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  1. I don't like it, but she sang on two songs on the White Album. She still sucks. Thankfully, Billy Preston had more appearances.
  2. Austin is a City, which has died by one thousand paper cuts. One nostalgic one was the closing of the Villa Capri. It was long past its late 60s prime when I stayed there for a week as a 10-year old kid because it was across from the Disch, and I was going to baseball camp there in the early 80s. But it had a pool, and, even 40 years later, I still remember staying there. But that place was a top place back in the day. When Mad Dog & Beans closed: My sister is eleven years older than I am, but when we would visit her at UT, we'd hit up MD&B for burgers, but mostly for the Cookies 'n' Cream milkshake (no drugs were exchanged as far as I know). That place was craft burger long before such a dumb phrase existed. Probably my #1a burger (Hamburgers by Gourmet in Houston was the top-spot contender). Anyway, it closed two weeks after I got to Austin as a freshman in 92. I ate there twice during that short period of time. Porky's Demise, Fries, Cookies 'n' Cream (or mint chocolate chip) milkshake. Perfect. So that 5 years after you got there thing is an average. I'm apparently to one extreme of the curve in some respects. 1,000 paper cuts.
  3. Well, and his album, Best Hits.
  4. Damn. You got the 5th post in this thread. 5th (although, subjectively, George Martin is the fifth Beee-AHtl). But Good on ya, Pete. RIP
  5. Responded with this clip to a post in the TXBBQ thread. At the time, I thought it was a fairly funny to average episode. I don't seem to catch it much on random Seinfeld viewings (lots of those on Saturday mornings). But after decades of Curb, it's such an exaggerated Larry scenario, it hits differently. This could be a real deep dive into George's neuroses. It's really great, right down to the intro business about Steinbrenner wanting a new scoreboard. "Gotta give the big guy what he wants." is so
  6. Yeah, well the jerk store called . . .
  7. Usually a 12AT7
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    Vinyl

    If you spotted a couple of tourists at one of your favorite record shops, would you find their car, remove the carburetor, show it to them, then throw it in the ocean?
  9. Unsplitting infinitives in real time during conversation.
  10. Take it to the Kansas City BBQ thread.
  11. So tell me what's special about Altmeister Vinegar. I know alt means old and meister is master. So the name isn't helping me on what the flavor is.
  12. Here's a great one. Also, my #1 concert.
  13. You can wrap in towels, but you also want to crumple up a couple of towels and fill the head space over your bundles of meat with towels too. I'll microwave a few cups of water in a pyrex dish and place it on a tray in the bottom of the cooler for about 15 minutes to preheat it rather than dumping water in the cooler. I have an Igloo Ice Cube that does a fine job of holding meats warm.
  14. I had the same problem with a Capresso burr grinder. Went with a Gaggia MDF after that and, ultimately, a super automatic. I never could figure out the static problem with the Carpresso. For drip coffee, I now just use a whirly-bird grinder and ask for forgiveness later.
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    Vinyl

    Oh, wow. I was just there with my son doing some vinyl shopping, and I told him to his surprise that it was in the same location it was when I was at UT in the 90s. Sad for me for nostalgia's sake, but probably a good move overall. North Austin is more Austin than that location at this point anyway.
  16. Since my source was questionable last year, when I suggested this to be the case, I can confirm that all UT residence halls have A/C and heat, but the individual rooms do not all have their own thermostats. https://housing.utexas.edu/housing/virtual-tours/andrews-hall-virtual-tours#:~:text=All of our residence halls have AC and heat.
  17. Yes. And I don't know since I never judge a book based for its cover.
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    Gumbo

    I stirred it for years, and I agree that it's a greatly-satisfying drinking game. But not to put too fine of a point on it, after a few goes at doing it in the oven, my results have been that it adds a depth of flavor that doing it on the stovetop just doesn't yield for me. I asked ye olde Cajun coworker about it, and she said most of her relatives make it in the oven too. For me, it's about what it tastes like in the end rather than the amount of effort required. If stirring it made for better gumbo, I'd stir it. I rank it up there with making your own stock as far as end product goes.
  19. There probably are better cookbooks, but back when I was looking, a lot of them were in German. This has been good as an introduction, and the recipes are solid.
  20. Jägerschnitzel over German potato salad with kraut. Trust me. It's under there. Pretty, pretty good.
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