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CHIEF

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  1. Yep, my mother sends me the closing price daily with money signs. Closed at 9.14/mcf last night. CHIEF
  2. I'm also of the belief, that rural highways in desolate areas, should have no speed limit. It should be perfectly legal to drive as fast as you want on Hwy. 114 between Benjamin and Lubbock. The lanes are wide, there are passing lanes. I've been passed by cars I know were going at least 120, and it never felt unsafe, or scary. I mean it happens all the time on the Autobahn in Germany. CHIEF
  3. Heard they work for peanuts. CHIEF
  4. Our inventory numbers are up in our neighborhood from about six houses to twenty-seven, at the moment. We are listing agents, and have the Lion's share. Houses are going for asking price, some slightly over, but not the $30k-50k we were seeing last summer. Being a country club community, a lot of the homes for sale are second homes, so no Homestead exemption. Quite a few folks are unloading them as valuations have gone up 30-40%. My mother/broker is taking advantage on a listing from another agent that usually works in town. She is buying a home that has been in architectural digests, absolutely stunning, priced at $222/sqft. It is easily worth $250/sqft, if not more. When my Dad passed she sold their 3400 sqft. home, and downsized to 2200 sqft. now back up to 3750 sqft. She also purchased the riverfront lot next to our six acres with a shop. CHIEF Jr. will build there. We will have three houses, bought and paid for in our neighborhood, and a finished out apartment at the shop, so housing for four generations. This has been our goal since last year, knowing that the only way our descendants will be able to own a home is through inheritance. So no matter their income, they will always have a roof over their head, and no house payment. CHIEF
  5. I remember classified ads, in the Statesman in the early 90's, where you could buy all you wanted for $49/acre. Mrs. CHIEF's grandparents, aunts, and uncles lived in Marfa. I tried to talk her into buying 2000 acres out there for $100k, and just sitting on it for a retirement fund. She said that land is just there to hold the World together, and would never be worth jack shit. CHIEF
  6. I've never sold a gun. There are a few people in my trust tree that I would have no problem selling to, as I have known them for years, and have been around them while they had firearms. But someone that I don't really know? Forget it. We are meeting at the local gun store for a complete background check, and doing things the right way. CHIEF
  7. I forgot which movie that is, but want CHIEF Jr. to watch it. CHIEF
  8. Some of you apparently don't read anything on this thread since your last post. FF clearly said what he would accept on the last page. CHIEF
  9. See O'Rourke, Beto and his "your damn right I'm coming for your AR-15s and AK-47s" and what that did to him politically. Any "now illegal" is essentially "coming for your guns". You make fun of those people, but you are proving them right. Was it right to make alcohol illegal? We repealed the 21st amendment. What is your stance on legalizing drugs? CHIEF
  10. I don't know anyone that uses their 30 round mags on an AR, they are too unwieldy. All we carry are 10 round mags anyway. Anytime I see someone "hunting" with a 30 round mag I stay as far away from that idoit as possible. That will never pass, anything that makes "now illegal weapons" will never see the light of day. You can't just make millions of gun owners immediate felons, just because they have responsibly owned a piece of property that you don't like. CHIEF
  11. I'm not sure a buy back program would be worth the time and money it would take for the government to implement it. I say that as someone who has never sold a gun, or would sell any of the guns I own. I consider them family heirlooms, kind of like my wife's china. They will be left to my future generations, since they may eventually loose the right to purchase them. Everyone in my circle that owns guns feel the same way. I own a gun safe, so I can keep my guns locked away. I don't have small children, or have any that visit, so we have a few in closets and under beds. But "do you have anyone under the age of 16 that routinely stays in your home? should definitely be a red flag question. CHIEF
  12. All existing rifles and magazines are gonna have to be grandfathered in. The only way to get any concessions is no one is going to have to give up anything they already have, or be arrested for having it, or have it confiscated. Simply make it where manufacturers only make 10 round mags from here out. Raise the age to 25 and a Universal background check, and a waiting period for purchase of semi-auto rifles. Close gun show loopholes, and be done. CHIEF
  13. CHIEF

    Getting old sucks

    My A1C has been 6.3-6.4 for about four years, it was finally at 8.6 this year. My blood sugar has been 100-114. This year it was 140. I loaded up on ice cream before the twelve hours started before the blood draw. My doctor tried putting me on Metformin. That shit absolutely sucked, back pain, and it felt like my kidneys were going to fall out. So far, I've just knocked out the carbs in my diet, but I am so damn sick of drinking water. I'm thinking of asking the bar down at the 19th Hole if the can get Glucerna on tap. With our demographics, it would be their best seller. Now to get my high blood pressure under control. CHIEF
  14. Wow, she can lick your scrote will you go to poundtown. CHIEF
  15. Nice to see there are additional members of the "Fuck Parasailing Club". It looks safe as hit watching them off the porch in Cozumel, but I know better. CHIEF
  16. Use to do that at the 360 bridge boat ramp, quite entertaining. People know their shit, and the ramp is protected from a south wind at our marina. But the boat ramp across the lake is angled real shallow across the lake and fills up with Rednecks and trashy people on holiday weekends. You can anchor up in the cove to one side and watch the shitshow. Usually two or three fights, and the sheriff gets called a couple of times. CHIEF
  17. Sorry, there were about 40 sales associates there. Out of eleven associates that flew in, eight ended up with COVID. Out of the 28 that drove to the convention, only four ended up catching it. Three that flew didn't catch it, but 24 that drove also didn't catch it. Hope that clears it up. CHIEF
  18. I know how it is gonna affect my family. CHIEF Jr. has made it through college by making the choice to get his hours by going to Junior College, working full time in the summer, and part-time in the winter. I am going to encourage him to take out all of the loans possible this coming year and park it in a money market account. Keep everything that gets forgiven, and pay back with what is left. CHIEF
  19. I would have paid good money to see this interaction last night. My charger can run 11 miles of hot wire, it only has about 100 feet on it. You have to keep the wire at least 3/4" away from panels or posts, or it will jump to the grounded item. will shoot a flame for 1/2": CHIEF
  20. You could buy one for what the diesel would cost. LOL. It would probably be worth checking to see if there is someone who rents them, they are life changing. CHIEF
  21. Isn't your place around Snyder? CHIEF
  22. I bought one of these last year: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B073DBLL29/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 CHIEF Jr. gets paid to move the feeder pens and feeders on our lease. We pull down about four or five pens and move them per year. With the T-post puller from Tractor Supply, and this driver, we can move a pen and rebuild it in about 3 hours. It stays at the lease, and anyone can use it. It has already paid for itself twice. CHIEF
  23. My wife's company had a sales conference at the Gaylord Texan a couple of weeks ago. They had eleven sales associates fly in. Of those eleven, eight came down with COVID. Four other attendees, including the CEO, and former CEO apparently got it from those eight. It seems like the airlines are the major spreaders at this time. If you fly commercial, you have greater than a 50% chance of catching COVID on the plane, using those numbers above. CHIEF
  24. Exactly, if someone is driving faster than I am, they have their reasons. I'm not gonna keep someone from getting to the hospital before a loved one dies, or misses a "once in a lifetime" job interview. CHIEF
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