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Just a subtle flag tribute from some Ethiopian graphic artist. But, yeah chart is misleading the way it is. The color scheme confuses matters. Other than being at the top of very different conferences, there's no similarity between K-State and Texas, or Utah and Alabama. Turns out there are 14 flags with the green-yellow-red combo of bars/columns/blocks, but none except this Ethiopia do the G-Y-R horizontal order. Unless the chart was done by a Colombian trying to diss the Bolivians, whose flag is red-yellow-green from the top.
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Beer 2025: sith_horn drinking more than the rest of us combined
Hayduke replied to HenryJames's topic in Food and Travel
Guilty, but not with the margs -- on the lemonade-and-beer end. My wife bought a bunch of Pacifico and some other lighter stuff for a gathering we had this summer. It had been a while since I had the Pacifico and my tastes have changed enough that I am no longer as impressed as when I first had it in Austin many years ago. So I thought -- since we were frequently try different shandies in the summer -- that I'd make my own lemon shandy. Bought what I thought was some good lemonade and made my own shandy. It sucked, but mostly because it turned out I missed an old sell-by date on the lemonade (took it back to the store because it made me waste a perfectly fine Pacifico). To make up for it I'm gonna go find some Leinie's or Shiner if we get some more summer up here. The Shiner Lemonade Shandy, BTW, is outstanding, for those who accept shandies as legit. -
Eh. imma was complaining somewhere that we don't even have anything to argue about, which is pretty funny when you think about it. Call it trolling or call it debate. Keeps the board rolling along, and sometimes it's worth the read, even if just to see whether anyone is changing their mind or if new info has come to light. Like most Texas fans, I'm probably never going to buy the argument that Texas was acting in a way that was more self-interested than the majority of the other schools, if not all of them. To me, it's a pretty simple logic: UT could always afford to act in the common interest and did for a number of reasons -- especially to keep its athletes competing regionally instead of further afield. But anyone who's ever acted that way, in any endeavor, can quickly learn that acting in the common interest often costs yourself too much. There comes a point where you just have to say, "Every man for himself, then. I tried." Hell, that's my life in higher ed in a nutshell. I remember being in Costa Rica the summer the Big XII was really trying to survive and meeting several fans from other conference schools, each of whom gave some pretty convincing lip service to the idea that they were grateful for Texas' efforts to hold the conference together.
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When you pick the most obvious topic for punny references, you've got to rise above the crowd. Keep working on it. It's a pretty steep hill that you've come upon.
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So what you're saying is that each one of those wood chips is a Surly poster.
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Can we talk about Alabama and Michigan and objectivity?
Hayduke replied to BluTechsan's topic in Football
Well, there's your problem. You're trying to understand something that has, since its inception, been subjective, at least partly illogical and always lacking in enough data. Even on-field results are arguably "subjective" in a game where officiating can play a huge role, as can all sorts of other circumstances. It's played by humans, who are remarkably consistent in their inconsistency. That's just sport. Also -- though I generally like Tech compared to most of, for instance, our original Big XII conference mates -- I have to say that "beating their drumb" in your OP is one of the most spectacular Freudian slips on Surly in recent memory. Thanks for that, @BluTechsan. 😆 -
Fire Sark. He is literally shitting away the National Narrative Championship. Well, maybe figuratively. But y'all know what I mean.
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Beer 2025: sith_horn drinking more than the rest of us combined
Hayduke replied to HenryJames's topic in Food and Travel
Trying to remember if I ever had a beer in this size glass (a little over 250 ml) in Europe, but it's been too long. Sierra Nevada says it the "Proper Pilsner" can size. From its head brewer: "I’ve enjoyed beers all over the world, but there’s something special about a proper pilsner at a European pub—crisp, refreshing, and served in a smaller glass to keep it at the ideal temperature and flavor. That’s how PILS is meant to be enjoyed.” (found that quote on a beer mag site, but they stole it directly from the brewer's site) @Firemans4Horn is right -- Sierra Nevada is a little proud of this one. Apparently they even made a special branded glass for it, and they have a limited rollout with an opportunity for drinkers to be informed (signup on the SN website) when it goes national. There are 11 pubs in southern Wisconsin that have it now, according to the website, including Leisure Time Sports Bar and Bowl in Prairie du Chien, across from Fillback Ford and just down the street from the Microtel. Six locations in Austin and seven in Dallas for now. Looks like a pretty eclectic selection of local bars. -
Beer 2025: sith_horn drinking more than the rest of us combined
Hayduke replied to HenryJames's topic in Food and Travel
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Beer 2025: sith_horn drinking more than the rest of us combined
Hayduke replied to HenryJames's topic in Food and Travel
First here, too. 3 Sheeps OF, Sheboygan, WI. On tap at Point Burger bar in Waukesha -- Milwaukee-area endeavor by Point Brewery. -
Pros: lots to be hopeful about, and it's only game one on the road against yada yada. Oh, and Alan Jackson Jr. scored. Haven't spent any time on Surly this weekend but there's bound to be some gold in there. Cons: naysayers naysayin'
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Yep, I remember that package (and variants over the years) and it used to be about $13 a month for the most basic of all basics. But even in 2025, Spectrum still requires Homer's Odyssey to navigate to a side-by-side comparison of packages, so I usually just drive over to their local office on the way to the liquor store or something, which I'll probably do today (just got off their damn web page -- even signed into the account, or especially when signed in, they try to rope you into talking to a rep so they can sell more). We've had Spectrum since we gave up on DirecTV about 12 years ago, starting with old-school cable and then switching to streaming because of the stupid receiver rental policy and cost. Still miss the regular remote control for switching channels and programming directly, but generally prefer the flexibility of streaming because of the intrusiveness of cable, which in our old house is pretty evident, especially upstairs and in the basement, which is our workout and utility space.
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Got a new Samsung last year and just finished exploring Samsung TV Plus because I'm YTTV and realized I better get my Saturday game-watching figured out. Found I had access to hundreds of channels on STV+ I was unaware of, but it's pretty much the kind of filler that's on most cable/streaming/satellite packages. No local channels, but was hoping I might get to add some through the app's auto-program feature ("How to Get Local Channels on Samsung TV Plus" - Youtube). No such luck -- looks like it just added back the same 488 channels I had just erased by auto-programming, which means it probably set up properly the first time. Guess I'll make my periodic trip to Best Buy and ask folks there if our regional OTA situation & OTA tech have changed in the last three years, but I suspect they haven't. We're in a region that, despite being relatively flat and only about 35 miles or so from the nearest broadcaster, has difficulty picking up OTA signals without the more intrusive antennas. Some of us just landed in the Bermuda Triangle of TV signals, even with various-sized TV markets centered a couple of hours south, an hour east, and 30-60 minutes north. I'm also going to check with our internet provider (Spectrum) to see if they'll offer me a better package than YTTV. Might be provider-hopping time again, or just time to purchase the most basic streaming package for a month until Google reaches the inevitable agreement with Fox and our price goes up again.
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God help me, I have to spend a night in Fayetteville!
Hayduke replied to locodos's topic in Food and Travel
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