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So, I didn't watch that whole video, but it seemed like she just had the lizard lady on the show and axed her questions. Did she ever actually say anything indicating she really believed the girl's lovely story that she told so well?

Piastri reminds me more of Alonso than anyone ever has. Bright, bright future for him imho.

Not defending Max at all for Sunday, but everyone screams for more power and everyone needs the fastest car to win in F1. T'was ever thus.

Este. 😡

She is Scottish, so ... My dad worked in Scotland for a few years. He'd been all over the world said he'd never seen people in any other country who could drink like the Scots. He could hold his liquor and would try to hang with them sometimes, to no avail.

Este. Este aqui.

Yeah my neighbor swears aggy has 'loads of money', 'more than enough to hire anyone', etc, etc. She's not hardcore ag though and probably doesn't follow that shit too much, so I don't bother explaining the realities of their situation to her.

My kid's car is in a body shop waiting on a Mazda part that is held up due to the hijack of the parts network. Already been there for a month. Furk.

Yup.

Yep. What I been sayin'. Is aggy, esp in its current state, gonna look more attractive to Vaughn than Bama does?

Pretty nice compliment about our program from frog Jake A. Facts. 🤘

Then you have 'Hardass Mom'. Me and my buddy coached her kid one summer. He was very athletic, but would do weird things mechanically at the plate, and we'd try to work on it. He'd say 'That's what the private coach my mom hired wants me to do'. Oh, sorry. Fuck me then. He could also throw gas ... until he couldn't. One day he was pitching a little for us in practice. He had no zip, couldn't locate anything & looked like he was hurting. We stopped him and asked what was up. 'Are you hurt? Cause you look hurt'. 'I'm fine, coach. I'm just tired'. Turns out he was on another team, pitching half of their games, and pitching at home with a different private coach, then coming out to pitch with us, where we monitor pitch counts closely, etc. No fucking wonder he was tired. Then just straight up asked him where it hurts. My elbow, & sometimes my shoulder, but I'll be ok. We shut his throwing down and went to Mom, a tough girl sherriff's deputy, about it after practice. Her response 'He can play through it'. Yeah, we'll just rub some dirt on it. Bitch. We told her he needed rest and probably needed to be checked out before throwing any more. 'I'll think about it'. The kid was a worker, and tough, too ... probably because he had to be, in that family ... but he flamed out of baseball pretty soon after that. I think he still plays football. /csb

LOL, my Mexican wife (no pics) is the 'anti mijo mom', I guess. She's more likely to get on our boys' asses for not taking an extra base when they can, not making the tough play, only going 1 for 3, etc. My boys' high school is known as a strong baseball school, but neither one of them ever got a serious look because they weren't playing select ball imho. I believe, and I've also heard things that back me up, that the coach (Coach A) has a sweet deal with a particular select team. Every kid on his team comes from that team unless they are incredible. From what I hear, most coaches' tryouts are at minimum several hours for one day and most are multiple days, several hours a day. Coach A's tryout is about 2 hours, where they take grounders and fly balls, pitch, and hit, but only against the machine, and only like 10-15 pitches. No live hitting. My boys were both cut after that 2 hour session, along with several other very good players, not even given a shot at JV2 as freshmen or sophomores. Then the varsity coach at the rival school nextdoor, Coach B, actively and illegally afaik recruited both of them to transfer & play on his varsity team. They declined, because they didn't want to transfer, but they play RBI now with Coach B's varsity kids from the neighboring school, and are in the top 5 out there. One is one of the top pitchers, and the other is the best hitter and also pitches, on a team of varsity and JV kids, despite their relative lack of travel ball experience. The younger one worked out over the winter with a team that has several senior kids headed to play college ball, and he's one of the better players, but Coach A has no time for him and others like him. Some of you might know who Coach A is, just based on my description of him. I really appreciate the good coaches out there who love the game, can spot inexperienced talent, and are willing to take time to coach those kids up and see what they can become. Sadly, it seems like some HS coaches these days don't really want to do that much coaching at all, even when a kid has obvious talent, and will go with mediocre talent from a 'select' take-your-money team over a kid with obvious talent who didn't play 50-100 games a year in select ball ring tournaments. /csb

Why the fuck would Vaughn leave Bama for aggy, besides possibly money?

Not sure what you're trying to say either, but lots of boys in Texas do want to play volleyball without having to pay lots of money to do so. Texas boys indoor club vb is growing by leaps and bounds every new season. There's a group pushing for it as a UIL sport, led by former UT coaches Glen Lietzke (the owner of Austin Junior Volleyball) and Mick Haley. Glen was Mick's assistant coach here. Apparently it could actually happen, as the UIL is thinking of adding girls beach vb. That would open the door for boys indoor vb. The idea is to have them play in the spring, so football and basketball players could play. With the athletic talent in this state, if they do it, it won't be long before Texas is the recruiting hotbed for college men's vb programs. They already recruit hard from the boys indoor club teams in Texas. My kid got some interest from northern private schools, but wasn't ready to pay private school prices and freeze his ass off for 6 months out of the year in Podunk, Iowa/Illinois/Mass/Indiana/CT, etc. I've been told Jerritt Elliott loves the idea and would push hard for a UT Men's VB program if that happens. /csb

Not advocating for one ahead of the other. It's lunacy that we are doing neither.

Have to add a women's sport to add spending for a men's sport, to stay compliant with Title IX. We should be playing men's volleyball, too. Crazy that we aren't.

Cool, thanks. The new 'E-Gates" where you just scan your passport, right? Yeah I'm just gonna wait and do whatever I need to do when I get there. I'm guessing they're still charging a tax/fee when you depart. Is that right?

Thanks. Yeah that's exactly what I'm afraid of - paying and then never hearing about it again. I guess it might be better to just wait and see, then pay if they make us pay. I just haven't been clear about whether or not I need to do the process before arrival.

Heading back next month. Been seeing shit about a new FMMD - a digital tourist card. Their website is a bit difficult to follow and I've been googling around trying to find more info, but it's kinda a mess. Anyone know if I need to register and pay the tourist tax before arrival in Mx, or can we still just wait until we get there, or wait til we depart like we always have? I got to the point in the process where I can pay the tax - $20.99 per passport, but I'm thinking I'll just wait, as most online comments I've seen say that they never had to show anything for departure. Y'all had any experience with the new 'system'?

Man, this is all so fucking good, but there is close to zero chance I'll ever be able to read it all.