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  1. Just now, jimmyjazz said:

    This place sounds fucking miserable.

    It is good if you want to do jack shit but sit in back yard, let kids run around and get lyme disease while you drink a lot of bourbon because you cannot believe you are wasting 4 days in OK.

    (although to be fair pizza place wasn't too bad)

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  2. Been there as my BIL used to live in OK City so our family and his met for ~4 days in a cabin by the lake. The kids had a great time tromping around the woods and going fishing. There are a couple of ok restaurants in town (this was pre-CV19 so who knows) but as far as a place to stay, it was pretty and the kids enjoyed it.

    Greatful Head Pizza & Tap Room was decent if I recall

    Shady Oaks for coffee (kind of only game in town) and sandwiches

     

  3. In spirit of what others have done here is a dump from my Kindle orders with brief blurb

    Scholar of Magic - (Art of the Adept Series Book 3) - Michael G Manning

    Decent series (typical Hogwarts-esque school of wizardry), young man coming of age and into his powers etc etc. The series is a good "read on plane, read at beach - no thought necessary" one. It is enjoyable but nothing you will be blown away with.

    The Girl and the Stars (The Book of Ice 1) - Mark Lawrence - Cool blend of technology and fantasy elements, civilization basically stranded and dying on a planet where the sun is decaying. Some people have latent powers that are used by a cabal of priests to delve into the depths of the ice to find iron and other tech. Really good cliffhanger. This is a good read

    Case files of Henri Davenforth series - Honor Raconteur

    Harmless series that is light hearted detective read with mish mash of modern detective thinking by a fish out of water FBI agent who has found herself in a steampunk/magic alternate universe where some things are ahead of what she is used to and some behind. Goes a little deep on the "misogny busting" side of things but again is a enjoyable read that won't cause you questioning the meaning of life or anything but will pass the time. Four books in series this far.

    A Time of Courage (Blood & Bone Book 3) - John Gwynne

    Final book in Blood & Bone trilogy. Excellent read, pretty dark at times with at its core a fight of light and dark "angels" that broke into another plane from their own, the light won, subjegated the rest of the plane's inhabitants and for hundreds of years the dark has been plotting their revenge in the shadows. For those of you looking for a "finished" series to start (I hear you on Rothfuss - classic hit it big, got distracted and hit the trade show circuit guy) this is a good one. Did I mention that all three books are already published

    Dragonslayer series - Duncan Hamilton

    Read all three of these like a month ago and literally cannot remember what they were about. I assume dragonslaying. Not saying they were bad and bonus there are three books published already but it just wasn't memorable. So many fantasy series have exact same arc (farm boy/girl grow up not knowing they are really scion of famous (warrior, wizard, emperor etc), they come into powers as the person raising them dies while finally revealing their lineage, they then hook up with plucky companion, and thrust into battle way over their hear succesfully overcome powers of evil once they finally embrace the mantle of their powers) so I am sure this series is similar to that

    The Fifth Ward Series - Dale Lucas

    Another police meets fantasy series that pairs up a disgraced human nobleman with a disgraced dwarf as partners in the night watch. I enjoyed this series a lot. Good action scenes, character development etc. Definitely worth a read

    More to come

  4. 1 hour ago, Dahobbs said:

    Yeah, you shouldn't be that worried about you dying. You should be worried about you infecting someone else and them dying. At least, that is how I feel. Also, most of our population isn't healthy, so there are a lot of people in the at risk bucket. 

    Agreed. Just looking at through lens of if someone who has underlying health conditions chooses to go out into the world, I shouldn't have to shelter in place to protect them from themselves. I am willing (and do) wear a mask when I go out. I wash hands religiously but am starting to open up my life (had dinner out Friday night), am going to a friend's house for Memorial Day etc.

    People are stupid.

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  5. 48 minutes ago, Newdoc said:

    A point of clarification when looking at the middle age mortality statistics. Yes, some of these people are healthy and draw a bad straw but there are a lot of sickly people in the middle age group including those past 25-30 years old. It is amazing to me how people past 25 seem to just give up on being healthy. Some of it is a bad genetic draw but most is poor lifestyle choices concerning health.

    If you or a loved one are unhealthy please see a doctor about making significant changes to get your health back on track. It will take some time to get everything in order but you can make changes in the next few weeks that could mean the difference between getting Covid and feeling crappy at home for a week or two or hospitalization and a vent. Plus life just feels better when you take care of yourself.

    This - there are those born with an illness (FIL has diabetes since he was a child eg) but plenty of others have eaten themselves into bad shape (my BIL & SIL are both fat and now their kids are getting to be fat as well)

    My BIL & SIL could easily make changes in diet, eating amounts, exercise etc to move themselves into a less risky position. Challenge is most Americans are lazy and don't want to do the hard work it can take or exercise the self discipline you need to lose and keep weight off.

    Until data shows (and admittedly it is early stages still) that this disease hospitalizes and kills healthy (non-obese) people 50 and younger at scale (every disease has freakish "I can't believe they died" one offs) I am not worried for myself or my family. People like my mom (fat, old and underlying condition) yes. My mom's dumb ass is already planning 5 cruises for the fall so ultimately as an adult if she chooses to put her ass at risk, it is her choice. This is also difference between the US and other places, we typically get to make choices for ourselves.

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  6. 14 minutes ago, achooloco said:

    You do the 20 pushup/flutter ladder everyday? I can barely do 14 ladder and aside from being hard, not sure my shoulders will every be able handle 210 pushups a day.  As it is, i do it regular style twice a week, and "girlie" style 3 days a week with a max out day on Saturdays. I mean, props to you, I'm just skittish about ripping some muscle/tendon right now and having to spend extensive amounts of time in any ER/clinic/hospital.

    On the other hand, figured the 'rona is the best time to be serious about weight loss. Was already doing ok and now that i'm doing the 22 day athlean ab challenge (day 9 today) i'm down 13 lbs since March 13, and only 7 away from my target weight. Good luck to everyone.

    No, do 1-2x/weel

    Typical week for me would be

    2X - 2 mile walk (dog) so 4 miles total each day (one in morning, one in evening)

    M, W, F, Sat (PT Style workout - one of the ones above, as well as others. I tend to use Kettle-Bells, dumbbells, bodyweight, sand bags etc)

    T, Thu, Sun (Yoga along with 10-15 mins Battle ropes) I will do a 45-60 min yoga class and then 10-15 mins of a battle rope workout where it is 30sec on 30sec off

    I am not perfect with this, some days I say screw it and take off. But by and large I am doing something every day.

  7. 8 minutes ago, texifornia said:

    What big boosters do you think were ready to buy out Shaka's contract at the end of the season when everything collapsed and the universe was shutting down? 

    exactly. Herman's runs to 2023.(Smarts as well). Now that O&G is in shitter AND CV 19 in full swing nothing will change for football. Hence my point that CV19 is best thing for Herman as he can completely shit bed with impunity or waddle out another 8 win season and be just fine. He can lose to LSU & OU and feel no heat.

  8. 38 minutes ago, Burt Macklin said:

    I mean every outlet for every team puts out fluff pieces in the offseason. That’s just how it works. I also wouldn’t characterize Charlie’s last two years as full of orange colored glasses by anyone. 
     


    I don’t really think this is true. If he has a disappointing season, UT will likely be able to find the money to move on. Plus, the 2021 team is going to be a huge drop off in talent, so even if he survives 2020 with a bad year, he’s still pretty much sealed his own fate.
     

    Maybe Covid delays the inevitable by a year, but if he doesn’t win big this season, he’s going to lose his dream job. 

    I just see CDC giving TH this year no matter what happens. So many excuses built in for failure going into the season. He already extended Smart in spite of how poor he has done. I don't think CDC is a guy who leans into hardcore performance mgmt. Look at all the talk about how the athletic department was going to be truly changed let Plonsky still here and plenty of the fat in the department as well.

    I think Herman could completely shit the bed and he gets this year (assuming it gets played) as he can play "new system/no time to install card" etc

  9. I just cannot even taste the Kool-Aid this year. I feel like I have been in orange colored glasses saturation mode for the past 5 seasons or so in terms of off season fluff pieces and coach speak.

    Show it on the field. (if they even get to this fall), show it vs LSU & OU. Quit being a stubborn dipshit running the exact same QB run on 4th down every time. Or running stupid plays at the goal line that take points off the board trying to show how smart you are.

    CV19 really is the luckiest thing that happened for Herman as it has removed a TON of pressure from him and in effect given him a free season.

  10. 48 minutes ago, Larry T. Spider said:

    Not really sure where to begin because this is all wrong.

    That would fuck Austin isd even more since revenue is tied to students. Losing students is a big part of the current problem.

    The vast majority of students at the schools that are closing are poor. They aren’t going to private schools but charters are competition.

    AISD isn’t raising your property taxes and has no current bond plans. If we ever decide to do a bond, it won’t have anything to do with Adler.

    . I was going off posts above stating that schools were being consolidated etc. Not sure where the kids at schools being consolidated end up as class sizes are already getting nutty.

    The property tax values in Central Austin compared to the physical quality of the schools is a joke. If the PTA's of Casis, Bryker etc didn't pay for art, music, science etc teachers they wouldn't exist. No idea how Robin Hood can make it to where PTAs have to fund all of these teacher's salaries.

  11. 2 hours ago, Armybrat said:

    My son & DIL celebrated his 52nd birthday there on the 8th. He said the tables with black tablecloths were closed, the oneswith wih white were open.  /racist. 
    So they didn’t have to move any furniture. 

    He had a steak, she had the redfish. Both were excellent, as was the service.

    Once a week over the past two months he & several of his friends have been meeting in the parking lot next door by Z-Tejas for Happy Hour. They all bring their folding chairs & a table to separate at the proper 6’ distance while the bartender brings out the drinks & appetizers to set on the table.


     

     

    Small world. I may have seen your son Friday night as there were a group of guys in lawn chairs outside Z Tejas

  12. As of a week ago 30% of all deaths from CV19 in the US were found in nursing homes.

    Looking at Covid data from the CDC you see hospitalizations occurring at following rates per 100k population

    65 + years old - 192.4 per 100k people (.19%)

    50 - 64 years old - 94.4 per 100k people (.09%)

    18 - 49 years old - 32.6 per 100k people (.03%)

    5 - 17 years old - 1.4 per 100k people (.001%)

    0 - 4 years old - 3 per 100k people (.003%)

    This is of overall population not those that had it but it underlies difficulty in maintaining closure in the manner US has until a cure is found. Fix nursing homes and have those at highest risk (>65 years old and those who are overweight) maintain shelter in place. The current data (as is known to date - more crazy shit could emerge) wouldn't support sheltering in place for all for months more.

  13. 2 hours ago, vtaenz said:
    2 hours ago, BrazilHorn said:
    Went to dinner at Eddie V's in Arboretum with another couple last night. Restaurant did nice job of spacing tables out, no ones was close to us at all. Restaurant was at the 25% capacity. You had to book via reservation (my buddy made the reservation). Bar service is closed, meaning you can't come in prior to your reservation and sit at the bar.
    Food was good, all the staff had masks, and I you are willing to eat out during this I'd recommend it (I am not normally a steakhouse guy).

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    Isn't Eddie V's a seafood place?

    They did have seafood (oysters were good), I should clarify and say I much prefer a casual/patio type setting vs the club chair feel.  I hadn’t been to the Arboretum area in years. (Live central) but say one thing about quarantine Austin, traffic is a shit ton better. 

  14. Went to dinner at Eddie V's in Arboretum with another couple last night. Restaurant did nice job of spacing tables out, no ones was close to us at all. Restaurant was at the 25% capacity. You had to book via reservation (my buddy made the reservation). Bar service is closed, meaning you can't come in prior to your reservation and sit at the bar.

    Food was good, all the staff had masks, and I you are willing to eat out during this I'd recommend it (I am not normally a steakhouse guy).

  15. Just now, Hugo Stiglitz said:

    Oh I get it but the framing of the economy as something that you can just turn off and on like a light switch is some serious spin.  But by all means let’s get out there and spend that money!  

    It’s the inverse of the argument about stopping virus. 
    challenge is much like cost/quality, speed/accuracy etc we are dealing with two things that are inversely correlated. 
     

    opening economy vs shelter in place

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  16. On 3/19/2020 at 12:54 PM, HRSchenker said:

    Any good workout ideas for inside the garage? Now that gyms will be closing across the state I'm fucked. I can do my cardio around the neighborhood but I don't have weights at home nor do I want to spend the money to buy a set. Burpees, push ups, sit ups, what else should I be doing? My goal is weight loss.

    Here are a couple that I have been doing:

    Pushup/Flutter Kick Countdown/Up

    20 reps Pushups/1 4 count Flutterkick

    19 reps Pushups/2 4 count Flutterkick

    All the way down to 1 Push up and Up to 20 4 count Flutter kicks

    Another good one

    10 Burpees

    10 Burpees & 25 Pushups

    10 Burpees, 25 Pushups, 50 Lunges

    10 Burpees, 25 Pushups, 50 Lunges, 100 Situps

    10 Burpees, 25 Pushups, 50 Lunges, 100 Situps, 150 Squats

    and lastly

    10 - 20 -30 -40 - 50 - 60 -70 -80 - 90 - 100 (alternating lunge sets)

    10 Burpees after each set

    I would also recommend intermittent fasting. I do where I eat from 12-8 and fast the other time.

  17. 1 hour ago, SydneyCarton said:

    That’s a combination of non existent WR coaching and Malcolm Epps being a particularly special brand of pussy. Not specifically a knock against recruiting big bodied wide receivers. Other schools do fine with the big guys, and I’m hoping our luck changes with Omiere, and we see Eagles get more physical as well. But yeah, that’s non existent coaching and Epps being the Satya of WRs. 

    This. The fact that Epps couldn't get any separation off the line after getting hit by the guy with ~7" and 60lbs less is a joke.

  18. I didn't renew season tickets. This year's home schedule is particularly shitty anyway. Watching Herman trot slow TE out in 4 wide sets as well as stubbornly running the same rushing play 3 times in a row and also putting no emphasis on special teams the past couple seasons (on heels of prior 8 shit years) make me in total wait and see mode on this team anyway.

     

  19. Ultimately even if this guy was robbing the house, it doesn't give these two guys the right to chase after him.

    1) it wasn't their house

    2) they witnessed nothing

    3) They could have simply trailed him and called 911 if they were truly hell bent on justice being served

    These two "respect my authority" gentlemen chose to bring weapons in to the mix, chose to get out of their vehicle and chose to not wait for authorities to come all while having a buddy film it in a trailing car for posterity.

     

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  20. 8 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

    Easy to see this coming

     

    I think you could write this article for any country. I don't think Europeans will find themselves welcome in the US either. We are seeing where people going to vacation homes with out of state license plates are being challenged. Air travel down like 90% or so, this on surface seems like a click bait article.

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