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Based on the presser he doesn’t care what you, a mere graduate of the University he represents, thinks. Damn glad I didn’t drink the kool aid and buy season tickets. This is gonna be a train wreck of a season. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Exactly. Run twice and the third time they stop dropping 8.

Figured out how to use 15-second skip-ahead on Apple TV after I posted. All is good, love the DVR.

Using DirectTV Now DVR to catch up on Maryland game during rain delay. Controls really clunky, make it tough to quickly scan through a game and skip the dead spots. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

FS1 working... can you use your DTvNow login on the ESPn app?

For some reason probably known only to Holder and Boone OSU actually has two official shades of orange.

Seconded. Plus it works at all of their various locations about town.

I was at a luncheon this week where CDC spoke, and someone asked him about scheduling aggy. Hearing him explain this was interesting. The offer was sincere, and rebuffed. Said Alabama called the next day, and we traded up. Then stated that aggy missed a chance that won’t come again for a long time, because now Texas is scheduled out 10-15 years. So unless we meet in a bowl game it’s not gonna happen.

Seeing them both play (I was on campus at OSU for Sanders then came to the University and stayed in Texas) it’s pointless to try to pick between them. 1a and 1b. Different styles but both giants among boys on the field.

Regarding #6, got an email that DirectTV Now has added NBC. Traveling so have not been home to verify.

Not SW, but Berli’s in Pflugerville is solid. Certified to work on most of the upper end brands, did good work on a recent repair for me.

I’m thinking about something similar for a patio. How are you setup? Is the connect outside with the speakers or is it inside and you ran wire out for the Polks?

That was definitely supposed to connect to McNeil further north. A 1987 arterial plan showed an extensive network of roads in this area, as opposed to the clusterfuck we have now. I couldn’t find a link to the whole thing, but here’s a crop showing McNeil: http://www.texasfreeway.com/Austin/historic/freeway_planning_maps/images/austin_planning_map_5-feb-1987_mres.jpg Also of interest: - Arterial 8 paralleling 2222. the only remnants of this today is a 6-lane section that goes one where at the top of Jester Estates. - Steiner Ranch Road (just off this cropped map) was supposed to have a bridge across the lake. So what happened? You can probably answer that yourself, but to make sure this plan could never be enacted the city bought all the aBCCP land and effectively killed any hope of a rational road network in this part of town.

Aggy had nothing whatsoever to do with the decision to locate this facility in Austin yet still felt compelled to issue this press release. News release from the Texas A&M system: The Texas A&M University System will join a consortium of higher education institutions and state agencies that will offer expertise, research and innovations in support of the U.S. Army Futures Command (AFC) in Austin, the U.S. Army announced Friday from the Pentagon. During a press conference, Army officials said the effort leverages higher education offerings in Texas with private sector innovation, cutting-edge science and technology, prototyping and demonstrations and warfighter testing and feedback. “The Texas A&M System is ready to support Army Futures Command,” Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp said. “This is a great day for the state of Texas. Government and academic leaders came together to offer an unbeatable combination of talent and resources.” Chancellor Sharp added that The Texas A&M System campuses in the region – including College Station, RELLIS, San Antonio and Central Texas – as well as the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, and Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service will bolster the core mission of the Army Futures Command. The A&M contribution will give American soldiers a technological advantage to bolster national security. “We are honored to support the U.S. Army in this exciting next chapter,” said Michael K. Young, President of Texas A&M University. “With more than 15,000 graduates per year – nearly half of whom are in STEM fields – and nearly $1 billion per year in research, as well as more than 1,000 current veteran students, Texas A&M University is well equipped to deliver on expertise and innovation for future success.” The U.S. Army Futures Command — which was announced in October 2017 and informally referred to as “modernization command” — has eight cross-functional teams working toward reducing prototype development, demonstration and testing, and the evaluation process from 60 months down to approximately 12. “The state has a wealth of capabilities to bear between its military resources and broad academic and research base,” said Steve Cambone, Director, Texas A&M System Institute for National-Security and Cyber-Security Education and Research. “We have the breadth of resources and testing and evaluation facilities within the Texas A&M System to help the Army ‘fail early and succeed quickly’ in support of the Army’s mission to modernize.” Among the areas the Army is aiming to modernize include development of improved long-range precision fires, a next-generation combat vehicle, future vertical lift platforms, a mobile and expeditionary Army network, air and missile defense capabilities and soldier lethality. The Texas A&M University System’s offerings include producing graduates with bachelor, masters and doctoral degrees in high-need fields including biomedical sciences, biomedical engineering, chemical engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and materials and materials engineering. The establishment of the command marks the most significant reorganization of the institutional Army since 1973, according to Army officials. It is being headquartered in Austin to best partner with academia, industry and innovators in the private sector, while providing a good and affordable quality of life for command personnel.

Did you get a notice regarding a price increase? I’m also on the introductory promo rate, and recall them stating it would be for the life of your service... I’ve not received a notice regarding an increase.

The story I always heard was that the Gaylord family (The Oklahoman) wanted a sports powerhouse. At the time Oklahoma A&M under AD Henry Iba was the better sports school. They offered to bankroll and Iba said no, he wanted a clean program. So they went to the Sooners who welcomed the money with open arms. Years later after Iba was gone State tried to cheat their way back and just weren’t very good at it, being on the list of schools that missed the death penalty only because SMU got there first. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Agree with all of this. I grew up in Oklahoma, went to State while Gundy was QB, then came to the University for graduate school and never went back. OSU’s success under Gundy made Texas’ recent dark years bearable. Without him they become another middle of the pack team. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Smokey Mo’s is Texas BBQ, right? Coworkers insisted for Iunch today..

I'm an engineer not an architect, but these are pretty standard contract terms, both meant to protect the architect. The first is to prevent you from reusing or reselling the plans. It also allows the architect to reuse standard details, general notes etc. that they have developed for other projects on your job. The second is common sense - no one is going to take your job for $xx and open themselves up to contract liability beyond that for your project. Now if there's an issue with the plans/ professional work during or after construction that becomes a different issue and then the E&O may come into play.. disclaimer - I do zero residential work so YMMV.

Anybody have a fence guy?

Thread sounds like the usual Austin bitching. MoPAC construction was horribly mismanaged by CH2M. CTRMA probably should have defaulted them but didn’t. Lane was brought on to finish the job, and has been largely responsible for getting the road open and fixing the stuff CH2M screwed up. The sound walls were designed incorrectly to handle structural load and are being replaced (pretty quickly in my opinion). Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Too young to have watched the original series. Did all of its plots also revolve around Will Robinson being the stupidest most gullible human that ever existed? They should have left him on Earth. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Problem is that it’s on SyFy. I’m the target market for this but gave up on that network a long time ago. Never watched until I ran across it on Amazon Prime. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

There are only 4 of the 14 teams in the SEC I pay attention to. None of them reside in the state of Texas. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Agree. Thought MLBtv would cover the hole but MLB's arcane and idiotic blackout rules make it fairly useless for the local team.