Happy New Year You Surly Bastards!
Everything posted by Larry T. Spider
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Surly Private Equity
I’m in for ‘bout tree fiddy.
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Texas 2020 general election
10 years ago - solid republican voter 8 years ago - luke warm republican voter 4 years ago - luke warm Democrat voter Now - Democrat donor and solid voter who will be an insufferable prick to republicans when this state goes blue. Fuck those vote suppressing mother fuckers and the bullshit they pull to try to retain power at the expense of the least advantaged in society. Unlike republicans, Dems won’t have to play those games because when this state goes blue, it’s never going back.
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team amy
I’ll gladly vote for her if she is the dem nominee. If you like her policies, I highly suggest you register and vote for the eventual dem nominee as well. They will have much more in common with her than a cruel con man like Trump.
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Texas 2020 general election
I have so much respect for Beto and what it is doing. He could easily be sitting at home or making a shitload at a corporate gig. Buts he’s been out campaigning for other people, even if they have little shot at winning. He’s done more to turn Texas blue than anybody since the republicans took over.
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When did old Austin die?
I’ve read through the thread and thought about it. I moved here as an 8 year old in 1991 so I have seen most of the changes and I have two answers. 1. The late 90s tech boom because it populated the suburbs. Austin wasn’t really a city where many people lived in the burbs until around that time. At the beginning of that decade, in 1990, around 5,000 people lived in cedar park. Now there are 80,000 there with an additional 130,000 in round rock. It was the first time where the greater Austin area began to stretch across large swaths of land. 2. 2009 The freak out over the 2008 collapse was in the beginning stages of recovery and people started moving to Austin from all over with good paying jobs. They growth was always there but this time it was different. Many were coming from outside of Texas and with a big budget. They wanted to live in the city and didn’t mind paying a ton or living in a high rise condo.This is when the culture of the city changed as much as the skyline. I never cared much about money growing up because I could do everything that I wanted to with my middle class parents footing the modest bill. Rich or middle class didn’t matter too much because we all hung out at the same places. Hell, half of what I did was completely free. You never knew if the guy next to you wearing jorts and an obscure band shirt was homeless or a millionaire. Money matters a lot in Austin now. It’s expensive to live in the parts of the city that make Austin cool. Most events and the better restaurants are expensive as well. I still hang out at places like workhorse and draughthouse that have a local vibe and won’t break the bank, but that’s not most people’s version of Austin anymore. Im not too bitter about the changes because it’s been a constant since I’ve moved here. There was never a time that Austin wasn’t growing. I think the poster that said Austin is in it’s weird pre-teen awkward phase is pretty correct. There is a lot of almost anxiety about what Austin is and what it will become.
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Cop passed out drunk in car, cops don't investigate
Would love to hear prosecutors defend evidence collected by that cop in their upcoming trials.
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Rush Limbaugh's corpse continues to rot
There was a great article that came out in the Atlantic a few years ago about “the death of expertise”. We now distrust people that have devoted their life to a field of study to instead listen to a political hack with a catchy phrase.
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Bernie Madoff
Bernie madoff talk no going away 2020
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Door Dash and Uber Eats (and others) lead to "ghost kitchens"
Same thing with fake complaints on regular uber rides. People just scamming for free rides and uber says no less than south Austin’s mom.
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2020 Dems: Iowa (how it works and what to look for)
It’s not early in Russia.
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2020 Dems: Iowa (how it works and what to look for)
CNN currently interviewing people from different candidates asking them what they will do if their candidate isn’t the eventual nominee. 100% said vote for the democrat no matter what.
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2020 Celebrity Death Pool
I have rush. Post #20.
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2020 Dems: Iowa (how it works and what to look for)
You’re a Bernie bro and I’m a warren guy. Assuming both of our candidates are viable, is there no opportunity for us to try to recruit the other to our side? From the description it sounds like only supporters of non-viable candidates can be recruited. Which is dumb. If if Grandpa from the corn farm comes in as a mild biden supporter because he’s heard of him and biden is at 17% he’s stuck with him and never had an opportunity to learn more about other candidates that aren’t blubbering idiots.
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2020 Democratic Nominee
For the first time my sportsbook now has Bernie as the favorite to win the overall nomination. iowa -175 nevada -150 New Hampshire -300
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Revisiting the Shaggy Soothsayers
Yep. I was raised as a Republican but turned into a Democrat in my 30s. Everything I was fed as a kid was bullshit. Enough years in the real world and I figured it out.
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Texas 2020 general election
Y’all tell me why Eliz getting beat by double digits is no big deal and not a sign of things to come in November.
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Downtown Projects
Gonna have to check truck stop bathroom stall walls for info like that.
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2020 Democratic Nominee
My sportsbook has Bernie as the favorite for Iowa/Nevada, and a heavy favorite for New Hampshire. Biden is a heavy favorite for South Carolina. Iowa odds: Bernie Sanders -140 Joe Biden +200 Pete Buttigieg +400 Elizabeth Warren +500 Nevada odds: Bernie Sanders -140 Joe Biden +120 Elizabeth Warren +1000 New Hampshire: Bernie Sanders -200 Joe Biden +250 Pete Buttigieg +700 Elizabeth Warren +900
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Houston cost of living more than NYC?
In my comparison I was using a rent price for both. However, it does seem easier to buy here. I bought 10 years ago and am in a much better financial position because of it. It would have taken me significantly longer to buy in nyc even with the theoretical car savings.
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Houston cost of living more than NYC?
Sure but I live in a nice house in a cul de sac in the burbs that many would scoff at compared to living in nyc. Different strokes....
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Houston cost of living more than NYC?
Let’s say the last listing I posted is fake, which I can believe. Use this one and keep all the numbers the same. It still seems like I personally would come out ahead. I can see how other people, especially those with kids, would come out behind. https://www.trulia.com/p/ny/brooklyn/139-17th-st-2-brooklyn-ny-11215--2441129821
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Houston cost of living more than NYC?
Car payment for 2 cars: 600 Insurance: 100 Gas: 150 Oil changes/maintenance average: 50 Other: news tires, car washes, registration average 50 Total 950 I pay cash for cars but estimate that’s about what I would pay per month for the cost of the car over the lifetime.
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Houston cost of living more than NYC?
A lot of your “extras” have to do with kids. I don’t have any and that will stay the same in the future. I could see child related expenses being much more in NYC but that doesn’t apply to me.
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Houston cost of living more than NYC?
Ok, I’ll play along. Let’s take a look at this place on the upper east side that rents for $2,175 and is 1,000 sqft. Link at bottom. I picked this place because it is comparable to the cost it would be to rent my current house in the Austin burbs. It’s actually about 200 more but would take less maintenance such as lawn care. Close enough to call it even. The wife and I probably spend an average of 1,000 a month on normal cars when you factor payment, gas, oil changes, maintenance, repairs, and insurance. It could actually be more than that. Transportation costs in nyc I’ll estimate at 500 a month for two people. I’m coming out 500 ahead now. I work in public education and would get about a 1,000 a month raise after taxes as best as I can figure but that’s a guess. My wife would make the same salary but pay more in taxes. She doesn’t make enough for it to be a significant hit though. Let’s say 500 a month to be on the safe side. Now I’m 1000 at month ahead in NYC. Subtract 500 a month for shit being more expensive there and I’m 500 a month ahead. What am I missing other than the cost of a divorce because we are living in less space? https://www.apartments.com/312-e-62nd-st-new-york-ny-unit-2/zw6w34x/
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Mike Pompeo is a fucking dunce
He’s a complete lying piece of shit....and it won’t matter at all. Too many cognitively declining, Fox News zombie, olds that hit the R button no matter what.