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  1. 14 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

    That was Carrie Isaac.  She came across better than I expected.

    I mean in all honesty, take being a Republican or Democrat out of it, but who watches that cunt speak and says to themselves, “yeah, she should be running my local, state, county, whatever, government because she seems smart?”.  She shouldn’t be in charge of your local McDonalds let alone voting on laws for a state.  The people of TX that elect idiots like her (yeah I know there are hundreds of idiots like her in our state legislature) are the cause for this country’s decline.

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  2. Heading to San Fran tomorrow through Sunday with a bunch of clients.  Staying at the Westin St Francis in Union Square so looking for the best places to eat for breakfast lunch and dinner around Union Square I guess.  Looking for best food plus some iconic type of places to take the people I am supposed to be entertaining.    

  3. Played two rounds over the weekend.  Shot a 90 and a 85.  What is strange is a hit the ball much better when I shot the 90 but the golf luck on mis hits helped me with the 85 round.  The greens at my club were punched a few weeks ago so I am losing a few strokes easily to putting on greens where the ball just bounces around.  Hoping to drop my 13 handicap to that 10 level. 

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  4. 9 minutes ago, Goofyboy said:

    I love the idea of gun ranges owning weapons. Shot a .50 sniper and shot a mini gun at a range. Lots of fun… no one should own one.

    Exactly.  If you really feel the need to shoot some high powered guns and don’t want to go to a shooting range you can always join the army or marines and then you can shoot guns to your hearts content.  Otherwise, go shoot a rocket launcher at a gun range for all I care, as long as it’s owned by a licensed gun range, can’t be taken home and can’t harm anybody.

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  5. 1 hour ago, Sawbonz said:

    Why not start with a $1000 surcharge on any magazine that holds more than 6 rounds? 

    So you just want rich people to have the ability to be a mass murderer and poor lunatics don’t get to shoot up schools just because they are poor?  That sounds like class warfare at it’s finest.  

    Before responding check your sarcasm meters as I am for banning all high capacity guns that are privately owned.  My solution would be those type of weapons are only available to shoot at shooting ranges and are owned by the shooting range and aren’t allowed off the premises.  That way you can go and get your rocks off shooting those weapons but they stay locked up from the masses.  Everyone still gets to keep their hunting rifles, shotguns and hand guns so of course there will still be tons of gun violence in this country but maybe we save a few lives by taking the assault style weapons and high capacity magazines out of the public’s hands. 

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  6. I was actually watching Fox News for about 5 minutes during lunch yesterday before I had to change the channel.  The next rant has to do with the actual name of the channel.  I don't see how it is legal for a major network to call themselves a news channel when they really aren't.  Follow me on this and tell me why I am wrong because it is really bugging me for some reason.  What I found interesting was that the topic of Fox News was something like "People and businesses are leaving Democrat run cities in mass because of crime" and it got me thinking, is something like this really what would be on a national news channel and "phrased" that way?  It could be "people leaving large cities or large urban areas but they have to put that Democrat title on it.  I get that they are just playing to their viewership, but I don't see why Mabel Johnson in rural Texas/Alabama/Iowa, etc... should really care if people are leaving cities like San Francisco, New York, Chicago or anywhere else.  I was trying to figure out the psychology involved with this type of narrative.  Is it simply to make the viewer vote Republican because the Dems screw up everything and they will soon screw up your slice of heaven in rural America?  If this is the case, then how is that really news but just a propaganda network for one side of the aisle and should that be legal. I mean, if you turned on CBS nightly news and all you saw were titles like "Russia attacks Ukraine because the Republicans are crooks" or "Child abducted in Tennessee because the Republicans are pedophiles" I would think there would be a way to stop that.  Rant over but it just kind of pissed me off and made me feel sad that there are so many people watching that shit and being brainwashed not just on the Tucker/Hannity type shows but just the regular messaging all day long from basic non-partisan stories. 

  7. 1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

    @Beantown Express 2.0 what did you get and the shafts ?

    Got professionally fitted at Sellingers Golf in Dallas.  Really good guys in a little shop that do the clubs for a lot of pros (Scheffler, Spieth, Fowler, Ryan Palmer, Romo, etc…).  When I got fitted Scheffler was there working out while the guy that fitted me and was watching me was also bending Scheffler’s new irons.  I got a Rogue Driver,  Titleist TSR3 3 wood, Titleist T300 irons, Cleveland CBX wedges.  I really wanted the new Ping irons and driver from last year but I hit these other clubs better so he said you got to go with what you hit well.  I did hit the Mizuno Hot Metal irons slightly better than the Titleist irons as far as dispersion goes but I did not like the look of them when I was at address so the fitter said go with the Titleist.  The shafts ended up being stock for the most part as he said I didn’t need to spend more money for higher end shafts.  He did make sure I was stiff flex on the driver but regular flex on the 3 wood for example plus the right length and lie angles for my swing.  The irons are steel shaft.  Not sure what kind but they say,” NS Pro Modus, Tour 105 Nippon Shaft, Stiff flex.  I already got fitted for my LAB putter 6 months ago which is fantastic and I can’t speak highly enough about how that has helped my putting because I was a shitty putter.  Like I could shoot mid 90’s with 50 putts in a round.  

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  8. Now that the weather is getting warm in N Texas I am finally starting to get used to the new sticks I got in October and my game is finally getting decent for me.  Shot a 86 on Saturday (I was helped by sinking 4 putts over 10 feet) and then today I shot a 85 (40 on the front 9) without making a single putt and 3 putting 4 times. I have been shooting in the low to mid 90’s so this is an improvement for me and I feel like if I can consistently shoot in the mid 80’s I can consider myself a decent golfer and not an embarrassment out there. Will try again mid week to see if I can shoot the same type of score.  Golf is much more enjoyable when you hit the ball well apparently.  

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  9. 16 minutes ago, UTPhil2006 said:

    From when we have talked I assume your house is of a decent value. This is not when you want to go with a newbie. She could end up costing you (in multiple ways) tens of thousands 

    I’m relying on her boss who is the most experienced in our neighborhood and really successful to be part of this and she has been part of a lot of it so far.

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  10. 2 minutes ago, LCHorn said:

    Echoing @Gil Bang, sounds like your realtor isn't great with managing expectations.  Are they new to the industry or did you pick them because they are related to you?

    Not a relative but she is new.  Got stuck with her because I was using the agency that does all the sales in my neighborhood and had the listing on the house I just purchased and the head of the agency put her with us.  The head of the agency is supposed to be “helping” her but I guess she is not doing a good job with that.

  11. No official offer was ever made that I am aware of.  My realtor said their realtor was sending an offer and wanted the sellers disclosure which we gave them along with the pier information, warranty and structural engineer documentation.  They then decided they don’t want a house that had a foundation issue.  My bigger point is all of north texas housing ends up with settling because the houses are built on clay up here versus say limestone in FL which is much more sturdy.  Whatever.  I had two more showings today and one is apparently interested because they are asking us for weird stuff like who is the internet and cable with in your home, a copy of the original floor plans/blueprints, what were our monthly bills for electric, gas, water, etc…Maybe that’s a good sign or maybe not.  I can only hope at this point.  I am also a little perturbed because one of our friends in the neighborhood just let us know they are buying a house on the lake and my wife asked when their home would be going on the market and they said their neighbor who is a realtor asked if they could bring a player by from FC Dallas to look at their home.  He walked in and said he will gut the place so no need to fix it up so they sold it without putting it on the market.  Now I am bitter at them also!

  12. 1 hour ago, Gil Bang said:

    The buyer's agent should have educated his clients about the likelihood of foundation issues in that neighborhood.   The buyer's agent did a lousy job and as a result, a lot of time was wasted.  Don't be discouraged.

    Have you reviewed your agent's MLS listing?  Does it emphasize that repairs are done and a lifetime warranty is included?   It should.  My MLS allows for "confidential remarks" that are only seen by other agents, not by the general public.  That information needs to be in there, so agents with nervous clients can handle it beforehand. 

    Yeah, my agent said she tried to explain it to their agent but I am guessing their agent sucks at “educating” his clients.  My realtor told their realtor that her own home (she lives in my neighborhood) has 200 piers and is only 3 years old and that my home only had 17 piers and the structural engineer fully backed the work saying the home is totally sound.  She also sent their realtor a conversation from our neighborhood Facebook page that flukishly occurred on Tuesday with people asking about foundation issues and how the builders warranty it.  The first comment was a guy saying, “we have 3 types of homes in this neighborhood, those with foundation issues, those that are going to have foundation issues, or those that had foundation issues and were fixed.  Their realtor didn’t seem to care apparently.  One interesting thing in this whole deal is another home went on the market in my neighborhood Monday and was priced super cheap.  My realtor said these people are going to look at that one also.  I found out that the home was not really lived in and during the big TX Freeze last year the pipes broke and flooded the home and water sat forever since nobody lived in it.  Some people that know that home said its a gut job when you look closely but the pictures on line made it look really nice so I hope these fuckers buy that home and then have tons of repair issues.  I know, I am bitter.

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  13. 1 hour ago, Wulaw Horn said:

    Last sentence of Twice's post was the money quote for sure- tell them to have it inspected by an engineer- show them the warranty (it should be transferrable) and that ought to allay the concerns of a reasonable person, while also knowing that dipshits are out there that would buy the house without even bothering to ask about it and they exist. 

    My suspicion is that you probably just ran into a super conservative and cautious person and it won't be an issue next time around. 

    We gave them the engineer report and the lifetime warranty info but they are idiots in my opinion since apparently they really loved my house.  Oh well.

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  14. This is more on the real estate side since I put my house on the market Friday.  Had an offer at list by Sunday but they backed out because 6 years ago we had 17 piers put in the front of our house for some foundation repair.  My neighborhood is on a peninsula in Dallas on a lake and from what I have been told settling and foundation issues in north Texas is totally common and even more so near the lake.  My realtor tried to explain to their realtor that the houses in this neighborhood either had some foundation issues or are going to have foundation issues but the buyers said any home that has this is a non starter.  Should I be worried that most people view it this way?  Everyone I know looks at piers as a positive since the issue was fixed.  

  15. 3 minutes ago, fattyflattie said:

    Ok. I’m also sorry I’ve done nothing but follow the law, responsibly own arms, and am not clairvoyant enough to stop 15 (of 300 million) clinically insane people a year from committing violence.  Im also sorry I didn’t agree with the opposition political party, and will vote with them in lockstep so these acts of violence will never happen again. 

    Let me just make sure I truly understand your stance.  Do you feel these mass shootings that this country has all the time is a problem or not?  (Simple yes or no question, right?). If you do feel it is a problem what do you feel the solution is?  Is your attitude just let this happen over and over again and there is nothing we as a civilization can do or do you have ideas on how we can try and curb some of these atrocities that are occurring in this country?  I get that in your mind, taking certain guns away isn’t a solution so what do you recommend?  

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  16. Let me preface this by saying that I am not a gun owner nor a hunter.  I totally respect people that choose to hunt or buy guns (Just doesn’t interest me) but can someone tell me the purpose for ownership of “assault type weapons” and why this should be allowed?  I mean, do people use these to hunt deer or ducks or something?  Like I said, not a gun owner so I really don’t understand the need for these type of weapons and before someone says “2nd amendment” allows them, just remember that you can’t go buy a tank or bazooka or rocket launcher or certain weapons that are banned from private use.  Not saying banning those weapons would solve the issue but it sure couldn’t hurt and if it saves one life going forward in this country then it is totally worth the ban since selfishly, that one life could be my child’s life.  

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  17. 51 minutes ago, Neonmoon said:

    Anything is possible. We could all be possessed by Thetans because of Xenu. But there is a reason why we mock those that believe in Xenu and accommodate those that believe in Jesus. Time (and lots of killing by the ruling class). Both claims are outrageous, lack evidence, and are infused with the perverted morality of the founders of each cult.  

    There is no point trying to reason with a delusional person. 

     

    So Scientology and Christianity are cults?  Next you are gonna tell me Joseph Smith was just a con man, Jesus really didn’t hang out in America doing peyote with the Native Americans and Mormonism is a cult, huh?

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  18. Just now, Biff Tannen said:

    Oh man, the Bible is TERRIFIC.  It's got monsters, and adventures, and hey man, if you like torture porn, check out the Old Testament.

    I think you are forgetting the part of the Bible, I believe it is in Deuteronomy, that specifically states that religion should be a big part of the government of the United States of America.  

    Oh, and just so you all know where I stand.  I am 100% for a Theocracy in this country as long as it involves the religion that celebrates Festivus because I have got a lot of grievances to air with you people.

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