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  1. Nextdoor has become another extension of Facebook and Twitter in the sense people start bitching about anything and if you present a counter argument, you get hammered and called all sorts of names.    The hot discussion right now is some know it all had a bad experience at a local Sushi/ Hibachi  grill that just opened a few months ago.  He complained the service was slow and all of that and practically begged people to stop going there so it can die a slow death.   When others suggested he was very much in the minority with his experience and maybe he should have taken up the issue with the manager or owner, he went ape shit.   And then his wife joins in the shit show.  

    Something that was intended to have a useful purpose such as posting about lost pets or events is now a platform for the Twitter and Facebook mobs.   

    The sooner social media dies,  society will be better.

  2. 6 hours ago, UDontKnow said:

    I am looking forward to the December 15th game between the Cardinals and the Browns. I hope Coach Bro can have his defense stick to that ass banjo Mayfield.

    NFL.....   You can't even look at the QB now without a flag being thrown and fines being levied.  So don't put too much hope in this occurring.  

    The SOB will self implode sooner or later like another Prima donna of a QB out of Tivy High School in Kerrville, Texas.    The question  I have, will Lake Travis one day disown Baker much like Kerrville did with Johnny.?   Or is the douce bag attitude kind of the the MO of the Lake Travis area.  

  3. This is believable.     I don't know if it's related,  but even after athletics or PE, some of these kids don't bother to take showers.   I saw it with my own while waiting for him to get out of practice or a game when I'd see them head into the locker room I would figure it would take him another 20 or so minutes to get out.  Five minutes later he was in my car and smelled like the worst BO in the world.   He finally figured things out as he got older, but  dang  had to get after him more than once.    I'd see the same when he played basketball with the sub varsity players from both teams coming back out to watch the varsities or JV like minutes after they game was done in street clothes.   In other words, what the heck is a little deodorant going to do ?  

  4. 8 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

    We need to hire this guy to build a shitload of underground homes east of Austin.  

     

    If I was living in a household full of females,  I'd think about this for a man cave.  Especially if the females were in the  pre teen/ teenage stage and the wife was menopausal.  Perfect hiding place to escape the drama from all of them.    LOL

  5. 19 hours ago, RoyalBevo21 said:

    Point being, if Nebraska, Osborne and their ilk grew a pair and didn't blame Texas for their shortcomings they would've told he Bug to get fucked. Yet they wanted to act like a bleeding little pussy  and here we are. 

    Screw the Cornhusker nation for that very reason.   They can continue to swim in a sea  of mediocrity in Lincoln until the world comes to an end.  And they will.

    The only time I want to see us play Corn again is in the national championship or playoffs in any sport.  Same goes for aggy, at least for football.     Both are what you described.  

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  6. 16 hours ago, SimonBolivar said:

    Rumor going around is that Texas Southern will leave the SWAC and join the Southland. It would be an interesting move for sure.

    That's interesting because it seems like if the Southland wanted to attract a football playing member  from the SWAC,  Prairie View A&M would be a better fit.  PVAM has spent some good money on upgrading their facilities and the results show on the field.   They've come a very long way from where they were in the 90's when they brought football back and proceeded to lose something like 80 games in a row. 

    On the other hand, PVAM might not want to give up it's ties with the rest of the HBC's  like Grambling,  Southern, etc.  I might be wrong, but  Texas Southern's  student body is more diversified than PVAM's and it kind of had to do that for it's survival.

  7. 16 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

    Is La Vernia in the Eagle Ford territory?  It seems like they've had that big nice football stadium since before fracking.  I've seen Three Rivers, so I know exactly what you're talking about.

    It's kind of on the very edge of what was a pretty active area a few years back.  Maybe not so much with drilling activity in their own ISD, but  with support services.   Karnes City and Kennedy are close by and anyone who traveled US 181 or SH 123 or 80 back then and was not driving an 18 wheeler put their lives in jeopardy.   It's died down compared to those years, but recently it's picked back up.  

    Yes Three Rivers, Pleasanton, among a few others really fixed up their facilities thanks to that extra tax money coming in.  When my kids high school baseball started using Three Rivers as neutral site for playoffs against some of the San Antonio/Hill Country area teams,  I was like why until I saw they had a turf field.   Those venues are golden during baseball and softball playoffs, especially if both  teams are doing a best of three with the weather being very unpredictable in May.  

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  8. 11 hours ago, Walden Ponderer said:

    Richard Ritchie, Texas A&I quarterback during their long winning streak in the 70s.

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    He also held their field goal record for a long time. 44 yards. NAIA ball & all that.

    They had a "Thunder & Lightning" backfield, Collins & Hardeman, and ran the wishbone to perfection.  Jaws Hardeman was the running back for the Oilers that Earl Campbell replaced. I can't remember his exact quote at the time, but he said something about looking forward to the competition. Heh, heh.

    Seriously, some of those A&I teams back in that day could have very well beaten a number of what was considered "big boy" schools back then.   Some of the later teams in 80's and 90's when Johnny Bailey, Heath Sherman and John Randle made their names could have done the same.  

  9. 5 hours ago, Macanudo said:

    I'm on a fucking Carnival boat right now and it's the equivalent of a Wal-Mart in a shitty part of town.  The people watching is fantastic but the dates 80s looking interior is just sad and the serve low grade dog food.  

    You were warned...   Now suck it up buttercup.  

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  10. If you've never been to La Vernia, they somehow have incredibly nice facilities for a 4A school. They make Wimberley look like a 2A school.
    Yet they've run through several football coaches in recent years.  The latest one bailed to take a job at 3A Yoakum last summer when this came out.

    Many of those smaller town schools have nice facilities in that area thanks to Eagle Ford tax revenue. When the money was really flowing in a few years ago, the ISDs went on a building spree. Talking about new stadiums, turf fields for football, baseball and softball., new gyms and classrooms.
  11. Bumping this thread for recommendations.

    Thinking about making a five day trip down there.    I get Cabo is where alot of the fun stuff is at.  But what about  San Jose del Cabo? 

    AI is not really a requirement as my wife (no pics) and I like to try different landmark places and street foods whenever we go down to Mexico.  

     

  12. 21 hours ago, markstanco said:

    Aggy is playing for a national championship in a game called spike ball against georgia on espn2 right now.
     

      I saw that yesterday and chuckled.   I was surprised they both didn't have SEC! SEC! SEC! badges on their shirts!  

  13. On 6/15/2019 at 2:16 PM, utee94 said:

    A friend of mine sold Cutco knives as a summer job during college.  I'm actually not sure he ever SOLD any, though.

     

    We bought a few from a friend of my oldest who was selling them.  They are darn good knives, but you pay a premium for them.  We bought some steak knives and a few other specialty knives for meat and bread slicing.     And their pizza cutter is a must buy.  

  14. 12 hours ago, F250 said:

    Yeah, HEB headquarters is stocked full of former store workers that have been with the company since they were baggers. I've never encountered more loyal employees full of corporate pride in my life. The company has been good to them so I get why they all drink the company kool-aid.

     

    When I was in high school/college (late 80/early 90's), HEB had a darn good tuition reimbursement incentive and when one of the bagging or stocking jobs came open, it didn't stay open for long. I don't know if that is still the case today, but at the store level you see people working the cashier stands and management who have been at the same store for years, if not decades.   You can't say that about Wal Mart and the other major grocery chains here in Texas.    When Wal Mart got started with it's regional expansion and Sam Walton was still alive and the driving force,  they kind of had the same MO as HEB.   But then Wall Street got involved and Wal Mart went national(and international)  and things got turned on their head from the direction Sam Walton would have gone.  

  15. So when they do move up to Minnesota, what are the normal hours on weekends? How late are they open and is there a late night menu?

    Currently they are open 24/7 364 days. They always close on Christmas Eve around 6 and remain closed until 5 or 6 am on the 26th. Of course this is subject to change with new overlords in Chicago. Fricken Chicago.

    They start their breakfast menu around mid night and I think they have it now where you can still get limited breakfast items through the day after 11 AM. And burgers, fries and chicken items are available 24/7. And if you are a Texan and you didn’t at least have a Whataburger for breakfast once in your life, please move to Minnesota or some other hell hole. You are a fake Texan and phony as a $3 bill.
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  16. Whataburger's are usually well run and customer friendly stores compared to most fast food places. The managers are usually adults and appear to make a decent wage.
    I am curious if that will continue or will they cut costs and start hiring cheaper teenage store managers. Having a responsible adult running the place is what separates Whataburger and Chik-fil-a from Jack in the Box and Wendy's.
     


    Correct. They make it possible for someone to fast track through their system to become a manager and then later down the road, advance from day to day restaurant operations to jobs tied to corporate. I bet a number of the workforce at corporate in SA once flipped. burgers before climbing the ladder.

    HEB is a similar.
  17. 22 hours ago, TonyTexas said:


    Besides Joe Buck, the Fox coverage is great. They show lots of shots, the technology is 2nd to none and seem to have fewer commercials. 38 hours of over the air coverage

    I'll agree with this.  They just need to get a few more Brits or Aussies to do commentary like CBS.

    Both are better than NBC.

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