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CycleTex87

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  1. Is that an ankle monitor he’s wearing?
  2. Saw the JD Single Malt in Total Wine $75 for 1L bottle. Is it only packaged in 1L?
  3. Kim Jong Un's Navy is Illin: https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/kim-jong-uns-new-warship-capsizes-at-launch-due-to-absolute-carelessness-ef8024c1?mod=wknd_pos1 SEOUL—North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s dream of modernizing his country’s outdated naval fleet suffered a major setback after a much-touted warship crashed into the water after a botched exit from the dock. Kim, who witnessed the mishap unfold at a Wednesday launch event, lambasted officials for their “absolute carelessness, irresponsibility and unscientific empiricism” in causing the “serious accident,” North Korea’s state media reported. The 41-year-old dictator equated the gaffe to a criminal act. The unnamed 5,000-ton destroyer had been docked at a shipyard in Chongjin, a northeastern port city. As it was pushed sideways toward the water, the ship didn’t move in parallel. Its hull got crushed and its bow got stranded on the shipway, state media said. Citing satellite imagery of the shipyard, South Korea’s military said the destroyer lay on its side in the water. North Korean state media didn’t publish images from the launch event or mention any injuries. The warship represents one of Kim’s crown jewels in his push to upgrade North Korea’s naval fleet. Much of the country’s ships are from the Soviet era—and pale in comparison to the nuclear-powered submarines, warships and vessels possessed by the U.S. and South Korea. Nuclear-armed North Korea has a growing arsenal of weaponry. But nearly all of it is land-based, and therefore more easily detectable. Advancing the Kim regime’s naval capabilities could expand the potential theater of combat and offer more unpredictability to its firepower. Atop a country with serious food shortages, a down economy and widespread human-rights abuse, Kim has leaned heavily on military breakthroughs to boost morale and demonstrate the nation’s strength. Officials responsible for the warship blunder were censured for the fault. Kim vowed a turnaround by next month. The accident, Kim was quoted as saying, “brought the dignity and self-respect of our state to a collapse.”
  4. Send me the millions and I'll see what I can do, but don't expect much.
  5. Ok, cool. Automatic watch keeps track of the power level.
  6. So what does the complication at 9:00 do?
  7. Good call. Dropped off today. They opened it up while I waited to give me a real cost estimate.
  8. My 28 yr old gray market Seamaster started skipping the date ahead 2 or 3 days each day. Guess I need it worked on again. Had it serviced 8-9 years ago and it was ~$1000 and I sent it someplace back east. The local Omega shop won’t touch it. Any good local (Houston) independent watchmakers that folks trust?
  9. CycleTex87

    Getting old sucks

    Try the Vicodin also.
  10. I had lunch with my aggy buddy a few weeks ago, and his take was "have you guys no shame at all about hiring Schlossnagle?", and my response was NOPE, none at all.
  11. Now that's some self awareness.
  12. We may need to add on to the trophy room, now we're all SEC SEC SEC.
  13. Yes, the Badaling area. The one you can tour from a hotel in Beijing in the morning, have lunch then tour the Ming tombs in the afternoon. The Great Wall in China is like the Grand Canyon in the US, every Chinese should go see it. Most of them were there the same day I was coincidentally.
  14. Nanner puddin
  15. My Great Wall experience:
  16. The safety is still looking for his shoes.
  17. Went to Pinkerton’s for lunch on a Friday two weeks ago. Line was 30-45 minutes. It was out to the end of the front awning if you know the building. I had a brisket sandwich and it was OK. Nanner puddin slapped.
  18. Give us a ride report on the DCT. Don't know why this hasn't been done up to now on motorcycles. Really intrigued by the idea of automatic transmission.
  19. Didn’t Texas and OU get a smaller piece of the pie the first year or two in the SEC, or am I misremembering that?
  20. Where does Vandy player on the boundary side of that play towards the end come from? I’ve watched it a bunch of times and can’t find him pre snap.
  21. What is Fitlump up to these days now she’s off the Council?
  22. Thanks Dr. Phil. But you're not wrong.
  23. It always comes down to pitching.
  24. HEB was open?
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