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CHIEF

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  1. I don't know, maybe because nowhere in the proposed, but vaguely worded, court order you cited recommended a psychiatric evaluation to determine the "crisis". Again, as most stated above, being for or against it would depend on the drafting of the legislation. CHIEF
  2. Who wants red flag laws where a vindictive spouse or family member, or police can petition to have your guns confiscated? That's utter bullshit. A psychiatrist should be the one that makes that determination. CHIEF
  3. Well, CHIEF Jr. towed his first Mastercraft with a busted block yesterday. He said it was a sight to behold. Water coming out everywhere. It took two 1500 gph bilge pumps to keep it afloat. How can someone neglect to winterize a $100k boat. CHIEF
  4. Thirded. Only luck I've ever had fishing the surf is on ice cream days when I could run out Pass Cavillo or the Big Jetties at Port O and fish the second or third gut. Even then it was sporadic. I've never been out in the surf with a guide. If I ever went again we would take CHIEF Jr.'s drone to SPINS and try to locate structure and bait balls. Other than that, it would just be a long wasted trip. It's far enough down there for me now, I probably won't ever go without doing a guided trip. CHIEF
  5. Both of those are solid. The chicken fried steak at Murn's in Archer City is the best one I've eaten. Also one of the only places I know of where you can get a Monte Cristo sandwich which also is bangin'. CHIEF
  6. If you are talking cash, I could see it. But if you have a house payment, I'm not sure if the interest plus principle would work out. $800k is a big nut, even $500k is a big nut for most Americans. Depends if you have a payment or not. CHIEF
  7. Hot tamales are the shit. Mrs. CHIEF brings me those, Sixlets, and Smarties home from the Dollar General outside the gate, then rations them out over the month. CHIEF
  8. We are getting empty nesters out of DFW, Californians, and those that have figured out they can work from home, and just drive the 45-90 minutes into DFW for meetings. So we are very much like Bertram/Liberty Hill. Our prices have jumped about 25-40% in the last four months. Here is a home that would have brought $335,000 in September of 2020, that we just sold for $425k, a full price offer. If clients are willing to sit for a couple of more weeks than the new normal, someone eventually comes along and offers a full cash price. This house currently holds the record high price for a basic 3/2/2 car in our neighborhood. I thought it would bring $450k, in this crazy market, but the owners decided to stay at $425k. But, it is under $200/sqft., and riverfront. My POS tract home on a 55 foot wide lot in a mundane subdivision would bring that now, in Cedar Park. If you don't have to live in the city for work, I have no idea why you would still live there. https://matrix.ntreis.net/matrix/shared/D6TVC3Yg5Qc/8702RavenswoodRoad CHIEF
  9. There are a ton of resources on Youtube about reading surf structure, bait rigging, catching bait, and knowing how to handle certain fish and bait without getting injured. I've never been that good at reading surf structure (but haven't been since most of the videos were made). CHIEF
  10. God no. It is brined and cured, then smoked. Is beef jerky steak? What a fucking question. CHIEF
  11. It's not as much as no access to good wood. I live in a 4200 acre Pecan orchard. It's just that you don't find many packer briskets outside of Texas. They are made into other cuts, corned, or made into pastrami. I worked O&G in the Midwest for a short stint, you couldn't get a brisket in the stores, it was all ground into hamburger because it was worth more. CHIEF
  12. I'm the guy for our neighborhood. I would sell 18 preordered briskets in my subdivision once a month when my parents still owned their house with a big pit that would hold all 18. I'm gonna build one that holds 24 in the next few months, and probably step up to biweekly. We have shitty Que around here. At $50 profit on each one, that's $1200 , and just do it on a cash only basis. It makes for a nice little slush fund. CHIEF
  13. Most don't, since their brisket is ground into hamburger meat, and they don't have access to post oak and mesquite. It is only a recent phenomenon that briskets are getting as expensive as ground beef. Cheap brisket was/is a Texas centric cut of beef. You rarely see it outside the state borders. Texas grocers are just doing us a favor. CHIEF
  14. It is surprisingly cheap. You can get open water certified for about $300-400. You can rent everything else. We have high end masks, boots, fins, and snorkels. Which probably cost an additional $500, and worth it. Wet suits, Go-Pros, dive bags, dry bags, BCs, tanks, etc. it's like golf. You can play a muni with $200 clubs, or a high end semi with $2000 clubs. But it is well worth it at entry level. CHIEF
  15. Does it still mate with modern tanks? Have they been the same since the 70's? CHIEF
  16. My Dad absolutely loved a Cherry Mash, not the one with the creme filled center, but the one with syrup and maraschino cherries. It was way too rich, and sweet for me. They got hard to find, but I would scour very small town store to find them for him. Always told him, "I brought you a prize!" I sure do miss his smile. CHIEF
  17. I always consider "sushi" to be Japanese generic for both Nagiri and Sashimi. Kinda like how a steak (generic) is used for filets, ribeyes, porterhouses, sirloin, etc. CHIEF
  18. My best friend, that my son is named after is a retired LEO. Retired because he crossed the Thin Blue Line. He straight up agrees it was murder. Our sheriff of Hood County came out and said it was straight up murder. The constable that lives in our subdivision said it was straight up murder. I have spoken to them off record, so you can fuck off. CHIEF
  19. Guys, this happened like in 2015-16, Daniel was an acquaintance. He lived a few streets over in my subdivision. It is still the worst "Mother-May-I" game ever perpetrated. I have Cop buddies that wish nothing but an agonizing death for that motherfucker, along with the rest of us. A lot of people in our neighborhood had to be talked off the ledge. That's about all I can say about the situation. It was a straight up execution for some cocksucker to get his rocks off. I thought we were gonna have to add another 1000 ft. to our little airstrip to accommodate trial attorney's private jets. CHIEF
  20. You might manage, but your kids might be done. Mentally, apparently, the visibility is a hard thing to overcome. Al least that is what I've heard. Your kids may be fine, but who knows, they are pretty young. My childhood dentist died in Lake Travis after getting tangled in a barbed wire fence up at Pace Bend Park while scuba diving. He died in 1978, they found him around 1995, when I still lived in Austin. I got to hear about dental records and all that shit. I have no desire to dive Travis. CHIEF
  21. I would just file it as a gambling loss. Rage is right. You could see if your DM would let you finish in Athens, or pay for a weekend in Glen Rose and dive Wheeler Branch, those are about the only places within 2-3 hours of Austin that are small, clear, and basically designed for scuba. Glen Rose has great, cheap hotels, so it, at least, has something else going for it. But anywhere big enough to allow outboards will probably suck. CHIEF
  22. My uncle, the closest in age to me. My Mom's youngest brother, gave it up for exactly this reason. We hunt together, fish together, and go on most vacations together. But he no longer has any interest in diving. CHIEF
  23. Just look at the prices. When has a pork tenderloin cost even a quarter as much as a beef tenderloin? Beef brisket in Texas, at a prime joint is North of $15/lb., at least, I've seen as high as $22/lb. Why do people pay that? Because apparently supply and demand still exist. Is there any pork BBQ over $10/lb. besides baby backs? CHIEF
  24. Looking on Aldora's website, there are still some trips we haven't done. We have still not done the Twilight package with a dusk and night dive, or dove the shark cave and Spanish galleon. Guillermo apparently has a special trip that isn't on the list where you spend a couple of nights camping on the beach. He has been recruiting CHIEF Jr. pretty hard to come be the third marine mechanic on the island. CHIEF
  25. Aldora is who we always use. Dario, our favorite divemaster retired, but I have his phone number. I'm sure I can find him at Cerveceria Punta Sur https://www.cerveceriapuntasur.com. That's where their Divemasters hang out after a day on the water. They make a Lionfish pizza, and its pretty damn good. CHIEF
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