Everything posted by ShaggyBevo RIP
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The all encompassing RV thread
REI has a propane fire pit half off today for your burn ban needs. https://www.rei.com/product/896928/camp-chef-sequoia-fire-pit
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Surly kids applying / attending UT
Anyone get into UT from out of state recently? Career just brought us back to Texas and the kid stayed in the Midwest for her senior year in her specialized cybersecurity program(her high school cyber capture the flag team placed third in the nation with all other teams in the competition being collegiate). She has a 4.0+ plus GPA, a 35 on the ACT, and has over a semester's worth of college credits already. She wants to study cybersecurity in undergrad at UT as UT is one of the few with cybersecurity undergrad degrees and not because mom and dad are in Texas. ISU and Illinois State are already offering her scholarships that amount to waving out of state tuition.
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When did Craigslist stop being good?
Facebook Marketplace killed craigslist. People now curate and post photos of their garage sales items on marketplace. Slorch can see what they have without going to it.
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Surly’s list of Dallas top 25 restaurants
Umm, most of the this top 25 is tell us you grew up/live in the Park cities without telling us you grew up/live in the Park cities.
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Legit kitchen appliances & accessories
Induction is one of the reasons I’m looking at Mercury as they have that option. I was all in on induction, for sustainability/efficiency until snowmageddon left the metroplex without electricity. Now I’m wavering. I know to avoid Italian style over substance engineering on something like this.
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Legit kitchen appliances & accessories
Anyone have experience with Aga's Mercury line for a 48" range? We bought a 1930 Tudor revival that still has most of the period charm intact and are going to remodel the kitchen. The Mercury line seems to thread the needle on a retro mixed with modern look.
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Post a pic that makes you say "Holy shit."
Turning around a breech birth is the worst.
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Wives and the Stupid Shit They Say/Do
Thirded, but our dog is old and only has a few teeth left so he gets soft food which requires washing a bowl twice a day.
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That ain't Shelley, Urban...
I can tell you’ve never lived in Ohio as that is an Ohio 11.
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Tell Me About Texas a&m
All the talk Ed O is toast and Scott Woodward would bring in Jimbo again.
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Jimbo 2022: Balls To The Face
Have you ever met a Baton Rouge to Houston transplant that wasn't thankful as hell? I haven't.
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Corpus Christi
Because it is sorta King's Inn north from former King's Inn staff in the kitchen and purloined recipes.
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Jimbo 2022: Balls To The Face
Why is this any different than the usual run the other team's video and point out the flaws that every team does?
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Do you FIRE? Financial Independence, Retire Early
FDIC goes up to $250,000 per account.
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Wives and the Stupid Shit They Say/Do
Thank god I've mostly convinced the women in my family the tax write off for donating is worth more. I did pay the college daughter(no pix!) $100 to not have one and donate the stuff.
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Jimbo 2022: Balls To The Face
Did you not see NC with all their talent sitting out take you into the 4th quarter of your bowl game?
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Negative Recruiting Your Own School: The aggy Screenshot Megathread
In year four.
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Negative Recruiting Your Own School: The aggy Screenshot Megathread
Anyone want to tell them how much Winston ignored Jimbo and made his own calls?
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Surly’s list of Dallas top 25 restaurants
To where? Bubba's must be some I grew up in the Park Cities nostalgia thing as there is nothing memorable about it. Haven't tried Babe's. Ozona Grill is the best I've tried so far.
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Erwin Center Concerts (you saw & ones you wished you could have seen)
Very first concert I went to. I was a HS junior. Jane's Addiction at the Backroom, before they become big, was the best concert I've ever been to.
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Surly’s list of Dallas top 25 restaurants
Chicken fried steak.
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Tech Game Week
Your mom says otherwise.
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Dinner Party Ideas
For things like this I do what I call deconstructed lasagne. Same ingredients but using Penne noodles, everything mixed like a casserole, and then melt your preferred cheese(s) over the top. I usually do one with meat and one vegetarian(I usually go one pan chicken and one pan spinach). Assemble it the day before and refrigerate overnight so all the flavors meld and bake it off before the party. Make a salad, an antipasto platter, and garlic bread to go with it. For the chicken grab grocery store rotisserie chicken(s) and cube it. Everyone will be drinking, happy to be socializing, and willing eat anything. Don't overthink it.
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tAll Encompassing Disney Thread
Meant to ask the question yesterday of did they price Genie+ high enough to not end up with hour waits in the 'Lightning Lane' and push standby out to hours of wait time. I'll try to find the post I read one of the Disney boards that figured out for a family of four at a moderate for a week that Genie+ is only a 5% surcharge on total cost(room, park tickets, quick serve only food) and goes down from there for staying at a deluxe and eating at full service. EDIT- just read RotR dropped the boarding group lottery system yesterday and was put on standby only in preparation for rolling out Genie+
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tAll Encompassing Disney Thread
Disney started down the Vegas road of catering to the whales before Chapek. With COVID they don't have the cheap labor anymore(They are trying to get the college program back up and running but still can't get the foreign nationals that used to staff the world showcase at EPCOT) and are leaning into catering to the biggest spenders even more.