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Heading there as well for the first time with a group. We have an Airbnb in Louisville and a van lined up to drive us around both days. We are in a Clubhouse Box section. Supposedly our seats include food and booze - they better based on the price of each seat and also the drink pricelist posted earlier!

My buddy is an investor in Sandman, so I'll have to place a wager on him, although the 17 post position is a bad omen. Except they really want him to run on edge of the pack so he can close, so maybe just maybe.....

re: Dining recs for solo Vegas trip?

Posted by MAROON on 4/25/25 at 2:07 pm
I would say hit up happy hour at Herbs & Rye (off the strip) - very good food (1/2 off steaks during happy hour) and stout drinks. But only if you can sit at the bar or in the booths next to the bar. In the back room sitting in the dark by yourself would feel a bit lonely.

Otherwise, I would find one of the restaurants mentioned and sit at the bar and talk to the hookers while you eat.
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Are you pissed because he left or are you pissed because of the way he left right after the CWS?


It's the way he left. Actively recruiting players from A&M while he was still on our payroll. It's one of the reasons A&M told him to pound sand when he had the gall to ask for his World Series bonus after he had left - he was in breach of contract.

He's a great coach. All evidence points that he not a great person.
Billy Ray?!?!?

that means I actually had a chance with her and didn't even realize it!

re: Cheap Trick

Posted by MAROON on 4/21/25 at 3:09 pm
My first concert. They opened for Foreigner at The Summit in Houston in 1978

re: Films about Animals ?

Posted by MAROON on 4/17/25 at 10:29 am
Seabiscuit
Secretariat
Paddington - all of them.
Kung Fu Panda
Fantastic Mr Fox
Babe
Snakes on the Plane
Air Bud
The Black Stallion
1010 Dalmatians

re: High end cars that are ugly…

Posted by MAROON on 4/16/25 at 5:31 pm
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You want to see high-end ugly, take a look at the Bentley line-up.


to each his own. I think Bentleys are bad arse looking.
they don't call the main rotor retaining nut that holds the blades on the "Jesus nut" for nothing.
possibly the weirdest state in the Union.
more likely that Bieber and Styles banged each other, while Taylor watched from a safe distance.
Typically two, but I’ve been hooking the crap out of my driver lately. Lots of issues not the least of which is flipping my wrist, as well as a reverse weight shift, too much inside to out swing. Yesterday went to a weak grip and more straight club path - hit a lot more fairways
as someone who grew up on UH basketball and loves that program - just no.

If Hoss Brock the old Cotton Bowl chairman were still around he would give you an earful.

When asked if the Cotton Bowl was excited that UH was coming to Dallas Cotton Bowl for the first time, Brock was quoted as saying the merchants were not too excited because "“Damn it, half of these (Houston) people will come up here and eat at the 7-Eleven store, and the other half will be trying to hold it up,”

re: DWI tests

Posted by MAROON on 4/7/25 at 10:38 am
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The horizontal gaze nystagmus eye test is what you can’t pass if you have been drinking.


lots of false positives with that test. My eyes have natural nystagmus - so much that my optometrist wrote it in my charts years ago. She told me about it and said if I ever failed the eye test to have my attorney call her to prove it. Now I don't drive drunk, but I've got that going for me which is nice....

re: The residence, on Netflix

Posted by MAROON on 4/4/25 at 10:47 am
love it so far.

Hilarious show - great writing and great acting.
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Germany is younger than the United States


as are the majority of countries (current borders) in Europe. Italy is one that will win you a bar bet every time.
charges stem from him being a born-again Christian....nothing more and nothing less.
ICU sometimes has a decent team. Beat Rice, UTSA, and Texas State this season, but have lost to a bunch of bad teams in conference. Guys padded their stats I guess

re: Maryland > A&M

Posted by MAROON on 4/1/25 at 2:25 pm
I'm betting Maryland has bigger NIL for basketball. They have much higher attendance at games. That has to translate to some more NIL from their "fans".