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Time for a nice drive... Tomorrow I'm heading for Missouri, leaving around midnight, to visit my friend Denise's brother. On the way, though, she insists that we stop in Amarillo to have a steak at the Big Texan; she saw that lady eat three 72 oz steaks in 20 minutes, and I think she wants to try it herself. I'll stick with a small ribeye, I think, and maybe a salad.
Any thoughts about what else might be interesting in the Amarillo area? I've never driven through this part of the country before, so have no idea what might be there other than cattle and coyotes.
Will Rogers never met me.
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Big Texan's menu[^] is making me salivate. It's almost 3:00pm here and all I've had all day is a couple of cookies and 2 cups of coffee. Cravin' red meat... I think it's gonna be a nice Southstreet burger + Five Guy's cajun fries + a large (home made) salad for dinner tonight. And possibly a beer. 
/ravi
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We barbequed 16 large ribeyes at the office yesterday, so I have leftovers to gnaw on. The linemen save scrap wire and turn it in for recycling periodically, and we used the proceeds from last week for a major chow-down. Roasted taters covered in onions and cheddar... grilled corn on the cob dripping with melted butter...
Shall I warm you up a slab? Or would you rather have a nice ham sandwich? 
Will Rogers never met me.
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Dang. A large pool of saliva has appeared at my keyboard. That ham sandwich ain't got nothin' on steak. 
/ravi
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Roger Wright wrote: Any thoughts about what else might be interesting in the Amarillo area?
Looks like pretty slim pickings.[^] Wow, what a total lack of culture.
Marc
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Yeah, I can hardly wait to see the RV museum. 
We considered going to the zoo, but if I want to see a jackass, I'll watch C-SPAN for free.
Will Rogers never met me.
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The Cadillac Ranch is worth a photograph. Maybe.
/ravi
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Roger Wright wrote: I can hardly wait to see the RV museum.
Yeah, I can't believe they made a museum of an RV park. WTF?
Roger Wright wrote: if I want to see a jackass, I'll watch C-SPAN for free.
Marc
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...and don't miss the Helium Monument!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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When you're in Mizzou say "Hi" to my sister if you see her - I hear she lives there now. 
Contrary to popular belief, nobody owes you anything.
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Roger Wright wrote: Any thoughts about what else might be interesting in the Amarillo area?
You can make snowmen!!!
I googled map it, and it turns out there was snow on the day the google team passed by.
Google map[^]
I'd rather be phishing!
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Lived in Texas for the first 20 years of my life but never had the reason to drive that far north into the panhandle. Unfortunately that is most of what I remember about Amarillo and the panhandle, no reason to drive that far. Detouring to somewhere with a decent population density (DFW) would take you quite the ways off your route.
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I love starting a rode trip at night or early morning, when there is no light and then seeing the sun come up. On a sunny day, it can be quite awesome.
Have fun and be safe.
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Just a warning, the Big Texan is a rather unique place to visit, but the food is terrible and the wait staff can be less than friendly at times. I'd recommend Coyote Bluff if you are looking for something out of the ordinary. The atmosphere is great, the food is decent, and it was visited by the Man Vs. Food crew awhile back, so it is also semi-famous.
Other attractions would be Cadillac Ranch (bring a couple cans of spray paint and some mud boots), the American Quarter Horse Museum, Amarillo Museum of Art, and Palo Duro Canyon (they have a zip-line that is pretty fun if you are into that sort of thing).
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Thanks! I'll mention that to her, but once her mind's set there's no shiftin' it.
Baja Oklahoma, here we come...
Will Rogers never met me.
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Roger Wright wrote: have no idea what might be there other than cattle and coyotes
Armadillos 
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha
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Lots and lots of horizon. Also, if it is dealing with the same issues as Lubbock the groundwater is full of arsenic, so I'd go with bottled water.
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Infamy, infamy, they've all got it in for me...
I'll get my coat.
ps: name that film.
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Something with Frankie Howerd?
Nope.[^] 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Not Frankie though it does sound like the sort of line he would use.
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I'll just carry on as normal shall I?
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Karel Čapek wrote: ps: name that film.
Saturday Night Fever
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Karel Čapek wrote: I'll get my coat.
Make that a toga.
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My friend turned me on to Udemy.
Looked at their website. // Liked it.
They have ten thousand courses.
I know the one I want to take now, but have no clue about the one I want to take after I finish the first.
I would like to sign up for a dozen (or more) courses at the current sale price, but don't know the 2nd, 3rd, 4th...Nth course I want.
Tried asking their tech support; can't get an answer for 2 days that way.
Looked for a phone number; best I could find was a number that was answered by some google software (no clue what's going on with that).
Can tell me what I need to do to physically speak with a living human at Udemy ?
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Break into the building?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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