Ya know, the trucks that put sand and salt down for slippery roads.
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Austin and Central Texas-ERA |OT| The Mopac Improvement Project
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Pinballz has three different locations now. They all have some video games set up too. Or you could hit Dave & Busters and their overpriced shit.
I think ice mitigation has shifted to more environmentally friendly methods. Sand increases traction without giving Brawndo to plants.
Congrats on being a mod! Nice to have an Austinite in high command. ;_;7
Yeah she's great. At her QA session there was the usual Insta response to common questions. But then this guy that studied math with her showed up, she recognized him, rushed out and hugged him and apologized about her stinky burritos at school at UT Austin .
She's the real deal, but Val Kilmer didn't show up. What up with that?
Edit: Could you link me to that work that helped out with. I don't recognize but I'm interested.
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If any of you all would like to meet up again at Pinballz original or near Lakeline, let me know. The meetup that I host with a bunch of my friends once rotated there before low turnout, but we can again.
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I still haven't been to the new(ish) one yet. We should organize something. It's been like...over a year.
Southern edge of Salado. I have a farm out here. My in-laws are in San Antonio, so we pass through Austin on a regular basis.
That's what's up. I lived up in Killeen and Belton back in the '00s so I'm pretty familiar with the 254. :P
Nice. My wife works in Belton. It's crazy how much that place has grown in the last 10 years.
Cool.
I can see myself moving out there in 10 years because Austin is gentrifying so hard it's like historic Kenny McCormick sodosopa. Property taxes are going to be greater than my initial mortgage by then.
Also seems that my employer has blacklisted resetera for VPN, so I had to briefly log off. Weird considering they never did it with GAF. Anyway back to work.
Yeah, honestly, I miss living in the city. Born and raised in Miami, made stops in Orlando, Jacksonville, and most recently Atlanta. Met my wife (who's from here) and took a huge step out of my comfort zone by moving out onto this farm. It's family land, so it's not like we are all alone out here. But still. Pretty big life change. It definitely has its advantages, though. A thousand or so acres to ourselves makes for some serious peace and quiet. My son loves it here, too. So it's all good. And like I said, still close enough to the city that we can make the drive over with ease.
My biggest gripe is the piss-poor internet options. Satellite can only do so much.
My biggest gripe is the piss-poor internet options. Satellite can only do so much.
A thousand acres even out there has got to be more property taxes than my meager quarter acre, which is just enough space for the HOA to complain about something frivolous.
Congrats though. I was living the single life in an apartment just a few years ago. I can relate to the rapid life change.
Property taxes were definitely an eye opener for me. We had never lived in anything larger than a zero lot line townhome growing up.
Anyways, I digress. Been living out here for a decade now and still can't figure out the weather/season schedule. How the hell can people go through 30 or sometimes 40 degree temperature swings in a single day and not get sick? It wreaks havoc on my sinuses.
Salado is a beautiful, quaint little town. The wife and I passed by there heading north to Dallas and had lunch at a restaurant I can't remember the name of. I guess it was in the old town part. Lovely place. Everytime I head north though, Czech Stop in West TX is an absolute must stop place for their tasty kolaches.
I'm also not sure how you'd safely raise kids on 1000 acres of rural Texas land.
I'm originally from Ohio, where you can treat grass like carpet and roll around in it. I guess Lyme disease is a threat.
But in Texas you have fire ants, scorpions, snakes, etc. Then again if you're from Florida I guess you win with deadly nature.
I'm originally from Ohio, where you can treat grass like carpet and roll around in it. I guess Lyme disease is a threat.
But in Texas you have fire ants, scorpions, snakes, etc. Then again if you're from Florida I guess you win with deadly nature.
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RIP Verts. I hate everything they've done to this place the past year. Completely lost it's identity, and now it's the Chipotle of Mediterranean food.
I think they renamed it Noon or some shit???
I think they renamed it Noon or some shit???
Jeez... Yeah, I've been off the Verts train since they dumped corn. I used to crave the place like nothing else back in college (also helped that it was right across the street from the communications building at UT), but nowadays... It's just depressing to look at.
I never cared for Vert's personally but the wife really likes that joint. They closed the S Lamar location some time ago I think. I tried Chilito for the first time the other day. Decent breakfast tacos.
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WHAT!?
That was like...their whole thing.
Jeez...I haven't been in a few months. Ugh.
"Our customers want more healthy options" is what I got told. It's a kebab, people.
Thankfully we still get a couple of good kebab food trucks at work semi-regularly - nothing fancy, but solid tastes.
Well, winter finally came! Lol. Be sure to cover your plants tonight as it's gonna get below freezing this evening. Stay warm guys. ;_;7
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Chances are high! Considering we talk about the weather and food exclusively round these parts.
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Howdy y'all. Toronto native that moved to San Antonio permanently to live with my wife about 4 months ago. The heat is disgusting and Your cold is laughable. Pleasure to join your ranks c:
Cedar Park here. It's coming down! 183 was a nightmare. Neighborhood kids are losing their minds.
Aw shit. Bummer man. Luckily my wife just came home.
Yup. I didn't think it was gonna stick but so far so good. Looking at the radar, it's gonna be like this for awhile? Wew