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HouTex

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  1. Many, if not most, new 4 irons have the loft of old 3 irons. That’s one of the main reasons shots travel farther with the new generation of irons. That’s the case with my relatively new Ping G400s.
  2. And I’ve gone through that many because of moves. I’ve never had to replace one.
  3. My last three dishwashers have been two Bosches and a Miele. All of them have been very good.
  4. I assume you mean water temp. I had mine in Houston for 4 years without a problem. But the water temp probably only went below 50 a handful of times. Still, unless you live in the panhandle I would do the SWG and if I had to supplement the chlorine I would add Clorox every few days. When the water is that cold the chlorine demand is very low.
  5. Bear hunting sounds easy. Just start shooting and they will come running.
  6. Did you have reason to believe your dog could be dangerous prior to the incident? Has he ever bitten someone? If not, you shouldn’t be responsible to this low life. In law school they called this the “one free bite rule”—though it’s not really a rule of law. Even if you could be liable there might be a sort of self-defense argument because your dog was protecting you. The dog could be considered an extension of you. In any event, now that you know your dog can be aggressive you may be liable for future attacks. You need to be extra careful now. My free legal advice. It’s worth the price you paid.
  7. I have found that every Mexican restaurant in Houston is expensive when you and your wife get two margaritas each with dinner. The bar bill almost always exceeds the price of the food. We often go to Goode Co Cantina and split a meal, which is still plenty of food (we aren’t fat asses), but the drink bill alone is around $60 or more. I’m pretty sure that Mexican restaurants make their money on margaritas.
  8. This. My pool was around 20k gallons and I needed to add about a quart of MA every couple of weeks or so. Add borates to the pool and it helps with the pH upward creep but it will still creep up. The beauty of the SWG is that if you like doing everything yourself it’s a very low maintenance form of pool maintenance and chlorination. But you still need to check your chlorine and pH often. Get a very good test kit. With the SWG and the Polaris 280 I didn’t need a pool guy and my pool was always perfectly clean and balanced. After paying for the SWG I probably averaged about $15 per month in chemicals (mainly acid). If you don’t want to be bothered with doing things yourself, then you might as well use chlorine pucks and pay a pool guy $200 or so a month and hope he doesn’t let the pool get over stabilized with too much CYA.
  9. I did at my previous home. I loved it and I had no problem with the salt and the travertine. I sealed it every year and every few weeks during the summer I would hose down the coping and decking with fresh water. I wouldn’t own a pool without an SWG. I also was always careful to keep my salt level at the lower end of the range.
  10. I watched ep 5 or 6 when they take potential clients to a titty bar after dinner. Cringe worthy. I wouldn’t give these knuckleheads $5 to invest.
  11. My father always thought so which is why he saved them. With my dad’s poor health l will find out soon enough. I recall seeing numbers on them so they are fairly scarce. But it is Beam . . .
  12. Back in the 60’s and 70’s Beam used to produce several different decorative bottles with hunting dogs and the like. My dad, who was never a bourbon drinker, was given one every year for many years. He never throws stuff away so they are still sitting on a closet shelf.
  13. Maybe I missed it, but the best part is when the young Brit visits America and the three nice young ladies, led by January Jones, invite him to sleep at their place. He's thinking America is a pretty cool place.
  14. My first home had a bunch of the 2 prong sockets. I tried to replace them with grounded 3 prong sockets but I was told it would not be up to code unless grounding wires were there to ground the socket. If not i would have to run ground wires throughout the house. My house did not have the third grounding wire so I left them alone until we did a major remodel.
  15. I’ve started getting 4 or 5 bags at once and opening them while my hands are still wet from the foam sanitizer.
  16. Forgive the quality but the content is deserving. In the Tanglewood area on Saturday.
  17. I’m 22 years older. As I said, fairly recently. My family frequented restaurants of all types all around SE, south and central Texas and my memory goes back to the early 70’s. First time I was ever offered pre-sweetened tea was in a restaurant in Alabama in 2000. I recall it because I had to try it and it was way too sweet.
  18. Last minute pizzas tonight. I had to do a very quick rise with the dough but it turned out way better than expected.
  19. Bob Seger is great. I saw a young hawk flyin and my soul began to rise.
  20. Now that CFS was mentioned, it would be countless CFSs at Haby’s in Uvalde after the evening deer hunt in the late 70’s and mid 80’s.
  21. The Skirvin Hilton Hotel in downtown Oklahoma City. I had a client in OKC and more than one of the employees swear they had ghostly experiences there. One guy said he woke up and somehow shaving cream was all over the bathroom mirror. I’ve heard that NBA teams refuse to stay there.
  22. Good thread topic. Hard to rank them. My first time to Tony’s in Houston in the late 70’s when I first experienced fine dining was a great meal. In the mid 90’s at the Grill Room at Windsor Court in NOLA before my first 5th Circuit argument the six course meal was amazing. At the time it was rated as one of the best restaurants in the country. Then there are several trips to NYC restaurants that all meld together. But the Tony’s and Grill Room meals really stand out.
  23. I had to google foot golf. I had never heard of it. Fucking soccer on a golf course.
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