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  1. I was walking through Neimen’s with my UT daughter (no pix) in Houston.  She’s not a fashionista in the least.  I walked up to a random display of purses and said something like “hey I bet this purse is more than your tuition bill this semester”, and it was.  

    We don’t own any purse like this in our house to say the least. 

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  2. 23 hours ago, Grimas said:

    Lots possible but also banned in places like Europe.  (Some current plays active in places like Argentina.) Several big issues - need lots of water as well as infrastructure like pipelines to get product out as well as lack of equipment outside the US.  Biggest issue besides "fracking bad" politics is the land ownership.  In most countries, mineral rights are owned by the government and not the land owners.  It's one thing to have a well on your property when you are getting a mailbox check and another when someone wants to put a well in your yard and all the money goes to the government and not you...

    If I recall correctly, SLB geologists estimated Algeria had the best shale play in the world but since they have so much conventional resources still to be developed, unconventionals wouldn't happen for forever.  That and the military risks there...

    There’s a metric butt load of infrastructure and knowledgeable work force (service companies, sand haulers, chemicals, electric power distribution, etc just to name a few) required for the shale production which has all matured in the last 10-15 years in the Permian among others.  Chulas who drive Escalades and husbands work on frac crews say hola. 
     

    Might be hard to replicate that in a place like Algeria or Azerbaijan or someplace.  

     

  3. 3 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:

    Terrific points. The land ownership issue is a big problem even in China. 

    Even in the US, the surface owner is in lots of cases not the minerals owner - horizontal severance.  The surface owners are compensated for the use, but not like the mineral owner with his royalty interests.

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  4. 2 hours ago, Rex Kramer said:

    1. Yes, and no it’s not reflected in futures. People do not understand this, and, they tremendously overestimate the potential for future decline in demand. 

    2. Good question. I had this conversation the other day with a guy who holds a lot of Pioneer and doesn’t know if he’ll keep XOM. I can’t see how XOM possibly increases Permian production, but Pioneer could. 

    3. Most of them. The industry isn’t going anywhere. Volumes will slowly decline domestically. We are in need of another technological breakthrough and I don’t know where it’ll come from. Probably internationally, the Gulf and Alaska. 

    I guess my question is re: #3 - How much unconventional (shale) production is there outside of North America?  That technical know how can certainly be done internationally.  Though I’m not a geologist I assume there are comparable shale beds in other prolific fields around the world.  

  5. 2 hours ago, BearSchlong said:

    I waltzed into Tumi last week and bought my first new computer backpack in 10 years and felt guilty spending the money.

    Then I did a mental tally of my wife’s annual purse spend and felt much better.

    I was also looking at Tumi backpacks this week.  

  6. 16 hours ago, troph said:

    You and I could banter back and forth ok. Hey that’s a stupid take. Ok. Folks goat him into a reaction so they can argue with him and tell him how much he overreacts. The goal isn’t to converse but to cause the reaction and then blame him for it.  It’s more about intent. You tell me my take is stupid you’re probably pretty genuine about it. Those constantly goating derka do it to get the rise then slam him for it. Then tell him to take a break for his mental health. It’s fucking gas lighting and it’s bullying.

    *goad / goading / to goad

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  7. On 3/17/2024 at 3:36 PM, PTINS said:

    Whatever Frank Erwin was, I don't recall that his demeanor was driven by his ego. He was a hard ass SOB, like pretty most every Texan in power in that era.  He was behind the building boom of the 60's & 70's, good or bad. Good, in that the growth was needed, Disch-Falk, Upper Deck & Belmont, Super Drum, bad, in that open space gave way to buildings, and Jester was butt ugly. Function over form was the mantra.

    IMO, his polarizing personality did as much to effect changes at The University of Texas as anybody before, or after him.

    More about this in a second.

    Really wish you would clearly articulate what you really think! (just kidding 🙂 )

    DKR wouldn't get in the mud w/ Barry Switzer. That helped OU, and hurt Texas. FE literally moved the earth for UT. He was never about feelings.

    Looking at the Super Drum from 2024 is a far cry from 1974. Gregory Gym was a cool place for intramural sports and pick-up BBall games, and for some bad Texas Basketball. I don't remember if I ever saw a musical act there, but there's a lot of things I don't remember, even 2 days after I did them.

    The Super Drum was infinitely better than Gregory Gym for Basketball Ball. A/C and Floor Seats. End of argument.

    The birth of NCAA Women's Basketball, and sports, was cradled in the Super Drum. 

    Before the SD, Austin's "larger" concert venues were the Municipal Auditorium, City Coliseum, DKR (only once, "ZZ Top's Rompin', Stompin' Barn Dance and BBQ").  There were a number of quality small places and any number of out-in-the-country places that came and went.  The SD may have been an acoustic train wreck, but it was much better than anything before it.

    Ironically, the SD enabled bigger crowds at Austin concerts, which was a contributing factor to the Armadillo's demise. 

    "... was married with kids and working..."

    Mr. Brat, you're one my Surly heroes, but your doing it wrong.

    My son bought me a new set of golf clubs for my 1st Fathers Day, when he was 9 months old. Even my wife laughed. 

    My son "played" a '68 Gold Top w/ my brother when he was a toddler and grew up with an admirable appreciation for music, the kind of music I grew up with.  Nothing brings me more joy than watching him playing music around town.  His playing a tribute to Roky Erickson on his passing was special. 

     

    Mr. Brat, thanks for posting that story.

    This was my coming of age, growing up in Austin/Bergstrom, w/ a strict military Brat upbringing, w/ a guitar playing older brother and a varsity cheerleader older sister. I always got to hang out with the older, cool kids. Had friends w/ older brothers & sister at UT. Hippie chicks and VW buses. New teachers every year from UT and San Marcos. Music, and everything that went with it, was everywhere. 

    I remember the "Battle of Waller Creek", think about it every time I'm on campus, or at Crown & Anchor. The original tree-huggers. The first time I saw the open defiance of authority, the news of kids being pulled from the trees. That spark lit a firestorm in Austin that ... changed the world. It certainly my world.

    When I was 13, we went to the pregame pep rally before the 69' Texas-Arkansas game, and later played some football with the bigger kids south of Taylor Hall. I remember walking along the Belmont construction, through the mud along Waller Creek. Euphoria over the football team, and nothing but a sense of hostility towards the administration, any administration, for Frank Erwin, for LBJ.

    "Joined" the Student Mobilization Committee, because my Young Life mentor from UT, Bev, was the coolest person ever.  Told me I was "a Head"; not sure what that meant, but I knew it was better than being a tail. Damn, I was so naive!

    Frank Erwin led UT through a dramatic growth spurt, capitalizing on the success of Texas Football. His funding efforts built, DKR's Upper Deck & Bellmont Hall, Disch-Falk Field (opened my freshman year with the '75 National Championship Team), the Texas Swimming Center, and the Super Drum. His efforts also led to The Humanities Research Center, Jester, Burdine Hall, PMA, the PCL, and numerous other buildings, along with the expansion of the 40 acres east of I-35.

    But Frank Erwin's polarizing antics did not sit well with many people, and UT changed because of that, for the better. The Good Ole Boy network of Texas Politics was forever changed. Once the gates were open, there was no going back.

    Shortly after, UT made a concerted effort to change the demographics of the campus, to more closely mirror the population of Texas. Myself, and others, were given, and earned, academic scholarships based on a combination of being "disadvantaged" educationally, socially, and economically, and coincidentally, minorities.

    Frank Erwin, by influencing and changing those around me, changed and influenced me. Because of him, and like minded souls, I grew up idolizing those who stood up for their beliefs, and went against the mainstream.  

    Won't repost your picture, that's nasty!

    Made me think about The Classic Cat; my belt w/ my Father's Longhorn buckle got taken out of my car one night...

    Now the bathroom at the Armadillo,... there was one stall with ~ 2" diameter hole in the floor, no fixture, just a hole... before their time in conserving water. If I recall, the Guacamole Queen was a painting of a beefy, butch biker chic ...

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    This may be one of the best posts I’ve ever read on Surly

  8. On 3/20/2024 at 8:00 PM, midtown said:

    Well I dropped my bike today.  At like 1mph.   I used too much front brake when my bars were turned slightly stopping at a stop sign. I didn't get my bars straight before braking.  Something to work on.  A few scuffs on the muffler and front brake lever.  Thats why Im practicing in my neighborhood for several months. In hindsight I should have bought a 2k used beater and learned on that. 

    I get this, but the finance committee in my house may only ever approve one purchase, so I got to make it count. 

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  9. 1 hour ago, UTexasFight said:

    In the span of 1 year + 8 games, we’ve had the luxury to see 3 no-hitters. Each started by guys currently in the starting rotation.

     

    when’s the last time a team has had an active starting rotation with 3 starters with a No-hitter in that short of a timeframe?

    guessing never 

    Is that good?  That seems good.

  10. 9 hours ago, Ghost of LL said:

    I just saw a still of that dashcam video on Twitter without looking at the headline or anything.  And it's absolutely amazing to me how I could tell in an instant that the wreck was on North Central Expressway.  

    Seriously--is there any more distinctive highway in America (speaking here of the highway itself and not any surrounding buildings/landmarks)?

    I like to refer to this section of N Central as “The Death Star Trench”. 

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