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They used to office at 15th and Guad. They moved office buildings a month or two ago and she’s obviously really good with directions, addresses, and transportation in general.

At this point she knows if I ask that question I expect an answer in terms of N, S, E, W. Which is why she dodged the question first time, because she actually had no clue. And point taken about known destination. But I wasn't the person that was going to be late to a meeting due to shitty directions.

Apologies for longcat, but this is actually a condensed version. Wife ran out of gas on the way to take the kids to daycare. Less than 2 blocks away. She also drives an older Prius. I was on a work call already so didn't see her text, so she marches the kids home, grabs my keys, and drives the kids over. By this time I'm off the call, so instead of her taking an Uber into the office downtown I offer to drive her. She pulls in the driveway and was super confused when I walked to the driver's side, gas can in hand. Wife: "What are you doing?" Me: "Driving you to the office. Changing drivers is a pain in the ass downtown. Where am I headed towards?" Wife: "Oh, head towards Mopac." Me (thinking): "No shit, from southwest Austin to get to downtown I should go up Mopac..." Me: "What cross streets is the office on?" Wife: "Take the 5th street exit." Me: "Well, at least you didn't get very far and could walk home. Sorry I didn't see your text. How'd you run out of gas?" Wife: "Oh, the gas gauge hasn't been working for a while, it never reads more than 2 out of 8 bars. So normally I get 360 miles to the tank, but I was only at 320 today before the screen flashed *PROBLEM* and the check engine light came on, and the engine stopped. Also, the low tire light is still on. I've never run out of gas before." Me (thinking): "Sweet. That would have been good to know prior to this happening. Hope the battery didn't get run down to the point of being toast. Don't tell her she probably could have driven home. Battery will get toasted next time." Me: "Ok, I'll get some gas in it and get it home, I don't have any more calls this morning. I just filled up the tires last weekend so I'll make sure there isn't a leak." Wife: "Oh, turn here, turn here!" Me: "I thought you said take 5th?" Wife: "No, the other one....to the right." Me: "Cesar Chavez?" Wife: "Yes, that one. Sorry, that's why I wanted to you to get over one lane." Me: "What cross streets is your office at, again?" Wife: "8th and Congress. No, don't turn here!!!" (as I make a left on Lavaca). Me: "Oh, I thought I'd skip that traffic at the Congress light and head up to 7th. Shouldn't be any line to turn left on Congress up there. What corner is your office on?" Wife: "I never go this way." Me: "What corner is your office on?" Wife: "Northeast." Me: "What time is your last call? Did you want me to try and pick you up before I get the kids, or are you going to Uber home?" *At this point I pulled over at the northeast corner of 8th and Congress* Wife: "It's not over til 4:30, so I'll Uber. (She looks up from her phone) This isn't my office, it's over there (points at southwest corner of 9th). Oh well, I can walk I guess." I had a very relaxing drive home listening to a podcast. I then was able to put 10 gallons of gas into what is normally an 8 gallon fill-up. Cleared the check engine light, took the car for a test drive, battery looked like it was at about 80% prior to the test drive so should be OK there. Checked the tires, all were right where I filled the to the other weekend. Tried resetting the monitoring system, problem light still flashes on key on for 1 min prior to light staying on. Google it, says it needs further diagnosis by a tech, usually a sensor. via text: Me: "Hey, car is fine. I got it fueled up and home. Tire pressure was ok. There is probably a bad sensor, that happens sometimes when tires get rotated or the sensor battery gets old." Wife: "Told you I need a new car." Me: "You need a new car because a $3 sensor went bad?" Amazingly I didn't hear any further response.

Believe this correct. So Abbott’s statement is spin.

Harbor freight sells 5 gallon gas cans. I’m considering buying 4 just for that reason.

KDB places a sidefooted effort into the bottom corner, water is wet.

and his record of dropping games he shouldn't, and his team's penalty stats, and, and, and...

Except that against teams like Kansas where they haven't been able to throw downfield all season, he still played it to hide our weakness vs. take away their very few strengths. And did it all game, and got torched. Scipio said it better than I could. He's just not a good coach based on this year's evidence.

As someone who lives in a different Goodwin managed HOA in Austin, this would make people flip shit here. Apparently we've only recently hired them, and most of the older folks in the neighborhood are pretty pissed with the ticky-tacky shit and lack of communication already.

I read that as PK runs a system that is much like Gary Patterson's was at TCU. Pretty simple for most of the players, and is made effective by players having limited choices so they can react rather than think. The back 2 levels of the defense being taught by coaches from different philosophies really screws with what makes the thing go. If it's me, I pick 1 of the 3 coaches, or none. You can't keep all those dudes and tell me they all somehow get on the same page in year 2. Also it points to their overall quality as teachers and evaluators. If you can't vanilla things down to get everyone on the same page to stop the bleeding, you're not an above average coach. And we don't have time for players to spend years learning a system because the coach can't teach outside their comfort zone.

No mention of bowl season. Telling.

Who the fuck asked that first question?

Actually I think there’s a good many people that were hoping this wasn’t an example of people being extra shitty towards others, and was just one person that wasn’t in their right mind.

Shiiiit, at some point someone on this or the other site posted a strategy to do it grid scale on the highland lakes or similar. That would be something.

Amateurs.

The stats on solved property crimes that don't involve hugely expensive items are abysmal, and always have been. If you have a Ferrari stolen, someone will be out because they have a higher chance of being able to solve the case. Golf clubs or tools out of an open garage? Maybe if they're dumb enough to pawn it down the street. Small jewelry that the thief is willing to drive to Houston to fence? Forget about it. This has always been the case and will always be the case. If your stuff is valuable enough to you insure it, or bolt a safe to your floor, or have a security system with a siren loud enough to wake the dead. The police aren't supposed to prevent property crime by solving every case as a deterrent. Good idea on his part. There are much better jobs available, which is why recruiting for police departments is a PITA.

Can you imagine how expensive construction labor would become, overnight? Food service? It would be a rude awakening for the vast majority of people in this state. It's a problem for sure but I would guess his audience has no idea of the consequences.

I have the Pro which is a discontinued (I think) dual fuel. Wife bought it for an anniversary present bc she thought I'd love a wood fired pizza oven. I've never used anything other than the gas. FWIW I have 2 young kids so don't have the time for a stick burner or komado style smoker either. I prefer charcoal to gas, but we grill 3-4 times per week on a propane Weber because it's convenient. YMMV

Yeah the passing out of the back has taken a serious nosedive since besler has been out. It really restricts our ability to move the ball forward quickly and teams generally can get into a decent defensive shape before we’re anywhere threatening with the ball. So much of our offense has been from unexpected turnovers in the middle third.

If they make it back to the US CPS should meet them at the plane.

I emailed our season ticket rep for AustinFC about this and his response was "The ticketing is all done through US Soccer and Ticketmaster. There will be ticket reps at Ticket HQ assisting at the stadium if you need help, but there are no barcodes.". I don't have a ton of faith this is going to go well.

I always joked with my more conservative family at Thanksgiving about Leslie running for Mayor. To Supertroopers, those shenanigans were fun. This just seems cruel and tragic.

Dang that's harsh.

What’s the skinny on the different supporters groups and pregame bars for Thursday? I’m not caught up on who’s who

Currently sipping on https://www.banhezmezcal.com/ensemble as it was a gift. Is this a good example of a sipper or something more experienced folks would use for cocktails?