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  1. Pretty sure the official numbers come from Bergstrom. ABIA is more rural and always has lower numbers. Yup... found it... https://www.kut.org/energy-environment/2023-08-22/camp-mabry-austin-airport-weather-station-temperatures "People have been recording the temperature at Camp Mabry since the late 1800s. Record-keeping started later at the airport."
  2. Maybe just banking on the name. Used to know the management staff at Dolce Vita and it sounded like they were not the biggest fans of the Katz's nearby.
  3. But they will let Beth Moore speak... oh, wait...
  4. Also keep in mind nights are getting warmer... A recent New York Times analysis of nighttime low temperatures in America’s fastest growing cities, found that the number of abnormally hot nights in Austin has increased by 137% since the late 1900s. Austin now experiences 60 nights a year, on average, when the temperature never drops below 76 degrees. https://www.kut.org/austin/2024-08-19/hot-triple-digit-heat-temperature-austin-texas-summer
  5. It doesn't. I'll dig deeper but here is an article from July: https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/texas-summer-2024-cooler-heat-dome-records-temperatures/ But yes, the data does show that this is less hot than where we were last year at this time and in 2022 at this time. And I think most people remember what awful summers those were. But right now, the data is indicating that if you look at just June 1 through July 15, our temperatures have been averaging about 2 to 3 degrees above normal, which is still significant. I mean, that’s still hot. But last year at this time, we were running about 3 to 4 degrees above normal – so at least one more degree above normal than where we are at the current time. Also, a lot of people use the number of triple digit days as a barometer of how hot it has been. And right now, so far this year, Austin has recorded 14 100-degree days up through the middle of July. Last year, at this time, we’d had 25 of those.
  6. I don't know Marc Katz but if he was running the business before, maybe that's a good thing? Katz’s Deli and Bar closed in 2010 after three decades in business. Austin Business Journal reported that the business filed for bankruptcy after about $27,500 in unpaid taxes. The restaurant previously filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2004.
  7. Funny thing is that it was the 7th hottest summer in Austin recorded history. We are forgetting that it used to be much nicer. Check out the 2020s... it is 2024. Got a few more summers to go to dethrone the 2010s. More enjoyable content here - https://www.kxan.com/weather/weather-blog/austin-is-hitting-100-degrees-more-frequently-heres-when-its-most-common/
  8. Man, scroll down to "Results by County" and you realize that the vast majority of rural Texas is... man, I'm trying to find the right word... I'll let you pick one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas Sort by % for Trump over Biden. Round about 100 Counties in Texas voted 80%+ for Trump. Roberts did its best to get to 100%. Can you imagine being the poor souls in that county who voted anything but R? One County in Texas, Travis County, Texas voted $70%+ for Biden. Yes, I know land doesn't vote but still... its jarring what rural communities are like.
  9. Yup... same for me yesterday evening in SW Austin... dark skies, wind, rumble..... nothing.
  10. Imagine being surprised that processed meat has bugs in it...
  11. You could've picked some better names... like Ray Romano and Dan Quayle. LOL. Meanwhile, a little flashback from 2020... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/21/donald-trump-g20-pandemic-golf-club
  12. Hey... at least he can golf and crap his pants at the same time. What a champion!
  13. That looks awesome!
  14. Btw @LonghornJones this is a good Aussie review of Serre Chevalier.... We are staying in Monetier Les Bains which was a spa town long before it was a ski town
  15. It depends a) when you go and b) which airlines you want to use. I'm always a big believer in focusing on snowsure resorts... if I'm flying all the way there, I want good snow. If flying into Torino is an option, I would say Montgenevre in France is excellent as you're also connected to the entire Milky Way/Via Lattea system in Italy. If you don't mind going a bit further Serre Chevalier (mentioned at the top) really impressed me. To the point that is our next trip. Chamonix is not far from Geneva but takes a little work in the valley. The best mountain in Grands Montets but its not the most intermediate friendly. Closer to Geneva airport are Avoriaz, Flaine, etc... a little more purpose built. From Milano you could go to Courmayeur and also buy a pass that gives you access to other mountains in Val d'Aosta. Car helpful in all these cases. Also, we've flown into Munich before and driven all the way over to Obergurgl in Austria... great small town, nice mountain, access to Solden. Obergurgl is very snowsure and most of the hotels offer half-board options but not necessarily cheap. Use this to keep track of school holidays in Europe... our spring break is generally awesome in Europe with few crowds. https://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?t=167136&sid=690aa98945be90e86fb409760e2c4fd5 So anyway, here's where I've have skied in Europe... Selva, Val Gardena and Alta Badia in Italy - beautiful, massive, interconnected... not as high so snow can be an issue but they are masters at snowmaking and grooming. Courmayeur, Italy - great proper town, good skiing with most above 1900m so relatively snowsure. Great views of Mont Blanc. Access to other mountains in the valley possible. La Thuile, Italy - great mountain, snowsure, connected to La Rosiere in France. Town meh. Would not use it as a base. Better to stay in Courmayeur and hop over for a day. Pila, Italy - better as a commuter mountain from Aosta to visit while somewhere else in the valley Obergurgl, Austria - really underrated but a great mountain, nice small town. lodging can be pricey but almost all close to slopes Solden, Austria - bigger, big vertical, glacier skiing... its a big mountain with 007 cred but the town is maybe not as nice but could be a good base and then you can hit up Obergurgl Chamonix, France - aka Le Tour/Vallorcine, Les Grands Montets, Brevent/Flegere, Les Houches - all a little disconnected but tons of skiing and you can chase the snow. Grands Montets is epic and the cable car to the top should be running when you go which means top to bottom vertical of 6,600 feet. Pass can also connect you to St. Gervais Les Bain and Megeve which is another large interconnected ski area. Chamonix is a proper town and you can go up to Mont Blanc and ski the Valee Blanche. In this valley, you can go as easy as you want or as extreme as you want Montgenevre, France + Claviere/Sauze d'Oulx/Sestriere, Italy - can't say enough about the versatility of this area. Great and cheap. Tons of skiing. Can recommend a ski school and ski guides. Serre Chevalier, France - like I said, I can't wait to go back. Has everything and is next to the amazing town of Briancon. Lots of skiing above and below treeline. Maybe the best French ski resort no one knows about. Saas-Fee, Switzerland - Big vertical, glacier skiing, views for miles, wonderful car-free town and access to Hochsass and other smaller mountains nearby. Get ready to pay out the ass for everything except for guides, ski school and maybe lift tickets. Everything else will be $
  16. If you say anything about snow blades being cool, I'm punching you through the intertubes. Cross-Country just looks like work. I'd rather find a way to get injured the old fashioned way. Anyway... keep dreaming y'all... ski season is not that far away...
  17. How quickly do you go through olive oil? Also, provenance of said olives sound sketchy
  18. Yeah... I've always viewed high school soccer as the step child of youth soccer in Texas because there are so many exceptional club teams. The quality of play tends to be suspect. For our corner of AISD, my son's middle school team somehow bowled over everyone else in the district because the team was exclusively made up of kids who play soccer for local clubs like Westlake, Lone Star, Cap City, etc. Those kids get fed to their high school and despite having an incredibly laughable practice field, they seem to do well. Apparently they were one of the top ranked teams in the state. Maybe that's more due to the kids than the coaching but I think most of them view playing HS ball as a cool thing rather than what you aspire to.
  19. I remember going to some music festival in Houston in Hermann Park... some kind of Freedom Fest and they had bands like The Guess Who and Richie Havens. I must have been 15 or 16 and them talking about Vietnam sounded like they were talking about the 1800s. Felt like ancient history to me.
  20. Not in my corner of SW Austin Being warned about more good times this afternoon
  21. They are voting for him because they believe what the Bible tells them about the anointed one... well, the parts they like...
  22. So close y'all. Billie Eilish is going to announce the cease fire in Gaza
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