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VABuckeye

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  1. 6 hours ago, wood said:

    Yeah I used to be an 'A' level beach volleyball player 'back in the day' at Aussie's, and I got to play with and against some 'Open' level guys who played at times on the AVP tour, and two who later became regulars on the tour (one of whom is considered by some to be the greatest all-around beach volleyball player ever). Just like every story I've ever heard about the competitiveness of pro athletes, they hated losing far more than they liked winning. Nice guys off the court. Animals on the court. Completely different people. One time I played an Open tourney with the best guy in Texas at the time. He had played extensively on 2 or 3 different pro tours, including the AVP. He was and probably still is incredible, but at just 6' 1", he had a hard time hanging on for long on the AVP and always had to go through the Qualifiers. But in Texas, he and his regular partner rarely lost. I've never been in such a pressure cooker. He expected me to be able to do everything he could do, which nobody in Texas outside of Indoor VB Olympian Riley Salmon  could do. Off the court later, he apologized. For these guys, the game is everything.

    Played with some baseball players who went pro later. Raced against and even beat some pros on karts out at Driveway Austin, too. Same thing. /csbthatmightbesomewhatrelatedtothetopic

    A guy named Karch, eh?

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  2. 2 hours ago, wood said:

    Yeah that car really did not want to turn in at all. I wonder where RBR lost the plot on their development. I saw something the other day that said Newey left RBR because of a decision that had been taken re: the direction of the car. I wonder if that's true, and if so, what that decision was.

    They spoke earlier about how the car had massive understeer this weekend which Max hates.

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  3. On 7/16/2024 at 11:09 AM, texasdago said:

    That was a great afternoon...

    We went to a winery outside of Castel Bolognese on two different occasions... we'd been there twice in 2022.  The food... so good!?  Great local wine, price reasonable... very chill.  Seriously... I have great memories of our trips but sometimes the slow meals are the best ones.

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    That ravioli with a simple butter and sage sauce is the bomb.  The meat sauce pictured is also unbelievable.  I don’t thank I’ll ever eat a bolognese again that isn’t Bologna style.  

  4. 20 hours ago, deac_tracy said:


    Uh ok. That's not very descriptive but ok.

    Northern Virginia?  Traffic out the ass.  Hot and humid summers.  Winters aren't bad but then there's that 28" of snow in one storm every few years.   You have all the creature comforts but if you're goping somewhere its judged by how long it takes to get there and not how many miles it is.

    For a career it is fantastic.  To retire to?  Not in 1000 years for me.

  5. 7 hours ago, deac_tracy said:

    Have you thought about NoVa? Seems like it check off all the boxes. Definitely big but not NY or LA and you're close to Dulles airport. They have outdoorsy stuff like Wolf Trap, Great Falls, and Scott's Run nearby. Plenty of stuff to do like DC, Charlottesville, Shenandoah National Park, go to the coast or Virginia wine country. Taxes aren't insane and politics are moderate/left-leaning. The winters have been pretty mild the past few years. 

    It’s where I live now. I can’t wait to get away from it.  There’s just too much of…everything. 

  6. 1 hour ago, Dbeasy said:

    What about distance from kids and grandkids. That’s our problem or we’d already be there. 

    I'm not sure if grandkids are in our future.  Our kids would love a base in Europe to visit other countries although it's not a subect we have discussed with them yet.

  7. I've been doing more research on Spain and it is becoming more and more attractive as an option.  My wife is fluuent in Spanish so no issues there.

    Cheap housing, cheap private healthcare, much lower cost of living, beautiful countryside and easy access to the rest of Europe.

    At the earliest we are 5 years out and at the latest 7 years out.

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  8. 3 hours ago, Mo Horn said:

    We are going to Valencia, Spain for at least a year or two and then we'll see if it's permanent. Our plan is to be there by 2026.

    For us it is Makaga or Seville.  Milder winters.  We loved both cities.

  9. 17 hours ago, MadTrapper said:

    All of this really makes me appreciate Piastri even more given his age.  The guy just puts his head down, races his ass off, and seems like a cool head over the radio. Yin and Yang and all that.

    I felt the same way about Lawson in the limited time we saw him.

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  10. There's a little restaurant in San Sano in Tuscany.  They make a lemon sorbet and serve it in 1/2 of a frozen lemon skin.  I swear it's the single best lemon dessert I've ever had and it is so simple.  The lemons there are HUGE.

  11. 9 hours ago, bigcigar said:

    I’ll be planning a trip for 4 couples to bounce around USVI/BVI on a charter. Does anyone have experience finding a boat/skipper? I could use some help navigating the process.

    The Moorings

    However much alcohol and water you think you need, double it.

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