fattyflattie

Without a hint of irony. Holy. Shit.

Those names shouldn’t even be spoken along side Biden. Tremendously poignant point about just how far we’ve fallen in such a short amount of time, though. Anyone have directions to briskets ledge?

———> surprised face.

Everyone? About time.

It has bad connotations with some because it’s shit policy, and that bad connotations stem from one side. Any other nifty changes you’d like to suggest? Maybe something new and nifty for communism, affirmative action, or whatever we’re calling the purchasing of votes (although hard to top free shit army)?

Not ideal but that’s what they have always done, long before I arrived. We have a few guest blinds, but every person there has offered up their blind for guests without hesitation in the past. I’ve known all but one of the guys for coming up on 20 years, and the guy I didn’t know knows the ones I consider family for over 45 years. We switch it up when someone wants a change of scenery etc. The issues I have are with the place and it’s proximity to town, not the members. I also don’t have the investment into it that you or @deadshank have. Shit I think there’s only 1 other blind I’d crawl into on that place - way different blind spread than shanks setup. We also don’t have the kind of deer that people fight over, unfortunately. I think of it as a family spot that we happen to not own, that has great quail, ok deer, and a great atmosphere where no one is that mad at it. if it was 10 miles further East I’d have not a single complaint.

I don’t but I do know that a lot of people use them for accessing remote hunting spots, so they must be pretty competent off-road.

Think they just started up a thing for Uber kids. They’ve been advertising for, but that is very recent. Not sure how it falls in respect to this incident’s timeline.

Yeah. This is our surprised face. I wouldn’t gaf about $$$ if it wasn’t based on what I’m providing for my kids. Doing everything I can now to help them navigate the shit show that is tomorrow. Others’ parents should consider doing the same. If not, “bad luck” I guess.

My recommendation would be Rockport or Baffin but those are my personal favorite spots on earth. I don’t have any recs for guides but the most important thing would be to be very clear about your abilities or lack thereof when speaking with your guide/outfitter. I haven’t fished with many, but I’ve had a salty mean sob all the way to a guy who should have been a stand up. If you go with an outfitter, give them an idea what your looking for in the trip. They can make/break the trip if you aren’t on the same page.

That’s really cool. Don’t know about 5m cool, but very cool.

Dealers choice here with dozens of locales and more guides (no wrong answer). But I would suggest make it happen in May or first 2 weeks of June. After that it just gets tougher until the fall.

We had a guy drop, and I’m taking his pasture. And just 6 months after I went from 4’ legs to 12’. Because of course. I might just break down and rent a zoom boom for the weekend. Erecting it about killed me the first time. Don’t know about down and back up again.

Not serious post.

Your analogy is weak, counselor. The people you are wanting to support wouldn’t be considered either in any successful corp. 3 generations of never accomplished shit isn’t Capex, it would have long been on a divestment schedule. Also known as throwing good money at bad. Successful corps flood their lotto tickets with support and capital. You obviously can’t divest human beings (we dump loads and loads of good money on bad), so best to work on another analogy.

Hard to digest but…

Bruh, we are actively and continually dumping 10’s of billions of dollars into a country that just got thru dumping millions into POTUS’ crack addicted sons bank account. For fucks sake.

This describes about 80% of my inner circle. Many Americans don’t have it figured out, but there is plenty that get it.

There are loads of govt jobs that will provide an annual COLA and are next to impossible to be fired or RIF’d. Investment wants a return on its capital. Normal everyday people need companies to excel or their biggest savings (401k/B, pensions, insurance) are fucked. You understand how big a swath of America doesn’t have but a few grand liquid but 10x that in a retirement account?

Define arbitrary. How would you prefer companies provide sustained and metered growth for their capital stakeholders?

I'd mostly agree. I matriculated at one of UT's city satellites. Got "in" first job thru contacts from guys with state degrees (aggy specifically) in better disciplines (ME's), and worked alongside UT, ATM, West point, and LSU engineers. Then I worked my dick off for most of a decade and climbed the ladder ahead of most of them. Then we all dispersed, and several advanced rapidly at large companies. I've eventually caught up and am in a great spot now, but at the point where my peer group is considerably better educated. My board is familiar with UT; they haven't the slightest idea what a UTSA is. The few times I have changed jobs, it was always thru someone I had known prior or built a working relationship with. Not uncommon, but this is where having a big name on your diploma helps the most, imo. You don't need the personal in to get your foot in the door. Your career history still does the speaking, but that backstop of a big name school drives it home.

Correct. And it’s laughable for me to hear a guy ((Ted speaker) who attended a good school, performed at average (or below) but benefitted from the classes after him, boosting his prestige in the process. If anything, students like his assistant did more heavily lifting for his educational bonafides than he did. This has naturally happened to many older UT grads as the selection process became more stringent. Other than money, what are the incentives for universities to grow attendance at the mercy of the quality of incoming students (ideally the goal is to be elite tier).

Raiseshand.gif But, it does get more difficult as you progress. I reckon by then most of the time people are looking at your grad school, but still.

This is right. What I’d love for him to solve is how to fit another 25-40k high quality kids in Austin. Oh, no space? Well, no shit Ted talk guy. And they leave to other high quality state schools because 100 years from now UTSA will still not have the clout as any random big state school.

That is all correct. And we have posters on this board paying to send their kids to Austin that had rides at UTD. Because UTD will never be the campus is Austin. At least when it comes time to get an actual job. Right, wrong, indifferent - big name state school > city spin offs everywhere but Cali (and still some there, too)