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Wiler77

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  1. Except in this video it appears to me that there are traffic lights, and the driver had a green light. Lady running across the street was trying to do so with what I assume was a red light for pedestrians. The fact there there is no one else in the intersection would point to that as well. FAFO indeed.
  2. Jack Flack always escapes! Pretty sure I loved him in every movie i remeber him from. War Games, Tootsie, 9 to 5, C&D.
  3. I feel like people bag on Rome. Not here. Just in general. If you've never been to Italy, and you are even halfway interested in history, Rome is the most fascinating city on the planet. They have 2000 year old buildings on every block. The touristy shit is incredible. Forum, Coloseum, Trevi fountain, Pantheon, Vatican City, etc etc. And just stop in random places to rest and have a bottle of wine and a bite. The piazza by the Pantheon is a total tourist trap, but one of the best people-watching places I've ever been. I distinctly remember the red wine and pizza my wife and I had on our first trip. We spent an hour just basking in the sun and scenery. Food in Rome is underrated as well. Gelato and cacio e pepe will be staples for your kids. With 4 days in Rome, I might recommend doing a day trip to Pompei. Are you renting a car? It's a fairly easy drive, and it is amazing. Or save for your next trip. Because nobody can do Italy once. Do not skip seeing David in Florence. I'm not an arts guy, but that was the highlight of Florence to me. If you have 3 days, you have time to do a day trip to one of the Tuscan towns nearby. Never been to Venice. Jealous Nor Cinque Terre. But I have done Amalfi. Same trip as Pompei. God that was a great 5 days.
  4. 2010 Texas football reached the Top 10 and defeated a Top 10 team on the road. Man, what a successful season that was.
  5. If I did the math right, net inflows of ~15k cfs over a sustained 24hr period will lead to 29k acre feet of water. That's about 3% of Buchanan's capacity. So there could be some significant gains from this event.
  6. I always enjoyed the interviews with Hakeem after Rockets games. "We have to phocus!" Uh, what was that??
  7. I get the refund for bags arriving late, no wifi if you paid for it, etc. That's a service the airline failed due to some incompetence on their part. But refunding tickets if you're late or flight is cancelled? Surely there is some fine print around if it's due to airline being at fault. Bad weather delays and cancels flights all the time. I don't see how this does anything other than raise prices to cover the inevitable refunds. Maybe I'm missing something.
  8. Wiler77

    Bob Seger

    Was trying to remember if Live Bullet was the record my dad used to play over and over that got me into Seger at an early age. But it was the other live album--Nine Tonight. That was like a Greatest Hits Live album, with a few new songs mixed it.
  9. It was definitely not personal that I busted out laughing that people lost their jobs. It was because I completely forgot they hired Trev Alberts as the freaking AD.
  10. Just tried mine on. Pants fit perfectly. Arm length on jacket is a tad short. Going to see if I can have that altered. I only need like 1/2 inch or so. If it can't be altered, it'll work. Wish I could double rep OP.
  11. Same here for Hays. Appraised value up 10%. "Market value" down 15%, but still 12% higher than appraised. So I assume I have 0% chance of winning any challenge. The market value seems to be pretty close to what I could sell it for.
  12. You think Robin Givens destroyed Mike Tyson's career? That's a take I guess
  13. I am in the Austin area and would love a name for a tailor. So in addition to the wedding in mid August (in SC) in which I need the tux, I just received a save the date for a wedding on August 31st in Austin. Was the surface of the sun already booked? I'm sure folks are going to love sacrificing Labor Day weekend and the first full weekend of college football to come to your wedding and sweat their balls off. And neither he nor his fiancé are from Texas, so their closest family and friends will all have to travel. At least this is local for me.
  14. Serious thanks to OP. I have a wedding in August that is black tie, and I was already thinking about how ripped off I was going to get on the rental. At this price, might as well buy one, even knowing that it will need to be altered.
  15. They just need a crawfish or sausage between them. Wait, what?
  16. LOL. LHN a conflict of interest to the SEC? It's going off the air before we become part of the conference. As far as conflict of interest to cfb, I notice he doesn't point out that Disney owns the SEC Network. Wouldn't that be the same conflict of interest?
  17. Fucking hell, that made me bust out laughing. The build up before the recorder kicked in was tremendous.
  18. Kinda reads like "If you give a mouse a cookie"
  19. Wiler77

    USMNT 2024

    I don’t follow this nearly as closely as most on this thread, which also means I'm not as emotionally invested as others. "Most people" don't make the decisions. Greg just won Nations League by beating our top rival 2-0. I don't believe not making COPA America semis will be seen as a collosal failure to the guys making the decisions. We're not Germany, which means results are somewhere farther down the list of performance metrics than any fan of US Soccer wants. Greg is a company man. The decision makers rehired this clown after everything that went down during and after the World Cup, lukewarm support from players, ex-players, and media, and having parted ways when his contract ended. He's the guy through the WC.
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