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CHIEF

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  1. Mrs. CHIEF moved from her recliner to a bar stool. She came back to her her recliner. I told her to get her ass back to that barstool. CHIEF
  2. Leaderat. Got to add that to the Surly lexicon. CHIEF
  3. If only there were a giant, talking, cowboy statue or something. It’s always the fountain in front of the Old Mill. Only place you can buy wax cup beers with cash. CHIEF
  4. You can't take in the fair maiden's ample bosoms from a fucking book. CHIEF
  5. It is a 500 mile round trip, I'm in the same boat. I'm set up to only fill up feeders once a year. Especially after putting coon hoods on my protein feeder. CHIEF
  6. Well, bow season starts this weekend. Get a crossbow and shoot him in the spine right between the front shoulders, should drop like a rock. He looks like at least 6.5. CHIEF
  7. As parents, most of us went to a university when it was cheap, and the "experience" wasn't cost prohibitive. That has all changed today. For STEM, any in-state ABET certified engineering program will do, if the student maintains a high GPA. I got my kid out with no student debt. He has been on the slow boat to Lockheed (security clearances, new fiscal year) and is on target for three positions. He already owns property in our subdivision, wants to build a house and stay close. He really hasn't put in a lot of applications, but has been interviewed for all of the ones he has put in, and turned down a couple of positions. He is interviewing for a design engineering position, this morning, here in Granbury. Design is what he wants to do, and if the compensation is the same, he will probably take it over Lockheed. People that want to let their kids go out of state or private for a degree in teaching, social work, marine biology, and the like are insane. Save that money to help your kid get something worthwhile, like a badass honeymoon, or a down payment on a house. Send them to Texas State, SFA, Tarleton, UNT, etc. As far as resumes and cover letters? Companies don't want to hear about your personal goals and aspirations. They want to see your experience, that you are wanting to learn, and you will put the companies interest before your own as a new grad. CHIEF
  8. I have about a half dozen friends that I have hugged and told them "I love them" for decades. I was always lucky in that my parents and extended family always hugged, and told each other "I love you." Mrs. CHIEF's family were stodgy old Germans, they even shook hands with their own children, parents, and siblings. I was the one that came in and upset the apple cart. Before she passed, my MIL would get upset if I didn't tell her I loved her, and gave her a hug. I don't know, maybe this is the reason I never feel lonely, I have people that I love, and I know they love me back even when I'm not with them. CHIEF
  9. Yep, Mrs. CHIEF carries that five shot .38 S&W Airweight. She can hit a pie plate all five times at 5-10 feet, that is really all women need to be proficient. Bad guys are trying to rape, assault, rob women, not immediately kill them. Mrs. CHIEF is in a pretty rough part of Houston for work, occasionally. She keeps the pistol in her purse and her finger close to the trigger while walking into the hotel. She has enough nerve to let someone get within a couple of feet, and calm enough to make sure she is going to hit her target and shoot through the front of her purse. A close family friend that teaches CCL classes said the statistics bear this scenario out an overwhelming amount of the times of crimes against women. He recommended a revolver, as it is easier to operate, load, and unload more safely without causing an unintentional discharge. CHIEF
  10. The last place Big 12 team would boat race Auburn. Worst offense I’ve seen in 40 years of watching CFB. CHIEF
  11. That first picture reminds me of David Allan Coe: This will only hurt for a little while I'll only stick the head of it in CHIEF
  12. My Pros and Cons as a WFH real estate agent since 2019, living about 20 minutes from town: Pros: Hit the fridge anytime you want. Minimum clothing expense. Have a beer with lunch. Thermostat set where I want it. Have only put 8,000 miles on my truck. Can fuck around on Surly all day. Mrs. CHIEF works from home a couple of days per week, afternoon breaks are nice. My own toilet with bidet. Cons: I needed to go to HEB on Thursday, last Thursday. Always watching out the window for my daily Amazon delivery. Hiding in the house from the yardman so he thinks I'm too busy to mow my own yard, rather than just too lazy. Creates separation anxiety in my dog, cause I'm always supposed to be here. Low patience with people when I do go to town (get your fucking buggy out of the middle of the aisle, get off your phone and go, the light has been green for six seconds, etc.) CHIEF
  13. I was thinking about this thread last night. We have a Wednesday night Bible study, afterwards I go to the 19th Hole for drinks, each week, ironically. You can tell who the lonely people are. After reading about 4-5 scriptures, the widows and the single people have to stop the reading to go down a rabbit hole about how the scripture relates to a certain thing or situation that happened in their life. You know what? The 19th Hole was the same way. They are so eager to tell their story. Their loneliness has obliterated their social and conversation skills. No one knows how to be good listeners. Whats worse is that no one really has empathy, they are too caught up in their own situations. So I spent last night concentrating on being a good listener. I sat there in silence as six people tried talking over each other and realized it was just nerve wracking. A buddy, Marcus and some guys at the next table were playing 42, you know who was having a good conversation? Those guys. My solution is that everyone should have a box of dominoes on them at all times, so they have to stop talking long enough to think. I've also learned that it is best to greet someone with "its nice to see you," never "how are you?" CHIEF
  14. That sounds like socialism. Explains a lot. CHIEF
  15. I was born in 1968. My Little League team was just like The Bad News Bears without the winning. We all sucked except Mario Rodriguez. That kid could ball. He never dissed the rest of us six year olds and had every right to. Was one of my true first best friends. CHIEF
  16. It’s not complaining, I couldn’t give a single shit. I take it as a badge of honor. My grandparents were the Greatest Generation. We are the “Just Keep Your Trap Shut” generation. Social media became a thing after we were grown, and out of college. We are too busy raising families with kids in college to give a fuck. CHIEF
  17. Because we don't bitch much, don't give a shit about polls, and are keeping our nose to the grindstone during our best earning years. CHIEF-Gen X
  18. When I was a kid, there were no "travel teams" in my area. Pee Wee football and Lil' Dribblers was it. One or two games for about a 6-8 week period, and that was it. You made friends with teammates from kids in other areas of town that you maybe didn't go to school or church with. But you had all the time in the world to go camping, bike riding, fishing, and other things kids are supposed to do. The reason people can't do anything social anymore, is because every parent's kid is special, and needs to be on a competitive travel team instead of a rec team. CHIEF Jr. was on one for exactly one summer, and we told him it was only rec teams after that. Four games throughout the week, and tournaments all day on Saturday and Sunday is just too much. Kids are over scheduled, and the only socializing the parents have time for is talking with the other parents the other 30 hours of the week they are at the ballpark or court. I know people that have two or three kids of different ages, all on travel teams, many struggle with the financial obligations (ask grandparents to help), and if they are not at home, they are at one of the kid's sporting event. The financial part of it caused my BIL's divorce. You can't have a conversation with them, because it all evolves around their kid's sports, because that is all they have to talk about. CHIEF
  19. And that is the beauty of it. CHIEF
  20. We have a huge back porch with a fireplace and outdoor kitchen, it was almost every weekend with our friends when CHIEF Jr. was in elementary and junior high. When he was in high school and college, that switched to his friends being here every weekend. Now that they have all graduated and moved away or gotten married, it has pretty much dropped to 3-4 times per year. Many moved to the DFW area, but several have moved back, and more are trying, once it cools off, we will probably be back to every other weekend or so. We have always been the "notorious" party house in our community. CHIEF
  21. I don't ever feel lonely, as I live in a community with a lot of work from home folks, and retirees. All I have to do is go to the clubhouse and there are multiple groups of people to talk to. The problem I have, is no one knows how to carry on a conversation anymore. No one is listening to one another, they are just thinking about the next thing they are going to say, interrupting each other, and then going down a boring rabbit hole. There is also a lot of "one upmanship." Gone are the days of the good storyteller, someone will interrupt and they never get to finish the story. At least, on Surly, you can lay out a whole conversation, or idea, and have it agreed with, or criticized. It sucks, but it is the reality I have come to realize. CHIEF
  22. May I suggest some of these for Bijan. CHIEF
  23. I think the starters at every position on the 2005 team were better than this team's starters, but the 2005 team never had this kind of depth with no drop off. Of course, VY is the GOAT, but MM and Arch behind Quinn is pretty salty. Sark is light years better than GD, but I think Vince took GD's playbook with a grain of salt. He was just Vince being Vince. Here is my real reason to think that the 2005 Longhorns set themselves apart. 2005 USC and Ohio State would boat race anyone suiting up currently. Georgia, FSU, Michigan, UT. The 2005 Longhorns would beat the current team by about three scores. I actually think the Horseshoe at night was probably a tougher game then USC. Both were Herculean efforts. It's tough to make comparisons across decades with the ever increasing weights, heights, speed, and other "measurables."We might have a few "once in a decade" type players, but I have only seen one "once in a lifetime" player, and he wore Burnt Orange. CHIEF
  24. Its mummified monkey corpses. Prelude to the mummified baby Alpaca corpses used by Equadorian shamans for good luck. I just don't have an idea why mummified baby alpaca corpses are used for "good luck" rituals. I only have one belief, that is, I will have another drink of bourbon. CHIEF
  25. I guess the silver lining is they can't build artillery or replace barrels often enough to shoot all of those shells. Seven times the number but less than seven times as accurate. CHIEF
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