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Godzillatron

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  1. getting annoyed at the fact my local HEB only has them randomly, never on the weekend.
    stuck with searching the app every day waiting for them to pop up and make a trip...

    Mine rarely has them out but usually has them cryovac’d in the back if you ask.

  2. Haha don’t ask don’t tell. No, I haven’t seen that happen (banning for inquiries). Most I’ve come across are really good about information, questions, and as many picks as you could want if you’ve got the time on the weekends. It’s the other releases that one person posts a comment/question about (usually a newbie whose new hobby is to acquire as many as possible regardless of consumption) that someone then provides the nuclear codes. I do always get a laugh out of the late trucks and mid-afternoon releases like Tilted Bottles’ store yesterday. Not because I personally got anything... but because all the jokers in their trucks or lawn chairs at 9am either left empty-handed 2-3 hours earlier, or they wasted extra time of their day having to wait around or come back.


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    This. Picked up an OWA at TW in Austin last week about 4:30 in the afternoon. I’d heard there had been a drop that day and figured I’d be lucky to find a bottle of BT left. The store had obviously been metering bottles out during the day rather than reward the 9:00 line.
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  3. We went through this about 6 weeks ago. Was leery of buying sight unseen online. Tried Purple, Casper, Sleep Number, Austin mattress and others at local store fronts, then ended up buying a Ghost Bed from Costco online sight unseen. Figured it was Costco, could tale it back if it sucked, and it was $$ cheaper than those other options. Live this thing. It’s really firm without feeling like a board, sleeps cool and had an adjustable base. Quite happy with the purchase.

  4. is this years balmorhea out already?  i got it last year at total.   let me know if you've heard of any in the austin area please.

    I’ve still got last year’s bottle with one pour gone if you are interested. Overpriced and just ok.
  5. First time having Clam Chowder was in SF at AT&T Park in a sourdough bowl, been hooked ever since.  Saratoga just had their chowder fest recently, good shit to be had.  The Parker House in Boston makes some fine NE CC, may be the best I've had. 

    My Granny made homemade clam chowder. Every other chowder is crap.
  6. Guy was talking about how they wanted to throw a New Orleans themed party now that restrictions are going to be eased. Talked about some of the mixed cocktails and food he would serve. They’d also have a brass band. Wife was planning on having a decorator and florist to set the ambiance to which he added “yeah, and I also what to have a little colored boy dressed in turn-of-the-century street attire dance next to an empty hat for the party towers to flip nickels in”

    Did this guy perhaps write a strongly worded note to CDC about the Eyes?
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  7. I got the email that I have a Blanton’s waiting for me. I’ll take it, but I wish it was something I’d never had before though. 

    Thought the same thing about the Weller 12 I got. Not complaining, or maybe I am.
  8. She does.  I wrote the P&C insurance for them for years.  Great people.  
    And not sure what you are talking about Lobo.  Vince was there plenty, but not in a working capacity.  

    Vince sold name and likeness a long time ago. That said, was a go-to place when I worked downtown. Never had a bad steak here, and Pappy at the bar. Miss that expense account...
  9. I don't think water main pressure hitting obstructions like an ice plug is going to bust anything.
    The problem is when water is trapped between something solid, like that end cap, and an expanding/forming plug of ice. That 10% reduction in volume from the freezing ice (already frozen doesn't count) and the resulting increase in hydrostatic pressure is what gets you.
    I am gonna guess you are safe to just leave stuff open until pressure returns.

    My WCID advising leaving street gate open and having fixtures open in house for pressure relief as they bring system back online in areas that lost service. Suspect this protects their equipment more than your house.
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  10. So did ERCOT get caught with its pants down? I mean, they knew the cold air was coming, and they have models that predict the load on the grid based on temperature, so what gives? Wind generators froze? What else?

    Wind generation very small impact. Mostly natural gas plants that weren’t ready for cold weather and froze up combined with just in time delivery of feed supply that couldn’t be supplied because well heads and pipelines froze.
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  11. I don't know whether it will really grow or not. That's going to depend on a bunch of things. 
    However, I suspect that you can get away with 1 or 2 frozen faucets before it over stresses things. 

    This is my theory and I’m sticking to it. All my interior fixtures working and dripping. 2 hose bibs wrapped, protected and hopefully unfrozen. I’m not touching them until we get past this. if they are frozen I figure I’ve got a better chance unfreezing them once.
  12. Same here. Also open up cabinets that have water lines to hopefully keep them warmer for the outdoor faucets.
    Even with these precautions I worry about temps in the teens freezing outdoor hose bibs and lines.

    I’ve never dripped an outside faucet, including growing up north of the Red River where we regularly got freezes like this. Always just put a hose bib cover on and didn’t worry about it. Today I see multiple sources saying to drip the hose bib. I’m confused. What says Surly?
  13. Baratza encore and aero press for a single cup, steel french press for multiple cups, and I just got a technivorm moccamaster for multiple cups. Can’t wait to try out the technivorm, it’s in the mail. 
     
    also you guys who are buying bulk roasted shit like Peet’s or whatever need to step your game up and find some local roasters. I prefer medium roast Costa Rican and Colombian, also found some really good Ethiopian medium roasts. Very fruity without much acid and it doesn’t have that burnt black taste. 
     
     

    If you want to support local go to Trianon in Westlake and let them hook you up with beans that match your taste. Or just buy Ruta Maya.
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