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Pato del Muerto

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  1. 10 minutes ago, texasdago said:

    ...and when you see that they have to go around and do this, you wonder WTF ski resorts don't want to pay them well

    Last weekend my son used some birthday money on an “advanced” group lesson. 3 people x $150 for 3 hours.  He spent the entire time on blues that he only would mess with if he was being nice and skiing with me, to “work on technique.”  Thanks, Vail Inc. 

  2. 2 minutes ago, TexArcher said:

    Not to get too far into this side topic, but banking is not the entire financial industry.  Yes, Dimon is very highly regarded, as I said.  But he's not the only one.  

    And Dimon has self-described as having a liberal heart but a conservative brain.  He is known for platitudes like this, as are most politicians.  I guess that makes him more liberal than most bankers in that he isn't Jesse Watters.  Cool?  That doesn't change what I said about him being known for empty rhetoric in front of cameras.  He absolutely is.

    He was paid, a lot, to listen to his brain and ignore his heart, as it relates to his employment.  Fair statement?

  3. 10 minutes ago, Mittens said:

    One of my favorite memories of Spring Break skiing in HS over in Europe was watching the helicopters clear avalanche threats 1st thing in the morning.  Using explosives from the air is way fucking cooler than how we do it over here...

    With howitzers?

  4. I can envision a near future state where lake Travis and other communities like it won’t have a school board because a combination of loss of funding and loss of students to private schools because of vouchers will shutter the ISD. 
     

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