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BearSchlong

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  1. BearSchlong

    1923

    I surmised that they had switched ships in NYC, sailed to Galveston, and transferred just what they could stash in a rowboat. Obviously landing on the beach instead of the harbor was for theatric effect.
  2. My cousin plays center for Westbrook. His dad played OG for Baylor. I remain the runt in the family at 6’.
  3. Well it's March 6th, and my company still can't decide what to do with me. But I'm still collecting a fat check, and barring a miracle, I'm fully expecting to be laid off in the next 30 days, hopefully with a package - all because I am resisting a move to Austin or Dallas, or another of the 8 cities my company has marked for consolidating operations. I'm also senior and very expensive, and the company is decidedly moving towards hiring junior and cheap people. I've been offered jobs in Seattle, San Francisco, Washington DC, Atlanta, Dallas, Austin, and Chicago. Regarding Chicago, I was on the phone with my daughter today, who is interviewing with competing firms to drive up her market rate as her current company has been sandbagging her on promotion and trying to buy her off with platitudes. I pulled every job listing we have in that city, and the maximum starting salaries are insulting. My fatherly advice is, "Promises don't pay the bills, get money whipped by a competitor, and boomerang back at a higher position if needed. That's corporate America 2025. Zero loyalty, fuck you pay me." The only downside is that she's gotta peddle Ozempic. I'll be happy to fly out to any of those cities on Monday morning and stay for the week, but unless they offered me a 5-year guaranteed contract, there's no way that I'm leaving my current situation. Fuck that nonsense. I have fantastic sunsets, peace and quiet, and I can be in the gulf on my boat in an hour. Honestly, this is the destruction of affordable small and midsize cities, all because our CEO hired some consultants who said "build a new tower in the Domain and force everyone to the office." Fuck that guy. I'm not going quietly, however. I've applied for about 50 internal jobs, and I am slacking/emailing every leader I can identify, saying, "Put me in coach." But if they resist, I will play golf for a month and then reassess. I do have an interview with an internal recruiter to cover an account in Atlanta and I'm going to tell her if you want results, hire me now and turn me loose, but I'm not moving.
  4. BearSchlong

    1923

    In the attic bridal suite there is a party venue slash long wetbar with a billiards room for the gents. Not sure why I just remembered that, but it would be a cool place to spend a weekend.
  5. BearSchlong

    1923

    Loved the scene with the bootleggers landing in front of Murdoch’s bathhouse and the Galvez. When I lived at Crystal Beach I did Sunday brunch in the main dining room with the kids countless times. Maybe Sheridan can do an offshoot where they track the Maceo’s mob to the current Tilmann Fertita business empire.
  6. Starting to look like a dachshund
  7. Moments…when Tilly isn't trying to eat Coco.
  8. Jesus this is funny and true. The ending.
  9. That kid needs a shot of bourbon mixed with honey and lemon juice. After that, any medicine will taste fine.
  10. IBRX or IRBT? Just making sure that wasn’t a typo, and Per the stock price I guess it wasn’t.
  11. Doubtful. Inventories don’t draw a line. The addict is just attempting to avoid responsibility, if he has been honest with himself. Also, and this is 100% my own anecdotal, generalized opinion, but NA isn’t the same as AA. The steps are supposed to be analogous, but if one of my AA sponsees admitted to molesting someone my suggestion would be to leave that person alone out of respect for the victim. Maybe write a letter and read it to me but then destroy it and be satisfied that in this case, willingness to make the amend will have to satisfy the requirements of the step. There’s simply no reason to expose someone to additional trauma. “Do no more harm” is the guiding principle. The situation just sucks. A PTSD therapist will be your friend’s best bet.
  12. My wife bought her 3rd consecutive Rogue on Friday. Her money, her car, none of my business.
  13. He don't like it, he can migrate south.
  14. That's the answer since there are no Froot Loops or Pebbles.
  15. It was still open? I'm honestly amazed.
  16. That’ll do wonders for military morale.
  17. He and every other personality disorder walking around in the wild. Let’s not pretend for a minute that he is sane. America has been taken hostage by a psychopath.
  18. BurntEyes is a good human. And Val’s a good dog.
  19. Get the vibrating base. For the first and probably last time in my life, I maxed out my 401k for the year in January.
  20. Anecdotal, but last week a soldier in my son’s class made some horrible obnoxious racist remarks, and when told he would be reprimanded laughed and exclaimed “no disrespect, sir, but a month ago I would have. Now that would be illegal.” He’s right. And that’s a painful pill.
  21. Cpt Bearschlong flew in from Ft Benning, I picked him up at IAH at 5pm last night, hooked up a trailer in college station, and drove straight through to Ft Carson. No bad weather and it dumped 6 inches the moment we arrived.
  22. Ah the South Austin Jug Band’s Ballad of Eddie Mullet, one of my favorite songs. Keeping with the spirit of the thread.
  23. God that looks good. I haven't been to Biga since I got sober 14 years ago, but that photo brings back fond memories of getting baked out of my mind and going there every NYE with the munchies.
  24. Had my Generac that was installed May of ‘21 serviced this morning. New plugs, filters, fluids, and replaced the battery. And knocked out a few dirt dauber nests.
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