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  1. Looks like Google Fiber has all the sessions listed, and all at the right times. I think this is the first time they've managed that.

    FP1 855-1030 ESPNU

    FP2 1255-230 ESPNU

    FP3 955-1100 ESPN2

    QUAL 1255-200 ESPNEWS

    GP 1230-300 ABC

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  2. 1 hour ago, Deej said:

    Yum, raw pizza.

    Nope. Those ovens with the tracks that move the pizza through to the other side would cook a pizza in about 90 seconds. In one side, out the other side fully cooked. Back then Domino's was actually pretty good, and those were the ovens they used. Same cook time for every pie, and they were all done just right.

  3. 7 hours ago, Skipper said:

    If true, I'm sure the A's are hedging the $$ with insurance but just a ridiculous unnecessary risk of a draft pick.  Makes zero sense why they wouldn't demand that he focus 100% on baseball with that kind of investment.  More power to him if he was actually able to dictate those terms but just stupid on the A's part.

    Yep. Not just the money, but also the pick.

  4. 7 hours ago, Chopper said:

    This thread has had me racking my brain because I've traveled quite a bit and lived in a few different countries (eastern europe, the Netherlands and the UK) for a few years, yet I can't recall even one moderately dangerous situation while abroad.  Not a good story but the only one I can think of was being under a mandatory shelter in place order at our luxury hotel in Bangkok for a few hours after a terrorist attack about a mile away. On the other hand I've been robbed at gunpoint in LA. 

    Yep. That's pretty much where I am. All my "most dangerous situations" have happened in the U.S.

  5. 26 minutes ago, skittlebrau said:

    Much of the fight I’ve seen is between the Austin soccer community and people from Columbus or San Antonio who have suddenly become very concerned about affordable housing in Austin.

    Ah, ok. The COTAs & Susan Spataros of the world...

    Don't forget about Creative Spaces.

  6. 17 hours ago, mulletpelini said:

    I swam in the ocean off Brazil once.  It was a rough day and the waves were really dropping in.  I was standing looking back towards the beach in about chest high water.  A fucking huge sea turtle poked its head out of the water right next to me.  I've never been in anything but a pool since.

    Because of a sea turtle? Sea turtles are badass. We found some sea turtles last year near Isla Mujeres & went for a little swim with em. Good stuff.

  7. I worked at the campus Domino's for a couple years. Actually decent money. Busy as shit ... supposedly busiest store in the country for a while. Delivered a pizza to Mary Lou Retton once. She was about like you'd expect. Oh yeah, some dragworm stole my gym bag outta my car on a delivery once. Had my favorite Texas sweats in it. I still miss those sweats, dammit. So comfy.

    Remember the "30 minutes or free" guarantee they had for a while? I remember students trying to scam that shit constantly, saying we were late when it had been 15 minutes since they called, etc. Or sometimes they'd just not answer the door to delay you, so you'd have to go find a phone and call the store, & they'd call the customer, who'd claim we hadn't been there. Then if we were 1 second late, they'd try to get the pizza for free and bitch if we wouldn't go along. Nope. Fuck off. Pay up or I'll take your pie back to the store & we'll all eat it.

    We were fast as fuck. I remember delivering a pizza across the street 4 minutes after we hung up the phone on the order. Customer was stunned.

  8. I went to College Station once for a Texas - aggy hoops game. That seemed kinda dangerous. Lots of very threatening comments directed at me & my girlfriend. Mostly from the older set. They didn't take to us sips, & apparently took special exception to a white boy mixing with a Hispanic girl.

     

    Oh yeah, there was the time me & a buddy were walking back to the ship at the end of liberty in SF. Took a wrong turn I guess somewhere and into a neighborhood that didn't seem bad until we heard some guys saying stuff like "What y'all white boys doin' here?" & "Just keep walkin'". So we did just that.

  9. 8 hours ago, Bone3421 said:

    Damn guys....i have had no major problems

    My worst is when i was sleeping in the termini station in rome waiting for my train and woke up with my pocket cut open
    Got a few lire and small nikon camera back in '98

    Yeah, not a dangerous story, but Rome really sucks in regard to the pickpockets. The only time I've ever had anyone try to pick my pocket, at least that I know of, was on the Metro there. Crowded train to the Spanish Steps area. I feel something against my leg and look down. This dude is putting his hand in my pocket. I call him out and he pulls it back out. Car is so crowded neither one of us can move away. A minute later as we're approaching our stop, same shit, same guy. So I lose my shit on the guy & everyone in the car is giving him & his buddy evil looks. Wife (no pics) & I head to the exit as the train stops, and as we leave, there's a transit cop right there. We tell him what happened and point out the guys. Transit cop gets on the train right as the doors are closing, with the pickpockets stuck there. Good. Fuck em. And no, they didn't get any of my shit.

  10. 1 hour ago, skipperj said:

    The fight on Twitter is getting fun. This latest move by COTA has brought out the best in everyone.

    What's the latest move? Are people giving COTA shit on twitter? Their twitter guy is very defensive. 

  11. 1 hour ago, skittlebrau said:

    Guess who showed up at Gracywoods HOA meeting tonight (that both CMs Pool and Alter attended) with some very questionable “facts” about MLS attendance, land valuation and tax benefits of other uses of the McKalla Place site?

    Definitely Susan Spataro, and maybe Maggie Gomez and Ron Wattinger, even though that's way across the county from them.

  12. 4 hours ago, ScottishHorn said:

    I wish Hollywood could respect women by giving them original content instead of just sticking them in formulaic male dominated successes 

    Exactly. Replacing men with women in remakes is not "doing something different". 

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