Everything posted by abuelo gringo
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Charlie Brewer
Well, Brewer's ESPN QBR was 47.7 to Shane's 53.4 and Bohls in his column today says Shane's efficiency rating of 108.1 was higher than Brewer's, which he doesn't quote. So by preexisting standards of how we judge quarterback's performances, Shane seemed to be the better quarterback in Saturday's game. In addition to winning, of course.
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Wireless with app thermostat for home
I have a Honeywell WiFi Thermostat at my beach house. It will send an email to you when it reaches a particular high temperature for an hour or a particular low temperature. You pick the high and low. It will also send a reminder hourly if there is no change. I paid about $80 for mine several years ago. I think they're up to about $90-$100 now. It's great for cooling down a hot house in summer before you arrive. It's also programmable for the week.
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Today in History...
No more embarrassed by them than my ancestors who fought for the Confederacy or owned slaves. I also had many Revolutionary Patriot ancestors. We cannot change history but only learn about it to guide how we live.
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Today in History...
My fifth great grand-uncle, Aaron Biggerstaff, was mortally wounded at the Battle of King's Mountain. He died a few days later at Union Court House in Union Co, SC. He was an officer in the Loyalist militia. The Moores and Biggerstaffs of Rutherford Co, NC were mostly loyalists.
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Urban Legends You Heard At UT
From the '60s: Long time story that "Bicycle Annie" was an Indian Princess. Debunked here, but with interesting background: https://jeffeepalmer.com/2011/07/21/zelma-for-president/ Also, there was supposedly a guy who had been a student for 10 or so years, changing majors to continue in school just to party. His parties were supposedly very popular. I wasn't, so I wan't invited. Don't remember his name, though. May be true or legend.
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Dumbass Shit We See On Facebook
Is that from Georgia?
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The Guitar Pron Thread
That's Maddie Rice - she's about 25. She's the guitarist for Jon Batiste and Stay Human, the Late Show with Stephen Colbert house band. We don't usually hear her solos, played during commercial breaks.
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Austin Nostalgia Picture Thread
24th and San Antonio. Next to the building which housed the Texas Observer and Inner Sanctum records.
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How Is That Chain Still Open?
Not to mention living in two different worlds, Colleyville and the grove. Connor or Hood Jr. High?
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Cool Pictures of Music Icons
Always one of my favorites
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Post a pic that makes you lol
Reveille?
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How Is That Chain Still Open?
Obligatory: "that's not chili".
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Today in History...
St. Joseph's Island (aka St. Joe's Island) is the island the north jetty runs along on the other side of the entrance to the inter-coastal waterway at Port Aransas. It's unoccupied, but a jetty boat takes fishermen across to fish from the north jetty several times a day.
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Southern fried rock
OK, I'm old -- sue me.
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Dumbass Shit We See On Facebook
Is that on a subway stop wall?
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Port Aransas
Wife likes their fried shrimp and I like their fried oysters. Not fans of the garlic fish so many rave about. Differences in taste, I guess. Agree on their stuffed avacados.
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Port Aransas
Second the rec for La Playa. Great food. Be sure to have cash - they don't do cards. They do have an ATM, but I don't know the charge.
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What's this i'm reading about Sam Ehlinger pimping some sort of caffeinated gum?
Launched by a team of young entrepreneurs in Austin, Texas, Rev Gum™ was created with one goal in mind: to make energy products more portable and better tasting. One pack contains 6 gems, the caffeine equivalent of 6 cups of coffee in a better tasting, more efficient form. No matter where you are, what your goal is, carrying a pack of Rev Gum™ enables you to be Be Intensely Here™. Maybe friends or relatives?
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James Douglas Morrison
Certainly one of the highlights of my trip also. Well worth the journey to the outskirts of town. And don't forget Maria Callas, Edith Piaf, and Mezz Mezzrow. We could have spent all day, but had to get back. No crowd at Morrison's when we went, but that was in the fall of 2002. He'd only been dead 30 years.
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I like Cereal.
We generally do cereal every other day, alternating with a cooked breakfast. Wife does most of the cooking, so I'm good with whatever she wants. We usually doctor it up with fruit, fresh strawberries or peaches, frozen blueberries from Sam's, etc. In Winter, we often have instant oatmeal, to which we add apples or other fruit. I love a good breakfast of sausage and eggs, breakfast tacos, pancakes, or mcmuffin type breakfast sandwiches, but the quick and easy cereal is good. When we have grandkids over (often during summer) they always get a cooked breakfast, so I eat less cereal. I would probably eat more cereal if I was doing the cooking.
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used appliance parts - washing machine
That was Harrell's. That and Deutchman's on S. First are greatly missed by fix it yourself guys. We are a throw away society.
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Port Aransas
Hope you're not staying on ground level. Looks like a lot of water went through there.
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Your favorite local acts while at UT
Kenneth Threadgill
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Port Aransas
Yep. Had breakfast at Cancun a week ago today. Pretty crowded, but good to see a lot of people on the island (other than contractors.)
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Tell Me About Texas a&m
Only for the senior players.