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CHIEF

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  1. CHIEF

    Getting old sucks

    So the proverbial banana in the tailpipe? CHIEF
  2. That sounds very hopeful. I pray it is true. Who is the moderate voice for the Palestinians? Is it a new organization? And not the shitheels of Hamas or Hezbolla? CHIEF
  3. My point isn't really IF they should be reinforced, but who is responsible for paying for it. And who was there first should get the benefit of the doubt. When the city, and the residential developers decided to construct roads and houses adjacent they should have had their engineers come up with a design to protect the pigging station and got permission from the pipeline owner to install it and the city/developers pay for it. Not being privy to the contract, I'm not sure who is responsible for added reinforcement due to the suburbanization of the pipeline ROW boundaries. But all future contracts should have those responsibilities clearly defined. Like if a road is built within a certain distance, or housing. CHIEF
  4. It's like what was said up above, if you build things that can withstand every possible scenario that can fuck it up, planes would be too heavy to fly, and cars would be too expensive to buy. Making everything idoit proof is a very expensive and wasteful endeavor. Ultimately it comes down to risks people are willing to accept, like people living close to pipelines to save money on their housing location. People living close to petrochemical plants because they work there, and want to be 10 minutes from work. The Polly Anna-ish take that any and all hazards must be eliminated or mitigated in all aspects of everyone's daily lives is asinine. I know most on here accept that, but not all. CHIEF
  5. Again, who "skimped"? The pigging valve has been there for a lot longer than the suburban growth around it. Fingers can be pointed at any number of entities. But, I can guarantee you that the cost will ultimately be passed to the consumers. As much as you hate it, earnings goals will still be met. CHIEF
  6. Who should bear the cost? The pipeline company? A pigging station that had been way out in the boonies when it was built? There are several idoits, on this thread that would buy a new house built by a fifty year old airport, and then bitch that the airport needs to spend millions on sound abatement. CHIEF
  7. Mirrors on the ceiling, and just slightly out of the picture is the "pink champagne on ice." The strike is just a "visitor here, of its own devise." CHIEF
  8. The notorious "Red Ryder Bandit"? CHIEF
  9. This one happened about three miles from where I was washing my boat: https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/live-video-explosion-rocks-north-texas/1871302/ They hit a 36" major transmission line. It made the explosions on the Ukraine thread look rather mild. It was a pants shitting moment. CHIEF
  10. Wasn't me. Also I was wrong about her death year, it was probably about 1999-2000. She was born about 1905, and I know it was after 1998 when she died, as I have a picture of her holding CHIEF Jr. as a baby. A picture of her, holding her granddaughter's grandson (daughter's daughter's son's son) when she still lived in her own home. I'm gonna post it when I find it, housecoat and all. CHIEF
  11. I often think about the things my great grandmother saw in her lifetime, she lived to be 94, and died in 1996. Her dad drove the mail by horse and freight wagon from Waco to Dallas, she lost a new shoe on the ride, one time, after her dad told her not to put them on. She was afraid to tell him, so had to wear her old shoes for another year. She didn't see automobiles and planes until adolescence. Wired B-24s at Lockheed as a middle aged woman in WWII. Saw Sputnik, the launch of Vger 1, and men on the Moon. Saw the invention of automatic milkers on their dairy. She was in awe of the first cellphones. All of that happened in less than 90 years. CHIEF
  12. Quinn faked the injury so Arch could get enough playing time to keep him from transferring (Swedish Stopwatch). CHIEF
  13. Fuck, I went to the store, to pick up a couple of steaks at halftime. When I got back, the game was no longer on. I thought Florida refused to come out of the locker room for the second half. CHIEF
  14. I’m not sure which one he will have, a stroke, or a heart attack. I’m thinking stroke. I bet his blood pressure is about 220/180 every game he coaches. I would bet good money that he dies on the sideline one day. CHIEF
  15. One of CHIEF Jr.'s roommates his freshman year at UTD, was a homebody, and a recluse. You could see his house from the dorm room. His parents told him, when they dropped him off, that in no certain terms he was not to show back up at home unless it was for Thanksgiving and Christmas. CHIEF
  16. They obviously got Out-Whataburgered. CHIEF
  17. I wish Walter Mathis' first name was Johnny or Curtis. CHIEF
  18. What about pontoon boats? CHIEF
  19. CHIEF

    Getting old sucks

    I don't know if this would make a good different thread, or if the discussion will be short enough to kinda get everyone's input. I was thinking about James Earl Jones, tonight, dying at age 93. To me, the guy not only had a full life, but even more. I've always kinda viewed death in several categories, by age: 0-30 - Absolutely tragic. The more tragic the earlier it happened. 40-55 - Horrible. Possibly left young children. Not there for college expenses. 56-65 - You got jobbed. Paid in all those years, and SS doesn't even give your spouse $250. 65-78 - You can complain to management about your genetics, but that's about it. You were either low mileage, and garage kept, or a 35k a mile/year commuter that hit the salvage yard in an eighth of the time. 78-86 - You made it. Relish every day. 86-99 - Do you need more relish? 100-100+ - What did you do to have been cursed enough to have to walk this Earth so long. CHIEF
  20. I have to say, 93 years is a good run. CHIEF
  21. Those shoes are definitely "business in the front, party in the back." CHIEF
  22. All three of Jadon, Tre, and Jerrick would be the premier back in at least the top 50% of FBS schools. Tashard and the blessings he has given this team, with the talent, the character, the hard workers, and his hard work is something that is recognized and honored. He is, by far, may favorite position coach, and the second most important person on this staff. CHIEF
  23. I swear Sark called off the Dogs after scoring 31. Not by subbing, or telling guys to give less than 100% effort. But he went conservative and ran clock. If he would have kept his foot on the gas it would have been an embarrassment for Michigan. The score really wasn’t as bad as it could have been. CHIEF
  24. We don’t even eat at the Don Melquias, here, in Granbury. CHIEF
  25. Oh, Good God. Someone has to do it....1,3,2,4,and 5. There. CHIEF
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