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More on GHIN, it’s nice because of the transparency. Sandbaggers that aren’t very careful can be exposed. It’s difficult to catch the assholes that intentionally miss putts, but when a guy is not recording rounds when everybody knows he plays all the time it’s easy to see.

Competition wasn’t huge, but no Yankees were involved. Some decent chili was made, although three of them had beans. WTF is the tuxedo comment? Classic Surly hyperbole.

My firm had a chili cookoff today and I made my usual recipe. It’s similar to the Pedernales Red recipe posted in this thread. I reviewed this thread for any new ideas and I saw my old posts regarding dry chili powder vs. reconstituted puréed whole dried chilies. I’ve never noticed a big difference. But I decided to go with the puréed reconstituted chilies. For about 5.5 lbs. of chuck roast (cut into 2 inch pieces and pulsed in my cuisinart to desired texture) I used around 10 whole ancho chiles and around 10 whole guajillo chiles in place of most of the Mexene powder. I added 2 Tbl of Mexene just because. I’m still not certain that it was a game-changer, but it was one of my better efforts. It won first place. Sorry, no pics. On the vitamix vs cheap blender question, I recently replaced my ancient Waring Professional bar blender with a new Ninja Professional 1000w. $59 at Costco. The Ninja puréed the chiles perfectly in about 45 seconds. We’ll see how long the motor lasts. I’ve heard that the motors in most cheaper modern blenders and food processors are made to last about 5 years.

^^^^ Depends on where you were sitting. Our section stood most of the time. I was right of the stage lower level. Pretty good seats. I noticed some of the sections far from the stage were mostly in a sit down mode. It was a fabulous show, as expected.

New technology helps. But it really is the Indian and not the arrow.

Not bad at all. But impossible to fill Clemons’ shoes. Looking forward to the show tomorrow.

Clemons’ sax intro in Night was incredible. How was the saxophone play without him?

So you agree that felons currently cannot own or handle a weapon. Correct?

I thought felons can’t legally own or handle guns. I know an old Enron guy who plead to a felony offense (though I thought the charge was BS) and he couldn’t even handle a gun. When he took his son on hunting trips with other fathers he was careful to never touch the weapon. He also can’t vote.

In for the Austin show. I’m going with my UT freshman roommate. He and I attended Springsteen’s concert in the Frank Irwin Center in 1980. Second row seats then. IIRC we paid around $30 per ticket. A guy in the frat was on some UT committee and had access to good seats.

Woody says his dad is innocent. So there’s that. I was a kid when the hit happened and I was with my parents in New Braunfels at the time. Remember it like yesterday.

Correct on Never Say Never Again not being official. That’s another reason why it’s not essential. It’s also just not very good and while he’s my favorite Bond, Sean Connery was just too old to play Bond.

All of them except Never Say Never Again, Octopussy, and a View to a Kill.

Colorado has been wonderful all year. We got back last Wednesday from Snowmass and it was some of the best conditions I’ve ever skied. If you can get there, go.

I do the 135-137 temp as well for most steaks that I sous vide. They always come out very pink/red. How did you sear it?

Unless we go independent the SI defense won’t really help. If we join the SEC early then the SEC will be brought into the suit. SEC (wisely) won’t take us unless the TV issues are resolved. The July 2021 posts in this thread are even more hysterical now. On the big, evil Fox Sports, why should it give up its rights under an existing contract? None of us should or would without compensation. Maybe Fox is overplaying its hand, but no one should blame them for trying to get what it’s entitled to.

That does suck. In my case I could (and did) play golf during my rehab. Doctor said it wasn’t hurting it further but I was basically picking the scab. But tennis was a no go. Just a few hits—especially a back hand (one handed, of course) and the pain was pretty much unbearable. I also did months of PT, cortisone shots, shock therapy, and the Graston treatment (basically deep tissue/bone/tendon massage with a dull knife—hurt like hell). Also did hot water soaks every day and I believe it helped. I tried icing it and never saw an improvement.

Tennis elbow can take a couple years to heal. It will eventually. I had it in my mid 50’s and it took about 22 months or so before I could hit a tennis ball. My pain was in the 6-7/10 range.

Hope you are right. I recall the discussion on this board in late July 2021 when it all went down that the move to the SEC would happen at least by 2023 and even perhaps by 2022. Either the Big 12 would dissolve, or we'd pay the $$$. With hindsight, some of those posts are hilarious.

Are cops more worried about getting beat up and their weapon stolen than getting shot as they bend down to grab the driver’s papers and DL?

Yes. My father told me to get out of the car and then do exactly what the cop says. His logic was that the cop can see that you don’t have a weapon in your hand. But if you stay in your car he doesn’t know if you have a weapon. I’m white if it matters to anyone.

I assume they can get a DNA test from him now that he’s in custody. They won’t rely on a relative’s DNA at trial.

Sorry if it’s been covered ad nauseam, but did Baldwin have any reason to believe there was a live round in the weapon? I have not read the statute but can’t he assume that any gun on the set would not be loaded with a live round? He’s still a dumb ass though.

My junior year (1978) in HS the school district brought in drug-sniffing dogs to patrol the parking lot. Well, the dogs alerted on my car. This was probably several months after I quit smoking dope. I might have smoked dope in the car a handful of times so I feared the worse. They found a single beer bottle cap. The asshole dog handlers insisted there was drugs in the car but they just couldn't find it. Those fuckers took me out of class in front of my friends and essentially announced that the dogs had found drugs in my car. I'm still pissed about this.

As a recovering labor/employment lawyer (employer side, early 90's) this is a good analysis--especially his commerce clause discussion. As Twicehorn says, the battle now usually is fought over trade secrets, IP, and the employer's property. In the old days, for example, a low-level salesperson would just take their rolodex/business cards from the former employer to make it easier to maintain their customer contacts at their new employer. That stuff actually belongs to their old employer and a judge will order the employee to return what doesn't belong to them. They can't steal their former employer's stuff. Now, with everything electronic it complicates matters (or does it?), but the concept still holds. To address some of the more recent posts about sandwich "artists", it's really hard to justify a noncompete in that and similar employment scenarios.