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  1. That is a hard no on delivery to Alaska from Texas.  Prices would be out-of-this world. I am only taking frozen food from Texas because it is my luggage.  I will arrive in Anchorage at about 3:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 11 and pay $20 per tote per 24 hour period at a company in the Anchorage airport that has a -30 degree freezer.  From there I will travel to Kotzebue and then the final destination - Selawik.  

  2. Kroger's weekly ad kicks everybody's ass.  I am spending the next 9 days helping my parents in Round Rock and will travel to Alaska with about 96 pounds of frozen food, mostly beef, chicken, sausage.  

    The nearest Kroger's is in Bryan, and their weekly ad that starts tomorrow has two gems, USDA choice chuck roast at $3.97 per pound and chicken thighs at 99 cents per pound. 

    Anybody have any experience trying to get Kroger delivery with weekly ad prices from the nearest Kroger's?  I called Kroger's cust. number and the lady's English was rough enough that I don't necessarily believe her, but she said I could get Bryan weekly ad prices delivered.   

  3. 6 hours ago, TankedBevo said:

    I'll tell you boys what, there is no greater privilege than being close to an HEB after 11 years in DFW. I got a taste when they opened up the one in Plano but it was still a 40 min drive one way from my house. Now, it's 4 minutes. 

    Fuck Kroger and Tom Thumb. That is all.

    agree with this.  The wife's apartment is a four minute drive from HEB, but the last couple of days I have been putting on the backpack, hiking to HEB and coming back with a small amount of groceries.  The smell of HEB in the morning is out-of-this-world.  The bakery is strategically located as you enter the building.  ooh, ahhh, impressive. 

  4. On 6/28/2023 at 6:03 PM, midtown said:

    Taqueria Datapoint.  Moved to Dezavala when they had the fire from their original location.  The googles tells me they reopened in the med ctr

    check it out, no pics, but their blouses and pants fit very well, not too tight just right. 

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  5. On 6/27/2023 at 9:08 AM, midtown said:

    I live in one of the neighborhoods next to the Taqueria Datapoint Dezavala.  It's quite good and kind of a SA institution.  The late-30's waitress with all the gang tats is kind of hot. 
    Depends what you want to eat.   If you need some craft beers the Dooryard in the same center has some good beer.  Lastly across the street in the Exxon is a Nepalese dumpling house called Momo.  Surprisingly excellent.  Definitely get the spicy
    Ginos Deli is 5 mins. Its something like the 4th highest rated restaurant in Texas on yelp or some crazy stat like that

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    As I sat there waiting for my order I was struck with how hot all of the waitresses were.  

  6. On 6/27/2023 at 7:47 AM, LebongJames said:

    You went to a fast food bbq restaurant and what was probably Black Bear Diner which is a California chain. You sound like Helobious.

    Have you considered Cheddars, Chilis or Applebees?

    ha! Those were my sister-in-law's choices..not mine. In fact those were both brought to me...two sisters picking places.

  7. I watched Norm's retirement announcement on YouTube today, and I must say Norm looked old enough to be concerned about having to be carried out, which he correctly spoke about, noting he didn't want to be carried out.  

    Imo, he just made it by the skin of his teeth.   I am really glad for him that he finally made the decision, but that bit about doing podcasts and traveling etc. hmmm?  He is already traveling quite a bit, and I don't see a podcast in his future.  Imo, there is no way he is coming back for future NFL drafts, etc.  78? Wow!  I cannot imagine working a full time job at 78.  Of course some people might say Norm has been part-time for a while already.  

  8. 19 hours ago, RPM said:

    Leon Simon (Leon the Barber). He was part of The Sports Brothers with Wally Lynn. He was a barber in South Dallas that used to call on with hot sports opinions and KLIF offered him a job. Think their show was 6-9 PM then he went to mornings w/Norm.

    Thanks, so by the time I was commuting in 1999 from McKinney to Richardson Norm was working mornings with Leon.  Norm always had just a 2 hour show at the ticket, it seems.  I read one article where Norm thinks he is coming back for special events such as the NFL draft, fake Kentucky Derby etc.  Imo not a chance in hell, but what do I know.  

    Great opportunity for Donny.  I would think the Ticket has been planning for this for a very very long time.  

     

  9. I outlasted Norm?  Wow!  I moved my family to McKinney in 1999 from Corpus Christi, and Norm was still with the other station, paired up with a man, Leon?  Can't remember.  Seems like Norm moved to the Ticket soon after.  Norm was the cherry on top of the sundae at the time, it seemed. 

    Btw, McKinney was about 34,000 people then and now I am guessing well over 200,000 now. 

    Ticket was about 5 years old then?  I moved to Alaska about six months after this thread was started.  Now visiting the wife in SA, so no listening to Norm's last words, but will hear on YouTube I suppose.  

    The other surprising thing to me is that Greggo is still alive.  I heard the Freak on YouTube..his show. 105 beers in one weekend and he was .41 at the hospital.  Should have died.  Not too surprising Rhyner couldn't stay away.  I agree with whomever said Mike will be gone by Christmas.  How long was Rhyner away?  He retired in December 2019?   Just before COVID I think.  

     

     

     

     

  10. Alaska resident here.  I'm always checking out their website and hearing weird stuff on the flights from Alaska to Texas.  Weird story coming. 

    I heard the usual sales pitch about the Alaska Airlines Visa in April with the extra pitch that if you haven't applied for a credit card in the last two years you can get another one.  But I needed to time the acceptance just right so I could purchase the required $3000 in 90 days. I will buy 6 months of groceries before I arrive at my remote village on August 11th.  I got on the plane end of May to travel and of the 3 flights from Kotzebue to DFW, on the first two the flight attendants did not give the sales pitch, but the ad was in front of me, 62,000 miles with the acceptance and spending the $3k of course.  

    You have to fill out the form while the plane is in the air.  So, I fight the turbulence, filling out the application as we descend into DFW, day before Memorial Day, double check, I answered every question, turn in app. to FA.  

    Then silence.  I call a few times to B of A.  They don't give in.  I have to wait 30 days.  The other day I got a call.  The sales lady said she could read my app. but the computer could not.  She needed to verify I am an American citizen.  Cue the joke about Alaska not being part of the United States.  She claimed that little gem was the reason my acceptance was held up, I asked for an expedited card sent to the address in San Antonio, which is neither my mailing address or physical address, she said sure, took down my info.  

    Card did not arrive, so I called again starting yesterday.  Turned out first saleslady was incompetent.  No way, card was sent to Alaska.  Grrr, so I was told to call again but was not authenticated.  I tried again this morning, still no authentication possible, instructed to go to a B of A branch with my ID.  Authentication yes! Card will be sent,  but of course no mail Monday, holiday. Card will arrive Thursday or Friday, by 06/23, hopefully. 

    In the meantime, Alaska airlines is increasing the luggage fee for bag #3,4 etc.  from $100 to $150.  But if I purchase tickets. before June 30, I can get the $100 bag fee.  Bags 1 and 2 are free.  

    I am going to use the new card to purchase flights in December and  February for flights from Alaska to Texas where I might need the 3rd and 4th bag.  The flights back to Alaska can wait a little, because I will hit $3000 and might be able to exhaust the new 62000 miles plus my wife is donating her miles to me as well.  

    Hard to believe in this digital age, but it really is taking almost 30 days to get a credit card.  

  11. Need an update.   Are there any decent places to eat around here?  Spending the remainder of the summer in SA.  My sister-in-law who has lived here forever is 0 for 2 picking take-out places and I am 1 for 1.  I walked down the hill and took a chance on Taqueira Datapoint and wow! I waited so long I thought they might be actually making the food fresh and the enchiladas were very tasty. 

    Sister in law picked Bill Miller - brisket? yuck...but tea still good, and some place with a Bear in its name..pretty bad.  

    You guys know that old saying "Good enough to make you want to slap your mama"?  Well so far this experience is making me come up with another expression, "bad enough to make me wish I had started a restaurant after working 8.5 years at Luby's Cafeteria in Mgmt". 

    Btw, Luby's was where I heard that expression, in 1992.

    Mr. Wayne Shirley might be close to dead by now, but he was one hell of a training director back in the day. 

    Slick too.  He could sell. 

     

     

     

     

     

     

  12. 8 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

    Cam Smith is -4 through 6

    And really interesting how CBS has a preset list of things to cover and refuses to show any further updates on a guy that is white hot like Cameron. 

     

    They showed one tiny highlight of him, and that's it....just ignore the fact he has so many birdies. 

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  13. By the time the leaders get out there the course will have dried up enough to limit the possibilities of a 65, imo.  That one dude already scored a 31 on the back nine.  Anybody who is now playing the first 4 or 5 holes has a chance at a 65, imo.  

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