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We had a destination wedding in Punta Cana this last week. The wedding was on Wednesday, so we went down on Saturday, and dove Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, on the southern coast at Biyahibe. Biyahibe is a great little town on the southern Dominican Republic coast, to the SE of La Romana (which has an international airport). Overall, I think it is cheaper than Cozumel, but about an additional 1.5 hour flight. Flights, food, and drinks were noticeably cheaper, except for tequila. But we always drink rum in the Caribbean. The food, except for one restaurant sucked, so advantage Cozumel.
Most of the dives are shallow (30-60 feet), and the topography is very much like Tormentos, or the east side of Cozumel, Kenworth sized coral reefs, with small mixed coral in between. The shallow reefs have much more life, and undamaged coral, that was a plus. But there aren't any multistory reefs like Palancar.
We used John, at ScubaFun, for our dives. Very good shop, recommended by ScubaBoard, professional, and with decent equipment. Nitrox is a bit tough to get. They rely on you, the diver, to pick the mixtures, test the tanks for percentage, pressure, and IB. Thank God, that CHIEF Jr. paid attention in nitrox class. The first two days were shallow, but we decided to pick our own shit to do on the last day. They loaded up 4-5 other divers on the same skill level.
The first dive was a sunken freighter in about 130 foot of water, really cool, more for working on bouyancy. The second was to my first colonial shipwreck. Saw cannons, muskets, and cannonballs.
Anyway, I would say it is worth the trip.
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Well, just got back from the Dominican with a destination wedding in Punta Cana.We stayed at The Finest/Excellence Punta Cana. The resort was nice and clean, the shower head phenomenal, strong tasty drinks, but the food absolutely sucks. They don't use any seasoning, and the salt and pepper shakers were always empty. That wasn't just a resort thing, but we experienced the same thing in Biyahibe.
The wedding was on a Wednesday, so we went down a few days early to dive the southern coast. Driving was like NASCAR, our VRBO was nice, but the water pressure was so low, that you didn't dare use soap, or you wouldn't be able to rinse off. The worst food I have eaten, and some of the best food I have eaten. There was one restaurant, Beachside by Onnos, that was inexpensive and absolutely rocked. They had crispy pork belly bao buns, crispy pork belly fried rice, and the best chicken yakitori I have ever eaten. Nothing else was even close, even the high end places.
Overall, if I were to go back, it would only be to Biyahibe. You don't get hounded by hawkers on the beach, very low key as there are only about 3k people. La Romana is about 20 minutes away, and has an international airport. It is cheaper than Cozumel, for sure, the shallow dives were as good, or better than Cozumel (same structure, but less reef damage), but the deep stuff isn't in the same zip code.
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2 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:
I feel naked without a pocketknife on me and have for a long time, going back to high school. I don't think carrying even a small knife was looked upon particularly favorably in my day, but it mostly depended on whether you flashed it around or not. This was before the days of metal detectors and at one of the whitest hs in the state.
I likely would have been one of those depositing a knife on the table, unless I thought it would be confiscated.
Things and times are definitely different than our track meets in 1A in the 80’s. Our coach would ask to borrow a pocket knife to cut athletic tape, and would bitch about it if no one brought one.
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Many many years ago, I got popped for a BWI. The Game Warden was sitting in a marked channel with his nav lights off. I jumped in his ass after I almost ran over him. Another warden on the boat vouched for me, so I got it deferred, but still had to be on six months of probation and was tested monthly. I poured about a half cup of creatin in a bottle of Gatorade drank that, refilled the bottle with water added another half cup of creatin drank that, then did it once more. I passed every time. Creatin is the marker used to check if your piss is diluted.
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On 3/26/2025 at 6:15 PM, ztejas said:
We have a huge Kroger's right across the street from our big HEB, we are about 25 miles west of that line. I don't know how many times Mrs. CHIEF has told a store associate, "you no longer carry, whatever item ?" , "don't make me go across the street to The Devil's store to have to get it."
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On 3/31/2025 at 8:41 AM, honolulu horn said:As a psychologist, 100% cosign with this. Anxiety-related disorders (including phobias) can be treated really effectively.
As for Christmas lighting, just forget lights and install Jellyfish lighting or the like. I don't have a fear of heights but why put yourself in a hazardous situation?
Also, badass that you were a firefighter. Major props.
As I've gotten older, I have also became fearful of heights. Not incident related, but just coming to the realization that I'm old enough that a fall from 10-12 feet isn't going to be like the old days where I would get ankle pain and just walk it off. It will now probably be broken bones, an ambulance ride, a few days in the hospital, and weeks, or months worth of pain. I don't even leapfrog over the side of a pickup bed onto the ground anymore. I go sit my butt down on the tailgate, and slide onto my feet, like a bitch.
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48 minutes ago, GoPokes83 said:
In Walgreens a couple days ago and a woman walks in with one of the largest dogs I’ve ever seen, big ol curly haired thing, no clue what breed but it was huge and muscular looking, very imposing animal. No support animal vest or anything just walking around like she owned the place. I thought what a douche the lady walking it in must be, there are some folks that are afraid of dogs, especially giant one. The fact that this lady just had to bring this behemoth into a store for attention at the possible detriment to some old lady just trying to get her pills made me even more old dude ragey than I already was.
It is just a matter of time before one of these “well behaved “ dogs is gonna bite someone they are not familiar with, or attack another idoit’s dog (that also shouldn’t be there) and the establishment is gonna get the shit sued out of it because they allow people to bring their dogs in, or don’t enforce their own policy. The liability alone should make them enforce a no pets allowed, and give them good reason.
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Myanmar has the highest density of scam call centers in the World, all ran by Chinese gangs. This probably is due to Karma more than coincidence.
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11 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:
It's getting worse. There are a lot of dog owners who are entitled as shit and are basically daring people to call them out.
But the bigger problem is they are causing problems for people with legitimate service dogs in two ways - number one, they are pissing a lot of us off at dogs in general, and number two, too many are pretending that their precious little shit stains are somehow service dogs with their bullshit Temu-quality dog vests. Again, self-entitled assholes who just want attention, but they are making it hard for people with legit dogs because if the label "service dog" means nothing, it hurts legit service dogs.
The State of Texas needs to step in and require all service dogs to be verified, and the owner issued a "this is a legit service dog" card for identification, complete with a picture and description of the dog. Make it cheap or free. It sucks that owners of true service dogs would have to take the time to go through the verification process, but this is the very definition of why we can't have nice things.
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55 minutes ago, tbone_ said:
Guarantee they are both unhappy with current margins and pace. And worried about demand and pricing in the future.
And yea they have more capital than the locals for sure. But I also guarantee they are having a hard time finding new land deals that hit their underwriting hurdles because of the above.
Around DFW they are buying in some of the bigger rural towns that are a 30-45 minute commute to DFW. DR Horton is building in Granbury, Crandall, Cleburne. The land is still sold by the acre, and not by the square foot, and it has water and sewer available. The homes are more affordable, if you are willing to make the commute. A lot of the people that are buying tract homes, in Granbury, don't have to go into the office, except for 1-2 days per week. That seems to be a pretty big demographic around here.
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The big guys also own their own mortgage companies and are offering mortgage rates at below prime rates. Tough for the small guys to compete.
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I believe it is also a health violation as well. They are not supposed to be in areas with unprepared food. That is why restaurants have their dog approved areas designated away from the kitchen. I don’t think it matters, even if it is a service dog.
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1 hour ago, LTtxfan said:
With prices of concrete and materials so high, aren't some builders struggling now??
I imagine so. I was a a builder. I got out when prices went crazy during the pandemic. I can sell 2-3 houses and make the same amount of profit without the liability for the warranty on the home. You have to build enough to get your materials and labor discounted.
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On 3/22/2025 at 12:38 PM, RomaVicta said:
Facing SEC air is a week in and week out grind. It's not for the faint of heart. It's line-of-scrimmage air.
Ags probably still have to be able to convert a 4th down.
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I'm getting some great Oklahoma shit right now. One of my best friends is staying in an RV spot, that I pay for. His wife works at a dispensary. I'm getting shit that I would have to pay a lot of money for, and they are getting 2-4 times the value of what they pay for it. Win-win.
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13 hours ago, Alien Octopus said:
She certainly has more worms
Worms you say? The perfect woman, cause I like to fish.
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The only reason I can't say pens, is a have bought some nice Cross brand as graduation gifts, but my wife's company buys probably 1000-2000 of those really good MIMA pens for advertisement every month.and brings about 50 home. Medium point, nice grip, love them.
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11 minutes ago, Walser said:
Known SW for over 25 years and have had a few auto transactions with him. Once you see his full name you know why he goes by SW. His nickname is "Squattie" btw. Height, not race. English is solid. But we figured his penchant for brown M&M's was due to his Ceylon heritage.
One of the stories we heard about him back in the nineties, taking place in the early eighties: when he was a teenager one night he snuck out and borrowed his father's Ferrari. Got clocked at 150+ on I-35. The police didn't bother to give chase and instead went directly to his house as his father's exotic car dealership was famous in town. When the police arrived the car hood was still warm.
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Yep. He is a cool dude, I've seen his full name, I can't imagine having to spell that in kindergarten. I've known him since about 1996, when he was still on Hancock. He comes up to Cresson and runs on their track quite a bit. I heard the magic number on I-35 was 176 mph. I love the picture he has on the wall of him going through a corner at 202 mph during the Silver State Classic, the right front wheel is off the ground, and that picture is from the early 90's, which was ridiculously fast at the time.
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There are plenty of attractive single mothers out there who aren't looking for love, they are looking for help. They will throw that pussy down at the drop of a hat. There are plenty of young guys that will bang them silly, but they ain't gonna sign up to be a step parent, they just want to fuck. I guess you could say that both parties have ulterior motives. That is kinda what goes on around here. All the young men, I know, I tell them to be sure and wear a condom, no matter if she says she is on birth control. only take it off in the bathroom, by yourself, and throw it in the toilet and flush it three times. Cause "baby trappin' " is a thing around here as well.
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SW, that owns the exotic car dealership out at Cypress Mill and 620, is another guy like that. He is a very dark skinned Sri Lankan. The first time you meet him and he has an absolutely perfect Texas accent will make you do a double take.
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I think this is more of an urban problem. Out here in the sticks, where people have plenty of opportunity to fish, hunt, camp, play golf for relatively low green fees, grow a garden, etc. People are pretty damn happy. They aren't crowded up, like in cities. The only ones that seem to be unhappy, out here, are the social media addicted Karens on Nextdoor.
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2 minutes ago, We’reTexas said:
I think everyone in the housing reform world understands acutely the cost issue and the limitations that currently exist, but most of the efforts on the supply side are to partly improve the economics of development by mitigating or removing regulations that basically exist to obstruct housing: inclusionary zoning (primarily), environmental review processes, “community impact fees” (ie, shakedowns), union labor requirements, etc. But absolutely, what is left unsaid is that the best case scenario is that housing prices simply increase at a slower rate and that incomes somehow need to rise.
This is the issue with concrete. The EPA went after Portland cement mines heavily to reduce industrial pollution. Most portland mines have been around for about 100 years and retrofitting can't be done overnight. All of the current stock has to be shipped, by rail, out of Mexico. The transportation costs are what drove concrete prices through the roof.
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Did anyone else hear that explosion just now in North Austin?
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I almost had something like this happen when I was finishing up my current home, and about to move in. I have a 500 gal. propane tank buried in my side yard. I was the GC and we are in the county, so no permits or inspections, but still, you have industry safety standards.
My tank runs to the house at no more than 10 psi, it is then regulated down to 4.5 psi, before finally being regulated down to 0.5 psi. Propane isn't supposed to enter the house at more than 0.5 psi, all gas appliances, fireplace inserts, etc. orifices are sized and designed to run at 0.5 psi.
We were about 3-4 days from moving in, and we were cleaning the kitchen. I decided to try a burner out on my new cooktop. I reached down and turned the gas and hit the striker at the same time. When it lit, I had a fireball that blew the big pan drawers completely out to the end of the tracks, the underside of the cooktop was on fire, somehow, I was able to get back to the burner control knob and turn it off. I didn't have hair or eyebrows left. But the fireball was brief. It burned up just the sawdust that was still in the drawers, and went out. We had to have the cabinet sealer sanded back down, resealed it and everything was fine.
Next morning I called the propane guy who had installed it, told him what had happened, and you could hear a pin drop. He, and his crew where out here in about 30 minutes, and went through the system. They had forgot to put in the valve that metered the gas flow to 0.5 psi, so I had 4.5 psi going to the cooktop. With seeing what happened with just 4.5 psi hitting air, after being on for a split second, I can say that if a valve had been left on for 5-10 minutes, and somehow got lit, it would have caused that kind of devastation. Even at 0.5 psi, and someone carelessly leaving a valve open for a day and it gets lit, you are going to have that kind of devastation, especially if the house is sealed up with minimal to no leaks.
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