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C-Man

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  1. 7 minutes ago, Skipper said:

    I haven't been to that one but I was going to say maybe Mesero on Henderson as well.   I would hate to waste a big night out at Mi Cocina personally as it's the place we go all the time when not doing a big night out, but out-of-towners love it so agreed probably not a bad choice.

    That's actually a better spot than Mr. Mesero, honestly. I really think what they want is the atmosphere that Javier's can give them -- it's stereotypical Dallas to the core.

  2. 2 hours ago, Landomatic said:

    We don’t really have any upscale Tex-Mex that I know of.  I guess the closest would be the Micocina in Highland Park Village which is only about a mile from Javier’s.  If you do that, go later in the evening to avoid all the families/kids and leave time to go upstairs to the monkey bar which can be a very cool little hidden gem at the right times.

    Mr. Mesero on McKinney perhaps?

  3. 2 hours ago, Landomatic said:

    Javier’s is not Tex/Mex.  I repeat...Javier’s is not Tex/Mex.  It’s nowhere near Tex/Mex.  If that’s what you’re going for, you will be horribly disappointed.

    Figured this was understood but Lando is correct, Javier's is interior Mexican food, not Tex-Mex. I also think it's over-priced. But it's a scene, man.

  4. 4 hours ago, Litig8r said:

    looks like Javier for dinner!  Maybe Maso since it is much closer to where we are staying

    will check on Nova for brunch

    thanks Horns!

    Smoke -- just north of 30 -- is awesome too but be prepared for a big crowd.

    I think Javier's is what y'all are looking for on Friday night. Meso Maya has better food but isn't necessarily high end. Can do the cigar bar and then take a short walk over to Chelsea Corner -- that place should be hopping on Friday night.

  5. 53 minutes ago, El Diablo said:

    Is the agents commission based on the size of the premiums? I'd look there first.

    100%. Higher premium means higher broker commission. However, I can't believe the overage amount is enough to warrant such behavior on the part of Upshaw. It's more likely just plain old shitty service provided by the broker.

  6. 4 minutes ago, jebusshuttlecock said:
    1 hour ago, GotThatFire said:
    How could you watch and film your son crying like that and then just leave to go see a high school boy play football? Not only that, but then be so content with your actions that you decide to post the video on the internet?? Shit makes me ragey. 
     

    Why couldn't he just take the kid to the game? Seems like a very obvious solution if Hamm has to go

    My guess is Hamm fancies himself a member of the press and has worked his way into press box access. No way would I subject people there for more legit reasons than Hammster to a child that young. Then again, he has proved himself to not be the most professional person in this line of business.

  7. 2 hours ago, Patrick Bateman said:

    Woj article..... Nothing much new except for the little nugget that the Celtics made an offer on Kawhi at the deadline.  I'm going to guess it was a pretty shitty offer as we didn't even entertain or engage in discussions.  Not even like a..... what would you think about..... But he does recognize the Celtics are in a different place after the playoffs and probably wouldn't be a great spot anymore because they may not attach their best young players anymore if Kawhi said he wants out.

    http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/23770525/what-next-kawhi-leonard-san-antonio-spurs-nba-free-agency-trades

    Most poignant sentence in that article:

    Quote

    To broker a future with Leonard, it won't be with his agent, or his uncle. It'll be Popovich and Leonard -- or it probably won't happen.

     

  8. 18 hours ago, RMac5 said:

    We never spoke to anyone about our sales amounts or an audit. We received an email quoting the new premiums, when we questioned the significant increase they said it was based of off the audit. I called in to ask about the audit and the increase and was told I had x amount of days to dispute it. I pulled all the numbers they needed out of our POS system and emailed it to them. Since they told us we were up against a deadline I asked them to confirm they got my email. They never responded to either of the two emails or a voicemail we left. 

    Yesterday they pulled a few grand out when it’s typically $400ish. When we called to ask wtf, they didn’t have any answers. We asked about all the unanswered emails and voicemail and if they had in fact gotten them and they confirmed that they had but have just been busy. They have admitted this was their error but are slow playing the return of cash. Now they are requesting a bank statement showing the draft, statements only come out monthly, so we sent a screen shot showing them what they had done and they can’t refund based on the screen shot.  I didn’t realize the bank would allow them to pull just wtf ever they wanted, I assumed they could only pull what was initially set up when the amount was entered at the bank. This has been a good lesson for me. So they typically take the same $400ish monthly and yesterday they take over $4K and they bank never batted an eye. I just didn’t know that’s how it worked.

    The initial company was Upshaw Insurance here in Amarillo. The actual carrier is Liberty Mutual, I guess Upshaw just farms it out to other carriers like Liberty Mutual. Upshaw is the one saying they did an audit, LM is the one drafting the funds. 

    Their BS audit shows about a 70% increase in sales when in actuality it’s been about a 10% increase over prior year. We have never filed a claim or had any issues. Our two biggest “risk” would be the full bar and hot grease :)

     

    Yeah, this is bullshit. Upshaw is the broker, Liberty Mutual is the insurer. Brokers don't usually do the audits -- at least not in my world -- that's handled by the insurance company with the broker perhaps serving as the intermediary/quarterback.

    What are your total annual insurance premiums? Send me a PM if you'd rather do that. I guess it would short of what our commercial producers would want to get involved with but we've got a pretty good Small Business Unit out of our El Paso office that might like to take a shot.

  9. 54 minutes ago, Carl Spackler said:

    Sympathy for the kids.

    Sympathy for the wife (though she did make the decision to marry the delusional little prick).

    Zero sympathy for bathroom smurf.  I can only hope that this does not lessen his delusions of grandeur.  I'd hate to lose what has been an infinite source of laughter up to now.

    About where I am on this.

    54 minutes ago, GotThatFire said:

    How could you watch and film your son crying like that and then just leave to go see a high school boy play football? Not only that, but then be so content with your actions that you decide to post the video on the internet?? Shit makes me ragey. 

     

    Meh. Kid is having a mild tantrum. I've seen much worse. But Hamm gargles Ol' Sarge's cock so fuck him sideways.

  10. 13 hours ago, Anastasis said:
    pork is among my favorites sous vide. did chops earlier in the week. what temp did you cook it to?  looks like you're in the upper 130s range there which i think is ideal for pork.  

     


    I cooked it at 140 for exactly one hour. It was a bone-in chop from Whole Foods so it was about an inch thick (maybe a little less). EDIT: Now that I think about it, it was less than an inch thick because it was thinner than the 1-inch wagyu steaks I pick up at The Meat Shop. I could probably stand to curb 15 mins or so off the cook.

    Seared about 45 seconds to one minute on each side and then held it with tongs and seared the side for another 30 secs or so. Had tbs of canola and butter with shallots in the cast iron.

     

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  11. You could eat dinner at the place at The Joule and catch some music at City Tavern after. The Statler is cool to hang out at for drinks and what-not, either on the roof or in the basement Speakeasy.

    For Sunday brunch, I love going to Bishop Arts. Bolsa or Boulvardiere are great but my favorite is Nova. They’ll have great live music from noon to 3.

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