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hornian

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  1. My wife gave me a hard time for insisting that we get the homelink installed. I was tired of the garage door opener flying off the visor whenever I moved the visor, so I ponied up the $300 or so. Best add on. Even she admits it was worth it, and she hates admitting I'm right about anything.
  2. Weird pop up shower at 2222/Bull Creek. I can look north and it's still sunny as all get out, look south it's just rain. I'll take it!
  3. As was pointed out before, all those characters died at the end of the movie. No spoiler alert.
  4. How'd that work with Hong Kong there for the Brits, Big 12?
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    Sushi

    Ebisu in NW Austin (183 just south of Anderson Mill) is solid. Their lunch specials are top notch and a lot of bang for the buck.
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    Steak

    Those look a tad rare.
  7. No one actually reads articles in 2021. Headlines only!
  8. A whole lot of nothing, they can’t do anything until 2023 unless Abbott calls another special session and adds this to the call, and Nelson already announced she is not running for re-election (she’s retiring after a long time in the senate).
  9. I also had his wife for Fed Courts. I have no idea why I took that class. She seemed to be more in love with John Marshall than anyone living today. I had never been happier about getting a B+ In any class ever than that one.
  10. Yes, I help clients do it when necessary. To avoid these problems, two recommendations: 1) get an attorney who knows what they are doing, don't just use an online from like CHIEF and 2) contact your mortgage lender and get something in writing that this won't make any due in full clause in your deed of trust accelerate the mortgage. And re-read what I just said and GET IT IN WRITING. I've had several clients do this, and the mortgage companies haven't had any problem confirming that in writing, but I wouldn't draft a deed for them without that.
  11. A quitclaim huh? You sure about that, CHIEF? You may have made a whole mess of the title. It should have been a warranty deed, and you should have made sure to add you and Mrs. CHIEF as the grantees, not just Mrs. CHIEF. Because if you just executed a quitclaim from CHIEF to Mrs. CHIEF, I have news for your bud: You just gifted her all of your community interest in the property, and it's now her separate property. Have fun with that if things go south, or if they don't and she dies before you!
  12. I didn't marry her for her homesteading knowledge. Laura Ingalls Wilder, she is not.
  13. I once had a divorce case where the husband, despite claiming poverty, had about $500 worth of Russ and Daughters Bagels and Lox (after the uncharge for them being overnighted) sent to Austin because he had a craving.
  14. There was a large tractor under the overpass at 183/Duval this AM, I thought that they were finally clearing things out. Alas, just a mower getting ready to mow the medians.
  15. My wife is in charge, so I'll give her your screen name if she decides to go that route.
  16. Five Stone did get me 7.5% reduction in appraised value, but they also got it reduced to exactly what I paid for it last year. Hmm... wonder where TCAD got that number (it sure as shit wasn't from me)? Better than a kick in the teeth, but was hoping for a better outcome.
  17. Like, 7? 8? I don't know. Whatever it takes to get the damn things out of my yard.
  18. No clue. We got hatchlings when they were 6-8 weeks old from a friend of the wife who hatched them, not from a store with guaranteed hens. She (the friend) had no idea the sex of the chickens. But the place the eggs came from will take them back.
  19. Raining sideways on Jollyville Road near Duval in NW Austin at the moment. This should make my drive home interesting.
  20. Turns out 2 more the "hens" are also roosters. Also found out that the place the eggs were from will take the roosters back and give us hatchlings in return. So that's the plan. I'm tired of these literal 6:30 a.m. wake up calls, gotta get these damn birds sent to the farm.
  21. Not in Texas, we go by "inception of title" for determining character of property as separate or community - meaning if you bought something before marriage, the character of separate property doesn't change. There's a lot of ways to fuck that up, don't get me wrong. For example, if you sell your separate property and use the proceeds to buy new house and put your spouse on the deed, then there is a presumption that you gifted the spouse 1/2 of your separate property interest by putting her on the deed of the new house. And you can be on the hook to the community for reimbursement for improvements, or for paying down the principal of the mortgage, or things like that. But if you do it right, or hire an attorney who does it right, your separate property will stay your separate property.
  22. Read the article. The people he interviewed (several of them; not just a one off) did in fact order seeds in the spring, didn’t realize they were from China, the seeds were delayed due to COVID shipping shutdowns in China in the spring, and then started getting shipped in June and July. And the Chinese sellers put innocuous words on the boxes (earrings, etc) to get past customs rules related to importing seeds. Not all of them; but “the lions share” according to this investigation.
  23. Winter Soldier was too formulaic. Easily the weakest of the three Disney+ shows so far. It seemed like it should have been a movie, not a show. In my opinion, Wanda/Loki were better because of their uniqueness and trying something new, at least as it relates to superhero movies or tv shows to date. And I don’t think either of them could have been movies, there was too much story and they needed the extended exposition to tell them properly.
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