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  1. 12 hours ago, Landomatic said:

    Fair enough.  I thought you were saying there’s no meat in it.  You are spot on with all of the above.

    Do you live in Houston or Dallas?  Both have great Italian grocery stores (well I know Dallas does - pretty sure Houston does too) where you can pick up some guanciale.

    Central Market sells it. If you're in Austin, so does Salt and Time.  

     

  2. It's the Great American melting pot.  We'll take your culinary culture and tradition, and twist it however we like.  Carbonara gets cream and pancetta.  Chicken tacos are called fajitas.  Meat-filled Czech pastries are called kolaches.  Dogs and cats living together, etc.

    Because 'Murica!

     

     

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  3. 1 hour ago, HiggyBaby said:

    Someone above mentioned Lost... to me the last couple seasons and especially this abortion of a finale remind me of TWD. That show’s creator left after season 1 and it was painfully obvious. But AMC had a money maker so the show went on. I gave up several seasons ago on that one.
    This one I was committed to because I binged seasons 1-6 a couple years ago and was committed.
    I’d say this is apropos but I keep finagling HBO for free for some reason.

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    I dropped it after season 7, picked it back up for season 8, and will now drop it as soon as this promotion is done.  The added benefit was, I finally caught the last season of Silicon Valley, too.

    And it's goodbye to HBO...

  4. 47 minutes ago, TexasMan said:

     

    Exactly my thoughts the entire time.

    Plus, who GAF what the unsullied had to say, after Dany was dead?  They're not from Westeros.  Thanks for helping out with the Night King, but after you went and participated in the slaughter of an entire city of innocent people, your opinion is pretty much irrelevant.  Get on your boats and GTFO.

     

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  5. We have some friends who really like North, so we meet them there occasionally.  I like it just fine, but I will say that the last time we went I had the branzino and it was fantastic.

     

  6. 12 hours ago, SimonBolivar said:

    It's disappointing compared to the book but still fun.

    Some of us have commented earlier on this thread, it's really more like two different stories that originated from the same source material.  I liked them both, but they weren't really the same.

    And honestly, the movie was able to streamline a lot of the awkward, clunky dialog and odd storytelling in the book.  It changed a lot of major plot lines, but it also smoothed it out.  I liked that about the movie.

  7. It's still good.  The last time I stood in a 4-hour line was for the opening of Empire Strikes Back, but when I do pre-order or someone else brings me some, it's still always delicious.

     

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    20 hours ago, BBQ2Bayou said:

    How's the wait these days? I just moved back after 5 years. It's probably buried somewhere in the BBQ thread, but that sumbitch is long. 

    Pre-order is your friend.

    https://preorder.franklinbbq.com/

    Tuesdays-Thursdays are available about a week out.  You have to go a couple weeks to get a Friday, and maybe 3-4 weeks to get a Saturday or Sunday.

  9. And also, as I say every year, this is my favorite venue in all of racing.  I look forward to this weekend every year almost as much as I look forward to TX-OU.  I realize it's largely processional, but it's just so... beautiful.  It'll never NOT be my favorite.

    Spa is my favorite race, but Monaco is my favorite venue and weekend.  Can't wait for Thursday!

     

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  10. Alright-- here's my annual friendly reminder for Monaco: the schedule is different.  P1 and P2 are on Thursday.  Nothing on Friday.  Saturday and Sunday are normal race schedule.  Set your DVR accordingly and enjoy!

    Monaco Grand Prix
    Practice 1 - Thursday, May 23, 4:55 AM - ESPN2
    Practice 2 - Thursday, May 23, 8:55 AM - ESPN2
    Practice 3 - Saturday, May 25, 5:55 AM - ESPN2
    Qualifying - Saturday, May 25, 8:55 AM - ESPN2
    Pit Lane Live - Sunday, May 26, 7:30 AM - ESPN3
    On The Grid - Sunday, May 26, 8:30 AM - ESPN
    Race - Sunday, May 26, 9:05 AM - ESPN
    Race (Encore) - Sunday, May 26, 3:30 PM - ABC
    Race (re-air) - Sunday, May 26, 6:00 PM - ESPNEWS

    This is from ESPN and I'm assuming those times are Eastern.

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  11. On 5/18/2019 at 6:03 PM, Hawndoh said:

    Well the Indy 500 is a bit different than the normal races in that the cars are qualifying to actually get INTO the race, not just starting order. There are also teams that only run the 500 which is why there are hours and hours of practice leading up to the race.

    I like it. All the work put into all of these practices leading up to actual high stakes qualifying builds enormous tension. You just don't get that in lots of other series. And you know at any second someone can hit the wall and it's all over.

    No matter how slow the Williams is in F1, you know they're in the race and will pointlessly circle at the back. For the 500, a car like that goes home.

     

    On 5/18/2019 at 8:23 PM, elfenix said:

    the indy 500 is a different beast.  it's the oldest continuously operated race (everyone excepts WW2) at the same location in the world (predating the 24 hours by 12 years).  a national championship was built around it, but you go back in time to the 40s and it's the only paved track on the schedule.  the other races were all dirt tracks and pike's peak.  it was part of the FIA's world championship from 1950 through 1960 (then the manufacturer's championship came into being, and i'm going to assume ferrari didn't want to build one-off cars for indianapolis).  even when other paved tracks became part of the championship, indy was still the only superspeedway (most were 1 mile ovals, which just ain't that fast).  it was often the first race of the season (so the biggest event first, like nascar). so, considering all that, all the practice and all the qualifying made a lot of sense.  and it's also a rectangle with 4 distinct corners rather than most speedways where 1 and 2, and 3 and 4 aren't really separate corners. 

    maybe if it were only open to those running in the full time championship they could change the long practice and qualifying schedule.  but it's not.  it's always been a part of but separate from the national championship.  which is really weird considering the tight relationship between the speedway and its sanctioning body since AAA pulled out (and that weirdness has helped lead to two splits so far in american open wheel.  could be mostly roger penske's fault).

    it's nice that we have the indy GP instead of a full month of not racing in prep for a race, though. 

    Yes, I know it's different.  I'm also well aware of its history with Formula 1, which is certainly very cool.

    Regardless I dislike the qualifying for it.  It's ok for you to like it, bu I do not.

     

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  12. Finally watched and really enjoyed the Grand Prix of Indianapolis from last weekend.  Loved all those moves Pagenaud pulled off to win the race in the rain.

    I like the way Indycar does qualifying for their normal races. I really dislike the way they do qualifying for the Indy500. 

     

     

  13. I don't really care whether the "mid" team is a lower-tier P5 team or a group of 5 team.  Even though we had shitty losses to Maryland, they still weren't any more exciting of an opponent to me than UTEP or UTSA.  Nor was Berkeley.  There's nothing exciting about playing either one of these teams, except maybe in basketball.

    1 marquee opponent, one regional opponent for recruiting purposes, and then whatever.  I'm cool with that, and that's what we have for the foreseeable future.  

  14. 3 hours ago, Walden Ponderer said:

    I'd rather have a tuna sandwich than pork ribs. Beef ribs are good; pork ribs taste like poverty and regret.

    WOW.  I have to respect this post for pushing the limits of this thread's purpose. 

    Agree on the beef rib portion though, they're delicious, too.

  15. 4 hours ago, Orange&White said:

    I'm pretty sure that was the year that on Memorial day then lake was flooded so some of us tied our boats together while on trailers and sat and drank for a few hours.

    We've done that, too!

    Also, one time just sat in my friend's ski boat parked in his carport in Allandale during one of those gazillion Memorial Day downpours.  Good times.

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