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post #63691 of 73270
2/20/13 at 6:21am
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Originally Posted by FillW View Post

 They have them all around where I live now.

 I feel the same way about a BBQ place in Omaha, Nebraska. biggrin.gif

Yes, there are a few BBQ places that I crave on a regular basis.
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Originally Posted by capnwes View Post

Well, let me know your preferred sauces and I will see what I can do. I love the Polynesian sauce.

The one I always go for just says "Chick-Fil-A Sauce." It's some sort of tangy/creamy mustard. If you ever make it up there, you know you can expect something in return biggrin.gif
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post #63692 of 73270
2/20/13 at 6:48am
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Originally Posted by Dewi View Post


I think every Waffle House is a total dive. They just don't seem right if they're not.

"Cool Story, Bro" Time:
I went to Georgia Tech, started in 2005, got out in 2009. Yeah, that's right. 4 years for one of, if not the, best engineering degree you can get in my field. Come at me. Anyway, when I was there, there were two Waffle Houses that we'd go to: the one at Howell Mill and Defoors near Ghetto Kroger, and the one behind the strip club at Northside and 75. Guess which one had better people watching, and guess which one we usually went to. I've watched security guards taser each in the middle of an overnight shift, while eating the best drunk food you can possible consume outside of a tacqueria or curry stand. So naturally, they open a Waffle House in Tech Square the year after I graduate. ffffuuuu.gif

On thread topic: nice hauls you guys. Put me to shame. I am terrible at the thrifting.


The Tech Square WH is so nice and clean (relatively speaking, of course) that it doesn't even feel like a Waffle House.

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post #63693 of 73270
2/20/13 at 6:48am

First time I have found a "shell weave" tweed...and I like it!

 

 

 

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post #63694 of 73270
2/20/13 at 6:50am
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Originally Posted by HansderHund View Post


Yes, there are a few BBQ places that I crave on a regular basis.
The one I always go for just says "Chick-Fil-A Sauce." It's some sort of tangy/creamy mustard. If you ever make it up there, you know you can expect something in return biggrin.gif

 

http://www.stockpilingmoms.com/2012/05/pinterest-daily-pin-copy-cat-chick-fil-a-sauce/

 

Mayo

mustard

lemon juice

honey

BBQ sauce

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post #63695 of 73270
2/20/13 at 6:53am
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Originally Posted by ATLjon View Post


The Tech Square WH is so nice and clean (relatively speaking, of course) that it doesn't even feel like a Waffle House.

It's not a real Waffle House until the floor is sticky and the grease has had a chance to build up and age.

Just don't ask why the floor is sticky.
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post #63696 of 73270
2/20/13 at 7:06am
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Originally Posted by capnwes View Post

First time I have found a "shell weave" tweed...and I like it!




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That's really neat! I've never seen anything like that either. Also, shout to Joshmick for hooking me up with a sweet PRL fair isle sweater vest in a trade. Thing is tits! Hand knit camel hair, wool and lambs wool. I passed one up at the Marshall's a couple months ago for $50 and I've been kicking myself ever since. I've also been checking the vest sections of the thrifts religiously in hopes of finding one. So naturally, literally the morning we made the trade, I found one. No maker tag, and made in Hong Kong but 100% wool and in a pretty neat pattern in my opinion. But one can never really have too many of these sorts of things, can one?
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post #63697 of 73270
2/20/13 at 7:09am
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Originally Posted by eazye View Post


That's really neat! I've never seen anything like that either. 

Well I knew it existed....just had been a personal goal to find one. Still looking for a diamond weave...the last one in the guide I haven't yet found.

 

 

 

A Guide to Weaves and Designs (2).pdf 2,226k .pdf file
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post #63698 of 73270
2/20/13 at 7:10am
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Originally Posted by capnwes View Post

First time I have found a "shell weave" tweed...and I like it!




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I like that fabric, Cap. If I'd just seen the closeup and not the full shot, I'd have guessed it was 20s-40s vintage, not '70s. Interesting weaves like diamonds and such were common before the war, but fabric patterns and colors got a lot more standardized, with fewer options, in the latter half of the 20th century.

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Originally Posted by Dewi View Post

...there were two Waffle Houses that we'd go to: the one at Howell Mill and Defoors near Ghetto Kroger...

I guess everyone everywhere has insulting pet names for their local Kroger stores. The one nearest me is known by everyone in the city as The Dirty Kroger, and there's another one I've heard called KroGhetto.
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post #63699 of 73270
2/20/13 at 7:10am
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Originally Posted by Dewi View Post

It's not a real Waffle House until the floor is sticky and the grease has had a chance to build up and age.

Just don't ask why the floor is sticky.

 

Why the floor is sticky, Fig. 1

 

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post #63700 of 73270
2/20/13 at 7:21am
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Originally Posted by Orgetorix View Post

I guess everyone everywhere has insulting pet names for their local Kroger stores. The one nearest me is known by everyone in the city as The Dirty Kroger, and there's another one I've heard called KroGhetto.

We have Ghetto Kroger, Murder Kroger (name is earned and deserved), we used to have Disco Kroger, and what I called Forgotten Kroger, as it was just a couple blocks away from Whole Foods in the loadedest part of town.
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post #63701 of 73270
2/20/13 at 7:29am
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Originally Posted by Dewi View Post


We have Ghetto Kroger, Murder Kroger (name is earned and deserved), we used to have Disco Kroger, and what I called Forgotten Kroger, as it was just a couple blocks away from Whole Foods in the loadedest part of town.


 

Some highlights:

 

"It's a good place to go if you want to buy crack, but if you go there for groceries, you may never come back."

 

"It's the worst place to shop in all of Atlanta, you could lose your life over a 12-pack of Fanta."

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post #63702 of 73270
2/20/13 at 7:30am
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Originally Posted by SpooPoker View Post


last january

you should DEFO go. No thrifting in the Bahamas (to keep relevant to thread lol) but tourney, cash game all night, beach all day, tourney, repeat. in January. Amazing, would do it again. The cash games were incredible - if you think that Foxwoods or Mohegan is filled with donation stations on a weekend, the Bahamas was just a table full of ATMs. Checkraise all night long and strut out pockets full. Was beautiful. Though I did get burned by a chinese businessman on a check raise, me A9os, flop was 9 K 5 rainbow. 1/5 NL table, pot was maybe 100 pre flop. He bets 50, I know hes not holding a K. I reraise 375, he literally thinks about it for 15 minutes. Calls his all in and shows A5os. Turn was an A, river a 5. Motherfuck. Still bitter.

 

Seems like an excessive raise size, he probably thought it looked weak. biggrin.gif His play obviously didnt cover him in glory either...

 

Poker is also my first love, I actually found this place from one of the big poker forums which is my usual "hangout". Still haven't made it to Mohegun or FWs, mostly host and play in a few home games around the area.

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post #63703 of 73270
2/20/13 at 7:43am
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Originally Posted by Aidan K View Post

 

Seems like an excessive raise size, he probably thought it looked weak. biggrin.gif His play obviously didnt cover him in glory either...

 

Poker is also my first love, I actually found this place from one of the big poker forums which is my usual "hangout". Still haven't made it to Mohegun or FWs, mostly host and play in a few home games around the area.

2p2? 

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post #63704 of 73270
2/20/13 at 7:46am

sup bro

 

which is to say yes. though i havent posted in or read a poker thread in several years, mostly just post in the sports threads

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post #63705 of 73270
2/20/13 at 8:22am
Thrift fit for today:
Vintage tweed from the Capt'
PRL fair isle vest from joshmick
Lorenzini for PRL pink and white striped shirt
unlined vintage wool tie by Mansure and Prettyman
Levis cords (not thrifted)
AE Daltons (ebay but paid for with thrift money)
AppleMark
AppleMark
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