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DalTxHornFan

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  1. 11 minutes ago, ftf82 said:

    In summary. Fuck Pinnacle Propane.

    This.  They screwed the pooch with us this past April (after cold weather was over, of course, when the propane would just end up sitting in our tank until fall/winter) and filled our tank to the brim with propane at $1.25/gal above the EIA market price and $0.95/gal above their prior delivery price in early fall 2019 -- all in a period when market propane prices had been trending down.  When I questioned their pricing -- they said "corporate makes those decisions" -- so I made the decision to fire them.  I'm now getting deliveries from a new company at around the EIA market price.

  2. Well the Honky Tonks in Texas were my natural second home
    The way you tip your hat to the ladies in the rose of San Antone
    I grew up on music that we call western swing
    It don't matter whose in Austin, Bob Wills is still the King
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  3. 31 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

    I'm ditching the Keurig, looking for recs for coffee makers and coffee. I stayed at a bnb last week and their drip coffee maker was much better than a keurig. 

    Browsing $30 mr coffee's on amazon. 

     

    recommend some coffee types too. thanks 

    Electric kettle, coffee grinder, French Press.  Nothing better.  Coffee types?  I'm a fan of Pete's french roast whole beans.

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  4. 6 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

    I think it's a little more subtle than that, but maybe not.  The patent system, particularly the courts, went a little overboard with software and biotech and has been in full retreat for about a decade.  Mostly because they didn't understand what they were doing, either time, particularly the courts.

    Ultimately, as the name indicates, IP is just another form of property right.  Property rights are mostly neutral, but they do tend to favor those with property and the wealthy have a lot of property.

     

    Perhaps, but Bill Gates may have been somewhat privileged due to his family upbringing, etc., but was certainly not wealthy before he and his compadres developed the (intellectual) property that made them all wealthy.  Would you advocate that folks other than the creators should reap the rewards of their efforts?

  5. Just now, MaybeACoordinator said:

    So what's the deal with that, anyway?

    Is it just evangelicalism Texanized?

     

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    Just another Baptist church where you can proudly wear jeans and a cowboy hat to Sunday services.

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  6. That upper Keys area was really hammered by a hurricane a couple of years ago, but it seems to be coming back with lots of new construction.  Was there last in the Spring of 2019 and we stayed at a basic internet rental condo on the gulf side of Key Largo (nice beaches and pretty water on that side) for a couple of nights before heading on down to the Key West bacchanalia. 

    Snorkeling tours at the John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park off of Key Largo are a really good time.  Can't recall which outfitter we used, but it was a half-day trip in the afternoon.  Skipper's Dockside in Key Largo is a fun restaurant with outdoor seating on a boat harbor, so lots of boat activity to watch, if you like that sort of thing.  I don't think I ate anything besides calamari, ceviche, and conch the last time I was down that way -- and I regret none of it!

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  7. That MLB 2nd base rule is chickenshit.  That makes as much sense as giving the batters an extra strike, or narrowing the strike zone, or letting the runners go on a fly ball when a game goes past 9 innings.  In other words, just stop playing the game of baseball once you get to extra innings -- just to keep errbody safe.

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  8. 3 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

    It wasn't much of a secret from about 2001 until the patent venue change in 2017.

    Perhaps the name of this thread needs to be changed to "Waco, Texas" pretty soon?

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  9. Herrera's on Sylvan across the river from downtown Dallas still kicks ass.  That is my standard for good, basic Tex-Mex. Love their menudo on weekends.  Maybe a bowl of that along with a barbacoa or lengua taco?  Perfecto.

    P.S. Just realized that the Sylvan location is the 4th iteration of this restaurant that I've enjoyed.  The first was at the gas station that is now the Grapevine Bar on Maple.  Then two more Maple locations, and now the Sylvan location across the river.  I'd be hard-pressed to think of many places that have survived that many relocations.

  10. 9 minutes ago, fakebusiness said:

    So did this end up being true? The WH said to stop trades?

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    Also, Yellen was paid 800k+ by Citadel. Does anyone see a conflict of interest here? Even CNN had concerns about her receiving millions from the banks she now regulates. 

    C'mon, man. She's the first Treasury Secretary that identifies as a female!

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  11. 1 hour ago, Balcones said:

    Please tell us more. Lay out your subtle plan for us.  
     

    Tragic situation. Quote taken out of context, I'm simply dubious about the militarized SWAT team approach to such incidents, but I'll play along with you. 

    Use the intelligence from the released hostages about the location.  I assume that the other docs/employees knew the building security codes to back entrances.  It's not a big or complex building.  Breach and make a direct shot to perp.  Aside from that -- Turn off power,  Flash bang, Tear gas, LRAD sonic weapons -- I'm sure that APD has those tools in their bag.

    I'm just not a fan of militarized police tactics.  I don't think that they are helpful.  YMMV. 

     

  12. 41 minutes ago, Helobious said:

    I’d be very surprised if it turns out she was being held hostage very long. I think he killed her early on & probably even killed himself hours before the police broke in.

    That could very well be true.  But how does it not escalate the shit out of the situation to bring in a massive military-style SWAT team?  There was intelligence on the ground -- the 5-ish folks that had been released.  They could tell the cops exactly where the hostage and the perp were located in the building.  With that knowledge, it wouldn't seem difficult to undertake a plan to eliminate the perp out in a less subtle way.

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