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  1. You don't know the half of it. Curse you for even making me read that name.
  2. here for it, even KICK Audi 😂 and a bunch of 5 and 6am races. (I know. I know - Revolut will be the sponsor. Yawn.)
  3. 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+.)
  4. 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!
  5. 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. 😂
  6. 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.
  7. 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. 😂
  8. Tomorrow morning, I believe, 11am CT. The delay is definitely to try and align TV times with local markets as best as possible.
  9. 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.
  10. Since that game is against a pot 2 team, the USA’s possible opponents are Croatia, Morocco, Colombia, Uruguay, Switzerland, Japan, Senegal, Iran, South Korea, Ecuador, Austria and Australia - mostly pretty good matchups. Since I live here, I'm hoping to go to a match or two, but probably won't be that one. It looks as though we won't actually know where the vast majority of games will be played until tomorrow morning, though, as they're trying to set optimal TV times for as many countries as possible.
  11. You'll get Mazepin's used Haas* and you'll like it. *some assembly required
  12. Nobody wins in a shovel fight. Well, at least that guy didn't.
  13. The roast dinners are generally great and pretty much every pub has them. You can get them every Sunday (at the least); many do a special Christmas dinner for regulars as well. That said, my sister and BIL have always kept the Thanksgiving dinner tradition for their family and have done for the nearly 20 years they've lived there. They want roast beast, they can get that anytime.
  14. So this is allegedly from US Southern Command? And we're still trying to convince ourselves that "oh, the military wouldn't follow illegal orders" when it comes to this (or anything else)? There's a lot of rot that will need to be excised when the time comes. I still have hope that the vast majority of our military will do the right thing in any circumstances when illegal orders are given, but it's gonna be messy if that comes to a head.
  15. Yes, this is typical, particularly on larger projects where you can "stage" the various permits (clearing/grading, dry utilities, site, foundation etc.) and begin work on each in turn. Of course here there's likely no permitting authority, or if there is it was ignored, so here we are. We try to "freeze the backgrounds" as early as possible, especially where stuff is touching ground, so that those permits can be obtained early and subsequent work begun. Freezing the backgrounds in other areas sometimes doesn't occur until closer to building permit application, mainly due to clients constantly changing their minds. (Right, McCrery?)
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