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Catpfish

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  1. Saw the Hooters open for Bryan Adams in late 80's/very early 90's. Hell of a show. I always liked this video for some reason http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noS1viHX6zA Can't figure out how to embed video links
  2. That's entirely possible. I was only going off of what was reported on the Austin news and they said that the guy had originally been detained by the loss prevention guy at Home Depot
  3. I wonder if he got an officer's gun somehow. If he was willing to shoot his way out, it seems he would have done it sooner before the police arrived.
  4. If they were keeping pace, how would skipping a hole prevent further issues? Sounds to me like there was an open hole between them and the group in front of them
  5. Yeah, the flushable wipes aren't really flushable unless it means that they'll make it at least part way down the pipes before clogging everything up. And if you are on a septic system, they'll be in your tank until they are pumped out.
  6. My Honda has the composite deck that is guaranteed not to rust. It still is fairly heavy.
  7. I have the reversible one, but I haven't noticed that it heats particularly well. Of course, when I was trying it, the temp dropped back to the high 40s/low 50s and there is no way an electric heater will be able to keep up with that change. Maybe I'll give it a go when we reach a point without rain and the chilly mornings in the forecast.
  8. Wouldn't there be something recorded with the county of residence as proof of release of lien?
  9. And just like that, the rain and wind are gone. Still a nice light show
  10. Raining sideways east of Pville. Windows on the back patio are wet all the way at the top and the windows are about 16 feet in. Small hall, lightning like crazy and 40 mph wind gusts.
  11. The tax value really has little to no impact on sales price. I can show you houses on the tax rolls that will sell for twice what they are on the tax roll for. There are also houses where the owners have never protested that couldn't sell for 80% of the tax value. The timing of the market really doesn't matter either. Most people just look at it as they will protest the taxes the next year and use their closing statement and pay less on taxes.
  12. Brew is correct in that they don't use averages. They prefer to use median values to minimize the effects of the outliers which are usually to the low side (foreclosures, distressed houses, etc).
  13. My dealings with Travis CAD has pretty much been the exact opposite of your #2 in the first part. They strictly looked at numbers and had no common sense when it came to individual properties. In one protest that I was helping with, they were trying to tell me that this whole subdivision had 5,000 square foot one stories on 9-10,000 square foot lots and when I tried to point out that there was no way with impervious cover restrictions and setbacks, they told me just to go to the formal because they wouldn't discuss anything further with me.
  14. Was playing the big DeMarini tournament in San Antonio (probably around '99) and pretty far into tournament. My team had 2 former UT baseball players, a former Baylor player, a guy that played AAA ball (CSF with Augie), a guy that played for the Mets and a couple of former UT football players. I was pitching and caught a bad hop line drive off the pitching rubber in the mouth. People heard it a field over. Fractured jaw, but not the usual fracture. The jaw fractured at the front edge so my front bottom teeth were still in the bone but the bone was floating. Three oral surgeries (including an apicoectomy to stop an infection from spreading where some type of cow bone derivative was used) and three root canals (the dentist didn't use anesthesia, he said it wouldn't help) later, my teeth are almost as straight as they used to be. The worst part was when I went back to pitching, I didn't have the same reflexes. My first instinct was to protect myself and balls got by that I used to pick. Had to move to the outfield.
  15. Just have to work your way around the foundation to keep it somewhat uniform. Really sucks if you have to walk into the wind.
  16. My sprinkler system has a separate foundation zone tied to a moisture sensor. I think I have a minimum moisture content of 19%. Once it drop belows that, the sensor will allow the sprinkler system to water via the buried drip lines. I have two drip lines buried 2 feet out from the slab and then 1' and 2' down.
  17. Just out of curiosity, who is the service through? I am pretty much stuck with satellite or line of sight microwave (which I have) and $110 is about what I'm paying
  18. You really need to check on bandwidth limits. I think HughesNet has a 20 gig cap and you'll get to the easily if you watch Netflix or stream much content.
  19. Are you talking George Strait in Vegas? If so, I believe REK and Lyle are opening for him again. They put on about a 45-60 minute show swapping songs back and forth. Not as good as either in concert, but George puts on a hell of a show still. I saw him in December and February and they blew the sound board in December with a gun shot effect during Folsom Prison Blues
  20. Pulling for Hossler but it's hard to go against Poulter in match play Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk
  21. Also should watch out for the hidden little things like small fruit seeds and the like. It isn't the septic tank that is so much of an issue, it's more the little stuff that doesn't dissolve/break down can get into the drain field and plug up the lines there.
  22. No change in valuation. That's the advantage of living in the country I guess. Just waiting for the big one to come though. Office valuation up 33% and valuation on my dad's old house is up about 28%...really need to sell it
  23. I started feeling a little dizzy and nauseous but I've been afraid of heights since a wee lad. Do not even like glass elevators.
  24. In your case, probably not. No one is home during the weekday/school day, so we let the temp rise. It'll be cool again by the time anyone gets home, so you save the money by not having the AC/heat run when no one is home. The wireless part is nice in that you can be in bed or the media room and adjust things without having to stop whatever you are doing.
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