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  1. DalTxHornFan
    Martini talk on the Cheese Enchilada thread not going away.
  2. DalTxHornFan
    I have a small acreage place and just use the biggest gasoline powered Husqvarna garden tractor for grass cutting and a self powered Swisher tow-behind for brush. I am beating the shit out of them and probably need to upgrade. My biggest issue holding me back is making the switch to diesel. How to you guys deal with diesel? Did you go ahead and get a storage tank big enough to be able to get a company to make deliveries? Or do you just schlep it around in the back of your pickup truck? Thanks.
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    Definitely an acquired taste, but good for him! RIP.
  5. DalTxHornFan
    Those TV ads were from the early 1960s. Villa Capri's restaurant was considered to be a really big deal back then. Christie's, Norman Eaton's Polynesian Room, Nighthawk. The Barn, and private places like Headliners and Austin Club were the height of the Austin fine dining scene back then. The restaurant world in Austin changed in a big way after liquor by the drink become legal.
  6. DalTxHornFan
    @Lidig8r I think he mostly does civil stuff, but bet that he knows somebody that could fit the bill.
  7. DalTxHornFan
    Pretty sure that it always included the hotel component. https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1227546/
  8. DalTxHornFan
    It seemed to work out for Casar OK.
  9. DalTxHornFan
    Yes. I never understood that U.R. Cooks place. If I'm gonna be getting stinked up grilling steaks, I'm gonna be doing it out on my deck and drinking my own whiskey.
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    Not a fan. If I'm paying over a $100 per couple, before wine is figured in, they damn well better be doing the cooking for me!
  11. DalTxHornFan
    I grew up in a hyper-protestant world. Now have attended a conservative Anglican church for 25+ years. I appreciate the liturgy and and am glad that we have bumper rails against whatever Brother Bob decides that he wants to emphasize (Generally it's all Romans, all the time, in my prior experience!) YMMV, but this has worked well for me, plus I don't have to put up with the hippie music that my RC friends try to tolerate.
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    I know that this ages me, but the Villa Capri (where the Longhorn football practice bubble is now located) was considered to be fine dining in Austin when @Armybrat and I were growing up. Here are some of their TV commercials. https://texasarchive.org/2010_01862
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    Yep Hyatt Regency site. That Christie's place was some pretty high cotton when I was growing up in Austin. Just like the Villa Capri! Link to some great old commercials: https://texasarchive.org/2010_01862
  14. DalTxHornFan
    That recipe does look worthwhile!
  15. DalTxHornFan
    I saw Earl and his brothers eating those.
  16. DalTxHornFan
    Well, this was a pretty important date in Austin (and Texas)history! In 1971, the Most Important Drink in Austin’s History Crossed the Bar https://austin.towers.net/in-1971-the-most-important-drink-in-austin-history-crossed-the-bar/?pro=jude@towers.net
  17. DalTxHornFan
    James is my favorite book in the bible. I try to read it every month. If folks lived up to even half of what that book says, the world would be a much better place.
  18. DalTxHornFan
    Timely for me. I just went to the funeral of my 91 y/o uncle who spent his life as a Baptist minister. He explained it to me as how they don't disagree with the Nicene Creed or even The Lord's Prayer, they just don't believe in the recitation of such stuff in public worship is appropriate. Vain words and all. I hope that every word spoken at my funeral comes straight from the 1928 BCP!
  19. DalTxHornFan
    Love Omaha. Playing golf at Dodge park at dawn on the other side of the river every time I've been to a Texas CWS has been a staple for me and my crew!
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    Austin is going to become a sundown town? https://austinfreepress.org/sundown-home-town/
  21. DalTxHornFan
    Hotels are like airlines. Huge fixed costs. Limited variable costs. Volume-cost-profit is the key. They kill it when they kill it. They suck when they don't.
  22. DalTxHornFan
    We have never found better calamari than what Duke's serves. The Kauai store by the Marriot near the airport is a great way to enjoy life before getting on the plane, but we've also been to their stores on other islands and in California. Never a miss.
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    I know that I have said this on other threads, but we always go to the island Costco for proteins, be it local fish or some frozen proteins (read: steak), and then hit the daily farmer's markets for veggies or salads while we tourist around.
  24. DalTxHornFan
    Kauai is the nuts. Hamura Saiman Stand will set the tone after you get off the plane in Lihue.
  25. DalTxHornFan
    Ridic that you can eat prime steaks for less than brisket these days. It's yardbird or pork butts when I do stuff at home lately.

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