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CHIEF

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  1. One of my uncles had a 220 unit storage complex. He said he seldom saw anything in a unit that was worth one month of rent. He filled it up, ran it for a few of years, then cashed out. Tripled his investment in three years. CHIEF
  2. Food service, maid service at hotels, janitors, busboys, dishwashers, and the like. Jobs that literally take minutes to learn, or skills that the employee probably learned at home. Physical jobs, but most of the time done in the comfort of HVAC. CHIEF
  3. Should have quoted this with my original statement about the rising wages of those in non service professions. Unskilled and service workers have definitely seen stagflation. CHIEF
  4. Because you have no idea what you are talking about on wage effect.. These workers make $50-60k per year. I have known them for many years, and have spent many hours with them. I know most of their life history. They are semi-skilled workers, and if it is one thing Mexicans know how to do, it is construction work. They are friends and have friends here. Anytime more Mexican Nationals move in it drives down their wages. It means they have to pack up their families and businesses and move farther North to maintain their standard of living. They have done it several times before. How many of these businesses, friends, and families do you communicate with daily to make the statement that it won't effect their wages? CHIEF
  5. I'll be sure and let my Hispanic contractor's workers know they can rest easy, and their concerns are simply unfounded. A guy from a football internet message board let me know. CHIEF
  6. We sat at a buddy of our's feeder the other night waiting on a hog that can jump over panels, about a 250 lber. The hog didn't show up, but there was 250 lbs. of coons at the feeder. I bet they eat more than the hog. They were huge, looked like baby bears. CHIEF
  7. Real wage growth has been happening in the non services industries for years, but it is tough physical work. Our hispanic population in rural areas has been making over $20 an hour for at least six years, mostly in construction. That's just your basic concrete worker. Their biggest concern is the uncontrolled illegal immigration is going to tank their wages. The oil industry has been a major boost as well. CHIEF
  8. I'm trying to figure out the point. Is it to make other campers jealous or envious that you have the only available hookup? Does it tie up their time looking for other spots with hookups? Seems like wasted time and money. Help a brutha out. CHIEF
  9. Same. Standing on the edge of 300 foot cliffs this weekend looking at Aoudads. Closest I would get is about 3-6 feet from the edge. CHIEF Jr. is about a foot away from the edge looking through binoculars. I hated acting like a helicopter Dad to a 23 year old kid, but I kept grabbing his shirt and pulling him back. I kept getting the WTF glance, but when you are all excited looking through binoculars you aren't looking at your feet. CHIEF
  10. Well, the cloud cover didn't cooperate this weekend for stargazing. But this place is amazing. The roads are so steep that when you pull up to a hill, you have to look out and up from the side of the Ranger to see the top, probably 50-55 degree inclines, we came down one with the rear tires off the ground. If you break down it is about a four hour walk back to camp, so your vehicles better be in good shape. The South Wichita river runs all through it and is crystal clear, not anything like I thought it would be. We saw that big Aoudad in the feeder picture on the side of a cliff at about 350 yards, he will probably go B&C. We had a yearling Aoudad kid (still probably 200 lbs.) jump off the cut embankment right after a river crossing (a ten foot drop) take too running steps and clear the ten foot embankment on the other side of the road. Most amazing thing I've ever seen. CHIEF
  11. I wouldn't trust a Chinese PEZ dispenser. If you view every item they make with Harbor Freight skepticism, you just might live. CHIEF
  12. Well, it was fucking overcast the whole time we were there. Was really looking forward to it, but there will be plenty of opportunities. CHIEF
  13. Counter with no option period and $15k earnest money will stop that bullshit. Lot of investors in the market right now. They just want to tie up the house with an option, then try to figure out what to do from there. CHIEF
  14. I've got a 12 foot flatbed. Will probably go in two trucks a couple of times and leave the Ranger at the lease in November and December. That's gonna suck since it is my main transportation in our subdivision. A toy hauler would have also broke my $20k barrier. I looked for a Forest River Work n Play 20LT, they made them back in the mid-2000s. They were completely open with a bathroom and kitchenette in the front. They were open for about 17 feet. CHIEF
  15. Sorry to hear Snacks. We've lost three from our tailgate over the last 4 years. It sux for sure. One was a female APD officer that always ate with us while on duty at 17th and Trinity. Young, sweet, and just a beautiful person, she had a young family. It was devastating. T&Ps. CHIEF
  16. JJ are you one or two story? That can effect the value. CHIEF
  17. On my bolt actions, I release the pressure on the firing pin (raise bolt pull trigger, slowly lower bolt). They stay that way until hunting, and are put back that way before leaving the stand, or high rack. Just raise and lower the bolt handle to fire. CHIEF
  18. I'll get to watch it Friday and Saturday night out between Benjamin and Guthrie in the middle of several hundred thousand acres of ranches. The least light pollution in Northwest Texas. CHIEF
  19. If you are 3000 sqft, and a 5 bd/4.5bth, that tells me you are a a cut up MFer. Your bedroom are 10x10 with a small shitty bathroom. I've had square footage in a $200+ a square foot area bring $140/sqft., because of layout. You didn't say 3000 sqft., so I am assuming. We don't know the equation till you let us know. Bourbon. How much square footage we talkin' about? CHIEF
  20. They are going purely by square footage. Number of beds and baths won't make a difference. CHIEF
  21. Love the Gypsy Kings. CHIEF
  22. Well, it didn't go bad at all. I just channeled my inner Kramer: Used the same tactic on a new Polaris Ranger last week. CHIEF
  23. I've seen that, my Dad always called them stags. My younger cousin once shot a six point doe on the ranch we used to own. She had a big body but poor antler growth and Dad wanted that deer culled. My cousin was about 10. It's his favorite story to tell. He shot her, and my Dad was giving him "atta boys". He looked at her and said, "Uncle Mel, that's a doe." My Dad said "no Cody, it's got horns." So my cousin said, "well that buck has a big ol' fat pussy." My Dad, "well I be, I guess it is a doe." Dad didn't cuss around kids, it was all he could do to keep from laughing. CHIEF
  24. Here is my meager contribution. Needed a new huntin' trailer. A lot better than those rat infested POS trailers my Dad would buy for $3500 every couple of years that we stayed in before they became unlivable. The truck is kinda overkill. CHIEF Jr.'s bunks, gonna have to get good mattresses. My bed, previous owners even sprung for a Sealy Posturepedic: Mrs. CHIEF will find out once she drives up, gonna be a shitshow for 30 minutes. CHIEF
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