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Homercles

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  1. Yes, in this I agree.  I also know it's Texas and business must be protected at all costs.  Therefore I decline to subscribe to your newsletter.

    Did some research and Safelite can replace for $975, instead of the $2,500 for OEM.  Only potential issue will be the HUD may not be quite as sharp, but I turned it off as I rarely used it and it was starting to get some light bleed...a somewhat known issue probably due to the Texas heat (thanks Korea.)  Also during this process learned that we didn't have glass coverage enabled for a $50 deductible, because my wife wanted to use her friend's agency to "help her out" and I foolishly didn't trust but verify the coverages were done right.  

    I'm going to write this agent to see what she thinks, with the license plate number, before I file a claim.  But if I have to pay out of pocket, not going to sweat it too much.

  2. So a giant chunk of wood fell off a trailer in front of my car, smacked the windshield hard enough to embed a sizable splinter in it, and there's a very large series of cracks in it.  No body damage.  In 2022 my wife got into a bit of a wreck in it, and $2,500 of the $8,000 insurance claim for it was just replacing/recalibrating the windshield (cameras/sensors)...so I know generally how expensive the repair will be.

    Beyond writing my car off as cursed, I'm weighing whether to file a claim for it ($500 deductible) due to worry that two claims in two years would cause my rates to skyrocket.  I can pay out of pocket, but of course it'd be $2k more than just filing a claim.  Thoughts?

     

  3. On a side note, something that’s bugged me that I finally put my finger on:  this show has so many scenes in tight rooms, dim brown/yellow lighting, and narrow hallways that it doesn’t always suit ILM’s StageCraft system and I get flashbacks to playing Unreal Tournament.  
     
    Obviously better than straight up endless green screen like Phantom Menace, but I feel like GoT had more shots on actual sets so while the backgrounds weren’t as complex they didn’t trigger Uncanny Valley-ish vibes.  

    Works a lot better when outside or higher contrast primary colors like The Mandalorian.  

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  4. On 6/22/2024 at 5:08 PM, atomheartbevo said:

    Not many Cybertrucks will be hitting the collision centers.  Gotta go through Tesla and pay the big bucks and cross your fingers that your insurance hasn’t banned CTs,

    Found a video of a CT in an accident.   Spoilered for graphic savagery 

     

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  5. 3 minutes ago, StassneyHorn said:

    So Joe Biden, a man that would literally drop dead from old age at this very moment if he wasn’t drugged up with lib White House super drugs, orchestrated his son to get possible jail time, to keep him from his side when he dies? 

    He had a lot of help.  The queen.  The Vatican.  The Gettys.  The Rothschilds.  AND colonel Sanders before he went tits up.  

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  6. On 5/29/2024 at 1:26 PM, Brisketexan said:

    Translation: loser incel tech dorks who are already terrible at getting laid are going to get even WORSE at getting laid.

    "Why won't she sleep with me?  I used all the best lines from my AI!  Stupid bitch!  Dumb Stacy, she probably wants a stupid Chad!  I hate women!"

    Just imagine an AI earpiece feeding you lines, like in Sneakers

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  7. Woulda much rather played Nebraska.  Florida has a wealth of talent and was worried they’d be a sleeper when they popped into our regional.  Also been living by the HR all year, now dying by it.  Poetic.  

  8. Announcers:

    Aggy at the plate, color guy telling us about his time playing Select and fawning over his platelet count at birth.  

    Gage makes a heads up, just in time play while running on fumes…’Texas pitcher throws an out ball’

  9. 53 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

    Much better on the men’s baseball loss front. Unlike the Lady Gators, we scored one run.  Not braggin’….

    Y’all blanked us in softball, our whole team’s body language was ass once that knock went over the fence.  Was impressive, even on the losing end.  

    For baseball, that felt like the game a lot of us knew Holliday was capable of…1 ER, 10 K, 2 hits…but at least I certainly didn’t expect him to go the distance this late in the season.  Easily a top 5 pitching performance so far.  Literal buzz saw.  

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