Everything posted by texasdago
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2025 Thread of the Rains
It is written
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What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
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2025 Thread of the Rains
We were out there jumping off of a dock into Lake Austin yesterday. The water is still looking browner than usual but hopefully that clears up soon. Was super choppy on Sunday... boat traffic + the wind really kicking up.
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What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
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What impact will Trump have on the 2026 World Cup?
Hello. As your resident Italian I would like to remind you that Gianni Infantino is Swiss.
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What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
Be sure to tell your friends
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New Austin Music
Found this band while digging through a playlist. Guess they played last night at Hot Summer Nights
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Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
I don't have all day, dumbass!
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The Italy Thread
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2025 Celebrity Death Pool
"our"? I liked Hacksaw Duggan and Rowdy Roddy Piper. Hogan always seemed mainstream and super cheesy. HE felt corporate so I never liked him. Found more reasons not to like him later.
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2025 Thread of the Rains
So who is the first one to go check out the cliffs at Pace Bend? Need to know if I'm going to get impaled on a newly submerged sycamore.
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The Italy Thread
The locals are pissed and that's why I said no Italian is paying that amount. I mean, for Italy, 28 Euros was not cheap. Now its absurd.
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The Italy Thread
I mean Puglia Is awesome. Alberobello Is very much with visiting and Salento has beautiful water/beaches.
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4th of July Texas Flood
Yeah, that's a big hole for that town. Little store, great BBQ. That sucks. Would love to go back and rent a cabin in Camp Wood. Definitely can't visit there without bringing a buttload of supplies.
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The Italy Thread
Not to mention the cable car prices have gotten insane. Maybe they've jacked up the prices to keep tourism down though clearly not working. Probably more to make a ton of money will they can. No Italian is paying that without having something like a Supersummer pass. 2013... today...
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4th of July Texas Flood
Which one. Last time we stayed there, the only thing open midweek was King's Texas Smokehouse. Looks like it is now closed. Not many food options in that dot on a map.
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4th of July Texas Flood
On a side note, was curious about one of the places we like near Camp Wood. Looks like the cabins are just outside of the 100 year flood plain (which honestly does not mean much these days) as you can see below: But what I found interesting is twofold: 1) Data / flood maps that look incredibly outdated 2) Entire sections where there is no digital data available. See the actual town of Camp Wood:
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Coimbatore, India
PSG? Was Donnarumma there?
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The Italy Thread
The local solution, for now, as Seceda's pastoral vibe gets ruined. Not sure this solves anything. Maybe make it only accessible to hikers. https://www.rainews.it/tgr/trento/articoli/2025/07/seceda-tornello-overtourism-pedaggio-dolomiti-7c8b4460-1f46-4e8c-852c-c2f162285e1b.html
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The Italy Thread
Below you'll see three pictures I took around 2014 from Seceda in Ortisei... so calm and peaceful. It was amazing. This was just down the valley from where I learned to ski as a kid. Now? this is the line to ride the cable car up. Dude... this pisses me off to no end. I loathe LOATHE overtourism.
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July 4th Hill Country Flooding Tragedy
Sounds like what it used to feel like driving down 71 through Bastrop. Absolute devastation.
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These Jubilee 1 vs 20 social discussion videos
...and yet he wiped the floor with all of them
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Surly kids who can't get into UT
Yup. Mine's an introvert at heart so I've seen how band helped him with a community in HS. My younger one is more extroverted and he's always had soccer (club and HS) but for the older one, I can see the big advantage with college band. BUT, again, the experience and the grind I think will help him get into college. We'll see.
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Surly kids who can't get into UT
Hope this is true I can tell you my son had leadership sessions last week W-F from 9-5 and this week until school starts, he gets to be at school at 6:45 AM until 5:00 PM to prep for the season. One has to think that type of dedication has an impact when being considered for a school (whether you want to be in marching band or not)
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Surly kids who can't get into UT
This is my thought process. I wasn't in band. My school, even though it was a big school, really didn't place much of an emphasis (or pay attention) to band. My son goes to a school with a probably better-funded band than the football program. They're routinely nationally ranked. So, to me, band has been a great experience for him. He has had to push himself and dedicate himself to a working with "the team". He's in leadership his senior year and I think since his grades are... uh... kind of like mine were, the band experience and effort should help him when trying to get into certain schools that look at the whole student, not just grades. Also, some schools that he is considering have great band programs - he wants to keep marching. For some schools, that matters and, to go back to your original point, it does provide that third space and community right as you plug into college.