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Bride Tries to Charge 1500 a Head to Attend Her Wedding
CHIEF replied to G650's topic in Daily Texan
I have a buddy from my home town of 219 people that lives in Circle C. He went to Texas State, where he met his first wife. She happened to be the daughter of the guy who had just sold his telecommunication/internet providing company for $200 million, it would become Grande Communication a few months later. That was easily the most insane wedding I have ever been to. The reception was in the basement of the Omni, or one of the other big hotels downtown. They had an open bar with high end liquor, a surf and turf dinner for about 500 people, small wedding gifts for each of the guests. Father of the groom said the bride's family had spent easily a million on the wedding. I bet the centerpieces for each of the 50 or so tables cost $150k. All that expense, and they were divorced in about five years. CHIEF -
Which one is that? Benbrook? CHIEF
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Ralph & Kacoo's, in Baton Rouge is permanently closed. CHIEF
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Holy Shit: President John Tyler's grandson just died
CHIEF replied to Gil Bang's topic in Daily Texan
I have an aunt that just turned 70, her grandfather was a Civil War vet. He had her father when he was in his 70s. Her father was in his mid 50s when he had her, she was the baby of the family. What is really cool is that her father lived really close to us. When I was a kid, I would ride my dirt bike to their house a few times per week and help Jack (her father) check varmint traps. Jack had a moonshine still that had belonged to his BIL, and still used it. My paternal grandfather said that Jack's BIL made the best moonshine he had ever tasted, and they would run about 300 quarts per month out to Sweetwater during Prohibition. CHIEF -
Bride Tries to Charge 1500 a Head to Attend Her Wedding
CHIEF replied to G650's topic in Daily Texan
That's kinda the way ours went. I have an aunt that made wedding and groom cakes, her gift? Wedding and Groom's cake. Her cakes are amazing, she normally gets from $1200-2000 for both. We have a family friend that is a wedding photographer, his gift was free wedding photos. Church and reception hall were free, tipped the pastor $50. A nice wedding can still be done inexpensively if you know the right people. If CHIEF Jr. ever gets married, and his bride wants to spend $100k on a wedding, or requires a $30k engagement ring, I'm gonna suggest he needs to get rid of her and find someone else. If times get tough, she is gonna jump ship and take half his shit. CHIEF -
Bride Tries to Charge 1500 a Head to Attend Her Wedding
CHIEF replied to G650's topic in Daily Texan
One of the coolest weddings I ever went to was a friend of Mrs. CHIEF's from Westwood. They had it at a little old rundown church in Fischer (between Blanco and Wimberly). It was outside, and they had two kegs at the back of the aisles, so you filled up a beer and went and set down. Whole thing probably didn't cost a grand. I think Torn is onto something. A lot of women like to brag how much their wedding cost. Mine likes to boast about how little her wedding cost. Her grandmother told us we should just go down to the JOP on Monday morning and get married, like herself and my wife's grandfather, "just start your week out right." CHIEF -
Bride Tries to Charge 1500 a Head to Attend Her Wedding
CHIEF replied to G650's topic in Daily Texan
Mrs. CHIEF's and my wedding cost a whole $1500, and $600 of that was her dress. I have family and friends, to this day swear it was the best wedding they ever went to. Money well spent for a 31 year marriage. CHIEF- 158 replies
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My favorite chapter. As a kid, 50 years ago, my parents were part of a Bible study. It had its own building for the study, that building's name was "Romans IIX." My folks were kinda "hippies" (Mom more than Dad) it was a lot like the "Jesus Revolution" movie. A lot of people were baptized in stock tanks. But the primary theme was love and forgiveness. I watch quite a bit of Near Death Experience videos. They are fascinating. Unforgiveness is an underlying theme that, however your relationship with God is, causes him not to accept you into his Kingdom. "How can you not forgive someone, and want my forgiveness for every vile and ruthless thing you have ever done? So much so, that I sacrificed the thing that meant the most to me, my Only Begotten Son." CHIEF
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Mine was Flaming Hot Cheetos. I swear I was a goner the first time I ever took a shit after eating them, the accompanying heat made me dial 9-1 and just hold my finger on the one again so I could push it before passing out. That way the paramedics could find me. CHIEF
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Bob George uses an analogy like that in his book "Classic Christianity." The parable is the difference between a city dog and a country dog. When you are just a Christian because everyone in your family is one, and you don't truly have a relationship with God, you are like a city dog. Always running away when the gate is open, always trying to dig out under the fence. Always doing something that is going to eventually catch up with you (running out into the street, and getting run over. Chewing an extension cord in two. Sprayed by a skunk.) Ideally your relationship with God should make you like a country dog. You have no boundaries, you could walk to LA, Chicago, or New York. Instead, you are laying on the porch, or under the pick up waiting for your master for affection, attention, and a joy ride. You can do anything you want, but choose to be close by your master. CHIEF
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Unbelief is but one, the other is blasphemy of the Holy Spirit: 31:And so I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. 32:Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come. That is contributing the works of the Holy Spirit to Satan. Even a believer that uses the Lord's name in vain can be forgiven. Also, for those that use their OSAS as an excuse to sin: Matthew 7: 21-23 21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’ If you are gonna talk the talk, you need to walk the walk. We always are acting against human nature trying to live a life that we would want Jesus to approve of, and we never will be able to. That doesn't mean you don't try, and when you fail, repent, and try again. The idea is not to live your life for yourself, but to prepare your life so that Jesus may live his life through you. CHIEF
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It happened to us several times. If I were some of the higher end places, I would be plenty pissed. We had an amount we wanted to spend, would have stayed at that resort, but the price went up $1200. So we did the logical thing and dropped our expectations to not stay at their resort to get something in our price range. CHIEF
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I love pickled garlic, but it is a “ no go” in my house for the very same reason. Wife can’t sleep in the same bed. She said I stink like the old Germans in her church as a kid. CHIEF
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Best thing we have ever done is abandon the Riviera Maya for the west coast of Cozumel, you never have to worry about the sargassum. CHIEF
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Texas A&M Recruiting 2025: The Land of Melk & No Money
CHIEF replied to texifornia's topic in 🤫$9.95🤫
I would imagine it looked like Devil's Cove on Labor Day weekend. Dozens of half million dollar boats tied together with a shitload of strippers on board. CHIEF -
I have an uncle that is a retired Battalion CHIEF from the Dallas Fire Department. When he started, everyone has to be on the ambulance as an EMT for the first 2-3 years. He worked at the fire station at the corner of Westmoreland and Jefferson in SOC. One of his first stories he told me was about some dudes moving to a different apartment, and all the had to move with was a VW Bug. Their new apartment was just up I-30 a bit, so one guy is driving, the other is laying across the mattress on the roof, and has a grip on both rain rails. Everything is fine until he hits I-30 and has to run in traffic, and the mattress catches wind and throws the dude about 20 feet in the air. He said the guy was road rashed so bad, that you couldn't even tell what race the guy was, he was just "red." He has so many good stories from over the years, I could start a thread with just his stories. CHIEF
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Don't go in using your same account. Create a new one, or if a family member has an account have them look up flights. Airlines and travel sites are notorious for pulling that shit. Its a tactic to make you go ahead and book to avoid the prices going up again. Ask me how I know. We have three accounts to look at, mine, my wife, and my son. And yeah, those transfer fees are absolutely insane. I think ours was like $150 total from Cancun, roundtrip, two adults and a child. CHIEF
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Stayed there three times before we became divers, back around 2006-2009. It was new and very nice. Like Rage said, it is right next to Puerto Aventuras, which is where all of the fishing charters are docked. Not the nicest beach, but plenty of hot topless South American women playing beach volleyball. CHIEF Jr. was about 7 and we had to wrestle him away to go do shit. The hammocks are a nice place to take an afternoon siesta. Be sure to get the liquor upgrade, it was about $60 back then, and you can drink top shelf liquor the whole time you are there. Oh, and be sure and get the direct transfer to your resort from the airport in Cancun, its worth the price to not spend half of your first and last day stopping by the other resorts to pick up passengers. CHIEF
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Colorado Vacation Destinations - Not Quite So Crowded, But Still Cool
CHIEF replied to Dbeasy's topic in Food and Travel
I was an insurance agent in a former life. If someone doesn't have liability and looses a lawsuit, the lender isn't getting paid. I don't know of many agents that will cover a vehicle if there isn't liability coverage from somewhere. Farmers get it from their Farm & Ranch policy, it is extended to their tractors, UTVs, and other implements via the policy. Those are available through Farm Bureau and Germania , insurers that specifically have policies set up for farmers and ranchers. CHIEF -
Colorado Vacation Destinations - Not Quite So Crowded, But Still Cool
CHIEF replied to Dbeasy's topic in Food and Travel
And Chewy, I'm not trying to be obstinate. I've seen what gets driven on the trails in Colorado. I'm guessing at least 75% of the UTVs have to have full coverage because of the liens on them. CHIEF -
Colorado Vacation Destinations - Not Quite So Crowded, But Still Cool
CHIEF replied to Dbeasy's topic in Food and Travel
I'm pretty sure that if they have a lender, on the UTV, that it is required. Most of these are $25k-35k vehicles, and that demographic doesn't care how much it cost, just how much is it per month. Just part of being financially irresponsible. The lenders do not want to get back a fucked up vehicle that they can't recover their cost if it is totaled. I financed mine at 0.99%, so why not. But I paid cash for all of the upgrades. The 10 year old single cab Ranger that a farmer paid $7500 for, probably not. But they are still idiots for not having liability. I had one of those, but still carried liability. Let's be honest, most of what you see on the trails are $40-50k rigs that still have a $45k note, and people with shitty driving records. My lender required it, I was going to do it anyway, so the financing made sense. CHIEF -
Colorado Vacation Destinations - Not Quite So Crowded, But Still Cool
CHIEF replied to Dbeasy's topic in Food and Travel
They aren't street legal here with the exception of a couple places, so nobody registers or insures them. They are not legal here either. But you can get the same coverage as you get on your street vehicles. The premiums are high, but UTVs are inherently much more dangerous than a road vehicle. Had an acquaintance killed last year elk hunting in Colorado when his UTV rolled over. No seatbelt, so it threw him out and rolled over the top of him. Driving one without at least liability is foolish. I called CHIEF Jr. and his buddies and asked them what they were up to. They were eating pizza, drinking beer, and watching He-Man reruns. Helluva bachelor party. There are only three of them there until Friday, one is married, one is the future groom, and the truly only single guy is CHIEF Jr. They have three other single guys driving out from Denver on Friday. CHIEF
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