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Catpfish

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  1. I'll be the first to say that I'm not a volleyball expert, hell, not even a journeyman (have watched Texas volleyball ever since the advent of the LHN), but is Akana really a plus defensive specialist? It seems her serve win rate is lower than most the team (seems to have a higher percentage of errors to wins). To my mind, when a defensive specialist comes in, that should be a person that is intentionally served away from, but the moment she touches the court, she is the target. It was so bad at the Final Four that Halter was pinching right to cover about 1.5 "areas" and pushing Akana to cover only about 8-10 feet in the deep right corner. I guess what I'm really looking for is someone to fill in the gaps in my understanding. I could very well be suffering from confirmation bias and am missing the forest for the trees.
  2. I thought I was going to shop around and tell Germania to pound sand. They raised the insured value on my house by $100,000 (no problem there). What sucked is that they raised my deductible to 2% and increased my premium by 50%. Had a hail storm in 2021 on a 6 year old roof so that was replaced, but that's it. Anywhoo, after checking around, I sat back down and shut up. I really wasn't finding anything better. Don't really know what is going to happen to families in starter homes that would have to come deep out of pocket after a major hail storm. They probably can't afford to scratch a 5 figure check. I wonder what will happen with roof leaks and banks holding the notes. Of course, I also wonder what will happen with the water rates going up so much and people choosing to not water. How many slabs are going to pop in the next severe drought.
  3. Looks like he might be wearing LSU gloves during the game
  4. God, Bally's streaming is horrible. If you go to some other window (to check Surly or email), you have to refresh the page to start the stream again.
  5. They completed the Gemstone installation on Saturday. I think the orange looks a lot better in person (plus I might have darkened it a little since this picture, can't remember for sure). The programming options are insane
  6. Just got the call that they want to do the install next week. Pretty fast turnaround at a little under 2.5 weeks.
  7. You might look at Offroam.com. They have magsafe magnetic holders that mount into the air vents (without restricting air flow) and can charge at the same time. I don't think it's necessarily fast charge but it does charge.
  8. So I just got a quote from Gemstone. The quote was for 264 feet of lighting. The quoted rate is $28/ft but they gave me a discount to $24/ft lighting and track. Don't know why I would get it unless everyone gets it. All in the bid was about $6,800. The controller was $250, and when you exceed 200 linear feet, they require another transformer at $130. There was an additional $105 charge for all of the customization cuts in the track to fit our roofline (gables, dormer, some places gutters, etc). They said they are about 3-4 weeks out on installation so we could have it by the second week of December. I will update this thread as things develop. I'm in the Pflugerville area if that helps anyone.
  9. It's the knee and MRI is scheduled for tomorrow
  10. Any idea on when the tile will be delivered for installation? The packaging will have the lot # on it. You can then check with other suppliers (or even the same one) and see if they have the same lot. I would imagine that the lot runs are pretty massive, but that's just a WAG
  11. What if you just buy the flooring now and find another contractor after the current one is done. You should be able to find one that isn't the store.
  12. Talked to an escrow officer a couple of days ago and a good month for them now is 40% less than average (smaller satellite office). They've had a couple of months with 60-70% less. Obviously, no refi's to take up the slack. The parent company is looking at 20% layoffs across the board.
  13. I'm not saying it's a certain conflict of interest, but surely you can see where someone that controls 2/3s of the real estate transaction (lending and buying) could benefit from questionable practices to get a closing. Theoretically, you have a kind of checks and balances right now, where each side should be able to keep things on the up and up (even though things get screwed up all the time anyways).
  14. Just curious, but who will help with inspections and other issues that come with an offer? It seems like you might be opening yourself up to a conflict of interest accusation if the deal goes sideways and the buyers gets pissed, especially if something happens post-closing.
  15. Still can't believe that they would have to call for an ambulance. Hell, all high school games have a crew on location (I believe). I know the Texas Stars have an ambulance at all games for emergencies as the games have been delayed waiting for a replacement when a player was taken to the hospital with possible head injuries.
  16. Are we just skipping the ZJs? Isn't that like the sight breach of etiquette when one goes straight to the triple dog dare?
  17. I couldn't hear. What was the reason for giving them their timeout back and then reviewing it?
  18. Not that you've really done anything wrong, but the tax withholding was changed to put more money in people's pockets throughout the year to goose spending. It's very common for people to owe now unless you have extra withholding. Your income probably pushed you into a higher bracket, and when computed at the higher tax rate, your wife's withholding would have been short also.
  19. Pretty good series and it ran for 2 years. Supposedly, there are streaming platforms that have approached the runner about continuing the story.
  20. Maybe I should have specified. It was a sad day to learn that the wrestlers didn't really hate each other, Heel vs Face style
  21. My sister played softball with Bob "Mr. Pile Driver" Sweetan's daughter. He'd show up for games in clothes that would make a homeless man embarrassed. We went to the old City Coliseum several times to see the WCCW show. One match was Kamala vs. Andre the Giant. One threw the other into the ropes in the first few seconds of the match and the ropes broke. They had to finish the match with only the bottom rope still up. We were leaving and a car drove by with Ice Man and a couple of heels...a sad lesson to learn
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