Everything posted by CoTex
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Unpopular Opinions Thread
All these Comic book themed movies are contributing to the downfall of humanity. Batman, Thor… Yes, life can be hard but no superhero is going to come save anything and, if one did, he would just get greedy, arrogant and would end up being on the damned Kardashian show. Inevitable letdown. Captain American can FO too.
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Let's Check In on 635 Express Lanes in Dallas
Wind buffeting and jet wash coming off the back off a Porsche going 195 seems like it could be an issue. i guess the good news is at 189 you won’t be in a hospital bed complaining about broken bones and road rash. Just put the wet pieces in a body bag and the rest in a dumpster.
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Hand, Foot, & Mouth Disease
Sounds like monkey pox.
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Let's Check In on 635 Express Lanes in Dallas
Question for motorcylists on this board. What is the smallest thing that could go wrong for bike guy that would be fatal? Hit a large bug like a cicada? Rock flies up from porsche? Random sparrow swoops down and causes you to flinch? Obviously a front tire flat or something that causes rear wheel to lock up probably does you in but think small. What is the smallest thing? Also, winding down from 189, you don't use the brakes right? Just ease off the gas and engine brake on down until what? 100?
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Chicken Fried Steak
Salet needs more ranch but other than that this is pitch perfect. Got all the food groups covered.
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Nice dinner in Galveston?
I can vouch for the Miller’s chicken fried steak breakfast. You won’t want to do much after that.
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The Boat Fanatic Thread
Didn’t you guys try to lighten the crew load a few years back in this race? Let’s not try that again. Anything big or real fast signed up this year? Do the Devos folks still have a race boat?
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The Boat Fanatic Thread
You got room for 1 more? I won’t fuck anything up - promise.
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Covid Testing—Fuck around and find out?
Leaving early July to travel far away from this hot state. Country requiring us to get NAA or PCR covid tests. Flying out of DFW. Any suggestions on where we should schedule that and how quickly we can get results?
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Minneapolis recs?
Italian meat sauce huh? Wife likes it, huh? Think I'll stick to the sammiches.
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Nice dinner in Galveston?
Clary’s was the cat’s ass. Order flounder - a whole flounder. Eat the top half half and the waiter comes over with a fork and knife - lifts out the spine and bones in one shot - now eat the bottom half you sweaty tourist. What will we do for entertainment when all we have left are chains and Sysco?
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Minneapolis recs?
If you want a big badass Italian sammich, Cossettas in St P is the place. Not the uppity restaurant on the roof but the first floor deli/grocery.
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Tell Me About Texas a&m
I remember a night game in Austin where a nice young man did that horns down shit right in front of me after scoring a touch down. Maclin was his name and I believe the year was 2008. Then… his team lost.
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Nice dinner in Galveston?
How about Bronco burrito? Are they still slingin’ hash in that dive? I could go for a bronco.
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Nice dinner in Galveston?
What’s the restaurant like at the Moody Gardens hotel? I’ve been to the other places mentioned, but never there. whatever happened to Clary’s? That place was a timecapsule.
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Other States BBQ
Went to a restaurant in Memphis once. Beale street. They served me French fries covered in seafood gumbo. No shit. It ain’t France, it ain’t Cajun, and it ain’t in the coast, but somehow there that’s a thing. https://bluescitycafe.com/menu/our-menu/ Also, there’s a donut shop there that’s on point. But, alas, the q does t do it for me.
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Caribbean Travel Thread
Anyone got anything on Anguilla? Anything at all? Current issues are: Rent a car or nah? Make reservations? Where? Is there a such thing as a family friendly beach bar? what is a can’t miss/gotta do it excursion?
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Washington DC
My take is different. WW2 is a huge monument, but something about it to me feels less personal. Korea at night, lighted up, is awe inspiring. You almost can place yourself there, then. Vietnam is just special in a way that words can't capture. As you approach you hear a lot of sights and sounds, sirens and buses, sounds of the city. But as you descend (it's sort of below grade) a strange silence comes where you can hear a few birds, but the city fades away, and it's just you, quiet people remembering and grieving the loss, and this cold black wall of granite with too many names. That one, I always feel bad leaving, guilty walking away like somehow it deserves more time. I can't imagine what the 2nd place proposal for the Vietnam memorial looked like, but this has to be the finest memorial in the world.
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Washington DC
Great city. Ebbit grill - it ain’t Michelin 3 star gastroscience with anise foam and truffle puffs - but it’s cool - sit at the bar, order crab cakes and drink beer. Black and Tan, half and half - all that pub stuff. The proper way to do that place is at the bar and, if you can hit a holiday (I went 3/17), they’ll party hard. Had a bagpipe and drum duo. From there you can walk to: the theater where Lincoln was shot the mall which has a whole lot of everything from Da Vinci art at the National Art Gallery to the Korean War memorial (my number 1) to food trucks. the White House (or the episcopal church across the street which gives tours - Lincoln was Presbyterian I think but attended there). bar on the roof of W hotel has a good view but it’s a little uppity. Lobby of the Willard hotel where Grant used to chill (and the battle hymn of the republic was written). Or 1,000 other cool things. My suggestion is read up and figure out what really interests you and then try to select things to do near each other. For example Smithsonians and mall memorials - all within walking distance of each other. White house and Ford’s theater, archive and Art gallery - walking distance of each other. Great city.
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New UK visa for world’s top graduates
Where’s the they supposed to be SEC gif?
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Caribbean Travel Thread
Just booked Anguilla. I bet they don’t know good cheese enchiladas from the hole in their asses down there.
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Fishing Megathread: Looking For Big Girls Who swallow
It ain’t like sight casting reds. I’ve learned that much. Be prepared to get your rig stuck in a tree, a shoreside willow, a submerged bush, on a rock, and then in the willow again. Then be prepared to generally not even know when a fish takes the fly. Best thing I can say is get a guide for your first time on a River. It’s a whole different world of mending, eggs, droppers and microscopic flies. And it is awesome. Those River fish fight like hell and will break your fly off quickly. On the bears - read up on what not to do here. https://huntershield.com/case-closed-in-case-of-wyoming-hunting-guide-killed-by-grizzly-bear/
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Texas v. Alabama (Sept. 10) on Fox. Probably at 11 am
You want a rainout? I can get us a rainout.
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Your Most Texas Songs
Honorable mention has to go to this song. If you watch the video and piece together the story basically Jimmy Buffet cuckolds an aggy.
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Time limit for ins. co. to settle a claim?
There is a logical gap here, and I can no longer remain silent. You started with “neighbor apologized, admitted fault…” and then jumped to “how soon can I get my money?” it is entirely possible that the insurance company reviewed the photos and reached an alternate conclusion. They do this for a living and see more accidents than you do. It is also entirely possible that the other driver gave an interview to his insurer that didn’t square with “admitted fault…” Here, in Texas, we have rights. Property rights, due process rights, all kinda rights and, so does the other driver, and so does his insurer. Until a judge and/or jury adjudicates the other driver liable, he/she owes you zip. “Yeah but he said he was liable…,” is evidence, but not the same as a judgment. At trial the driver could roll out “I was scared and excited and now, reflecting, I did nothing wrong.” And, when the judge/jury believes your son, maybe a teenage driver, and not that bs story, and finds in your favor, the insurance company may still have a basket of defenses. Examples include “that car/driver wasn’t insured, and the damage exceeds the coverage.” Im not saying you’re holding a losing hand, but I am saying all you’re holding right now is an accident report, a claim and a jacked up car. You gonna press your claim? I bet you’re not experienced at this game. My suggestion - Submit this to your carrier - they’re good at this game. Get the car repaired, and then when your rates skyrocket… beat the hell out of your child for causing this wreck and teach that reckless hazard a lesson. Or, maybe, it will all work out because the insurance company feels a sense of obligation to do right.