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shakahorn

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  1. Don't forget June Jones - damn he really let himself go and William Hung. Neither one of those guys could fight worth a damn.
  2. I love this one and use it IRL all the time. Sometimes I substitute "workaround" for "shortcut." Everytime this movie comes on, I gotta stop flipping channels and watch it. I mean...consider their ultimate destination. Another one I use IRL all the time is: Either he's alive or he's dead. Or the cops got him, or he got away. Used whenever some joker states obvious outcomes.
  3. Not sure what you mean by "recent" but Asians in Brazil started migrating over there around the same time they came to the US. Chinese in the early 1800's and Japanese in the early 1900's. Like in the US, Japanese migration tapered off, but Chinese migration continues, albeit northern Chinese now vs southern Chinese then.
  4. I use this one a lot verbatim IRL. "Perhaps the laws of physics cease to exist on your stove." I paraphrase this one a lot IRL.
  5. Oh yeah at the risk of being Captain Obvious, Quito is like 9k elevation. The tram to the top of the mountain takes you to 13k. Hiking around up there can cause a little huffing and puffing but there are tons of well marked, well kept trails so you shouldn't get into any trouble.
  6. I thought Quito was very cool, but yeah 5 days is a lot. In addition to what Gecko says, you can go to the equator which is cool. Wife and I did all of that in one day. We hired a car out of hour hotel who took us to all those places for $120. Probably could have bargained down to $100 or maybe less, I think that's what you're supposed to do, but whateves. The dude was totally cool. Ecuador uses dollars so no need to change money. Actually, we only went to Quito as a gateway to Galapagos. Galapagos is pretty controlled, you can only visit most of it if you're on a tour. Sounds like all your tours are booked which is good, especially if you're only traveling as a couple. Last minute stuff can be tricky, we lucked onto one tour because the capacity was 12 and there was a group of 10 older Germans. (The krauts were by and large very cool, one bitchy lady trying to be in charge but even the krauts ignored her. A couple of them were familiar with UT and our football team, they started the convo due to my longhorn cap. This was August of 2017 so I didn't say much about football.) In my experience, the tour guides were all very knowledgeable and educated. One of our guides had a Masters from Cornell. I think all the guides are gonna speak English and most hotels and even restaurants will as well. Spanish comes in very handy of course If you're staying on Santa Cruz for any period of time, there is a street market where you can grab dinner. Los Kioskos - basically a bunch of different outdoor restaurants. Seafood is the specialty obviously. Kinda fun to walk around downtown Santa Cruz, seems pretty safe and again, they control who can go in and out. If Quito gets boring, Guayaquil seemed cool, it's actually the largest city in Ecuador. But I never actually visited, just stopped at the airport.
  7. Why does Dallas get to be Paris?
  8. Can't figure if this is good or bad. Eldorado currently has no properties in Vegas, one in Laughlin, three in Reno and one in Tahoe and a bunch of other casinos spread out across the country, none of which look too appealing.
  9. And nowadays, only an occasional toe is seen.
  10. Can’t you just get a job at footlocker and quit after they give you the uniform?
  11. I thought the team that called our last two games were quite fair, impartial and head and shoulders above most from the regular season.
  12. The lady in the background is sneaking a pic of this dude for her pinterest 'hot or not' thread.
  13. Just chatted with them instead of calling and got 6 months for $30. Figured it wasn't worth it to ask for 12 months at same price. Chatting took just as long as a call, maybe 5 minutes but seemed less painful.
  14. Had a buddy of a buddy drive me once, he's from Florida. We're in the left lane, kinda tailgating some moron doing like 57 or so. I ask him, 'do folks not respect the left lane in Florida too?' to which he answered 'dunno, don't really pay attention to that.' Took all the willpower I had not to call him a moron.
  15. We're not letting this thread die, are we? LAA vs Toronto - under 9.5. No Upton for LAA tonight who only came back last night and no Bour either who has a couple of HR since getting called back up. Houston -175 at Cincy. Only 175? I would bet this up to -195 which is pretty much my limit on any bet. Don't like anything -2 or higher. ATL +107 vs NYM. I like the home dog, SP's about even WHIP 1.19 for Teheran vs 1.13 for deGrom. PHI +154 @ WAS. No Realmuto tonight, Arrieta is not the old Arrieta, but I still like PHI at these odds.
  16. Did Phil copy Tiger with the gum or what?
  17. Same I think. Wind's not picking up at all. Not gonna get any warmer than it is right now. Actually, not gonna get any colder either until maybe very late in the round.
  18. Do we need a "Jordan Spieth - one of our own?" thread?
  19. Love seeing Isao Aoki out there. Must be working for Japanese media.
  20. I thought I was watching myself for a minute there. Except I'm not some euro in some gay-ass colors. NTTAWWT
  21. Yeah on second viewing, the rake really didn't play. Tiger can't buy a putt to save his life.
  22. OK that one might really be on the caddie. Should have moved that rake.
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