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High Plains Drifter

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  1. When I was about 20 I worked on a roofing crew for a couple of summers. I admit to have cannonballed off at least a couple of roofs into pools at the end of a hot day slinging shingles.
  2. could be the first time I've pos repped you old man. "No, no, for the thousandth time, no. Besides, I"m too old for you. Now please leave before I call the Sargent at Arms."
  3. I think in many cases water rights to Rio grande surface water go all the way back to Texas Independence from Mexico, if not farther back to Spain. I would imagine the water rights are transferred with the land. This was a big problem with the idea of a wall-- riverside land owners would be cut off from their water rights.
  4. Seriously, no snark, thank you for this well written and informative summary. Because I had no idea what was going on.
  5. I need to peruse the "Can you help me with this" forum more frequently.
  6. 4 months ago, where you are standing would have been under at least a couple feet of water. You wouldn't have been able to stand up. Not sure what its like now. I need to plan a canoe trip down thataways in a few months before it gets too hot.
  7. The Rio Concho flows into the Rio Grande near Presidio. Upstream from there, the Rio Grande is nothing more than a ditch, at best. Downstream from there, through big bend all the way to Lake Amistad, the flow of the Rio Grande is determined mainly by the flow coming in from the Rio Concho. Rain in mexico has a bigger influence on the flow of the Rio grande through big bend than any other factor. And yes, the flow through big bend this year was epic, due to heavy rains in mexico, and mexico releasing a lot of water from the dam they have across the Concho. I believe I posted a heads up in the big bend thread some months back. El Paso doesn't get its water from the Rio Grande. Fun fact: El paso operates the world's largest inland desalinization plant to get its drinking water from brackish ground water.
  8. There used to be an old house on 21st street right behind record exchange. Upstairs/downstairs duplex. Lived in AC-less squalor there in the upstairs for a couple of years around '86 or so with two other guys. Rent was 1,000/month, split three ways. I believe there is some sort of Jewish student center there now.
  9. actually, no I wouldn't. I do eat breakfast there on occasion. Their breakfast is decent for fast food standards. I will concede that. The extremely few times I have gone inside to order breakfast, there is always a line of slack jawed morans standing at the kiosk grunting and waving their credit cards like proto-human apes brandishing bones before the monolith, so I go straight to the counter to order.
  10. yes, there is a system for that event. yes, those affected ballots were still counted. yes, that part has been left out to shape the story. anymore questions?
  11. That reverse polish notation shit is some shit.
  12. you forgot "will the food absolutely fucking suck?"
  13. This is why I drop my daughter off at 6 am.
  14. I've gotten a few of those. I usually don't even remember making them.
  15. Get Out has to be in there somewhere. Layer Cake is not a comedy. It does have the best opening sequence in the history of opening sequences. The Hangover should be at or at least near the top of the comedy list.
  16. Add another circle to the Venn diagram! And another! Damn, is a five way Venn diagram even possible?
  17. Turning off the water at the well house and getting the fuck out Thursday. I'll be weathering this shitshow at the in laws, so it'll be their pipes that freeze, not mine.
  18. good job new york times. What we really need is some sort of Office of the Devil's Advocate, that ruthlessly investigates all public office candidates, with the express intent of finding dirt. Then publish the results of those investigations BEFORE THE FUCKING ELECTION.
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