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USA to host the 2031 World Cup and 2033 Women's World Cup. ESPN Article

Recently went to Vegas for 3 nights and hit up Julian Serranos based on a recommendation on this thread. Fantastic suggestion. Just an outstanding meal and great service. Question for regulars. For this trip I arranged casino credit since (i) table minimums are continuing to go up and (ii) I don't want to carry that much cash for the craps table. After a couple of rough sessions at the table the first night I rebounded and made enough to pay off all my markers and then some. What do you do with the markers when they give them back to you? Should you keep them in case they try to claim you didn't pay them back or just shred them? Sorry if this belongs in the dumb question thread, but I couldn't find any info online.

The West Lake Hills Mayor race is today too. Complete with late filings, challenges to qualifications and Texas Supreme Court Mandamus. Small town serious business. Full disclosure: Team Anthony.

If you've never had an Oklahoma fried onion burger you're missing out. J&W Grill in Chickasha knocks it out of the park. There's an interesting Depression-era story about onion burgers too.

Billy’s

Article from Houston Business Journal yesterday that discusses the 3.5% cap on increases in property taxes absent a referendum and two constitutional amendments relating to exemptions (seniors and homestead) on the May ballot.

Nice steady rain falling in the 78657

Has the Cedar Door gone downhill? That used to be my go to for a Mexican Martini on the patio when I officed on that side of downtown. Often had decent talent meeting for happy hour from the various offices at Franklin Federal or whatever that building is called now.

Just another Manek Monday!

Raining hard and gusty winds at 360 and Bee Cave Rd

Austin was done when Mad Dog and Beans closed

David Yeoman. Spencer's understudy for several years. Westlake HS grad.

Westlake kid!

Bump. Any update? Right now it looks like it's just being used as overflow parking for something or other.

Side topic, probably worthy of its own thread on the Quackenbush forum on Hornfans, but after hearing about B-52s flying missions I went down the rabbit hole and sure enough they are now in the Ship of Theseus discussion. Wiki

I went down this rabbit hole last year. Detroit tried for years to get the summer olympics and was very close on at least one occasion. Detroit Free Press

@futuremanor any other rugby fans know if Six Nations is being televised on any US channels or if any bars in Austin are showing the matches this morning and tomorrow? Ireland is putting it on defending champs Wales in the first match. England should easily handle Scotland later today. And Italy commences its annual no-win tournament tomorrow against France. My son was telling me that there is some talk about start relegation and letting some other European teams (eg, Romania) take Italy's spot next year since the Italians never win a match.,

Retail branches are loss leaders for bank's core business and in effect roadside advertising. And they're not the only ones who purchase primo locations (fee or lease) in part of marketing reasons. Look no farther than the king of all branding companies located at Barton Springs and South Congress.

Best bit of Airplane II. Almost makes it better than the original: Witness: Striker was the squadron leader. He brought us in real low. But he couldn't handle it. Prosecuting Attorney: Buddy couldn't handle it. Was Buddy one of your crew? Witness: Right. Buddy was the bombardier. But it was Striker who couldn't handle it, and he went to pieces. Prosecuting Attorney: Andy went to pieces? Witness: No. Andy was the navigator. He was all right. Buddy went to pieces. It was awful how he came unglued. Prosecuting Attorney: Howie came unglued? Witness: Oh, no. Howie was a rock, the best tailgunner in the outfit. Buddy came unglued. Prosecuting Attorney: And he bailed out? Witness: No. Andy hung tough. Buddy bailed out. How he survived, it was a miracle. Prosecuting Attorney: Then Howie survived? Witness: No, 'fraid not. We lost Howie the next day. Prosecuting Attorney: Over Macho Grande? Witness: No. I don't think I'll ever get over Macho Grande. Those wounds run...pretty deep.

Tim Hortons announced they are opening a store in Houston. Location TBD

Jeff Ward has a podcast on this from Monday with reporter Tony Plohetski if interested. https://jeffwardshow.com/podcasts/

OU also has the series record against the Pokes in basketball. Not quite as lopsided though. 140-102.

Civil rights and space stuff.

LBJ