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47 minutes ago, SimonBolivar said:

First half was...not good, but hey 1-1 looks nice and FCito had some dudes play. 

As always nothing to take from preseason.

Owen juked that defender on the corner kick which led to the Buka goal.  Then Owen tries to give it back in the waning seconds by turning around and kicking over our end line.

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6 hours ago, SimonBolivar said:


The "Trapitos" that were translated as "rag pickers" and "street urchins" if you allow Chrome to translate the article and common in popular spots at night.

I have never been to that town/neighborhood, but in other parts of Buenos Aires, "working class" people will stake out a street and wave a rag / white hand towel to get you to park in an open space "on their block".

They are not working for a parking lot company or waving people onto people's lawns like you see around Fair Park when going to the Texas/OU game. These guys are simply staking out free street parking and basically charging you to "watch your car". It is small time, but the exact same thing as the mob charging protection so that you store doesn't get burned down. (a.k.a. "extortion")

In this case, I think that they asked for US$10 and got US$8. (UPDATE: actually, slightly less than that) 

In retrospect, I am thinking that they wish that they had paid the extra US$1.80.

I only was in a car when going out on the weekends when I was with my Argie girlfriend 15 years ago... but even then it was really annoying. She just had a subcompact Chevrolet 4 door at the time, so at least it didn't scream "This girl's loaded!" Other times it was walking, taxis, and buses.

People sometimes ask: "Do you miss Argentina?"

Answer: Some things I do, but trapitos are definitely not something I miss.

Posted
13 hours ago, ztejas said:

I have an FC Yeti think it's 28 oz. Have used it everyday for years now. Those look a little bigger than mine.

These are stackable 16 oz.  Large enough for a cup of coffee, but not much else. 

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On 2/12/2025 at 7:08 AM, Jerry Callo said:

These are stackable 16 oz.  Large enough for a cup of coffee, but not much else. 

Ah okay. I was wondering why there were two silver bands lol. 

Good size for an adult beverage.

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Game day.  Anyone else braving the weather tonight? 
¡LISTOS!

Hells yes. We’re pumped…but man, we need to print out a roster to keep up with all the new guys. Which is exciting.
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we looked competent tonight.  I liked moving Dani up.  Ilie will be a steadying force.  He’s a much more talented version of Valencia and cleaned up a lot of shit tonight. 
 

Vasquez wins every single ball.  He knows how to position his body to get there.  We haven’t had a player like him on this team ever. Excited to see what he can do.  
 

Was cold, but good times.  

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we looked competent tonight.  I liked moving Dani up.  Ilie will be a steadying force.  He’s a much more talented version of Valencia and cleaned up a lot of shit tonight. 
 
Vasquez wins every single ball.  He knows how to position his body to get there.  We haven’t had a player like him on this team ever. Excited to see what he can do.  
 
Was cold, but good times.  

Stuff to like (actually created some chances), stuff not to like (still have a team habit of taking 6 touches when 2 will do, and fear/hesitancy to be aggressive with crosses and shots). All in all, happy to get three points, and really glad we wore our “montreal coats” (got em for visiting there). The light rain made it feel even colder.
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