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SimonBolivar

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  1. He's a law bird and it's hard for Americans to get their PhD in Ottoman/Turkish studies in the early 20th century as their script has changed so you have to learn a whole new way of writing on top of a new language. I tried to do a master's paper on day-to-day life in the Ottoman Navy in WW1 but couldn't handle translating the script in primary documents without years of studying.
  2. Really? Damn things have changed for sure. I bought a new full cage plus weights for $600 in 2015 or so but I guess that was almost 10 years and a pandemic ago. Surely you can still find cheap 2nd hand deals though?
  3. Finally got around to Salem's Lot...oh boy what a good one. I'm going to mess around with Gabriel Garcia Marquez next then come back with Misery after that I think.
  4. The CCC? You mean that damned Communist Cuck Campfire in the 30s?
  5. Alaska from AUS -> SEA is really nice. In general, we pick Austin over DFW to fly out of almost every time with its ease of access (We live almost smack dab in between the two). The only good thing about flying the budget airlines in Austin is you get to use the South terminal which is super convenient if not slightly hilarious.
  6. Damn, that first dude was just looking to continue eating away the depression with his poison of choice and the next thing you know he's on camera with a scowl, stains, and women that are counting down the seconds until he was out of their line of sight. I'm sure this will help his ever-quickening slide into his Atherosclerotic grave.
  7. Used freeweights (45lb bar, bench, squat rack, and 300lbs to start with is fine) Used treadmill (you could just skip this and run outside too but I like an indoor run) $20 Chin Up Bar $20 Yoga Mat Don't overthink it and spend thousands on unnecessary and limiting machines.
  8. How long did that take? I'm guessing it was a ship relocation so you had to fly home?
  9. I remember in 2004-2007 we had a strict ass dress code where a Spanish teacher would go around with a magnifying glass looking for facial hair. Same school that... Wouldn't allow same-sex couples at prom Allowed the band director to kick out a drum major for being gay Told that same drum major (UT grad btw and MD now) that under no circumstances could he mention being homosexual in his Valedictorian speech Good times and this wasn't a rural school either, but a suburban school.
  10. I once paid $39 to fly Allegiant from Orlando (Sanford) to Greensboro. I didn't die and had some extra money in my pocket.
  11. Lots of bodies between Austin and a playoff spot now. I understand that Wolff is in no danger even with this being a disaster of a season.
  12. @Al_4_ISU what is the record stay off the hotseat level for CMC this year? Looks like he does have some hope with 3 relatively easy games of oSu, @ Cincy, and @ Baylor but 2 of them being on the road is tough and 4-8 with those wins wouldn't be considered good enough right?
  13. True, but there will be shock with student loans and other consumer loans like auto, RV, toy, and personal. We've been marking them deferred for 3 years now on debt to income ratios with no repercussion from auditors (state, internal, and external) so I'm assuming it's fairly standard in Texas.
  14. Same CEO that wanted to charge players to reload in games correct?
  15. Pretty much. It's a sarcastic way of saying, imagine living in a normal country that doesn't have stuff like this.
  16. My favorite response to the Mexican "alien" came from /r/mexico
  17. The judge, Andrew S. Hanen of the Federal District Court in Houston, maintained that President Barack Obama exceeded his authority when he created the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, by executive action in 2012.
  18. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/13/us/daca-immigration-ruling.html?campaign_id=190&emc=edit_ufn_20230913&instance_id=102685&nl=from-the-times&regi_id=92097284&segment_id=144679&te=1&user_id=995359c97404b4b4d89b81b1da5ae96e Sigh
  19. See you in 12 hours and let us know how the upgrade works out.
  20. Yeah dude must have the best plastic surgeon around because I can't tell anything major.
  21. We went in July and it was a pretty good time with some great scenery. Everyone there is a Chilango on vacation for the weekend and in a good mood so the club is a good time with bartenders that will remember you with a decent tip. I didn't get the feeling that English gets you all that far though outside of the Canadian run establishments (the Canadians apparently show up in winter in droves), but my wife is paranoid about taking me to anywhere in Mexico anyway so it was all Spanish all week. In CDMX we've taken to getting to know the taxi/Uber driver and then ask them where they like to eat and have them take us there and pay for their meal. They've always been super talkative and friendly whenever we start talking to them and then we hire them out for the rest of the trip. Last April we ended up at some hole in the wall mariscos place that was absolute fire. I had been drinking at Xochimilco all morning so wasn't all the way present to know where I was exactly, but it was probably a 15-minute drive from Xochimilco. Google Maps says there are about 25 places that it could be.
  22. Southern Illinois owning Boston is one hell of an occupation.
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