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Carl Spackler

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  1. Oakland Coliseum is a fucking boil on the buttocks of baseball. It has nowhere near the character of really old stadiums like Fenway and Wrigley, and it doesn't have the facilities or visual appeal of newer places like Petco, MinuteMaid, etc. It's in the shitshow middle. The only remotely redeemable qualities are the low cost of tickets and the absence of lines. But you get what you pay for.
  2. Ribeyes & beans at Swingin Steaks in Mexican Hat -- yessir. I have reservations at Hell's Backbone in about a month. Looking forward to trying it.
  3. Fuck that guy and his getting his panties in a wad if a batter takes a hard cut or expresses frustration about missing a pitch, or any of about a hundred other supposed slights that seem to put sand in his vag. Kinda glad he got DFA'd.
  4. The stadium reminds me of something you might see in College Station. It's turrrrible. One positive is very short beer lines. As in, non-existent lines.
  5. Nice pics. Interesting wallpaper you have in your van. To each his own.
  6. Fuck ACU. Feels good to see Texas mudhole them.
  7. I wasn't aware of that HBO documentary. Gonna have to watch it after reading about it on another thread.
  8. Redwood Empire Lost Monarch Woodinville OGD 114
  9. I bought a Ruger P89 about 30 years ago. The trigger is terrible but it has been damned reliable. I've put thousands of rounds of all types through that thing, and it has never failed to go bang. I had one instance of a casing getting stuck in the ejection port a few years back. No other problems at all. Money well spent, IMO.
  10. Heading there in about a month to hit three of the five NPs, so your post has definitely stoked a fire that was already pretty hot.
  11. You haven't been to the A&M campus recently, I take it.
  12. The Sting is a fucking great movie. The poker game scene on the train is an all-timer. I'm in the middle of watching Outlast. At first I was disappointed that there wasn't more focus on the techniques the teams were using to survive (e.g., building shelter, finding food, etc.) such a shitty environment in which to be outdoors for an extended period of time. Instead, the focus is more on the intra-team dynamics and the dealings between the various teams. The more I watch, though, the more I'm getting into it, in large part because I'm curious to see what the next act of backstabbing fuckery will be and by whom.
  13. I've got a Shard. When I fly and don't check baggage (which is most of the time I fly), then I replace the little multitool on my key chain with the Shard or a Leatherman Style PS. I don't EDC it, though. The prybar/screwdriver/nail puller part of it will occasionally dig into my leg when I'm sitting.
  14. My liver, which was already in sad shape, just waved a white flag.
  15. At one point I had 3 of them because I kept misplacing one, so I'd buy a replacement, then I'd find the original, etc. I'm presently down to two. The SAK cadet might be the best designed & engineered tool I own. I love the blade for the same reason you do -- easy to get really sharp. The next SAK I get might have to be the alox Pioneer just so I can compare it to the Cadet.
  16. This thread is teaching me that I need to up my tequila and mezcal game.
  17. Someday, I will do the Cascade Loop. And it will be glorious. https://www.cascadeloop.com/
  18. I've enjoyed camping in the Mojave National Preserve. Lava tubes, huge sand dunes, tons of joshua trees, and not many people. Weaverville, CA is a NoCal mountain town that serves as a good jumping off point for hiking, 4-wheeling, fishing, hunting, etc. It's about halfway between Lassen Volcanic National Park and the coast The first place mentioned in your post, Lake City, Co, has been on my list of places to visit for quite a while. The county in which Lake City is located (Hinsdale County) has fewer than 1,000 residents. Someone once told me that it also has the fewest miles of paved roads of any county in the Lower 48. Don't know if that's true, but if it isn't, it's probably close. I've read about Lake City and heard people talk about it. Some day I will get there. Other desolate areas that are on my radar: -- The so-called ION area -- where the Oregon, Idaho and Nevada borders converge. Been kinda fascinated by the idea of checking it out ever since reading "Give a Boy a Gun" by Jack Olsen, about Claude Dallas, the trapper who killed two Idaho game wardens in the early 80's. Some of the most isolated, desolate country in the Lower 48 is in that area. -- The Steens Mountain Wilderness area of eastern Oregon. -- Some day I will camp at the Cosmic Campground in western New Mexico when there is no moon, the sky is about as dark as it can get, and I can check out the night sky in all its glory.
  19. Wrap your mind around this: Either FAU or SDSU is going to be in the national title game.
  20. Refs in the Creighton-SDSU are missing a lot of calls so far. At least it seems the incompetence is impartial.
  21. When it comes to mass-marketed Mexican hot sauces, I prefer Tapatio to Cholula because it (Tapatio) tastes less vinager-y to me. Valentina is somewhere in between the two according to my tastebuds.
  22. Not too far away from Skidmore, where Ken Rex McElroy engaged in depredations for many years. If you still have kin in that area, they might have had their livestock stolen by him back in the 70's and 80's. Or maybe bought a hunting dog from him.
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