Fri Nov 16, 2012, 09:55 PM

Texasgal (13,194 posts)

F1 craziness Austin!

F1 Craziness! Stories relayed to me today by various people involved or seen. Some rich dude wanted to drop a yacht into town lake! The Prince and Princess of Monaco are here. A Saudi price wanted to rent out congress and 2nd street for his own helicopter trips. The most expensive champagne in the world is being served here in Austin tonight. Motel six on south IH 35 is going for 480.00 a night! Who *ARE* these people? Holeee MOLEEE!

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9 replies	Author	Time	Post
F1 craziness Austin! (Original post)	Texasgal	Nov 2012	OP
Who ARE these people?	DJ13	Nov 2012	#1
Apparently	Texasgal	Nov 2012	#6
Speaking as a Texan,	man4allcats	Nov 2012	#2
Yes, that is one of the reasons I stayed away from Austin this weekend.	TexasTowelie	Nov 2012	#3
My Reasons For Staying Away From Austin......	Paladin	Nov 2012	#7
Compared to Tyler or Midland or most anything 50 miles from Austin	hobbit709	Nov 2012	#8
Once upon a time...	Javaman	Nov 2012	#9
Good Grief. For a stupid auto race. How would one "drop a yacht into Town Lake"?????	northoftheborder	Nov 2012	#4
As a native	Texasgal	Nov 2012	#5

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Fri Nov 16, 2012, 10:02 PM

DJ13 (21,342 posts)

1. Who ARE these people?

They are the 1% of the 1%.

They would think Romney was just a butler.

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Fri Nov 16, 2012, 10:30 PM

Texasgal (13,194 posts)

6. Apparently

these are European folk. Not Americans!

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Fri Nov 16, 2012, 10:02 PM

man4allcats (3,825 posts)

2. Speaking as a Texan,

I can only say that these people believe Texas is as corrupt as its PR would have people believe, and in fact maybe it is right now, but that's going to change. Eventually we will run these redneck teabaggers out of town and turn this state blue again the way it was meant to be.

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Fri Nov 16, 2012, 10:02 PM

TexasTowelie (3,339 posts)

3. Yes, that is one of the reasons I stayed away from Austin this weekend.

Along with recuperating from oral surgery.

It must be nice to have money to blow so extravagantly.

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Response to TexasTowelie (Reply #3)

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 09:44 AM

Paladin (8,693 posts)

7. My Reasons For Staying Away From Austin......

....comprise a steadily-increasing list. And yet all those DU Texas-bashers keep telling me that Austin is the Only Cool Place In The State. They must know something I don't know, I guess.....

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Sat Nov 17, 2012, 10:22 AM

hobbit709 (26,073 posts)

8. Compared to Tyler or Midland or most anything 50 miles from Austin

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Response to Paladin (Reply #7)

Mon Nov 19, 2012, 11:37 AM

Javaman (40,628 posts)

9. Once upon a time...

when I moved to Austin 18 years ago, I came here because it was a sleepy big "small town".

I remember seeing stray dogs wandering on Lavaca while I sipped my coffee at the Ruta Maya on a Sunday mornings.

That above image is so completely alien now it breaks my heart.

My GF and I are now looking to move and find that big "small town" of a liberal variety again.

My predition is this: Austin will put in a bid within 5 years to have a profession sports team located here. It won't be baseball or football, but something else. That will be the last nail in the coffin for me.

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Fri Nov 16, 2012, 10:25 PM

northoftheborder (3,437 posts)

4. Good Grief. For a stupid auto race. How would one "drop a yacht into Town Lake"?????

Actually, it's Lake Lady Bird, (or Lady Bird Lake) who is turning over in her grave I'm sure. Glad I'm not there any more to see such craziness in Austin.

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Response to northoftheborder (Reply #4)

Fri Nov 16, 2012, 10:29 PM

Texasgal (13,194 posts)