightly jogging in a week. The hardest part recovery wise is from the cocktail straw sized hole they probe into your knee to find what to snip. But its not like a torn tendon that can get reinjured from trauma, it’s just snipping out little frayed edge which triggers the pain.
  13. I’m surprised at all the shitting on unlimited PTO, especially with WFH or partial WFH becoming more standard.
  14. Saw Jeff Tweedy at The Paramount last night and man were they ball busting strict on masks inside plus vax proof to enter. Had dinner across street at Perry’s and zero masks or fucks were given. Strange transitionary time we’re in.
  15. We’re three weeks in, so in the honeymoon period, but really like it. I used to do a lot of road biking and have done various boot camp, gym, cross fit, etc memberships, but being so busy with work and kids the convenience factor is the shit, especially WFH a couple days a week. The breadth of classes beyond spin should not be overlooked. And the camaraderie of doing live classes makes up for a lot of the boredom of just riding a trainer. Watched the second half of horns game last night while having a simulated ride through France on the monitor and 45 minutes flew by. Stock wise, I wouldn’t think twice as a reason not to buy. They skyrocketed during covid and it was not sustainable. They have far too many active members for someone not to swoop in be it Amazon, Apple or private equity. The new CEO was the CFO at Spotify and Netflix which signals how they are thinking about digital and growth. He’s mentioned dropping the price of the bike am increasing the monthly subscription which is curios. I’ll plug the 30 minute HIT / Hill class with Leann as a hard and efficient quick workout. And she’s juggy. #SurlyPeloton
  16. Keith-Ann W. Steed, CPA Tax Partner Crowe LLP Office: 512-823-1123 keith-ann.steed@crowe.com www.crowe.com
  17. Listening to 5/8/77, playing poker on annual ski trip, good shit…
  18. Heading to Keystone tomorrow afternoon. Annual guys trip with 25+ year stretch with same 5-10 dudes. Couple lean years with marriage and kids, but game on tomorrow. dallas and austin guys departures pulled forward to skip the thursday ice, tomorrow it is.
  19. Nah, it’s got tremendous depth and diversity of music and news. Flipping through channels 15-35 gives everything rock related you could be in mood for, old and new. Plus pro sports all through the app. And the standup comedy stations are solid. I drive enough that firing up my iphone for spotify every time i start the car is a whip.
  20. Got Tweedy tickets. I’ve seen Wilco like 10 times, never the solo stuff. #dadrock
  21. I just got the automated renewal for two platinum radios for a laughable $334, time for the annual 20 minute negotiation
  22. Similar deal with my wife. Pretty hard core athlete who didn’t ski until early 30s. It’s part of the family vibe with the kids now, but there is a lot to be said for learning to ski that late.
  23. Any thoughts on how the apple storage works with an ancillary PC? I’ve got pretty basic needs to just save “family business” docs (pdf, xls, sheets, etc) in an organized folder hierarchy that we’d create. I’ll never use a Mac for work and vice versa for my wife. And the whole family uses Iphones coupled with gmail reliance for personal and now work.
  24. Looks like for a family like ours with a combo of mac’s and pc’s, gmail accounts for work and personal and several iphones that going all in with google with their photo app coupled with google drive should let us kill drop box and apple storage upgrades. The reviews indicate the google photo apps plays nicely with apple. I’ve got a slew of old hard drives I’ve historically used for taxes, mortgage and stuff but if they ultimately require cloud backup as a fail safe measure then i think i’m ready to surrender fully to the cloud gods.
  25. Over the years the family has ended up with too many options. Drop box from the beginning for taxes, mortgage and personal stuff, then got into the Apple ecosystem with Iphones mostly for photos (with storage fees now, amplified with kids) and i’ve had a gmail address forever with minimal use of their storage. I’m looking to consolidate everything and am curious what others do.
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