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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Possible WW3 thread
« on: April 14, 2024, 07:48:11 PM »
it's pretty cool that sa and jordan helped shoot down the iranian attack.
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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: The Royals
« on: April 13, 2024, 09:00:38 PM »
good to see order restored.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: travel thread
« on: April 13, 2024, 08:55:47 PM »
running into the tail end of the season, but you should still be able to get some calcots in barcelona. i envy you that.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: travel thread
« on: April 13, 2024, 08:53:52 PM »
i'm a little unsure i can properly take into consideration your preferences and conditions, because they seem pretty violently different than my own. i've moved around frequently on vacations before and enjoyed it, but i much prefer to spend longer in one place. if i had 16 days, i'd say to spend it one city. don't waste your time moving around.
that said, if you are going to move around more i have thoughts on some possible cities within your area.
france.
lyon is really cool.
i was there a long time ago, but i also recommend grenoble. especially if you can get out into the mountains, but also even if you can't. kinda could fit logistically with your time in switzerland.
italy.
rome is unmissable. my wife and i were just back there this spring and although it was pretty changed from how i still remember it from 25 years ago, it's amazing as simultaneously a tremendously provincial city and also the capital of the italy and (still in some ways) the world. i'm an atheist and this last time there, i found the overtly catholic nature of the city pretty moving and the roman era ruins literally everywhere and usually all but ignored as commonplace to be as evocative and charming as ever.
florence isn't overrated.
naples is great.
bologna is fun.
venice is a bit of a disneyland, but it's also unique.
spain.
don't hesitate to hit pretty much any spanish city or town of any size. hard to go wrong. not getting bombed to crap in ww2 is a big advantage.
i could easily spend two weeks in madrid and wish for more time.
barcelona i thought was a bit overrated, but it has a nice vibe.
valencia is less touristy barcelona.
santiago is pretty and also has a nice vibe.
i can't not recommend granada (where i went to school). great town and i can tell you where to eat.
that said, if you are going to move around more i have thoughts on some possible cities within your area.
france.
lyon is really cool.
i was there a long time ago, but i also recommend grenoble. especially if you can get out into the mountains, but also even if you can't. kinda could fit logistically with your time in switzerland.
italy.
rome is unmissable. my wife and i were just back there this spring and although it was pretty changed from how i still remember it from 25 years ago, it's amazing as simultaneously a tremendously provincial city and also the capital of the italy and (still in some ways) the world. i'm an atheist and this last time there, i found the overtly catholic nature of the city pretty moving and the roman era ruins literally everywhere and usually all but ignored as commonplace to be as evocative and charming as ever.
florence isn't overrated.
naples is great.
bologna is fun.
venice is a bit of a disneyland, but it's also unique.
spain.
don't hesitate to hit pretty much any spanish city or town of any size. hard to go wrong. not getting bombed to crap in ww2 is a big advantage.
i could easily spend two weeks in madrid and wish for more time.
barcelona i thought was a bit overrated, but it has a nice vibe.
valencia is less touristy barcelona.
santiago is pretty and also has a nice vibe.
i can't not recommend granada (where i went to school). great town and i can tell you where to eat.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: TexAgs politics board gems thread
« on: April 13, 2024, 12:32:22 AM »Like I, me personally, I paid more in taxes than Jeff bezos, Elon musk, and Bill Gates combined.
what an insane thing to believe.
When you have a moment to take a break from your perpetual boot licking, you should consider reading the Panama papers.
But please, explain to me in what way the ultrawealthy come even remotely close to paying their fair share
what constitutes someone's fair share is subjective, but what you've paid in taxes is not, and it is objectively funny that your understanding of the world is so inaccurate that you could genuinely entertain the possibility that the sum you've paid in taxes is greater than the sum bezos, musk and gates have paid in taxes.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: TexAgs politics board gems thread
« on: April 12, 2024, 11:36:30 PM »Like I, me personally, I paid more in taxes than Jeff bezos, Elon musk, and Bill Gates combined.
what an insane thing to believe.
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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: The Royals
« on: April 11, 2024, 07:30:33 PM »
death, taxes and beating the everloving eff out of the astros.
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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: The Royals
« on: April 11, 2024, 12:25:40 AM »
if anyone can figure out how witt jr can be the fastest* player in baseball and also run around on his tiptoes looking all weird, please post the explanation here.
* maybe, who knows. but did you see him get to the grounder last night in the 10th?
* maybe, who knows. but did you see him get to the grounder last night in the 10th?
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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: The Royals
« on: April 11, 2024, 12:21:38 AM »
the satisfaction delta between when you got a team and when you don't in mlb is ridiculous.
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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: The Royals
« on: April 09, 2024, 09:46:20 PM »
winners get winningier.
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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: The Royals
« on: April 07, 2024, 09:38:41 PM »
we won our first nine game pod. 1-0, baby.
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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: The Royals
« on: April 07, 2024, 06:43:59 PM »
they said it couldn't be done, but here we are (over .500).
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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: 2024 NCAA Tournament Thread
« on: April 06, 2024, 10:07:47 PM »
what a shitty round of games.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: amazing animal stories thread (post your own)
« on: April 02, 2024, 01:35:12 AM »
can't wait till wichita throws cheyenne from the nest.
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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: 2024 NCAA Tournament Thread
« on: March 31, 2024, 06:09:40 PM »
below .500 in conference and about to go 9-0 in postseason elimination games. ridiculous.
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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: 2024 NCAA Tournament Thread
« on: March 31, 2024, 06:00:28 PM »
let's go wolves.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Thread for when someone on the other side does something good
« on: March 29, 2024, 11:19:26 PM »This seems
A) small and
B) not new
fascinating argument. a crime that is rare and not new should not be a crime. so murder is legalized under this theory, what else?
I don't understand why it's the new anti-woke thing
because there are people on the woke side that have so destroyed their brains that they'll defend it.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Thread for when someone on the other side does something good
« on: March 29, 2024, 11:11:08 PM »But like, what is the dollar impact of those assholes annually?
who gives a crap?
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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: 2024 NCAA Tournament Thread
« on: March 29, 2024, 11:08:58 PM »
brutal tournament for the big 12 this year.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Thread for when someone on the other side does something good
« on: March 29, 2024, 10:14:17 PM »
i mean, these are in the news because in some states, it doesn't. your house is vacant and some bad person breaks in, claims he has a lease and you're mumped. it takes months to evict them.
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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: 2024 NCAA Tournament Thread
« on: March 29, 2024, 09:03:24 PM »
it would be good if nc state advanced and at the same time unc and duke lost.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Thread for when someone on the other side does something good
« on: March 29, 2024, 08:55:59 PM »
you should probably have to call the cops first but if they refuse to help you, you should be able to shoot someone squatting on your property. there's no way to accidentally squat, it's a very deliberate crime.