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hornian

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  1. Hmm. If someone writes copy for me so that it's dynamic based on the last week's result, I would push my partners to do it. "Celebrate the Win in Tuscaloosa a little too hard and get someone pregnant? Call hornian for all your child custody, child support, and paternity testing needs!" or "Did you take that loss against [insert team we should have mudholed here] too hard, and now your wife is kicking you out? Call hornian to get the divorce process started!" or "Did you win big on your bets on the Longhorns and your wedding date is coming up? Call hornian for a prenup so all those winnings are protected!" As you can see, Don Draper I am not.
  2. So does the "new" horn not have afternoon shows? I am using TuneIn in my car, because the signal is crap. In the morning its Erin and Rod Baber's show, which is actually fine, and honestly, and upgrade from B&E. But at lunch, it's Jim Rome (I think), and in the afternoon 4:00 hour, it's some national show when I use the TuneIn app to listen to the Horn.
  3. Real talk - how are we feeling about using our smokers in CenTex right now? I'd like to smoke a brisket, but I also like not burning down my entire neighborhood if a spark or something gets away from me.
  4. These were just delivered. They’ll do.
  5. Where's the good news for Austin?
  6. Mark my seats as empty, I'll be in the AC in the club watching.
  7. My favorite part of last season was OU fans all the sudden wondering why they were being called for holding after getting a free pass for the last 20 years.
  8. Costco (the one at 183/Braker in N Austin) has a $10.00 off Prime Briskets. They are $3.99/lb, but the $10 off is off the package no matter the size. I bought the 2 smallest I could find (~13lbs), but they had some 20 pounders in there (a lot of 14lb-17lb ones as well).
  9. I'm in.
  10. Hottest month in recorded human history SO FAR. I'm 2 pages behind so if someone else already made this comment, so be it. It bears repeating.
  11. 11th edition. We've sucked for most of the the past 11 years. Are we sure this book isn't actually a curse?
  12. Pfft. I can do one more than that.
  13. These are the bomb. Kids and parents agree.
  14. No pics right now, but I took delivery of my Rivian R1S (the SUV) last week. I've seen a lot of them around Austin, so I'm not the only one. This sucker is fast. It's ridiculous that a 7,000 lb SUV can go 0-60 in 3 seconds, but I'd be lying if I said it wasn't fun. Although I did so many launches on day 1 showing it off I think I gave myself some mild whiplash. Extremely fun to drive, and assuming that the switch over to the Tesla charging standard that was announced (including a free adapter supposedly) happens next year, it's going to get even better for long road trips and the like.
  15. Well. Fuck.
  16. The Tesla Model 3 is one of the most affordable EVs out there. After the $7,500 tax credit (which is real money in your pocket when you file your tax return), a brand new Model 3 starts around $32,500 - and it's $40,000 without the tax credit. That's less expensive than the VW ID.4 or the Kia Niro or the Hyundai Ionic. It's so cheap these days that it's a full 20% less than the median new car price in the US (without the tax credit). If anything, they are producing so many of them and they are so cheap that they are losing any sort of cachet that they used to have (before Elon went full Space Karen), and the leagcy automakers are trying to compete in the "luxury EV" space more than the economy EV space (GM just killed the Bolt for example).
  17. Yes and no. Tesla has a huge head start with the supercharger network, although it will take both hardware and software upgrades to make it work with other non-Tesla vehicles. They will continue to expand/retrofit, and because they are already there they will be a big piece of the charging revenue stream for years/decades to come. Ford and GM have announced they aren't going to build their own network, and Tesla will get an increase over the next 5ish years (how big remains to be seen - Tesla produced 400k+ vehicles this last quarter, I don't think Ford and GM combined have produced 400K EVs total in their history). However, the NACS (North American Charging Standard) that Tesla uses, and which Ford, GM, Rivian, etc. have announced they will be using beginning in 2024 - 2025 is an open standard that is royalty free, so anyone can (and will) be able to use it. Electrify America and ChargePoint have already announced the will begin building NACS chargers. Rivian has their own network they are building out (it is aimed more at places like National Parks and such) which they have announced will be switching over. While Ford and GM have said they're happy to let other people do the buildout, tesla won't be getting money from the other networks that are built out. I think it's a savvy business move, but it's not like Elon just set up Tesla for a perpetual revenue stream from all charging in North America.
  18. Hah. It's a 2 story with a pool on about 3 acres and river frontage. I still don't want to deal with the hassle of it when he's no longer with us.
  19. My dad still lives there. You want to buy his house when he dies? None of the kids are going to want it.
  20. Having grown up in Castroville, this is very strange to see something this cool being built there. It was anything but cool back in the day.
  21. Well. Fuck.
  22. Because, unlike the astroturf'd protests against Drag Queens being "groomers" who are dangerous to children, the real danger remains the same as it ever was - family members, clergy, etc.
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