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  1. The state of despondent vexation that Trump is about slide into will result in some bombs being dropped in Syria and maybe even Iran.  I'm not sure who gets fired first between Mueller, Rosenstein and Sessions, but they're all as good as gone.  John Bolton is about to ejaculate tiny mustaches with tadpole tails all over his adult mustache.  And this Congress has proudly displayed that they're perfectly willing to do absolutely nothing about any of it.
    The malaise of Trump's most recent chapter of brooding existentialism will have a cost.  The times where he stumbled around and angrily mumbled about what he saw on television are about to be considered the good ol' days.      

    I hope you’re wrong
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    One of the best songs ever

     

    Desperados waiting for a train

    Stuff that works

    Come from the heart

    The cape

    Baton Rouge

    Old friends

    Black diamond strings

    To live is to fly (TVZ)

    Randall knife

    Boats to build

    List goes on and on ....

     

    RIP

     

     

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    26 incher... rough day today, two boats, 4 thirteen year olds, 2 littles (shown here), 3 moms. Good start, turned windy and cold. Out boat caught 20+ with 12 keepers, the other boat had 1 keeper, no other catches a few lost ones too. Ouch. My boy here won $20 for the biggest catch. I just had my toes done the day before so next chance I get I’ll post a pic for Hollywood Colt. Coastal teal blue color, he’ll really like them for sure.

     

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  4. I worked at Lakeway the summers of 99 and 2000. We’d drop my bosses boat in the water at 6:45, fill the sacks and the cooler with any beer we found on the rent boats and head out as soon as we were closed. Go out of the marina, turn left and hug the cliff right past the boat ramp. We rode from 7:15 to 9:15. Saw a ton of sunsets and had some great times on that lake.


    Man that’s exactly it.
  5. I think they are a viable option; you might have to plan out your usage and make reservations pretty far in advance, but its a way to potentially try boating and different types of boats before you commit to something.  If there was a viable option where I'm at I probably would have tried it.

     

    In my mind, a lot of the ROI of boat ownership has to do with the degree of barriers to utilization of the boat. Some folks that have a bad experience set themselves up for a bad experience by living a long drive from a busy boat ramp, storing their boat in a sub-optimal manner, only going out on holiday weekends, yelling at their wife while trailering, etc., and not doing any preventative maintenance. Then they decide to sell the boat after not using it for a couple/several years,  and its a bad situation all around.

     

    There’s so much truth in these two paragraphs. We did the boat club thing years ago and I liked it enough but too much planning and not enough time on the lake. If I remember right it was about $400/month but I could be wrong. The set up really didn’t work for me bc there was so little spontaneity allowed and no sunset use. But for a more casual user it can be good.

     

    I think buying a boat and the cost associated with it can be a big commitment but for me it’s totally worth it when I walk in the door from work on a summer weeknight and ask my boys if they want to go out on the boat. No trailer, no ice chest, no long ass drive, just the boat keys a few bottles of water and we head over to the marina. People look at me like I’m crazy when I say I live in lakeway but almost no effort boating 3-4 times a week during the summer makes it completely worth it. And there’s zero chance I’d keep a boat and all of the expense if I was an hour from it living in town.

     

    I’ll do holiday weekends bc that’s what friends want but I prefer warm weeknights and Friday afternoons. Lake Travis is almost completely empty and you can do what you want.

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  6. Sanders, Warren & Trump are either all populists or speak populism in their speeches. That got trump elected and almost got sanders the nomination. I think populism and a backlash against white supremacy and sexism is what will bring the dems out to vote. Warren has it. A old white guy centrist dem doesn’t.

     

     

     

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  7. Horns play in CS next Tuesday.  Anyone here brave enough to go?  I'm thinking about rounding up some tickets.

     

    I’m going, I think my gf who doesn’t care is going too. Already have tickets. Doc said no, something about having to work on Wednesday.

     

  8. Trump won the EC by less than 100k votes speaking like Bernie on trade. Bernie would have won the election had he just flipped a few votes that seemed to flip to R on a populist message. EW can clean up in the Midwest as pro-Union and a populist. And if Americans want a twitter battle royale she’ll own Trump’s ass. I think she’s what Trump claimed to be, a real populist. I think she’ll play very well in the general.

  9. I was talking to a friend yesterday about sensitivity.  the ups, downs and the pain of being a highly sensitive person.  don't get me wrong, I have a tough and resilient side and I don't think I could still be standing if I wasn't a tough bitch.  but the cost of engaging seems so effing high sometimes.  the first week of spring (so it felt) was great and now I'm settled back into a grind.  went to the game last night, had a happy hour before that.  I had a great weekend of hiking, tennis, on the lake, good food, cooper's smoked chicken in Llano, bluebonnets everywhere... I should be riding high.  and instead, I sit here working early in the morning and feeling like I just don't want to engage with anyone and that the fight to get ahead, the fight to make a difference and the fight to keep my head uncluttered from negative, depressive or anxious thoughts is too much.  when I smell the roses I wonder if others smell what I smell, but I'd give that up most days to have a clear and uncluttered mind.

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