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    I am new to boating in this area. Is this a West Lake/Lake Travis type thing or is HSB more known for stumps, etc? I was at LBJ yesterday and it seemed pretty easy to navigate besides the millions of other boaters and jet skis. Lake Travis is actually closer to my home but was picking HSB due to the resort activities for kids, golf courses and constant level.
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    Great info. Thanks. I used to have the SAN 210 and whatever one before that that wasn’t a V-drive and loved them. But, I was a wakeboarder back then and I think those days are over. Or, at least limited. I don’t really intend to tow it and plan on keeping it at a slip or maybe house in HSB or that area. Looking for an all around kinda boat that can carry me and some friends comfortably, handle the chop, good to great at surfing and good at wakeboarding for little man when the time comes. I also only intend to do this once for the next while. So, with what you said, you think the 24 would be better than the 26 for wakeboarding? I don’t see me going to 21 just for comfort reasons.
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    Was at LBJ yesterday and felt like Labor Day or 4th of July. Also had some jackass in a pontoon boat run into/break the swim platform while I was eating at Boat Town and not say anything about it. Didn’t notice until I jumped in the water after lunch. But, even with that, still posted the above.
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    Looking like it’s that time to get back in the boating game. I have been out of it since the early 2000’s but I borrowed my brothers X24 yesterday to take my son out and looks like the bug bit. I am pretty partial to Nautiques and that’s what I have always had but looks like Mastercraft has a dealership that can do maintenance/service on HSB which is a huge plus so leaning that way. Anybody with experience with the X24 or X26? Are their other Mastercraft models I should consider or reasons to do the Nautique over the Mastercraft? Mainly going to be used for a family of 3 plus friends for wakeboarding, wakesurfing, tubing, cruising, etc. Any thoughts are appreciated as I am back to a newbie at this.
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    This was the first time I made it so I just googled and followed this. They give you two options for the eggplant, I went the frying route and they turned out perfectly. https://www.loveandlemons.com/easy-eggplant-recipes/
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    Wife’s garden made some eggplants and basil. So, I made eggplant Parmesan.
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    That's how I like to fry chicken and it's kind of an old school way that my grandparents used to do. No eggs or milk (cause broke and that was a waste) so it's just salt, pepper and flour. Ends up lightly battered. I/they also chop the whole chicken up and remove all the skin except for the wings and leave the bone on the breast after cutting off the "pully bone". Turns out delicious...at least to me since that's what I am used to. The okra, they never made that so I do dip them in eggs. IMG_0882.heic
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    This is somewhere between here and Steel Shank. But, after fish for the past while, I needed to give the arteries some attention.
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    Just a thought that’s a bit different from above so take it with a grain of salt. If I were to do it again and choose to practice law instead of going into business (which, while also a lawyer, I wouldn’t choose law), I would go the route of working for a smaller prestigious plaintiff firm, gain as much experience as I could, save every penny, live well within my means and then go off and start my own firm. From all the lawyers I know, those are the ones that seem to do really, really well (meaning multiple homes, maybe PJ type stuff) and have decent control of their work/life balance with maybe a couple high end M&A people mixed in. But, the M&A guys are Harvard, Stanford type pedigrees. No offense meant to half the board here that are lawyers, just an observation from what I have witnessed.
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    Try the Zyn. I started dipping Copenhagen around 16 and immediately fell in love with it which turned into at least a can and a half a day. Have been off it but on the gum for about the last 10 years (45 now) and only managed to quit the gum twice for about a year each time during that period. The whole time I was on the gum I would still “sneak” dips for certain activities (hunting, fishing, golf). Moved to the Zyn about a year ago from the gum and now actually prefer it over dip. Still need to get off all nicotine though but that first few weeks of quitting really sucks. Best of luck to you all.
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    Kids in planes….oops, that was mine. And, Texas heat. This place is awful right now.
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    Fair point especially since they are everywhere and thongs are now apparently abundant and even on people that should be wearing them. But, with the fam and don’t want to be a creeper.
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    Hah. I almost didn’t post for that exact reason. But, genuinely interested to see what’s “acceptable”.
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    People. I have pretty much sat here for 9 days. To my left is the walkway to the pools, bathrooms etc. no biggie. To my right are a few more cabanas. Let’s say you are a cabana to my right. I would think the proper thing to do is walk outside those lounge chairs and and not in between the cabana and lounge chairs (the lounge chairs belong to the cabana). Yet, about half of my neighbors de jour seem to walk between me and the lounge chairs. Noticed pretty consistently the ones that do are from the northeast. oh, about half confuse this place with a sandals in Cancun (NTTAWW sandals or Cancun, it’s just not here) also and try to play their own music that gets weird with the resort music. The resort staff shuts that down pretty quickly. Am I being too picky and old with too high of expectations of others?
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    Those are arcs.
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    Did you really expect an Austin driver to drive differently while on vacation?
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    I have taken a lot of people on rides and I think my favorite line ever was “dude, you trust this car more than I have ever trusted anything in my life”. I never really thought about it before but he was right. Takes a huge amount of trust going into some braking zones.
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    I have a random itch for a Daytona but there is no chance I am paying above MSRP for it. For you aficionados, when do you think this will calm down.
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    Are they not expecting to turn a profit at some point? I kinda feel they are making this investment, then they have control, then they can turn a profit. Somewhat like a hostile takeover. It's not fair. But, that's life. Little guys get taken out by big guys all the time...and vice versa. But, even with that being against Saudi which I can somewhat understand, why blame the players? Because they all should have banned together to agree to make less money in support of an organization they don't own, control, or in same cases even like? If I were a player heading into my less competitive years and someone offers me easily more than I would make in the rest of my career and it sets my family up for generational wealth, it would be hard not to take it unless I had Tiger money. Again, I really don't care one way or the other. While I play golf all the time, I only watch it to take a nap.
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    I drove the plaid and, not to sound like too much of an old guy, a general person off the street or a kid should not be able to drive that car without some training/experience.
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    Just for the sake of discussion since I hear opposing views on this...why? A common take that I hear, and hard to disagree with, is that this is these guys job....that they do for money. Just like in the corporate world, if someone offers you a chance to make more than you would the rest of your life for a new job and you can work less, why wouldn't you take it?
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    Exactly what I thought.
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    They were/are my cousins and absolutely love that heart attack inducing place. There were a ton of times the chicken fried steak with eggs and grits were the highlight of my fishing/duck hunting trip on my way back home.
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    After 45 miles in, it randomly doesn’t seem to know the tailgate is actually closed and have to go back there, open it and then re-close it to make the computer stop. This is gonna be awesome. Luckily, it is a 22 with 2,900 miles so still plenty of warranty. The good news is, i hear the closest dealership sucks balls.
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    I would guess that at least 80-90% of Americans have never even read the second amendment. Just for the record, I am about as republican as it gets, I have read the second amendment and don’t believe the 2nd amendment allows us to own whatever gun we want.

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