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Tailgate

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  1. We did this one: https://www.getyourguide.com/osaka-l1204/osaka-shinsekai-food-tour-t315237/ The guide is awesome and knows all the locals. His heavy Australian accent threw me off at first but he’s been living in Osaka for a long time and knew the best places and dives.
  2. Yeah….was unreal…felt, heard and experienced it in a few temples and saw the engineering diagram behind one. Smart people. No one getting in unless they are climbing on walls or ceilings.
  3. Incredible country. We had an awesome time in Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka. There is no bad or average food anywhere…at least we didn’t find any. Sushi mania…melts like butter everywhere we went. Tips after going: 1. Schedule a Geisha show in Kyoto if you go there. Truly a cultural experience you won’t forget. There is an interpreter there for Q&A after the show. 2. Schedule a formal tea ceremony in Kyoto also. Do the one wearing a kimono they provide. 3. Grab a goshui-cho (accordion style book) at the first temple or shrine you visit and can get one. Collecting goshuin at each temple and shrine we visited was a lot of fun and very cool. You can only receive the hand drawn goshuin with these books. Great souvenir and something you’ll bring back on your next visit to keep collecting. 4. In Tokyo, Shibuya Sky is very cool on the rooftop. Try and reserve a few weeks out. 5. Do a street food tour in Osaka. A lot of fun and a lot of great drinks along the way as well. 6. Edited to ad stay at least one night in a ryokan. It’s been mentioned in this thread. A Japanese “hotel/house” where you are immersed in the culture. Breakfast and dinner are included and fantastic. Will hit more rural areas on our next trip but can’t say enough great things about the people, the culture and all the incredible food we had. Happy to have been able to go and experience it with my youngest.
  4. Late night ham and cheese on toasted white bread. #CWS
  5. Wow…gonna be a great CWS
  6. I’m not a fan of activist investors. But SWA has gone from great to the worst airline I’ve flown the last two years. Change is needed. FWIW been a frequent flyer member since 1991.
  7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_equation The threat of losing of your life is a good reason to keep quiet.
  8. Regarding the Fermi paradox. I’m highly confident there are many people globally (military, intelligence etc.) who know and have seen conclusive evidence.
  9. Anyone who thinks we aren’t alone has: 1. Never done any serious research. 2. Is a debunker. It is mathematically impossible for there not be other life in the universe. I’m sure some may be less advanced than us, and I’m sure there are others that will defy any physics and science we know.
  10. Check out the sub Reddit /japantravel. I posted my itinerary and got some good feedback. Sounds like a good plan from the current looks of it…you will get good feedback on things to do with an 18-year old in those cities.
  11. Had too many friends and family go through there. Hoping for the best. Can’t imagine what William is going through. She has all the grace and elegance his mom did.
  12. She’s currently at MD Anderson
  13. Headed out tomorrow for 10 nights. Will report back. Tokyo-Kyoto-Osaka.
  14. Had a friend and his brother that did this for Dartmouth back in the day.
  15. This is what I did. Granted it was a few years ago. It was awesome. I actually started at St. Ed’s for one semester and then bailed when I saw that bill. ACC was a better experience and one of the best professors I had in my entire 5 1/2-year college career was a great ACC professor. If they still treat the grades the same as other schools….its a no brainer to me…FWIW. ACC has some really good professors who give a shit.
  16. That was awesome. Can’t wait to see one live.
  17. The Broke Ass Cartel Extorts Citizens For Every Tree That Provides Shade https://www.borderlandbeat.com/2024/04/the-broke-ass-cartel-extorts-citizens.html Cartels charge a new “tax” per tree to protect themselves from the sun in Tamaulipas Los Ciclones and Los Metros, divisions of the Gulf Cartel, impose fees on families for each tree that shades a home in that hot area. Starting in March, a cool house in times of drought or heatwave is a privilege that only a few will be able to enjoy on the border in Tamaulipas, where the cartels devised a new criminal tax. Three inhabitants of that region – two in the municipality of Valle Hermoso and one in Río Bravo – contacted MILENIO to reveal that the criminal groups Los Ciclones and Los Metros, divisions of the Gulf cartel, already charge families for each tree that shadows a home in that hot part of Mexico. “I'm clear about when this happened, because it was the day after my husband's birthday: March 27th. Some people arrived who said they were from 'La Empresa' (Los Ciclones) and told us that from now on they were going to charge for the trees in the houses. They forced their way in and they told me four, even a small one that shadows the dog when it lies on the ground, out there in the cold,” complains Graciela, whose real name has been changed at her request.
  18. Happy for Brooks. He’s going to crush it. When is the last time the first RB took this long to draft?
  19. His mom is my sisters realtor. Chatted with her before his senior season. Good people. Kids a baller.
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