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flatdawgs

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  1. Single (or even two) passenger car trips do not scale up well enough to replace public transit. Put 40 people from some rando bus in individual cars and see how quickly your road space fills up. Now do that for every person in every bus/train. Those Waymos ain't going anywhere fast in the parking lots every road would quickly become. That's in a city like Austin - it would be exponentially worse in a San Francisco or Seattle where topography limits the road space to begin with. That's one reason most of us in cities like that use transit at least on some of our trips. I drive for some things, take the train (or bus) for others simply due to traffic and/or parking issues at the other end. Waymos are great for the "last mile" trips, for certain point-to-point trips where transit routes or schedules don't work, and for local errands/bar nights etc., and may even be useful enough in some circumstances to allow a family to have one fewer car. They definitely have a place in a city's transportation options. Just remember, though - every person in that bus or train is someone who isn't on the road making traffic even worse - even if it's in a Waymo.
  2. My brother and SIL are there... mainly because they're leaving on a cruise tomorrow so were in town anyway. 😂 I remember going to a Freedom Bowl in Anaheim years ago when down there for a UW Rose Bowl and getting tickets for a buck. Found out from where we were sitting related to the Tulsa end zone that "Tulsa" backwards is "a slut". That's all I remember about that game.
  3. Bowl game on December 13th suuuuucks. This game so far does not (for a couple of us anyway).
  4. Thanks brother - much appreciated. Not to put too fine a point on it, but the old guy is unpleasant and not all there upstairs (not Surly level, but still) so likely was an accident of some sort. Smelled smoke and stepped outside to see flames shooting out from the soffits, called 911 and yelled at him to get out (couldn't get to the house as he's got security fencing but it was fully involved by then anyway). He'd gotten out unharmed, thankfully.
  5. Thanks, @bolverk - am on a hill in the city so not bad; there was local flooding at the bottom of the hill. Nothing like the mountains and areas north of the metro area got, and another one is expected next week. Next door neighbor's house burned down Thursday evening - fortunately no injuries and everything was so soaked none of our houses were damaged, so I guess the rain did some good in that regard.
  6. Atmospheric river originating in the Philippines has been hitting western Washington all week; nearly all rivers on this side of the state will reach all-time record flood stages this evening. Six million people are under flood watches or warnings (fortunately we have a LOT of hills, but the valleys are getting hammered).
  7. You don't know the half of it. Curse you for even making me read that name.
  8. here for it, even KICK Audi 😂 and a bunch of 5 and 6am races. (I know. I know - Revolut will be the sponsor. Yawn.)
  9. And here I thought she got in as a Genius. Foreign language is compulsory in Slovenian education starting in first grade; most children take English from then throughout their education. Oh, and she's stupider than even I thought if she's from Slovenia and hates Christmas. I spent the holidays in Ljubljana a couple of years ago and it was amazing - beautiful little city, markets, the whole bit. Everyone I interacted with spoke flawless English. 5/5, would return. (I get the challenges with trying to speak a non-native language when in a different country and don't wish to belittle it- my Portuguese is at best mediocre and it's a serious challenge for me when I'm there. That said, I just started learning a couple of years ago, not 40+.)
  10. I don't often use the "hook 'em" rep - I'm not Texan, didn't go to UT; that belongs to all of you and not a guest from Outside. In this case, however, I think it's warranted. Congratulations for making it happen and never giving up - you may have thought you did at times, but in your heart you never did. So, yeah - Hook 'em!
  11. I'm sure the 16 Qataris and couple of hundred Egyptians that show up in town will have already had their eyes opened by the time the match begins. It's not terribly challenging to run into the rainbow anywhere and everywhere in the area, and Pride Week is a pretty big deal, parade and festival and all. That draw is pretty perfect for this, though. 😂
  12. Every bar owner in Seattle has been sobbing nonstop since the draw: Qatar, Egypt x2, Iran... possibly Bosnia. Aussies will do their best to help out, but it's a tall ask even for them. Perhaps Italy or Northern Ireland will win the playoff and give the poor pubs some hope.
  13. lolol if the US wins their very winnable group, they wouldn't play a match outside of the west coast megablue states (WA and CA) until the semifinals. 😂
  14. Tomorrow morning, I believe, 11am CT. The delay is definitely to try and align TV times with local markets as best as possible.
  15. The only thing I've seen says they'll announce "the locations and times" at 11a CT Saturday - maybe that's because most cities are hosting games from two groups (Seattle's are B and G). We'll definitely know which teams are in which groups today, but maybe not which group games are where. Seattle (and Vancouver) being exactly equidistant between Europe and Asia, it will be interesting to see who gets placed in the PNW.
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