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abuelo gringo

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  1. I was out of town that summer after my freshman year and missed all the fun. I heard it on the radio driving across the Denison Dam to my aunt's lake house (trailer) in Colbert OK. Parents were a little scared about me returning in September, but I convinced them it was an aberration. I miss the Plantation. Wife and I liked their chicken fried steak (about once a semester.) Used to get a late night (2 AM) omelet there with my page editor after putting the Texan to bed.
  2. I want my $5,000!!!
  3. Travis County Sheriff's Dept. found child porn on computers belonging to Mitchell Wasek, son of one of Buccee's co-founders. He was previously indicted for felony invasive recording. Although the KXAN story mentions an arrest warrant, it says he is not currently in custody or has not been arrested yet. ??? Does that just mean he was previously arrested and is out on bail? Son of Buc-ee's co-founder facing possession of child pornography charge Previous charges mentioned on Tell Me About Texas A&M in 2023.
  4. Wife and I watched The Escape Artist. Good lawyer/murder/trial mini series. Some of my favorite UK actors: David Tennant, Ashley Jensen, Sophie Okonedo, Anton Lesser, Stephen Wight. Good watch if you like that genre.
  5. One of the creators/writers is Joe Kelly, who is also a co-creator and writer for Ted Lasso. Also wrote for SNL for one season.
  6. Will that include ketamine? Asking for a friend of the president.
  7. Currently reading Shirer's Rise and Fall. The SA is exactly what came to my mind when reading Jive Turkey's post quoting Brian Stelter.
  8. He's already indicated to the J6 rioters that what they did was fine.
  9. Seconded. I generally don't like flavored chips. HEB had a dollar off on two packages of chips, so I thought I would try them. Very good.
  10. Similar to ArmyBrat, my grandkids are mostly no longer kids, but they are still one of my greatest delights. The youngest is twelve and won't be for much longer. The other three are in college. Watching them grow up has been wonderful and much less stressful than raising their parents. I still remember the oldest being the star of my retirement party when she was almost one year of age. She will be 24 later this year. Like Brat, no ggrands on the horizon.
  11. Can you imagine what the terrorists are thinking? Meanwhile, we load up our FBI and CIA with unqualified toadies.
  12. abuelo gringo

    Fire Aid

    Also replay on Amazon Prime. NB 5 hrs 50 min long.
  13. The pr folk for the Bob Dylan Center scored, placing an ad there with Chalamet doing Dylan songs and the interest in A Complete Unknown.
  14. On last night's SNL episode with Timothy Chalamet, they ran a commercial for the Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa. Smart aid placement, with Chalamet doing BD numbers and the success of A Complete Unknown.
  15. Point 1: agree Point 2: strongly disagree
  16. "You're an idiot, Babe, It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe."
  17. Cattle cars.
  18. About the only thing I like about cold weather is the food. On Monday, the wife made tortilla soup, which was good for then and Tuesday. On Wednesday I did a pot of chili and the wife made cornbread, which we had that night. Today, we had chili over corn bread with cheese on top and faux frito pie (tortilla chips, as we didn't have Fritos). Had lots of chili left to freeze for the next cold spell. Maybe I'll make it to Spring.
  19. Had my first Monterrey Melt in ages the other day at WB in Bastrop. Hot and juicy. I had forgotten how good they were.
  20. And in the '60s. At least in Dallas.
  21. Sister-in-law, niece, and their husbands evacuated their Altadena home last night. Currently holed up in a hotel near the Rose Bowl. Hopefully they won't have to move on from there.
  22. Agreed, both then and now. I would not have paid to see the David Clayton-Thomas BS&T, maybe the Al Kooper version. Couldn’t miss a chance to see Miles live. BB and Nina were a bonus.
  23. One of my worst was also one of my best. 4th Longhorn Jazz Festival at Memorial Auditorium in July of 1969. Blood Sweat and Tears couldn’t find one of their nine matching microphones and held the audience hostage for an hour waiting for the guilty party to return it. I don’t know if it showed up, but the show finally resumed. Childish behavior from supposed professionals. Great performances from Miles Davis (whom we came to see), Nina Simone, and Hugh Masekela, but the night was soured by BB&T antics.
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