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Mittens

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  1. Just now watching FP1. No way Williams can keep Sageant, regardless of who they bring in. I could take that seat and cost them less money in repairs.
  2. Certainly. But that's not the argument at hand. The argument is whether places that are open 1 or 2 days a week should be in the running for James Beard Awards.
  3. Not sure what thread this goes in because he's not really a $9.95er, but everyone's favorite is on strike.
  4. It's not the quality of the food, as most agree it's top notch. It's comparing a place that is only open 1 or 2 days a week to places that are open 5 or 6 days a week. Same argument we all make about making 1 brisket vs making 100 - pumping out consistently quality food in quantity is simply a different animal.
  5. https://communityimpact.com/austin/south-central-austin/transportation/2024/04/01/austin-rolls-out-new-e-scooter-regulations-limits-operations The total number of e-scooters allowed in the city has been curbed following the exit of Superpedestrian and its Link scooters last year. The fleet sizes of Bird and Lime, the two remaining operators, are being maintained. Mendoza also said Austin will now be "holding the line" at just two operators and no longer licensing any additional companies . Previously, nearly 9,000 total e-scooter devices were allowed to be in service across Austin. Now, the Transportation and Public Works Department is capping that total at just 6,700—leaving Lime with 3,700 and Bird with around 3,000. The average number of scooter devices on city streets had typically exceeded 6,700 devices since mid-2021. Additionally, the transportation department is phasing out the use of dockless e-bikes citywide, leaving only the city and CapMetro's docked MetroBike program. Other e-scooter rule changes now in effect include: Limiting the number of scooters allowed in Austin's "urban core" by 50%, leaving Bird and Lime with an allowance of 1,125 devices each around downtown and south of Lady Bird Lake Restricting scooter speed limits in nightlife districts by 5 miles per hour between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. Requiring scooter operators to stage their devices in designated areas on a regular basis, rather than leaving them to be freely distributed across the city While scooter staging areas will start off as marked spaces on the ground, Mendoza said they could eventually be "hardened" into more permanent corrals. The change stems from worries about community aesthetics, business storefront access and Americans with Disabilities Act accessibility along streets and sidewalks. Building off a previous pilot program, Mendoza said permanently blocking scooter access along Congress Avenue is another concept now under consideration as the city seeks to revamp many aspects of the key downtown corridor. “We just need to reach a medium where all these modes of mobility can coexist harmoniously in the same space," he said of the updates.
  6. It wasn't publicized at all, but someone made AI porn of her last week. That's a long way over the line.
  7. 405 W 2nd St - Liberty Lunch 401 W 2nd St - Lamberts
  8. Love that Stuttgart is investing so much time/effort into the US market. VfB strengthening activities in the USA VfB Stuttgart are further bolstering their presence in children’s and youth football in the USA, and visited the country once again with coaches from the VfB Football School. Following the VfB first team’s visit to Austin, Texas in 2022, there have been regular exchanges with the local football school there. A VfB Camp was held in the city for a third time and once again proved to be hugely popular among the participating children and their parents. In addition to the training sessions and other football-related activities for the youngsters, VfB once again held coach development courses across the city. Within this framework, Dr Michael Stügelmaier (Head of Youth Academy Analysis, Data & Science) gave a talk on “Strategic Talent Development” to coaches from local clubs and high schools. After the camp in Austin, the VfB contingent travelled on to Warwick, where a VfB football camp was held for the first time, with more than 80 boys and girls taking part in the three-day event at the Hudson Sports Complex. There has been a regular exchange programme with the German American Kickers from Trenton for a while now. This latest trip to the US also focused on the theory and practice of coach training. Recently, a delegation from Trenton also visited Stuttgart and watched the 2-0 home win over Union Berlin, among other activities. The German American Kickers’ trip also included wide-ranging conversations with staff at the VfB youth academy, a stadium tour and several other meetings. The Kickers’ youth teams have participated in digital training sessions with the VfB academy for the last three years. The U15s from the Solar Soccer Club, an academy that develops gifted youngsters, also made the trip to Stuttgart in mid-March. They played a friendly against their VfB contemporaries, which ended in a 2-0 win for the boys from Cannstatt. However, the focus of the visit was not the game itself, but rather intercultural interaction between the youngsters, as well as strengthening the ties between VfB and Solar.
  9. Bucky/Staab was at the last Warped Tour show in Mountainview, CA in 2019. Hosoi/Cab was at It's Not Dead Fest in San Bernardino in 2015.
  10. Mittens

    Burgers

    Nice. Headed to check out the new location Saturday.
  11. That wasn't directed specifically at you. I spent the better part of 15 years working within a block of 4th and Colorado, so whenever the topic of a changing downtown comes up, that's where my focus goes, and an easy 50% of the time, whoever I'm talking to immediately brings up Spaghetti Warehouse. Literally happened just last week.
  12. People have a REALLY strong attachment to Spaghetti Warehouse. I probably walked through those doors like 3x and I don't think I ever ate there, but so many people mention it first when talking about that warehouse district area. Not Mezzaluna or Sullivan's or Bitter End or Cedar Street or a dozen other memorable spots within 100 yards. Was it actually decent food, or just the only "fancy" Italian place around in the 90's?
  13. There's a couple on ebay, but there's something off about that deck - the shape isn't correct, imo. It should be very wide at the front trucks, super narrow hips at the back trucks and a pronounced flair out for the tail. If I move and get a bigger wall, maybe I'll add it to my collection, but for now, I'm out of room and I am done spending. Just bought my final grail for $710 last week and spent a couple of days dry heaving and reconsidering my life/values.
  14. They are compounding the primary medication (semiglutide) with other chems to make an equivalent to the name brand version. Results vary - I have several friends who have gone this route and are perfectly happy. I'm visiting another in the hospital today - she's been there a month now and this shit almost killed her.
  15. Getting a prescription isn't the hard part - finding a pharmacy that has Wegovy in stock is the real issue.
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