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  1. 26 minutes ago, happyfunball said:

    Will say that we saw almost no Baylor fans all yesterday at the game and around campus.  I think the lack of Baylor fans made the place feel emptier than it was. 

    This. Saw very few Baylor fans at the game.

  2. 1) Pick out the car you want

    2) Do some price research on autotrader, NADA, and your local dealer's websites

    3) Figure out fair price for the car you want

    4) Find the car at a local dealer

    5) Go in and offer $500 less than the fair price you determined

    6) Dealer will probably take your offer

    7) ????????

    Profit. 

     

     

    People make buying cars way too complicated. 

     

     

  3. 19 hours ago, bigshark88 said:

    Speaking of a GM's demo truck... What percentage of the price should I expect the dealership to come off due to a truck being a demo and having 1100 miles on it? Say a high end ram that would normally be in the 50-55K range?

    Dealership is trying to to cloud the waters claiming that AT tires and a leveling kit they installed should cover the lost value.

    not as much as you'd think...maybe 1-2k

  4. Looks good @Mortimer 

    My 2 cents: I don't think your last brisket turned out dry because you trimmed it too much. Dry usually means you didn't cook it long enough. The thermometer probes are good for tracking your progress on the cook, but don't rely on it to decide when your brisket is actually done. It's done when it probes like butter in the flat (check more than one spot). Personally, I trim my briskets quite a bit, and they always turn out moist. Leaving the fat cap in tact on the point is just going to make the cook take longer. 

  5. Just now, Viper said:

    shit, sorry man, that's one of the worst feelings. Was the guy charged with anything like manslaughter or something?

    The cops said they'd send it over to the DA, but that it was a long shot because you can't really prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the accident caused the miscarriage. 

    Still dealing with all the insurance b.s. Got a good lawyer though. 

  6. 10 minutes ago, SHOOTER12 said:

    It's hard to believe that he wasn't seriously injured as it looked like you nailed him directly in the drivers door.

    I honestly thought I'd killed the guy when it first happened. It was a really awful deal. 

    My pregnant wife was in the front seat, and we lost the baby as a result. 

  7. 16 minutes ago, Zwylde said:

    ^^^^^

     

    Good job of not absolutely kicking the shit out of that dumbass!  (assuming you didn't) 

    I actually never spoke to him because I was worried I'd lose my temper and hit him. It was satisfying seeing the cops take him to jail for reckless driving after watching the dash cam footage. 

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  8. 6 hours ago, Shenanigans said:

    I'm impressed by the amount of people I see drive over the pylons to get into the managed lanes on I-10 when they see traffic starting to back up but they didn't want to pay the toll.

    Totaled my truck in January because some asshole did this right in front of me. Actually got it on my dash cam:

     

     

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  9. 12 hours ago, ChickenSandwich said:

    2200 Miles. So what’s the process of decreased value claims?  Less than 60 days old. Seems a prime candidate. Anyone with experience?

    Are you in TX? Someone hit my brand new truck a couple years ago in Houston and I submitted a DV claim to their insurance. Their initial offer was $500 and after a few rounds of haggling it went up to like $900. It was super frustrating and it seemed like the only way to get a decent settlement was to hire an appraiser who specializes in DV claims, and then sue in small claims court. 

     

    Sorry that this happened to you...hopefully your 4runner is totaled out. I wouldn't want to keep driving that and the trade in value is boned after a wreck like that. 

  10. 1 hour ago, MillerEP said:

     

    Yeah I was wondering about that too. (Episode 1)I thought he was saying he was getting a stipend of $800 (either said every two weeks, or had $800 leftover) when he was at Texas Tech. That got me super curious, anybody know what that’s about? Is it a stipend to cover rent out in town or something? Was tech paying him?

     

    I am pretty sure D1 scholarship players get a stipend to cover the "full cost of attendance"

  11. Put a prime on at 6:45 EST this morning.   Cut off more fat than I've ever had before, so it it's a lot smaller than the 12lber I expected.    Holding steady at 250 or so and the brisket is already up to 174.   I've never ridden out the stall before, but I think I'm going to give it a try and not wrap because we're not having it until dinner tonight. 


    Don’t underestimate how long it takes to go from 174 to done...
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