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  1. Was HUGELY disappointed in the WB one. I got a second one just to see if the first was fucked up somehow. Def my least fave thing on their menu and I’ve had every item. It’s significantly worse than their reg chix sammich which seems unreasonable.

  2. How is Pfizer 95% effective against all infections, but only 75% against severe ones?

    Bc the efficacy is the percent your chances drop, not that you have for example a 5% chance of infections. So (using random numbers) could drop all infections from 1M to 50,000 (95% decrease) but only drop severe from 20,000 to 5,000 (75% decrease).
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  3. 36 minutes ago, kevwun said:

    It's very irrational because JNJ is already doing trials for a 2nd dose.  It's going to end up being a 2 dose shot down the road in order for it to be as effective as Pfizer and Moderna.

    Trust me, it has crossed my mind a few hundred times as I sift through Moderna/Pfizer appointments trying to find one. 

  4. 52 minutes ago, dingleberryswitzer said:

    Why would she want the JJ more than the others?  Didn’t want two shots?

    Yeah, doesn't want to mess with the two shots, feels like the J/J is more responsive to the new variants so less likely to get booster, few less side effects, etc. 

    I agree it's not that rational and is irritating, so you don't have to try to convince me of that haha. I think it's reasonable to select it all things else equal. To turn down existing appointments to hold out is pretty 🙄

  5. Right, you see people in the article saying "I can't find a time" but there are things like this that are available with a bit of a drive or effort. I had originally booked in Marlin before grabbing a spot at HEB in Lockhart. Wife wants the J&J and that's a struggle to find, but there are dozens of Moderna/Pfizer bookings I could have for her in 5 minutes or less. 

  6. 2 hours ago, Catpfish said:

    For those who got their second shot from HEB, what paperwork, if any, was required?  I can't find the email for my schedule but I know that it's Friday morning at the same place I got the first one.  I have the vaccine card that shows the date.  

    My second isn't until 3/29 but they told me just show up at the same time as the 1st and bring the card. 

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  7. 4 hours ago, bigup2dahorns said:


    I am not aware of any Strip buffets open at this time. For cheaper golf, try Royal Links Golf Club, about 20 min drive east of the Strip.

    Yeah, Wicked Spoon at Cosmo is re-opening March 25, just a bit too late.

    I'm headed out for a week in late April and can't fucking wait. Last trip was Feb. 2020, can't remember the last time I went 14 months between Vegas trips.

  8. you should pick Texas to win it all. that way should it happen you can at least make a little coin off it. 

    Ha! No hate for Texas hoops here. I actually have them losing to Mich St in my bracket here bc I figure I get a big leg up if TX goes out early but in my other contest I have TX in the FF.
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  9. 1 hour ago, Bookman said:

    I’m thinking of trying my hand at low stakes Omaha Hi-Lo. Any advice?

    There are generally two versions - pot limit and fixed limit. They play fairly significantly differently. Biggest keys:

    1) Play tight preflop. Don't get sucked into the "oh wow all the potential combos!" People will be in there with hands like KhJs5s3d. Don't be one of those people.

    2) You want to have the nuts or be drawing to the nuts. This goes double when you are only going one way in a pot. Tons of people donk off a lot of money with something like A3 low draw, no high hopes, then either they miss the low or it comes and they lose to A2. Or they will put in a lot of money with like Jh9hXX on a board like Th6h2x, and so they are only eligible for half the pot if a low comes, have no real high hopes other than a flush, and when the flush comes, they will frequently be against a higher flush. This is all amplified the more people that see the flop, which in low-limit O8 is usually a lot.

    3) Be aware of being "quartered" even with nut hands. This is a worse problem in pot-limit, since the bet sizes you have to be are big compared to the flop. For example if you have A2 but nothing for high in a multi-way pot that is going pot-pot-pot with 3 players in, there is a good chance one or both of the other players has A2 and also something for high, so you will get nothing from the high pot and only a chop of the low pot, resulting in you putting in more than you are getting back. In limit, the bet sizes are small enough that you almost always have to go with it (remember that the previous bets you already have put in are sunk costs and part of the pot now, so you can't think "I'm not getting back the total that I put in" only "will I get more back than I have to put in from here on out?"

    4) Be aware of getting freerolled or counterfeited. Again, much more painful/expensive in PL. Say the board is 789hh and you have JTAK. So you have "the nuts" right now. But if a low card comes, you now can only get half the pot.  If a T comes, you lose to QJ. If a heart comes or the board pairs, you lose to tons of combos. Against heavy action, it is going to actually be correct to fold this on the flop, which is super counter-intuitive for a holdem player. Similarly, say the board is 678. A hand like A2KQ is MUCH weaker than a hand like A245 or even A23K. On the first, you have a solid high hand to go with your low (you won't always win the high obv, but you can be the person getting 3/4 against another A2XX like I mention above. On the second, you have an uncounterfeitable low. If you just have A2xx, your hand goes to shit if an A or 2 peels. But if you have A23, you still have the nut low.

    5) On a related note, get familiar with how to figure out low hands when 4 or 5 low cards hit the board. It is super easy with 3, but tricky with 4, where you pair one of them. For example, 24 is better than A2 on a board of A378K, even though A2 makes a low and people think of A2 as the "nut low". 

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  10. Love this movie so much but the geography of it drives me berserk as a map nerd and road trip guy. Saint Louis to Chicago is less than a 5 hour drive, but it's presented as a cross-country road trip. No one is renting a hotel for Chrissakes!

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