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honestly, I'm not sure we own paper plates. Will need to go searching in the pantry when I get home.

We have probably five different sets of plates, plus my wife bought fancy plastic plates for summer cookouts.

Everyone can do what they want though. I don't care. If you invite me over and y

re: ENDEAVOUR

Posted by MAROON on 2/7/25 at 3:44 pm
great series. It went for nine seasons.

re: Best Covers

Posted by MAROON on 2/6/25 at 2:16 pm
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https://youtu.be/7NYVGLM3DaI




re: Albums with No Throwaway Songs

Posted by MAROON on 2/5/25 at 3:02 pm
The Cars (debut album)
Springsteen - Born to Run
Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Steely Dan - Aja
The Who - Who's Next

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Believe it or not there are actually little Mexican kids in Texas who don't speak Spanish.

my best friend is Hispanic (Mother actually born in Mexico and father in Brownsville), and he only spoke a little bit of Spanish at home. Otherwise, he was not allowed, so he would not have an
USAID has a budget almost double that of freaking NASA. Yes, its small as a percentage. But it's a huge honey pot for politicians, as evidenced by the gnashing of teeth yesterday from all the Dem Senators.

re: Relocating to the Gulf Coast

Posted by MAROON on 1/30/25 at 3:24 pm
Lots of people posting The Woodlands and that is a good choice, but I'll throw out the alternative of Clear Lake or Friendswood. Good schools, close to the water and much closer to Houston area plants you might visit, plus very close to Hobby Airport for Southwest flights.

If you don't have to l

re: Relocating to the Gulf Coast

Posted by MAROON on 1/30/25 at 2:15 pm
will you be flying or driving from this location to work locations and what airlines serve the routes you will take?

where are the majority of the plants?

Number 24 - Netflix

Posted by MAROON on 1/30/25 at 1:26 pm
Norwegian movie about the Norwegian Resistance during Nazi occupation of WW2. Outstanding film. Yes, it's in Norwegian but you can dub in English or have closed caption. Highly recommend this movie - currently sitting at 94% on Rotten tomatoes.
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Hegseth just said the Blackhawk was conducting a routine training mission

I just read that radio communications instructed the helicopter pilot to fly behind the incoming aircraft. He didn't do that. He should have tuned left.


Pretty sure the heli pilot was looking at th

re: Recruiting vs. NIL

Posted by MAROON on 1/30/25 at 11:09 am
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Pretty sure as an international student his legal cap is $10,000. There's a discussion about it on the Hero celebration thread, but it sounds like NIL wasn't the primary driving factor.


Bolded part is gold, pure gold.
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Tom Hanks in The Green Mile and Forrest Gump. Also, whatever he was going for in Elvis. Not sure if you could even call that a southern accent.


well you would be correct since he was playing Colonel Tom Parker who was Dutch (as in born and raised in The Netherlands)
I think my Dad made more in a single year a few times, than I make now - he was 100% commission almost his entire life and had a few big years. But I've made a lot more over the long haul. I'm much better off than he was (my net worth is easily four times what his was when he retired).

Both my

re: 39 years ago today...

Posted by MAROON on 1/28/25 at 10:34 am
First National Bank of Edinburg, Texas. I was auditing them for KPMG. Really tough day as I'm a child of NASA (dad worked there for some time) and I grew up there during the Gemini and Apollo programs. Went to school with astronaut's kids and most of the dads on our street worked at NASA.

re: Los Suenos Costa Rica - Advice?

Posted by MAROON on 1/28/25 at 9:36 am
never ever had an issue flying into or out of Costa Rica.

Los Suenos is great. enjoy the Hook Up bar at the marina. great spot to grab some beers after a long day on the water.


first song that comes to mind when I think of Echo

re: West TX - Road Trip

Posted by MAROON on 1/23/25 at 2:42 pm
Burnt Bean BBQ - Seguin
2M Smokehouse - San Antonio
Pinkerton BBQ - San Antonio