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    Peach Bowl: Texas vs Arizona State, Jan. 1, 12:00PM, ESPN

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    6 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

    They need to fix the seeding and the game locations. Georgia should be playing in Atlanta. We should playing in Arlington. Rose Bowl got it right. 
     

    But yes, Georgia and Oregon admins are probably deeply pissed they didn’t get a home playoff game. That’ll probably be the first fix.

    We will be playing in Arlington if we beat asu

    Ski Season 2024/2025

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    On 12/22/2024 at 11:57 AM, Pato del Muerto said:

    I don’t consider that crazy high.  I know most lifts don’t get higher than that but there must be some gondolas that do (peak to peak or over a steep slope section maybe) where throwing rope won’t work.  And at least these folks were inside. Being stuck on a chair for hours is probably much more uncomfortable. 

    Agreed. I wanna see some 80 foot action! 
     

    thx for the video tho, interesting stuff

    The destruction of America's public education system

    in Cloak Room

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    On 12/17/2024 at 11:40 PM, Vegas64 said:

    I agree wholeheartedly. But that said, if falling birthcounts and populations are truly impacting enrollments (and project to be in the near future), why not rationalize some of the schools and pool resources, teachers, and students together to optimize or "load balance" if you will? That is what it sounds like is happening in Lewisville which would make sense as it is not a destination for young families or folks looking to raise families for the most part.

    Flower mound schools are part of Lewisville isd and are quite strong public education. Throw on Hebron as well and folks absolutely are moving to the district for schools. Lewisville hs and the colony are not exactly destinations tho. 

    Ski Season 2024/2025

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    44 minutes ago, Chewbacca said:

    Gondola broke at WP today. Had to rescue everyone on board. Unknown how long it will be out of order, but could be a while. Thankfully manufacturer is in Grand Junction, so parts are nearby.
     

    Assuming the cars are stuck in place, how do they rescue ppl? Always wondered that on crazy high lifts and gondola sections

    Whatcha reading?

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    On 12/17/2024 at 10:54 PM, mdmost said:

    I finally got through The Demon of Unrest tonight after stopping it after 100 pages a month ago. I just hit a wall with it and had to pivot to a different book so I picked up a book about Lana Turner's boyfriend's mysterious murder in the 1950s. I had a trip to LA planned and wanted something center around the Golden Age of Hollywood. It did the trick. Came home and it got me through the fog and I was able to make it through the rest of The Demon of Unrest this month. I can see why it was on a lot of Best of lists. It's really really good. Makes me want to take a visit to Charleston and filled a void I had in my superficial knowledge about the lead up to and start of the Civil War. I'll have to pick up more Erik Larson books in 2025. I know my wife was a huge fan of The Devil in the White City and we own The Splendid and the Vile. 

    I was very excited to hear that Ron Chernow will have out a new biography in 2025 about Mark Twain. I tore through his Hamilton and Washington biographies. Grant's was too much of trudge and I never finished it. Comes out in March.

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    Dead wake for the submarine storyline is great stuff, the storyline of the ppl on the ship was kinda meh. Garden of beasts is worth a read in these times we’re living through. 

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    Fort Worth is exploding

    in Food and Travel

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    7 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

    Did La La Kind, or whatever the hell it's called, get scrapped? 

    Looks like they’re just behind schedule as it seems only lately that smoothie king bldg has work being done. 
     

    https://fortworth.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/la-la-land-kind-camp-bowie/

    bold move Cotten going in a block away from a sbux drive thru into a bldg that already saw a high premium food big brand fail. 

    Fort Worth is exploding

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    Any idea what’s being built ‘on’ camp Bowie near 30, behind the pnc bank and vacated smoothie king. Construction fence is up. 
     

    also, taco deli doesn’t appear to still be a go. Not shocking given restaurant success in general and esp so in this Econ climate plus just the FW factor 

    Tell Me About Texas a&m

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    2 minutes ago, Tex Pete said:

    Zack Calzada was the backup who became a starter who was going to win the Heisman. Then he transferred. 

    Haynes King was the starter who was going to win a Heisman until he became a backup who was going to win a Heisman until he got hurt and became a backup who was going to win a Heisman when he became the starter again.Then he transferred. 

    Connor Weigman was the starter who was going to win a Heisman until he got hurt and became a backup who was going to win a Heisman when he became the starter again until he sucked and got benched  now he’s transferring.

    Stop me if you’ve heard this


    Marcel Reed was the backup who became a starter who was going to win the Heisman until Weigman got better then he became the backup again until Weigman sucked and he became the starter again and is going to win the Heisman. 

     

    I think CW was tagged with winning multiple Heismans

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