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There are four subvariants of “Mexican” cuisine:
- Mexican (from Mexico)
- Tex-Mex (from Texas)
- Southwestern (epicenter in New Mexico)
- Mexican fast food (Taco Bell, Taco John’s, etc.)

All are good and offer dining experiences appropriate for certain tastes and times. It is vital to understand what cuisine you are getting, because if you are expecting one thing and you get another you might be disappointed and/or injured.

Authentic Mexican food in flavorful but generally not “hot”, the sauces are fantastic. What is referred to in California as “Mexican cuisine” is often exactly that.

Mexican fast food is kind of like denatured Tex-Mex, typically not as hot (wider market) and still flavorful. Convenient, tasty and filling.

Tex-Mex is a little to a lot hotter, and the focus is the meat. Delicious. My general rule has been “Do not eat Tex-Mex outside of Texas” but exceptions are the Uncle Julio’s and Chuy’s chains, who do not nerf the menu for regional sensibilities. Chevy’s in Times Square in NYC has been really good Tex-Mex every time I have been there.

Southwestern food is delicious but can be very hot, to the point that people who are used to Tex-Mex may not enjoy it. The little chili icon 🌶️ on menus is not enough warning for what they consider “hot”, it should come with a consent form and a package of Tucks. Beware.

Your enjoyment of this cuisine will in large part be determined by how well your expectations match your selected dining establishment,

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@Schizointel @EricMertz_KC And nobody mentions that the Biological Weapons Convention was signed in 1969 and yet people were exposed to weaponized smallpox in 1971 and anthrax in 1979 in the USSR.

The Soviets only started building their biological weapons program in earnest in 1969, after signing the BWC.

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@magills_ @redsteeze I Seig what you did there.

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@PnP1996_ @AF_Insight @elonmusk They don’t have anything until they sell their shares.

But yes, financial advice is a good idea.

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Randall’s in Houston broke Boris Yeltsin in 1991. He didn’t collapse in tears or anything, but it put things into focus.

Grocery stores are a fairly easy means of comparison, shopping for food is a common experience and allows a 1:1 comparison.

Viktor Belenko, the Soviet MiG pilot you refer to that defected in 1976, was taken to a clothing store in suburban VA by his CIA handlers because he literally had nothing. He assumed it was part of a CIA operation to impress or deceive him, there was more to choose from than he had ever seen and the store was only “guarded” by a few employees.

We do not grasp that we live in a high-trust, wealthy society because we are used to it. Fish discover water last.

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@japan_nobunaga The Ford F-150 has been the best selling vehicle in the US for 30+ years.

The Chevy Silverado is probably not for behind.

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@alt_w_v_g -Zero buildout.
-30 year lease that can be transferred at a profit if real estate market improves.
-First to show up to sign a long-term lease in a new development, lock in lowest rate. -Arbitrage in case a commercial center becomes popular.

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It’s a multi-sport complex including practice facilities that is used by Prosper HS and likely a bunch of surrounding junior high schools as well.

The tendency in Dallas suburbs is to build one very nice stadium and use it for football, track meets, soccer games, marching band and drill team competitions. It is in use almost continuously during the school year, and they will fill it with paying fans for every home game.

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@noza_0911 My daughter will be teaching high school in that district next year (Prosper ISD).

Prosper was a one-stoplight town in 1990, population was 1,018.

Estimated population in 2023 was 41,660.

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@learning_yohei Both are originally British terms for the same game. Football has become the preferred term over time, but Americand didn’t invent the term ‘soccer’, we just adopted it once we had a different game we called ‘football’.

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@Dan_Agent47 @LeahRay44 She has the genetics, the area we think of as “hillbilly country” is the homeland of the 1700s Scots-Irish diaspora in the United States.

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The southern accent is as close to a rhotic British accent (we say the r’s) as we get in the US. Britain dropped the r’s and went to accents like RP after the Revolutionary War, being out of the Commonwealth we missed the memo. If you wonder what parts of Britain sounded like in the 1700s, other than going to a “Shakespeare Original Pronunciation” production, parts of the American South are pretty close. Slower, and probably a little more slurred, but close.

I would expect British actors to find it easiest to mimic an American Southern accent.

People from other parts of the US often mistake talking slow for thinking slow, to their later chagrin.

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@litcapital You can try, but from the look of things, he doesn’t understand in the first place.

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@yunamorichan Your English is much better than our Japanese.

You will be fine, and a minor celebrity.

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@Talismantradr @FreddyLA7 ‘The First Dance’

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FWIW, DFW is car travel based, there is a light rail (DART) but by and large you will be driving. Dallas and Fort Worth share an airport but they are close to an hour apart or worse by car, depending on traffic. To limit time spent in the car, I would do a day in Fort Worth OR Dallas, but back-and-forth between them sounds more like punishment than a vacation. If you will be home-based in Arlington, you are halfway between D and FW. If you are headed to Frisco, you will be in Way Far North Dallas.

Plenty of good options in either place. For good, reasonably-priced steak, Texas Roadhouse is a good choice. If you want a more expensive steakhouse there are a lot of options — Pappas Bros., Perry’s, III Forks and many others. If you want Tex-Mex, Pappasitos fajitas are an emotional experience, highly recommended. El Fenix is great and I really enjoy Velvet Taco.

It is hot, hydrate and use sunscreen.

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Very much so.

Awesome things:
*Trains in/around DC are actually pretty good.
*The National Mall, Lincoln Memorial to the Capitol Building, with world class museums on the north and south margins of the mall. National Air & Space Museum is a personal favorite.
*Mount Vernon, just outside DC in Virginia. Preserved home & grounds of the first US President, George Washington. Fantastic museum about his life and a beautiful piece of land overlooking the Potomac.

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@TheAdamWaite @Jadestormchase My answer as well, part of a refinery.

Lot of oil in North Dakota, as strange as it may seem.

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@ellalangleymsic @FreddyLA7 @Saints @PelicansNBA Freddy is making Ferris Bueller look like an amateur.

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@JohnPockos @MichaelShanks …by a LARGE number of geeks, of which I am one.