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CoTex

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  1. These cops in LA have some badass gear.  What do you think one full set of kit, from the helmet to the boots, gun, taser, armor, patches, backpack, goggles the whole shitaree cost the taxpayers?  I'm guessing at least $50,000 which means, because government bidding was involved $125,000 is the real number.

    These guys look like something from a futuristic movie.  Their shit is way nicer than those Delta guys in Blackhawk Down had.

  2. 14 minutes ago, Make em eat Taco Bell said:

    the original 1948 Arab-Israeli war -- the Arab commanders openly stated they wanted to massacre all the Jews.  I would argue even that is not antisemitism, because the Jews are the enemy but they are not the enemy simply because they are Jews.  Hiroshima and Nagasaki were not murdered due to Asian hatred. There is no antisemitism in this entire conflict, never has been never will be.  It's a rookie mistake and a really easy one to overcome. 

    So, if I say "I want to "massacre all the Jews"," I'm not really saying kill people "because they are Jews," but instead, I'm saying "Jews are the enemy - massacre all?"  I think you outsmarted me on this one.  Maybe try removing the letters "JEW" from your post and replace it with another racial or ethnic term, and see how it plays.  I'll help you get it started:

    "The English commanders openly stated they wanted to massacre all the French.  This is not anti-French, because the French are the enemy but they are not the enemy simply because they are French."  "There is no anti-French in this entire conflict, never has been never will be.  Rookie." 

    I think your post sucks.

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  3. Friendly reminder.  The last time we went through a bunch of unrest and turmoil, we got actual life-endangering violence.

    This guy:

    Texas Department of Criminal Justice Inmate Search

    Now resides in Brazoria County and doesn't have to worry about things like bills or income taxes anymore.  I bet he would do things differently if given a chance.

    This guy:  

    Garrett Foster: Protester Killed In Austin BLM Shooting (rollingstone.com)

    Well he's experiencing Valhalla now.  I'm sure it's glorious and all.

    I for one would like to see people behave with some decency.  I don't like you or your politics, you don't like me and mine, fine - fuck you - but can we not destroy things including human lives?

     

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  4. 15 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

    I would’ve liked it better if you had told them you had to check with the rest of the Coven. 

    I'm going to round table this one with the boys down at Carcosa and get back with you.  May summon some dark spirits just to make sure I'm on the right track.

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  5. 6 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

    This is an important life lesson and one that I shared with my sons.  Never do business with self-professed Christians (who market as such anyway) because you will get screwed.  It is a given.  

    Look, they don't mean to screw you, they're really good people but... reasons, excuses, and voila, the miracle was late so you get to hold the bag. 

    "Sorry, I'll see you at megachurch on Sunday. I'll be wearing expensive clothes and my conscience will be unburdened."

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  6. 7 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

    in my old construction lending days, if some asshole had either on his business card, I looked very hard for a reason to not make the loan.   

    In the construction world, those symbols scream "prepare your anus".

    My favorite is when you're in a board meeting about to vote on something (and I've been in 2 where we were deliberating and about to vote on someone's future - hiring/firing - and this happened) and someone rolls out something to the effect of "I've prayed about this and God has led me to know that _________."

    Sheeeyit.  I can't argue with that.  You've got the almighty on your side.  The alpha and omega.  All I did was run this by my wife after a few cocktails, sleep on it, and apply my experience, reason and education to the question. 

    I was feeling pretty confident with my pair of deuces and you just pulled out the Mississippi flush.  I guess I just lose.  Discussion over, thanks be to God.

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  7. 6 minutes ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

    it's always funny to me when people don't understand that going to another country means you're subject to their laws. they say travel expands ones horizon - I just laugh at the ones who get trebuchet'd toward it 

    I like it when you see someone try to be a smartass or toughster with the foreign country's cops or TSA.  I witnessed this last year in a Caribbean country not T&C.  

    Dude, these guys get paid like $7 a day to sit here and deal with your shit.  They live in some shack without electricity.  When they figure out you'll pay them everything in your wallet to stop the beating... the beating will start.

     

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  8. 10 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

    The meadows closed in 2000 and the backyard around 2008, although the strip center was already there by then. That’s later than most people on here would say. 

    You left out the restaurant on Congress. It was not a luxury destination, but on Fridays they had shrimp enchiladas. I'm generally not a fan of the shrimp enchilada but I liked that place.  I think the back dining room may have been an alley.

  9. What year did South Park Meadows become an Academy?  What year did the Backyard become a Target?  What year did they tear down the TexMex restaurant at 2nd and Congress (I forgot the name but shrimp enchiladas slammed)?  

    Average those and you'll be in the ballpark.

    Also, going off memory but wasn't there a Texadelphia at 5th and Congress somewhere?  And wasn't there an old Schlotzsky's somewhere around 5th and 35?

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  10. I try to impress on my family that car insurance is your friend.  Someone wants to steal the car?  Fucking have at it - I hope it's in a chop shop or Honduras quickly... I don't really want it back.

    Someone wants to car jack a car?  Here are the keys my friend - no trouble here.

    That truck was insured and letting a bad guy leave the place where I am, with an insured vehicle?  No problemo friendo.

    Now, come into my house while my family is sleeping, i can't really abide that.

     

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  11. Steve Jobs was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2003, and I understand he lived in California at that time, and all relevant times.  In April 2009, miracle of all miracles, he undergoes a liver transplant in... Memphis.  I think that's about 7 states and 2,000 miles away from his home.   He dies 30 months later of... pancreatic cancer.

    If I rolled into a liver transplant program with pancreatic cancer, what do you think my odds are of getting a spot on the list?  Ever making it to the top of the list?

    I'm going with "not good Bob."

    You cannot convince me that all of these transplant programs are run cleanly.  Money or connections will get you a better spot in line at certain programs.  Stevie Jobs didn't go to Memphis for the ribs and ocean sunsets.

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  12. This strikes me as some kinda philosophical trojan horse bullshit.  You're gonna sound all smart and get us all nodding our heads thinking, "yeah, this guy knows what he's talking about."  Then, you'll try to turn it. 

    I mean, surely you wouldn't open a thread about how we're all more reasonable than we actually seem, without some hidden plan.

    I give it 12 hours before you roll out that the earth is flat and aliens are among us.

     

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  13. I recommend Lasik.  I used Tyrone McCall when I was 42.

    Cornea Associates of Texas: Ophthalmologists in Dallas, TX - Fort Worth - Plano (corneatexas.com)

    If I had one comment about the surgery it is that I never think about it, I just don't wear glasses anymore.  If I have eye dryness, etc., it is generally because I drank too much alcohol and not enough water.

    Now, a few years down the track, I use reading glasses when I read but can survive without them - just a convenience thing.  I don't "need" reading glasses, but if I'm in a dark restaurant and they give me the damned fine print receipt, the glasses help. 

    I asked him about the monovision thing.  His comment was something to the effect of "my goal is to give you 20/20 or better vision.  If you want me to intentionally give you something less now, planning on a future date when it may make things easier... I will, but I don't recommend it."

    For driving, sports, outdoor activity, etc., I just wear normal sunglasses without drama.

     

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  14. If you spend a lot of time in an uber driving back and forth from one place to the next, you'll miss a lot of Boston.  I highly suggest getting out and walking around/pub crawling it.  I also think the average restaurants in Boston still overachieve compared to average restaurants somewhere like Dallas.

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