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  1. If I recall you are a semi-pro bbq man. I guess what this question drives at is, there doesn't seem much high upside/money to the work here. BBQ really is a labor of love and passion project then, if you can have the best bbq business in Dallas and it's worth less than a $1mm. Whereas you can have a handful of crappy franchise locations of Dickey's and make 3x that.
  2. I won't read the book because I have better things to do with my time, but from what I've read about the book and the literary criticism, if you can call it that, from the non-fiction/biography community of BookTok, TwitLit/Twitterature or whatever the community is called on X now, and The New Yorker, it's a shame that Isaacson is catching strays. Why do people feel the need to shoot the messenger?
  3. Did you go? I thought Monarch kinda sucked. Great views and "scene", but food was very meh. Definitely wouldn't go back for the cost. That said, I was in Dallas last weekend and drove the rental to the Kellers on NW Hwy and flashed my flashers and had the best #5 burger I've ever had. I'll go to that meal for a big night before Monarchs again.
  4. Went from a 32 to a 36 in my 7 jeans for all mankind since this thread started to when it was bumped.
  5. @C-Man or anyone else in the bbq "business" so to speak: I recently read about one of my favorite bbq places being sold (https://cattleackbbq.com/category/press/), and it was sold to the pitmaster who had apprenticed and worked there for a long time, etc. Figures and dollars were undisclosed and it got me thinking. I've seen a lot of M&A and typically there is a disclosure of the deal figures unless it's bad or embarrassing, but I don't know how small, one off operations like a bbq restaurant would work. What would Cattleack be worth in your estimation, from a valuation to buy? How do you value a BBQ location? Do you take the 3 years gross receipts minus burn rate and you do a regular DCF model or something? What do you guys in the business think a bbq shop like Cattleack is a) worth and b) what would you think is a price you'd buy it at? I'm trying to understand did this guy sell his shop for $1mm, $10mm, 20mm?
  6. Maybe for a change of pace from #StrikeTok, some interesting business news on the Charter/Disney deal struck at the 11th hour before MNF last night (From NYT): -- Breaking down the Disney-Charter deal Hours before “Monday Night Football” was set to air, Disney settled its fight with Charter Communications that would have kept nearly 15 million cable subscribers from seeing the day’s big N.F.L. game (and the injury-shortened debut of Aaron Rodgers as the New York Jets quarterback) live at home. Analysts and media watchers had wondered how much the fight, in which channels including ESPN were unavailable on the nation’s second-biggest cable provider for more than a week, would weaken Disney. The early verdict: Disney gave up less than expected — but made concessions that could eventually remake the pay-TV business. Disney will gain more reach for its streaming services, which the company views as a vital part of its future. Charter agreed to offer the ad-supported version of its Disney+ streaming platform to some of its subscribers, paying a wholesale rate for the service instead of getting it for free as the cable provider had demanded. That could help boost subscriber numbers for Disney+, which has lost millions of customers in recent months. Charter also agreed to provide ESPN+ (largely a companion to its cable-channel sibling) as part of its sports-focused bundle. More important, when Disney finally introduces a direct-to-consumer version of ESPN that includes streaming of big sports events, the broadband provider can also offer that to its consumers. Charter claimed some victories, too. It will pay more for Disney’s top-tier channels like ESPN, but it will cut its costs by dropping a bunch of others, including Disney Junior and the women-focused Freeform. The analyst Michael Nathanson of MoffettNathanson estimated that the move would cost Disney some $300 million a year in lost fees. Disney executives conceded that they lost ground, but achieved something else: “We protected our primary entertainment channels,” Dana Walden, the co-chair of the company’s entertainment division, told The Hollywood Reporter. The battle may shape other fights over content. Charter had threatened to drop Disney channels altogether if it didn’t get access to Disney’s streaming services, a scorched-earth move that would have deprived the entertainment company of billions in carriage fees. Charter is now getting them — not for free, but still at a reduced rate. Analysts credited Disney with dodging a worst-case scenario. But while Disney executives argued that the settlement wouldn’t set a precedent for future negotiations with cable companies, media watchers say that’s still what happened. Expect more battles soon. Charter is set to hold talks with more content providers over the next 18 months.
  7. I don’t think there have been any indications of help. Everything he’s got has been scavenged, it appears.
  8. Indeed it was, indeed it was. All our old heroes are dying.
  9. lol bro with the energy of the barber that nobody wants to cut their hair, "I'll wait".
  10. Who is Ornelas? You know what? I don't care, as long as it means that Josh Smith isn't a .175 hole in the line up, I like it.
  11. I wonder if it's because that area of PA is very friendly to guerilla living and hiding out and not being found (like if it's particularly woody or forested), so he's just treading water so to speak until busted or dies. Whereas if he tried to get out further it's flat and easy to get caught, I don't know. But I think I'd want to do some switchbacking and doubling back to disguise your ultimate route and then just plant your feet in one direction and make a prolonged run at it. But I feel like that window closed last week, too much visibility and heat now.
  12. I rue the streaming/soundcloud generation killed the mixtape, because the mixtape in the eponymous thread title was one of the funniest memes/jokes that didn't have a long window.
  13. I viewed it as she died from shock/heart attack Also, guess who wrote this episode without looking again: TBH, thought it was a pretty weak episode overall. Dated with the R-word, but it did remind me of having a 2 year old.
  14. I was also at the show in Bandera. R.I.P., as I wonder who gonna fill his shoes.
  15. I was reading this last week and assumed he was hours away from being caught when he was caught on a trail camera. How has this been so mismanaged? This is insane.
  16. Sorry for offending you. Though I didn't realize you were either a fan of this movie franchise and/or a middle aged woman with a Danielle Steele library, it shouldn't matter. I stand for equality and empathy for all kinds of people on this website, even DC movie fans. I'll be more careful with my words and my jokes next time. I acknowledge the harm my words have caused and by no means ever meant harm. I'm sorry if that has taken place.
  17. Agreed. I wasn't the one who brought up nationalizing. Regulation as a logical next step is definitely not in the same universe as a hostile takeover (and thus, less cool).
  18. The funniest part is you had zero idea what I was talking about and assumed it to be incels and not feminists penning the op-eds. You really should stay abreast to the zeitgeist and read and get out more.
  19. A hostile takeover by the government of a private business is much closer to fascism than socialism. Hostile takeovers are cool though, so I'll allow it.
  20. Still very unethical to hold his arms back and have your buddy pummel him in the face. That wasn't a fair scuffle and let them blow off steam and whatever. That's "Assault charges" IMO.
  21. Wow, making a joke at Aquaman's expense using a very topical societal trend of women flexing their economic agency this summer, and reading Elle magazines write up about it, really triggered some of you big macho men.
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