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troph

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  1. We will have an army on that one. Once had to have and I mean HAD TO HAVE reservations to The French Laundry in a specific 3 day window and we had 4 people dialing landlines and cells simultaneously. We got it, actually I got it.
  2. ChatGPT told us about how hard the timing is on UTSA. Didn’t know about the course load cadence but we have looked at the course selection and we can make it work even with 27 hours of credit coming out of HS.
  3. His other schools he’s looking at all have marching bands too except one - CU, Oregon, Washington, Cal, UCLA, UCSB. He’s dropping Michigan and Georgia. We wanted to add Arky but I can’t. He didn’t want to add Tenn. Fla never caught his interest. no interest in the east coast at all. UTSA is his absolute fail safe. He’s mindful of cost and probably won’t go to a CA school, and is thinking CU and Oregon are likely.
  4. He plays trumpet. He will keep at it, in fact depending on whether UTSA will let CAP students (if he gets it and can make it to UTSA) in their marching band then he’s def doing that. he’s considering a double major already, I’ll push the music major across to him as well. He made first of four bands in his high school as a sophomore but he’s not in the top of the first band even as a senior mostly because he’s a well rounded kid and half the band year he’s got white gloves on and his trumpet is collecting dust.
  5. This thread could be a top 5 thread on this board. Look inflation and tariffs are inherently political, and politics is sometimes news. I fucking hate Trump and am a flaming unicorn liberal. Hey girl hey! but I can leave partisanship alone while still discussing the merits - including criticism of political / fiscal policy on a thread like this because I want to make money. I actually think most can’t leave it alone - both those who scream Trump is a moran and those that complain, but he said the T word!!? most on either side can’t act like adults. It fucking sucks. Take that for #bothsides
  6. Correct on 1 dead ass wrong on 2 so you’re in the right place
  7. I (and the people who love me) take vehement exception to #2
  8. This whole don’t tell them you’re from Texas was a non issue for us, everyone wants to have the “easy on the eyes” laid back lezzies at their table, restaurant, bar, town whatever. Not sure what we are going to do in our 60s, probably just fish with the 70 year old men I guess. here’s how our time in Colorado often goes.. him: where you ladies from? us: Austin, Texas. him: Oh I hear Austin is lots of fun. us: It can be if you know the right people. him: I’m guessing you two are the right people. us: We think so. [we look at each other like we want to kiss one another]. him: Let me buy you ladies a drink. us: Ok if you insist. To be fair sometimes it’s out of towners too but we talk to plenty of locals as well.
  9. Gattis buffet for weekday lunch, players for games days, taco cabana for drunken weekend nights and TCBY for date nights. That corner got so much of my first credit card spending spree, such good memories. Sigh.
  10. You know I love you…. But rules are rules …
  11. My son is a second year drum major for a highly competitive marching band (promoted as a junior now a senior), has an unweighted 3.98, straight A’s except one semester a high B. He will have solid recs. I’d be fine if he went out of state but he is jonesing bad to play the eyes and Texas fight. Fingers crossed for at least CAP.
  12. Tell me more about this ratio why it’s important? You can go into the math I think I can follow.
  13. Thanks for this, I was a transfer student and made friends but it was in a church group. Putting aside the parts I regret, I DID make good friends. my son wants to be in the UT marching band more than anything else, so if he transfers he should be fine if he makes the band. I’d also advise him to make friends with other CAP students at UTSA.
  14. I know some 85 year old men and women that are active and sharp as a tack. that's my preferred route, then a sudden death from I guess a heart attack the day after I can't fish anymore.
  15. fair enough re bruising. fuck i don't want to get old.
  16. Right it’s from blood thinners. Not shaking hands.
  17. But the bruises on his hands are from vigorous shaking of the hands.
  18. Fake news
  19. My understanding from the UT counselors is that all Texas residents are eligible for the CAP program - one year at UTSA for example and then the right to transfer as a sophomore into the College of Liberal Arts provided you have a 3.2 GPA or higher in the prescribed classes. am I wrong?
  20. i think there is more to RKLB (I spent a month digging on them before I bought) but as way of context my RKLB holdings is about 0.02 of our net worth and with JOBY (same percentage of NW) are two of my play money stocks, looking for 10x returns, and I think both have the early story to support it unlike the stonks thread. I'd like to have about 1-3% in 10x stock potential so I have plenty of room to add.
  21. in about 10 years i'd say would.
  22. so is he dying?
  23. who gives a fuck about that, warn me if it will make me straight, ain't got time for that bullshit.
  24. view towards rough hollow marina in the morning
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