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Armybrat

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  1. I was disappointed when the Armadillo WH took over the old rollerskating rink (which originally was a National Guard atmory). Had a few good times skating around in there back in my high school days in the early 1960s. Never went to the AWH after it cranked up as a music venue… was married with kids and working. Never had any opinion of the Drum - only went to one BB game there 50 years ago and that BeeGees concert to appease my oldest son. The Austin Longhorn Club lunches downstairs with Mackovic got old pretty quick.
  2. Armybrat

    SpaceX

    Yep, the current crop of rocketeers in Boca Chica probably think the Navy’s Vanguard program was a success because the engine ignited at the end of the countdown in 1957 and eventually achieved orbit in 3 of 7 attempts.
  3. He wasn’t on Derp time.
  4. I’ll be asleep by 9:30, so please wake when the fun starts.
  5. Me (on the left) when we first moved to Texas in 1946 - stationed at Fort Sam. Yeehaww!
  6. So, aggy NIL is awash only in oil money, and not in gas?
  7. Parked in the lot outside the Southside BBQ in Hutto….
  8. Bill Haley and His Gaseous Giants The Beachball Boys
  9. Where at? North Dakota Bakken.
  10. The Continental Resources wells recently completed in one part of my lease are contributing to that “surplus”. The IPs on a couple of them are coming in at 2,200-3,200 BOPD so far. The lower end wells are 700-1,500. Dunno about the gas.
  11. Beautifully written family story, Brisket. Best wishes for your daughter in the UK. Well, me & my family (roots are in Missouri) are newbs to Texas….arrived here in 1946 for 4 years at Forts Crockett & Sam, plus Camp Hood. Then after 10 years of other posts (six overseas in Puerto Rico & Taiwan) we returned to stay. Three generations of my extended family are now native born Texans and none of them seem to be disposed to moving out of state. One nephew has been out of state for 25+ years, but he is returning for retirement this summer. We like it here. No telling what will happen by 2150 though.
  12. Posted by Jason Luebbe on Flickr….
  13. I busted out laughing when I saw Saban whining about the big bucks some NIL entities were raising to pay players…..and the poors like Alabama wouldn’t be able to compete.
  14. Gottdam autocorrect is always messing with my posts because it knows I don’t proofread diddlyshit.
  15. Jfc! Meth/coke cocktails must be a thing with those people.
  16. In 1957-58 when we lived in Taiwan, we made a couple of day trips over to Yilan district on the northeast side of the Island to swim at the beautiful black sand Waiao Beach. At that time there was absolutely no development anywhere near it except a small fishing village a quarter mile down the beach from our “day camp”. Anyway, Trink Van Sickle & I were walking about 10’ apart along in waist deep water maybe 10 yards parallel to the beach when I stepped into a deep hole that was over my head. I went down far enough where it was disorienting, and then my foot scraped against something sharp like a board or a big seashell. Scared the shit outta me, and Trink said it looked like I shot out of the water like a rocket. She didn’t step any deeper than her waist (no pics). Ever since then in all the trips I’ve made to the beaches at SPI, Padre, and the Bahamas, I have never stepped past knee deep in the water. That Taiwan beach today…
  17. I renewed two weeks ago by calling the number direct: 512-471-3333 Had to wait on hold for about five minutes with “Texas Fight” blowing my eardrum out until Edward answered and processed our renewal in another five minutes. Easy Peasy
  18. Just use a shotgun with buckshot if the coyote is within range. But it sounds like your neighbor isn’t too concerned about the remote possibility of a stray round hitting his house. Another possible solution is to use a pistol caliber carbine like a 9mm to get the varmints. Lot’s of choices there. My Ruger PCC is one…
  19. Only tractor in my family here in Texas….. nephew bought it to mess around with on his 80 acres out by San Saba. It is too small for plowing anything seriously though.
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