Current Events > Just got home from a pretty awesome boat party

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A data center company that my job uses for some cloud based applications had a customer appreciation event. They rented a boat and took us out on the Colorado river in Austin. We got to see the bats fly out from underneath the Congress bridge, which was great. It's a pretty famous thing in Austin, but I had never actually seen it before. Tons and tons of bats just suddenly fly out from underneath the bridge. Pretty cool sight to see.

They also had a cover band called Uptown Drive perform and they were freaking great. They played a nice range of songs from Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, Bruno Mars, Earth Wind & Fire, Pharrell, Journey, and some others. They also had a magician perform, but my phone was about to die, and I didn't get any pics of him. I forgot to charge my phone up all day.

Pics:

Some shots of downtown Austin from the boat





Uptown Drive:



You can see the bats in the upper left on this one


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Did you use "The Implication ™" to pick up some chicks?
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could you hear the bats? what did they sound like?
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OwlRammer posted...

could you hear the bats? what did they sound like?

Nah, the band was playing the whole time. Normally you'd hear a lot of fluttering and some high pitched squeaks here and there.
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Gonna post a video that shows the band performing and the bats flying once Youtube's processing gives it better quality than 360p
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I want to hold a sick rave on a massive yacht.
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Verdekal posted...

I want to hold a sick rave on a massive yacht.

Yes, let's put a bunch of people on a boat and give them acid. Nobody will drown.
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byron posted...

pics of boat

... I actually didn't take any pictures of the boat itself, but it looked like this


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Alright, now 1080p is available. You can see the bats in the upper left around the 13:28 mark. You can also see lots of people on the bridge watching the bats.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzrRwO4T1Dw
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