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FirstTimeCaller

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  1. Now the thread is there? The mystery deepens. Are nefarious forces deleting and then repopulating r/Austin threads? For what purpose? We have to get to the bottom of this. Scrolled through and didn't see it. Searched his name and didn't see it. Thought it had been removed.
  2. Re: Tomasco -- Someone posted the story on Austin Reddit yesterday and he chimed in. He said that a new DA lawyer fresh out of law school had his case and told him there wouldn't be charges because it was hard to prove (?!). Mysteriously, that entire thread is nowhere to be seen now.
  3. For those that don't know the story, local weather guy Avery Tomasco was in a small wreck a few months ago. Guy got out of his car and took a swing at him, narrowly missing him. It's all on camera. Tomasco just got word that because the guy missed, the county attorney's office (Delia Garza, I believe) is dropping the case.
  4. After a few months of friendly encouragement (he can get REAL defensive if he feels attacked), I finally took off the kid gloves and lit into him a little bit and let him know he needs to do something -- any step -- or I don't have much to say. Still talk occasionally, but I pick up only when it's convenient for me. I feel bad as I'm fairly sure he's just sitting in the apartment alone. Honestly, glad to see this as I've been feeling pretty conflicted about giving him the cold shoulder. I said the same damn thing. This is Austin.
  5. I like how you were able to cut weight with those spare pieces.
  6. Keefe is funnier than all three of the kids, but that ain't saying a lot.
  7. Catching up on season 3... surprise Sturgill Simpson! This show needs to totally revamp to be focused on Keefe and Baby Billy.
  8. Serious question -- is it more harmful to the American public that TikTok is available or that hundreds of millions can place sports bets from their phones?
  9. Ok, I've put off posting here just trying to not to air anyone's business... but how the hell do I help a friend that seems incapable of helping himself? He's in bad. Always had an issue with drinking too much, recent divorce has put him over the edge. On top, he was laid off and had some deaths in the family. He's a wreck emotionally. He's been to the hospital three times in the past few months due to alcohol issues, including recent seizures. I've begged him to go to meetings just to take some sort of step, and told him I would go with him. He says they are too boring and puts up all sorts of other hurdles. He admits he has a problem, but seems to have some sort of mental block against actually trying to get better. I think he gets overwhelmed trying to take even the smallest step such as finding a counselor and figuring out insurance/payment. What can I do? Edit to add he's been to two detox sessions (~5 days each). First one he was doing well for a few weeks and fell off. Next one seemed like he went right back.
  10. Anyone else never update apps on their phone? If I have something that is glitchy, I'm going to delete it, not update it. If it works, I don't want to update and find that it's been "updated" with a user experience that now sucks. Used to use a podcast app that I liked. Updated it and it started showing ads all the time. Nooooope.
  11. You mean when he announced his run a full two years (Nov 16, 2022) before the actual election? A full eight months earlier than he did in 2016 (Jun 16, 2015) to try and use the "I'm a presidential candidate" excuse as a reason he can't be prosecuted?
  12. Begging for energy? What the hell does that look like? Please, sir. May I have an energy?
  13. From what I've seen from Max, he'd probably just sim race instead and quit dealing with F1 BS.
  14. If this is a rush, I don't want to see what it looks like when they take their damn time. January 6th was three damn years ago.
  15. Paul Giamatti's dad was the commissioner of MLB. He lasted only a few months before he died of a heart attack.
  16. About 20% of the world's giant sequoias (those 4ft or more in diameter) have been killed by wildfire since 2020.
  17. Have you read this thread? I specifically say that I don't like that shit either. But why are you railing on BTC instead of our state's leadership?
  18. For the life of me, I cannot understand how this gets people so worked up.
  19. And I agree. If they are committing fraud, jail them. That's not hard. But to call it all blatant fraud like UW seemed to be doing seems wrong to me. To me personally, the utility is that of digital gold. I don't think it will ever be an actual currency apart from perhaps some large, one-off transactions. I think there is real value in an asset that's outside of being controlled by a single government. I'm not some wild libertarian or anything. Nearly all my wealth is in USD. But I see the value in having a little stashed outside of that in a rainy day fund. If it were easy enough to buy Euros or Swiss Francs, I'd do that too. It's also why I own a little gold. I'm not sure where you're going with this? I don't want the U.S. on a gold standard. It would be a disaster. Countries need the ability to print, change interest rates, etc. But that doesn't mean I don't want access to an alternative, just in case. (To be honest, if it's sudden that things go downhill, the value of BTC is going to fall too.) Bottom line: I think BTC has utility. I like owning a little. I see it mostly like a call option. If it goes to $0, no big deal. If it goes to $1 million, I'll have a nice little stake.
  20. Sorry, who specifically should be in prison? And what is the fraud they are committing?
  21. So as cryptocurrency has gained in adoption, it's being used more in these crimes. To the tune of roughly 2,000 cases in 2021. My response would be how many BSA reports involved the US dollar? Or Euros? I would expect it to be a multitude more than what's shown here. Does that mean I am helping them profit because the vast, vast, vast majority of my wealth is in dollars.
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