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Your Mom

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  1. I enjoyed this as much, maybe more than The Martian a few years ago. It’s worth noting that I thought his second novel about the colony on the moon was garbage.
  2. Clearly a joke but if there’s an equivalent to this thread in Philly, half the locals won’t take you seriously if you don’t put whiz on your cheesesteak For around here though… Valentina‘s hasn’t been around long enough for generational legendary status yet, but the last few years, when I’m gone from home for a while, a Real Deal Holyfield is what I look forward to when I come back. A slice of brisket, thick bacon, egg, refried beans, and salsa in a homemade tortilla.
  3. 85k in Austin for 16x30, no spa, 3’-6’, a few hundred sqft of basic sundek decking. BTW, that looks great. I wrestled with the decision to go deep enough for a diving board but the added cost with the thicker walls and such was more than I could talk myself into paying. I’m guessing your at $115k if you’re near Austin.
  4. I could publish a paper today and cite “prelim” research that 2 +2 is “potentially” potato.
  5. When I was a kid we had a patio seat consisting of a metal tractor seat welded to an upright truck spring welded to a circular base. It’s just steady enough to balance on with some skill and no movement. More yard art than functional chair.
  6. This. They tell you the pedal is rear-weighted so it’s always oriented properly for entry but that only works on the first foot and if you gently ease that first half pedal stroke for the second foot entry. If you put down any reasonable force on the first half stroke the second pedal is spinning wildly and impossible to lock into. It makes a system that’s nearly impossible to get off a green light quickly. And the bottom half of a Look is sloped and slick and absolutely impossible to put your weight on even for a second.
  7. ^^ Perfectly fine for cruising the neighborhood, but it brings up the other advantage of clipless pedals: A stiff, rigid sole. Less flexing of the foot means more energy to the pedal stroke. I went through a phase riding flats, after years of riding clipless, on a mountain bike when I was coming back from surgery and timid on technical stuff. The idea of an easy bailout was attractive. I even talked myself into thinking I was just as efficient with the flats, or nearly so. When I went back to clipless again it was obvious I’d been fooling myself. First few rides back in clipless felt like I was flying. It’s a significant improvement in efficiency for all types of riding except maybe an all-out short sprint. Maybe I notice it more after a couple decades of road riding with a fairly smooth stroke than a pedal masher would. You’ll only get the benefits if you can pull across the bottom and not mash.
  8. I don’t know who riff raff is but he isn’t a celebrity. Unless you mean the guy from rocky horror.
  9. People who call fucking “sexytime.”
  10. The Wilke House in Savannah is a great meal. And occasionally college girls from the art school get drunk in the bars along the waterfront and then get naked in the fountain near Ellis Square. Also, Forsythe Park is a pleasant place to run a few miles. That’s really about all I know about Savannah.
  11. That will be a lot lot easier to do when the vaccine gets full FDA approval.
  12. Random side question… is it common for the travel nurses to be sub-par? If so, why is that? Lack of consistency with local standard procedures? Just asking because one of my teenagers is interested in the nursing field and travel nursing is a big reason why. Thanks for your work.
  13. Random note: As has been the case for years, I really appreciate Larry T Spider’s insight and info on all education related threads. Thanks for all your posts over the years man.
  14. Anyone get the Surly MTB mafia invite to Wiler’s in-laws’ condo yet?
  15. I used to hate BK, he always came across as that type of hard core cynical that sounds ridiculous coming from young people without much life experience. But I will say that in the last few years he has come around and I enjoy most of his takes these days. Rod B keeps me entertained because I like his football knowledge and he shares plenty of stories from his playing days. Every single other afternoon guy on that radio station annoys the fuck out of me. I don’t really know the difference between Trey, Chad, and whatever the third guys name is. They all sound alike to me and I don’t like any of them.
  16. That guy is a youtuber. Parady news is his schtick. He has an appearance in the Asshole Delaying Flights thread portraying the flight attendant who ducktaped a unruly asshole to the seat.
  17. Fix names are amusing. Kansas City has SPICY BARBQ RIBBS all on one approach. But the best is IAH with one of the arrivals having MILLR LIITE ADVIL or something like that. After LeBron left Cleveland the first time the local approach controllers changed the pronunciation of LBRON intersection to “La Baron”.
  18. ^^^ Props for knowing the LYNDI and the DCA River Visual That parking garage in SAN on short final is the reason that approach is a 3.5° path instead of 3.0. It doesn’t seem like half a degree steeper would be significant but it’s definitely noticeable. The DCA River Visual is great but I definitely make sure I start that leg with a full cup of coffee. It was better from the left seat when the FO was flying so you could steal a moment to check out the mall from 500’. The best airplane viewing area in the country is in a park directly under short final on runway 19 in DCA. The Mount Vernon running trail along the Potomac goes through there. The planes roll out to final at 250 feet directly over the park. I don’t have airplanes on my pillowcases or anything but when I’m running that trail and they’re landing south I’ll usually stop to watch one or two.
  19. I don't disagree with the reasoning but the SEC sure as hell isn't about to treat Texas or OU like one of the biggest names in the conference all of a sudden. We're going to be shoe-horned into whatever pod or division best suits the legacy schools.
  20. I appreciate everyone’s concern for my health but I wouldn’t mind y’all mixing in some vitamin C and zinc.
  21. Awesome! I hiked up Mt Fuji many years ago when I was in the Marine Corps and we did a month at Camp Fuji. Everyone had the same wooden stick you have with the brands burned in at each stop. I didn't buy a stick that day but I had them brand my leather wallet at the top tea house. Still have that wallet 25 years later!
  22. Golf shorts are what you want. I don't play golf but I wear Under Armour golf shorts a lot. They are comfy enough to get active in, made of athletic materi, but still normal enough to go to a patio restaurant in and not be the guy wearing gym shorts. One step further toward athletic shorts is Under Armour quick-pocket 9" shorts. The quick pocket is a waistband pocket that'll hold your phone horizontal in the front of the waistband where it won't bounce around.
  23. That’s the only concern I have with a virtual option. Do as much virtual as you want but don’t let it interfere with the education of those in the classroom. That’s the only reason one of my kids stayed home last year, his in-person option was nothing more than virtual from a random classroom. It was worthless.
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