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Addison is the definition of a place that is just kinda there.
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Dallas is to the United States as Addison is to Dallas
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May 13, 2017 23:16
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I live in Far North Dallas very near Addison. I imagine it has a strong appeal for a certain kind of person who enjoys a certain lifestyle. It doesn't do much for me other than the occasional happy hour with work friends which I rarely do more than once a month. 
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May 14, 2017 01:54
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At least it isn't uptown.
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May 14, 2017 04:06
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is Addison Austin's Rollingwood or The Domain or both
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May 14, 2017 05:13
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shops at legacy is the domain addison is this weird amalgam of urban downtown and suburban sprawl-- there are some high rises, concentrated around the highways, but there are also strip malls with humongous parking lots with not that big a nightlife Watermelon Daiquiri fucked around with this message at 06:05 on May 14, 2017 |
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May 14, 2017 06:02
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Do people actually live in Addison, or is it just an endless strip of restaurants and traffic?
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May 14, 2017 06:45
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Nobody actually lives in Dallas. It's just restaurants and traffic. Where everyone is going (besides to restaurants) I have no idea.
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May 14, 2017 06:51
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litany of gulps posted:Do people actually live in Addison, or is it just an endless strip of restaurants and traffic? Wikipedia posted:Today, Addison is the result of explosive growth of business since the 1980s. Though Addison has only slightly over 13,000 residents, daytime population is estimated at over 100,000. I don't know where those 13k residents are hiding but otherwise that quote seems accurate.
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May 14, 2017 06:58
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holy gently caress that's way worse than i expected haha texas guangdong
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May 14, 2017 07:28
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FBS posted:I don't know where those 13k residents are hiding but otherwise that quote seems accurate. My dad lived in Addison for a few years after divorcing my mom, in this little condo complex. He loved it because "everyone in Addison is single. In fact, there are no families with kids. We don't even pay school taxes because there aren't enough kids living here for us to be in DSID."
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May 14, 2017 08:40
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Aliquid posted:holy gently caress that's way worse than i expected If you're a certain type of white suburbanite, Addison does offer a lot. They have beerfests and weird cultural events that only suburban white people would attend. They do actually have some living space, mostly "luxury" apartments. If you eat out a lot, Addison is perfect.
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May 14, 2017 09:45
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https://twitter.com/amanbatheja/status/864180306634575873
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May 15, 2017 21:03
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So at what point is it okay to just off someone for poo poo like this.
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May 15, 2017 21:05
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That's messed up. Usually I would doubt their ability to just have a warning removed from a poison like that, but in Trump's America, I don't know anymore.
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May 15, 2017 21:14
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ReidRansom posted:That's messed up. All it takes is some cattle to die and the stuff will get pulled from the market so fast.
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May 15, 2017 21:18
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It sounds like the proposal is pretty much dead at this point, reading further into the article. But Sid Miller is loving horrible.
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May 15, 2017 22:12
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https://twitter.com/alexazura/status/864233539579105287 What is wrong with these people
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May 15, 2017 22:52
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Badger of Basra posted:https://twitter.com/alexazura/status/864233539579105287 I think it's the cedar.
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May 15, 2017 22:59
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Badger of Basra posted:https://twitter.com/alexazura/status/864233539579105287 Wacky, what's next, a murderer who thinks murder is a sin? Only atheism and religious fundamentalism are sound foundations for an ethical system. Number Ten Cocks fucked around with this message at 23:55 on May 15, 2017 |
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May 15, 2017 23:03
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I do not want to play Sid Miller's Civilization. 
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May 15, 2017 23:23
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So apparently over the weekend the freedom nutters in the house had enough of their pet priorities not getting voted on (guns, abortion, and taxes of course) and decided to skip the hostage taking and instead just execute as many bills as they could. https://twitter.com/MorganSmith/status/862831913542799361 The tribune seems to feel that they might have killed enough important stuff to force a special session. Shifty Pony fucked around with this message at 00:55 on May 16, 2017 |
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May 16, 2017 00:52
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Shifty Pony posted:So apparently over the weekend the freedom nutters in the house had enough of their pet priorities not getting voted on (guns, abortion, and taxes of course) and decided to skip the hostage taking and instead just execute as many bills as they could. Important to note that these were bills on the Local & Consent calendar which means noncontroversial bills bracketed to certain cities or communities and bills that everyone agreed before hand to quickly pass with no issues (including those freedom caucus idiots in committee votes on a lot of those). So it's not like a lot of this is really, super important, they just decided to be super petty because they are sore losers. Opinions around my office and among the stakeholder groups I deal with are split on whether or not there will be a special session, but if we get one it's entirely due to the freedom caucus being stupid obstructionist morons in one way or another. Nancy fucked around with this message at 01:34 on May 16, 2017 |
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May 16, 2017 01:32
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I'm pretty sure the sunset bill was killed, which includes txdot and the state bar. That would be bad for people who like roads or lawyers. Or, if you're like me - a literal highway lawyer, really bad.
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May 16, 2017 02:20
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:I'm pretty sure the sunset bill was killed, which includes txdot and the state bar. That would be bad for people who like roads or lawyers. Or, if you're like me - a literal highway lawyer, really bad. How hard is it to pass the BAR as a highway?
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May 16, 2017 02:23
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:I'm pretty sure the sunset bill was killed, which includes txdot and the state bar. That would be bad for people who like roads or lawyers. Or, if you're like me - a literal highway lawyer, really bad. There are separate Sunset bills for each agency and they all have Senate companions - the State Bar is SB 302 and TxDOT is SB 312.. Also, Sunset bills generally don't get set on an L&C Calendar because people want to discuss and propose amendments. I don't see anything super huge on the L&C Calendar from 5/12, which are the bills referenced in the article, but certainly a lot of issues people wanted to pass. What's kind of funny is that the Freedom Caucus actually left HB 4072 off their notice list on Thurs night 5/11, so if someone had bothered to care about a Dukes bill, one of the L&C bills maybe could've passed.  edit: links Nancy fucked around with this message at 03:25 on May 16, 2017 |
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May 16, 2017 03:21
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Welp I guess there's going to be a new opening for the incumbent Democrat seat for state Senator in San Antonio: https://www.texastribune.org/2017/05/16/texas-sen-carlos-uresti-indicted-fraud-charges/ District 19 covers a massive amount of West Texas holy poo poo. Also a chunk of southern San Antonio and a north west corner of it as well. What are some decent options to replace him?? Jiro fucked around with this message at 01:22 on May 17, 2017 |
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May 16, 2017 23:48
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Jiro posted:Welp I guess there's going to be a new opening for the incumbent Democrat seat for state Senator in San Antonio: Congrats to...Julián Castro? LVP? TMF? Uresti wouldn't have been up for reelection until 2020. Lol if he decides to pull a Dukes and not resign.
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May 16, 2017 23:53
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:I'm pretty sure the sunset bill was killed, which includes txdot and the state bar. That would be bad for people who like roads or lawyers. Or, if you're like me - a literal highway lawyer, really bad. Good thing our company has moved away from direct TxDot work! 
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May 17, 2017 00:45
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GreyjoyBastard posted:Good thing our company has moved away from direct TxDot work! I work them very closely.
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May 17, 2017 01:01
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Jiro posted:Welp I guess there's going to be a new opening for the incumbent Democrat seat for state Senator in San Antonio: So he is accused of the exact same poo poo Ken Paxton is, but it is somehow not politically motivated since he has a D next to his name?
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May 17, 2017 01:39
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Spaced God posted:How hard is it to pass the BAR as a highway? Ain't no rule saying a highway can't be a lawyer.
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May 17, 2017 01:43
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So Patrick's grandstanding today pretty much saying that he's going to force a special session by holding a Sunset clean-up bill hostage unless the House passes SB 6 or similar dumbass bathroom legislation and SB 2 on property tax reform. This has been one of the most frustrating Sessions for me to work because of this ongoing shitfight between Patrick and Straus; gonna be way mad if Patrick follows through on his threats and pushes my R&R another month away.
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May 17, 2017 19:36
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:I'm pretty sure the sunset bill was killed, which includes txdot and the state bar. That would be bad for people who like roads or lawyers. Or, if you're like me - a literal highway lawyer, really bad. Those are also two reeeeallly loving big clients of ours and my company desperately needs those two organizations in particular to be flush with cash so they can keep spending it with us during their interminable conferences. But no government spending is just throwing money in the trash, what's a million bucks of annual revenue lost to a Texas business, right? 
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May 17, 2017 19:47
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I want the government to spend more and more money please.
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May 17, 2017 20:12
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So the Texas Tribune has article about Paxton holding Congress hostage; he's not going to allow votes on the budget or sunset legislation until the House passes the bathroom bill and local tax hikes being voted on. I look forward to my state loosing millions in tourism and conventions because of an ignorant bill defining where people can take a piss.
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May 17, 2017 20:19
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Willie Tomg posted:Those are also two reeeeallly loving big clients of ours and my company desperately needs those two organizations in particular to be flush with cash so they can keep spending it with us during their interminable conferences. As I noted above, there are Senate companions to all Sunset bills, no Sunset bills were killed when the Freedom Caucus nixed/stalled the House calendars on 5/11 and 5/12. radical meme posted:So the Texas Tribune has article about Paxton holding Congress hostage; he's not going to allow votes on the budget or sunset legislation until the House passes the bathroom bill and local tax hikes being voted on. I look forward to my state loosing millions in tourism and conventions because of an ignorant bill defining where people can take a piss. Hey, Patrick said he would also accept the House passing "similar" legislation to the bathroom bill, AKA the "compromise" bill HB 2899 which preempts and eliminates all city protections for gender identity and sexual orientation statewide. (Also, while our AG Ken Paxton is also a huge moron, Lt Gov Dan Patrick is the moron in question trying to coerce the House) Nancy fucked around with this message at 21:14 on May 17, 2017 |
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May 17, 2017 20:54
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gently caress. Looks like Uber got their bill through both chambers.
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May 17, 2017 22:25
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Shifty Pony posted:gently caress. Looks like Uber got their bill through both chambers. Yup, no Senate amendments for the House to dispute either so it's going straight to the Governor's desk. Seems like Uber found the proper avenue to pile all their lobbying money into.
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Well uber did get hosed in Europe in that they were classified as a taxi company and not a tech one. Plus their is that lawsuit with Google that is it going on their way either. So they are not exactly getting everything they want.
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