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Jerry Callo

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  1. 15 minutes ago, NoName said:

    Interstellar: did they open in the strip mall?

    Yes.  John Bates switched from Noble Pig/Noble Sandwich Co. to InterStellar BBQ in the same space.  They have expanded the dining area, but that's about it.

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  2. I loved Valentina's.  Always good at the trailer.  Always good at the Austin FC games.  They struggled from day one when they opened the new, large location in Buda.  I've been to the Buda joint three times.  First time was excellent.  Second time was embarrassing.   Final time was just okay.

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  3. The city of Austin is working to ensure that it becomes an all-gender practice.
    That's no lie.  I was driving around after eating dinner at Home Slice in Central Austin and commented that sometimes it is almost impossible to determine where the actual car lane is.  I'll hit a cyclists before I hit a curb, though. 

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  4. 12 hours ago, ROFL BOX said:

    For those who know movie production, does this seem like a quick turnaround? 

     

    I don't know any thing about movie production, but I do have some experience answering random questions on the internet.  Seems like a quick turnaround to me.

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  5. 15 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

    I'm going to get to the bottom  of this.

    Maybe you have dissociative identity disorder, but neither of you are aware.

  6. 20 minutes ago, Steel Shank said:

    Found this dude caught up in my golf net. Set him free to do his thing. Coachwhip?

    Yep.  Western Coachwhip.

    I love figs.

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  7. 12 minutes ago, C-Man said:

    PSA for anybody thinking of a Snow’s run in the coming weeks. They will be closed 4/27, 5/4 and 5/18. I think Kerry’s daughter is getting married one of those weekends and then there’s a town-wide event in Lexington that makes it tough for them to operate as normal. I’m not sure why they’re closed the other weekend.

    Would hate to see somebody go all the way there only to find it closed.

    Troubadour Festival is on May 18th.  I would love to go, but its in College Station.

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  8. There is an easy, yet painful, stretch you can do anytime.   I tried to explain it to @troph once, but it's hard to put into words.  So I'll add a picture.

    Start with your bad Achilles calf resting on top of your other knee.  With you calf pressed into your other knee, point your toes up and down 5 times.   Then rotate your foot around in circles 5 times each direction.  Move a couple inches to another location on your calf and repeat.  Keep repeating until you have covered the entire calf.   Make sure you get both inside and outside of your calf. 

     

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  9. 26 minutes ago, Hate said:

    Anyone else have issues with their Achilles? I feel like my left one could snap at any time. I pretty much always have to wear shoes to keep it from hurting. 

    Back in my running days, I had ongoing Achilles tendonitis.  I found that calf stretching was the key to recovery and prevention.  I went to a place to get deep tissue massage that used myofascial release.  It hurt like hell, but worked well.  Eventually, I learned ways to stretch my calf on my own to keep it from reoccurring.  Trigger point and night splints are both helpful. 

    Sleeping can continue to exacerbate the condition because most people sleep with their feet pointed (think lying under the covers on your back) which leads to shortened calf muscles.  If you jump out of bed without stretching the calf a little first, your calf will tug on the Achilles tendon and you start the day with pain.   

    Google "trigger point calf stretches" and you can find some videos that explain it better than me.

     

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  10. We were down at Texas State for the baseball game and a family day function.  Lunch catered by San Marcos BBQ.

    I was really impressed, especially for a catered meal.  Brisket was moist and seasoned well.  Sausage was a perfect - what you would expect from a Luling native who worked in his grandfather's barbecue joint, Chisholm Trail BBQ, as a kid tying sausage rings.  Here's a write up from Daniel Vaughn from a year ago - Texas Monthly article.   

    I will have to stop at one of their two restaurants and get a fresh plate of barbecue on a future trip down there.

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  11. 10 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:


    Well…I mean…except for that time.

    What the hell? I’ll take it!

    Yeah.  I apologized for what I said about him a few minutes earlier too.

    ¡VERDE!

  12. My lovely wife (no pics) just came out of a shoe store that had signs posted everywhere - buy two, get one free.   Any guess as to the number of pairs of shoes she came out with? 
    Nope.   I'm sure you were wrong. 
    Two pairs of shoes. 

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  13. I'm not sure when they started this ring ceremony, but it's turned into a pretty big event.  Rings spent the night in the lit tower and then some sort of celebration today with the band, cheerleaders, and probably some speechifying.

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  14. That's good news, ztejas. 

    I didn't do a 12-step program, but I suspect its best having a sponsor with no previous relationship.  My mother was a recovering alcoholic, around 40 years when she passed last year, and she had a lifelong friendship with the sponsor she met at her first AA meeting.

    One day at a time and the serenity prayer are two very helpful and impactful contemplations.  

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  15. 8 hours ago, gsoda3 said:

    She wanna do it the hard way (lawn mowing service, set your own hours) or the easy way (lifeguard, way too much sun but great pay and boys)?

    Whoever said soccer ref, that's a great idea but there aren't many opportunities in the summer.

    Just want to say that lifeguarding is not necessarily the easy way.  My oldest lifeguarded for one summer and didn't want to do it again.  She took it very seriously and didn't like the weight of potentially having to perform life saving measures.

  16. 2 hours ago, T-shirt Sip said:

    Thank you for the heads up. I’ll get there a little bit before 6 and see how it goes. 

    I was last there in July 2022.  Got there before 5:00 and was about 65th in line.  They started serving at 7:35 and I was eating by 9:00.

    BTW, here is the thread with all of the info on Texas BBQ Joints.

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