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blugu64: Jul 17, 2006; Do you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous communist plot we have ever had to face?

I miss when the Aggie band and fake army would march on the capitol/Austin every thanksgivings. It was truly a better time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwn_BRYF1qI

blugu64 fucked around with this message at 14:13 on Mar 14, 2017

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blugu64: Jul 17, 2006; Do you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous communist plot we have ever had to face?

I mean growing up with it, you'd see it on every year and think: "maybe this is the year is when they're going to attempt a coup"

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wuffles: Apr 10, 2004

Denton was both better and worse before all the development

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RoboFrance_29: Jul 15, 2010; GET EQUIPPED

Are people still mad at Jason Lee for having the audacity to move there?

# ? Mar 14, 2017 17:51

George H.W. Cunt: Oct 6, 2010

Lollin at the north east getting hosed up by blizzards

# ? Mar 15, 2017 15:34

Les Os: Mar 29, 2010

RoboFrance_29 posted:

Are people still mad at Jason Lee for having the audacity to move there?

Scientologists should stick to California and boats imo

# ? Mar 15, 2017 15:42

texaholic: Sep 16, 2007; Well it's floodin' down in Texas
All of the telephone lines are down

George H.W. oval office posted:

Lollin at the north east getting hosed up by blizzards

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whoflungpoop: Sep 9, 2004; With you and the constellations

skies are clear temp is perfect and im going to the waterpark have fun in yalls igloos NE its spring breeeeak :mamacita:

# ? Mar 15, 2017 17:38

wuffles: Apr 10, 2004

RoboFrance_29 posted:

Are people still mad at Jason Lee for having the audacity to move there?

I remember that and maybe I dunno, I gave up on life and moved to Frisco. I only end up in Denton occasionally these days, I but I think I was more irritated that they bulldozed the Tomato then let the ground sit barren for like 6 years before building a chipotle.

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Bodyholes: Jun 30, 2005

George H.W. oval office posted:

Lollin at the north east getting hosed up by blizzards

turns out all the forecasts that there would be a blizzard were fake news

it ended up being a normal-ish snowstorm

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BrutalistMcDonalds: Oct 4, 2012; Lipstick Apathy

Recycled Books in Denton owns

# ? Mar 15, 2017 22:25

blugu64: Jul 17, 2006; Do you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous communist plot we have ever had to face?

Bodyholes posted:

it ended up being a normal-ish snowstorm

Sounds like a blizzard to me

# ? Mar 15, 2017 22:28

BrutalistMcDonalds: Oct 4, 2012; Lipstick Apathy

RoboFrance_29 posted:

Are people still mad at Jason Lee for having the audacity to move there?

There's a weird thing with Denton people in that half the town seems to think that any given establishment is owned or somehow connected to Jason Lee. But I have never seen him and can only confirm he owns a house and one-fifth of a gastropub. I think Dentonites are perpetually bored and need something to talk about.

If he wants to hang out or something then that'd be cool but I'm pretty meh on the whole situation

Also King Diamond lives in Frisco

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8szOKn0bSFQ

# ? Mar 15, 2017 22:34

BrutalistMcDonalds: Oct 4, 2012; Lipstick Apathy

Motherfuckers need a hobby

# ? Mar 15, 2017 22:37

texaholic: Sep 16, 2007; Well it's floodin' down in Texas
All of the telephone lines are down

Is lake Lewisville still the most dangerous lake in Texas? Too many drunks and alligator gars.

# ? Mar 15, 2017 23:06

BrutalistMcDonalds: Oct 4, 2012; Lipstick Apathy

texaholic posted:

Is lake Lewisville still the most dangerous lake in Texas? Too many drunks and alligator gars.

I don't know but the Lake Lewisville dam is probably the most dangerous dam in Texas.

BrutalistMcDonalds fucked around with this message at 02:08 on Mar 16, 2017

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wuffles: Apr 10, 2004

texaholic posted:

Is lake Lewisville still the most dangerous lake in Texas? Too many drunks and alligator gars.

I've spent a significant amount of time on a number of Texas waterways and I'm going to say yes except for there are no Alligator Gar in Lake Lewisville--and actually no one has ever been killed by an Alligator Gar ever we just killed the gently caress out of those dinosaur-fish because they're big and look scary:

Not enough make it to that size any more

People even kill their smaller cousins (long nose and spotted gar, which are in this area) because they either think they're "trash fish" and kill the oh-so-precious large mouth bass or mistake them for Alligator Gar. I've walked along small streams in this area and seen 50+ killed and discarded along the bank in a stretch of less than 100ft. A living fossil treated like refuse.

There are, however, actual alligators in Lake Lewisville around the Hickory Creek tributary--but they haven't killed anyone yet either.

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/9-Foot-Alligator-Found-Near-Lake-Lewisville-307672481.html

This is the first dumbass to die of an alligator attack in Texas in almost 180 years (fuckin' Missouri):

quote:

More details emerged over the weekend. The last words of the victim, Tommie Woodward, a shipyard worker transplanted from Pacific, Missouri, are for the ages, a situation-specific variation of the punchline �Hold my beer and watch this�:

Employees at the marina had erected the sign in recent days after spotting a �pretty drat big� 11-foot alligator in the area, Orange County Police Captain Robert Enmon told BuzzFeed News.

A woman with Woodward warned him not to enter the water because of the risk, prompting him to reply �F*** that alligator,� Enmon said.

Just before he jumped in, the woman spotted the gator, Enmon said. Woodward was attacked almost immediately.

Police have not yet determined if alcohol played a factor.

...

http://www.texasmonthly.com/the-daily-post/texas-gator-kills-man-in-orange-ending-a-179-year-streak/

What kills people on Lake Lewisville is a combination of: alcohol, boats, and the inability to swim for a lot of the people partaking in the 2 former activities. It's really the most dangerous lake in Texas because of

Wikkheiser posted:

I don't know but the Lake Lewisville dam is probably the most dangerous dam in Texas.

quote:

The federal government concluded in 2005 that the Lewisville Lake dam posed an "unacceptable risk." Nearly a dozen years later, safety improvements for that 61-year-old dam upstream from Dallas are just months away from being finalized.

...

Last year, corps staffers discovered a sand boil � a swirling whirlpool outside the dam � that could have led to the dam's failure, but did not.

...

The corps has estimated that dam failure would put 431,000 people in harm's way and cover downtown Dallas in about 50 feet of water.

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/environment/2016/11/23/feds-closer-fixing-issues-made-lewisville-lake-dam-unacceptable-risk

That's crazy when you think about how far downstream downtown Dallas is from Lewisville Lake, but don't worry guys, the necessary repairs MIGHT be complete by 2023! :stonklol:

# ? Mar 16, 2017 17:15

RoboFrance_29: Jul 15, 2010; GET EQUIPPED

Wikkheiser posted:

There's a weird thing with Denton people in that half the town seems to think that any given establishment is owned or somehow connected to Jason Lee. But I have never seen him and can only confirm he owns a house and one-fifth of a gastropub. I think Dentonites are perpetually bored and need something to talk about.

If he wants to hang out or something then that'd be cool but I'm pretty meh on the whole situation

Also King Diamond lives in Frisco

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8szOKn0bSFQ

My fiance's sister works at the midway crafthouse and said he came in one day to fill a growler & seemed like a chill person. I also have never seen him around and am not bothered by some famous dude living here.

Also, that is :rock:

about king diamond, gently caress yeahhhh

# ? Mar 16, 2017 17:39

wuffles: Apr 10, 2004

but Frisco is probably the least-metal place ever :confused:

also they did end up hunting down and ~~killing~~ poaching that gator instead of properly immortalizing it in bronze like Balto

# ? Mar 16, 2017 17:57

The Skeleton King: Jul 16, 2011; Right now undead are at the top of my shit list. Undead are complete fuckers. Those geists are fuckers. Necromancers are fuckers. Necrosavants are big time fuckers. Skeletons aren't too bad except when they bleed everyone in the company. Zombos are at least not too bad.