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Brisketexan

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  1. My old man had extra pairs of binoculars in their bar, for guests. As a courtesy. For real.
  2. My mom. 100%. She was a class act.
  3. Threadgills was fine. We mostly stuck with the sides (you could get a plate of 3 or 5). Best items were spinach casserole, garlic cheese grits, butter beans, scalloped potatoes, and San Antonio squash. Greens were good enough, and back in the day, they had a Cajun Italian eggplant casserole that was really good. Entrees were nothing special. Their meatloaf was good, as were the fried chicken livers. And when they made their biscuits fresh, they were outstanding. I’d eat a fresh one with honey. But then they quit making them fresh, and went to frozen or some shit, and that was the beginning of their real slide. Their location was south of 183, though - right by the Yellow Rose.
  4. Don't forget the other thing AI has in common with all recent bubbles: its evangelists spend incredible amounts of energy telling everyone that all the bubble talk is bullshit, this stuff is the future, and anyone issuing warnings is just bitter because they missed out on the massive increases in valuation. It's like clockwork.
  5. $20 a month X 0 subscribers HAS to be more than $10 a month X 0 subscribers, right?
  6. Yeah, we replaced both units just a few years ago when we were flush with cash for a while. Thankfully, the units are fine. But our 40 year old wiring is not. Because it's always something.
  7. Apparently they've ID'd the guy, and he has a history of unhinged engagements like this. Now, whether the Travis County DA will do shit about it......
  8. Sigh. The storms Friday-Saturday did a number on our A/C. Temps were tolerable through last night, so we made do until we could get a tech out today. Turns out, all kinds of wiring is shot, and it will take a couple of days. And today has gotten pretty warm, so we'll probably sleep downstairs where we have working A/C. And who knows how much the fucking repair will be. So, summer with one last "fuck you" before it packs things up, I guess.
  9. I learned about this from watching the documentary Thundarr the Barbarian.
  10. Yep, they were solid as well. Some great options on that N. Lamar corridor. Truly, I'm waiting for the day the hipsters discovery the real-deal, cheap, affordable and amazing places along N. Lamar between 183 and Walnut Creek. Once that dam breaks, the area will be gentrified to shit within 10 years.
  11. You mean the place where you can spend $14 on a Banh Mi that's not nearly as good as a $7 Bahn Mi from Lily's sandwich shop or Baguette House? F that hipster-ass place.
  12. Yep. They are burning it all down to show two different groups of people: (1) The minority poors....who will be just as fucked and stuck here as the white poors. Congratulations, you just played yourself. and (2) The investing class, who, when things get shitty enough, will say "cool...see ya later" and just fucking leave. You'll be left with a combined poverty class that's even MORE fucked by its own doing, and a very small oligarch class living in walled castles and whatnot, surveying it all as kings of a rotted kingdom. That's what "MAGA! WINNING!" looks like.
  13. If you aren't keeping an eye on your competition, what are you even doing?
  14. link to greens recipe pls?
  15. This. This is the outcome, it's the only thing that matters. MAGAs keep pulling the cord on the suicide vest, and they completely disregard the fact that they are blown to shreds, focusing solely on the "others" who got hammered by the shrapnel - they grin in gleeful victory, nevermind the fact that they turned themselves into pink mist. So. Fucking. Stupid.
  16. It's hard to trumpet a "surplus" when you're simultaneously begging for a $40 billion bailout lest you collapse. And the inflation rate is.....back to 2021 levels (yes, it was hyperinflation for a period, so any decrease is good, but let's not go sucking each other's dicks just yet). Accounting bullshit is bullshit when the rubber meets the road. Well, I mean....I was married by then. But even my wife agreed "holy shit, these women are gorgeous."
  17. I didn't say the trade-off would be worth it (and Paint it Black is fucking awesome). I said we'll get what we get, and we'll call it a win, no matter how stupid a loss we take. And even one American life spent on "conquering" a country that doesn't constitute any material threat to us--solely so the "peace president" can simultaneously pretend to be a badass AND distract from his deep relationship with the world's most notorious pedophile--is a fucking loss.
  18. Is it made of nickel? Or Stanley nickels?
  19. My folks' apartment in BA looked over the park with the Malvinas memorial. Not many visitors to the memorial. But on a sunny day, LOTS of stunning Argentine women sunning themselves on the park lawn. Solid location for an apartment balcony.
  20. Argentina is one of those places where the voters' thought process is largely simple, clear, and understandable. "We've tried X and Y for the past 50 years.....and we've ended up ratfucked, completely. So, fuck it, let's try Z, we literally can't do any worse." And they're right. What's the worst that can happen? They turn into a bankrupt, totally failed economy? Been there, done that, a dozen times in the past several decades. They've seen rock bottom, they were just at another rock bottom, fuck it, let's try something different. I still don't think this gambit will really work, but I genuinely can't blame them for trying something completely different, given their track record.
  21. This can't be overlooked, and it's genuinely great no matter who you are. My daughter was an academic star, she was going to get into most places she applied (and ended up getting her first choice). But her first acceptance was to her second choice (which she absolutely would have taken -- University of Edinburgh), and when she got it, she called me in tears, so excited -- "Dad, I'm going to college!" I realized what an awesome feeling that was for her, because even though she "knew" she would go somewhere, to have that first real, tangible acceptance in hand really means something. Congratulations to all the kids who are getting those this fall. Seriously, it's great.
  22. Has these vibes.... ...except without the seriousness and credibility of Nicholas Cage.
  23. On the bright side, gave us some pretty good music. I mean....there's always a silver lining, right? Sure, it's a mountain of shit, but find that one shiny thing so we can call it a win. That's the American way.
  24. That both looks amazing….and like it would run in fear if a spice came within a mile of it.
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